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@ MacAnus @sh.itjust.works

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4d ago

EU road safety progress under threat from new era of deregulation
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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 4d ago
I guess for the same reason we need annual car inspections.
Probably something along the lines of : people cant be trusted to keep an eye on their vehicle's condition and we don't want any more pollution and accidents than there already is.
I think it also helps keep vehicles healthy for longer, even though that effect is negated by the fact that we're getting pushed to replace perfectly functional cars with electric ones...

4d ago

Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 4d ago

Get out of here with your non-manichean views!

2w ago

... why?

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 2w ago

I never thought about that. I like it!

3w ago

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 3w ago

Didn't know sealioning was even a thing until now... This may explain a few interactions I had on Lemmy, I'm also very susceptible to that stuff

3w ago

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 3w ago

Thanks for this, I missed their comments before deletion.

Good on you for your thinking capacity as well, that seems to be getting kinda rare...Let's hope and assume it's a "empty vessels make the most noise" type of situation.

1mo ago

What is this old vfx tech called ?

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

Yes! Thank you!!!

1mo ago

What is this old vfx tech called ?

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

It was really more some kind of oscilloscope that needed to be programmed then it played the whole animation.I have never heard of that before or after seeing that video and I think it's a bit of an obscure technology.

Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

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1mo ago

What is this old vfx tech called ?

1mo ago

Real

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

I'll try that! Does it work well for you?

1mo ago

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

I agree this is all about semantics, you seem to consider nature only for its bad sides (but don't forget we also get all our food from nature).

Nature is really terrible, actually. It's an endless cycle of violence, death

Dying sucks but I don't think we should ever stop doing that (at a reasonable age, let's be clear).

I agree that being above the violent killing part of nature should be an ideal, but I'm sorry to say I don't believe we're there yet, people are still killing; for food, for fun, for greed, just look at the news... :'(

I resent this "man is part of nature" argument because at face value it romanticizes suffering.

Here you raise an important question: does being part of nature exclude us from using technology?

I don't believe so. To me being part of nature does not mean to live like our ancestors did when there was no manmade things, or when you would get burned at the stake for doing science...(I'm not sure in what periods of history you would consider we were part of nature).

The way I see it, we could be part of nature while using a lot of the technologies we use today. We would just need to tweak (a lot) of them and drop the use of many more, but I'm convinced that, if everybody started taking their responsibilities, we could find effective ways to produce enough medicine and food without the damage that those currently cause.

So yeah, I get you, you get me, we just don't mean the same thing when we say nature :)

1mo ago

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

Thanks for a well thought, well written answer!

I guess I missed the point of the comic a bit...

I think you're right, they either expressed themselves wrong or misinterpreted the panel.

So, for this I guess there was whoosh! My bad.

I should've thought some more before replying to you.I saw someone defending ecology under a post that could be seen as ridiculing it so my brain went all white knight towards what seemed to me like a pedant dick... But turns out I was the dick.

1mo ago

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

The point the comic is trying to make is that things were not better in the past, right?

That's a pretty broad take that is obviously full of holes.

Pretty sure no whoosh happened here and the person you're replying to was just pointing at one of those holes.

1mo ago

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

Saying we're above nature sounds like we're better than it/better without it (which some people seem to think but please, let's not give that idea more traction by declaring it a fact).

I think it's more like humans are trying to separate themselves from nature.

2mo ago

When reversed...

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

So did you! Pretty sure you're right about the artist being a dude for the reason you mentioned.Thanks for giving my point a thought.

2mo ago

When reversed...

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

I agree with the sentiment but "Absolutely no woman has ever fantasized" about that?

Do you really believe that? If not, why use these words? I don't think it serves your purpose and it's too bad.

Don't hate me please. I'm just talking semantics which are important to me

2mo ago

How about the digestive system?

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

Openings and indentations aren't the same thing though, are they?

2mo ago

What was the last dvd/cd your burned? do you still use such media?

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MacAnus @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

Where I live there are few unused radio frequencies.And if you drive for 20 minutes to another region you'll find that whatever frequency you were on is being used...I doubt that's a problem in the USA though.