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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Ignoring the obvious flaw of throwing out the importance of infinity here, they would be exceedingly unlikely but technically not unable. A random occurrence is just as likely to happen on try number 1 as it is on try number 10 billion. It doesn't become any more or less likely as iterations occur. This is an all too common failure of understanding how probabilities work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

True, it's not exactly like they care about real proof.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

While this is a shit move by whoever is doing this, it makes virtually no difference for the presidential election. WA electoral votes are winner-takes-all, and always go Dem. A few burned boxes won't come close in making a difference for president, Biden won by almost a million votes in the last one. It will probably have a decent effect on local elections though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

LG or Sony TV, never connected to the internet, with an Nvidia shield. There is nothing better at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there was a political bias between people who are and aren't willing to answer phone calls and participate in polls.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Be angry at the sun for setting If these things anger you.

-Robinson Jeffers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

A hotdog is a taco.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Throwing a little bit of baking soda into tomato based sauces can tame the acidity as well, and is actually a pretty great trick for neutralizing the canned taste if you're using canned tomatoes. Just make sure to add it slowly and mix slowly, otherwise you'll be creating a science fair volcano on your stovetop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Go Thorium MSR and bury it underground and you don't really have to worry about it. Might need some modification for moon gravity but otherwise seems like the best bet.

https://www.thmsr.com/overview/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Patriot is easily one of the best shows there is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Guess I'm bringing engineering back into the post apocalyptic world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Kinda funny to call out a logical fallacy and then immediately commit an ad hominem (whataboutism) fallacy. Your argument does not change the fact that this is happening and that we aren't doing everything we can to prevent it. No one involved in this issue is ignoring that China and India are part of the problem, there's just nothing we can do short of war or economic pressures. War is out of the question because no one would survive to fix the planet anyway, so economic pressure it is, which would once again require us to do something.

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