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- Comment on Which is less religious: Xmas or Christmas? 9 months ago:
Festivus. It's the holiday for the rest of us.
- Comment on Which is less religious: Xmas or Christmas? 9 months ago:
What you're talking about is a calculation based on the birth of John the Baptist. John the Baptist's father was a priest in the order of Abijah and John the Baptist was conceivced with his father's barren wife as a reward for his service in the temple. His service would have ended in June. The angel Gabriel visited Mary in the sixth month of that pregnancy to tell her that she would birth Jesus. The calculation is June + 6 = Dec + 9 = September.
December is definitely not the correct month because the story has shepherds tending their flocks in the field. Sheep have to be brought in from the field for the winter months and would not have been in the field in December. They would have been moved to shelter no later then the end of October.
The year is also problematic. Jesus was born during the reign of King Harrod who died in 4BCE. And during a mass killing of babies which, if it happened at all, would have occurred at least a couple of years before Harrod's death.
It's also worth saying that there isn't good evidence for Jesus having ever existed at all. It seems most likely that he did and was a reformist rabbi that the myth was built around but no one apparently wrote anything about him for a century or two after his death.
- Comment on When should I start showing someone new to Trek new shows? 10 months ago:
There were protests and threats aimed at TOS for being too progressive, particularly on racial issues. TOS didn't make the command structure clear but as bridge officers and department heads Uhura and Sulu can't be any lower than 6th in command and TOS had the first interracial kiss on television. Yeah it's pretty bad looking back at it now but keeping in mind that the first season aired less than 2 years after the end of segregation helps temper the shock.
- Comment on Are any self-cleaning cat litter boxes any good, or worth the money? 11 months ago:
It was the large option at the time but it is not as large as the one in your link. Mine is also all grey. I got 2 cats from my local animal shelter, they were about 2 and 3 months old at the time and the younger one was a little bigger than the older which should have been a warning sign. They are both American shorthairs. My older cat is white with a calico saddle and is only a little bigger than average, she is 14 lbs. My younger cat is almost solid black with 2 little white toes on one of his back feet. He is 22 lbs, over a foot tall, and from his nose to the end of his tail he is 39inches. He can stand on his back feet and get stuff off the kitchen counter.
- Comment on Are any self-cleaning cat litter boxes any good, or worth the money? 11 months ago:
I had one when my cats were kittens, unfortunately one of my cats is freakishly large and can't turn around in most lidded litter boxes so I had to replace it but it was very convenient. It's easy to use and the monthly clean out is about the same as any other manual litter box.
- Comment on If I add baking soda to lemon juice and water or use carbonated water is the carbon the same as the CO2 in the atmosphere? 11 months ago:
I offer you 3 better alternatives to daily burping for fermentation.
Good: Latex balloon with a pinhole in it. Stretch the neck over the opening of the container, when uninflated the pinhole is too small to let contaminates in, as the off gassing inflates the balloon the pinhole expands and the gasses are released.
Pros- cheap, latex balloons are ubiquitous, not opening the container reduces the risk of infection
Cons- stretching and wear to balloon prevents reuse, risk of tearing or slipping allowing too much gas to escape and contaminates to enter the container, vigorous fermentation may fill balloon with liquid/foam or cause a blowout
Better: Airlock
Pros- easiest option, airlock will be designed for use with container with no modification or customisation, least interaction needed generally no action will needed during fermentation but occasionally airlock may need refilled, resistant to blowout and fluid/foam leakage
Cons- if there is a blowout it will be spectacular and potentially dangerous, can be difficult to find and expensive if not using one of a few standard types of fermentation containers,
Best: Blow off tube, run a tube from the opening of the container to a container of water with the fermenter end having an airtight seal and the water end submerged. Water level must be below the level of the liquid in the fermenter.
Pros- blowout proof, resistant to fluid/foam leakage and leakage is generally contained in the water container, all materials are available at hardware or craft stores and at most big box stores
Cons- creating an airtight seal can be tricky for non-standard containers, requires the most space and materials
- Comment on How do I make myself smarter? 11 months ago:
Check out the Allegory of the Cave, might change your mind about the usefulness of Plato. You might also find something interesting in the philosophy of Pythagoras's cult and in the stoics.
