What hills are you dying on?
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I used "so" and "hence" in both of those examples, indicating what I perceive as causality. How am I wrong?
people have free will. their actions can only be said to be caused by their own will.
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people have free will. their actions can only be said to be caused by their own will.
A simple test of causality, X => Y: go back in time and change X to ¬X. If ¬Y as a result, it would appear X => Y can be inferred.
You can say your eating meat is your free will, but if the meat were counterfactually not produced, you would not eat it. Similarly, your eating meat causes other people to produce more meat. They may have free will, if you believe in that -- but you can't deny that if you hadn't done X, they wouldn't have done Y.
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dismissing the claim is merely an action that occurs in the eye of the beholder. Your dismissing a claim does not actually challenge the claim or affect the one who holds it, so why even?
why make an unsupported claim?
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why make an unsupported claim?
ITT: people listing the hills they'd die on. Hardly anyone is giving support for their claims.
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Sure. Some people think it’s not necessary to have local anti-discrimination laws against minority groups here. Some people think why should LGBTQ get married in a fucking church, can’t they just sign a paper saying legally they are as good as married without sullying the institution?
Ah ok, well those laws are there because of those people. Otherwise it would just be common sense. So yes, those should never be reversed.
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The red nub on IBM/Lenovo laptops is far superior to a touchpad
My current work laptop has it. I've tried to use it a couple times but I just can't get used to it.
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I'm not downvoting you, because this is the type of comment the thread is asking for. But I really need to question this one. To me, it's obviously geometrically easier to back into tight parking lots. I'm not sure if you're in the US, but here in Norway, parking lots are generally a lot tighter than american parking lots. When you have only about a meter of total clearance and a narrow road along it, there is no way in hell to pull in front first.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]On the east coast of the US, most parking lots are wide enough for 2.5-3 cars. Much wider than a single perpendicular parking space. Backing out into that wide driving path is so much simpler than backing into a single car-width.
Regardless, I simply am going off my experience having to sit and watch and wait as people constantly take far longer to back-in than when I have to wait for those backing out.
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Some nice cold grape jelly goes very well on a hot slice of pepperoni. The sweetness and greasyness just go so well together.
For me that sounds exactly as appealing as using pineapple.
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but we're on Lemmy
Probably shouldn't assume that guy's personal view is the norm.
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People without empathy shouldn't have the right to lead people (politics, work, ...).
There should be an upper limit to personal wealth.
Russia should be denuclearised and split up.
People without empathy shouldn't have the right to lead people (politics, work, ...).
The inclusion of the phrase "have the right to" is what changes this statement from sensible to nonsense. We'd need a way to declare who has that right, and I cannot imagine any idea of an empathy certification board that is not horrifically dystopian.
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On the east coast of the US, most parking lots are wide enough for 2.5-3 cars. Much wider than a single perpendicular parking space. Backing out into that wide driving path is so much simpler than backing into a single car-width.
Regardless, I simply am going off my experience having to sit and watch and wait as people constantly take far longer to back-in than when I have to wait for those backing out.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]When the lots are wide or several spots are free, I agree, I might pull in front first. But tight parking lots need that extra precission you get by backing into a lot. I have far more often been stuck for a while behind someone trying to pull in front first into a tight spot when backing in would have been quick and easy.
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I also dislike Android, but surely iOS is even worse.
Idk, i never used it
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Fortunately my wife is both gracious and adventurous in this regard, and is cool with having most of our stuff on Celsius. I switched before we were married, and she’s slowly learning by virtue of everything being on Celsius except her phone.
Edit: Also, this may be helpful, I came up with a heuristic early on to approximate Fahrenheit values to help me learn.
I memorized every 10 (and eventually every 5) and then approached from the nearest memorized point using 2°F per 1°C instead of 1.8.
For example, if something said 22°C, I’d start at 20°C=68°F and work my way up, adding 4, to get to 72°F. Since the actual value is 71.6°F, that’s close enough.
If you forget a 10 or a 5 it’s easy to recalculate them if you know another, because it’s 9°F per 5°C. So if 20 is 68, and 30 is 86, then 25 is 77.
(Obviously you could also do the full conversion but that takes me more time.)
Ooo I like that. Thanks!
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Python sucks.
Not only is it extremely inefficient, it is also a pain in the ass to work with if you have to use APIs that heavily rely on dynamic type wrapping and don't provide stubs. Static analysis via Pylance is not possible then and you're basically poking around in the dark, increasing the difficulty enourmously to get to know such an API. Even worse if there isn't even a halfway decent documentation.
Comparing Python to c++ seems disingenuous, Python is not a replacement for c++, it should be compared to bash, PHP or maybe R. Don't get mad that a hammer is not a good screwdriver.
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There needs to be a mandatory parenting training course if you're expecting a child.
Religion needs to be taken out of the government completely
I agree with sentiment, but as stated that's just eugenics with extra steps. By controlling the cost, availability and/or accessibility of the course, you control who can have children. Also how are you going to enforce this policy, forced abortions?
Better imo to make childrearing a part of the school curriculum with a highly encouraged refresher course later on. That achieves the same end without risking peoples liberties.
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People without empathy shouldn't have the right to lead people (politics, work, ...).
The inclusion of the phrase "have the right to" is what changes this statement from sensible to nonsense. We'd need a way to declare who has that right, and I cannot imagine any idea of an empathy certification board that is not horrifically dystopian.
That's a good point, but I still think my point is valid, even if we do not yet have the technology to make it happen.
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. The race of a voice actor doesn't matter
. It is possible to wear yoga pants because there comfy
. You don't need to shower everyday
. It is possible to crossdress/be gender non-conforming without being trans
. Monty Python is very overrated
Data is pronounced data and not data.
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It is "Math" and not "Maths"
I think it's context dependent.
The field is called mathematics, but I see math as a short form of mathematic or mathematical.
Calling something a 'math' question or a 'maths' question both make sense. But something like "I hate math" sounds like you hate a singular mathematic, which sounds weirder to me than "I hate maths" (the field).
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Python sucks.
Not only is it extremely inefficient, it is also a pain in the ass to work with if you have to use APIs that heavily rely on dynamic type wrapping and don't provide stubs. Static analysis via Pylance is not possible then and you're basically poking around in the dark, increasing the difficulty enourmously to get to know such an API. Even worse if there isn't even a halfway decent documentation.
Agreed. I don't understand the people who claim it's easier to work with, or better for prototyping.
Automatic typing exists. Type casting exists and is even handled automatically in some scenarios. Languages like java and C# can manage memory for you, and have the same portability and runtime requirement as python.
Prototyping in python and then moving to another language later makes no sense to me at all.
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Comparing Python to c++ seems disingenuous, Python is not a replacement for c++, it should be compared to bash, PHP or maybe R. Don't get mad that a hammer is not a good screwdriver.
I suppose you're referring to the article I've linked. As I see it: If an increasing amount of applications world are running with Python, then energy and time consumption are important aspects. Not only cost wise but especially since we're grilling our planet. Therefore, comparing with more efficient languages is indeed meaningful.
