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- Comment on The Earth is reflecting less and less sunlight, study reveals 1 day ago:
My friend, it really is not.
- Comment on The Earth is reflecting less and less sunlight, study reveals 1 day ago:
Because absorbed light is excess energy.
- Comment on In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day. 1 day ago:
Sure, it’s fiction, and Superman’s powers and limitations are whatever the plot demands.
But if he could move that fast, and he was in a real major city with real people and real problems, then he would be saving people nonstop. Because he could. If he’s faster than light, he could go save everyone without anyone noticing he left the room (setting aside physics, of course). But he’d never be able to stop, and he would never run out of people to save.
And none of it would be supervillains and giant robots or space lasers.
But then, applying any sort of real world rationality to Superman never ends well.
- Comment on The Earth is reflecting less and less sunlight, study reveals 1 day ago:
Just in case it wasn’t clear, that’s a horrifying discovery. Like the extinction of all life on earth.
- Comment on In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day. 2 days ago:
He has super hearing and super speed, and can hear everything across the city. In NYC, an approximate analog of Metropolis, there are over 37,000 car accidents with major injuries or fatalities every year. That’s 100 car accidents each day, every day, just car accidents. If he were to actually try to save everyone he could, he would never have any time for anything else, not even sleep. It’s one thing to go take a sudden bathroom break when Lois is dangling from the ledge on the roof of a building. It’s something else to leave the room every 15 minutes of every hour because people can’t stop texting while driving.
- Comment on "fridging" is honestly the only good motivation to become a superhero or good person 2 days ago:
What the chicken fried fuck are you talking about?
Fridging is a form of reductionist misogyny. It’s not just that somebody died, it’s that a woman existed only to die in a brutal fashion.
- Comment on Bacteria may kill us entirely, but we will never kill bacteria entirely 3 days ago:
Yeah but that’s because many human cells are really big.
- Comment on Explaining your traumatic past IRL feels so underwhelming compared to when a character in a movie or tv scene revealing their traumatic childhood. 3 days ago:
Fiction also usually includes a flashback to see how horrific it was, and then it cuts back to the person telling the story, as though they just finished describing everything that happened. In reality, nobody can ever describe a scene in such detail, and while you are reliving the moment, everyone else just hears you say what happened.
- Comment on Bacteria may kill us entirely, but we will never kill bacteria entirely 3 days ago:
Bacteria constitute 56% of the cells in your body. You’re more bacteria than human.
- Comment on I'm gonna die on this hill or die trying 5 days ago:
I still double space after a period, because fuck you, it is easier to read. But as a bonus, it helped me prove that something I wrote wasn’t AI. You literally cannot get an AI to add double spaces after a period. It will say “Yeah, OK, I can do that” and then spit out a paragraph without it. Give it a try, it’s pretty funny.
- Comment on Why do people say "as sweet as canned beans"? 5 days ago:
Who says that?
- Comment on 5 days ago:
Most Americans aren’t in the Epstein files. People in power don’t want the Epstein files released.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
Yeah, I just switched to Jellyfin because of the Plex updates to their accounts, but I miss Plexamp. I considered running both Jellyfin and Plex just for plexamp, but I’m wary that they might eventually paywall remote audio streaming, too.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
What’s your preferred client? I switched from plexamp to fintunes, but I really hate the app and the lack of functionality.
- Comment on Ford CEO on his ‘epiphany’ after talking to his Gen Z factory workers: ‘They were saying [they] had to have three jobs’ | Fortune 1 week ago:
It’s crazy when they tell on themselves how out of touch they really are.
- Comment on Different species of animals could have a noise or calling that means "human" and we would never know. 1 week ago:
We study animal communication a lot. We know when many different animals have a noise or communication for “human.” Bees have different dances to describe arbitrary locations, so they could also have a specific dance for “that jerk over there with the mesh helmet.”
- Comment on One of the best parts of Cyberpunk (as a theme) is the ubiquitisation of cultures 1 week ago:
Keep in mind the nature of fiction. It has an obligation to create friction and conflict. Intrigue is built into a fish-out-of-water story. Reality is far stranger, and far more complex. People and culture interact in imperceivable ways, and our influence on each other isn’t something we can predict.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 1 week ago:
In project management, we call it “scope creep.” Day one, the job is to use your newfound powers for good. Maybe stop a mugging. Day two, catch a bad guy. Day 3, try to balance life and your secret identity while foiling a bank heist. Day 200, you’re negotiating with an interdimensional cosmic deity for the survival of the Universe by demonstrating feats of strength and fortitude.
- Comment on Wireless charging is the dumbest invention ever created 1 week ago:
When wireless charging was announced, every layperson out there started imagining their homes filled with powerful waves of harmless energy that would keep their devices charged and eliminate the need for all wires. People thought we could have LED bulbs that pull volts out of the air and provide light for your dining room.
Wireless charging is slightly more convenient than plugging your phone in to a usb c. But it’s also slower. I have a wireless charger next to a wired charger, and 90% of the time I plug in because it’s faster, and I can still use my phone while it charges.
- Comment on Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice. 1 week ago:
Gotcha, thanks!
- Comment on Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice. 1 week ago:
Did Einstein actually say that? Even if he did, he wasn’t a psychologist. Plus, scientists recreate experiments all the time, literally doing as close to the same thing as possible and often getting different results.
- Comment on ... 1 week ago:
What about muscle with a protective insulation coating? Like I can flex em and make em dance, but they’re definitely under a layer.
- Comment on ... 1 week ago:
Maybe when you can grip the pencil and write with it?
- Comment on Marvel’s Wolverine - Gameplay Trailer | PS5 Games 1 week ago:
Looks neat. I’m a comic book fan, so I’ll probably pick it up eventually, if it ever goes on sale. Or not, if it sucks.
- Comment on ... 1 week ago:
Oh yes, I’m with you on flannel shirts. I have one, and it’s warm and soft and my wife likes to cuddle me while I’m wearing it. But it’s relatively new. In my grunge era, I had some ratty, worn flannels that I threw away when I sold out.
Also, I have a lot of black tee shirts, but I wear other colors, too.
- Comment on ... 1 week ago:
Ok, but when is it definitely a pec?
- Comment on ... 1 week ago:
WTF is invisible lat syndrome, and why am I certain I have it?
- Comment on ... 1 week ago:
I’m the guy in the shirtless photo, but the rest is not accurate.
Well ok I have a long beard, but it’s mot my personality.
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