FuglyDuck

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not?⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  without relevant regulations, though, you won’t know what you shouldn’t eat because you won’t know that they’re putting sawdust in peanutbutter or borax and fermheldahyde in milk.

  Maybe it’d be okay to have plaster of paris in flour, though. I mean, how else are you supposed to sculpt that Italian loaf like the french baguette?

  Don’t be fooled. The people screaming about unpastureized milk and other things are being used so corporations can go back to poisoning you with shit. and that’s pretty much the most charitable I can be of that particular lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem comes in, what happens when a heart fails? depending on the failure mode, it may represent a total blockage, in which case you’re toast. You might be able to survive with one heart if you had two, but if you add a second heart, then your other heart will likely be less developed unable to perform at whatever peak performance you had before.

  If your method of redundancy adds more single points of failures. Also, the addition of a second heart poses the problem of keeping them coordinated; with all sorts of problems coming up if they get out of sync. adding redundancy will always add complexity, especially as you work to remove single points of failure and try not to add extra. In some systems, it’s just unwise to add redundency because the complexity means it’s more likely to fail.

  Famously, Charles Lindbergh, for example, opted for a single reliable engine over two engines. It kinda flew in the face at the time. But then he was the first to go from NY to Paris in a non stop flight, in the Spirit of St Louis. Similarly, we can expect, if there was in fact some significant advantage, that then, everybody would be doing it. Or, at least, lots.

  Keep in mind, cephalopods have 3 hearts- 2 are single chamgered things that boost blood over gills, and the 3rd provides bloodflow to the rest of the body. Hagfish have one chambered heart and several boster things that aren’t really much of a heart. Earthworms aren’t possessed of true hearts (they lack chambers and valves,) cochroaches and leaches also don’t have true hearts.

  But where we see 4 chambered hearts (birds, mammals, and crocodillian reptiles,) they all only have 1. That should tell you something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Giraffes are mammals and only have 1 heart. It’s freaking huge, though, at 11 kilos.

  octopus and cuddlefish and similar frequently have multiple “hearts” but they’re not the same as mammalian hearts. Briachiosaurus probably had an even larger heart than a giraffe, but it was still a singular, 4 chambered hear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  My concern would be complexity.

  More points to fail, and I’m not sure that it reduces single-points of failure much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Perfectly healthy? Probably the only real advantage is redundancy, but that comes at the cost of complexity, and on balance, I’d guess that it’s a net negative.

  Mostly because I can’t think of any organism that normally has 2 hearts. If there were real advantages, it seems, I dunno. Inevitable?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a more convenient way to do this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d imagine you could find a language instructor that could go both ways.

  (you know what I mean. Teach the one family english and the other french.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Om nom nom⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  if putting it in your mouth is off the table, noses and ears are still available.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Minneapolis is the best of the two twin cities :)

  Sorry, St Paul. All you’ve got going is Casetta’s and Can Can Wonderland.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  so by way of examples, going to some extremes…

  Kent County, Texas is one of the most rural counties in the US. with Jayton hosting it’s county court house. This is a sat photo of Jayton, compliments of google maps:
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  Note, that the mile is about 1.25 miles/ 2 km’s north to south and about the same in east west. (at least, as far the structures/housing goes.) to get an idea of what it looks like there, here’s the streetview in front of the court house.

  zooming out to kent county, there’s like 5 towns in that entire square, note the distance marker down at the bottom being about 8 km:
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  now, compare that to new york city:
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  Note, the distance marker at the bottom being about 3 km.

  zooming in to roughly the same scale as the photo on jayton… randomly…
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  and here’s a few courthouses in brooklyn…
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  and the king’s county courthouse on streetview

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On trees...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  sooo glad I wasn’t alone.

  anyhow, here’s a fun song.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On trees...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  reddit has broken me. I was expecting it to point to weed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  pretty much this. though I’d also add that if one has a BMI high enough to be overweight, and aren’t fat or at least a big doughy on the edges, one probably invests a great deal of time and energy keeping up on that body… and therefore wouldn’t be asking or arguing the whole “i’m not fat” thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly.

  groups a, b, and c enjoy the same rights doesn’t change if group b wants to take those rights away from c, it is cool with a having them.

