WhyIsItReal

u/WhyIsItReal@lemmy.world
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on WTF rule · c/196 · 11 pts · 2y

… i’m an asshole because i think that homophobes are mostly bad people, not self-hating gay people?

on WTF rule · c/196 · 14 pts · 2y

i just don’t believe that that’s actually true, though. most homophobes are just pieces of shit, not secretly gay

on logical · c/nathanwpyle · 2 pts · 3y

providing an arbitrarily non-reduced fraction is an even sillier alternative. the same fundamental issue arises either way, and it’s much clearer to use obvious semantics that everyone can understand

on logical · c/nathanwpyle · 3 pts · 3y

sure you can, you say “i need a hole with diameter 0.25” +- 0.015625“”. it doesn’t matter that you have more sig figs when you state your precision

but regardless, that’s probably not the precision you care about. there’s a good chance that you actually want something totally different, like 0.25+-0.1”. with decimal, it’s exceptionally clear what that means, even for complicated/very small decimals. doing the same thing fractionally has to be written as 1/4+-1/10”, meaning you have to figure out what that range of values are (7/20” to 3/20”)

on logical · c/nathanwpyle · 9 pts · 3y

i’ve never heard of anyone using non-reduced fractions to measure precision. if you go into a machine shop and ask for a part to be milled to 16/64”, they will ask you what precision you need, they would never assume that means 16/64”+-1/128”.

if you need custom precision in any case, you can always specify that by hand, fractional or decimal.

on Sad (Rule) · c/196 · 8 pts · 3y

this seems like a huge benefit of federation - unless the UAE blocks every server that federates with blahaj.zone, you can still view all the content on a different federated server (except for non-federated content like blahaj-only images)

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/support · 6 pts · 3y

i mean, if you’re not hashing passwords, there is clearly a major problem there.

if in attacker breaks lemmy

what does this even mean?

are you worried about mitm attacks? that’s a basic feature of HTTPS, and basically the reason it exists

a french press cannot make espressos, or anything close to an espresso

if you want, you can always use different beans with your french press - yes, it’ll always be the same type of coffee, but there’s some pretty big differences in flavor