peto

@peto@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans women should be allowed in sports, but with strict limitations⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. Weight alone is likely a poor measure, and one we see exploited in combat sports to the harm and even death of competators. Working that specifically out is a question for sports scientists I think, rather than basing it on the feelings and biases of spectators.

  What I am talking about is the cultural acceptance of sectioned competition, and that it doesn’t reduce the achievements and glory of competators.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans women should be allowed in sports, but with strict limitations⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume you mean something like weight classes in combat sports? No one expects a welterweight to fight a heavyweight. And the existence of either class doesn’t reduce the achievements of anyone not in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Folk always seem to underestimate the effect of training and experience. In a match between two unpracticed players, sure, the more analytically inclined of the two will have an edge. This is true of any game with a strategic component. General intelligence helps but specialist knowledge is better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls bad McDonald’s reviews after Luigi Mangione’s arrest⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As spectacularly problematic as The Mikado is, I’ve not been able to get ‘as some day it may happen’ out of my head for a week now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3004: Wells⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The “This one neat trick big water won’t tell you about” to “the government can’t tell me not to dig my well next to my latrine” pipeline (aquaduct?) is real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get good.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can push California to 5 syllables if you really want to.