You know what, you’re right.

You know what has an even better safety track record than a car with FSD supervised by a human?

Trains.

If your concern is actually safety, advocate for the safest methods of transportation - mass public transit, coupled with pedestrian- and bicycle-safe roads, and advocate against passenger cars, in any form.

Words to live by

People that legitimately judge people based on their pizza topping preferences are on the same level of emotional intelligence as those who refuse friendships with people who root for a rival sports team

So it takes all the fun away from using a bidet

If you want to practice, head up to the Newport/Covington area in northern Kentucky. There’s a bunch up near the river, and a few over by NKU’s campus.

They might not want that up front, but an Internet-disconnected car that gives the owner full control doesn’t imply that it would be unreliable or hard to fix.

I’d even be ok with a connected-by-default car, as long as I have the option to disconnect it and do what I want with it, like any other computer I own. I don’t think that’s too much to ask, and I feel like it makes both audiences happy.

They stopped making real jeeps when they became a fashion statement instead of a specialized utility vehicle, which was decades ago at this point

I’ve only ever used systemd, and I’m not really aware of what else is out there, since I think systemd has been the default on all the distros I’ve tried. Anyone have some good resources on other alternatives and how to start playing around with them?

I was gonna say, having my code reviewed by senior devs and SMEs was the single biggest factor in me progressing as a developer. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t research and try things by yourself first, but having your code looked over by expert eyes will point things out to you that could otherwise take years for you to learn to notice on your own.

Yeah, not denying that people use Excel to do all kinds of crazy shit. People using the tool wrong isn’t the tool’s fault though, right?

There’s a ton of reasons to hate Excel, I’m sure, but I don’t think lack of support for relational data is a reasonable one. There’s tools for that job, but Excel isn’t trying to be one of them.

I used to like Limp Bizkit because I thought they were funny, like in a crude, fart joke kind of way. Then I saw them at a festival where they refused to start their set until the video crew shut off the stage feed, you know, basically the only way people at the back of the crowd or in accessible seating could see wtf was going on onstage. Later on in the show, they also got pissed at the people in the accessible seating area for not standing up. I no longer like Limp Bizkit, even in the crude, fart joke kind of way.

I mean yeah, sure, maybe. You’re making some pretty lofty claims based on a philosophical thought experiment about a phenomenon we still don’t really understand though.

I like calling people inanimate objects. Being angrily called a “fucking waffle” or a “God damned acorn” hits different than the normal curses and slurs

Absolutely, definitely, totally, 100% incorrect. Just because I only provided one source does not mean that that’s the only source available claiming that Yaweh originated in a pantheon. To suggest that is laughably disingenuous, and more proof that you’re not approaching this discussion seriously or with honesty.

History isn’t replicable and observable like chemistry, physics or biology

Your close-minded definition of “history” isn’t, because it doesn’t allow you to update and believe new things based on new scientific discoveries and evidence. It’s stagnant, stuck in the past, rigid, and unwilling to change.

I don’t think that’s how infinity works

Edit: thinking about it some more, there’s nothing to say that’s how consciousness works either lol

You’re either being obtuse or you don’t understand how science works if you think “he says it’s just a theory” is a gotcha

🤘😈🤘

Yeah see this is how I know you’re not serious. The author of that article isn’t “some guy”, he’s an incredibly respected and accomplished historian and archaeologist, specializing in ancient near-east civilizations. And you couldn’t be bothered to read past the first paragraph. You don’t want to have an actual discussion about this.

The entire thing is contradictory, on purpose, to give people excuses to commit atrocities in the name of their “kind and loving” God