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starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoIt’s… No. If we’re talking about a 24 hour video, then we definitely can’t find every instance of smoke. If there isn’t any smoke 12 hours into the video, then it throws away the entire first 12 hours. Any evidence that could have been found in those 12 hours is gone. A binary search throws away half of the information at a time. It super can’t locate multiple instances of something happening.
I’ve been wrong in arguments before, it feels awful. The best things to do are either address the misunderstanding in the original comment, or turn off notifications until people lose interest in the thread.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, I’m not wrong, so I don’t worry awful it from that angle. Just feel that people are not arguing/conversing in good faith.
The misunderstanding of others assuming differently than I was discussed elsewhere in the comment thread. To reiterate, I believe my assumptiion is the correct one based on how the world is, and not hypotheticals.
As far as not arguing more, it gets to a point of where some moderation should be happening, because its pretty evident at some people that people are group thinking attacking someone just for the lols if nothing else, and I say that because when I explain why I don’t think I’m wrong they don’t answer my point, but instead just insert their own new points in the conversation.
Otherwise, I feel the need to defend myself, especially when people say I’m saying things I’m not saying. “Standing up to bullies” sort of attitude. It sucks, but Humanity can be assholes sometimes.
I’d really like to stop talking about this now, I’d appreciate you not responding to this comment, unless you really feel the need to. Take care.