Ziro427

joined 2 years ago
[–] Ziro427 8 points 1 year ago

So.. at what point will paranoid people start screaming at their keyboards while typing, "just in case"?

[–] Ziro427 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Florida man punches DeSantis in the dong" is a headline that would be funny.

[–] Ziro427 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you're right, there is likely an Irish version of hogwarts. I base this more on the Irish having their own quidditch team than anything else.

[–] Ziro427 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I didn't write it, I meant to say I had it saved.

[–] Ziro427 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a large write up on this from the Daystrom Institute on that other site. I don't think there are rules against linking there, so here you are: federation citizen's migration guide I know this is only tangentially related, but it does have the idea of locals deciding how to allocate resources. And a summary of another daystrom discussion that I remember: Sisko's restaurant might have significant cultural value, so the city council allows him to operate his restaurant as long as he has patrons to his restaurant. Hence why he's concerned about turnover, even though money doesn't exist.

I can't find the saved link to the second discussion about why sisko cares about turnover, sorry

[–] Ziro427 1 points 1 year ago

With respect, your excellency of avarice, training a chihuahua to kill is a bit like putting a stick of dynamite on a tactical nuclear warhead.

(I'm only joking, I've met tons of chihuahuas who were wonderful.)

[–] Ziro427 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As far as the physical books, barnes and noble made a collectable edition, which I have on my shelf and is a beautiful book. Also the price isn't insane, you can grab it here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barnes-noble-leatherbound-classics-the-foundation-trilogy-isaac-asimov/1106658785

[–] Ziro427 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Nonsense! I can blow both your minds without a single proof or mathematical symbol, observe!

There are different sizes of infinity.

Think of integers, or whole numbers; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on. How many are there? Infinite, you can always add one to your previous number.

Now take odd numbers; 1, 3, 5, 7, and so on. How many are there? Again, infinite because you just add 2 to the previous odd number and get a new odd number.

Both of these are infinite, but the set of numbers containing odd numbers is by definition smaller than the set of numbers containing all integers, because it doesn't have the even numbers.

But they are both still infinite.

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