knightly

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Also, even the good stuff needs a proper composting heap to degrade at any appreciable rate. It's mostly BS outside of areas with city-run composting services.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Summer seems to be an exception for me. I hate feeling sweaty but I love direct sunlight on my skin. At least until I start to sunburn, but I'm building up a good base tan this year. =D

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's only relevant at quantum scales, so it's not something we can experience directly. The super oversimplified version is that imaginary time is what light is doing while it moves through a medium where it can't travel at light speed. Light always travels at light speed, but it can pass through infinitessimally small closed loops of time where the light isn't interacting with anything but is nevertheless delayed by things it might have interacted with.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

They don't have as much power as worker's unions structurally but they do perform many of the same functions, yes

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Imaginary numbers are defined as the square roots of negative numbers, or as multiples of i, so yes that definition of imaginary time is accurate.

The square roots of negative numbers are different because they are neither rational nor irrational numbers, so they can be combined with real numbers to form complex numbers. Complex numbers are vital to mathematics because they allow you to solve polynominal equations that can't be solved with real numbers alone, like (x+1)^2 =-9 where x = -1±3i

[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Sounds like someone has a pretty small filter bubble if they've only seen dozens.", probably.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The few that I pass on my way to work are all still slowly fading in the summer sun.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not voting doesn't make their candidates shitty candidates win, Democrats lose when turnout is depressed.

They know this, and they still chose to deliberately depress turnout with another shitty candidate who promised us nothing would change. Their last successful candidate won two terms on promises of hope and change and only 12 years later they're promising the opposite and delivering nothingburgers.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

I went to three protests that day, only one of them had any official party representation and it was a local politician who had a speech to give. Nothing that might actually spur people towards action.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm talking about the 50501 on the steps of the Colorado statehouse on May 1st. The Democrats were not represented, but there were half a dozen socialist/communist parties with booths set up and about the same number of unions.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 13 points 1 month ago

How humid is the area where they were stored? Is it subject to significant swings in temperature like direct sunlight?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

Asking if you're today's explanation is neither a strawman or an attack

Reducing people to a perspective you can feel free to ignore is, in fact, an attack.

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