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I don’t want to post here anymore. in c/[email protected]

How come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise? in c/[email protected]

[–] nicklowbar 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Because clocks are intuitive, the earth's rotation is not. We've agreed long ago that clocks spin to the right, and that convention has continued to this day. Analog clocks are now a regular occurrence everywhere in modern society. Up is 12, down is 6, Clock spins to the right. Ezpz.

The earth's rotation, while a constant, isn't easy to intuit. Depending on your frame of reference the earth spins to the right, to the left, ahead of you or behind you, or some combination of these local cardinal directions. In addition, there is no objective "up" in space. The most common map projections only orient north as "up" because of eurocentric bias when choosing such an orientation.

So nah, earthwise makes no sense for angular velocity unless you also want to mandate north = up

Deciding for ourselves: 98% of people want a browser choice screen, Mozilla study finds in c/[email protected]

[–] nicklowbar 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"I am so smart but i have no idea what im talking about"

Sarah Silverman berates ‘scabbing’ actors for working on indie projects during SAG strike in c/[email protected]

[–] nicklowbar 10 points 1 year ago

Are these not projects that the union approved? It sounds like these productions are working and complying with their terms, so they get work. Is that not how unions should work? I think Sarah is missing something here