Smoosh

1,105 karma · joined August 10, 2017

I smoosh things. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't.

Smooshon Australia is introducing age checks for search engines like Google

> If these sites are so bad, maybe laws should instead target that problem.

We apparently live in a world where companies are legally considered to be people, and thus have rights, yet they have no moral obligations whatsoever.

Smooshon Australia is introducing age checks for search engines like Google

“England transported an estimated 50,000 to 120,000 convicts and political prisoners, as well as prisoners of war from Scotland and Ireland, to its overseas colonies in the Americas from the 1610s until early in the American Revolution in 1776, when transportation to America was temporarily suspended…”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_transportation?wprov=sft...

Smooshon Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin

“acoustic environment sensing”

Smooshon Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success

I’ve sometimes pondered if a traffic calming device could be made which would allow vehicles to pass unimpeded if they are at or below the speed limit, but subject to an increasingly large bump if they exceed it. The problem, I suppose is that it must be extremely robust which would make it expensive and potentially more complex than a simple passive bump on the road.

Smooshon Brad Lander detained by masked federal agents inside immigration court

What people don’t seem to ask is, what will all of those enforcement officers do once they have deported a sufficient number of people such that the task becomes more difficult?

Smooshon Ask HN: What is your fallback job if AI takes away your career?

Retirement as I’m almost there anyway. But as I work with mainframes I think there will be non-AI jobs there for a while yet.

Smooshon Taurine and aging: Is there anything to it?

Is this because the poor record keeping is a vector for fraud?

https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2024/12/1148062/bad-recor...

Smooshon Western Ignorance: Failure to See China Beyond the Party

Yes, it’s terrible when that happens.

https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-prison-labor/

Smooshon Electric Propulsion Magnets Ready for Space Tests

Your comment has just made me realise that when people say “woke” to mean “anything I don’t like” the subtext is “I don’t want to face up to the responsibility and effort required to participate in a decent society. I just want to do whatever I like without consequences.”

Thanks for providing the trigger for my insight.

Smooshon We Live Like Royalty and Don't Know It

Also, think upon the incredibly high consistency.

Smooshon New thermogalvanic tech paves way for more efficient fridges

Many modern homes have a perforated panel in the ceiling behind the refrigerator to allow the heated air to escape the room.

Smooshon Elon Musk calls to 'delete' US finance consumer watchdog agency

Wilhoit's law in action.

Smooshon Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws

I used to think that Zuckerberg was going to do the same with Facebook. But it seems like he was too focussed on the ad revenue and making the metaverse happen.

And now Musk has come along and stolen the kingmaker role.

Smooshon Janet for Mortals (2023)

Ce n'est pas une tortue?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

Smooshon Why Does the US Still Have Lead Pipes? Blame the Lead Industries Association

Why does the USA seem particularly susceptible to regulatory capture and industry lobbying? Is it just money in politics or is something else happening?

Smooshon "Phantom chemical" identified in drinking water is new to science

>> state of health in the world nowadays

You mean with people having longer lifespans than ever before?

Smooshon Tesla has the highest fatal accident rate of all auto brands, study finds

And he ran a charity!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-don...

Smooshon How to Destroy a Generation

It reminds me of this quote.

“We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Smooshon Experts testify at UFO hearing in Congress

Some people can’t let go of their “Demon Haunted World”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World?wprov=...

Smooshon Are Devs Becoming Lazy? The Rise of AI and the Decline of Care

“Startups” are not “the old days”.

Smooshon I'm Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is

> people seriously doubt EVERYTHING official

Worse, they will actively promote falsehoods which do harm to themselves and to others.

Smooshon Meteorologists get death threats as hurricane conspiracy theories thrive

So, stage 2 of denial?

“there are five clear stages of climate denial: arguing that climate change is not real, that humans are not to blame, that climate change will be a positive force, that it will be too expensive to fix, arguing it will be too late to tackle it. ”

https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/five-stages-climate-den...

Smooshon Meteorologists get death threats as hurricane conspiracy theories thrive

Can I point out that “the outcome” here that conspiracy theorists start with isn’t “space lasers control the weather” but “the government is to blame”.

Smooshon Meteorologists get death threats as hurricane conspiracy theories thrive

There is also a component of this which is (some) people needing a simple explanation for problems and injustices and preferably one where _someone else_ (individual or group) is to blame.

Smooshon To Be Born in a Bag

    Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted!    
    Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?    
    Skies are blue inside of you    
    The weather's always fine;    
    For       
    There ain't no Bottle in all the world    
    Like that dear little Bottle of mine.

Smooshon How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?

It didn’t help the pterosaurs!

Smooshon Evidence points to Wuhan market as source of Covid-19 outbreak

You’re seriously quoting an article on spiked-online.com as if it is a truthful and authoritative source?

No, I can’t accept that.

Smooshon Lionel Messi Is Impossible (2014)

In discussions like this, I like to bring up Heather McKay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McKay

“She lost only two matches in her entire career (in 1960 and 1962), and was unbeaten in competitive squash matches from 1962 through to 1981, when she retired”

Smooshon Eating cheese plays a role in healthy, happy aging – who are we to argue?

“Everything in moderation, including moderation.” — Oscar Wilde

I try to live my life by this combined with “Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.” — William Cowper.

Smooshon Scientists develop cheap and quick spit test for prostate cancer

The article seems to equate detecting a higher predisposition to prostate cancer with having prostate cancer. It confused me.