Devial

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[–] Devial@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

And how is that supposed to work ? You can't fix the healthcare care system or economy in a day, so non wealthy people would still struggle to live as politicians whilst those changes are being worked on, meaning there's little motivation for them to join politics, and independently wealthy people who are just in it for the power wouldn't give a fuck about being badly paid. Look at Trump. He doesn't even take a salary, because he's corrupt and wealthy enough to not need it, so his salary being low would matter fuck all to him and other corrupt pieces of crap like him.

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If nothing else you can be damn fucking sure they won't even attempt to fulfil wishes that constitute straight up crimes (such as exposing yourself to a minor).

As for everything else, they probably don't have any super specific rules beyond that, what tthey likely have some kind of genericly vague, vibes based, catch all term that "wishes have to be in good faith and good taste"

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Nothing, Merz is just a massive piece of shit and seemingly fully immune to any level of shame.

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Even if he weren't lying, it would still be negligent homicide. If you point a gun at someone, you are responsible if they get injured or killed. Doesn't matter if you pulled the trigger, mishandled the gun or a magic fairy pixie materialised and pulled the trigger for you.

The mere fact that you pointed a loaded gun at another person already makes you responsible per se in my book.

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

As much of a fan as I am of gun control, expecting gun owners to have a safe that is literally, physically impossible to break into is wildly unreasonable

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 51 points 5 days ago (17 children)

Imo, if it was your gun, unless it was literally stolen from a locked gun safe, anyone who dies by it is automatically your fault.

Doesn't really matter what the circumstances were. If anyone is even in a position to be injured or killed by your weapon, it usually means you acted negligently in either handling or storing the weapon.

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 49 points 5 days ago (26 children)

The glass of wine is likely due to a selection bias in Tea Total people. Most people who are completely sober, are so either because they are recovering alcoholics, or have other health issues.

Most people who are healthy and have no prior alcoholism issues drink at least occasionaly, which introduces a selection bias favouring people with health issues as strict non drinkers, which causes not drinking at all to be correlated with worse health than drinking occasionally.

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

In this case it isn't about improving heat transfer through the bottom of the pan, it's about improving heat transfer across the bottom of the pan.

The heat will travel through the pan more slowly because of the added material, but due to coppers extremely high heat conductivity, the copper base will heat very evenly, even if the heat source is unevenly applied, and therefore evenly transfer that heat through the steel layer.

[–] Devial@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Yes it would. Adding material generally makes thermal conductivity worse. There is no material with negative thermal resistance, so adding more will always increase thermal resistance by at least a bit.

The only exception is 3D geometries, where an increase in surface area due to the extra material can outweigh the effect of the added material, and lead to a net increase in thermal transfer.

This can lead to a paradoxical effect, where ADDING insulation around a pipe leads to HIGHER transfer than with less insulation material, because the added material increases the exterior diameter, and therefore surface area.

(Heatsinks are also a good example. It is more material than just the component by itself, but increases surface area by such a massive amount that it more than outweighs the added material)