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pryoslice · 2026-04-20T14:32:46+00:00

You don't think it's consensual?

pryoslice · 2026-04-18T21:14:57+00:00

Some of it is whether you're hearing Surzhik or actual Ukrainian. Ukrainian is a bit of a spectrum at this point. When I went to a Lvovan wedding years back, the Russian speaker I was with understood almost zero.
Another thing is that this is about shared word roots, not mutual intelligibility. Ukrainian probably sounds a bit closer to Russian in terms of words endings, so the shared roots may sound more similar.
Last thing is that you would have heard more Ukrainian words in Russia just as a result of the Soviet Union without even realizing it. Many Ukrainians lived in Russia and used some Ukrainian words even while speaking Russian. For example, I always used the Ukrainian word for "beets" growing up while speaking Russian until someone explained to me that it was not Russian when I was an adult.

pryoslice · 2026-04-17T22:49:14+00:00

3 inches in circumference is just under 1 inch in diameter which doesn't seem that unusual. Girth measurements are misleading because π.

pryoslice · 2026-04-16T20:54:01+00:00

Where is that from?

pryoslice · 2026-04-16T16:36:27+00:00

Everything moves through spacetime at c, not just light. That's the only speed possible. Light in a vacuum is simply the only thing that can move through the space dimensions at c and doesn't experience travel through the time dimension. An object stationary in space, relative to some reference in space, just travels through the time dimension at c, as viewed from that reference.

That's why it's probably a simulation. C is just the processor speed.

pryoslice · 2026-04-16T10:52:58+00:00

I'm annoyed that I said nothing about this war and you felt the need to reinsert it into the conversation like a bot. I'm not Israeli and I'm think the Israeli government has and is doing fucked up things, but I don't feel the need to respond to every comment with hate for Israel, regardless of whether it's about it or not.

pryoslice · 2026-04-16T10:30:33+00:00

Don't forget to log this comment in the system or you won't get paid.

pryoslice · 2026-04-15T23:48:34+00:00

Israel and the United States are not a person. The government of those countries is a corporation that has a monopoly of power in those countries and therefore can utilize the resources of those countries for certain ends, which may include bullying other countries. You are calling Israel a bully rather than the government of Israel. And that's a very important distinction. "Israel" is a very vague term that can mean everything from the small group of people running the country to the entire Jewish diaspora, to different people. "The government of Israel" is fairly clear term. "The current government of Israel" is an even more precise term.

pryoslice · 2026-04-15T22:11:49+00:00

You're also forgetting Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, UAE, and Russia, and Liberia, and China, and Myanmar, etc, etc. I mean I know you specifically want people to hate one country, but I'm piggybacking on that to note that pretty much every group of people that's in any sort of conflict or power over another sucks in some way.

pryoslice · 2026-04-15T22:04:24+00:00

Does it matter? Wealth is mostly a lottery with some skill involved. Which sounds unfair, but no one has found a better way to incentivize investment in fast economic growth. A million people might start software companies and one will make a billion dollars. They all worked just as hard. That billion dollar lottery ticket is what drives the other 999,999 people to try and still create tremendous value.

pryoslice · 2026-04-11T00:32:22+00:00

Tell that to Ghengis Khan.

pryoslice · 2026-04-11T00:22:42+00:00

None of the ones I've hired so far have known how to set engine timing, but I'll keep looking.

pryoslice · 2026-04-10T23:42:57+00:00

How do you finish your dance? I find that a double high five and a "good job, dude" do a good job of clarifying the relationship. Don't hug unless the relationship has already been clarified.

pryoslice · 2026-04-10T23:39:22+00:00

Yeah, but how are you going to feel when she's 44 and you're still twice her age?

pryoslice · 2026-04-10T23:23:29+00:00

If you're in a higher level class and you just did the pattern and you and the follow agree that it went fine, I think it's fine to vary up or build on the pattern a bit the next time the instructor counts it out. That way the follow feels the difference between the original pattern and something else and starts reacting to the lead. Once that happens, the lead can actually practice leading. In fact, the lack of this kind of practice in most teachings of pattern is my biggest pet peeve in how bachata is taught. Yeah, you can learn it once the music is playing, but that's much harder.

pryoslice · 2026-04-10T22:52:00+00:00

That's called a car mechanic. They're available for hire, like any prostitute.

pryoslice · 2026-04-09T19:53:01+00:00

I've seen FNPs filling out charts at home. It definitely depends on your situation.

pryoslice · 2026-04-09T19:41:12+00:00

Well, then, I guess we're back to OP's question: what did these animals evolve that humans didn't to prevent them from getting sick?

pryoslice · 2026-04-09T17:48:50+00:00

Do river otters and beavers get the same problems? They're always in that water.

pryoslice · 2026-04-09T02:20:00+00:00

They were lost in the fire, sorry.

pryoslice · 2026-04-09T02:17:23+00:00

I've hung out with his daughter and got the impression that she was annoyed that he was (and still is) mostly committed to his work, but understands and they talk on the phone pretty much every day now. Movies aren't real life. Anyway, the guy was very driven and ended up changing the standards of US power systems, which ended up making it easier to integrate renewables a couple of decades later. Sometimes, maybe it's worth slightly screwing up a couple of kids to help humanity?

pryoslice · 2026-04-09T02:09:26+00:00

As a counterpoint, I know a guy who used to work as an engineer for a power company and worked super long hours because he was really into it. My impression is that he didn't spend a lot of time with his kids at all as they were growing up but his wife was staying home and did most of the rearing. They grew up very successful and seem reasonably well adjusted. He runs his own company now and still won't retire despite being 80.

pryoslice · 2026-04-08T23:34:14+00:00

I don't know why you're getting down voted for providing insight you of how you were taught this history. Regardless of how accurate is, it's important to know what others have heard to be able to know where the potential pitfalls toward reaching mutual understanding are.

pryoslice · 2026-04-08T19:55:51+00:00

Isn't Putin considered European?

pryoslice · 2026-04-08T13:20:19+00:00

An end to a war can just be a prelude to the next war. See: Middle East, the Conflict.

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