Wolf314159

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

There is no convincing them through any kind of logic or observation. The logical proof of the shape and size of the earth is remarkably simple and straightforward, with math any trigonometry or geometry student could prove on their own. Eratosthenes did it a few thousand years ago with observations from a deep well and the shadow of a vertical rod a significant and measureable distance apart on the same day at the same time. These are simple and direct observations that anyone could make and repeat themselves. If Eratosthenes proof isn't clear enough to them, nothing will be.

There was even a documentary in which self professed flat-earthers performed a variation of this experiment with some careful arrangement of a laser over a large lake. Unsurprisingly, they did measure the curvature of the earth (with much less precision than Eratosthenes), but they still couldn't accept the results.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Sounds like you're unfamiliar with the widespread use and long history of rotoscoping in traditional cell animation. Motion Capture is just rotoscoping with modern tools.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I've never really understood why golf courses always needs to look the same. Wouldn't they be more exciting if they reflected the local ecology. I'd think it would be more interesting to play a desert course, a swamp course, beach course, forest course, bog course, etc. Then again, golf isn't exactly known for being an adventurous sport.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I didn't blame anyone for anything except maybe not seeing astronauts getting asked about poop all the time. You specifically are being a troll and generating some fucking weird rage bait where there is none.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, I agree, the OPs reaction here is kinda surreal. I mean, I grew up watching astronauts answer dumb kiddy questions while floating in zero G. When the shuttle was regularly going up in was a regular thing for kids to see on TV. There was ALWAYS a poop/pee/fart question. ALWAYS. This joke in Enterprise is nothing more than a nod to that. I guess Gen Z didn't ~~pay as much attention to space poop ~~ see as many of these interviews because the shuttle program ended before their time?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

This logic is bonkers. Lurkers are part of the community too. Everyone participates in their own way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Just hand them a piece of paper of blacked out redacted lines (because confidentiality) and an illegible signature.

I had a district manager once demand I bring in a note after calling in sick. I just told them "No, you don't pay me enough to go to the doctor and I wouldn't share any of my medical information with you anyway, you can't make me." I never heard anything more about it.

Lots of employers have "rules" on the books that are realistically unenforceable or out right illegal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

What's the difference?

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