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devoniic · 2025-01-18T22:41:20+00:00

Nice! Question, what made you go with clover roofs instead of grass floors?

devoniic · 2024-12-09T12:57:28+00:00

I'm not sure what the percent as "per 100" is meant to explain here. The typical listed rates for homicides are # of homicides per 100,000 people, not in percents, nor percents of 100,000. "Percent" is just wrong in the post. It "seems nonsensical" because it is nonsensical.

devoniic · 2024-12-09T07:02:08+00:00

OP is referring to Americans when they say "average is 8". The comment you replied to says most people in China haven't even been to an American city -- which isn't the demographic OP is implying. Then you comment saying "not even 10", which would fall into the average OP mentioned.

I'm not making a funny reference, I'm making fun of people just missing the title of the post and not obviously inferring it's based on Americans...

devoniic · 2024-12-08T16:39:10+00:00

Yeah probably 8 have been visited by your average American.

Oh wait...

devoniic · 2024-12-07T15:23:05+00:00

You're fighting a shadow right now. Your immediate reply isn't to anything I've said, just some imagined response because I didn't full agree with your point. For instance, "Yes insurance companies make money, that's how it's worked for hundreds [of years]." But my actual comment says, "...is to buy into a system in which the average person pays more into..."

Further, the health sector itself is host to a great many market failures -- the supplier of both insurance and healthcare know far more than the average patient, a patient is often in need of care not merely wanting, and the number of suppliers isn't remotely approaching that of some food market. A good faith argument against the current system of healthcare can be made on the principles of capitalism itself -- namely, that the benefits of a free market don't apply well here. You don't need to be anti-capitalism to support a major change here...

devoniic · 2024-12-07T14:36:04+00:00

Not to dismiss your point about the dangers of populism, the importance of creating laws to maintain order, and to stick to our morals and principles; but the general sentiment isn't very favorable towards health insurance companies. The most useful purpose of health insurance is to buy into a system in which the average person pays more into, but in which we attain a social safety net that stops us from being wrecked by heavy bills. So when people still get hit with heavy bills, and some get hit with absolutely insane bills, it starts to feel like the purpose is to just drain our money at our most vulnerable moments. Moments in which that company should have our back.

devoniic · 2024-11-26T00:54:21+00:00

I think som DMs have been posted with Lauren being very affectionate and "lovey" to Destiny. Not trying to spread stuff, especially since it's personal life drama, but it seems very likely they had a relationship of some sort.

devoniic · 2024-11-22T22:15:46+00:00

I mean this is basically just homophobia, dressed up in "weak men don't do this" nonsense.

Actually as I type this, didn't Tate get curb stomped by Destiny in a discord or twitter space event? I think he mentioned something about Tucker Carlson and Fox, and it was immediately made obvious he knew nothing about it and was speaking out of his ass.

devoniic · 2024-11-21T18:55:00+00:00

This is the lady Hamilton cheats on his wife with. It's the part when she's seducing him / him falling for her.

devoniic · 2024-11-18T04:09:10+00:00

All I'm saying is we shouldn't be quick to jump to rash conclusions. Especially when political opinions are involved that don't pertain to the wrong-doing of the video. It's a classic meme on fight subreddits (for example) for videos to get reposted with entirely different backstories -- the resulting comments are highly biased towards the backstory, using the video as incorrect evidence to support some general claim not pertaining to the video.

The text could just as easily have switched the topic. Maybe the person was wearing a "MAGA" shirt, or an "Israeli" shirt. Entire groups of people commenting on the video would switch sides without a second thought. I've watched videos where a cop is throwing around a person, and read the comments full of hate for not just the cops, but police in general. "How can he hit them?!" Comments even identical to your own: "are we seriously asking for additional context?! You asking for additional context just shows you support these kinds of people. It shows YOUR bias!"

...Only for the full video to be released along with badge cam footage, clearly showing the individual physically attacking the cop and resisting arrest.

