wandermind

@wandermind@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I thought it was an easy question ...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a linguist, I’d just shrug.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boring ass planet⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Furthermore, it’s not that the original scientists failed to produce true-color images. The original published images of Neptune had deliberately enhanced colors to better show some of the features of the cloud surface, and the description text of the images said as much. But that nuance was quickly forgotten and everybody just took the deep blue coloring to reflect the actual color of the planet, which spread to depictions of the planet everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satellite images reveal China built a replica of Taipei’s presidential district in remote Inner Mongolia, fuelling speculation that Beijing uses the site as training ground for an invasion of Taiwan⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see what that has to do with anything

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satellite images reveal China built a replica of Taipei’s presidential district in remote Inner Mongolia, fuelling speculation that Beijing uses the site as training ground for an invasion of Taiwan⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s one thing to have a general plan for a hypothetical scenario. It’s entirely different to train your troops for a very specific scenario in a literal replica of the target location.

  How many US troops do you think have received anti-zombie warfare training?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see no problem as long as the fire department didn’t order them to touch it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Expertise⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are roughly speaking two kinds of systems. The kind of system where Bachelor is the default degree you get from university, and you can go on to get a Masters and/or a doctorate. And the other kind of system where the default university degree is a combined Bachelor and Masters, and you can study further to get a doctorate. The latter kind is in use in a lot of continental Europe, at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Without fail⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Let me know if you can’t see my screen or hear me, or if I haven’t joined the call, or if you need me to be somewhere else than in this small cabin with no internet, electricity or running water a four days’ hike from the nearest trailhead”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boeing 737 Max planes are grounded after a hole blew in one mid-flight⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What fell off was a plug filling in an optional emergency exit location. It was a regular row of seats because the plane didn’t have the optional emergency exit installed (it is only required for high density passenger cabin configurations).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Japan has various earthquake notification systems. Tweets are just one more way to get the information to the people on a platform they use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In world's 1st known case, man tears windpipe from holding sneeze⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t help but wince whenever I see someone hold in a sneeze. It gives me physical discomfort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A 5 second break, while suboptimal, is significantly less suboptimal than having to watch 20+ second ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I often watch vods. My favorite streamer’s time zone and streaming schedule mean that I can only catch a couple of hours of the beginning of their stream before going to bed, and I couldn’t regularly watch 8-10 hours of stream in one go anyway, so I watch the vods of the streams I want to see the rest of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is real estate "real?"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Real” in this sense is not etymologically related to “royal”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not the exact same thing, but I’ve definitely been drawn out of what I’m watching because of compression artifacts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scrooge mcduck discovers bankruptcy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, THE main character traits of Scrooge McDuck are that he’s stingy and absolutely ludicrously filthy rich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When someone corrects your code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They should of course keep that in mind, but it’s not that “should” should always be followed by a verb directly. The problem is that “of” in this context is a mishearing/spelling of “have”, so they should in this case have written it like that instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mathematician warns NSA may be weakening next-gen encryption⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I come up with a good username?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Naming things is the hardest part of everything.

  That’s why I’m never going to have children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨amazon anti union posters put up by the company⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So basically they’re saying, “why would you join a union because even if you manage to negotiate good terms, you can’t trust that we will keep our word”