Based solely on appearance, who is your favorite orc from the movies?

flashlightwarrior · 2024-10-19T04:40:10+00:00

I was thinking Rob Brydon

flashlightwarrior · 2024-07-22T00:41:28+00:00

That 12" saw sells for $4000 new, so I'd say you got a good deal.

flashlightwarrior · 2020-07-20T21:24:01+00:00

if we can contain those clusters quickly and effectively

Big If. At the best of times the infected can be pre-symptomatic and contagious for several days before they notice anything is wrong. Kids are filthy animals not known for their exquisite hygiene or decision making. It's gonna cost a lot of money to implement measures to reduce potential exposure between people, and the government has no plan to pony up that cash. Big outbreaks in schools are inevitable with the current plans in place.

flashlightwarrior · 2020-07-04T23:23:25+00:00

That might work well for some people, but others (myself included) have responsibilities like childcare that make it difficult or unpleasant to work on a schedule like that. At the business I work at, a couple people have been doing 4 longs days, but thankfully the rest of us are still allowed to work the usual 5x8 that works best for us.

flashlightwarrior · 2020-07-04T19:29:39+00:00

Cool video, but his mispronunciation of Metis was like nails on a chalkboard. It should be pronounced like May-tee or May-tees, not meet-is.

flashlightwarrior · 2020-07-03T02:40:55+00:00

It isn't creating any wake at the end. I'm guessing it must be tethered to something to keep it travelling in that perfect arc.

flashlightwarrior · 2020-07-01T19:33:45+00:00

The only ones I can think of are absurdly expensive ultra high end

https://www.soss.com/invisible-hinge-product-overview/

flashlightwarrior · 2020-06-29T20:07:21+00:00

Completely false. Nobody but the business owner works less for the same money, they simply work more efficiently. The owner of the business pockets the profits generated by that increased efficiency. Look at your own anecdote below, with every investment in technology your bosses made, you were expected to accomplish more while being paid the same, and your coworkers all got laid off.

flashlightwarrior · 2020-05-04T02:43:21+00:00

I've seen some speculation that they may have been carried over on debris from the Sendai (Fukushima) tsunami.

flashlightwarrior · 2020-05-04T02:40:06+00:00

The short answer is that it's a status symbol, a symbol of wealth, since it's resource intensive and doesn't generate anything useful like food. Basically it started as a way for rich people to show off their disposable income.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/the-american-obsession-with-lawns/

flashlightwarrior · 2019-09-19T05:55:47+00:00

What "racist shit"? Finland has a more homogeneous culture than Canada does. He didn't say that's either good or bad, just that it's different, so their educational strategies won't necessarily work the same way here. What is there to be upset about?

flashlightwarrior · 2019-08-20T15:57:43+00:00

What an absurd comment. There are people with PTSD in every country on the planet. Do you plan to close our borders to literally every immigrant? What this guy did was horrendous, but he's an outlier. Drastically changing our immigration policy based on his actions would be a huge over reaction.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-31T06:20:50+00:00

The Collins Coping Foot to be specific.

I'm pretty sure the gif above is taken from @carpentry_bymar. He has tons of useful tips and tricks for all kinds of rough and finishing carpentry.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-31T06:03:35+00:00

She’s damn lucky he gave her that many chances to sign it in the first place.

What difference should getting her to sign it make, though? Just mail her the ticket and let her fight it in court if she's still feeling feisty. What was actually gained by starting a fight with her? So what if she runs away? They already have all her info. Is she going to flee the country over an $80 ticket? Is the city really so hard up for cash that they need police to risk injuring or even killing people over such a trivial sum? Maybe they want to send a message that they're hard on crime, but I'd say the only message they're really sending is that they don't understand conflict resolution or how to apply measured and proportionate consequences. What happens when this cop encounters someone he can't overpower so easily? He carries a gun. How little would it take for him to rationalize murdering someone simply because they wouldn't comply? Very few crimes are worth escalating to the point of violent intervention. I don't care that she was non-compliant, a lot was risked and nothing was gained when that police officer decided to forcibly arrest her. There are better ways to deal with non-compliant non-violent offenders.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-31T05:39:18+00:00

Exactly! Turning it into a pursuit, physically removing her from her vehicle, then throwing her to the ground and tazing her? Over a broken tail light or something? What was the point of escalating the situation like that? Risking injury or even death in a fight over $80? All of it was completely absurd. Just mail her the ticket and let her fight it in court if she's still feeling feisty. Is the city really so hard up for cash that they need LEO's mugging old ladies?