  B still enjoys those rights and C still enjoys those rights. Everyone also gets to call group B assholes, though, for trying to shit on group C.

  In any case, I’d call the US uncivilized. I don’t think that’s particularly racist, in the same way it would be if I called South Africa uncivilized , or something. It kind of depends on the reason and way I’m using it.

  I think the US is uncivilized because kids are going to school hungry and not being fed because some asshole in Texas thinks feeding kids is bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OP, if you’re not in a country with 9 digit phone numbers, then it’s almost certainly a spoofed typo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely. That’s duck math.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t. Fdm printing has very small cracks at the layer lines. It wouldn’t be quite as bad as say, something with food, or for a close shave rather than a trim, but bacteria will grow in it.

  Fdm cannot be reasonably sterilized. Resin printers are better, but not perfect. Even if it doesn’t cause infections, it’s going to pick up an odor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a muhle (they sell them on the link.) I’d suggest starting with a closed comb head and whatever handle suits you. (They’re interchangeable,)

  I use an open comb and it’s much more aggressive, and not for starting out.

  I’d recommend staying away from the frequently recommended “entry” razor- the Merkur 34c. The head on the one I tried has a ridiculous amount of play in how it held the blade- it’d clamp down but it’d never consistently seat itself so it was always off center or twisted.

  As for blades, I use feather, but you can buy variety packs and find the set that works for you. That tends to be the most variable part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if pure water is not conductive why would condensation be an issue for electronics?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention, condensate is rarely pure water. At least, not by the time it’s chilling on the circuits. It’ll pick up any dust, and other stuff fairly quickly; making it not-pure. And conductive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “what was kiwifarm”, basically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost as if it were a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I was understating the slowness, lol.

  I do wonder if it might not actually slow down evolutionary change by removing otherwise beneficial traits?

  Probably not on the scheme of things. It’s not like alcoholic mums haven’t always been around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only “dinosaurs” that were around at the same time anything vaguely human was, was chickens and such other theropod descendants.

  We, uh, ate them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a forums for the worst sort of troll, they target trans, people with disabilities and people who are neurodivergent, and also posted the manifesto of the asshole that shot up the mosque in Christchurch NZ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  None of the birth defects caused by boozing it up whilst pregnant affect the genetics of the child. it disrupts the development, and does not generally effect the genetic make up.

  in short, fetal alcohol syndrome is not a heritable trait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of me wonders what discovery would come up with if they got access to united health’s database. If they want to go with the argument that it was justified; they probably could get at least some limited access.

  Generally theyre not allowed to go on fishing expeditions, but they are allowed to seek documents and data directly pertaining to their defense (like a pattern of criminal malpractice.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean he’s accused of premeditated murder, has the resources to flee, and I’m pretty sure “they” want a spectacle to make an example.

  they wont let him get shanked by accident, and they wont Epstein him until they have their spectacle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ETERNAL TORMENT⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Show this meme to a grammarian and they explode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you know any software development philosophy books?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno. What I’d suggest doing is going to the library and asking the librarians there.

  I have never been steered wrong when it comes to book recommendations from librarians. Even when the books aren’t something I’d have picked on my own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s jut it, though.

  They’re not saying the 4 years is a loss. the producers outside of the US… they’re just going to ship to new markets, and when things get less insane, then they come back. that’s all they need to do. Spinning up production in the US is expensive, costly, and it’ll take more time to complete than the whole reason for it will last- presumably.

  and if it lasts longer than four years, that’s probably going to be even worse, because then, well, yeah. the best case scenario is you get to write off all those losses. Worst case? it can get whole hell of a lot uglier as you lose IP and find yourself competing against your own designs.’

  So trump’s tariffs is driving imports away and killing local development of production at the same time.

  to put it in the simplest terms, it’s fucking stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and you think that’s an argument to spin up new factories? not really.

  If the US collapses into complete fascism, everyone inside is either going to be cut off from the global market. for a foreign company, spinning up factories in the US, when, in four years, they might literally get those investments yeeted from them is stupid. and that’s really the best case.