logicbomb

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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Wikipedia calls a square a "regular quadrilateral," which seems like a decent enough definition.

Today I learned that when you make up your own inadequate definition, then it's easy to match the definition with something inadequate.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The article was from four days ago, if anyone is wondering why she's speaking out against a bill that has already passed Congress.

During childhood development, we only get one chance to make sure their brains get proper nutrition.

If you create more hungry children now, it's something that you cannot fix in the future. The children you harm with this will live diminished lives, assuming they survive.

Improving nutrition for children is one of the best selling points for social programs.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

#Wordle1478 4/6* Grade: B-

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ F
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ D
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 A+
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20t5Sh1APywmtxlKm6D0Q

Today I am irritated at PlusWord from the Telegraph for changing from free to subscription-only. I was irritated at them yesterday, too, but I'm still irritated at them today.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't too different from a pebble-bed reactor.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

This reminds me of a guy who lifted a boat off the bottom of a lake by filling it with ping pong balls. He had gotten the idea from a Donald Duck comic, and even though it seemed like an impossible comic book sort of idea, physics seemed to support that it should work, and it actually did lift the boat.

I can't remember whether that is a true story or not, but the Mythbusters replicated the ping pong trick and demonstrated that ping pong balls could be used to lift a boat.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

On the other hand, Trump plead ignorance, and I would never bet against his ignorance.

And, if he did know the slur, I'd be surprised that we haven't heard it until now. As you know, he's not shy about saying them.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 30 points 23 hours ago

for holding a sign stating her support of Palestine Action.

Saying "for backing Palestine Action" makes it sound like she was giving them money or something. But all she did was express an opinion.

Even though the Trump administration and the Republicans in our congress are actively trying to take away our freedom of speech, it's still nice that we are explicitly guaranteed that right by our Constitution. But there is no law that matters if the government itself doesn't follow the Constitution.

At any rate, I feel for our UK counterparts that they don't have even an empty guarantee of free speech.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's possible that one of his antisemitic speech writers wrote the line for him.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (6 children)

There are plenty of body weight exercises like squats and lunges that can strengthen the back. I think more than weights, people simply don't like to do targeted exercises.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Agreed. The salary increase, all else staying the same, is a good thing.

If anything, I'm disturbed by the previous government that actually reduced the salary. You can only do that if you can afford to do it. Meaning that they are almost certainly getting more money out of the government through other, corrupt, avenues.

This is not a defense or attack on any particular politician. But you need to pay politicians a competitive salary or corruption is completely inevitable.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just in case anybody has doubts, I gave an unserious answer to an unserious question. It was mostly just a turn of phrase.

I believe that violence should basically only be used to stop violence.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

#Wordle1477 6/6 Grade: F

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 F
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 F
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ F
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ F
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 A
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#alQc1z6rzl18zX7xAmqL8KkUUGyk1

Although I knew the word, I thought the word was unusual enough that it wasn't going to be a valid answer. Also, I feel a bit cheated to receive an "F" overall. That's a failing grade, but I did get the answer.

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