Eji1700's recent activity
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Comment on Help me understand how half of USA is on board with the idea of creating "short term pain" in ~society
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Comment on What lesser-known alternative would you recommend as a substitute for something more popular? in ~talk
Eji1700 Link ParentWell for what it's worth the one I linked you to is usually made from aluminum and extremely light (there's a MUCH more expensive titanium version but I'd only recommend that if you love it), but...Well for what it's worth the one I linked you to is usually made from aluminum and extremely light (there's a MUCH more expensive titanium version but I'd only recommend that if you love it), but I get it if you're not feeling trying to get back into it.
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Comment on What lesser-known alternative would you recommend as a substitute for something more popular? in ~talk
Eji1700 Link ParentWhile I like feather, i'll also throw out wilkonson sword. I seem to get about as good a shave and have to be less careful with it. It's a great "dipping your toe in it" blade. I also recommend...While I like feather, i'll also throw out wilkonson sword. I seem to get about as good a shave and have to be less careful with it. It's a great "dipping your toe in it" blade.
I also recommend still having some normal disposable razors. It's nice to use the safety razor for 90% of the cleanup work, and then you can quickly use the disposable for the final pass to smooth things out and get tricky spots. It'll last FOREVER because you're barely using it. I buy one bulk pack maybe every other year at costco at this point.
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Comment on What lesser-known alternative would you recommend as a substitute for something more popular? in ~talk
Eji1700 Link ParentFor what it's worth that shouldn't be happening if you get a decent model. I've got a Henson that's been rock solid for years, and had a more normal model before that. I DID have a cheap one that...For what it's worth that shouldn't be happening if you get a decent model. I've got a Henson that's been rock solid for years, and had a more normal model before that. I DID have a cheap one that started to have the failures you describe first, but they don't all do that.
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Comment on Thundermail (by Mozilla): a Gmail, Office 365 rival in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentNot in 90% of the professional world we're not. Sure slack has become a major tool for companies, but especially for any sort of inter company communication, the world still runs on email. Being...We're getting less reliant on e-mail by the minute
Not in 90% of the professional world we're not. Sure slack has become a major tool for companies, but especially for any sort of inter company communication, the world still runs on email. Being able to sync email's/calendars/contact lists easily to keep everything together when managing large projects and teams is a fairly critical aspect for most operations.
You CAN work without it, or without it being as heavily integrated, but that's in techier industries with lower body counts usually. The average everyday "i click here, then there, and it does the thing" tech skill person is still very much using all 3.
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Comment on See Donald Trump's list: More than 180 countries and territories facing reciprocal tariffs from the US in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentI doubt it. Voting no when you know it won’t do shit is a common political tactic. They can go on record saying they tried, the tariffs still go through. Oddly maybe Mitch actually gives a damn...I doubt it.
Voting no when you know it won’t do shit is a common political tactic. They can go on record saying they tried, the tariffs still go through.
Oddly maybe Mitch actually gives a damn because he’s been speaking about what a mess trump is, but who fucking cares given how instrumental he is to this entire mess.
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Comment on Thundermail (by Mozilla): a Gmail, Office 365 rival in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentRight, but apple is known to be prickly in other areas (their entire environment according to some).Right, but apple is known to be prickly in other areas (their entire environment according to some).
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Comment on 75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving the country in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah most people who talk about leaving any country do not understand the actual process involved in doing so. Especially to the countries they think they'd be going to. Immigration is a big deal...Yeah most people who talk about leaving any country do not understand the actual process involved in doing so. Especially to the countries they think they'd be going to. Immigration is a big deal all over the world, and its not as easy as just taking a vacation and staying.
The idea that someone "considered" it doesn't really mean much without a lot more context.
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Comment on Thundermail (by Mozilla): a Gmail, Office 365 rival in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentWhile I get that, I understand why they have to do this. If you want to take even a small bite of the marketshare you NEED your calendar/contacts/mail to integrate at minimum. Barely anyone wants...While I get that, I understand why they have to do this. If you want to take even a small bite of the marketshare you NEED your calendar/contacts/mail to integrate at minimum.
Barely anyone wants a mail app that's not going to sync/work with their calendar, and I can't imagine one that doesn't play nice with some form of contacts.
It'd be nice to start abstracting these things with standardized formats so it doesn't matter if your contacts are in outlook/gmail/iphone/whatever...buuuuuuuuut that's not really the way things are right now and I doubt they'd change.
