Wine Bottles: Unless you break me on a bow of a ship on its first launch, then it’s good luck.

You’re using the New York Times to support the idea that the New York Times didn’t support the war.

What do you think could be an issue with using that evidence?

Edit: I find it amusing that the article you shared is partially blocked (censored) unless I sign up to the NYT.

These sources show that the New York Times supported the war because it poorly reported the idea that Iraq had WMDs. The NYT did not do its due dilligence, intentionally mislead the public, or a mix of factors.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-new-york-times-wmd-coverage

https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/the-new-york-times-role-in-promoting-war-on-iraq-20040323-gdilbl.html

Are the ads in the room with us right now?

Edit: I thought it was obvious that this was a joke, my mistake.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-x-in-the-room-with-us-right-now

If you’re wanting to practice soldering, and build a small, cheap project at the same time, I’d recommend cheap project kits from Aliexpress (there are probably equivalents on Amazon). Do projects that are through hole soldering first, before attempting SMD components.

There are plenty to choose from and they’re cheap, so if it doesn’t work then it doesn’t matter much.

• LED Christmas Trees
• Digital Clocks
• Bluetooth speaker - the SMD components are done for you.
• FM Radio Kits
• LED Sound Spectrum Display - Lots of practice with this one

There will be plenty of Youtube videos of people putting these things together if you want to know more.

Have fun!

Well then, they don’t sound very nice over there.

I like the imagery of the last post because it was tapping into the idea of waves and how sub-atomic particles behave like waves.

However, erm actually 🤓 …

you pet your dog and the electron-orbitals of your skin overlap with the electron-orbitals of his fur

No, they don’t overlap. Electrons are negatively charged, and like repels like. The orbitals will repel each other. This repulsion is the reason why you can feel the fur.

Edit: I’m getting nay-sayers that reckon they do. Please provide a reference that explains inter-molecular orbitals that cause bonding for a hand touching fur. The only thing I can think of this happening is for transition states. This would require a chemical reaction. I don’t think we categorise “touch” under “requiring a chemical reaction”.

Because the structure of the transition state is a first-order saddle point along a potential energy surface, the population of species in a reaction that are at the transition state is negligible. Since being at a saddle point along the potential energy surface means that a force is acting along the bonds to the molecule, there will always be a lower energy structure that the transition state can decompose into. This is sometimes expressed by stating that the transition state has a fleeting existence, with species only maintaining the transition state structure for the time-scale of vibrations of chemical bonds (femtoseconds).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_state

Up and down votes are not a “agree / disagree” button. They are for dis/encouraging posts. You can upvote a post you disagree with but can see that it is useful for the discussion.

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The most likely scenario is that the person with first-hand knowledge misinterpreted the situation.

Exactly. Which is why I started with questions so you could explain more. That’s how a conversation works and prevents it from getting toxic.

These poor men and their sensitive feelings…

Case and point.

What year is it? This has been true for over a decade.

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Developers: White whale, holy grail!

at least from like the average stereotypical white American guy’s point of view

Warning: Offensive content

Is this guy actually cool in the eyes of the average white American guy’s point of view?

Were they ever actually being critical?

Yes, they write satire. They can’t be responsible for Poe’s Law.

“Depeche mode”?

OOTL: Oh, it’s a band.

Better. I’d rather work with reality than endlessly chase fantasies which I’ll never reach.

I heard if you say “Tux” three times while staring into a mirror your daily driver turns up dual booted.

Unfortunately that is how the human body works. Our sleep/wake cycle can only naturally drift by about an hour a day. It isn’t entirely dependent on how you feel.

Exactly.

and you’re not hurting anyone else in doing so

Evaluating this condition across all levels of your community is almost impossible, from the individual level up to a global level. It can also be evaluated across time. The total sum effects of actions (and inactions) are incalculable.

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

“Hey, Disney. Can I tell you to suck my dick?”

“Will it make me money?”

“Yes, lots of money.”

“Will I have to actually change my practices in a meaningful way?”

“No”

“Lets do it. Now will you excuse me, I have legal battles to fight with the poors.”