I feel like no one even asked for this and they only suggested it because they knew it would be denied.

Like they mentioned, slowly blowing air out of your nose can prevent this. Or, if this isn’t working for you, you can get clips to close your nostrils, but they might not be comfortable with a longer swim.

Personally I like to swim with a mask and snorkel, as it’s much easier and more relaxing.

The solution to all of these shenanigans is so obvious but no one discusses it.

We need a system where a rep’s voting power is exactly proportional to the number of votes they receive. No more, no less. Combined with multi-member districts, this would allow every vote to have a say.

Also, they chose a very weird comparison here by comparing the congressional makeup to presidential vote returns… why not use votes for congress instead???

Lemmy is full of boring old farts.

I like my instance, which I understand is working on a migration to PieFed eventually.

Another corporate platform whose goal is to make its owners rich. It might look good in the early days when they need to attract users, but once they gain dominance, they will start to extract more and more value from you, just like Reddit is doing. And if they don’t reach that critical mass of users, it will simply fail. There is simply no pathway for a healthy, sustainable platform under corporate ownership.

The nature of walled gardens greatly limits user bargaining power, allowing owners greater latitude in abusing their users. This is why the fediverse is a much better model. And why I’m here even though I think the Lemmy developers are just as despicable as the people who started Reddit and Digg.

For sure. If you check out the subreddit for alternatives it’s basically: posts advertising Lemmy, posts complaining about Lemmy, and posts for new alternatives with like 5 users, typically by the founder who appears to be engaged in some get-rich quick scheme.

Oh and people who for some reason buy the BS from Digg.

Not really an excuse but it’s pretty common to be politically naive when you’re young. When Obama was first elected I just figured we’d immediately solve climate change and all get free healthcare and community college. I didn’t really understand how the political system worked.

I imagine many of these people thought the same way. And they may have been too young to really follow things during Trump 1.

So yeah… I wish they had been more savvy but we all gotta learn somehow. I’m willing to forgive if they end up on the right side after this.

I would think an object of extremely high density could be difficult to distinguish from a point of infinite density, especially given the nature of the event horizon.

I’m not saying the models are definitely wrong but usually when one of your terms goes to infinity it is a good reason to be skeptical.

I always hear people claim that this is due to declining reporting rates and the real crime rate is higher.

I personally doubt this but is there any analysis that investigates this question more deeply?

My understanding is that the singularity is not proven to exist and many physicists believe it is an artifact of our incorrect understanding of the physics involved.

Fuck yeah e-bikes are great.

Very good point. To be honest, I haven’t paid much attention to this story but maybe I should.

PTB. Not sure why this would be assumed to be trolling unless there’s more information missing here?

In my opinion, “trolling” should not be used as a ban excuse at all. It requires an assessment of a user’s intentions and internal mental state. Which mods have proven completely incapable of making accurately.

The theory put forth here doesn’t make a lot of sense. Are we sure left leaning people aren’t just becoming more anti-car in general?

For me, 5 years ago, buying an EV seemed like a great idea, albeit one I couldn’t really afford. But then I realized I could just reduce my driving by 90% and achieve the same benefit while saving money. So I don’t really need an EV anymore now that I barely ever drive.

Yeah I’ve heard the proverb but I think it’s not that hard to set behavior based rules that exclude Nazis.

PTB.

Setting aside the question of your true ideology, I don’t think people should be banned for their ideology. Bans should be based on behavior.

Ironically I hate tankies as much as anyone and I’m having a big fight with one right now but I still think they should be allowed to participate on the same footing as everyone as long as they follow the rules.

Edit: after reading further this is even worse because the rules are actually pretty much in line with my position. Tankies are explicitly allowed to participate as long as they follow the rules. So this isn’t even supported by anything other than impotent mod rage.

Is there a less shitty platform on which to watch this? I am not downloading their shitty app for one video.

Is he? Did I miss something about DeSantis?

I don’t really agree with this. NPR did talk about the threat to democracy. The problem was it was old news at that point, and frankly, it doesn’t seem like most Americans cared that much. So this coverage didn’t get much attention.

The reality is that most Americans care more about their personal finances than the state of the country as a whole. This is the cause of many of our problems. I’m not sure NPR was going to be able to fix this issue through their coverage.