TranquilTurbulence
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- Comment on If my eyes do not deceive me… Nah, it’s usually the brain screwing up. 2 days ago:
Diving into some deep philosophical waters, are we?
If other people agree with my interpretation of the world, that’s good enough for me. Who knows if it’s real or not. It’s not like I have the means to figure that out.
If they say I’m seeing things and talking to people who don’t even exist, I might be having delusions, hallucinations or something. If that’s the case, it’s the brain doing something weird, and I might not be able to figure that out either.
Either way, sounds kinda scary, but I don’t really see much that I could do about it.
- Comment on If my eyes do not deceive me… Nah, it’s usually the brain screwing up. 2 days ago:
That’s a pretty solid point. Can’t argue with that.
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- Comment on What if reincarnation is real, but you were probably plankton in your last life, so you don’t remember anything anyway? 2 days ago:
Speedrunning death again? So, how was it? Did you get to top 500?
- Comment on Peter Parker/Spider-Man should just get a job in fashion 3 days ago:
This guy can sense danger before it happens. I’m pretty sure there’s a way to capitalize on that.
- Comment on The bourgeoisie could technically unintentionally end capitalism... 1 week ago:
Those robots require maintenance, which means spare parts and equipment. Making them requires materials, such as metals and plastic. The guy who owns the mine, isn’t going to hand over the metals for free, which means that robot maintenance won’t be free either.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Or, you could name a new nebula something like 420F4rtG4s69. Tough choice…
- Comment on Beards are technically face pubes 1 week ago:
What about those who are described as a “dick head”?
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 1 week ago:
o7
Some of us joined way later when the apicalypse happened.
- Comment on Any advice for me a guy turning 18 yo old?? 2 weeks ago:
Get to know yourself. What kind of person you are, what do you like, need and so on. Accept yourself as you are.
Sure, you can change your weight, learn new skills, become better at stuff and get stronger. I’m not talking about those things. Some traits just are the way they are, and fighting against them will only result in frustration, stress and sadness. Try to figure out which parts of you can be changed and which ones can’t. Treat them accordingly.
- Comment on At somepoint in human history there was likely a day where not a single human died. 2 weeks ago:
A film theory?
- Comment on At somepoint in human history there was likely a day where not a single human died. 2 weeks ago:
Here we stumble again on the flawed definition of a species. It’s not black and white. Biology is a fuzzy mess with no clear borders, so am the fuzzy terms should be treated accordingly.
People love clear boundaries, but biology doesn’t work that way. Everything in biology is incredibly complex, so any rule of thumb comes with huge caveats. Fuzzy concepts like “species” or even “life” are useful—as long as you avoid the grey areas.
The moment you start exploring edge cases, all bets are off, and the warranty on all neat definitions expires. Nothing works neatly with edge cases, so those who wander into the grey area are on their own.
- Comment on Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-balance more. 2 weeks ago:
Their agenda is to make you spend money in their products. Might not be the best product for you, might not even be a decent product to begin with. Who cares, as long as quarterly profits grow and stock holders are satisfied.
Companies will say anything to make that happen.
- Comment on Bacteria may kill us entirely, but we will never kill bacteria entirely 3 weeks ago:
Even if we nuked the whole earth to oblivion, turn the surface of the earth into glass, and evaporate the seas, some microbes would still survive deep underground. What we need is an asteroid impact that turns the whole crust into molten lava and splatters it all over the solar system. Even that method might not work perfectly, but it’s our best chance.
- Comment on Bacteria may kill us entirely, but we will never kill bacteria entirely 3 weeks ago:
You could think of every cell of a human body sort of like a bacterial cell. In that sense, we already have joined the winning side.
- Comment on Why do we still joke about setting up old wooden guillotines? 3 weeks ago:
I propose we build a large paper cutter style contraption.
Let’s make the blade 5 m long so that it’s big enough for everyone to see. Also, the blade should be so heavy that it will always chop reliably. You should also put some nice bearings in the pivot point so that it always swings very smoothly.
Oh, but how do we lift a heavy blade like that? If electricity is available, you could have an electric motor to lift it up. If not, you would need some rope and pulleys.
As the blade falls down, it would need to shear the target material to make a clean cut. This means that you can’t have a huge gap between the blade and the lower surface it shears against. Just like in paper cutters, the stationary blade needs to be made of steel, but it doesn’t have to be super sharp. The gap is important though. Think of the gap between scissor blades and you’ll get the idea.
As the contraption will inevitably be contaminated with organic material, it could have an integrated Clean In Place system. After each cycle of operation, the CIP should spray the affected area with cold water and soap. If that doesn’t do the job, there would be a second program that uses hot water and soap, which would obviously require more energy.
All that water needs to come from somewhere, so you’re going need like an IBC container. If you need more than 1000 l, you might need to use a lorry to deliver enough water. Ideally though, you would operate in an area where you can just connect the contraption to a nearby water outlet. Ask a local a firefighter to help you out.
Also, all of that water needs to go somewhere too, so I would recommend operating it in a place where there’s a sewer near by.
Hold on, what was the question again? Got carried away by the logistics of all of this.
- Comment on Do you think The Boys is an accurate representation if real people had superpowers? 3 weeks ago:
I think people would still be people, but the monsters would be unstoppable. Psychopaths and corporations would be just as bad as depicted in the show.
However, normal people would still be normal. See extraordinary for more info. In this series, people have their mundane problems on top of whatever problems the powers cause.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Never happened to me before. I would go back to the clinic to show that to a nurse.
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 3 weeks ago:
The rest of the world can use the new standard, and ignore the Brits. They can keep their Brexit while the rest of the world can move on. Everybody wins!
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 3 weeks ago:
It would result in the total collapse of the entire time zone system. Every location would switch to local solar time and the war would be over.
When those areas need to communicate with each other, they would develop a new global time system that simply counts seconds from a particular moment in time. Sort of like unix time, but with the epoch set to the moment the new system was launched.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 3 weeks ago:
Just watched the first episode, and this stuff is amazing! How come I never heard of this series before. Thanks for the tip!
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 3 weeks ago:
Well his personality and background aren’t anything compared to many other superheroes. The circumstances of gaining the powers is the only really exceptional thing about him. Other than that, he seems like a pretty average kid to me.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 4 weeks ago:
OK so these characters have been around for ages, but it seems that the modern iterations emphasize a very different side of them.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 4 weeks ago:
Oh thanks. Now the following two weeks of my life will be consumed by binging a new TV series. Better start canceling those appointments and then switch my phone off.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 4 weeks ago:
Hmm. So that’s where the exceptionalism argument comes from. Kinda makes sense too, since you have to be exceptional to have exceptional powers. Can’t really make a movie about usual people having exceptional powers.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 4 weeks ago:
Oh wow. The whole superhero genre is really evolving in a strange direction.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 4 weeks ago:
At least Batman and iron man fit the description. What about the others then? I can’t think of many superheroes who happen to be wealthy.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 4 weeks ago:
What about villains then? Are they still all about bank heists or murdering everyone in the city, or have they shifted to hunting superheroes?
- Comment on I've been alive for the entire narrative of the internet and it's crazy to think any of the newer generations will be able to sort it all out for themselves. 4 weeks ago:
But what about Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil von Internet and his contributions in 1784?
- Comment on Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice. 4 weeks ago:
If you’re expecting the same result (and getting a different result) you’re doing scientific research.