makr_alland

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No quantum mechanics. Things have concrete properties even when no one's watching, and they can all be observed at the same time. The universe is complex but understandable.

Also, P=NP and π is 3.33 repeating, just for the lols.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

How is "being bad" decided?

If it's decided internally ("bad" is what you believe is bad), then all the objectivists get a free pass for being assholes. Hitler is a supermodel, etc.

If it's decided externally (there's an universal definition of "bad"), how far into the future does it propagate? If I rescue from drowning someone who will genocide all the Dutch in the future, when do I go bald?

That said, beauty pageants would be much funnier, with trolley problems instead of talent competitions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That sounds very interesting, do you remember the name or the author?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

If you're referring to the US' Video Privacy Protection Act, it was passed only because it slightly embarrassed a Supreme Court nominee.

So for there to be half-decent online privacy laws in the US, first someone will have to leak Clarence Thomas' Pornhub search history or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The TV UI is horrible and has negative development: Less features and more bugs every release.

Do you want to go to a video's channel? Well, that depends on where you are:

  • Go to Home.

  • Long-press on a video.

  • Press "Go to channel".

  • Go to Subscriptions.

  • Long-press on a video.

  • Fewer options because fuck you.

  • Start the video, press down, up, right, select.

  • Oh, it was a short video? You fell into the trap! Down goes to another video. Go back, select the video again, press right, right, select.

And that's just one example.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's how politics work in the US.

Not really, unfortunately. All these "if you don't vote for A you're voting for B" arguments would be a little more applicable if the US presidential election was a simple majority vote, but anyone with the most basic of US politics knowledge has heard of the Electoral College. Hillary Clinton wasn't elected president in 2016, but not because more people voted for Trump.

And that's without taking into the account voting suppression. Would you tell someone who can't vote because of racist laws that they are "voting for Trump"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Look up the Everburn Blade in Baldur's Gate 3.