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New comment by mmmpop in "The great Covid and smoking cover-up?"

mmmpop — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:32:47 +0000

The editorializing on “smoking is bad” is moot—we all know it and it’s not the point.

New comment by mmmpop in "Air Marshals Will Refuse Orders to Go to the Border, Prefer First Class Cabins"

mmmpop — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:15:37 +0000

I realize that but I was following that author’s other posts and they just seem into restricting the rights of everyone to prevent disorderly conduct. So where does it stop??

It was a “throwaway” so I suppose I shouldn’t expect actual discourse.

New comment by mmmpop in "AirDrop is now limited to 10 minutes"

mmmpop — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:02:34 +0000

It was front page shit for two days, sorry. I think others explained it well enough but I still insist that it was perfectly relevant.

I can only assume that this is a 3rd rail of sorts for “Western” types who seem to be 100% anti-Iran lately, even though I remember about half a decade ago the same sorts of people were pro-Iran when it came to giving back their money that would eventually be used to fund terrorism, but would love to take Russia’s money for doing the same thing.

Never forget that Biden fistbumped MbS.

New comment by mmmpop in "Air Marshals Will Refuse Orders to Go to the Border, Prefer First Class Cabins"

mmmpop — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:48:35 +0000

Why don’t we just ban drinking altogether then? And while we’re at it, if you’re irritated about something perhaps just keep it to yourself. Society doesn’t have time for discontent or deviation from the norm.

Good lord.

New comment by mmmpop in "Mauna Loa eruption underway; lava no longer contained to summit"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:41:24 +0000

Sir you owe me a new pince nez because mine just shot across the room.

New comment by mmmpop in "AirDrop is now limited to 10 minutes"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:37:58 +0000

I can still see the Iran flag in all of its unaltered glory here in the US. I guess they missed the memo?

New comment by mmmpop in "Mauna Loa eruption underway; lava no longer contained to summit"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:15:49 +0000

Sure, that's "old-fashioned" as a friend once told me (who was a Rhodes scholar.) At the two universities I've attended, the B.S. in physics required more rigor and the B.A. offered more breadth and didn't require as many courses starting in "PHY". I'm guessing it's an American thing too.

New comment by mmmpop in "BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:53:26 +0000

Sorry but if you put 10% of your net worth into BlockFi you didn't fully understand the risks. I feel bad for anyone who lost money (a few grand here) but this was all akin to a trip to the casino for me and my expectations were set accordingly.

New comment by mmmpop in "Mauna Loa eruption underway; lava no longer contained to summit"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:28:41 +0000

That is strange and interesting as it seems counter-intuitive since a B.A. in say, physics, is less rigorous than a B.S. from a pure physics/mathematics standpoint.

New comment by mmmpop in "Lab-Grown Meat Is Safe to Eat, FDA Says"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:07:20 +0000

That's antisocial behavior as we've all learned recently. If you don't eat the fake meat, you'll just spread your clear love for animal cruelty to those around you, even if that's just conjecture.

Anyway, snark aside, I'm curious how this goes because while I'm not apologetic for my place on the food chain, carbon emissions from animal farming are problematic and the price that real meat should cost if we raise them humanely is pretty exorbitant. It will be hilarious to see cattle rustling become a capital offense again.

New comment by mmmpop in "Capsaicin is a psychoactive substance"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:46:18 +0000

I used to adore spicy food and about 4/5 Thai spicy was my jam. But sometime in my late-20s my body decided it didn't like it anymore and now if I so much as smell a pathetic jalapeño I have to run to the bathroom. I can eat a couple pickled peppers and get away with it but even "mild+" at whatever Asian establishment is too much.

It's really quite tragic.

New comment by mmmpop in "Capsaicin is a psychoactive substance"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:42:58 +0000

I remember vividly when Flamin' Hot Cheetos came out (where I lived) and the ruckus they caused at my middle school. We inexplicably had vending machines full of junk food in the main lobby and kids would line up to empty the machines within minutes of lunch hour starting since, at the least, they only turned them on at lunch. They were eventually banned because some administrator discovered that kids were getting "high" from them, and replaced with regular Cheetos. Good job.

New comment by mmmpop in "Refurb Weekend: The Sega Dreamcast"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:30:41 +0000

Toy Commander owned. Don't forget Crazy Taxi while we're getting nostalgic.

New comment by mmmpop in "South Asian people undergo type 2 diabetes remission with low calorie diets"

mmmpop — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 02:40:33 +0000

Yup.

New comment by mmmpop in "A hundred UK companies sign up for four-day week with no loss of pay"

mmmpop — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 23:53:34 +0000

Yep it's 100% then. I lost my "entrepreneurial spirit" after being burned more than once by management that wanted me to work my ass off for just a salary and the promise of something nice someday.

Granted I got mine in the end of the last job like that, but it came through pure leverage and nobody's happy about it, myself included.

New comment by mmmpop in "The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths"

mmmpop — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 20:59:30 +0000

I still am not reading the NYT piece but the original Denver7 piece which lists these infractions: - Driving with a broken taillight - Not wearing a seatbelt - Driving with minor damage to a bumper - Driving with a registration that has been expired for less than two months - Relocating a license plate to another visible part of the vehicle - Obstruction of view (such as an air freshener placed on the rearview mirror)

The OP added the other article after posting and realizing the weakness of the argument with just the first source, so I'm not addressing it.

New comment by mmmpop in "The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths"

mmmpop — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 20:57:11 +0000

I don't know and I'm not participating in this conversation further because of your stealth edit for the NYT piece. Also you're making what I perceive to be a bad-faith argument which was reinforced by your altering your original post in a significant way without saying as much.

New comment by mmmpop in "The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths"

mmmpop — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:58:41 +0000

Aside from the seatbelt infraction, which of these violations have anything to do with an increase in highway fatalities? Are you suggesting something along the lines of the broken windows theory of deviance?

New comment by mmmpop in "South Asian people undergo type 2 diabetes remission with low calorie diets"

mmmpop — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:42:41 +0000

I did a lot of ketogenic diets when I was younger in an attempt to shed all of the weight that comes with being raised in Appalachia. It was my experience that it was a great kickstart to a weight-loss plan for someone who was at rock-bottom health and needed fast results while not feeling like you're starving.

But I feel like it taught me to be bored with eating, and to establish a more healthy relationship with food. High-fat, mid-protein, low-carb sounds terrific for the first day or two but once you're two weeks in, you're so sick of it all that you'd just as soon drink some water and get back to whatever you're doing.

New comment by mmmpop in "A 3D-printed ethernet RJ45 clip to secure/repair/fix broken tab (2020)"

mmmpop — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 05:51:22 +0000

You need all of that math to understand the topics, then you can apply them to real life. FWIW you can probably be a decent design engineer with an industrial engineering degree plus some thermo, circuits, dynamics and a lil CS... I see more than a few jobs open up that accept both degrees.

I think you can really pick up Fluids, vibrations, and advanced mechanics on your own with that background, if you end up needing it. But to the larger question, yeah you need calc 1-3, ODEs, and actually a good bit linear algebra to be able to understand and apply 300-level engineering and beyond.