davetapley

joined 1 year ago
[–] davetapley 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] davetapley 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The above outputs are achieved by solving energy balance equations using the immense cloud computational power provided by AWS.

if tail_light_last_on_secs_ago < 20:
    mode = recharge
elif tail_light_last_on_secs_ago > 60:
    mode = deploying
else:
    mode = neutral
[–] davetapley 2 points 1 year ago

Safety car and the people who stayed out would have looked like heroes.

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

Here's the definition of default I'm using (from Google):

a preselected option adopted by a computer program or other mechanism when no alternative is specified by the user or programmer. (weird it specifies "a computer program or other mechanism", but whatever)

My argument is that the default meal including meat is what makes including meat the most popular choice, not the other way around.

[–] davetapley 1 points 1 year ago

I really struggle, but with the recent and dramatic exception of the 2021 movie "Cow". I'd love to know if others find it as peaceful as I did.

It is a movie shot from the perspective of a cow.

There are no "words". Just following a cow. It's beautiful.

[–] davetapley 4 points 1 year ago

Sam Collins was on on that so quickly on the F1 TV commentary it was kinda hilarious. As if the crash itself isn't bad enough.

[–] davetapley 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If you are 'pro car' then you should definitely be resistant to adding lanes (and pro using that money for transit alternatives).

Getting cars off the road is the only thing that's going to make driving less miserable in the kinds of places were adding lanes is suggested.

[–] davetapley 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sure, but you could e.g. start with slop and then let people request something different. That's what I meant by 'default'. Perhaps there's a better world?

I sure there's a fancy word in psychology, but it's like if everyone is given choice x automatically, then it shouldn't be a surprise that x seems to be what people prefer.

I've noticed a similar thing in the Subway sandwich store: there are approximately the same number of vegetables and meats available, but if you look at the menu there is just one 'veggie' option, and a multitude of different meat combinations.

[–] davetapley -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Because humans don't need meat to survive.

[–] davetapley 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The meals will (I assume) be allocated on inmate numbers, so the animal will be reared, killed, transported, then thrown in the trash because someone doesn't want to eat it.

More generally this is the weird 'opt out' culture of food, where vegan is considered the exceptional position, which is kinda stupid, in my opinion.

[–] davetapley 8 points 1 year ago

Username two letters shy of checking out.

view more: ‹ prev next ›