Brainsploosh

@Brainsploosh@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesus Christ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In English yes, but not in closer languages like Aramaic, Hebrew (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshua)) or Greek (ἰησοῦς (ioesous)).

  Source (a little long but interesting read)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesus Christ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Should it more accurately be Yesus?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If reality worked the way hiring managers and job interviews thought it did companies would have to fire everyone when they purchased new software since no one would have any experience using it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently privileged men apply when fulfilling 60% of the requirements. Women and minorities 100%.

  Maybe that’s why they have the ridiculous reqs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Since cats don't pant like dogs how do they release trapped heat?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cats do pant, but also run hotter and enjoy higher temperatures than humans (24-26 °C depending on race).

  Also, cats have lots of ways to release heat, cats can arrange their fur to release more heat (or burr it to trap more), they lay on cool ground, they can lick themselves for evaporative cooling, and of course seek shade when it gets hot.

  We had a hot summer with temperatures of over 30 °C indoors and I got worried my European shorthair would overheat, got them a gel pad that wicks away heat when laid upon, but they thought it was ridiculous and just laid on the concrete floor in the shade whenever too hot and was super comfy and lazy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But price increases of cereals ( bread, pasta, grains, etc.) increased by about 7,5 % last year alone, which is more than the inflation, and more than the increase after inflation.

  That’s where people might complain. They still can’t afford food, as food prices increase faster than overall inflation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The economy is different now': Parents pay grown-up kids' bills with retirement savings⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  'murr’ca?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate a data supported argument, and love that you actually linked sources.

  One thing that I feel is missing in most of the linked analyses is that inflation has also hit unevenly, and the price of basic goods has increased significantly more than overall inflation. Which would explain why households still have less disposable income, also the mean debt burden is much higher leading to loan costs being more common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Poignant post on the state of things⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One percent relative what the market was at the starting point.

  The market today is 237 % of starting point (probably 1990).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I lost my job after AI recruitment tool assessed my body language, says make-up artist⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or brought up by a neurodivergent parent, or sibling, or have an ND partner

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cold calling real estate agents - is there a law against it?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In several countries you can add your number to a no-marketing list, making it illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines | Proton⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no, with Amazon only having a 3,5 % margin (after fines), it would take them all of 48 hours to make up the losses.

  The point still stands: the fines are ridiculously low for these companies, and they have no incentive to change based on current fines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breakthrough: "Electronic soil" boosts crop growth by over 50%⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also quite useful for places short on water, or daylight, or clement weather, or low-value ecosystems, or where transportation is unfeasible due to accessibility, environmental conditions, market access.

  Also quite good to alleviate food deserts, securing strategic supply chains, and supporting urbanisation for greenification, food supply, lowering transport and food security (with growing food also having positive mental and psychosocial effects).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why didn't anyone warn me!?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, so that’s why! Here I thought you were just shufflin

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, we need both for sure, and renewables as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s assuming a lot of ifs resolve our way, and without power needs increasing. It’s more sustainable than coal/gas/oil for sure, but with current energy development needs it’s barely long term (IIRC about 60-140 years)

  Also, on centuries timescale, we will need to find more fissiles in space. And according to our current understanding of the universe, they should be quite rare, especially compared to hydrogen.

  Basically, figuring out fusion power would solve our needs for the first level on the Kardashev scale, and has the potential to be portable fuel for the rest of the lifespan of the universe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My first attempt with 3D printing and LEDs⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks so cool!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Progress is always incremental, except in hindsight

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My instance disabled picture uploads and I don't want to create an alt-account. I propose using Alfred Bester as Mirror Universe Chekov. I'm counting on you, Risa. Let the fun begin!⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, but they have him back story and motivation.

  Spoiler warning: He wasn’t purely evil for evil"s sake, he just tried to rebuild society for the scions of humanity, and had already discarded the normies (can’t remember the term they used) as primitive, albeit barbaric, creatures.

