[–] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, yeah. A lot of innovations in safety is really just stupidly simple things that we learned the hard way (someone being hurt).

The stupid part however isn't how simple these things are, but rather how hard it is to get through even the most basic changes.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Every so often I'll go to the tail end of my acocunt history and simply delete anything that isn't particularly interesting.

    Simply privacy.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago*

    I still see a future where we end up with legislation that forces royalties from AI-gen materials, which are funneled directly into the pockets of large corporate copyright holders. Meanwhile private individuals will get nothing while also not being allowed to use these tools anymore.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    I agreed up until the "or else" caveat at the end. Many people simply do not have the energy to be curious or proactive at any particular time. That needs to be okay, otherwise the end destination is alienating a lot of people who might agree with a cause.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Well, technically, the more efficient way to hit the sun would be some gravity assists into the outer solar system and then slowing down to zero at a higher point, where your orbital velocity will be lower.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    It is a very slightly different color, but definitely hard to make out in the original image due to the line of shade coinciding with the colour shift + being from further away. Definitely wouldn't blame a small-screen user for not noticing a difference between those two.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Hilarious, but also "defend your answer" basically just means to motivate it. In general that's a good way to encourage and reward understanding rather than rote memorization.

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    The SJ R 976 Locomotive was the strongest steam engine in Sweden and was brought out for the 120 year anniversary of the "Malmbanan" (ore line) in northern Sweden. The locomotive pulled a 1300 ton modern wagon load under the July midnight sun of the arctic polar circle - the equivalent weight of what it would have pulled during normal operations in the early 1900s.

     

    Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. None of these nations have an minimim hourly wage enshrined in law. Instead many of the base terms of employment, including wages, are decided via collective bargaining between sector trade unions and representatives of public sector and business interest organizations.

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