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

Earth might end up having a universal dialect over time if the internet keeps getting more prominent

However, space colonies would be pretty cut off from it, due to light speed latency. You couldn't have a real-time voice call with someone in the asteroid belt or mars. You could maaaaybe have one with someone on the moon, but even a second long delay is brutal

So it's still reasonable to assume that, yes, there will be space dialect even though the internet is a thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Do people not use kitchen weights? It's a very common thing where I live (in Europe)

Hell, I often just use a kitchen weight to measure volume of water instead of using a measuring cup, as 1 liter of water ~= 1 kilogram

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

People really are gonna just "too hard to use" their way into an ad-filled, censored, unusable, toxic social media experience huh

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

So instead of fighting now you're just going to allow yourself to get drafted later? How is that in any way preferable

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

I mean, if they all did it, it absolutely would make shit happen

The whole issue stems from most people wanting to just keep their heads down

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago

They are powerless if everyone stops giving them power

The country is nothing without its workers

Of 10-20% of the population actively protested and actively tried to halt any functioning of society, you'd be surprised at how much you could get done. A that large mass of people is absolutely hell to control and subdue, and they certainly cannot arrest even a significant fraction of them. If the threat of protests of that scale were real every time they tried some fuckery, they would give in very quickly

The problem is that almost everyone thinks like you say, "what am I to do? I'm powerless", and give up before even trying

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

What a great and insightful comment making fun of people discussing standard safety features to avoid driving over pedestrians

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

half life times log2(amount of atoms), right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Here's another set of random digits

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

:3

After all, there's no fundamental reason for why it can't all just be a repeat of the same number. But it doesn't look random, right? So what is randomness?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago

This literally reads like a child's homework assignment to "write about your hero" lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

English is also my second language, but I still remember learning at least a little bit about it. Maybe it was in history class, or maybe it was as part of the introduction to germ theory in natural sciences class

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh wow, so we're finally getting there with genetically modifying and replicating internal organs in medicine?

That is, indeed, amazing news

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