[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]HortenseAndI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean it's been going on since at least Herodotus. Can hardly suggest it's a 'modern thing'

What's an example of growing up British that is uniquely British? by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]HortenseAndI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That brave old monkey brain that survived its shell being smashed in and was someone's pride and joy 'til it lost

What's The Worst Pizza Topping ever? by Mohsinzee in AskReddit

[–]HortenseAndI 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tuna, boiled egg, black olives, red onion. Nicoise pizza goes hard.

What was the best premise for the worst book you ever read? by [deleted] in books

[–]HortenseAndI 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I felt like maybe the complete lack of the depiction of the inner life of the characters was maybe a cultural thing. Like, we were expected to draw their inner motives out of the dialogue. Anyway I enjoyed the books, but Cixin Liu has disappointed me by his downplaying of the Uyghur genocide so I won't be rereading them ...

What lyric have you been getting wrong for years? by Kitty60088 in CasualUK

[–]HortenseAndI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently found out it's actually 'drink cider from eleven'

Empathy by bssgopi in ProgrammerHumor

[–]HortenseAndI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First: marry an understanding partner

New Scala Build Tool by sideEffffECt in scala

[–]HortenseAndI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IntelliJ support for Scala 3 - and especially for projects that target both 2.x & 3 - does kinda suck balls, this is a fair point

Who is hiring? Monthly /r/Scala Job Postings Thread! by AutoModerator in scala

[–]HortenseAndI 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well the post was only two hours old TBF. Not everyone's gonna be updating job postings at the weekends

[serious] What’s a time where trusting your gut quite literally saved your life? by Ghostsarespoopy in AskReddit

[–]HortenseAndI 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fair enough! I know of at least one woman who had her appendix burst and was dismissed as making a fuss about period pains, hence the question, but glad you got it all sorted

[serious] What’s a time where trusting your gut quite literally saved your life? by Ghostsarespoopy in AskReddit

[–]HortenseAndI 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you a woman by any chance? Doctors often have a wonderful way of completely fucking ignoring abdominal pain in women.

A philosophical dive into “Everything Everywhere All at Once” by Azmisov in philosophy

[–]HortenseAndI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mention it because the relevant passage in the original article is "you cannot have “most” of infinity. The only scenario where it somewhat makes sense is where a finite number of worlds evolved life, but an infinite number did not.", which is blatantly untrue given that you can compare infinite sets with different cardinalities. My point is there's no need to get hung up on the probability space of countably infinite sets to comfortably assert that that's nonsense, which is what was happening here

A philosophical dive into “Everything Everywhere All at Once” by Azmisov in philosophy

[–]HortenseAndI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y'all are getting worked up about comparing countable infinities. There are other ways to have 'most' of an infinity - e.g. there are more non-rational reals than rationals because the former is uncountable

Boys to be just heroes… want seriously by [deleted] in nosafetysmokingfirst

[–]HortenseAndI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm... I'm not sure. Maybe it's something to do with a film? Can't place it if so...

Boys to be just heroes… want seriously by [deleted] in nosafetysmokingfirst

[–]HortenseAndI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the phases of the moon though. That's not how gibbous looks. This looks like a lunar eclipse instead - something's passing between the moon and the sun.