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nexguy

@ nexguy @lemmy.world

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  • Trump’s Insane New Threat Leaves No Doubt: It’s Time for the 25th Amendment

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  • It never says physically incapacitated at all. It says:

    "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office"

    If the president has a stroke and becomes a psychotic menace. Nervous breakdown and won't leave his room...all sorts of things.

  • Meanwhile in Canada

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  • And if someone hits you in the top rear your good to go.

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  • This is so annoying I mean who the fuck cares. It's not like you found the prefect little screw in your drawer of screws on the first try. I did this twice last year.

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  • Me: giving away some stuff

    Craigslist 1: I'm on my way right now!

    Craigslist 2: I'll be over after work.

    Craigslist 3: headed that way.

    Craigslist 4: hold it for me I'll be there in an hour!

    Me: still has item

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  • The cartoon said license, not background check. You absolutely do not need a license exactly as depicted.

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  • You said it yourself. You don't know the correct course of action. That's the hard part. Figuring out what to do. Finding resources to help. All of that is hard. At least harder than being evil.

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  • It's easy to not have empathy. It's hard to be empathetic. Being good is hard work. Being evil is easy.

  • Ilia could use a little polish, but gorgeous all the same

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  • Payment

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  • No doubt. There could be 4 or 5 random people with glocks behind you rather than just one highly trained cashier and an agent.

  • 90's

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  • Su su sudo

    Finally makes sense!

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  • Can you explains the knitpicking? They specifically decided that only objects orbiting our star can be Planets. It wasn't an oversight but intentional. How can that be explained? Why do that?

    Also, how can mercury be explained? It clearly violated one of the 3 rules with no given exception other than they just decided it can be a planet. Why?

    25% of the 8 objects they wrote rules for needed an exception to make the cut. That doesn't seem odd?

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  • There is nothing difficult to grasp. They made rules then decided for no reason to let mercury break the rule. Why? Why not make mercury a dwarf planet instead of allowing it with no rule exception other than...just because.

    This is not bioligical... those MUST follow the rules. This was a traditional unscientific list.. Exactly like constellations. Why not start removing stars from constellations because they are too far away? Except a couple of them just because.

    This IAU conference vote was not unanimous... it was very contentious and many wanted a more geological and broad definition rather than an earth centered definition that literally ONLY applies to our solar system. "Planets" can only exist around OUR Sun. Think about that.

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  • I understand the exception created for Neptune. But they had to create this exception... for their own brand new rule... in order to classify 8 things. Notice the exception is written very specifically just to keep pluto from "clearing" is orbit.

    Another IAU rule is that the body must assume hydrostatic equilibrium(nearly round). Mercury does NOT assume hydrostatic equilibrium. They knew this.

    Guess what? They just...decided...Mercury doesn't have to follow that rule.

    It was all done very unscientifically.

    Edit: I want to add that now there are only 8 planets...in the universe. There are no other planets because the definition includes that they must "orbit the Sun". Not a star but very specifically the Sun. All this with exceptions for just 8 objects? I'm telling you it was a power trip thing more than a scientific endeavor.

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  • It's a fine metaphor but it doesn't work for scientific definitions which are exact. The IAU came up with the rule then had to make an exception to their own brand new rule in order to have Neptune remain a planet but not pluto even though both fail the rule. The exception is real and written down, not assumed.

    Yet again another of the IAU rules is the body has to be assume hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round). Mercury is NOT in hydrostatic equilibrium and they knew this. So they just...decided... that Mercury is a planet anyway and does not have to follow that rule.

    So two planets don't even follow the rules they made yet were unscientifically decided to be planets. Why? What was the point of it? Certainly wasn't done for any scientific reason.

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  • If the definition of a planet is that it has cleared is orbit then how is Neptune a planet? It shares its orbit with the dwarf planet pluto therefore they should both be dwarf planets correct?

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  • The definition of planet should be what it is, a traditional unscientific category based on history... like constellations. Calling Mercury a planet and Jupiter a planet as though they are similar in almost any way is silly scientifically.

    Perhaps leave the traditional planets category alone and create new categories that could pertain to all systems not just ours. Maybe something like terrestrial planets, gas planets, dwarf planets... etc. Categories that won't have to change any time a new discovery is made.

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  • I agree except in this instance the goal was to keep Earth's classification important. No other scientific objective. Just seemed very geocentric to me.

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  • Yes, that's the made up exception. And for neptune not clearing its orbit due to pluto crossing that orbit? Well we have to make an exception for that so...um...the resonance between neptune and pluto. Exception achieved!

    The rules are so contrived that it would not make sense for almost any other system except exactly ours. Whatever it takes to keep Earth's category of "planet" important... you know... for reasons.

    Very unscientific but very human.

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  • Well of course that was the exception they had to come up with for their contrived rule. The exception is: "whatever it takes to make pluto not a planet". Since the vote was agenda fueled and not a scientific discussion.

    Once something new is discovered and breaks the rules they will have to modify the contrived rule to keep pluto not a planet.