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zoinkability t1_islta56 wrote
Reply to comment by MrOpelepo in On Indigenous Peoples' Day, five inspirational conservation stories in the U.S. by Sariel007
Might makes right!
Seriously, if that is your argument, just make it. The commenter above isn’t making that argument though. They are making the argument that the fact that indigenous nations fought with each other excuses the fact of colonialism.
zoinkability t1_islaj37 wrote
Reply to comment by turnshavetabled in On Indigenous Peoples' Day, five inspirational conservation stories in the U.S. by Sariel007
By this logic a bunch of aliens from another planet would be justified to come in, genocide 90% of all humans, take 99% of the earth’s landmass, and justify it by pointing out that we fought each other before they arrived. Indigenous nations do not need to have been some hippy pacifist ideal in order to have any right to say that what European colonizers did was wrong.
zoinkability t1_isjb359 wrote
Guessing most of those male Jaimes are pronounced quite a bit differently from the female ones
zoinkability t1_is34e1l wrote
Reply to comment by madcaesar in diy blown in insulation question for first timer. 100+ year old home. by jjax2003
Every stud, ideally. Any area between two rafters without a baffle is a spot where the insulation can trap warm air and moisture against the underside of the roof decking. If your insulation isn’t deep enough to touch the underside of the decking it’s not as much of a concern.
zoinkability t1_is1bvp5 wrote
Ideally you'd put vents into the soffits and use baffles like this: https://www.doityourself.com/stry/installing-attic-insulation-baffles
If you can't or won't put in vents, it's still best to install baffles to ensure that the insulation does not touch the underside of the roof decking.
zoinkability t1_irzbhwe wrote
Reply to Microsoft and Meta partner to deliver immersive experiences for the future of work and play - The Official Microsoft Blog by codealtecdown
Translated into English:
Meta says, “We weren’t able to get anyone interested in using our robotic overlord’s pet product on their own time, so we are now counting on managers forcing their white collar office drones to use it.”
Microsoft says: “It can’t make the steaming pile of dogshit that is Teams any worse, so what the hell.”
zoinkability t1_ir3gt1w wrote
Reply to comment by BornAgainSpecial in Researchers discover method to control carcinogenic formaldehyde release from wood in the home, by mixing some antioxidants and chelators with wood, or spraying the wood with them by giuliomagnifico
Even plain wood does produce small amounts of formaldehyde naturally. Natural wood emits less than urea formaldehyde and phenyl formaldehyde glues, it’s true, but still some. Given that this research seems aimed at reducing the formation of formaldehyde in the wood itself, and glues/binders typically already have formaldehyde in them and no chemical process is needed to produce it, I am guessing they really are referring to the naturally occurring formaldehyde that is emitted from the wood itself. Which would not be covering up nasty pressed board but instead increasing air quality even in a no-added-formaldehyde construction.
zoinkability t1_iqyarwv wrote
Reply to comment by napoleongold in Ancient solar eclipse records reveal how Earth's rotation has changed by imagine-aincrad
The article says that for this analysis they needed sufficient detail to give them location, date, and time of day within some margin of error. Guessing older ones don’t have the detail they need, or alternately that this analysis has been done for other time periods but not this one.
zoinkability t1_iqr9llp wrote
Reply to comment by Zaethiel in The Seattle Kraken unveil their mascot, a troll named Buoy. by makarmackinnonstan
Or you know, the kraken is already a super cool mythical creature
zoinkability t1_ism0k7c wrote
Reply to comment by MrOpelepo in On Indigenous Peoples' Day, five inspirational conservation stories in the U.S. by Sariel007
There is a major difference between human societies and nature, namely that we have morals and ethics. If you truly believe that might makes right as a fundamental principle, you basically have to throw out most of morality and ethics. You have to believe that slavery was OK, the holocaust was OK, rape and murder are OK, China’s treatment of Uyghur is OK, torture is OK. After all, they are all simply scenarios where someone used their might to do what they wished.
So: does might really make right? Or only when you are on the side of might?