moronicuniform's recent activity

  1. Comment on Nintendo Direct 9.13.2018 in ~games

  2. Comment on Hurricane Florence, worries grow over half dozen nuclear power plants in storm's path in ~enviro

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    Speaking as someone who spent a few years working nuclear outages to get by, I'd just like to inform that the vast majority of "nuclear waste" is disposable protective clothing like latex gloves...

    Speaking as someone who spent a few years working nuclear outages to get by, I'd just like to inform that the vast majority of "nuclear waste" is disposable protective clothing like latex gloves and paper booties, etc. Most of which isn't even contaminated.

    The heavy duty stuff like spent fuel rods is transported inside about a metric ton of lead boxes, and even then in the Carolinas the spent fuel is only changed out once a year per reactor.

    7 votes

  3. Comment on What it's like being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online in ~games

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    So basically all the fun and escapism is gone because the game is mirroring reality

    So basically all the fun and escapism is gone because the game is mirroring reality

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Recommendations for a great podcast? What are you listening to? in ~misc

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    I'm sure you've heard of Welcome To Nightvale (which is amazing fiction, and I love it dearly), but you should know WTN is part of a larger network of podcasts, including: Alice Isn't Dead (a...

    I'm sure you've heard of Welcome To Nightvale (which is amazing fiction, and I love it dearly), but you should know WTN is part of a larger network of podcasts, including:

    Alice Isn't Dead (a personal favorite which is coming to a close soon)

    The Orbiting Human Circus Of The Air (another fiction about reality being slightly damaged; set in a fictional radio studio atop the Eiffel Tower)

    Within The Wires (a dystopic tale told through the medium of secretly modified relaxation cassette tapes)

    and

    Conversations With People Who Hate Me (finding common ground and exploring differences with people who were huge assholes on and offline; surprisingly pleasant and insightful)

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Do people really think Earth might be flat? in ~science

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    I'm pretty sure it started out as just a contrarian position based on humor and satire, and then actual crazy people latched on and made it theirs. People want a simpler world they can understand....

    I'm pretty sure it started out as just a contrarian position based on humor and satire, and then actual crazy people latched on and made it theirs.

    People want a simpler world they can understand. People crave certainty. For some people, the immensity and complexity of the world is overwhelming; the idea of thousands of things, many of them bad, happening everyday totally beyond the control of anybody unnerves them deeply.

    It's far easier to point fingers at people both imagined and real, and accuse them of manipulating the facts. They will go through some amazing mental gymnastics just to make the world a little smaller.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Benefit of not having downvotes: I can say that I enjoy The Phantom Menace in ~movies

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    Dude rogue one was awesome! That bittersweet ending was just epic

    Dude rogue one was awesome! That bittersweet ending was just epic

    3 votes

  7. Comment on What it's like being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online in ~games

    moronicuniform
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    Care to elaborate? I've always wanted to play myself, but haven't had the time or equipment

    Care to elaborate? I've always wanted to play myself, but haven't had the time or equipment

  8. Comment on To a select minority of less than ten people: please stop getting judo'ed into defending white supremacy in ~talk

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    I feel like we probably should have a designated place for political discussion, simply because that discussion will inevitably occur. Simply banning all political discussion seems simple and...

    I feel like we probably should have a designated place for political discussion, simply because that discussion will inevitably occur. Simply banning all political discussion seems simple and clean, but in practice is actually pretty messy and difficult to moderate. Not to mention unpleasant for users, when they are inevitably surprised by what some mods will consider "political"

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Number of children killed in Saudi-American strike on schoolbus grows to twenty-nine in ~news

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    It doesn't matter how many children die as long as some politician, somewhere, profits from it. And they usually do.

    It doesn't matter how many children die as long as some politician, somewhere, profits from it.

    And they usually do.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Ninety-nine coal miners laid off at Wyoming County mine in ~finance

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    I mean, we need coal for steel. There will always be some coal jobs. But the idea that whole communities will be sustained by the coal industry like in the early 20th century is just ludicrous.

    I mean, we need coal for steel. There will always be some coal jobs. But the idea that whole communities will be sustained by the coal industry like in the early 20th century is just ludicrous.

    7 votes