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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

(Of course, I realise arguing with an American about guns is a fool's errand but sometime you've got to try.)

OK so hypothetically let's suppose a right-wing cop has decided to add you to his list of murdered innocent civilians, has parked his car on the boundary of your house and is walking towards you.

At what point exactly do you get your gun out and shoot first? Spell it out please, I'd really like to understand how this plays out.

Please include the response of his partner who is still in the car, what that partner radios back to base, and describe the multiple responses of those who will now respond to the reports of a cop-killer. Explain how you think the resulting siege will play out and describe exactly how you win this scenario (where "win" is defined in terms of you living and not going to jail).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I first encountered it in Hofstadter's incredible book.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tha mi an dòchas nach coinnich thu ris a’ Ghàidhlig

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The uBlacklist extension brings it back

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

We can also do 2+90 here in the UK. There's a nursery rhyme about "four and twenty blackbirds" that I think the kids are still learning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have no idea who all you deranged people are who actually like the POV navigation

I use both POV and up=north depending on my use case. For some routes where I don't care about the details of the route I find it useful to have the POV view with what I need now zoomed in and correctly oriented and what I'll need soon still visible and smaller but still distinguishable.

The problem with up=north is that when you've zoomed right in to see the detail, all the wider view stuff is missing, especially when out of built-up zones. It'd be better if the detail level would be replaced/augmented with a detail density setting, so that when you're out in the sticks with only you, a small single track road with grass down the middle and one sheep visible all the way up to the horizon in any direction that you don't have to zoom right in to the individual blades of grass before you see the road you're on.

Other times I do care about the route, and in those cases I'll use up=north and manual zoom as needed. I still get caught out though when travelling south and the arrow pointing left means I need to turn right.

When I first saw POV I thought it was a stupid gimmick. But then I tried it out and really liked it, but not always.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Proton CEO endorsed Trump

Even that's a bit of a stretch. He approved one thing Trump did. It wasn't blanket praise for everything Trump has done. He also didn't condemn everything Democratic, just one thing.

I don't see why approval of one thing someone did constitutes automatic approval of everything. What if Trump has an amazing recipe for a ham and cheese toastie? Would liking that recipe make me a Putin sympathiser? Of course not.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

And I go to church and I'm fully onboard with science, including vaccinations. So it's not church that's the problem, but people being dumb, which neither faith nor atheism can fix.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Or you could try living in a first world country that doesn't live in denial of its gun problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I think the thing is to make sure you're getting the right balance between protein, carbs and fat. Sweet things are okay for a quick sugar hit and to get quickly out of a hypo, but not for your body's long term sugar needs. Have a look at Athlean-X on YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"eating super super healthy ... zero energy, [possible hypoglaecemic attacks]"

Can't help wondering if these are related. You are allowed to eat some not super super healthy stuff, in moderation everything is fine, just don't pig out on it. Poor nutrition can have adverse mental health effects.

You can check your blood sugar with those finger prick things diabetics use. Hypos (and hypers) can make you feel terrible and it's useful to know if that's the cause.

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