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Lol, that's been a debunked translation for a long time now but keeps getting passed around by western chauvinist.

"Perhaps the most well-known passage of relevance in Rashid’s work, is an episode where Chinggis meets his newly-born grandson Khubilai for the first time, and remarks that Khubilai lacked the red hair of his grandfather. However, that’s not quite what it says.

…when Chingiz-Khan’s eye fell upon him [Khubilai] he said: “All our children are of a ruddy complexion, but this child is swarthy like his maternal uncles. (Rashid al-Dīn/Boyle translation, pg. 241)

…when Genghis Khan’s gaze fell upon him [Khubilai] he said, “Our sons are all of a ruddy complexion, but this boy is swarthy, just like his maternal uncles. (Rashid al-Dīn/Thackston translation, pg. 415)

In the two main English translations by John Andrew Boyle and Wheeler Thackston, Chinggis specifies that all of his children are of a ruddy complexion, while Khubilai is swarthy like his maternal uncles. Ruddy does not mean red hair, but reddish face, while swarthy refers to darker, more tanned-looking skin.

In Rashid al-Dīn’s Persian text, he uses ashgharani اشقرانی to refer to Chinggis, and siyah-charda سیاه چرده for Khubilai. Siyah-charda is straightforward: it means black-skin. Ashgharani is a bit more complex. It comes from Arabic, where the meaning relates to blondeness. But in Persian, it has two primary meanings; a red-coloured horse, or a man of white and red features. Pale skin with red undertones. That is, ruddy. Given that the text directly references Khubilai’s dark skin, this must be the intended meaning. Certainly, Mongols and Qazaqs are prone to a certain reddishness of the face, particularly those exposed to steppe winds."

on America, exblain · c/fuckcars · 4 pts · 17h

Yeah, but it's not something you would ever see in operation. The V150 trial had special modified and powered cars running on the most favorable railway conditions possible. Plus, running over 200mph on steel starts to create enough friction to damage the wheels and rail.

on True John Wayne moment · c/historymemes · 11 pts · 19h

Ahh yes, the film that gives you cancer. They filmed this downwind of an active nuclear weapons test site. Out of the 220 person cast and crew over 90 of them ended up developing cancer, with over half of them being fatal cases. Genghis Khan always has the last laugh.

on America, exblain · c/fuckcars · 10 pts · 19h

In the end the maintenance cost for maglev vs bullet trains are about the same. Bullet trains focus more on mechanical maintenance of the track and wheels. While the maintenance of maglev is typically more technical, it requires constant recalibration of the electronics and constant monitoring for alignment.

Maglev is definitely more expensive to build and probably to run, but it seems like it'd be far more reliable? And also a much smoother experience for those on-board?

Traditional steel on rail is actually more reliable in practice. Theoretically the basic mechanics of maglev are more reliable, but in practice they tend to suffer from longer delays when they do fail. This is mostly because the repairs/maintenance for traditional rail can be done by just about anyone, where maglevs tend to be locked in by a single vendor contract.

Maglev has much greater theoretical speed limits than typical contact tracks, as, well, we basically remove the friction between the wheel and the track?

They are theoretically faster, but in practice the speed of trains are most often governed not by the limitations of the trains themselves, but instead are limited by the surrounding infrastructure and terrain.

The cruising speed of railed bullet trains are around 200mph, while the cruising speeds of maglev is around 265mph. Maglevs have gone significantly faster around 375mph, but thats not really a realistic expectation for daily operations.

Imo both are extremely cool, but traditional rail is just a lot more practical for a plethora of reasons. The most important being that the installation and operational cost are just a lot more realistic than maglev. There's a reason there's only a total of 37 miles of maglev in operation today compared to over 30k miles of high-speed rail.

I have read blingsight, I haven't yet picked up the sequel yet. I have a buddy that teaches cognitive science and philosophy of the mind at a university, so I get to hear him drunkenly rant about the topic pretty frequently.

LLMs and AI are real

I would say that the "AI" we currently have aren't really AI as most people imagine or how they are thought depicted in science fiction.

Intellect usually requires a capacity to think, understand, and at least mimic the way the mind learns. The current machine learning we currently call AI is more a kin to the classic Chinese Room thought experiment.

We talking about today white, or 18th century Jews, Irish, Italians/anyone who eats a lot of olives need not apply rules?

The concept of whiteness is just a social construct that changes based on the requirements needed to reinforce the social hierarchy of the day.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/man-posing-as-transgender-woman-raped-female-prisoner-at-rikers-lawsuit-says/5067904/

In the same article.