  The genius of Bester is that he was so self assured and uncontested, making him almost cartoonishly evil, but also that he was so essentially human. Driving home the major themes of the series: the dangers of unchecked power, the human drive to self determination, and that wielding power over others perpetuates a cycle of violence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Constantly Adjusting Z Height Offset⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no experience with your particular printer, but I’ve had an issue where the bed was very sensitive due to being the edge of the adjustment range.

  The bed screws on the Ultimaker 2 are manual screws with springs, and you can level the bed throughout most of the screw length. Having it at one end means the spring is quite loose, and things like weight and nozzle pressure affected the flatness of the bed.

  So if you have an elastic tensioner for your bed, maybe set it at higher tension for a more robust flatness?

  If you’re always adjusting in the same direction though, it’s not that, and is probably a software error where something doesn’t count Z-position right. Unless of course your printer is somehow getting longer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with its return-to-office policy, leaked documents show⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, Amazon has a pretty long track record of burning through employees at all levels. From the outside it looks like it’s very much to their detriment, but I guess they feel differently since they still do it.

  Sorry it’s happening to you though. Hope you find a less sociopathic employer!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with its return-to-office policy, leaked documents show⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole reason that it works is because the company can’t afford to lose everyone who’s not complying.

  But promotion blocking seems like a weak move. If returning to office is enough of a workplace issue to be a deal breaker, threatening people with not taking extra responsibilities or challenges seems like a losing proposition. They’re already willing to lose their job over the issue, and you’ve shown that you can’t lose them, so now you’re gonna make it shittier to remain at the company?

  And even besides the perspective that promotions are a benefit, many roles are in place for the company’s sake, to stay organised, are they now gonna not fill those? Or only fill them with external applicants?

  Or is the idea to only promote the compliant ones? That would make some sense, at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something Mysterious Appears to Be Suppressing the Universe's Growth, Scientists Say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “The plot suggests that if there were nothing – a complete vacuum – beyond the observable universe, our Universe would be a large, low density black hole. This is a little scary, but we have good reason to believe that’s not the case,” Patel added."

  Your source refutes your claim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Go play with a cat somewhere⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Theoretically you can put any amount of energy into a laser, as long as you can redirect and synchronise waves. And as several stars and black holes have gravities and stuff that can affect the starships, it seems evident you should be able to charge a laser enough to damage any USS starship.

  And as the phase cannons seem to output 80-500 GJ, you should be able to match that fairly easily with 10 grams of matter annihilation or a second of about 10e-15 of the energy output of a sun type star.

  Interestingly enough, phase modulation of a laser weapon makes more sense than of a particle beam (which the phaser weapons are), and also you don’t suffer from recoil like from phasers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FT: Germany calls for more immigrants to fix its shrinking economy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Germanys immigration has exceeded 1 mn yearly since 2013. www.statista.com/…/immigrant-numbers-germany/

  It is also about a quarter to fifth of the US’ size.

  Also, that forecast is contradicted by the actual population numbers since: statista.com/…/development-population-numbers-ger…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FT: Germany calls for more immigrants to fix its shrinking economy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  But Germany has a higher percentage of immigrants (18,8 vs 15 8%) as well as immigration than the US (2,36 mn vs 1 mn, or 3% vs 0,3%)?

  What a trash article

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They Need To Stop Doing This⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Several teams actually

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They Need To Stop Doing This⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  But you could also do a mean time analysis on specific tasks and have it cut off at a standard deviation (90% of task times covered), and have a checkbox or something for when the user expects longer times.

  You could probably even make this adaptive, with a cutoff at 2x the standard time, and updating the median estimate after each run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I had always wondered the same thing about these cups⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the last bit is disgusting, much like certain earth beverages, and the cup is to protect you from the dregs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's no way for teachers to figure out if students are using ChatGPT to cheat, OpenAI says in new back-to-school guide⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Biggest reason for written exams is bulk processing.

  There are many better ways to show competency, ask any engineering or medical school, but few as cheap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robotic dog-mounted rifles are now a thing thanks to US Army⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The future will never be about drone vs drone, as no one cares about the drones. They have to hit where it hurts, which is human life.

  Best case scenario, wars will be fought over drone command centres. Much more probably drones will be used to increase civilian suffering to end the wars.