twirligigue

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by twirligigue 5y ago
Exactly. I don't have anything to hide, but there are some things I need to protect.
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Yes, although I think the absence of those power hungry narcissists (who no doubt lurk back at Star Fleet HQ) would be more down to having a relatively isolated and small group of people living and working in close proximity. Dark triad ind
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Yes! I think TNG showed some of the problems with automated doors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKdqBHExH9I
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by twirligigue 5y ago
The motivation is probably due to Star Trek. Who wouldn't want swishy Star Trek doors? Ironically they were opened by hand from behind the scenes, at least in the first shows. Also, 'Computer, locate my husband.' 'Your h
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Sometimes people can dislike something but they are unable to articulate the reason. Yet the reason may be valid. So I would say: permit downvoting, but as well as removing one point from the downvoted, let it cost the downvoter one poi
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Biology or no, there are problems with living in giant hives as we do now. We simply don't know (personally) the people who rule us, so there's no question of rule by consent. We don't even know people who know them. Dunbar&#
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Agree on both scores! The thing that stood out for me in The Mission was its dramatic depiction of the power of repentance (i.e. a genuine change of heart) which we saw when Mendoza (de Niro) finally put down his burden at the interventio
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Why can't we polish concrete more? Buildings and benches would be so much more attractive. Perhaps more weather-resistant too? But pavements slipperier when wet...
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Is this because we learnt to write before we learnt to type?
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Thanks. I like his motto, 'Clear intentions, lightly held'
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by twirligigue 5y ago
One thing that shoelace teachers seem to get wrong is teaching with empty shoes. In reality shoelaces are tied under tension . This affects the grip we used or what the rest of the hand is doing. Small wonder children find it difficult. Ev
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Elephants form social hierarchies too (which provide 'value comparison', surely?) and have larger brains than us but still they are less smart, no? They make vocal calls and signals but they haven't evolved a general-purpose
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by twirligigue 5y ago
It's an interesting piece of natural history and discussion. It talks about some of the things that made smartness possible , including big brains and roaming around. However it doesn't seem to address the question of what actual
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by twirligigue 5y ago
So the way to self-soothe is with self-talk? Are there any other ways?
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Yes, and as much as I dislike political correctness, I sometimes wonder if it's a response, perhaps even a necessary response, to the accelerating politicisation and polarisation brought on by the web. If all events and even facts must
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by twirligigue 5y ago
As a child I used to stick a school ruler out of the back window of the car and rotate it slightly to make it move upwards, like a plane's wing. Intuitively I felt that this happened because it was pushing some of the horizontal airflo
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Woah. How is that even collected?
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Scrub those vegetables well, friend!
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by twirligigue 5y ago
I'd guess the chances of infection go up if you have a vegetable garden in a suburban environment. Cats use freshly turned soil as a litter tray and salad vegetables such as radishes and spring onions are often eaten raw.
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by twirligigue 5y ago
There seems to be a new background assumption that one's identity can be chosen, whereas I think in reality it's inherited.
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by twirligigue 5y ago
Home schooler here: our children have way more 'screen time' at home than the norm, I would guess. There's plenty of time left over for school work, board games, exercise, socialising, cooking, etc. No tantrums, no panic atta
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by twirligigue 5y ago
That was the age of the amateur scientist; the future belongs to the amateur, too. Just as mainstream and social media are net evil influences on society, so by now is the scientific journal system with the enormous reach of its most presti