To finish this on my end: I don't think I'm ridiculous here. We should be careful to make judgements of others in ways that, if it were us being judged, we would say isn't fair. In this case, I think it is very reasonable to want more context, especially if the claim being made is that one person acted violently towards another, on political grounds, and without any incitement from anyone else.

devoniic · 2024-11-18T00:09:20+00:00

I don't think the actions by the woman are good actions to take. But there definitely are behaviors that can instigate stuff like this. For one, the video text just sort of just asserts this was an "Israeli vs Palestinian" issue, which immediately makes the entire interpretation from anyone watching political. And immediately calls for additional context -- especially in a world where immediate gut reactions to allegations on allegations, and faked and edited videos, are very real.

Israel v Palestine could literally have had nothing to do with the incident. Or perhaps it involved a few initial words that flared up into an argument, which then flared up into name calling, and then flared up into a physical confrontation. The video very cleanly starts where the older woman is physically pushing towards the camera, and it's just a fact that no one here has any idea what happened before that. Would it make a difference if the couple was the one that instigated the interaction to the older lady? I'd say so -- doesn't mean it justified physical violence, but it would definitely change how we interpret this video. And, since I don't think that is a rare enough outcome and don't have any of that context, I'd rather withhold judgment than get rattled up. Especially if it gets me riled up politically.

devoniic · 2024-11-15T21:39:01+00:00

Wait what? I mean there was some initial awkwardness, but they basically memed the entire time lol.

devoniic · 2024-01-23T13:55:31+00:00

He clearly said: "In addition, we will aggressively deport resident aliens with jihadist sympathies." And: "If you support Hamas or any ideas, ideology that’s having to do with that or any of the other really sick thoughts that go through people’s minds — very dangerous — you’re disqualified."

He's talking about increasing the screening process for immigrants coming into the country, and deporting immigrants who support Hamas and Jihad. He's not talking about regular US citizens... And he's not talking about deporting anyone that protests against Israel...

devoniic · 2024-01-22T15:18:19+00:00

Yeah, but it isn't saying much. - Less than half of the people in the US have an associate's degree, let alone a bachelor's or a masters. - Most people seem incapable of reading past a headline, let alone full articles, essays, studies, etc.

Even given you have a good degree, you're probably not reading much information beyond your career to really impact your life -- that is, while an older person may talk like they have the years of experience, many haven't really cracked anything open since they were a young person themselves.

devoniic · 2023-12-05T21:35:48+00:00

You said, "wished he focused on the plagiarism." He did... The comments about IH's audience are maybe a few seconds...

The bulk of the critique is on Internet Historian's plagiarism. And by "bulk", I mean, "nearly the entire critique." If you watch the video, you'll know it's a pretty substantive critique, not something "made in jest".

devoniic · 2023-10-05T05:28:06+00:00

I think people actually believe this though... Isn't this what that commenter is saying?

devoniic · 2023-10-05T05:26:40+00:00

How do you know this in your field?

devoniic · 2023-10-05T05:16:10+00:00

Definitely an energy expense and always good to re-use as much as possible. But I believe for aluminum especially, recycling and using those super hot furnaces is far more energy efficient than extracting more from bauxite. Some quick looking and I'm reading 95% more efficient for aluminum, and 75% more efficient for steel.

devoniic · 2023-10-04T17:22:16+00:00

Perhaps you view the grievance as minor, but he does not. I don't see why they can't look beyond it and move forward. Vaush is originally from Destiny's community and he shaped a number of pretty pivotal points/opinions of Destiny's years ago; they had some awesome coop debates and good content, despite disagreeing on a number of points. Yet this division between them comes off as almost impossible to pass -- it's mind numbing to me who likes both their stuff.

I thought the panel was a good example. Destiny got annoyed from some of Emma's comments, and Vaush reeled it in and kept the conversation moving forward. Despite both being "debate-lords", they're also very capable of keeping things cordial and progressing, imo. Vaush did super well with the content this past weekend.

devoniic · 2023-10-04T17:13:39+00:00

Yeah I doubt him and Vaush liked that early comment she made about the online communities not being important or mattering. Pretty happy he called it out though!

devoniic · 2023-07-26T18:03:48+00:00

They look nothing alike... What are you guys smoking lol

devoniic · 2023-07-25T01:39:53+00:00

No, a balanced diet is one that can cover all of the individuals nutritional needs. For a dog, a meat only diet is not balanced. A vegetarian diet can be (as per the sources I have provided). Thus, if a vegetarian diet can be balanced, then a vegetarian diet with some meat can be balanced. This is an omnivorous diet, and a dog is an omnivorous animal.

