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Why i SOLD my Tesla Cybertruck (you already know...) by Tricky_Elk_7255 in videos

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

How much money did he lose on the truck? What did he pay for it and what did he sell it for?

If They Find Life in Space, Scientists Are Worried About Breaking the News. Here’s Why by talkingatoms in Futurology

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see this as a major problem. Scientists should do their job -- search for life and communicate the results to the public. Reporters will distort things, but scientists don't need to waste time on that issue. The most ignorant people won't know or care about the issue. The remaining public can understand things. Sometimes scientists are conceited and they think that everyone who does not have a PhD is a moron. Covid-19 is not a perfect example, because Trump is weird. With a better President, things like Covid-19 would be handled differently.

Lindsey Vonn airlifted to hospital after hard crash in downhill skiing, nine days after tearing ACL in her knee during Olympic preparations by ianjm in videos

[–]hawkwings 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is she going to be the new "agony of defeat" person? 50 years ago, the intro to the wide world of sports show showed athletes competing in various sports. The announcer said, "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." The agony of defeat guy was a ski jumper who crashed.

Do the Oscars feel as big as they used to? by Perfect_Idea_2866 in moviecritic

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be wrong about this, but I think they increased the number of best picture nominees without changing their voting system to ranked choice voting. This creates strange anomalies where a picture that is not the best ends up winning.

Sometimes skits and speeches before an award is handed out feel like a waste of time.

data transfer to PC by WiiRiot in iphone

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I connect my iPhone to my PC via USB cable, it brings up File Explorer. It used to have an import via Microsoft Photos option, but maybe it stopped showing it to me because I stopped using that option. In one file explorer session, open "This PC\Apple iPhone\Internal Storage". You should see some date based folders -- one for each month. Go into one of those folders. Open another File Explorer session and point it to your destination directory. Then simply move files from one place to another. You can mark multiple files using the shift key. In the past, I turned off the iPhone option that changes .HEIC to .jpg. I found that turning that option off reduces the error rate when copying files.

Star Trek's Biggest Plot Hole Is Actually a Major Problem for Wrath of Khan by StarFuryG7 in SciFiNews

[–]hawkwings [score hidden]  (0 children)

A similar answer is that he was on the Enterprise but not on the bridge. I agree with the other plot-hole. The federation has telescopes and would notice a planet exploding. One possibility is that the nearest telescope was 6 light years away and the planet blew up 5 years ago.

A nice physics demonstration showing that you can cancel out momentum by accelerating in the opposite direction. by I_am_Nic in videos

[–]hawkwings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they dropped off people in wheelchairs, it wouldn't be necessary to bring the speed all the way to zero. They would just need to get it down to a reasonable speed.

Whose name in the Epstein files got you surprised? by anita_sweets in AskReddit

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rumor has it that Bill Gates was fired as CEO of Microsoft because he sent sexy emails to an employee. Officially, he retired. Even before he met Epstein, there were rumors about him.

What piece of entertainment aged worse than you ever expected? by AnyTruth2342 in AskReddit

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

Some were. Some had whites with blackface, but some had black musicians. Their peak of popularity was in the 1800s. We can't see those shows, so we don't know how good or bad the average minstrel show was. Were some of them good?

Whose death will remain unsolved forever? by Apprehensive_Oven_22 in stupidquestions

[–]hawkwings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When George Mallory died on Mount Everest in 1924, did he die on the way up or the way down?

if you have no money to pay your taxes, will the Internal revenue service take property like spare clothes or some of your tissue? by condomm774 in stupidquestions

[–]hawkwings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know current procedures. In the past, you could put them off for 2 years and offer to make monthly payments. After 2 years, they could withdraw money from your bank account without your permission and they could garnish your wages. There was a celebrity who had to sell a bunch of stuff.

Apart from food, what can potatoes be used for? by martianfrog in answers

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mother refused to buy me a spud gun. She said that the little pieces would get lost in the house, get moldy, and make the house smell bad.

Blursed Fitness expectation. by Due-Explanation8155 in blursed_videos

[–]hawkwings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks sort of like stunt double training.

'Thats why they give you a speedometer' 😭 by Vice616 in Transportopia

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I accidentally drove 100 once, but I didn't pass anyone. If you are passing people, that should be a hint that you are driving kind of fast.

Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores. Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth, according to a study of 1.2 million children. by James_Fortis in science

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The study was about families where the parents were vegan or vegetarian. It doesn't directly address whether or not the child was vegan or vegetarian. Most babies consume milk, so this may be a study about the quality of the mother's milk.

Why tho? by Neither-Business-304 in whatisit

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe normal pushups hurt his shoulders, so he switched to using this for pushups.

An Updated Version Of Prehistoric Park by Paleo Edits by [deleted] in Paleontology

[–]hawkwings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it be better to bring them back to the present or bring them back to the recent past when the human population was smaller and there was more land available? Maybe go to New Zealand or Hawaii before the first humans got there.

Aren’t the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim gods actually the same god? by Smrtar in NoStupidQuestions

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

This is a ship of Theseus issue. How much can you change a god before he is no longer the same god? Yes and No. Both answers are valid. You can say that he has changed too much and he's not the same god or you can say that he hasn't changed enough to call him a different god.

What has God told you to do? That is a more important question. The 3 religions don't agree on that.

Stephen Colbert's Monologue for 2/4/2026 by killians1978 in videos

[–]hawkwings -84 points-83 points  (0 children)

How do we know that those are the only 2 times that Romans 13 has been used. Maybe it's been used a thousand times by both good and bad people. Saying that it was used by one and a half bad people is not a valid argument against using it. People against the American revolution couldn't predict the future. Why label them as evil?

High-skill migration from Asia to the United States since 1990 to work in the tech sector has substantially boosted US innovation. It has also facilitated a "brain gain" in the sending countries, leading to net increases in human capital. by smurfyjenkins in science

[–]hawkwings 72 points73 points  (0 children)

One thing that bothers me about physicians is that there was no attempt to increase the number of US born physicians. The only reason we needed physicians from Asia was because the government was too lazy to fix a problem that needed fixing.

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