Wolf314159

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 7 hours ago

There's a lot there in that video that I think will resonate with most people, myself included, but I nearly did not get past the philosophical problem of the speaker's claims that HSPs somehow feel things deeper than others. As if people that are better equipped or trained to manage their emotions are somehow experiencing emotions on a shallower level. That line of logic reminds me way too much of the way colonizers would dehumanize indigenous peoples by claiming that the culture and language of those indigenous peoples were somehow less developed because of a difference in technological development. I know that they are very different situations. I'm just trying to draw abstract parallels to show why I find the language they used offensive.

Either way, that video left me wondering. Which would be more emotionally exhausting, being an HSP or accommodating one on a regular basis?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was that supposed to be coherent or relevant? Are you lost?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website -1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

If you're going to be snarky about units, at least get the significant digits correct. The infographic gives 100°F as the temperature. If I had to guess I'd say that wherever that number came from, it's precision is much less than a whole °F, but for simplicity let's just say that the precision is a whole number, no decimal places in the precision. At that precision 37.5°C and 38°C are both also 100°F. There are 9/5 °F for every °C after all. If you'd said 37.7°C I wouldn't have even commented. But that was one decimal place too far (and being too lazy to find the ° symbol or type out degrees).

You're all probably saying, "Who cares? Why do you care? Aren't you just being any even more annoying pedant?"

I do. I don't know. Probably.

But, if you're going to be a smartass, you better at least try to be smart about it.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 38 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Whenever I'm forced to use windows, show file extensions and show hidden files.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because vector graphics take up much less space. That's the joke.

Now I'm going to put the joke out of it's misery.

Most of the illustrations, formula, tables etc. in a math book could be vector graphics, most of them were in 90% of the upper level math text books I've ever had, usually in only 2 colors. Many math formulas can be represented and formatted directly using only Tex or LaTex. Mostly physics and math involving more than two dimensions would have more raster images, even color. But it's not like the publishers are going to be handing out PDFs with original vector graphics embedded. That would make high quality knockoffs trivial.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 40 points 3 weeks ago

Thumper (Bambi) is a rabbit.

Hazel (Watership down) is a hare.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

The crouching guidelines were never about avoiding being stuck, rather about reducing harm if you are incapable of reaching a safer location.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So, given your work history, where do you stand on the Clerks deathstar contractor debate?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Same reason anyone has played any of the thousands of games that predate "the cloud" or games that don't even have a save feature. Cloud saves? No thanks, never have, maybe never will.

Besides, if you're not paying for the service, you're the product not the consumer.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, what a dumb and toxic take.

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