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Comment on What if we made advertising illegal? in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentThe advertising of medication and legal services is one of the biggest failures of the supreme court. There's a case referenced in better call saul that I can't recall at the moment which was...The advertising of medication and legal services is one of the biggest failures of the supreme court. There's a case referenced in better call saul that I can't recall at the moment which was basically the landmark case that lead to the billboards and ads we get today for these sharks.
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Comment on What if we made advertising illegal? in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkTargeted bans make sense. Sure lets get ads out of politics, lets get billboards off buildings and drives, lets get rid of "3rd party" reviews. A "ban on advertising" though is so vague and...Targeted bans make sense. Sure lets get ads out of politics, lets get billboards off buildings and drives, lets get rid of "3rd party" reviews.
A "ban on advertising" though is so vague and general as to be either pointless or dangerous. You just have people shift what the definition of "advertising" is, because what is a speech about something you like?, and then you wind up with some committee to enforce what is or isn't advertising, and suddenly you've got Trump and Elon out there who magically aren't while everyone who disagrees with them is.
Like many of these things, it feels like a 101 level of "WOULDN'T THIS BE REVOLUTIONARY! ITS BECAUSE MEAN PEOPLE WON'T ALLOW IT", which like, yes that is in fact a part of it, but there's lots of other reasons these things are the way they are. Plenty of people have spent their lives looking into and trying to fix/adjust these things. We had MUCH stronger laws targeting children before the internet, which let companies take a second stab at "hey look what's wrong with Joe Camel though?", and they mostly got away with it.
Part of the reason they got away with it is because of technical illiteracy and money in politics going to those who'd back them, but another is a lot of people saying "oh yeah freedom of speech", because advertising and "moral code" style laws were frowned upon as religious right nonsense only. Which, yes it was, but also there are reasonable lines.
So in short, this really doesn't feel like it's bringing anything new to the real conversation around this. It's straw man arguments for the opposition (i'm willing to bet I could find several examples of advertising they would consider free speech, especially when they bring up propaganda) or naive/hopeful stuff from their side.
I'm not against people wanting to make things better, but I get annoyed when it reads like the sports fan who's certain if they were the coach their team would've won, having never even played the damn game and can't even quote you half the real rules.
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Comment on US Senator Cory Booker's (NJ) marathon Senate speech has exceeded 24 hours and is on track to beat Strom Thurmond's Civil Rights Act filibuster. (gifted link) in ~society
Eji1700 LinkI’m guessing no one picked up where he left off? We need more of this. Hell we’ve NEEDED more of this, but now we MUST do thisI’m guessing no one picked up where he left off? We need more of this. Hell we’ve NEEDED more of this, but now we MUST do this
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Comment on US Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentDon't think it's that simple. Depends a lot on the jurisdiction, and I forget which cases were federal vs state, but I know there's situations where the defendant has been found guilty, the...Don't think it's that simple. Depends a lot on the jurisdiction, and I forget which cases were federal vs state, but I know there's situations where the defendant has been found guilty, the prosecution has pushed for the death penalty, and then they were unable to secure that in sentencing, so instead they got life/whatever.
There could be an argument that announcing it beforehand is going to be a problem with a potential jury, but it's hard to say.
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Oh this is all waaaay dumber than I expected from several directions. So the acting AG just tainted the entire jury pool. Neat.
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Comment on You get to choose your favorite director's next project. What is it, and why? in ~movies
Eji1700 (edited )LinkPeter Greenaway and Sam Rami doing any sort of collab. Not because either is a favorite of mine, but because of the immense frustration it will bring one particular person.Peter Greenaway and Sam Rami doing any sort of collab.
Not because either is a favorite of mine, but because of the immense frustration it will bring one particular person.
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Comment on Henry Kissinger's Moo Goo Gai Pan is real. Is it good? in ~food
Eji1700 (edited )LinkAbout what I expected of a New Yorker. Decent adherence to some things, but then no seasoning and a pile of salt. The channel's recipe at the end is interesting, if of course all in.About what I expected of a New Yorker. Decent adherence to some things, but then no seasoning and a pile of salt. The channel's recipe at the end is interesting, if of course all in.
