Ziggurat
@Ziggurat@jlai.lu
- Submitted 3 days ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 74 comments
- Comment on how do school shooters know how to use guns? 6 days ago:
I went to a rural school, and everyone had a “hunters education” class in like 7th grade.
For the non American, how old is it supposed to be, please tell me it’s the last year of high school with 18 yo, and you were in a vocational school not a generic one
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
From what I get, the name is so bad, that when creating your character you choose to be born as a girl and transition latter so you would-be called Marco. Looks like you knew before being born that the name was bad 😂
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 3 weeks ago:
one more example showing how US standard are incredibly low regarding basic human rights…
- Comment on Is This Social Media? 4 weeks ago:
I would consider fediverse and forums, including lemmy as a form of social media. So the answer is yes
- Comment on Why is it so common to be interested in true crime when at the same time you're disturbed by it? 4 weeks ago:
Full story, often quite awful (you never see true crime about a drunk driver, but when a chemistry student uses acid to get rid of his ex gf body it’s get in true crime show), and with a lot of technical and legal details all of that make it interesting provided you have a good narrator
- Comment on Is "AI" the end of truth? 4 weeks ago:
Like… do governments just get to shape the world as they see fit?
This is not new, most likely in history class you’ve heard about Soviet propaganda and saw how Trotsky was removed from photography.
The interesting part is now every stupid ass can forge photograph without complex techniques and a long training. IMO it’s great, people will finally understand that a photo/video is most likely fake.
It will help them to use their critical thinking skills and check the context
- Comment on How would one exit a black hole? 5 weeks ago:
Which is why it would work with a small black hole, but not with a large one
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Don’t make-it a big deal, and your kid won’t make-it a big-deal
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
That’s pretty high on the scale of toxic parenting,
Tell him that you’re already with someone, and not interested
- Comment on For some reason suicide is illegal. If someone is going or trying to commit suicide and get talked down are they still in trouble or get locked up or sent to a medical facility? 5 weeks ago:
There is a gray area where assisted suicide/euthanasia isn’t legal. Shall you take 20 or 30 years of jail for helping your loved one to end their suffering or shall legally murderer get away with suspended sentence/probation.
A clear legal context for assisted suicide suicide solves the debate
- Comment on Feeling insecure about going to a 'girlie pop' concert as a 30 year old man, am i overthinking it? 1 month ago:
Enjoy yourself, have fun with your wife, and don’t overhtink-it, your dick won’t fly away
- Comment on How do AI data centers manage to *consume* water, but when I cool my house, my A/C *makes* water? 1 month ago:
This is the complicated part with water consumption, saving water in the Netherlands won’t make rain in Morroco.
However, there is only so many rain water stored in the ground at a given time and brought by the rivers. This water need to be used mostly for agriculture, then human consumption, and finally industry. Once it’s back in the cloud we don’t fully know where it will fall again, let alone if it’s polluted.
Sure it’s a renewable ressource, the problem start when you the water faster than the rate at which it renews, especially during summer. In Europe the problem will be even worse with the global warming. The alpine glacier are disappearing meaning that we’ll loose a major water reserve for summer
- Comment on Whatever happened to the blockchain/smart contract 'revolution' we were told about? 1 month ago:
It’s actively transforming global agriculture. While the USA failed to innovate Canada has integrated blockchain into it’s agricultural sector to facilitate unparalleled traceability.
This example is a nice summary of the issue with block chain. Sure it can be done with block chain.
However, is it really doing it better than SAP or whatever large corporate program used to do it? Is there an ecosystem of thousands of specialised consultant that will tailor a solution for your need? Most managers tends to be conservative with tech, they want a brand they know (Microsoft, SAP) wich can provide a support contract and be sued, and with sales-person wearing a tie. The cryptobros and theirs block chain based startup do not match.
- Comment on Whatever happened to the blockchain/smart contract 'revolution' we were told about? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Why is Fediverse moderation, even more Draconian than Reddit? 1 month ago:
Even slightly right of center will get you banned and ostracized
Sligthly right of center views are more saying that private sector may play a role in healthcare, or that private school are OK. Thinking that children shall not get healthcare or suporting war-crime isn’t slighthly off centered
- Comment on Entrapment 1 month ago:
I thought it was for memes, puns, and AI generated content
- Comment on 1 month ago:
!pathfinder@ttrpg.network or at least the more generic !rpg@ttrpg.network would be specialised enough to know the answer.
