SmoothOperator

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[–] SmoothOperator 18 points 1 day ago

Threatening to invade a close NATO ally is some actual harmful shit.

[–] SmoothOperator 11 points 3 days ago

Jesus Christ, what did you do to Iceland???

[–] SmoothOperator 3 points 1 week ago

It's wild that threatening a close military ally with invasion is less divisive.

[–] SmoothOperator 3 points 2 weeks ago

We literally can't, not while the structures we live in are built to benefit men.

Equality will only come with structural change, which at times will look like reverse sexism. But if a woman is hired with half the publications, and it is twice as hard for a woman to get published (just as a fictional example), then it's not really reverse sexism even if it looks like that on the surface.

[–] SmoothOperator 3 points 2 weeks ago

Plenty of physics sub-fields are still led by experiments, such as condensed matter physics. I don't know if your statement applies to anything other than particle physics?

[–] SmoothOperator 3 points 2 weeks ago

Or: We're using math to summarise what the experiments have said so far. And then using that to extrapolate what might happen in the next experiment.

[–] SmoothOperator 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

I would argue that physics is based more on experiments than math.

[–] SmoothOperator 6 points 2 weeks ago

Kålpølser med grønlangkål og kartofler. Og øl og snaps. Ummenum. Men vist fint nok at det kun er til vinter.

[–] SmoothOperator 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tunic has an incredible mystery element, with many layers and a very satisfying conclusion. The combat is juicy enough but still pretty forgiving, and the meta-narrative of playing that's "already been played" is very interesting and nostalgic. Highly recommended!

[–] SmoothOperator 9 points 3 weeks ago

Last time this idea was brought up, the Danish response was clear: Denmark can't sell Greenland because it's not ours to sell. The Greenlanders rejected the offer.

There's been decades of collaboration between Denmark and Greenland on establishing autonomy and independence of Greenland. It appears they are not interested in becoming integrated into a different state, but would rather continue that process.

But indeed, it's up to the people of Greenland.

[–] SmoothOperator 6 points 3 weeks ago

Was the same with the first Hitman

[–] SmoothOperator 33 points 4 weeks ago

I have no idea about the numbering, but I know of at least

  • Ferromagnetism (like a fridge magnet)
  • Antiferromagnetism (opposite of ferromagnetism at an atomic level)
  • Diamagnetism (makes superconductors float)
  • Paramagnetism (like that spinny frog)

These all indicate how a material reacts to a magnetic field. This article discusses "altermagnetism", which is somewhere between ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism.

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