Robust_Mirror

@Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Hotel Paradox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The rooms are all full by definition. You’re literally telling him to walk until he dies. Just kick him out at that point, hell shooting him on the spot would be more merciful.

  But the weird thing about infinite sets is they don’t process over time as we perceive it. Things happen all at once. There’s a classic situation where an infinite tub is filled with an infinite amount of numbered balls, and for every number that goes in, it’s square root is taken out. So when 1 goes in, 1 goes out, when 2 goes in nothing happens, same with 3, when 4 goes in, 2 gets taken out, when 9 goes in, 3 gets taken out.

  How many balls are in it at the end?

  Intuitively it seems there must be infinite balls, as balls are being taken out at a slower rate than they’re entering. But the actual answer is 0. Because the process happens all at once. So the question becomes, which balls get removed in this process? Well, the numbers that can be squared. Which is every number. If every number can be squared, every number gets removed. So if this infinite process were to play out, there would be no balls left in it.

  But if we were to try to physically do this, it’s impossible for it to actually play out. Infinity isn’t a number at the end of a line, it’s the concept of an entire unbound set. That’s why things like the hotel are good to try to explain and visualise the concept, but break down if you try to imagine them as real world places that follow time and physics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Hotel Paradox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are infinite types of infinity. Crazy right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hurry it along chucklenuts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Letting them pass. If it’s a 4 lane highway get in the right lane and drive a speed different from the car next to you.

  So, slow down? If it’s a multilane road they’re going to overtake. And I think it’s disingenuous to assume they’re choosing to go under the speed limit in the fast/over taking lane.

  Based on context its far more likely this is happening on a single lane road, which, generally speaking, you’re more likely to drive near the speed limit on anyway. And I’d rather someone tailgate me at a low speed than a high speed, if they’re going to tailgate either way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hurry it along chucklenuts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  let them get away from you if you value safety.

  And I do that by… Speeding up?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hurry it along chucklenuts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone is driving recklessly or tailgating they’re the ones creating the problem, not the person choosing to respond by slowing down slightly. Driving 2 mph under the speed limit isn’t exactly grinding traffic to a halt. If someone is driving dangerously around me I’d rather force them to slow down if it makes things a bit safer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon shares his taste in music⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Throw Steam Gardens on there too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon remembers summer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If its true my guess is it happened across 2 different years and their crappy kid memory conflated the two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITS⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but there comes a point where you either believe it, or you believe that there’s a “world government” running the shots, telling every single country to teach the same wrong scientific facts, and literally NO ONE has ever fact checked anything or been a whistle blower about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITS⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s genuinely just people trying to make money at the top. They don’t believe a word they say, but they keep making money from idiots so they keep doing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Erasure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So how much longer before we get pissed enough to start doing something about it?

  Says the guy making no note of anything he is doing about it.

  The people in power aren’t going to do anything about it because they want it this way.

  Half the regular people also want it this way

  Of the people left, somewhere around 50% don’t care either way.

  And of the last people left who do care, probably at least half of those aren’t doing anything < this is presumably where you are.

  You can’t just sit around and expect everyone else to be as angry or angrier than you and expect everything to work out because THEY’LL do something about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank god "shit" is censored⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was 22 when I had my first time. Never considered myself a permavirgin.

  Same. People are so damn dramatic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨imagine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah they weren’t banned in the 90s. They were developed in the mid 90s with a patent filed in 1998. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a moratorium in 2000, recommending that governments block field testing and commercial use of terminator seeds, but didn’t yet ban research. In 2006 they expanded the moratorium, explicitly prohibiting field trials and emphasizing risks to biodiversity and farmers rights.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deepseek when asked about sensitive topics⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s 2, first is Claude, second is chatgpt:

  what happened at Kent state? Or the move firebombings

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  I’ll explain both of these significant and tragic events in American history.