As usual, in case of doubt during game, find a ruling which works and look out the answer latter
- Comment on Where are all the successful "red cities"? 1 month ago:
Did anyone else thought about cities with communist mayor when reading about red cities?
- Comment on Ice cream trucks still around? 1 month ago:
What’s outdated about it?
People like ice cream, and with global warming even more, , so a truck strategically parked (at the school exit, in the park, in front of that tourist hot spot) will drag an audience. It may be a bit harder for the ones going from neighborhood to neighbourhood but it’s still a thing. We even have one stopping at my work parking, which is the opportunity for informal discussion with coworkers I see less
- Comment on Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy? 2 months ago:
I guess Germans are rather privacy focused so they might
3rd Reich then east Germany gave Germany a hard lesson about privacy, so indeed they’re very sensitive to that topic
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 2 months ago:
We live in a sad world, western democracy with high standard regarding human right are the exception, not the norm.
So are we gonna start war against every dictatorship? Look at the results in Afghanistan instead of freeing them, they now rank worse than North Korea in the economist democracy index not only they got a 20 year long war, but in the end stayed one one of the worst dictatorship in the planet, not really a success
- Comment on What's up with the sudden increase in AI slop? 2 months ago:
Lemmy is a mix between technology geeks and leftists, and many of us are both. The geek tend to be at least somehow interested in gen “AI” and often know the technical words behind it (if not what they mean). The leftists are more worried by the socio economic impact of AI
- Comment on Can an American go to Europe just for cheaper healthcare? 2 months ago:
Yes but
Full healthcare coverage is typically limited to fiscal resident, so you’ll have to pay out of pocket. That said to my understanding the US price are so absurd, that we’re like 10 times cheaper than you before insurance like a GP visit costing let’s say 30 EUR, while in the US you’d pay 300 US$ (Giving a doctor seeing 6 patient per hour revenue in the 1800 US$ per hour that’s just ridiculous, even when deducing taxes/rent/insurance and more). This is also why medical tourism is a thing.
That said, a big limit, is do you want to be away from your loved ones, in a country you don’t speak the language post surgery ?
- Submitted 2 months ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 3 months ago:
Yes, even non profit clubs need a constant influx of newcomers, whose member due will pay the rent when the ancient will leave. And for game shop it’s even worse. It’s a hobby where a 50 € book can entertain 4 adults for year, so you need new comer to keep selling.
My local rpg club runs monthly discovery session and many GM gladly take beginners at their table. (most) RPG have relatively straightforward basic rules, any semi decent GM can give you a 30 minutes briefing with enough information to play. Most of these hugs books aren’t rules but story, and special abilities (e.g. Magic spells and potions) so you don’t need to read them before playing.
Usually, I advise to look for one shots session to start it allows to discover a game and test the alchemy with other players without signing up for a 2 years campaign.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 3 months ago:
I woald advise other RPG than D&D, too many beginner look for D&D and nothing else, while tons of GM struggle to find player for non D&D games
- Comment on New community for free flight - paragliding, hang gliding, wing suits, etc. 3 months ago:
Pretty cool, subscribed
However, not sure we are enough pilots to bring much discussion here.
Well, the X alps is starting, so we’ll have for the week
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 3 months ago:
The French education system require to study two foreign language among a long list, so why most people take English + German/Spanish/Italian some people take rare language like Chinese.
To my understanding rare and hard language like Chinese (or Russian) are also a way to be admitted to a better school/class than your local school, so it’s often used by rich kids who want to bypass their local public school and be affected to a good school/class
- Comment on where are worker rights parades? why are we focusing on very limited issues? 3 months ago:
There is tons of worker right protests/riots, it as a thing long before pride, and untilcapitalist culture turned pried from riot to business friendly music festival. The worker protest were way more popular. I know that US are an outlier, but I am sure that even American do protest.
Most “Minority rights” aren’t specific rights for minority but basic rights for everyone. If you can’t dress as you like or be rejected for a job due to ryour private life it impacts more than just LGBTQ+