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Comment on Magic: the Gathering banned and restricted announcement – March 31, 2025 in ~games.tabletop
Eji1700 Link ParentYeaaah i'm not shocked to see Mycospawn and Troll hit in legacy. They both seemed like key parts of some miserable play. I'm curious if Troll is enough to hobble legacy reanimator, as right now...Yeaaah i'm not shocked to see Mycospawn and Troll hit in legacy.
They both seemed like key parts of some miserable play. I'm curious if Troll is enough to hobble legacy reanimator, as right now it's just so resilient/flexible.
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Comment on Planet Money buys a $137 diamond from Alibaba in ~finance
Eji1700 Link ParentI mean you can probably get that in glass or synthetic or carbon zirc for cheap todayI mean you can probably get that in glass or synthetic or carbon zirc for cheap today
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Comment on An engineer says he’s found a way to overcome Earth’s gravity in ~space
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentThis guy claims he's discovered a "new force". Without getting into the details of why this is roughly like saying "i found a new color". This should INSTANTLY raise all sorts of flags because...Buhler told the website The Debrief that they’ve created a drive powered by a “New Force” outside our current known laws of physics, giving the propellant-less drive enough boost to overcome gravity.
- This guy claims he's discovered a "new force".
Without getting into the details of why this is roughly like saying "i found a new color". This should INSTANTLY raise all sorts of flags because such a thing would be monumental. You wouldn't say "oh i made a new drive" you'd say "i've fundamentally changed physics as we understand it"
- propellant-less.
Not possible. Period. Done. 2nd law of thermodynamics to start (no perpetual energy) and only gets worse from there. Again this is why we have to have our "magic" new force, because you can't explain it otherwise.
- Electrostatic fields.
I'm assuming you're talking about something like the triangle with current run through it hovering thing (i cannot for the life of me find an example of this basic experiment and instead get a deluge of alien nonsense). That would not require a "new force" nor be "propellant-less". The forces are well documented, and the propellant....gets a bit beyond my rough understanding, but I believe by definition you're using the atmosphere at that point as propellant, and thus aren't going anywhere in space.
Obviously that's before you get into the fun issues of things like weight.
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Another way to think of these things is the level of claims this guy is making should be akin to developing electricity/the internal combustion engine. With associated level of international scrutiny, secrecy, and investment. IF anything he claimed was remotely true, especially after working at NASA, there's a decent chance he'd either be on some DARPA team and not allowed to say anything about it as he develops the equivalent of the next stealth bomber, or on some corporate team and not allowed to say anything about it as they develop the equivalent of the next "car".
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A further important thing to consider, in relation to the last point of electricity and the engine, these things didn't happen all at once. Someone wasn't burning a candle and then someone else said "i've created hydro electric power and neon lighting!". They are gradual changes. And yet this person claims to have found a completely new force AND developed a patent for a space worthy engine out of no where? With nothing else behind it?
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Comment on Cameras/software for watching roofs in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentInteresting. I'll have to look into this. I think Reolink is the likely solution as it'll be good enough and probably easier for them to maintain, but this is something I'd like to better...Interesting. I'll have to look into this. I think Reolink is the likely solution as it'll be good enough and probably easier for them to maintain, but this is something I'd like to better understand anyways.
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Comment on Do you have games that you play (almost) exclusively? in ~games
Eji1700 LinkDota (and eventually dota 2...). I played this pretty exclusively for at least 2 years of highschool and most of college. I don't play anymore, mostly because I just don't have the damn time, but...Dota (and eventually dota 2...). I played this pretty exclusively for at least 2 years of highschool and most of college. I don't play anymore, mostly because I just don't have the damn time, but yeah there's nothing close on logged hours.
XCom Enemy Within or whatever (not 2, not the originals) with the long war mod.
A buddy of mine put a TON of time into this game, and I also did (although no where near him). Probably one of, if not the, best tactics games i've ever played? Lots of classes, a ton of different ways to build things, lots of interesting decisions and reasons to rotate your units, and as long as you're clever you can make just about anything work.
The only real issue is the time commitment (which can be shortened but is still severe) and the air game (which can be turned off). I'm still annoyed XCom 2 was such a "meh" addition to the series, and then Terra Invicta was impressive, but something else entirely.
While I agree it's not morally acceptable and this isn't even a "smart" rite of passage, this is basically how 90% of countries have operated throughout history. Some still very much do (OP's example of Korea is far from the only one), and there's plenty of famous historical examples of countries (or at least city states) doing things like this with arguable levels of success (sparta comes to mind)