- Comment on Give Me Experiences, Not Obligations 11 months ago:
Battlecruisers is excellent. It's primarily single player with a pvp arena and the story is a bit short but it's a very enjoyable few hours.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Bluebottle.Battlecruisers
In the same vein but a bit longer gameplay is Interstellar Pilot.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelfactor.interstellarpilot
And Interstellar Pilot 2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelfactor.interstellarpilot2
- Comment on Why does it seem like women are more wont to make noise in sexual situations while men don't? 11 months ago:
There's no common language name for the fat layer under the skin in English, the medical term is most often used which is subcutaneous fat.
- Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? 11 months ago:
I've eaten it, if you shoot it you have to clean it and eat it. It's a rule.
- Comment on YSK about the different “ways of knowing” 11 months ago:
I would argue that having facts without context isn't knowing. I accept the definition of knowledge to be justified true belief. Ultimately this is a probabilistic argument, Solipsism cannot be overcome so we can never absolutely know anything but phenomenologically it is best to assume our external reality exists and functions roughly the way we perceive it. With absolute knowledge out of reach we need a functional construction to serve in it's place. Justified true belief is as close to absolute knowledge as we can achieve. In this construct belief uses it's conventional definition, true means that it doesn't contradict reality as we perceive it, and justified means that we can point to strong evidence in our perceived reality to support the belief. Without at least some context the belief cannot be justified so the thing cannot be known.
- Comment on Is it mold? Flowchart by Doin' the Most (homebrew yt channel) 1 year ago:
Beer doesn't have a high enough alcohol content to kill most infections, you need about 50% alcohol (100proof) for an effective disinfectant. The fermentation process will kill most infections because the yeast you intentionally put in out competes other things that find their way into your brew. Most infections that commonly occur (wild yeast, mold, and bacterial infections are possible) are not dangerous, a few are beneficial like the bacteria that works with the yeast to make kombucha, or lactobacillus for sours and most fermented foods, or penicillium mold. If your brew becomes infected the most likely result is that it will taste and smell bad and maybe cause some gastrointestinal upset but not be particularly dangerous. For homemade alcohol distilling is where it really gets dangerous. Every fermentation will create some methanol but a healthy fermentation will produce very little and it will mostly get cleaned up during aging. A bad fermentation, either caused by infection or bad yeast, will produce more and in beer the levels will cause an unpleasant taste and smell but not hit toxic levels. When you distill a beer with higher levels, it gets retained and concentrated along with the ethanol and can cause serious illness.
- Comment on New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check to Buy a 3D Printer 1 year ago:
Unless there have been serious recent advances, 3D printed guns are not viable weapons for mass shootings. The heat and force generated from firing the first round damages them too badly for them to fire a second.
- Comment on Bradley Cooper in ‘Jewface’ storm after Leonard Bernstein trailer reveals prosthetic nose 1 year ago:
I'm thinking he could replace Robert Downey Jr for Tropic Thunder 2.
- Comment on What's the Best Non-Alcoholic Alternative to an Ice Cold Beer at the End of the Day? 1 year ago:
Vita Malt or Malta Goya might be worth a try. They are malted soft drinks flavored with barley and hops. A South American or African grocery should have them or similar brands if you can't find them at your regular grocery. They will probably be in the international section.
- Comment on Can a tornado have the force to knock a cow into your house? 1 year ago:
I've never seen a tornado throw a cow through a house. I have seen the aftermath of a tornado trying to climb a mountain and digging a trench down to the base rock. If a tornado can dig out a couple hundred ton of shale and sandstone in a few minutes I don't imagine it'd have too much trouble with a cow.
- Comment on Confidently Incorrect - when people are way too smug about their wrong answer 1 year ago:
Op has posted threads in the confidently_incorrect magazine so you should be able to get to it through op's post history. I'm on kbin and the links posted here don't always work for me so I've found communities that way a few times.