Yeah I'm just going through blocking all of them. I don't have anything against pronouns but I figure 99% of them are tankies so it's a pretty efficient filter.
Well the problem with the Texas power grid is that it exists in the first place. Still, when it comes to safety, you have to multiply how bad it is by the number of people it will affect, and divide by the amount of power generated to get the right picture. There is a media bias towards rare, intense events which causes people to think they are more common than they really are. This explains people's views on nuclear power, school shootings, terrorism, shark attacks etc.
Statistically nuclear is by far the safest form of power generation. Of course, it would be good to locate it in areas that are not disaster prone. As far as I understand it though, the issue with nuclear is the cost. But in a perfect world we would need something to smooth out the inconsistency of renewables, either battery tech or something like nuclear that you can turn on and off as needed.
The thing is, I don't actually disagree with it. I don't care what other people do if it doesn't affect me, I just understand why and I'm willing to say it out loud.
Being manipulative is a good alternative compared to just being direct and asking your partner what they think? I'm sure someone who is going to throw a fit about the Barbie movie will be happy to tell you what they think about feminism if you just ask.
The beauty of a threaded conversation platform is that you can just close threads you're not interested in. Or, apparently, start a new thread bitching about them.
Not sure why this is such a common perception. Most of the software devs I know are pretty average people other than being computer nerds. I met one trans CS student in college but that was it.
That's good to hear, but I wouldn't choose to use a language that took 5 years to get that right, when most languages have it from day 1.