" In a hearing last January on gender equity in jail, Dr. Rachel Golden, a psychologist who specializes in gender-affirming care for Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, Non-Binary, and Intersex people (TGNCNBI), told lawmakers it would be a mistake to think it is common for men to pose as trans females behind bars. "Fearmongering that one bad actor will pretend to be transgender and therefore create an unsafe environment results in the continued disproportionate targeting of TGNCNBI individuals for harassment and violence," Golden testified. She added that trans women are far more likely to be the victims of sexual violence when they are housed in male facilities. "There is little to no incentive to pretend to be transgender let alone to put in the work to sustain that ruse over time," Golden said. "There is absolutely no evidence that people pretending to be transgender is a common occurrence whereas there is ample evidence supporting the risk of violence and assault to transgender women being housed in a male facility." According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, transgender prisoners are far more likely to face sexual violence than the general population behind bars. A 2011-12 national survey of incarcerated individuals found nearly 16% of transgender inmates in local jails reported being sexually victimized. That compares with just 3% of the entire jail population"

It appears as though the DOC intentionally told a man who openly claimed he was a heterosexual male to lie about his gender so he could assault women in jail. More than likely as a way to damage the public image of new gender accommodating legislation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64501436

This is in the UK....... And it is a story of someone trying to take advantage of gender accomodations and failing to do so. They were never actually transferred to the women's prison.

https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/washington-inmate-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-cellmate-after-transfer-to-womens-prison-washington-corrections-center-for-women-mozzy-clark-christopher-williams-gender-identity

This individual isnt said to be lying about their gender identity, they're just a terrible humanbeing. The failing here is that their cell mate made multiple reports to the prison about sexual advances and the facility failed to intervene.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/nj-trans-prisoner-impregnated-2-inmates-transferred-mens-facility-rcna38947

Again, this person is not lying about their gender, nor did they rape anyone. The article specifies that bothe relationships were consensual.

Hormone levels don't change your prior-built skeletal structure

Hormones do regulate bone density, though I fail to see why your skeletal structure is pertinent to the conversation. Are you suggesting tall women shouldn't be allowed to be detained with other women?

while they affect musculature, they don't entirely remove the gains from pre-hrt.

There aren't enough long term studies to make this conclusion. In the latest study they show mixed results with trans women retaining some strength in certain muscle groups and being weaker in other capabilities and muscle groups compared to their cis gender counterparts.

For someone who claims they feel sorry for trans people for spending so much time on gender identity, you sure are taking a lot of time hunting down articles about it.

"Most people" is not a good answer when incarceration is involved.

Again.... Your reading comprehension skills are showing. You should have phrased your question correctly if you were looking for a specific subject.

Do tell.

Hormone levels reflect how long you've been on hrt. Most sports require at least a year or more of hrt to compete.

Are you seriously unable to parse the query? It's not that complicated. Try reading one word at a time.

Lol, ask it like a normal person and I might read it again.

Oh I'm just passing the time, It's been a slow day at work. Sometimes it's just fun to dunk on a bigot. Thanks for looking out. It's about to be time for me to go home, so this will prob be the end of engagement.

You know what gives it away besides the racism, misogyny, and transphobia? People who aren't incels do not care if they are called incels, because the notion would be silly to anyone else.

Who is in charge of making that determination?

If you worked to improve your reading comprehension, I'm sure you could eventually work that out yourself.

depending on feelings with zero objectivity, it's irrelevant.

There are plenty of objective ways to confirm gender identity. They do it in sports all the time.

why are you so insistent on name-calling?

You are a terrible human being, it's fun to call you a little icel wannabe cuck. See, what I'm implying is that you would love to be a cuck, but are unable too because you can't find a girl who would fuck you in the first place. See it's fun!

How common is a woman without a functional penis raping a natural woman, compared to dick&balls owner raping vagina owner?

Not going to waste my time answering something you cannot spend the effort to properly ask. That string of words looks like a LLM was fed nothing but the worst of 4chan.

My "disability" is that English is my second language. Googling "averse" shows "Feeling a clear distaste or turning away from an activity, idea, or situation".

Me too asshole. If you didn't want to show your ignorance, maybe steer clear of arguments about the language.

will have you know I had a coworker for a number of years who over time switched from Brandon to Olivia and grew tits, and I never once treated them differently from others.

I don't believe you. You lack any credibility or sense of decency.

Because seeing people invest so much energy into such a first world problem as gender identity seems like a terrible use of time and energy to me.

Seems like a lot more people spend their time attacking it. What is it to you how people spend their time? I think you spend too much time being a moron, I'm not trying to make that illegal.

No one in particular, picked it up on my own.

Oh, that makes sense. So your teacher was mentally disabled.

being an incel (aka involunarily celibate)?

Just a guess based on your other qualities that no one would ever fuck you.

I already told you I'm happily married.

And I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

So essentially free-for-all? Terrific.

I know that you may be fooled, but for most people it's pretty easy to determine if someone has changed their gender for dubious benefits. It's not really a problem.

What about violent crimes?

Intense rehabilitation for the vast majority. Indefinite psychiatric care for those who cannot be rehabilitated.

We've already established that gender is about as relevant as hair color.

Some fucking moron making a stupid claim is not establishing anything other than some people are idiots.

“women” aka persons with dick&balls who claim they are women

What were you attempting to ask?