Serious question because I am math-challenged.
What things are we able to quantify by finding the square root of a negative number aside from square roots of negative numbers?
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You don’t put bourbon in it or nothin’?
22·3 days agoI hope what it also means is that the secret service (or would it be FBI) will be paying them a visit.
Ah yes, that’s exactly what I said.
Good point, I was imagining a fairly idealized version of it I suppose.
That’s all well and good, but can we talk about proper use of this meme template?
I had no idea what those were called, thank you! 🙂
I don’t know what that means, but I’m upvoting it because I feel like I should!
I would unironically love to drive something like that. Yes, I see the many ridiculous things about it. Don’t care!
Man, it’s just a point of discussion. I literally said I’m not demanding it should be added.
And, in the examples I gave, at least two of them did stop the attacker before being killed by police.
It is, however, one of the outcomes, and is not represented. I’m not demanding it should be added, but I think it makes the “Good guy with a gun” argument even weaker.
No fucking way I’m pulling out my gun if I think there’s a >0 possibility Police are on the scene. Now I have to not only worry about taking care of the bad guy, but also about being shot to death by police.
Don’t forget when cops shoot the good guy with a gun!
Here are a few I could find quickly. There’s at least one more that I just happen to recall that didn’t come up because I can’t seem to remember where it happened. I think it was more recent than any of these. And I’m quite sure there are many more than that, this was just the most time I was willing to spend googling at the moment.
https://www.bet.com/article/eokrmr/black-man-kaun-green-disarm-shooter-shot-by-police
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/12/good-guy-with-a-gun-comes-to-rescue-police-kill-him/
100% true, I agree with you! They proved this when apple pulled the jack - someone took that model apart and found there was still plenty of room. And Samsung (Galaxy S7 comes to mind but likely there are others) did waterproofing with the jack anyhow.
I was so pissed when Apple took the 3.5mm jack because I knew the rest would follow, and they did.
OTOH, now that I’ve gone to the dark side, I listen to music more often and enjoy it more thoroughly because I’m not dealing with tangled cables or having them accidentally yanked out of my ears, and therefore I’m more likely to have my earbuds with me. (they are now always in a pocket in my backpack) I can even fairly comfortably go to sleep with them on, which I do often.
I understand the audiophile arguments, and I’m sure that even with Buds2 Pro, SSC, and some fairly painstaking attention to EQ/DSP settings I’m leaving something on the table. I don’t care about whatever that something is. I haven’t enjoyed music this much and this often since I was prepubescent.
I have nothing bad to say about anyone else’s choices, but the rush to shit on bluetooth earbuds gets a little “I don’t even own a TV” sometimes. (for folks old enough to remember that kinda snobby trope around Y2K or so)
This was my 2020.
2·11 days agoI mean, being arrested doesn’t mean a crime was committed. It means he’s accused of a crime. I’ll be interested to see if there is actually a conviction in the end.
and if there is only 1 of you at a time there is no differentiation. only one of you continues experience, there you are.
In my interpretation it’s a different one of me, and that matters. Granted, I don’t expect either of us are on a path that is likely to convince the other, but fundamentally that’s my objection. (see my two different ships example)
Oh yeah that’s fascinating for sure!
The significance of the connectome stems from the realization that the structure and function of the human brain are intricately linked, through multiple levels and modes of brain connectivity. There are strong natural constraints on which neurons or neural populations can interact, or how strong or direct their interactions are. Indeed, the foundation of human cognition lies in the pattern of dynamic interactions shaped by the connectome.
Your atoms are being torn apart and the structure is being rebuilt somewhere else. That totally just sounds like you die. I wouldn’t want to go in there either.
Exactly.
Again though, if the technology were actually real, I would expect that there would be a laymen-friendly version of why it wasn’t actually death that I’d be able to accept. I just haven’t seen one in all the times I’ve had this discussion.
Interesting, thank you!