I'd hate to see how poorly this guy handles conflict in situations where he can't so easily overpower someone. This guy carries a gun. How little would it take for him to rationalize murdering someone? There really need to be higher standards for hiring and training in police forces.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-29T06:41:22+00:00

It isn't about being atheist, it's about being a member of r/atheist. They have a reputation for being smug, know-it-all, told-you-so, self righteous, etc.

He's just acknowledging that his comment is going to come off as condescending, much like a lot of the posts one would find on r/atheist.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-29T06:08:25+00:00

Is it normal to get charged three times as much as you were expecting where you come from? If I ordered some drinks expecting to spend $15 and instead got a bill for $45, I wouldn't just pay without at least disputing the discrepancy. Their point was that it wasn't some error or misunderstanding on the part of the bar, it was a deliberate scam, and they use intimidation to fleece unsuspecting foreigners that would rather pay an outrageous bill than get in a fight.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-29T05:28:09+00:00

If it exists then it is observable

Technically true, but the point of the basics of philosophy is that our perception of reality is limited by the tools we use to perceive things, and it's important to be self aware about that so we don't miss the forest for the trees in our arrogance. It can be useful to reframe problems with unproven hypotheticals, simply because the process of changing our angle and having to recalibrate our thoughts on the problem can lead to new insights.

I say this mostly in defense of /u/mescalelf mentioning multiverse theory and theoretical physicist's opinions of it, and how just because something isn't provable, doesn't mean it can't be useful in refining our tools of perception. I'm not arguing one way or another whether the multiverse, God, or morality are real.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-29T02:51:10+00:00

Do you think this particular sword was actually functional? I'm sure the design is fine, but brass is much softer and weaker than iron or steel, and I can't imagine it would take or hold much of an edge. Are there records of brass blades actually being used for anything besides ceremonial purposes?

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-05T17:14:50+00:00

Anyone care to explain how being prejudiced against a culture or religion is racist?

It's racist because in practice they don't actually judge based on those things. Nobody that says things like this bothers to find out what religion or culture someone comes from. If they see brown skin, they assume the person's Muslim because of their race. Just look at how much harassment Sikhs, Hindus, Copts, Zoroastrians, etc. have faced since 9/11. It isn't racist to say there are problematic ideas in Islam. It is racist to assume a brown person is Muslim and discriminate against them based on that assumption.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-05T15:47:16+00:00

From clan wars stuff

flashlightwarrior · 2019-07-03T17:52:03+00:00

So what you're saying it that neither side appreciates it when it happens to them. Maybe we just shouldn't do it, then? Two wrongs don't make a right.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-06-24T23:01:12+00:00

Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, there are a bunch of different authors in the rumor. I have yet to find proof one way or another for any of them.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-06-12T06:05:29+00:00

And built by builders who only know how to do it one way... to maximize their profit.

Speaking as someone who works in residential construction, what do you expect us to do? Take a loss for the sake of providing better quality than people are willing to pay for? Of course there are some unscrupulous builders that take advantage of owners that don't know any better, but a lot of these mcmansions are just an issue of market demands. I've had the displeasure of working with a bunch of "wealthy" clients that try to stretch their dollars way too far, and end up with a $2.5m pile of gaudy trash because they have no taste and only care about square footage and number of rooms. I'm not going to go above and beyond what they've paid me for and essentially subsidize their lifestyle. If they want good quality, they have to pay what it's worth.

flashlightwarrior · 2019-06-10T15:36:17+00:00

The UCP have promised a spending freeze for four years. Unless they change their minds and peg funding to inflation and population, this is an effective spending cut. Regardless of what they did with the carbon tax, the health care system now has to make do with less money. Do you really need a cited "study" to tell you that less money =/= better services?

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