Thanks, it was fun. I hope your day went well too!
Thanks, it was fun. I hope your day went well too!
Not bad, went to the gym this morning, actually did some work. I might do some of this course now… Playing board games with friends this evening. I guess my life is pretty good, so not sure why I feel grumpy so often lol
You motherfucker
I wish I could just up and buy a farm, that sounds like the life to me.
Unfortunately the Republicans agree with them on this point
“Someone could get the most votes, and not win!” McCarthy said at the time… “So if you come in 3rd, you win. What? ‘I got a lot of second votes, I got a lot of 3rd vote — what does that mean?’”
I don’t think it’s the “Black areas” that are getting confused about how it works. Or perhaps he’s just pretending to not understand? 🤔🤔
It’s winter down where I live, and I’m getting a bit sick of the cold. I can’t wait until spring when the sun is up when I get out of bed and I’m not shivering my arse off while getting dressed
What it seems to me that you’re suggesting is essentially crowd sourcing a mix of investigative journalism and data analysis, which is not a skill I think that just anybody can pick up and do properly. To be fair I’ve never tried my hand at investigative journalism, but I have done a few units of data analysis and trust me there’s a hundred different ways to do it wrong. Even among the experts, there’s a lot of disagreements to what the best approaches are. I had a teacher even say that if you give a set of data to 10 data analysts, you’ll get back 12 different ways of interpreting it.
That is all to say that I’m not sure how much you’d be solving by providing another forum for people to post their takes on public policy issues, but then again if you manage to attract the right crowd of critical thinkers, who also happen to be open minded enough not to insert their own agendas into matters, perhaps people might hold each other accountable?
BTW have you checked that something similar doesn’t already exist? Insert obligatory xkcd comic:
Do the numbers themselves have any specific origin or meaning?
Wood is mostly cellulose and lignin, which holds no nutritional value to us humans. Another comment said that termites have certain enzymes which digest it, but it’s actually the bacteria in their guts which break down the woody fibres so they can turn it into glucose. So, theoretically, maybe we could isolate those bacteria and somehow incorporate them into our guts too? I mean it probably wouldn’t work, but you never know until you try right?
It’s got a pretty good vibe, the community feels really friendly and supportive. I hope it stays like this as it grows
Maybe for you, it’s the middle of winter where I am! I agree though, I love hiking and don’t do it enough
nah totally off the mark. I may be a 39 Linux user, but I work in Ag science!
tbf they said “older”, not “old”
iphones aren’t that common in Australia where I am so it’s never come up as a problem here. I usually give people shit when I find out they’re using one cos imo they’re a waste of money lol
True, but seeing it laid out like this can at least help you to realise why you’re not able to have a reasonable debate with someone in a particular topic. and even be able to call them out on it. Whether they listen or not, it can at least save you some time and cut the conversation off shorter than you may otherwise do
Yeah I find myself often drawn into these arguments that in retrospect feel more like dick swinging contests than genuine arguments. It seems more difficult in the moment to realise when you’re too busy trying to craft the perfect retort
Sadly I fear you’re right. It is nice while it lasts though, it takes me back to the early days of reddit
That was a good read with some helpful tips, but they didn’t have a conclusion at the end so they never answered their own question!