obligatory: https://qntm.org/abolish
Before I read this article, I also thought it would be a great idea to get rid of timezones entirely and just use UTC for everything. To quote from the link, (please forgive me for being lazy and not formatting it correctly)
Abolishing time zones brings many benefits, I hope. It also:
- causes the question "What time is it there?" to be useless/unanswerable
- necessitates significant changes to the way in which normal people talk about time
- convolutes timetables, where present
- means "days" (of the week) are no longer the same as "days"
- complicates both secular and religious law
- is a staggering inconvenience for a minimum of five billion people
- makes it near-impossible to reason about time in other parts of the world
- does not mean everybody gets up at the same time, goes to work at the same time, or goes to bed at the same time
- is not simpler.
As long as humans live in more than one part of the world, solar time is always going to be subjective. Abolishing time zones only exacerbates this problem.
thanks, I see now. really well made response video.
A very basic phone plan from one of the top three ISPs where I live (Taiwan). Comes with 3 GB of data a month. (I'm on Wi-Fi most of the time.) Costs ~$6.1 a month. No 5G connection, only 4G. ~22 cents per minute of calltime.
Sabine Hossenfelder - they have positions that cause hurt to people
Can you elaborate on this? I haven't really watched much of her content, so I am not quite sure how she's causing hurt.
When drifting into sleep at night, I sometimes start remembering things from the dream I had last night. I personally think it has to do with getting into the same position in bed.
My bill was $38 last month.
Did you mean that this was a lot or dirt cheap? Sounds quite expensive to me.
It's mildly amusing how this post has 84 upvotes, but the feature request itself only has 34 votes
No kidding. However I did sort of forget what the conversation was about.
- large
- tap water can be dirty
- great curry
- massive population
- caste system
- makes many YouTube tutorials
- has some beef with Pakistan
- likes to bob their heads
- arranged marriages
- spices
- really hot and humid
- as other people have mentioned, can be a bit unruly at times
You should try out these so-called ear clip headphones (aka clip on buds). I got this pair at a thrift store for ~US$3 yesterday. They latch on to your ear on the outside and do not go deep into your ears. Great for tight earussies or for earussy periods.
I never really figured out how to use a squatter toilet properly. Are you supposed to take off your shoes and pants? If not, how do you avoid pooping right into your pants? I almost always avoid these toilets unless I can't hold it any second longer.
Awesome writing. I don't think I will ever be able to compose texts with such eloquence. Neither in my native language nor English.
Remove text on TPE phone case?
Hi. When I got a new phone a couple weeks ago, it came with this really nice, name-brand (not giving names here) phone case. It's really rugged and feels great on the hands. It's also one of the most premium phone-case options out there.
Unfortunately, the case is plastered with the text: Pixel. The only phone engineered by Google. I really don't enjoy being a walking advertisement for Google, but leaving such a great case lying around is quite a pity.
So I wanted to ask if there's a way to remove the text that would not damage the case itself?
The case is made of TPE plastic according to its packaging. I thought about just scratching it off cause it does seem to be some kind of layer on top of the case, but I'm worried it won't be removed cleanly and might even leave behind scratches.
Is there another way? Is there some kind of solvent able to do this job?
Here's a closeup if that helps.
Thanks!
Edit: I have decided to uncensor the words.
Pansexrule
Image description: A picture of a bald man in his 40s. The man is hugging a pan tightly and affectionately and smiling as if having this pan were all he could ever ask for. The pan is a grill pan, which is square in shape and has ridges on its bottom. This picture is printed on a door in a mall.