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[–] Perhaps 78 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If US society continues to devolve and these people actually attempt to make good on these threats, don’t expect the police to save you. Just saying.

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Does .999… = 1? (self.lemmyshitpost)
submitted 1 year ago by Perhaps to c/lemmyshitpost
 

1/3 = .333…

1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 3/3 = 1

.333… + 333… + 333… = .999…

.999… = 1

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[–] Perhaps 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s kind of like how people are more likely to die in a car accident on their way to the airport than they are to die in a plane. Yet people are more likely to be afraid of flying.

There’s a sense of control that people tend to gravitate towards. In the aggregate, Tesla might run fewer red lights than humans. At the individual level there will certainly be “safe drivers” who run red lights at a lower rate, who end up dying because of the Tesla. It’s a hard pill to swallow.

[–] Perhaps -1 points 1 year ago
[–] Perhaps 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you pronounce JPEG? Jay-feg?

[–] Perhaps 5 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The letter G itself is pronounced with the “j” sound.

I started out pronouncing GIF by saying the letters: “g-I-f.” It eventually shortens into “jif.”

[–] Perhaps 7 points 1 year ago

Probably not all that groundbreaking, but I hadn’t thought of it until recently:

Brutality is a function of societal evolution. The societies that grow and expand do so, not only because of some technological or cultural advancement, but in large part due to their willingness and propensity to conquer and dominate other societies, often in brutal ways.

Peace is hard, in part, because the human desire for power is baked into all the major remaining people and cultures- any society that leans towards peace will eventually be overtaken by one that doesn’t.

[–] Perhaps 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I couldn’t care less about all of the proprietary “infotainment” stuff, but I’ll never buy another car that doesn’t have Apple car play or maybe Android auto if I ever switch back to Android one day. Some manufacturers have talked about killing support.