Where this approach falls apart is where the argument they’re making is convincing enough that it might appear legitimate to a less informed reader than you. The reader may not engage with the comment, but, if there’s no counter-argument, instead go away believing it may have some validity.
Obviously thus doesn’t apply to the more blatant forms of trolling, but even that distinction can be blurry.
Are we talking “no, sorry I can’t get a chest infection right now, I need to schedule an appointment with the doctor firat, but I should be able to fit you in in 4 months or so”? I ask because I know the US healthcare system is bad, but I have difficulty judging how bad.
You can’t base it only on sample size, no, but a small sample size does increase the uncertainty.
How do you know you’ll need a doctor in 4 months??!? How do the other people booking that far out know they’ll need one? When you need a doctor, you need one soon, preferably today. Do you just book an appointment per week and cancel if you don’t need it?
The reaction that you conscious mind interprets as emotion occurs at a lower level than consciousness, but you absolutely can override that interpretation, so scary can become exciting, fear can become motivation, or you can decide to just override it completely. It’s not necessarily easy, but it is possible.
The one I’m using doesn’t seem to be stocked any more, it was from a brand called Jansite (no, I’d never hear of them either) and has a horrible RGB glowing ring around it, but it’s small and I could plug it in to the USB port in the glove box, so I don’t have to look at it. It’s worked flawlessly so far, and I’m sure there are other brands of then out there. It was advertised as “Highly compatible wireless carplay adapter Android Auto Wireless adapter 2 in 1, Plug-and-Play Type-C/USB Wireless Carplay Adapter with 5Ghz WiFi, Fast Transmission RGB Easy to Use”, so you kniw it has to be good! (It’s actually USB Type-A).
You can get a small USB device that plugs into the head unit in place of the cable and negotiates a wireless connection with your phone. Mine was a complete game changer, from constantly fiddling with the cable to the phobe already having connected by the time I get into the car.
The 1812 overture. If that’s too long, just focus on the section with the cannons.
Crazy frog
The macarena (I was struggling to think of a third song, but I would hope the first two would do the job)
So they know when they set a P.B. without having to be told.
Let the editor holy wars (re)start!
Vim is the one true editor, and the heretics who claim otherwise shall be driven forth and sent to re-education linux boot camps to learn the true ways.
Niw there’s a name I haven’t heard in a very long time. Is it still actually going?
Either administering a comforting stroke, or playing the percussion part.
They couldn’t come close to dealing with thousands of drones. You can do a rough calculation for the number needed to overwhelm a laser by considering the speed they fly at (200mph seem to be a middle of the pack number for longer range attack drones) and the length of time it takes for the laser to aim and cause the drone to fail (in the order of 5 seconds or so from demo videos IIRC). In that 5 seconds, the drone will have travelled around a quarter of a mile. So for every mile of range the laser has, it can only fend off around 4 drones. Any more than that would have to be dealt with by the CIWS. So, even given a 10 mile effective range, and say three lasers, a ship would be overwhelmed by a fleet of around 120 drones. Round that up to 150 or so, and you’re scoring direct hits on it.
Rar! Grrr! Snarl! Angry stomping noises!
Whales evolved from fish, but ceased being fish when they could no longer breed with them.
I didn’t want to leave you with no angry commenys.
When you’re dealing with a large fleet of servers you need a system that you can automate. IPMI is (sort of) standardised, so you can use the same tooling to monitor and manage all of your servers, regardless of model or manufacturer. A serial based interface would put a lot more friction in the way of that, and mean you have to manage and maintain even more devices.
I think you’ve pretty much hit the nail on the head here, most people don’t want to sacrifice what they have for the “greater good”, even if they intellectually know it is necessary to avoid losing even more.
As I see it, there are two ways of dealing with this; either the government forces people to make those changes, which would be massively unpopular, and probably lead to the government falling, or we find ways to make the necessary changes without people having to make massive sacrifices. This would probably involve things like a worldwide push to renewable energy sources, replacing ICE based transport with electric, likewise replacing industrial processes with non-emitting versions, finding ways to grow meat protein in an industrial process rather than farming it, and miriad other big changes.
It would be a massive endeavour, involving international coordination, major infrastructure projects, and a certain amount of state imposed industrial planning, but I think it would still be easier than getting everyone to give up the things they like.
You can halve the transit times by both of you travelling to a central location. It takes a bit more effort on the recipient’s part, and you need to agree a rendezvous, but it’s important that both parties show willing!
The temptation to reply with your username is significant, but I’m sure you are, indeed, fantastic.