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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Didn't they throw it at a protective barrier, though? So zero potential of damaging the art?
Throwing soup at an oil exec is assault on a human being and would be worse, ethically, because human beings have sensory apparatuses and, presumably at least some level of emotion.
If you punched someone in the mouth because they threw soup at a protective plastic barrier in a museum, then it is you who would be the "utter cunt".

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's not a productive discussion that's needed though. The death penalty has been going on for four centuries in the US. That's an awful lot of time for an awful lot of productive discussions, and yet innocent people are still being put to death by the machinery of the state. At this point we're just tired of it.
For the innocent victims of the death penalty, I imagine it feels like a regime. Like an inscrutable, bureaucratic behemoth, unable to change course even in the face of logic. It's inhumane, it's unreasonable. It's a regime - an immovable set of arbitrary rules where no single individual has to take responsibility, and no individual human being's decision can save you, even if you're innocent. It's a regime.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It absolutely does, my friend. It's called the analemma.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fair play to you for posting that many comments. You're putting the actual work in to make this place interesting. The best thing about you in my opinion, as opposed to a lot of active posters (here and elsewhere) is that you often disagree with the hive mind, and you stick to your guns. And I've seen you, on more than one occasion, actually, publicly change your fucking mind when you were presented with a persuasive argument. Lemmy, the Fediverse, and internet discussion in general, needs more like you. (Even if you were wrong about that one thing that time).
To your health, Mr. Squid!

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It means that Israel should stop committing war crimes. Specifically that Palestinians should be free, and not caged, oppressed and in perpetual fear for their lives in the geographic area which lies between the Jordan and the Mediterranean. The subject of the phrase is Palestinians; Israelis aren't mentioned, let alone Jews. It's not about oppression for your group, it's about freedom for another. This is evidenced by the complete lack of references to Jews or genocide in the phrase itself. It's very, very basic reading comprehension without any mental gymnastics necessary.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You can't point out that the meaning of words and phrases changes due to context, and then claim that a phrase is hate speech everywhere because it appears in a hateful context in one place.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

As well as the Likud manifesto, you say?

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes. You need to use radiation, via radiators. It's a shame I'm getting downvoted on this, because I really do know what I'm talking about on this one. Ammonia in heat pipes wicks the heat away from the thing you want to be cold, towards the radiator, which is usually just a dumb coil, but could be enhanced with a bimetallic thermally decoupled louver if you want to keep it cool in sunlight. Or bury it, since we're on the moon. From an engineering perspective it's not that difficult to do, as the variables which affect it are well known and don't change that much. It is for sure slower than combined conductive/convective cooling, but it's a known quantity, so you can plan quite effectively.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Heat pipes running to radiators in vacuum is how you do it in space. It's efficient and scaleable, though it hasn't ever been done on an industrial scale. Definitely doable though. Considering the temperature on the moon is a balmy -270°C

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It makes perfect sense if you learn it that way! It's hardly asinine in any case. I don't think it's ever caused a problem, except for Americans in Europe getting confused by it or vice versa.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It would be if you did it in the US, where everybody knows the ground floor is the first floor. Here in Europe, it's just taught that way from birth, so everybody knows that the first floor is above ground and there's no confusion.

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