HandwovenConsensus

@HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 24/7 a common idiom throughout the world?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I only know how it tends to work in China, where the traditional calendar is used for cultural events such as festivals, while the Gregorian calendar is used for just about everything else, including domestic business. I assumed it’s the same in most modern cultures with a different traditional calendar, but maybe I’m wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 24/7 a common idiom throughout the world?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it? I know some cultures have a traditional lunar calendar, but I didn’t know there were many that didn’t also use the Gregorian calendar for business.

  Which cultures have the seven day week without the solar year?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a house advantage in a "double-or-nothing" coin flip game?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think know if that applies to this scenario. In this game, the player is always in the lead until they aren’t, but I don’t see how that works in their favor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a house advantage in a "double-or-nothing" coin flip game?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re saying that the player pays a dollar each time they decide to “double-or-nothing”? I was thinking they’d only be risking the dollar they bet to start the game.

  That change in the ruleset would definitely tilt the odds in the house’s favor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a house advantage in a "double-or-nothing" coin flip game?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, and as the chain continues, the probability of the player maintaining their streak becomes infinitesimal. But the potential payout scales at the same rate.

  If the player goes for 3 rounds, they only have a 1/8 chance of winning… but they’ll get 8 times their initial bet. So it’s technically a fair game, right?

• Is there a house advantage in a "double-or-nothing" coin flip game?
  Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨11⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• Is it actually very common for people to have violent sadistic fantasies, possibly involving actual people in their lives?
  Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨23⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Star Trek’ Stage Musical Being Explored – Comic-Con⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What I usually love about musicals is the variety of songs and subject matters, and with the exception of the Klingon song, the songs all felt the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Allow me to rock your perceptions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Forget Sandy Loam. I want to know more about this “silly clay.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not true. The Hoover Dam contributes to Vegas’s power supply, but it’s nowhere near “almost entirely powered” by the dam, except in Fallout: New Vegas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is cave exploration an indoor or an outdoor activity?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to say outdoor.

  The “door” part doesn’t really have any significance. No one would say camping under the open sky is an indoor activity, even if there’s a fence with a door around the campsite.

  I think it makes more sense for the deciding factor be whether you’re in a controlled or uncontrolled environment. And while part of the cave might be controlled if there’s an artificial entryway or home, that’s not what you’re there to see.

• When people talk about returning the cart after shopping, does that include putting it in a corral, or do you have to take it all the way to the front of the store to be a good person?
  Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨76⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what has worked for you to stop getting angry thinking about people who hurt you?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are pretty awesome! Thanks, I think I can get a lot of benefit from them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discuss⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I never understood. The principle of respecting the autonomy of other cultures is good imo, but what “cultural contamination” could be worse than the total extinction of the civilization you’re trying to protect?

  Applying the Prime Directive in such extreme circumstances turns it from an anti-imperialist ideal to a Social Darwinist one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Prime Directive violation I think we'd all be happy with⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A soon-forgiven liar revealed scene or the suitably mourned and quickly avenged death of a sympathetic character are not even remotely on the level of the protagonist we’re rooting for cause genocide without remorse or consequences.

  Why would the “lying” scene even remotely matter when Tim Allen’s character killed their entire civilization? That’s a much bigger deal than lying about being a space captain! Why would they put him in charge again without even explaining his error?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Prime Directive violation I think we'd all be happy with⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, what? I don’t remember that being implied at all. That would be incredibly dark for such a light-hearted comedy.

  The Thermians were fighting Sarris long before they brought in Tim Allen’s character.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, hm… I guess that makes sense. Bringing people to the office raises the value of surrounding retail, which in turn raises the value of the office. Thanks, that explanation clears it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Buying something to create artificial demand usually isn’t a good investment strategy. A “pump-and-dump” can work if you can set off a buying frenzy and sell before it wears off, but it’s not a long-term strategy.

  Besides, if that was the plan, leaving the buildings vacant would be just as effective as using them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, so it’s about responding to local government incentives. I feel like that’s an important piece of the puzzle that’s overlooked when people say it’s about real estate prices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I see, so the idea is that they’re responding to external pressure from governments and financial institutions? I guess I could see that, though it shouldn’t be hard to prove by pointing to specific policies and loan conditions.

  But also, some of these companies own those buildings. If they’re not in use, their value in the market drops.

  How does that work? Why would a buyer care if the seller was using the building? If anything, I would think using them would depreciate their value due to wear and tear.

• Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices?
  Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨115⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Retcon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, it’s not uncommon to call a creation after it’s creator (that painting is a Van Gogh), so calling him “a Frankenstein” works too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small children are well known to be afraid of voids (closets, under the bed) in their sleeping area. Knowing this, why don't we design children's rooms to eliminate them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What about putting the bed on the floor and a shelf above it? Feel like that would be cozy to a child and leave only one direction for threats to come from.

• Small children are well known to be afraid of voids (closets, under the bed) in their sleeping area. Knowing this, why don't we design children's rooms to eliminate them?
  Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨47⁩ ⁨comments⁩