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kescusay , 4 months ago to world in Russia says it conducts successful intercontinental ballistic missile test launch

Yes, if there’s a source for it.

kescusay , 4 months ago to world in Russia says it conducts successful intercontinental ballistic missile test launch

I’m not saying it failed… but I’m not gonna believe it succeeded until it’s independently confirmed.

kescusay , 4 months ago to world in Russia says it conducts successful intercontinental ballistic missile test launch

“Russia says-”

Nothing that follows those words can be trusted without independent verification.

kescusay , 4 months ago to videos in Conan just did Hot Ones

That’s the point at which I lost it. What a legend.

kescusay , 4 months ago to news in Trump is booted off Bloomberg’s Billionaire list after Truth Social stock price dives

The WOKE FASCIST MARXIST RADICAL LEFTIST FAILING SO-CALLED PUBLICATION BLOOMBERG, you mean?

kescusay , 4 months ago to technology in GParted Live Is Now Patched Against the XZ Backdoor, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.7

If it can be done, someone out there is doing it. Better safe than sorry.

kescusay , 4 months ago to news in Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised Higgs boson, dies aged 94

massive

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7bdd60a9-5c94-4cbc-ab68-81492ff2ca68.jpeg

kescusay , 4 months ago to nottheonion in Residents Beg Michigan Mayor to Stop Solar Eclipse - He Scientifically Can't

Hey all, yes, I know the article is trash and the headline clickbait-y, but it’s still the actual headline, and it’s a real (if disappointing) news site.

kescusay OP , 4 months ago to nottheonion in Italian island overrun by goats is offering them free to anyone who can catch them

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e7a7299e-1314-4f87-92d4-be6dfee65396.png

kescusay , 4 months ago to technology in Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day

I simply will not buy a washing machine where some of the options for its regular use require an internet connection. I can see adding Bluetooth to it for things like remote control and phone notifications, or even WLAN support for connecting to some kind of smarthome hub that is internet-connected so you can get those notifications remotely. But the idea that smart == device-level internet connection is terrible. Appliances for basic living requirements, like laundry, should not require an internet connection of their own to function.

kescusay , 4 months ago to technology in Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day

Mine plays a loud jingle when it’s done, which seems to be enough for me.

kescusay , 4 months ago to technology in Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day

This particular homeowner is baffled that anyone would buy a washing machine that needs an internet connection. I’m all for smart appliances, but a smart washing machine is a solution in search of a problem.

kescusay , 4 months ago to news in JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law

Absolutely agreed. I only bring it up because the bigots like to claim science is on their side (while usually rejecting science to back up some kind of religious nonsense). So it’s nice to be able to throw actual science in their faces.

kescusay , 4 months ago to news in JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law

I am so fucking sick of these bigots pretending the science of “biological sex” is on their side.

In recent years, multiple studies of the brains of trans people have revealed areas of differentiation from those of cisgender people. And unless these bigots are prepared to argue that brains are not part of biology, they only have two choices: Deny the science somehow or accept that they’re just bigots who want to hate, regardless of the science.

And because unlike bigots, I like to back my shit up:

• www.nature.com/articles/s41386-020-0666-3
• jamanetwork.com/journals/…/2804855
• www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8955456/

On top of that, there’s some indications of oligogenic causes resulting in various allele differences that wouldn’t necessarily show up on a brain scan.

In conclusion: Fuck bigots and their attempts to co-opt science in order to support their bigotry.

kescusay , 5 months ago to nottheonion in A Quick ‘Fart Walk’ Might Be Just What You Need to End Your Day

I’ve been using Duolingo for the last nine months, and, well… The accent is French, isn’t it. I hear it in French in my head, at least.