AmidFuror
@AmidFuror@fedia.io
- Comment on Does different parts of the world use different standards for water pressure similar to voltages? 23 hours ago:
A bar is 100,000 Pa or 100.000 Pa. Why not use KPa? Why set a separate unit to be 1E+05?
- Comment on Archery 2 days ago:
Maybe it should have been Target Archery to avoid confusion?
- Comment on Badnwagon — a federated Bandcamp alternative 4 days ago:
Reminds me of the one time at Bandwagon....
- Comment on Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues 5 days ago:
That neighbor? Albert Einstein.
- Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed? 1 week ago:
Agreed.
- Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed? 1 week ago:
They've never been able to find Jesus's bones, which is itself strong evidence for the Biblical story that he was resurrected.
- Comment on Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs 1 week ago:
There's Something about Mary (1998)
- Comment on All the Data on Earth Can Fit in a Cup Full of DNA. This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Project 1 week ago:
How would the thing in your spoiler repair DNA?
- Comment on Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs 1 week ago:
That would be like 6 minutes abs.
- Comment on Avowed's Creators On Why Romance Was Considered, But Ultimately Not Included And Skyrim Comparisons 1 week ago:
Don't forget "get the girl."
- Comment on Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win 1 week ago:
"Societies with rule of law are dictatorships. How leaders are selected and the existence of fundamental Constitutional rights is not a factor."
How you like them strawmen?
- Comment on Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company 1 week ago:
The main error here is thinking that because some women are motivated by money that we can generalize that to all women. And then use that to justify general misogyny.
There are horrible women and horrible men in the world. Prejudging everyone in a class because some members of the class are horrible is wrong.
- Comment on Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? 1 week ago:
Can you work in a reference to manufactured consent?
- Comment on Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button 1 month ago:
I don't know why people would downvote someone who is just explaining how they spent their own money. I'm a fellow who buys Coke because it is a very refreshing beverage that tastes great.
- Comment on What is the longest discontinuous marriage? 1 month ago:
Let's say he was 18 at the end of the war on 1865. That was 159 years ago they have to split between his remaining lifetime and all of hers. It's possible they both lived to 90.
Less plausible is that his pension would go to a spouse he married after he retired from the service. Anyone know anything about that in modern times?
- Comment on First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says 1 month ago:
The only thing remarkable about Scientology and Mormonism are that they were recent creations. That means we have fairly decent information about the founders. The other religions probably started similar ways but that has been obscured by time and poor documentation. The more people that get involved in steering them through the years, the more blurred it gets.
- Comment on Suicide Squad Cost Warner Bros. $200 Million In Revenue 1 month ago:
“Starting with Studios, the $400 million+ year-over-year decline during Q1 was primarily due to the very tough comp we faced in games against the success of Hogwart’s Legacy last year in the first quarter, in conjunction with the disappointing Suicide Squad release this past quarter, which we impaired, leading to a $200 million impact to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) during the first quarter,” CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels said during the investor call after the report was published.
This doesn't line up at all with what Insider Gaming wrote. I don't think they know how to interpret company financials.
Costing revenue itself is a questionable phrase. A game can miss its revenue target, but that's not the same thing. Here it looks like earnings were lower by $200M due in part to more than $400M lower revenue comparing to a Q1 2023, which had the Hogwarts Legacy release.
- Comment on Huyton Firm: Brutal organised crime group brought down by its own text messages 1 month ago:
What was brutal was their grammatical errors. Just goes to show that not learning your native language well is a slippery slope.
- Comment on [Serious] What is project 2025? What kind of risk is involved? 1 month ago:
Well, hopefully since they're trying to apply this first to the RNC they will run an incompetent campaign and lose.
- Comment on Why are male social workers so different? 1 month ago:
I think we're saying the same thing?
But separately, yes it is possible for men in general and women in general to behave differently. Sexism is when you judge an individual based on generalizations about gender. So it would still not be right to avoid male case workers just because other male case workers you've worked with were assholes, even if it were true that male case workers are more frequently assholes! Judge people for who they are, not the class they belong to.
- Comment on Why are male social workers so different? 1 month ago:
Need at least 3 to justify sexism.
- Comment on With two Boeing whistleblowers dead in one month, either Boeing is actively killing them, or there are enough whistleblowers that this rate of death is not statistically significant 1 month ago:
n=2 is a terrible sample size
- Comment on With two Boeing whistleblowers dead in one month, either Boeing is actively killing them, or there are enough whistleblowers that this rate of death is not statistically significant 1 month ago:
To give conspiracy theorists something to do.
- Comment on Doesn't the need for a permit fundamentally contradict the US's ideals of free speech? 1 month ago:
Not really. The first section looks very calm and reasonable. People are just far too ready to jump on anyone who looks like they might be a political opponent.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Your friend can alert the airline to her allergy and bring wipes to reduce the risk of direct contact with peanut residue. It is unlikely that peanut aroma or airborne dust can trigger allergies.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
This sounds like the premise of Eurotrip.
- Comment on No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK 1 month ago:
That makes a strong password a million times infinite strong.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Hey, I did state it was far-fetched. I guess no one would try to pull this off.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
If one of his companies got fined by a government entity, could he offer to make a charitable donation in lieu of the fine? And then make the donation using his foundation?
This one may sound far-fetched, but could he have a straw bidder buy a portrait of himself being sold at auction and then pay that straw bidder with money from his foundation? And then the straw bidder would transfer the portrait to him.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Except Michael Jordan was the Michael Jordan of basketball and quit to become the Michael Jordan of baseball. So that also could happen to you at your current job.