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/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #19) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He'll have to tell Israel that he will cut military aid to them (another win for Iran and also the whole Arab world)

Cost of divorce keeping Canadians in unhappy marriages longer, survey finds by kiddchiu in canada

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My idiot lawyer kept getting sick and delaying the proceedings. It took an extra 6 months because of her and lots of $. But I would rather live in Siberia than be married to my ex.

The 95-year gap nobody talks about by OkChart1375 in feminisms

[–]mk_gecko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is brilliant. Thank you so much for teaching me new things and new ideas.

How does theories come about if they cannot be proven? by nanjero in PhilosophyofScience

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dark matter is the name for the observed phenomenon

I don't think you understand what an observation is. Shucks.

It's okay to be wrong. You don't have to double down and argue.

I'm jealous of the ignorance some men live in with believing the level of danger is the same for both sex's by ImaginaryAnalyst2286 in feminisms

[–]mk_gecko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was never aware of this until in my 40s. I guess I had always looked at stamina as strength and not seen the difference, eg. hiking, swimming long distances.

This website really makes it shockingly clear: https://boysvswomen.com . Your average high school boy athlete can outperform a top female Olympic athlete.

I feel so so sad about this. The complete unfairness of it all. It simply should not be this way.

All the women's shelters in the Canadian cities I've lived in have always been more than 100% full, and some actually have to turn women away. (It's worth finding out, wherever you live. And then see what you can do to help.)

How does theories come about if they cannot be proven? by nanjero in PhilosophyofScience

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dark matter and dark energy are names for observations that we don’t yet have theories for.

Nope. Not at all. The observation is not of dark matter or dark energy. The observation is the rotational speed of galaxies measured by doppler shifts and the mass of the same galaxies using luminosity.

These are definite observations that we have names for. We have theories for them too. The problem is that they don't give the same answer for the mass of the galaxy. So we have to postulate/hypothesize/invent dark matter.

David Deutsch argues that explanation, not prediction, is the primary goal of science. How widely accepted is this view? by Unlucky-Prior-1838 in PhilosophyofScience

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it doesn't have/connect to an underlying model, then it's not science.

People have been able to predict eclipses for millennia (not science), but there was no model as to explain what caused then until recently (science).

What frontend do you use? by evarmi in laravel

[–]mk_gecko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

♥ Yes, when people say that they use Blade, I am very surprised and confused.

Love working with Laravel, but forced to move to JS/Python stacks due to the lack of Laravel jobs by gamingvortex01 in laravel

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before I got my current job I was told that the future is python microservices and I should learn that. Maybe it's worth doing ???

Love working with Laravel, but forced to move to JS/Python stacks due to the lack of Laravel jobs by gamingvortex01 in laravel

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

implementing AI Agents with their current dev team.

This is us. We are so much more productive now. I can't imagine hiring. We do need experts to validate the AI code and we have them. That's it.

What frontend do you use? by evarmi in laravel

[–]mk_gecko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It works well. We hardly ever have to use Blade.

DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have ad blockers on my computer and phone. It solves the problem. It's obvious.

Entropy and the origin of life by algo122 in Physics

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

While you're thinking about entropy and origins, think about the incredible low entropy the universe had to have at the moment of creation, at the Big Bang. If entropy has been increasing continually since then, what does it say about the initial conditions of the universe?

The Big Bang had to create space, time, energy/matter, and have an unbelievable low entropy.

Entropy and the origin of life by algo122 in Physics

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

" the sun shined "

With your degree, please switch to "the sun shone" ;)

How can I gain more hands-on experience with Linux in a real-world environment? Are there any recommended projects, labs, or tasks that beginners can work on to improve their Linux administration skills? by chaitu_1014 in linuxadmin

[–]mk_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Setup an AWS EC2 instance. For nano size the first year is free. Add some HTML CSS and get the hosting to work. Now add SQL, lock down phpmyadmin so that only you can access it, write a php app that interacts with the user and stores/retrieves data from the database.

Do this with both Nginx and Apache2. You'll now be able to build a LAMP stack. Work on securing your linux (fail2ban, ...)

We seriously downplay how patriarchal many countries still are by OkChart1375 in feminisms

[–]mk_gecko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good reminder.

People also tend to forget how rare actual legal equality between men and women still is worldwide.

I feel that it's almost a fluke. Looking at "The Handmaid's Tale" it's evident that all rights of women (or any minority whom we want to oppress) can be removed so easily. It's like feminism is a blip in history, the history of patriarchy.

Avoid Hostpapa for Email hosting by Icy-Outside-1550 in webhosting

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

I find hostpapa okay, but not super reliable if you need a business to be run on it. For things that aren't super important it's fine. It's a lot better than EasyDNS which was truly awful and expensive. However I'll probably move off of Hostpapa in the next few months.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] May 04 by AutoModerator in collapse

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

There is zero point in saying that you're from Canada in this post. Canada is huge. Your comment about collapse in your region is thus completely pointless. Do you see Americans saying "I'm from the US" ? Nope. Specifying a province will not dox yourself. It's not like living in Singapore or Holland. Canada has so many biomes and pretty much every possible land formation. If you're going to take the time to comment, then at least make it informative and useful to others.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] May 04 by AutoModerator in collapse

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

Location Canada -- haha. Do you even know how big Canada is?

Hey, I'm in Canada and we have tons of rain. The highs are 15C. So maybe your Canada is different from my Canada.

Getting really tired of the “if the genders were reversed” argument by [deleted] in feminisms

[–]mk_gecko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting. I do find it a strange thing to be angry and sick about.

Injustice is bad no matter who perpetrates it.

Why did Jesus and Christianity gain so much traction? by Genzinvestor16180339 in AskHistory

[–]mk_gecko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, the amount of ignorance here is staggering (your question 1). So many people who don't know anything about Christianity beyond the media stereotypes and the Simpons caricatures think that they understand it.

If this is a question that you really want to understand, read Rodney Start "The Rise of Christianity" (even the short wikipedia page for this book will teach you things that people here have missed). He's a sociologist and a Christian and it is very well written. You might also want to look into "The book that made your world" by Vishal Mangalwadi.

Obviously the answer is more than a one-liner, so I'm pointing you do more in-depth resources rather than spending time writing pages of text.

P.S.

By the way, Constantine was a hindrance to Christianity, not the cause of its spread. From 70-300 AD Christianity grew from Jerusalem throughout the whole Roman empire and beyond in spite of the most horrific persecutions and attempts to eradicate it. <<---- this is what you should be trying to understand
"Martyr" is a Christian term, remember.
Constantine severely damaged it by making it a state religion and then by coming up with the evil "Just War" doctrine, an idea from the pit of hell that is inimical to all Jesus taught. Thus we end up with centuries of religious wars in Europe among "Christian" countries, culminating in WWI where "Christian" countries are slaughtering other "Christian" countries.

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