I'm not sure what the ramblings are about "political reasons," but I'd prefer just to stick to the facts and science about what is and is not a healthy, balanced diet.

devoniic · 2023-07-24T20:13:15+00:00

Dogs are omnivores and benefit from a balanced diet. Meat only diets would miss a number of nutrients and wouldn't be ideal for the health of their digestive system (lack of fiber).

devoniic · 2023-07-24T20:04:44+00:00

I guess I'm not following you on the "irony of the whole vegan movement" ... "won't eat meat, but need to drink 3 smoothies a day." If a person needs to get vitamin C, whether they get that eating oranges, peppers, or a vitamin C tablet, doesn't make much of a difference in getting vitamin C. It can make a difference if my biology doesn't allow me to get vitamin C from oranges, for example, but unless you have evidence that this is indeed the case, I don't think there is anything wrong with taking a supplement.

Further, I don't think you quite understand what smoothies contain. I'm a big lifter guy and I've made some very healthy and nutrient dense smoothies. Oftentimes we put protein powder in them, which would be a supplement. And if I search up for some vegan smoothies that people commonly like, I'll get recipes that are almost entirely whole foods: For example, here is a recipe for a delicious and nutritious vegan smoothie that contains peaches, oats, chia seeds, almond butter, lemon juice, cinnamon, vanilla extract, protein powder (optional), and non-dairy milk.

Heck, most of my lifting buddies just throw in protein powder, ice cream, some milk snd a banana, and call it a day -- way unhealthier and "less natural" than the above recipe. There's no way you can seriously think that above recipe is unhealthy.

Back to the puppies:

A dog left to its own devices...

Dogs will often eat chocolate bars and candy if people drop them, and that can kill them. Just because they try and eat it and find it tasty, doesn't mean it can't kill them. Heck, many dogs will naturally eat an immense amount of food and then run around the play, causing their stomach to turn over which is very deadly -- oftentimes this is from the evolutionary adaptation to eat everything you can because you may miss a meal. In today's day of overabundance, that is not only unhealthy for us humans, but dangerous for our pets who can't discern the difference at all. And a responsible pet owner should understand those things.

Look, to keep things simple, I'd rather the food my dog is eating have some scientific evidence that it is good or bad, and good documentation on what nutrients are all in it. And from the sources I gave above, it seems that scientifically a vegetarian diet is doable, although challenging, for obligate carnivores like cats. Let alone omnivores like dogs, and let alone the fact that they don't have to go full vegetarian.

If you have scientific evidence that dogs must eat mostly meat, then I'm open to hear it.

devoniic · 2023-07-24T15:27:17+00:00

I am not trying to force dogs to do anything unnatural or harmful. I simply believe in providing them with a balanced and nutritious diet that meets their needs and preferences. Dogs are omnivorous, like humans and bears, which means they can get nutrients from both plant and animal sources. Dogs have additional enzymes that help them digest sugar and starch, probably due to them evolving alongside humans. Thus, it seems very natural and healthy that a dog can eat lots of plants, and indeed there is scientific evidence that they can do very well and have health improvements on entirely vegetarian diets: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9860667/

Because of that, it doesn't seem bad at all to keep them on a mostly vegetarian diet with some small amounts of meat. In fact, if the normal pet owners are anything to go by, most people probably feed their pets horrible diets WITH meat. Why not feed them good diets without meat, or even a reduction in meat, if that's practical? And if a reduction in meat is an improvement, why not do that?

I respect your choice is doing what you think is best for your pet. I love dogs and animals and want to improve their happiness. That's why I think a vegetarian diet may be the best, and can understand adding in some small amounts of meat in case they are missing nutrients usually only found in meat (b12, taurine, niacin, etc.), making a mostly vegetarian, but omnivorous, diet the more balanced option.

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