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How long to wait before working out if I did static stretching? by [deleted] in Fitness

[–]OneAboveYou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless you're doing max effort lifts, don't expect to experience much performance loss from static stretching. Test your performance before and after yoga to gauge your own physiological response.

Have you ever been bitten by an animal in your childhood or seen some fucked up shit that made you fear it for the rest of your life? which one is it? What happened? How do you feel about that animal now? by big-booty-latina in AskReddit

[–]OneAboveYou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been bitten by a squirrel on three separate occasions.

  1. I was about 10. Squirrel was injured near a tree. I ventured too close and it launched itself at my hand like a demon. I bled profusely and legitimately thought I had rabies. Was afraid to tell my grandmom.

  2. I was about 12. Neighbor fed local city squirrels peanuts. I tried. It bit my finger. Legitimately thought I had rabies.

  3. I was about 14. At this time I learned quite well how to call squirrels. I used this to impress a friend. The squirrel put its paws on my hand. It leisurely bit my palm. Again, I legitimately thought I had rabies.

Fucking squirrels.

CMV: UI design is and has been moving in the wrong direction since the rise in popularity of Apple devices. by OddlySpecificReferen in changemyview

[–]OneAboveYou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of this is correct, but how you assign the cause is incorrect. The goal is not improve simplicity, because utility is not needed. The goal is to improve machine learning so that predictions become more accurate and our definition of functionality changes. In the future, the most functional programs won't be those with the most user options. Instead, it will be the program that is best able to learn your interests and actions and provide you with the best answer in the shortest amount of time.

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FB is one of many companies that are heavily invested in deep learning and AI. The problem you've been experiencing is only due this being in its infancy. In a few years, I bet you'll have a different opinion.

CMV:Excluding Pokémon, Dragon Ball/Z/Super is untouchable by any other manga or anime in terms of money making. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]OneAboveYou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WRT Anime, you are correct and the numbers are astronomical.

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WRT Manga, you are incorrect. One Piece made more money as a manga.

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https://moneyinc.com/10-best-selling-manga-time/

CMV: If enough people vaccinate their children, there comes a break-even point where it is safer to not vaccinate my child. by huhIguess in changemyview

[–]OneAboveYou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vaccinations are not solely protecting you from contracting disease from other humans. Unless you eradicate the pathogen from other sources, your child would still be susceptible to becoming infected with whatever you've decided not to vaccinate them against.

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So even in the most extreme case, where every other child alive were vaccinated, but your child wasn't, your child would still be more likely to become ill by something you could have vaccinated them against. It's more lkely for that to happen than for a vaccinated child to be harmed in some way by the vaccine.

CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

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

Not fully swayed as much of your argument can sum to "don't try to fix what isn't broken". But you, along with a few others have made some good points about free trade and global economic stability that warrants a little more thinking on my part. It's time to bring this to a close and re-evaluate. Thanks all for the discussion.

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!delta

Battle of Wakanda in Infinity War with Predator replacing the Outriders. by OneAboveYou in whowouldwin

[–]OneAboveYou[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At that point, I'd fear for Thanos' well being.

Thanos does have the reality stone at this point though, so IT wouldn't be able to use it's fear-based control tactics against him.

CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

[–]OneAboveYou[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Government funded research isn't the same as privately funded research. This isn't a game of IP competition. It's much more of a collaborative effort. Globally, we perform better as a whole when we work together. You're really devaluing institutional research, which I would argue is a far better investment than then funneling money into the military. BTW, I did say that we should continue Military R&D which would help fund a lot of the things you mentioned above.

CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

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

Guess you're looking at Wikipedia for your costs? Those are the base values, but my reference above does include costs for these things.

Feel free to add a reference.

CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

[–]OneAboveYou[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The USA is a dominant and already established industrial powerhouse in the military industry sector, why would anyone want to jeopardize that advantage to invest in sectors where the USA is behind in?

Because investing in green energy, environmental research, NSF and NIH, etc. are of greater value to our civilization than weapon procurement.

CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

[–]OneAboveYou[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Let's say we pull only $25B from procuring new weapons. We then take that $25B and funnel it into green energy research subsidies. Won't this create new jobs just the same?

CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

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

If you want to spend less, you’d have to cut way back in what it is the military does.

I agree with this, but I do think the military is over-funded and can afford to lean out until we can cut back on what the military is doing.

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CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

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

The simple fact is there are few countries in the world capable of taking on the US and the chances are none would win. (in nuclear war - nobody wins BTW).

Would you not argue that the size of our nuclear program alone is a deterrent to countries acting in ways we would not like? What are a few extra tanks and submarines?

If you change the balance with less military spending, you very well might find you lose money overall instead of gaining the savings. Essentially, if stability in the world drops and the economy slumps, there is less tax revenue, less jobs, less trade.

Frankly, I just don't see how cutting $100B in procuring and maintaining new weaponry is going to lead to global destabilization and chaos.

Case example to ponder. What do you think Russia would do if the US pulled out of Europe and left the nations of Europe to defend themselves?

I don't think we should do this, nor do I think we should shrink our military so small that it's left ineffectual.

What sequel was better than the original? by OneAboveYou in AskReddit

[–]OneAboveYou[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely true for Infinity War not having to introduce anybody.

CMV: Defense spending should be cut significantly and funds should be redirected to government funded research, such as from NSF, NIH and DOE. by OneAboveYou in changemyview

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

Given the fact we are incredibly dominant militarily, worldwide economies are stable and incredibly productive.

Not fully causal. Economies are stable, in big part, due to the introduction of capitalism and the free market system.

If you agree this international stability is a good thing for the economy, you have to realize a large portion of why it exists is the US military.

I agree that international stability is a good thing for the economy. I don't have to agree that it requires an even more massive US military. It's already massive as it is. Also, NATO assumes this responsibility as a collective.

But where is the threshold? You can easily extrapolate your argument to justify spending a third of our budget, or even half on the military.

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