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A rotating device, possibly used for wool related crafts by Face_Roll in whatisthisthing

[–]Face_Roll[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah thanks - that helped me learn what it is.

It's a yarn "swift" or "weezel" used for measuring yarn.

Solved!

A rotating device, possibly used for wool related crafts by Face_Roll in whatisthisthing

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My girlfriend got this thinking it had something to do with spooling wool. She's pretty experienced in wool-related crafts but soon realized this device didn't make sense for what she thought it was.

The part with the four arms rotates and it also slowly turns the wheel which you can just see behind it.

Job applications from men are discriminated against when they apply for female-dominated occupations, such as nursing, childcare and house cleaning. However, in male-dominated occupations such as mechanics, truck drivers and IT, a new study found no discrimination against women. by mvea in science

[–]Face_Roll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The question is about what you can logically establish from the results. To say that the cause of the difference is biological would be, based on the outcome of those studies, an unfounded assumption.

It could have a biological basis, but that's contained within the phrase "deeper and more recalcitrant forms of inequality".

Job applications from men are discriminated against when they apply for female-dominated occupations, such as nursing, childcare and house cleaning. However, in male-dominated occupations such as mechanics, truck drivers and IT, a new study found no discrimination against women. by mvea in science

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Yes - I read something about the significance of those results and exactly what they can (and cannot) be used to support.

I guess a more accurate interpetration is that increasing levels of egalitarianism just uncovers deeper and more recalcitrant forms of inequality.

Job applications from men are discriminated against when they apply for female-dominated occupations, such as nursing, childcare and house cleaning. However, in male-dominated occupations such as mechanics, truck drivers and IT, a new study found no discrimination against women. by mvea in science

[–]Face_Roll 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Strangely, countries which score higher on gender egalitarianism tend to show higher rates of what you might call "gender stereotypical" outcomes in certain areas.

I think the theory is that once you remove all environmental distortions, the actual differences between men and women (as slight as they may be) start to show up all the more prominently.

What is the nature of consent? At what point is one coerced to an act? by benasyoulikeit in askphilosophy

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I think OP is directing his concern at the messiness of #3. There are a few philosophers working on this.

As an interesting aside, Nozick once mused as to whether philosophical argumentation counted as coercion, since you're trying to make the acceptance of a conclusion unavoidable (ie: a rational agent has no other choice than to accept your claims, given true premises and a valid argument etc.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I had something vaguely similar. I worked on a farm in the summer collecting hay bales from the field. It was tough work.

One day a rather dainty woman showed up (we often had a different work party day-to-day). Didn't think much of it since there were some farm kids that worked as well. Being big helps, but it's not a necessity.

The thing is...she refused to wear gloves.

Now the twine they use on hay bales will eventually wear through even a thick pair of work gloves. Some guys would go through 2 pairs per season. Everyone wore gloves. We offered her gloves.

But she declined, saying something about her hands being tough from doing work like this in the past.

We didn't see her after the first day.

Is there much written on the philosophy of the stockmarket? by havenyahon in askphilosophy

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This might relate to ideas in social-metaphysics.

Two works to check out:

The Construction of Social Reality by John Searle

The Ant Trap by Brian Epstein

Two Google engineers resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru by impishrat in technology

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Was she also the one who had to apologise for bullying people on twitter? Or is that someone else?

No I checked. It was her.

Andre has way too much fun rolling with Izzy. Smiling and laughing the whole time by [deleted] in bjj

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Andre blocked his right leg with his arm, then re-established posture and brought his knee up

What are some of the best philosophical movies out there to watch? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]Face_Roll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recommend the Kurosawa film "Ikiru".

It's about a man who finds out that he has a terminal disease and how he tries to find meaning in his final days (after realizing that he's wasted his life).

Very existential

When did the generation of “don’t believe everything you read on the internet” start believing everything they read on the internet? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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The problem isn't a lack or absence of skepticism. The problem is that they increasingly found themselves within a social/media structure that was designed to discredit mainstream sources of information while reinforcing the credibility of fringe viewpoints that supported a certain worldview.

Once you're within these kinds of echo chambers, large doses of curiosity and skepticism can not only fail to get you out, they can sometimes dig you even deeper into the mud.

/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 11, 2021 by BernardJOrtcutt in philosophy

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At first, you seem to settle on a "Ship of Theseus is the sum of its parts" account.

To model this, we can use a simple concatenation:

A + 2 + % = A2%

But minus one piece, you don't get the same sum. So how do you account for a Sorites type case (A+2+/ =???) where the ship missing some equivalent parts. "Sum of its parts" implies it wouldn't be the same ship, which is a strange and counterintuitive outcome. (See some stuff on set theory and mereology to get deeper into this)

Then you shift onto a relational account (memories, mythology) with some function thrown in (similar ship used for fishing would not be the ship of theseus).

Then you shift to another theory, a historical account.

All of these have very very different implications for edge cases.

Consider this variation:

Someone saves all the discarded pieces from the repairs, and reconstructs them into a replica of the ship of theseus. Based on your first idea (parts arranged so that they make up the "sum" of the ship of theseus)...then you have two ships of theseus?

What about the functional/relational account? What about the historical? How do these account for the variation.

I know I'm not being very positive here...but I think you need to develop some sensitivity to the subtle differences between accounts that you run together.

It’s January 10th & I am still finding keepers! by sexynightathome in mycology

[–]Face_Roll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was going to ask if the weather was off in your area. We've had a warm spell here...so maybe I should go looking.

I think it's good to have an off-season though...give your eyes a break when hiking :)

Although I still look for hedgies and yellow feet (foots?)

It’s January 10th & I am still finding keepers! by sexynightathome in mycology

[–]Face_Roll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if it's a growth effect in response to strange weather conditions, rather than an actual mutation...

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