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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fictional⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  One light year is 9.4607379e+15 meters, so there’s a power of 10 that could give us a unit of length close to 94 cm. That would not be as arbitrary.

  But fuck me if we discover the speed of light has not been constant along the history of the universe, the c would be an awful base for cosmic distance, or very long term science.

  But don’t worry, humanity doesn’t look like it will exist long enough to do very long term science.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Velma can't math.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy cow, it’s a 70s franchise, but I misremembered, even though I watched dubs in the 80s! Technically it’s a 60s franchise because it was born in 1969.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Velma can't math.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. Seeing how modern shows like Foundation, The Witcher, or Star Trek Discovery, to name a few, have gratuitously walked over their own canon, I can understand how the producers thought Velma was a good idea for a new Scooby Doo show.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Velma can't math.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It was never about Scooby Doo. IIRC, this was supposed to be an original show, but latching it to a successful 99s franchise must have looked like a sure money maker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Velma can't math.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You ignoramus. This is what allows us artistic geniuses to freely unleash our gifts to the world, what we call “creative liberty”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨snail lyfe⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The next question I’d expect from a little kid would be “why is your hair long?”.

  And another why, and another, and another…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good uses the new ballroom can have after the Trump regime is over?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re still talking about dancing, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fear their power⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If my species had 20K sexes, sex wouldn’t be an essential part of my identity. It would be like my fingerprints being part of my personality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smells Great⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t the pineapple sweet enough that sugar could be omitted?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Make up should disappear, and more emphasis should be applied in medically-sound skin care. Your skin should be healthy enough that you don’t need to cover it with paint.

  I get that using colors is fun, but makeup as it is today is way beyond reasonable, it’s not only about painting your skin, it’s about insecurity.

  Painted hair is cool though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fear their power⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my thought as well. That many sexes, if they can be called sexes, basically means everyone would have a single indeterminate sex. Imagine filling a form and selecting your sex among a 20K list of names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Shepherds are famous for having lots of free time to write religious fanfiction so future generations bicker about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can do my chores for me if you want, I know it’s little but it’s something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is removing its Messenger apps for Windows and macOS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What? It feels like a web wrapper right now, I always thought it was an old backend because the web app had better functionality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arborholing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Every seedless fruit is a testament of how humanity has deviated from its original, seed nurturing purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a good kindle reader alternative⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been happy with Calibre Web and downloading to the official reader apps, but I’m open to try new things.

  What strikes me as odd is why starting a Java software in this day and age. Java in the server is the COBOL of the 2000s, mostly used for legacy software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Specially when those companies are valued in TRILLIONS. Nothing is worth trillions, somehow these surreal numbers have been accepted as hard fact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger! Or chronically ill, but in a cool way, really.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great games you would recommend from before 1990?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you didn’t like LoZ, you’re discarding a lot of games from that era. Resources were scarce, so games didn’t hold your hand with in-game tutorials, quest marquees, etc. Game magazines with tips were really popular, as was official game guides from game publishers.

  That being said, you might enjoy early 90s versions. For example, Phantasy Star IV (1993, Sega Genesis) feels more modern than its predecessors, it’s one of my favorites.

  Dragon Quest 4 (1990, NES) is the pinnacle of the series on 8-bit. You’ll still have to guess and get lost, but it has many modern features. Playing it first will permanently spoil you for the previous ones.

  Shining Force (1992, Sega Genesis) is also a pleasant turn-based strategy game with modern, although simple, mechanics. Shining Force 2 is even better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wax on⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone should mind their beesness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's true!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you deal with native fauna that lives in wild vegetation? Mosquitoes, flies, ticks, etc.?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cox-zucker⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t very curious since according to them, the primary point of the paper was making a joke. I’d supposed the algorithm wasn’t groundbreaking, just something to publish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think the PPE is for⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe an ordered table can’t have the element of surprise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TheOldReader.com

  Free for 100 feeds, although it added a small ad in the home page recently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not technical, but I hope Lyric the dog is getting some meat along with “Home cooked meals of green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, and brown rice”. Dogs require meat, it’s not their fault.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmm... Yeah. It checks out.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And they KNOW humans provide sustenance on a regular basis, and protection, so I can’t believe they think we’re just giant hairless monstrous cats. They’d have to think everything else is a cat otherwise. Look at the flying cats, mom! I’m gonna catch and eat one!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I fully accept I have difficulty with using these pronouns. English is not my first language, and in my daily life I know zero nonbinary people, literally zero, so I don’t get to practice. I’ve only seen trans people on TV, or in discussions on the Internet, so I don’t get to practice those either.

  I know a handful of people that are gay or lesbian, but they’re not into choosing special gender pronouns. So my only practice before this discussion was another online discussion more than a year ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I said Adira is a nonbinary girl, I meant she is female of sex and nonbinary of chosen gender.

  it was a big deal when they announced her, but the treatment was milquetoast and timid. Same with the few non-cis characters, they were tokens, the show didn’t have the courage to depict a future where a diverse gender philosophy is widely accepted. They yellowed out of it and presented as if it was still our time. I don’t dislike the show for being woke, I dislike it for being shallow woke.

  Same with the rest of it, it was 90% SFX and 10% writing. With long series like TNG you can afford the luxury of experimenting and fumbling the ball some weeks, it Discovery and Picard and massive productions that only have 12 episodes a year. They had to make every one of those count.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, let me explain it as a metaphor:

  a) You want to buy a new house, it’s beautiful although there’s a couple of leaks but the rest of the roof is solid. You decide like it.

  b) You want to buy a new house, it’s beautiful although most of the roof has leaks. You decide it’s not wort the effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are reasons to hate any show. Discovery made the mistake of being made mostly of that.