LibertyLizard

@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What I meant was, what is the mechanism that supposedly connects facial features to job performance?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Disturbing. What is the proposed mechanism here? Or is it unknown?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hrmmmmm⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Call me naive if you want but I think we might want to aim for slightly more than another flavor of illusory democracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume you mean JFK, was he talking about this?

  But I mean we as in the people of the US. Our leaders have very different incentives than we do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When are we going to start talking about abolishing the FBI?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't NASA have a go fund me page or kickstarter? Really don't know how they work but would donate. 380 million in the US if everyone gave a dollar would do good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has some advantages but I think it will make public services even more subordinated to the interests of the wealthy. Since they would have almost sole discretion on where that money goes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Check your candy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ouch my teeth 😢

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are bots on lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never seen real evidence of bots impersonating people here but it’s hard to know. Maybe admins would have more insights.

  There are a few ad bots that sneak in but they usually get a ban pretty quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are bots on lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like something a bot would say!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨During the lead up to the Holocaust did the N... regime just kidnap people who they even thought were Jews? Kind of like ICE is doing to citizens today?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was worried about this with CECOT but I think most everyone ended up being released from there? Does anyone know if other American deportees are still being held there?

  Unfortunately, I’ve seen very little reporting on other foreign prison camps, so I don’t know what the conditions there are like and who is being held vs released etc. Someone in the media really needs to dig into this more. Or if anyone has seen such reporting, please link it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Should disabling these cameras be considered community defense? Discuss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sloe Down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is the implication here that Asian plums are a different species?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mercy merci⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Distant cackling

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mercy merci⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The spiders have their corners in my house. Doesn’t bother me. They eat the pesky flying insects that like to fly in my face.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fight me⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well ultimately it all becomes heat. Maybe a tiny amount escapes a window or something. So we could say 99%.

  But heat pumps still reign supreme, at least until it gets super cold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The obvious solution here is to include frozen gametes in the ship’s cargo to increase the diversity of the population. It would be culturally easiest with frozen sperm but if necessary you could include eggs as well, provided people are willing to be surrogate mothers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fear their power⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine how much easier dating would be if you’re default compatible with over 98% of the population. Making me jealous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who haunts your home?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not quite as advertised. Just a list of relevant fossil sites and publications. Very useful for a researcher, I’m sure, but not just a list of species for your area.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh no my harvest is too bountiful⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s it got to do with being a nuclear engineer though? It just seems so random, it feels like I’m missing something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh no my harvest is too bountiful⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get it. Why furries?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like most anarchists identify as socialists, so I’m not sure about that one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What would be an example of a non-socialist but leftist school of thought?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arborholing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If we are being ruled by our crops it would have to be corn and not trees, unfortunately. Trees would be much better overlords I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨eco-vengeance iconoclast⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really wish peccaries (javelinas) would repopulate California. They’re so cool!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Altman prepares ChatGPT for its AI-rotica debut⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this just an excuse to motivate people to upload their real-life identity so they can sell that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California Shuts Down Its Solar Thermal Plant 13 Years Early⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you. I don’t really understand why the gas component is necessary in the first place but I guess there must be some reason.

  Regardless, it does seem like this plant has much lower emissions than the gas plants likely to replace it in the near term. Therefore this seems like bad for CA’s energy transition.

  But maybe the economics of it were just unworkable, I don’t know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just hear me out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  THIS IS INCORRECT NOMENCLATURE! screeches and returns to swamp hovel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wax on⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly pollen actually. The honey is just the fuel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨predatory giraffes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s predatory flying giraffes to you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California Shuts Down Its Solar Thermal Plant 13 Years Early⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure I’m not saying build more. But shutting it down after we already spent the money is a different question. Batteries help but they won’t solve the whole issue in the near future.