Steve
@Steve@communick.news
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Wrong community.
- Comment on What are some good uses the new ballroom can have after the Trump regime is over? 1 week ago:
Make it a high end wedding venue.
Partition it out as apartments for the homeless.
Sell it to The Wizards.
Make it an escape room.
- Comment on How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue? 1 week ago:
That low end of 100 would be with full eugenics. Selecting for genetic diversity, not for “hotness”.
If you were selecting for that, it would mean less genetic diversity, you might start seeing problems within 5 generations.
- Comment on How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue? 1 week ago:
This has been modeled. Though I don’t have any references at hand, this is what I remember.
If you want to allow people to choose mates and breed normally, you’d need at least 3000 people 4 to 5000 would be better.
If you are strictly controlling genomes and breeding pairs, ignoring monogamy and social norms. You might be able to get away with 100 if you selected for maximum initial genetic diversity. But 200 would be easier.
- Comment on Why does markdown treat linefeeds as spaces? 1 week ago:
Two linefeeds will be two paragraphs.
Like that.
Two spaces are needed before a linefeed to make the one paragraph.
Like this. - Comment on Why does markdown treat linefeeds as spaces? 1 week ago:
I’m not sure how it’s more or less trivial if you’re using a phone or desktop. In either case it’s extremely trivial.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 1 week ago:
No it doesn’t. There are only, like… five people in it
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 1 week ago:
That’s completely out of context. That image doesn’t even have everybody in it.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 1 week ago:
Dave doesn’t. In fact, he agrees it hasn’t
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 1 week ago:
Definitely has not
- Comment on Windows 11 Debloat Script/Program? 1 week ago:
Is an online script builder you can use to do all manner of things. The first time I used it I went hog wild picking all sorts of things, and made my matching practically unusable. So be careful and stick to their recommendations unless you know exactly what you want to kill.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Some cities have sites for that. Check your local .gov
Others have phone numbers for that sort of thing. - Comment on Not promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three? 2 weeks ago:
Most slang terms don’t last.
- Comment on Not promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three? 2 weeks ago:
What if the dehumanizing language is used to elevate a group above you humans?
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 2 weeks ago:
No it hasn’t
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 2 weeks ago:
It really hasn’t
- Comment on Does having to hold down a comment to open a downvote prompt make it less likely for you to downvote? 2 weeks ago:
No
- Comment on Why do people hate reality? 3 weeks ago:
Right.
So no language, money, coins, math.
You and me are okay; As long as we don’t talk or write. We can barter, as long as we don’t count things. - Comment on Does free healthcare access increase or decrease the need for medical personnel overall? 3 weeks ago:
I think it would be complicated.
The demand for GPs and family doctors would increase. The demand for hospital beds would decrease.In the long term, things would stabilize into a new ratio of services.
- Comment on Why do people hate reality? 3 weeks ago:
But, what is REAL?
You? Me? Money? Coins? Math? Philosophy? - Comment on Why do people hate reality? 3 weeks ago:
People spend more time online than in nature.
You know nature’s covered in dirt, right.
Plastic surgery, makeup, skin bleaching, fake tanning are pushed above natural beauty.
Only when it looks natural.
GMO foods are consumed over organic (they could put money into farming organic instead of GMO).
Organic refers to the chemistry of the pesticides used. The GMOs themselves are still very much organic. Besides, none of the food we eat is “natural”. It’s all been selectively bred (even cross bred) to yield more, taste and look better then they ever did naturally. Accept maybe shellfish. Seriously. How hungry was the first person to look at a lobster and think “I’m gonna eat that!”
Now Ozempic instead of getting your porkback off the couch and exercising.
That’s a natural response to the unnaturally calorie rich world we live in.
It’s backwards world.
Yep. Less natural every day, since we started farming 50,000 years ago.
While not perfect. I think things have undeniably improved over the last dozen millennia. - Comment on I can't say I am going to kill the president. But can the president specify me a civ saying he is going to kill me? And it be legal? 3 weeks ago:
Civilian
- Comment on Are the character names in most Anime real Japanese names or just made up? 3 weeks ago:
YOU DIDN’T NAME ME BUD!
- Comment on Are the character names in most Anime real Japanese names or just made up? 3 weeks ago:
BY YOU!
- Comment on How would a wealth tax affect real estate rentals? 3 weeks ago:
Maybe fewer people faced higher rents since more bought instead.
As I said the tax itself won’t fix everything. If rents get too high you need to adapt zoning to encourage more duplex and multifamily homes.
- Comment on How would a wealth tax affect real estate rentals? 3 weeks ago:
Not necessity. Since housing will be cheaper to buy, some will do that instead of rent. so the market of renters will be smaller, keeping rental prices in check.
- Comment on How would a wealth tax affect real estate rentals? 3 weeks ago:
Maybe. Mostly it’ll drive down the rent, since the homes are worth less.
- Comment on How would a wealth tax affect real estate rentals? 3 weeks ago:
The idea is to make the wealthy sell some of their assets. Thus driving the price of those assets down. If people horde fewer houses, the market of buyers shrinks and prices fall.
Now a 2% tax on certain assets won’t solve everything. But its a good start. There will need to be a number of loopholes closed and other taxes targeting the super wealthy, in order to make a real difference.
- Comment on I balance my checkbook every day. I manage my bank acount . Why does the goverment have so much problems with this? I get large payouts and such but it always seem they are in the neg?? 3 weeks ago:
You have a checkbook‽
- Comment on Are the character names in most Anime real Japanese names or just made up? 4 weeks ago:
I’m compelled to point out, all names are made up.