Pons_Aelius

@Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
Pons_Aelius,

To be happy at other people's misfortune is not ok.

I honestly don't think this applies here. This is a direct result of their own actions. No one forced them.

To me this is a case of: You reap what you sow.

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

35 mph (21.748 km/h).

You converted in the wrong direction.

1mph = 1.6 km/h

35 mph is 56 km/h

Pons_Aelius,

I am at a loss here.

How can the car be sold if it hasn't been tested?

Pons_Aelius,

Are trucks in the US not crash tested?

Pons_Aelius,

Really?

That is fucking insane.

Pons_Aelius,

All I see is a lot of words that say the USA fails in it's duty of care to its citizens

Pons_Aelius,

S tier: Keyser Söze...

Pons_Aelius,

Considering the ring tab, this image is at least 40 years old.

Spartacus (1960) (lemmy.world)

Watched Spartacus last week, and it simply marvellous. Its been more than 60 years since it released, and this movie did great for me. Watched this for Stanley Kubrick, following his filmography for a while and his ambiguous portrayal amused me. I hadn’t much expectation on this, but i saw some resemblance of this on some...

Pons_Aelius,

Watched this for Stanley Kubrick, following his filmography for a while and his ambiguous portrayal amused me.

While Kubrick directed Spartacus, Kubrick himself did not consider it was a Kubrick Movie.

He did not control the script. He had no control over the production or the final cut. The original director was fired from the production and Kubrick was brought in on the suggestion of Kirk Douglas as they had worked together three years before on Paths of Glory.

While the finished product is excellent. IIRC Kubrick hated being a gun for hire and the studio meddling in the production was a big reason that he never worked on another film without having full control of the production.

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

What are you posting that you are worried about?

Honestly. You are just not that interesting. Neither am I.

You have hundreds of comments here and I can read them all.

But I didn't bother. You are not that interesting. (nor are the vast majority of humanity, so I am not singling you out here.)

If you don't want people reading your posts and comments. Do not post or comment.

Pons_Aelius,

Sita is a Hindu name. I assume they are upset that the Muslim male lion has a partner who has a Hindu name.

Often we say infinite growth (capitalism) is not sustainable and reasonable. Can we also say infinite progressivism is also not sustainable and reasonable?

This question is social/political, and meant to trigger a nice debate on the negatives of imbalanced infinite progressivism we seem to be heading in social and technological spheres, ignoring science, practicality and reason....

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

Did you read the comment you replied to or did you just spit out this pre-packaed reply that addresses nothing the original comment raised?

Pons_Aelius,

10 bucks to the first one to hit the plane.

Pons_Aelius,

99% of the times wrong

Person who sounds like they have a sample size of one but are happy to extrapolate to the entire population...

Pons_Aelius,

The joys of a two party system.

Forget about finding a candidate you want to vote for and learn to settle for the one you dislike the least.

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

Why is the British empire so aggressively hated right now?

You communicate in English, so the British empire will be the focus.

The colonies we had were far better treated than most colonies of the era, or ever to be honest.

Reads early Aus convict history and the extermination of the Aboriginal people. ... Are you fucking delusional?

If you want to educate yourself on the subject I suggest reading The Fatal Shore and Aboriginal wars:

New book reveals sophistication of Indigenous tactics during frontier wars

The killing times: Australia’s map of frontier war massacres updated

We didn't rape and pillage as much as everybody else so we were the GOOD GUYS!!

You are not to blame for the actions of past members and of the society you live in but to hand wave away the historical reality of colonialism is not helpful in any way.

Yes, every people's history is filled with this shit, that does not make it better.

Pons_Aelius,

Dissociation as a side effect of a medication I was on.

It is really hard to describe. It was as if I was a passenger within my own body and mind. I was watching myself do and say things with no feeling of presence or control.

Pons_Aelius,

Not really. Just that consciousness is an incredibly complex thing that we don't really understand.

Pons_Aelius,

Got a followup?

No?

Didn't think so.

Were you expecting a reply while you typed the comment?

Pons_Aelius,

Simply put.

We wouldn't notice anything.

Our perception of the world would be based only on the compute cycles and not on any external time-frame.

The machine could run at a Million Billion hertz or at one clock-cycle per century and your perception of time inside the machine would be the same.

Same with low ram, we would have no indication if we were constantly being paged out to a hard drive and written back to ram as required.

Greg Egan gave a great explanation of this in the opening chapter of his Novel Permutation City

Pons_Aelius,

Am I the only one who thinks T2 was the last good film in this series?

Since then it has disappeared up it's own arse the time lines and stories are so ridiculous.

Pons_Aelius,

People thinking the English language is static and has to follow rules.

This Is English, my friend. The top dog of non-proscriptive languages where meanings change over time and reflect current usage.

Want to force everyone to follow the rules?

Start speaking French.

Pons_Aelius,

I'm not saying anything goes either but if people around you use less and fewer interchangeably, there is no communication breakdown at all.

Do you know the correct times to use practice vs practise?

Pons_Aelius,

The open ocean.

There are thousands of uninhabited island around the world.

Sealand.

None of these are easy options but for people who want to be out from under the yoke of government it will be a small price to pay for total freedom.

Pons_Aelius,

Of corse it is.

I am sure this scammer is totally trustworthy.

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