qantravon

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[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Viridian Dynamics.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Given that one side of the political spectrum has become staunchly against many aspects of reality, I disagree with your premise.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I believe this depends on the state/local laws.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal. The first book is called The Calculating Stars. Basically, an alternate history where (spoiler for the opening chapter)

spoilera meteor wipes out the east coast and kick-starts climate change, causing the Space Age to start 10 years early.
It follows a Jewish computer (a woman who literally runs calculations for NASA, as seen in Hidden Figures) who wants to become an astronaut, and her struggles with the racism and misogyny of the 1950s.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Here's the thing: you're not wrong on what each side seems to have as priorities. It's just absurd that anyone should think there's any kind of equivalence between them.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's the way we do things lads, we're making shit up as we wish!

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog has a commentary track called Commentary! The Musical! It is exactly what it sounds like, and it's hilarious.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess you could say it was...whale done.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A hard g? Like in giraffe?

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/01/imane-khelif-algerian-boxer-gender-paris-olympics/

"It remains unclear what standards Khelif and Lin Yu Ting of Taiwan failed last year to lead to the disqualifications.

The IOC, which is overseeing the boxing competition in Paris, does not test for gender, and there never has been evidence that either Khelif or Lin had XY chromosomes or elevated levels of testosterone. They have competed for years, including at the Tokyo Olympics and several world championships."

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

So, none of that is true. She may have high testosterone (which isn't even confirmed), but none of what you said follows. That isn't even how that works.

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