TranquilTurbulence

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is anti-propaganda?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  So, it doesn’t matter what the bias is. It’s still propaganda. The opposite of that would be a balanced view without any bias. So, would that also imply restricting to just factual information?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s someone I haven’t seen in years, talking about the big picture should be interesting enough. You know, like where I live, what do I do for a living etc.

  If it’s someone who definitely knows all that, I can mention something small but recent. Like, I just bought some weird carrot salsa, and it was surprisingly good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should a movie released in 1995 be considered an "old" movie?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Time is relative. A 5 year old software is ancient. A 100 year old stone church is very recent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Like self service checkout, but for restaurants? That’s wild!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s also true for many other skills. If you’ve built a house, you’ll notice all the houses that were built with skill and patience. On the other hand, you’ll also notice poor quality as well. There will be things that are invisible to others, but you just can’t unsee them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could human stomach acid be bioengineered to break down microplastics?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If they live in the presence of HCl, they could also make some fun organichlorides. Those products could be simple organic solvents that damage the cell membranes. They could also be more or less toxic compounds, maybe even comparable with chemical weapons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Takes time, effort and skill. Occasionally, you may prefer to pay someone else to take care of all that + dishes. I think the middle man is actually doing something useful, so you pay for the food and the convenience. If it was just food and nothing else, cutting him out would make a lot of sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could human stomach acid be bioengineered to break down microplastics?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You could make them capable of eating plastic, but what would the byproducts be? You would need to make sure the byproducts aren’t toxic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artichokes got their names bc the first person to try one choked on the choke⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How about RT, as in Robert Tronberg? People just called him by his initials, and when he chocked, they said RT chocked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's no longer easy to play April Fool's jokes on Americans because their reality is so chaotic that it's no longer easy to tell what is real, funny, fake or sad.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ”Breaking news: Trump deported to Russia by the Trump administration”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, I’ve never had any issues with USB ports breaking on any of my phones. Which one of us is the outlier?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  XIXIB X8IB BO8

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game characters should swear when they get hurt⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What if your character is designed to fulfill the role of a tank?

  • 'Tis but a scratch.
  • I’ve had worse.
  • Just a flesh wound.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At that point, there will be no evidence of your disappearance, so legal details don’t even matter. Anyone who brings up such evidence, will also disappear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are old people usually attracted to other old people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. These two are different things. Most people experience both, some only one of the two, and Jaiden experienced none of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are old people usually attracted to other old people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re developing romantic attraction. It’s different from sexual attraction, but usually people think of them as one and the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's quite strange that I can just go online and say a thing and probably atleast a thousand people are going to read it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also terrifying. When you open your inbox 12 hours later and you see a bunch of comments poking holes in your arguments or making fun the ideas that sounded really good in your head. When you write something online, you never know if you’re going to end up in a hurricane like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are batteries recycled?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are shredded to small pieces. Magnet separates all ferromagnetic parts, like steel casings. There can also be other separation methods such as flotation. Various non-ferromagnetic materials such as zinc and manganese can be dissolved in sulfuric acid. In order to speed things up, leaching is done at an elevated temperature.

  In the next stage, Mn and Zn are precipitated as hydroxides using submerging like sodium hydroxide for example. There are other options too. You could also melt the batteries and separate the metals that way. If you use pyrometallurgy instead of hydrometallurgy, you’ll be using a lot more energy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can humans seemingly only imagine like 3 different forms of government in different flavors?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ideally, you would find a “philosopher king”, but that’s unlikely to happen. The next best option would be liquid democracy or some sort of direct democracy. If that’s not an option, you could switch to preferential voting that leads to a coalition parliament fairly often. Proportional representation works too. Basically anything other than FPTP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can humans seemingly only imagine like 3 different forms of government in different flavors?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You could also look back. History has many examples of people governing themselves in various ways that differ from the systems used at the moment. Even within the spectrum contemporary democracy, there are several options to choose from. People could just look up what kinds of democracies are used in other countries and how they differ from the one used (or not used) in your home country.

  I think we need a new radical philosopher who comes up with a new way of government, and starts promoting it actively. Actually, long ago, I heard one small political party doing just that. They wanted to switch to the kind of direct democracy used in Switzerland, which sounded nice. If people heard about someone proposing an alternative, they might at least consider it.

  The way I see it, people aren’t really exposed to different ideas of this kind. They see the problems, but not the answers. People aren’t really proposing new solutions that much, now are they?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's weird that a room with just a toilet and sink is called a "half bath", when it in fact has zero bathtubs.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you chop a bathtub in half and place the parts in different rooms, you can have two half baths. If you bring four such parts in the same room, you’ll get a double bath. Probably still not very good for actually bathing, because a half tubs don’t hold much water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Having the local dictator as the unifying enemy seems to be popular. Just ask anyone from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya or Yemen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Majority of French, Germans and British think Trump is a 'dictator'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s some more context for that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🦆 - 🚗The fuck is bigger than the car.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  🪐🌍🌗⛰️🏢🚙☕️🦠⚛️ Turns out, emoji can cover quite the range of different sizes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canada's tariffs to remain despite Trump postponing tariffs on many imports from Canada for a month⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a good point. Uncertainty hurts businesses and investors harder than you would think. People will go to extreme lengths to mitigate uncertainty, which usually has a negative impact on the economy. Now Canada is creating certainty about one thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can trump make it so I can sell my citizenship for 5 million dollars?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you run the citizenship cycle every 13 years, and you get paid 5 million every time, that’s still about 32 k$ per month, which is not bad. It takes a very long time, but it should be worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can trump make it so I can sell my citizenship for 5 million dollars?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How long does it take to become a US citizen? That determines how often you can sell your citizenship and restart the process. Imagine getting 5 million every year or two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suppose you were a dissident facing political persecution, how would you preserve your personal files so that you can retrieve it many years later, in case of imprisonment?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  1. Encrypt your data.
  2. Make a disk image.
  3. Make a torrent of that image.
  4. Start a cult where the torrenting your data determines the ranking within the order.
  5. Come up with a cool name and logo for the cult. Maybe something like “The Archivists of Eternity” for example.
  6. ???
  7. Profit
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the things someone permanently relocating away from the US should be aware of?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  LOL, you got me! The chocolate thing is pretty much satire. Totally forgot about the fake cheese though. That would have been even better. I don’t know if anyone actually eats chocolate or cheese to cure homesickness. I suppose some of the other products might be more appropriate. People can have memories attached to all sorts of weird things, so I guess technically any food could be applicable.

  However, the thing about prices is entirely factual, at least in my area. Everything in there is so expensive, that you would have to be really curious or desperate to try them out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If society goes completely cashless, bank robberies would no longer be a thing, which means there would no longer be "bank robbery" plots in future Movies/TV shows.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe a cyberheist will become the next big thing if realspace has nothing worth klepping.

  Imagine a story, where a crew of netrunners enters a datafort, and some of them get zeroed by the ice, but some of them narrowly escape with the loot. Yeah, that sound like a GPT prompt I could try.