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Omnipitaph

@ Omnipitaph @reddthat.com

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Do a little dance, he said.

Get down tonight, he said.

What he didn't say, was an electron has both mass and spin yet has no definite location.

  • Tankie and PROUD, come @ me lemmy liberals

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  • Yes, Monarchy describes the method of passing rulership. Authoritarian deacribes the style of ruling.

    Monarchy describes a type of government in which the leadership generally rests in one person, and that person is generally chosen based on heredity.

    Authoritarian describes a style of governing in which the ruler and ruling class have little regard for human rights and freedoms, often employing a type of police state with high levels of control on individual behavior.

    A monarchy could be authoritarian, or a monarchy could be fairly liberal and allow a lot of personal freedoms and self rule.

    An authoritarian government could be a monarchy, or it could be a dictatorship, oligarchy, or even a type of democracy. Typically individuals don't like living under authoritarian systems so typically they don't last long under truly free democracy. But since authoritarians often crack down on opposition, the press, and freedom of assembly it is possible for them sometimes to maintain power across elections.

  • Tankie and PROUD, come @ me lemmy liberals

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  • Gonna be honest, I have no idea what a "tankie" is at this point. I know what it used to mean, but what it means now is beyond me. I've had several people give very different definitions, and none of them were "communists that supported Krushchev sending tanks into Hungary".

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  • ...A profit driven government that consolidates power and resources under a single figure-head and their keys to power at the expense of the common people, is an authoritarian state. Or if you'd rather the super simple watered down version: A government that serves itself, and not the people it is supposedly established to govern.

    If you have a King who puts into place policy that creates wealth, safety, and comforts for his people; that's a king, not an authoritarian dictator.

    If you have a King who puts into place policy that takes away wealth, safety, and comfort for his people for his own agenda; that's tyranny, a tyrant, and an authoritarian dictatorship.

    This is just how I understand it. Though I am super excited to see your argument otherwise!

  • Genes be crazy

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  • TIL I'm a mutant. X-men watch out!

  • Nope, not visiting that

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  • It would be a real bitch to try and coordinate a party with multiple time travelers with the forking system. Each one might end up as the only traveler in their new universe. Unless they carpooled, I guess.

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  • My own words used against me?!? Yeah that tracks xD I see your point now, though. Perhaps I was the ridiculous we found along the way.

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  • Say, that's what he said at the party!

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  • Yup

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  • I have no idea what you're arguing against, or what point you think I've missed.

    Have you assumed that I have discounted other models because of the model I chose for my comment? Bah! You assume too much.

    I did not state that doing the experiment was a bad thing; my comment was in humor even!

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  • I have thoughts.

    It was ridiculous that Hawking thought a time traveler would make it to his party for several reasons. There are a few models of time travel, and only one of them has an internal logic that allows for traveling without paradoxical consequences; multiversal divergence.

    Our version of the time traveler party was one of an infinite amount of time traveler parties that hawking hosted throughout the multiverse. A time traveler would be traveling to that time like picking a grain of sand on a beach, where each grain of sand is a near identical party to the last.

    As our version of the party diverges from the realities with time travelers who chose to travel to the hawking party, there would be a diminishing set of infinities containing time travelers that were attempting the journey.

    Thus while the chances of a time traveler going to the party are 100%, the party being our version of the party approach 0 infinitely fast.

  • Why I gave up electronics club

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  • I'm going to be honest, I don't think I've ever been confused when someone used the word "science" before, and it is usually pretty cut and dry what they mean when they use the word "science".

    "The sciences" - Various fields of study using the scientific method. "Doing science" - Using the scientific method to explore some hypothesis or harden a theory. "Scientific advancements" - The furthering of knowledge using the scientific method.

    I would think most people feel that "science" is not an abuse of language, but a very clear and useful term, both in and outside of academia. At least with "science" it all revolves around the study of nature, usually through the scientific method. "Electricity" seems more like a vehicle, with parts that have to come together just right or you end up describing an entirely different phenomenon.

    "Electricity" as you've defined it, is fucking wacko, and does not parallel "science" in anyway I currently see. I'm not saying that you're statement makes you wacko, but that the culmination of these esoteric concepts makes up what we think of as a broad categorization of "electricity" is wacko.

    Your explanation was really enlightening, actually, and while it took me a moment to acclimatize to the information, it was very helpful. Thank you.

  • KuKluxKlan States of Amerikkka simply being honest for once

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  • ...Ya know, countries NOT founded on genocide and slavery seem to be the minority.

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  • Its funny how that works, huh? Artists expressing their experiences and what-not. Go figure xD

  • Relevant To My Interests

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  • If there is a renaissance in cat memes I will be so happy.

  • Bluesky just verified ICE

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  • That's a nice strawman you've built for yourself. What's their name?

  • Some of yall on the fediverse owe him one of these

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  • I'm very out of the loop. Who is cowbee? What did they do?

  • You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it.

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  • Men will literally masturbate 24/7 instead of going to therapy

    ftfy lol

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    daily laffy taffy

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  • Everything Letter Taxes Bake

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  • I am with you when it comes to industrialized animal farming. The companies that run that show value profit over the treatment of the animals, and that really doesn't feel right to me. I don't support like the idea of industrialized agriculture either, though I do see its merits. The whole system for how a lot of people get their food is kinda messed up right now.

    I actually bought a chunk of land a year or so ago, and have been working on turning into a permaculture food-forest. Hopefully I'll be able to supply my community with an alternative here in a few years, and encourage my neighbors to do the same.

    I also very much agree with you that it is nearly impossible to change someone's opinion about something on the internet. Ya never know though, sometimes it just takes being exposed to an idea enough times in a positive light for someone to dig into it themselves.