  Kent State Shooting (May 4, 1970)

  The Kent State shooting, also known as the May 4 Massacre, occurred when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students at Kent State University during a protest against the Vietnam War. Key points:

  • 4 students were killed: Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Schroeder
  • 9 others were wounded
  • The students were protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and military presence on campus
  • The National Guard fired 67 rounds over 13 seconds
  • The event sparked nationwide protests and became a defining moment of the anti-war movement
  • It inspired the famous song “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

  MOVE Bombing (May 13, 1985)

  The MOVE bombing was a devastating incident in Philadelphia where police dropped a bomb on the headquarters of MOVE, a Black liberation group. Key details:

  • Philadelphia police dropped a C-4 explosive on the MOVE compound on Osage Avenue
  • The bombing killed 11 people, including 5 children
  • The fire destroyed 61 homes in the predominantly Black neighborhood
  • MOVE was a radical group that advocated for environmental and animal rights
  • The city’s decision to bomb its own citizens was unprecedented
  • No city officials were criminally charged for the incident
  • In 2021, it was revealed that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton had been storing remains of some victims without family consent
  • The city of Philadelphia formally apologized in 2020

  Both events represent significant examples of state violence against civilians in American history and continue to influence discussions about civil rights, police power, and government accountability.

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  The Kent State shooting and the MOVE firebombing are two significant, tragic events in American history, each occurring under very different circumstances.

  Kent State Shooting (1970)

  The Kent State shooting took place on May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, during a period of intense anti-Vietnam War protests across the United States. The protest at Kent State was sparked by President Richard Nixon’s announcement of the Cambodian Campaign, which escalated the war in Southeast Asia. Thousands of students gathered to protest the war, and the situation became tense.

  On May 4, the Ohio National Guard was called in to control the protests. After a day of escalating tension, the guardsmen, who were ill-trained and overwhelmed, opened fire on the students. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. The incident led to national outrage and further intensified anti-war protests, symbolising the growing divide between young Americans and their government over the war.

  MOVE Firebombing (1985)

  The MOVE firebombing occurred on May 13, 1985, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MOVE was a radical, back-to-nature, Black liberation group that lived in a communal environment. The group was known for its controversial, confrontational tactics, especially its leader, John Africa. MOVE’s members lived in a row house at 6221 Osage Avenue, and tensions had been rising between the group and the city government due to complaints about their noise and lifestyle.

  In 1985, after a prolonged standoff with the police, the Philadelphia Police Department, under orders from Mayor Wilson Goode, decided to forcibly evict the group. In the course of the operation, a police helicopter dropped a bomb on the roof of the MOVE house, leading to a fire. The fire quickly spread, and the police allowed the house to burn down, resulting in the deaths of 11 people (including five children), and the destruction of an entire city block. The event was highly controversial, with accusations that the police had overstepped their authority and violated the rights of the MOVE members.

  Both events highlight significant moments in American history, marked by government overreach, public outcry, and questions surrounding the use of force in response to civil unrest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets rid of crackheads⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The story, whether fact or fiction, talks about homeless people this way and dehumanises them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motivational, inspiring⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The white between it is the cave woman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm thinking taffy.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, eating implies swallowing, I’m not convinced you could definitely get there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a girl at a wedding⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, your great aunt/uncle is your second cousin’s grandparent.

  Second cousin is your parent’s cousin’s child.

  Your parent’s cousin’s parent is your parent’s aunt/uncle, which is your great aunt/uncle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a girl at a wedding⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another way I like to think of it is it’s your parent’s cousin’s kid. So you can see why from their perspective it would feel more closely related, it would be like you having a kid and your cousin having a kid and then you seeing them together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon meets a girl at a wedding⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What really confuses me is your second cousins parent is also called your first cousin once removed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon holds her bf⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, interesting that Australian McDonald’s has you beat in this regard. We have an “all day menu” where you can get big Mac, cheeseburger and chicken burger any time of day, and an “extended breakfast” menu where you can get Bacon & Egg McMuffin, Sausage & Egg McMuffin, Chicken McMuffin and Sausage McMuffin any time of day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨feral naming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  thimsternisse.com/healing-magic/

  Apparently they fed them to kids as a cure for wetting the bed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨feral naming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Me in Australia: Now that’s a real Butchy boy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Same shit, different day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, but in this specific case you logically would have started in the centre of the spiral in the overhead view which would equate to downward movement in the side view.

