TheMadBeagle [he/him]

This is what the company I work for is doing. Wouldn’t you know it, profits are at an all time high for them despite being in an industry heavily tied to imports. I wonder how that works? 🙃

The big bang was the start of the observable universe as we know it. That is a very important distinction.There is no telling what is beyond what we can observe. Science has no apparatus for guessing what is beyond the 13 (or is 14) billion light-year mark. It could be that that line is the limit of existence. It could be that there is infinite nothing beyond it. It could be that we are just one pocket in a greater universe. We do not know, and honestly I don’t think there will ever be a way for us to know for sure.

I just want to say one of the reasons I quite like my experience on lemmy (at least the instances I most frequent communities on) is this right here. A lot of the time when I see disagreement between users in my frequented communities they:

• actually provide details and context for their points, including directing their response to specific points made.
• are willing to disagree without it being a problem or it devolving into personal attacks.

I’m not saying I don’t see these things, its just not the primary thing I see as compared to other sites.

Thank y’all for having a very insightful and positive conversation.

Well, to be fair, they haven’t yet because the patent was, at least at the time the shaker was manufactured, not yet patented.

Absolutely agree. Even before AI, the corporatization of Hollywood over the last couple of decades was shifting the winds that direction, at least as far as I have observed. This will just accelerate that fact even faster.

This, absolutely this. I work as a software engineer for a major company and it is miserable right now. The top level management are so convinced that most junior devs are no longer needed. Our department has been downsized multiple times in the last two years, IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR DEPARTMENT WIDE PROJECT, and yet, they are confused why the project is struggling to meet its deadlines. Most of us left have been working what used to be the job of 2 or 3 devs. The only reason I haven’t left before now is that I had major personal issues going on in my life that took up most of my free time and I needed to have a “stable” source of income. Now that that is all resolved I plan on jumping ship and watching it burn from the outside.

I don’t care if it ever gets good though, the cost to human labor and to the environment will forever make AI a non starter for me. I think that last point is what worries me most about the way people talk about it at work, no one ever talks about environment cost. Honestly, rarely do people except for a handful of devs I am personal friends with ever talk about the labor cost.

On a flat surface, bikes expend less energy to use than walking. This actually makes total sense. Biking is also a kinder motion on joins than walking which is actually quite hard on knees.

They have demands, most news sources I’ve seen have shown those demands, they have a website that states their demands.

https://www.iceoutnowmn.com/

Some other form of known harm this can bring maybe worth pursuing, but I kind of doubt libel would be a viable option unfortunately. Firstly, I imagine most of these people are in fact making pro Palistine statements, so if that is what the group paying for this truck to drive around is publishing, in that regard, this truck is not really libel. I do notice that the truck specifically references a website called “harvardhatesjews.com”, which, if they are stating that these individuals are antisemitic without any other proof than being pro Palestine, then maybe that could be construed as libel. The another major problem is that libel is just plain tricky to get to stick in a lot of instances from my understanding, so even if this was a candidate for a libel case, it may be difficult and expensive to prove. And to that last point, it is difficult for people with little money to sue as going to court in the US (pf which would be the case in this instance) is incredibly expensive. Since most of these kids are college kids, it may be difficult for them to even find the means to pay for a suit. Before anyone says it, yes I know this is Harvard, of which many attendees are from wealthy backgrounds, but by no means is that true for every student. Even for the ones that is true for that also happen to being willing to make a pro Palestine statement, it might not be that their wealthy family is will to back them in a suit such as this.

And adding an s apparently lol

Not a Minnesotian, but as someone who has lived in the US south their whole life surrounded by extremely religious conservatives, most of the ones I have come across (unfortunately unavoidable interacting with them at times here) hate Jewish people, so it is not a surprise that they don’t support Isreal, even if it is an apartheid state.

The problem with your analogy though is that the doctor does have plans to actually help the problem too. It takes more time and effort to set up all the things needed to properly heal a bone, so in the mean time they try to help alleviate the symptoms in the mean time. The system’ in place has no plans to actually address the real issues, so it’s more like the doctor sent you out the door with painkillers and calls that good enough. Creating laws that attempt to curb cigarette habits might be worth pursuing if paired with actual legislation to handle the causes that drive people to their use.

Also, to me, it is worth looking at some of the other reasons people are draw to smoking. Tobacco companies pour tons of money into methods of encouraging smoking and vaping, with it being well know that some of this is targeted at young people. To be honest, and some may find this a bit of a stretch, I sometimes feel that these laws are a sort of collective societal victim blaming more then a benefit.

As another point, and I don’t know if you know this, but banning something does not necessarily curb it’s use (see alcohol prohibition in the US in the early 20th century). If anything prohibition just deregulates it, making it more dangerous for those who still continue to participate.

I mean, I feel like saying they said the phrase ‘I am sorry’ makes it true that it is an apology in the most literal sense, but it is sort of an asinine point, in my opinion. The comment you replied to was, from what I read into it, is saying the execs at unity didn’t regret their choice, just that they were catching flak. They would absolutely have left the original policy change in place if it wasn’t for the fact that it was going to tank their revenue. If they ever felt they could get away with this again at some point in the future, then they absolutely will try this again. It is a good victory for those who called them out, but they are not sorry that they tried and probably will try similar things in the future.

To me, it helps to think of corporate America as an abuser (because they are). Sure, the abuser can say I’m sorry again and again every time they harm you, but at what point is it not really an apology? If they keep trying (and often succeeding) in doing it, then at, some point, I think I wouldn’t be satisfied with a hollow gesture.

I enjoy that I came in after the fact, and I too was confused like wallmenis, but got to instantly get further context. Don’t know why, just gave me a small chuckle

The Buffalo National River has a lot of really cool places to see. A pretty good spot is Kyle’s Landing. It has a trail along the Buffalo River which is quite nice. Can also see triple falls as it is pretty close by. The area is definitely one of the more conservative parts of the states, so do keep that in mind.

There are tons of strange names of towns in Arkansas. Toad Suck, Flippin, Snowball, Bald Knob, Booger Hollow, etc. There is also tons like Havana, London, Paris (which is actually next to the tallest mountain in Arkansas).

It is an understatment to say the state of Arkansas sucks, but have always gotten a good chuckle from some of the town names. Also, to me, Arkansas has some of the prettiest state parks in the US.