Admetus

@Admetus@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I was exercising at the park - the next thing I knew snipers were aiming at me'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “I said to the police, ‘it’s better safe than sorry’,” he said. “I’m not blaming the police, they were very nice with me. I was being nice with them, we work together. That’s why we pay our taxes so we keep ourselves safe.”

  Again, I don’t think he took issue with being processed in handcuffs after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I was exercising at the park - the next thing I knew snipers were aiming at me'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Guy was running around in a vest that looked like a bomb vest, close to a Jewish community while in other countries they are being simultaneously threatened. You think they were going to end it there, by not taking him into the station and giving him a chance to make a statement for in case there’s some kind of pushback or worse, he gets targeted too?

  He said they treated him well. I’ve been in handcuffs before (employer cancelled my visa in-country) and it’s not a big deal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I was exercising at the park - the next thing I knew snipers were aiming at me'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an incident that needed to be processed unfortunately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny I was thinking this once

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't my shit and urine stink while they're inside me?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When you’re dead I’m sure it will be noticeable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy 3.14 Day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Make sure a few stars die first in order to obtain those ingredients.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is getting support for 1,000 Hz+ monitors soon as part of Insider builds — Microsoft has reportedly increased the refresh rate limit to 5,000 Hz⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The human eye doesn’t work via a pulsed frequency and is working on purely organic electrical signals. Quite a few sensory neurons will spot each frame. Article says the eye can sense up to 20,000Hz.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first rule of starting a fire, is to know how to put it out.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I literally thought it was a reference to US-Iran but it’s a legit showerthought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They seemed nice and normal until....⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still can’t get used to her eyes, which makes her a perfect casting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if it's actually pronounced "Arstralia," and we never realized because of the accent?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frig.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure why there is a mute button…I’m getting curious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Travelling on a flying carpet must be terrifying⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In ‘Rise of Endymion’, the ‘Magic Carpet’ creates a kind of force field that keeps its occupants in, and the wind out. But you can still slam and splatter into lots of bits if you hit a rock wall. The force field isn’t that powerful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this physics correct?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hello, Physics teacher here! Key to the concept of energy aka work is its definition:

  Work done on an object = force X distance moved in the direction of the force. This can also apply when the force is in the opposite direction to the movement, i.e. gravitational force down, movement up. We say we’re doing work against gravity.

  So the slope introduces horizontal movement but no horizontal forces makes this relevant. It only becomes relevant when say, sliding and friction is introduced!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Value and 'likes' of a post are different things.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can downvote a post on Lemmy but you’re still looking at it, maybe examining it, thinking, is this post relevant to others?

  So not having an algorithm to remove it from your life completely makes you less of a neuron-firing drone and more a consciousness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truly identical twins as actors would present really interesting opportunities for a stage play⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Linda and Leslie Hamilton, yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You board a train, board a bus, and board a ship, but you don't board a car⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m getting because it’s a process in which you need to show a valid ticket of travel (or buy it) while boarding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can ask any question to the people of year 3000, but can only receive information in the form of a single bit. What's your question?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  0?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a few years, the western liberals who claim to want a world led by countries outside the west are gonna get what they wished for, and realise that means western liberal values lose⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Has anyone used a bidet? Someone in this thread got me curious. Why are they so highly rated?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a few years, the western liberals who claim to want a world led by countries outside the west are gonna get what they wished for, and realise that means western liberal values lose⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to say are you sure you mistyped bidets instead of something else, and then you really rounded it off with bidets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"A hill I'm willing to die on" is a weird phrase for what it means.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Quite a few idioms like ‘You dodged a bullet’ or ‘I’m laying low.’ have originated from military in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surgeons have to have *really* strong stomachs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was one of the best I’ve ever read, made me laugh out loud ‘swamps of dagobah’ bahahaha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony Patents Buttonless Adaptive Controller With Customizable Layouts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine mashing your thumb against a hard flat surface for two hours. This is only doable if the controller is wrapped in something rubber-like, and some way of providing tactile button press feedback. In my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨obesity even kills stars, but the bigger they are, they shine brighter too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I initially thought this meme was like Pacman, the Sun needs more fuel, must gobble gobble

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy irl⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t want the yoghurt to go critical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's a whole lotta hydrogen!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hydrogen: ‘Hi there, where’s the nearest star?’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I'm struggling with depression, I get ostracized as a "loser" that haven't accomplished anything but if I die in a tragic accident tonight, I'm a "young man with a bright future ahead"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, showerthought #2

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wartime. Don’t know why the hell they didn’t remove it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh nooooooo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why kill spiders? Oh, maybe it’s Australia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was chatting to someone about building my ‘mid’ gaming pc, we got chatting about RAM and I said I’ve got 16GB set up. His reaction was ‘only 16 gig?’

  Well yeah, my OS is only using 16% of it at startup compared to you know what.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Darth Vader was NOT a bad person⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He strove for power and renown. Points 1-3 didn’t trigger him, they were excuses to become the evil he was fated to become.

  He had his redemption arc but that was something like when he was in his 40s or 50s and reaching the twilight of his life, and knowing that Luke may well kill and replace him. Seeing Luke sacrifice himself instead, moved what little good (or more accurately, moral principles) was left in Anakin.

  In terms of alignment, Anakin was always Lawful Evil imo. My interpretation is that he was swayed by the strength of Luke’s adherence to the light side and his almost complete sacrifice. I don’t think it was really motivated by love.