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- Comment on Writing something, how would you describe his sleeping “expression”? 2 hours ago:
In a single word? I’d probably go with “vacant”
- Comment on Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. 3 days ago:
The problems; plural; is that the person who popularized the idea of data centers in space has little to zero understanding of any of the space sciences and yet owns and directs one of the world’s largest, and privately owned, aerospace companies with massive government contracts that splits its time with their own AI work.
- Comment on Either the aliens have listed Earth as a no-contact planet or we are probably alone in the universe. 4 days ago:
The assumption that other life has both the capacity and desire to explore the universe is flawed. Think of all the variety of life that has ever existed on Earth and how many of those species have ever attempted to travel to space?
Next imagine a species that does want to explore the universe to find other life. Would it make more sense for them to focus their efforts looking to the outer rim of the galaxy with the lowest number of celestrial bodies, where we are, or more towards the center where there is a statistically higher chance of finding life?
If there is an alien species with the capability and desire to explore the universe, and they search the less dense outer rim of the galaxy, and they happen to stumble upon our tiny spec of dust in the sandstorm, what if they don’t communicate in a way perceivable by us (and vice versa)? They may have flown right without realizing we were here and we could have looked right past them at the same time.
It’s also possible that ancient alien theorists are right. We have been visited. They kicked it with ancient humans for a while before heading back home to tell their friends about us and arrange future visits. The round trip could easily take 10s of thousands or even millions of years.
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- Comment on Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash 2 weeks ago:
Surveillance is a form of oppression and should be resisted at every opportunity.
- Comment on Why do some car lovers oppose bike infrastructure, when more bikes would mean fewer cars on the road? 5 weeks ago:
In short, it’s selfish myopothy. “I don’t see how this will immediately and directly benefit me so I oppose it and, now that I have made my uninformed knee-jerk decision, I refuse to listen to opposing arguments that might cause me to admit that I was ever wrong about anything.”
You might recognize this behavior in other aspects of society. It is not isolated to transportation infrastructure.
- Comment on It is theoretically possible to constantly travel so that it is perpetually daytime wherever you are 1 month ago:
Sorta related xkcd what if clip about the longest sunset you can experience while driving.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8F7UNK9jco&t=80
The reference to the plane close to the beginning suggests that yes, so long as you can refill fast enough, or while flying than you can travel in perpetual daylight.
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- Comment on Failure is the best teacher 2 months ago:
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
– Vernon Law
- Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)? 2 months ago:
Just guessing here, but I would think it’s for for clarity and brevity. West and South are shorter to say and distinct enough to avoid being easily misheard causing somebody to go in the opposite direction than intended.
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- Might not be efficient, but at least it... Uhhh, wait, what good does it provide again?lemmy.world ↗Submitted 3 months ago to [deleted] | 97 comments
- Comment on Unfurled, you say? 3 months ago:
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- Comment on Google’s Sundar Pichai says the job of CEO is one of the ‘easier things’ AI could soon replace 3 months ago:
One byte at a time?
- Comment on How sad 3 months ago:
“Pop Concert $200”
- Comment on The House Of The Guy Calling You A Libtard 3 months ago:
- Comment on PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE 3 months ago:
- Comment on Scientists Growing Colour Without Chemicals 3 months ago:
I thought the pic was 3 cookies and was all excited. Then I read the headline. I probably should not be left unsupervised in a lab.
- Comment on Ain't no one breaking in 3 months ago:
Somebody erm … That’s not how, uhh … They welded umm …
- Comment on How do I finally get a long term career and become financially independent? 4 months ago:
Not sure if it’s helpful, but pivotal steps in my career path involved unintentional networking.
Started working at a call center reading scripts and calling it “tech support” from that job I made friends with a coworker with a similar interest in computers. A few years later he was working in-house IT for a major company and referred me.
A few years in that field and I made friends with another coworker who got me interested in scripting / coding. A few years later after meeting that friend, he was working as a software developer and referred me to my first coding job.
Once my foot was in the door I would learn and grow in each position until I felt like I stopped growing my skillset and I would find a new job where I could build new skills.
It helps that I have a genuine interest and enjoyment in learning and improving my skills. Computers and technology just happened to be the skillet that people started to pay me for. I could have just as easily ended up a machinist, contractor, chef or any other profession sparked by a personal interest of mine.
- Comment on What are the demands of the No Kings protests? What's the plan if they win? 4 months ago:
To keep with the analogy: the goal is to step on the brake … aka apply the checks and balances supposedly built into the system and stop letting Trump just do whatever he wants without consequences.
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- Comment on Richest American to FAFO? 4 months ago:
Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton was shot and killed in a duel for insulting Vice President at the time, Aaron Burr.
- Comment on New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed 5 months ago:
- Comment on Which career to pursue? 5 months ago:
Don’t go into coding if you don’t have a passion for it and are just looking for a lucrative career path. With the exception of some niche specialties, that field is over saturated.
Disclaimer: The following suggestions are uninformed guesses and should be treated as such.
If you want to go through school, maybe psychiatry? Lots of interesting insight into people that can help inform your stories. Plus, the mix of growing normalization of mental health and current trends, I see this as a growing industry.
If you want to skip university, look at trades like electrician, plumber, nurse, etc. Good money and, at least for now, there is a lot of focus on careers that require (or at least favor) 4 year degrees, some competition for work is significantly less.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
No Twitter / X or Truth Social? Is this actually a “why aren’t you doing more to radicalize your online forum users towards our ideology” ?
- Comment on Any suggestions for a link UNshortener? 5 months ago:
Whoops, my mistake. I did not check where this was posted. Sorry about that.
- Comment on Any suggestions for a link UNshortener? 5 months ago:
I’ve not used it, but your question got me wondering so I searched and found the following site which tries to navigate various redirect methods to find the final destination. I’d be curious to know how well it works.
