Vorticity

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

said that they didn’t even start debate prep until 11 am each day at Camp David

Do we know what he was doing before 11am? He has other duties besides preparing for the debate. While probably his most important immediate task, he still needs to take briefings on things like the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the consequences of recent SCOTUS decisions, and the dumbass shit that Trump said.

I agree that this doesn't make me feel better about him, but I don't think that starting debate prep at 11am and taking an afternoon nap means that Biden was slacking off. It may just mean that he's got other things to worry about.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Does anyone know where I can find a time line of this case? I'm really curious how it took four years to litigate something this egregious. Four years to reach a settlement, not even a litigate court ruling.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well, DeSantis has been waging war on the mouse for a while, though he does seem to be backing down some.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Oh, I agree with you. I was just answering why many college kids disliked the twin xl mattresses. That doesn't mean they should quit using them in dorms.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because finding sheets that fit them used to be terrible. Even in a college town, you'd have very limited options. I expect this is much easier now that online shopping is a thing, though.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 75 points 1 month ago (3 children)

How does he not just topple over? Does the shit in his diaper act as a counter balance?

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Right? It sequesters 0.0001% of our annual carbon output. They say they hope to reduce the cost to $400-$600/ton by 2030 so,even using their 2030 estimate, this plant cost $14.4M - $28.8M. To sequester 1% of our current carbon emissions per year would cost $144B - $288B. $7.2T - $14.4T to do 50%.

This doesn't sound like a productive use of the limited R&D funds that go into combating climate change.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

This CNN article has a lot more information and context including who voted against the measure (nine countries including the US and Israel), the practical effects of the measure (new rights for Palestine to sponsor and support resolutions but still no vote), and what can be expected in the near future (a vote in the UN security council on whether to actually admit Palestine which might pass but which the US will veto).

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And where does a plant fall in this? You can certainly take plants with you, unlike the paint from a fence.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago (4 children)

How is this different from a tenant taking their patio furniture with the? "It's worth more with the patio furniture". "The new tenants are expecting the nice patio furniture to be there!"

Plants cost money and effort and, in many cases, can be successfully transplanted to a new location. It seems to me that the tenant simply took their property with them when they left.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago (3 children)

How is this different from a tenant taking their patio furniture with the? "It's worth more with the patio furniture". "The new tenants are expecting the nice patio furniture to be there!"

Plants cost money and effort and, in many cases, can be successfully transplanted to a new location. It seems to me that the tenant simply took their property with them when they left.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Thank you, this was really interesting. I was trying to look up more information on "stabilimorphs" but google pulls up nothing on the term. I'm wondering what causes them to continue mutating in such a stable way. Are they simply that well adapted that they've fallen into a stable configuration that has no instability in any of the many dimensions available or is there something else that is maintaining their physical configuration while mutations continue to occur?

 

 

I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are:

  • always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed.
  • allow setting different color themes for different users.
 

I use Podcast Addict and have recently noticed location-based ads in my podcasts. Adds that are local to my large town / small city. The app doesn't have location permissions, so how are the podcasts embedding localized ads?

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