  But they definitely chose this because inverting it would absolutely be more associated with a downward spiral. And this kind of looks like a nice tree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You don't need to answer this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He wasn’t a billionaire. Not even close.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨alpha⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ll leave a promise that other people will fill the roles they used to without any current plan to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨billions & billions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure but even if we had stuck someone on voyager 1, it’s only 23 light hours away and has been going almost 50 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Them crooked molars and the braces with the gaps (With the gaps) She turned around and showed her grill full of plaque (yikes!) She flossed so hard (She flossed so hard), but then you know Shawty’s blood flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …spokanecity.org/…/city-council-information-on-fl…

  • Water fluoridation reaches over 13 million Europeans through programs in England, Ireland, Poland, Serbia and Spain

  • Children in deprived areas benefit most from water fluoridation according to 2018 English health agency report

  • Over 70 million Europeans receive fluoridated salt through programs in Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland and other countries. Salt fluoridation is recommended when water fluoridation is not feasible

  • European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry endorses water fluoridation as “core component of oral health policy”

  • Fluoridated milk programs have operated in Bulgaria, England, Hungary, Russia and Scotland

  • Several European countries provide free or subsidized fluoride treatments through national healthcare:

    • Sweden: free dental care through age 23
    • Denmark: free dental care until age 18
    • Finland: public dental clinic access for all legal residents

  • Scandinavian schools offer fluoride varnish, tablets and rinse programs

  • Some regions in Europe have naturally fluoridated water, such as parts of Italy. Italian health officials support water fluoridation but don’t implement additional programs due to naturally optimal fluoride levels in some areas

  cdc.gov/…/statement-on-the-evidence-supporting-th…

  • Evidence shows that water fluoridation prevents tooth decay by providing frequent and consistent contact with low levels of fluoride, ultimately reducing tooth decay by about 25% in children and adults.

  • evidence shows that schoolchildren living in communities where water is fluoridated have, on average, 2.25 fewer decayed teeth compared to similar children not living in fluoridated communities.

  • A study to compare costs associated with community water fluoridation with treatment savings achieved through reduced tooth decay, which included 172 public water systems, each serving populations of 1,000 individuals or more, found that 1 year of exposure to fluoridated water yielded an average savings of $60 per person when the lifetime costs of maintaining a restoration were included.

  • Analyses of Medicaid claims data in 3 other states (Louisiana, New York, and Texas), have also found that children living in fluoridated communities have lower caries related treatment costs than do similar children living in non-fluoridated communities; the difference in annual per child treatment costs ranged from $28 to $67.

  pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9544072/

  • community water fluoridation continues to decrease cavities by 25% at the population level.

  • Even with fluoridated products such as toothpaste and mouth rinses, this public health practice can reduce an additional 25% of tooth decay in children and adults

  • In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first U.S. city to fluoridate its public water supply. Five years later, Grand Rapids schoolchildren were found to have significantly fewer cavities than children from the control community of Muskegon, and additional water districts, including Muskegon began fluoridating and seeing similar results

  • Studies have shown that populations from lower socioeconomic groups within fluoridated communities have less tooth decay when compared to peers in nonfluoridated communities

  • The cost of a lifetime of water fluoridation for one person is less than the cost of one filling

  More info: www.ada.org/resources/…/fluoride-in-water

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well look at the statistics:

  Fluoride: Water fluoridation in the United States began in the 1940s By 1949, nearly 1 million Americans were receiving fluoridated tap water In 1951, the number jumped dramatically to 4.85 million people By 1952, the number nearly tripled again to 13.3 million Americans In 1954, the number exceeded 20 million people In 1965 an additional 13.5 million Americans gained access to fluoridated water. By 1969, 43.7% of Americans had access to fluoridated tap water. In 2000, approximately 162 million Americans (65.8% of the population served by public water systems) received optimally fluoridated water 2006: 69.2% of people on public water systems (61.5% of total population) 2012: 74.6% of people on public water systems (67.1% of total population)

  Autism: First recognised in the 1940s During the 1960s and 1970s, prevalence estimates were approximately 0.5 cases per 1,000 children. Prevalence rates increased to about 1 case per 1,000 children in the 1980s. 2000: 1 in 150 children 2006: 1 in 110 children 2014: 1 in 59 children 2016: 1 in 54 children 2020: 1 in 36 children

  Seems pretty clear cut to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wooly bears⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the 3rd panel read all the bugs then all the humans.