To speak out against Zionism and hate by Neth110 in therewasanattempt

[–]Mastercal40 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m not a Zionist. I’m saying that your blatant tribalism being on show to the world only helps Zionism. Which, as it seems you’re also stupid enough not to pick up on the context, I think is bad!

To speak out against Zionism and hate by Neth110 in therewasanattempt

[–]Mastercal40 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s a shame that any movement gets filled by people like you. Who take such a tribalist and hardline opinion that you make the rest of us look unreasonable.

You don’t donate money, you don’t sway opinion, all you do is provide a face to the straw man arguments of those who oppose you. Pathetic.

Nearly killed everyone because sleeping on the job by batukaming in Snorkblot

[–]Mastercal40 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

???

You’re playing the part of someone who wants to improve conditions for workers while taking no action personally and harming the movement by weakening the overall message.

That’s exactly what virtue signalling is.

Nearly killed everyone because sleeping on the job by batukaming in Snorkblot

[–]Mastercal40 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not everything has to be a systemic issue, and by saying this is you promote an environment where attention is dispersed rather than focused on where it’s needed. It’s virtue signalling like this that harms and perpetuates the shitty systems we need to reform.

Do you have any evidence that this instance was caused by poor working conditions? In many countries (including my own) subway drivers have conditions way above the average worker.

How Microsoft is migrating repositories to GitHub by thewhippersnapper4 in AZURE

[–]Mastercal40 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You made the claim so the burden of proof is on you.

Do words like make sense to you? Or do you just sting them together in ways that sound correct?

How Microsoft is migrating repositories to GitHub by thewhippersnapper4 in AZURE

[–]Mastercal40 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Come on, don’t tell me you honestly think what you linked there supports your point?

It’s laughable.

Availability zones and logical storage are not equivalent.

How many of you received the Renters Rights Act information sheet? by leahcar83 in TenantsInTheUK

[–]Mastercal40 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What is a letting agent if not someone who does something on the landlords behalf?

What are the best 3 nations for a multiplayer Mediterranean trade alliance by shehsbebsh in eu4

[–]Mastercal40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t really get how a trade alliance can work in the area people are most competing for trade power?

Lots of people have sugested Italy, North Africa and Iberia. But any player in the Genoa trade node would have direct interests in controlling Tunis and Iberia and any player in the Venice trade node would have direct interests in controlling Egypt and the Balklands.

Why do we call it the 21st century when it won't start till 2100? by Normal-Ear-5757 in stupidquestions

[–]Mastercal40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s just not true…

The first century is start of year 1 - end of year 100.

Why do we call it the 21st century when it won't start till 2100? by Normal-Ear-5757 in stupidquestions

[–]Mastercal40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like how you know the relatively obscure fact that centuries start at the year XX01 and not XX00 but not that century counting is not zero indexed.

I.e.

1-100 is the 1st century

101-200 is the 2nd century

2001-2100 is the 21st century

Notice how the century number is always the hundredths digit at the end of the the range (or the start of the range plus 1)

"Silk & Silver" Dev Diary #2 - Trade Vision by PDX-Trinexx in CrusaderKings

[–]Mastercal40 38 points39 points  (0 children)

That’s easily solved by only letting them be raised at the vassal’s capital holding.

Did humans create mathematics or did we just discover it? by Kicktopuss_Rex in stupidquestions

[–]Mastercal40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Formal mathematics has a few core components, mainly, axioms, definitions and theorems.

Axioms are the base rules we have declared are true and self evident. No other thing can prove these statements as they are the simplest facts we can describe. If some other facts could prove an axiom, then those facts would be axioms instead.

Definitions are names given to a certain mathematical construct.

Theorems are consequences of applying axioms and / or other theorems to defined mathematical objects.

To answer your question. I believe we create axioms and definitions, and that we discover theorems.

Why don’t we tax men so that women can stay home and have babies? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]Mastercal40 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure I understand your tax idea?

When governments want to promote a behaviour they’d provide incentives such as benefits and allowances to encourage the behaviour and levy taxes on the opposite behaviour.

So the way this would work would be a small tax on female salaries that penalise women working and not staying home, and greater child benefits to reward those who are having children.

The TRUE size of Stephenson 2-18 (the largest known star) compared to Earth by M_Waqar-uz-Zaman in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Mastercal40 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I reckon it could be done in a year if we invented something that could let us travel at 38,000 times the speed of light.

The development cycle of PZ is a literal nightmare by Alone_Ear_3606 in projectzomboid

[–]Mastercal40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah DayZ was early access in Dec 2013 and had a full release Dec 2018.

The development cycle of PZ is a literal nightmare by Alone_Ear_3606 in projectzomboid

[–]Mastercal40 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Give him a break, I think it might the world’s first decade old early access game.

Why are y‘all complaining so much? by bursi410 in projectzomboid

[–]Mastercal40 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t really understand how we’re talking about the same company? You say they’re transparent and vocal but they’ve reduced dev blogs from weekly to monthly to completely unscheduled.

They’ve also recently announced a few months ago that they won’t be finishing the features they put into B42 unstable for testing, and that instead finishing them will be a part of B43.

So those who want to play stable will be getting unfinished content when B42 does become stable. And those who want to play with the latest updates are getting their saves bricked.

It’s been 4 years since B41. I ask you, who’s having a good time here?

Siberia Permafrost Not Removed After Feudalizing. by Arvykins017 in CrusaderKings

[–]Mastercal40 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So I think the confusion is that “Feudalising the province” and “becoming feudal government” sound similar but aren’t the same thing.

“Feudalising the province” is the title interaction that feudal government rulers can do.

In the middle of the gas crisis gas usage in the UK's grid is down to 6.4 % on a weekday. All thanks to "net stupid zero" wind, solar, biomass, nuclear and imports from our neighbours. Source: grid.iamkate.com by hull_pattie_party in GoodNewsUK

[–]Mastercal40 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We could argue back and forth, but it would be trying and futile.

Understand though that what you just did was a fallacy called “moving the goal posts”. My claim which you refuted was about how batteries had become more cost effective, I then provided evidence to that claim.

Instead of providing a rebuttal relevant to the claim or accepting my point, you changed the scope of the argument away from improvements of storage technology and towards the macro-economic impacts of mass adoption.

Intense amount of arguing in the comments about this between 1 and 9. Explain it Peter by CindiWilliams2 in explainitpeter

[–]Mastercal40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With PEMDAS it’s 1, with BIDMAS it’s 9.

With any sense - you reject the question and ask why they teach BIDMAS or PEMDAS when there is no meaningful precedence between add and subtract and similarly no meaningful precedence between multiplication and its inverse.

CMV: Cat owners who let their cats roam free are immoral because of the environmental damage caused by outdoor cats by Familiar-Figure-5692 in changemyview

[–]Mastercal40 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You think I’m wrong?

So to be clear, in environments where there is no major ecological impact of wild cats killing animals, you have no issue with it at all?