sailingbythelee
@sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
- Comment on what was the last game you played in 2024? 3 months ago:
Replay of Mass Effect. I had to cheat, though, because I forgot that the Mako is mandatory to finish the Ilos level. I had to use a cheat code to spawn it just before the end. So many people have made this mistake and you can’t go back for the Mako if you left it behind, so you are soft-locked out of the ending if you don’t re-spawn it. You’d think they’d have fixed that in the Legendary Edition, but no.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 4 months ago:
True, but we aren’t talking about whether jury nullification should exist. It already does exist and has for a 1000 years. The question is just when to use it. Like any right or privilege, it can be used unjustly. It is up to citizens to make sure it is used for good.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 4 months ago:
Jury nullification exists precisely because there is often a gap between legality and justice. It’s a way for the commoners to ensure justice when the nobility (CEOs and rich politicians, nowadays) make the laws in ways that exploit the commoners. It’s not so much about law vs. feelings as much as it is about offsetting the power of the powerful.
- Comment on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's launch has been marred by long load times, server issues and now it has overwhelmingly negative reviews 4 months ago:
Haha, yes, I was being cheeky. :)
- Comment on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's launch has been marred by long load times, server issues and now it has overwhelmingly negative reviews 4 months ago:
DCS. Easy peasy.
- Comment on If trump appointments someone that doesn't last as long as Anthony Scaramucci do we measure that in fractional moochies or do we abandon the mooch system because it failed us? 4 months ago:
I enjoy listening to Katty Kay and the Mooch. However, I think we hit peak Mooch just before election day.
I am still favour of using the Mooch system for measuring the length of appointments, just for the sake of nostalgia. We need to standardize it, though. Is it 11 days or 10?
- Comment on Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts 5 months ago:
What are you even talking about?
- Comment on Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts 5 months ago:
That’s really inappropriate.
- Comment on If a planet was completely covered in water, wouldn't it all be freshwater? 5 months ago:
According to NOAA, the ocean was originally not very salty but became saltier over time as rivers eroded the land and delivered the dissolved minerals to the ocean. At the same time, salts crystallize out of the water and are deposited on the ocean floor. This input and output are now more or less balanced so the ocean is not getting saltier. Apparently, this salt cycle involves about 4 billion tons of new dissolved salts being added to the ocean each year and about the same amount being deposited from the water to the ocean bottom.
So, why aren’t rivers salty? Apparently, it is because rivers carry only a small amount of salt and are kept fresh by constant rainfall, whereas the ocean has been accumulating salt for the last 4 billion years.
Lakes that don’t drain to the ocean, like the Dead Sea, can get salty over time, just like the ocean.
- Comment on Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts 5 months ago:
That’s true, but my point was that the commenter was implying that Twitch was making some kind of political statement about Israel vs. Palestine, which it probably wasn’t.
- Comment on Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts 5 months ago:
You know there is no country called Palestine, right? Twitch means that they blocked new accounts from the country of Israel, which includes the territories that may some day be called Palestine.
- Comment on Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it 6 months ago:
Is JD Vance required to where the same outfit as Trump, except with a shorter, less girthy tie?