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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is an appealing an innocent verdict not double jeopardy?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

would all integers necessarily be irrational in base π?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They also lay tens of thousands of eggs at once.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, there was a whole movement to get them to move to what is now Liberia (or Haiti, or Panama). Even Lincoln supported the idea. Although, he did eventually abandon the idea due to, among other complications, his refusal to implement any plan that made it compulsory, so... at least there's that?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is actually a result of changes to our larynx and stuff, which allows us to make such a variety of sounds when speaking. In other animals (and human babies), the air and food tubes are physically separated at rest. But in humans, our epiglottis can't properly keep things separate because our larynx is further down in our throat.

So, I'm gonna have to deny this request on the grounds that it will necessarily break the speech feature, which many of our users depend on heavily.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Eh, not totally. Some languages have phonemes that are completely absent in other languages, and some phonemes (especially vowels, though sometimes consonants, eg: "r") are different enough that a transliteration can never do them justice. Although, I guess transliterating into the international phonetic alphabet would do the trick...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If they hadn't capped the number of representatives at 435 over a hundred years ago, we wouldn't be in the situation where a vote from Wyoming carries 3.7 times more weight than a vote from California. By my math, if the 435 cap was abolished, we would have 143 more electors generally sprinkled among the more populous states. I still agree that the EC is outdated, but it's not even operating the way it was designed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

And some girls want to look at boobies, too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

If i recall, the main trick is to make sure there aren't any sharp corners or other places that are close enough together that arcing can occur. But there might be some additional stuff, like coatings and other design choices that are necessary to promote even and effective heating (otherwise the microwave will heat the bowl instead of the food since the radiation won't pass through metal like it does with plastic, paper, or glass).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Me too, the shape is just so perfect for so many things. I bought some recently at the Vietnamese market nearby. They have fancy little roses surrounded by a filigree pattern printed on them and say "English" on the handle in some Victorian-looking cursive font lmao. I love them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Which means those of us without a bunch of loopholes to exploit have to pick up the slack.

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