InputZero

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[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think what the commenter was explaining was the difference between a hypothesis and a theory.

This is for anyone else you seem to know the difference. Just as an fyi to anyone who doesn't know the difference, most laypeople say theory when they mean hypothesis.

  • A hypothesis is "an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true."

  • A theory is "a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained."

That's not very helpful, but basically a hypothesis is an untested answer whereas a theory is a whole lot of similar hypothesis's that have been answered and can be used to predict something.

So when your crazy uncle/friend/co-worker says 'i have a theory that they're turning the damn frogs gay and I'm going to prove it.' They actually mean hypothesis. Why is this important? Cause words matter, that crazy person would be taken a lot less seriously if they didn't use words they didn't understand.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then be prepared to get hurt. Sure small strikes are tolerable to a government. Strikes that actually disrupt the economy are never tolerated, and are almost always met with police violence. It's literally their first job, to maintain public order. Imagine what would happen if Lockheed Martin employees striked?

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I imagine they don't actually know if it's the same material. What they can say is that a certain amount of material was ejected, that correlates with certain properties of an observed amount of material that went in. Realistically though, it's all hydrogen and helium and is one atom of the same thing really that different from another?

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did too once he rose again.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

This comment needs to be put on top. I am not American but I did live there for a short time installing very big machinery, and I'm glad to be out of there.The Republicans who are doing this think a pride flag is equivalent to putting up a sign that says 'kill kids'. Which you can't do, free speech doesn't cover overt threats to crime or violence.

That's how far gone these people are, they have drank so much of the kool-aid they perceve every pride flag as an overt call to crime and violence. They perceve the existence of LGBTQ+ as an overt threat to crime or violence. At this point they're too far gone to bring back. They're so full of misinformation and vitriol that they only things they can feel anymore are fear, pride, and rage; it's kind of of like Ingsoc in 1984 using those exact emotions to manipulate their people. It's bad.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Oh absolutely, taken in a greater context which I totally neglected to say that's absolutely true.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Also freedom of speech is between your government and you. Your government can't censor speech, private companies, individuals, organizations, ect, can censor your speech or censor themselves from hearing it. All rights are only between an individual and their government.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

So much this! You really need to understand something to explain it well to someone else. So on top of other techniques I would pretend I was teaching someone else. If I couldn't explain something to someone else, I didn't know it yet and had to put more time into that part. If I could explain it once then I'd do it again.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I don't know why everyone is acting surprised, it's been this way for a while now. Pre-ordering any game is just paying early so you can be a dev-tester. I can't think of a major release in video games that hasn't been a buggy mess on release. I was fool with No Man's Sky, and I won't be fooled again. My plan is to just wait a few months until the second patch, same thing I do for all new releases and they're usually discounted a bit by then too.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We do have an answer, we have several in fact. The problem is capital, regulations, and NYMBY. Breeder reactors can run on nuclear waste, but they're incredibly expensive to build and could be easily modified to create weapons grade nuclear materials. So maybe not the best idea while we're all still thinking about blowing each other up. We can bury it deep underground, look at Onkalo, Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repository

Many other locations have been suggested in many other countries, but the moment something is labeled high-nuclear-waste storage it's impossible to get approved. In my opinion storing it deep underground is fine, it's transporting it to that facility that worries me.

Point in your favor though, why put more money and effort into nuclear than is necessary when that same money can go to renewables? Nuclear power absolutely makes sense in select places and shouldn't be ignored. It should grow a little but it's already obsolete compared to alternatives.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Except, the truth is that this has happened twice in two years and those are only the mass shootings in which African Americans were explicitly targeted.

Florida Dollar General - 2023

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-alleged-racially-motivated-killing-jacksonville-dollar-general/story?id=102599495

Buffalo, New York Tops Supermarket - 2022 https://buffalonews.com/news/local/complete-coverage-10-killed-3-wounded-in-mass-shooting-at-buffalo-supermarket/collection_e8c7df32-d402-11ec-9ebc-e39ca6890844.html

Dunno what world you live in, but if those events didn't happen it sounds a lot nicer than reality.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

Say it loud and say it proud, cooperations are no one's friend!

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