kakes @ kakes @sh.itjust.works

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Give it to someone that needs it.

Agreed. I was never a "math kid", so when I got to university, I was very surprised that a large part of what I learned in my math courses was actually philosophy.

That shift in paradigm instantly made me interested in math, weirdly enough. Turns out I love math, I'm just not a fan of numbers, haha.

You absolutely aren't wrong there.

Always in favour of healthy competition.

The signal to noise ratio is getting worse by the day, unfortunately.

Honestly, agreed. I trust Kitfox enough that I highly doubt it's shovelware, but the art direction does kind of point that direction.

That said, it looks really interesting. Can't wait to check it out once it releases!

Thanks!

Sounds like me in Factorio ngl.

Wtf why isn't this the guy in charge of Bethesda??

Man, reading this sentence felt like a little electric jolt to the brain as it pieced the memes together.

Ngl I wish I was of the generation where I could've acquired this skill. As it is, I just have the faint childhood memory of our home modem. (In my 30s, for reference.)

100%. To be honest I don't even use this "trick" anymore myself because like 60% of the links are inaccessible now.

It's incredibly sad that they destroyed such a great resource, that place was like the Wikipedia of opinions.

I feel like Aaron 100% would have backed Lemmy.

(Edit: Not that I or anyone can speak for him, obviously.)

For the record, the real trick is to add "site:reddit.com". But as the site decays over time that will sadly become less useful.

Phew okay. In that case, I do agree that a hyper-aggressive species could be the Filter, though it's worth noting that our radio signals have actually reached further than our furthest probe, so I would go off that when doing round-trip destruction calculations. I love Mass Effect's take on this idea (though I haven't played 3).

As for why I asked women: Mostly because I thought the non-sequitur was funny.

I believe that science, math, are more inextricably linked to philosophy than people tend to think.

While my idea is particularly half-cocked, the Great Filter theory is an important question for us as a species to answer. If evidence ever came to light that there is some challenge awaiting us that could wipe out our species, it would behoove us to at least be aware that such a challenge exists - even without necessarily knowing any specifics.

I gotta admit, I really wanted to like 3BP on Netflix, but imo they added way too much "personal drama". It's like they intended to sprinkle it on and the lid came off the container lol. It was worth it just to see the ship though.

If you're interested, here's an article that breaks down the "Great Filter" theory pretty well imo:
https://www.astronomy.com/science/the-great-filter-a-possible-solution-to-the-fermi-paradox/

No offense intended, but do you identify as male? I can't even be having this conversation if you do.

That's exactly what I mean. Like, even if a civilization set out at near-light speed a long time before triggering a vacuum decay, the decay would just catch up to them and wipe them out before they could reach us. It's a theory absolutely rife with holes, but it's an interesting possibility.

I'll gladly accept nonbinary!