kakes

kakes , 20 days ago to Microblog Memes in Those were the days

They may have accounted for this, but I feel like that study would be disproportionately affected by wealth.

Not to say I'm against your overall point, of course.

kakes , 20 days ago to memes in God's most nutritious oil

Thanks!

kakes , 20 days ago to memes in God's most nutritious oil

Sounds like me in Factorio ngl.

kakes , 20 days ago to memes in Back when AAA game developing was a fun process

Wtf why isn't this the guy in charge of Bethesda??

kakes , 20 days ago to Wikipedia in Cox–Zucker machine

My favorite part of this article is that these guys specifically created this algorithm because they thought it would be funny to co-author a paper together and name it this. Cheers to those guys!

kakes , 20 days ago to Reddit in Exactly. Delete Reddit.

100%. To be honest I don't even use this "trick" anymore myself because like 60% of the links are inaccessible now.

It's incredibly sad that they destroyed such a great resource, that place was like the Wikipedia of opinions.

kakes , 20 days ago to Reddit in Exactly. Delete Reddit.

I feel like Aaron 100% would have backed Lemmy.

(Edit: Not that I or anyone can speak for him, obviously.)

kakes , 20 days ago to Reddit in Exactly. Delete Reddit.

For the record, the real trick is to add "site:reddit.com". But as the site decays over time that will sadly become less useful.

kakes , 20 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?

Phew okay. In that case, I do agree that a hyper-aggressive species could be the Filter, though it's worth noting that our radio signals have actually reached further than our furthest probe, so I would go off that when doing round-trip destruction calculations. I love Mass Effect's take on this idea (though I haven't played 3).

As for why I asked women: Mostly because I thought the non-sequitur was funny.

kakes , 20 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?

I believe that science, math, are more inextricably linked to philosophy than people tend to think.

While my idea is particularly half-cocked, the Great Filter theory is an important question for us as a species to answer. If evidence ever came to light that there is some challenge awaiting us that could wipe out our species, it would behoove us to at least be aware that such a challenge exists - even without necessarily knowing any specifics.

I gotta admit, I really wanted to like 3BP on Netflix, but imo they added way too much "personal drama". It's like they intended to sprinkle it on and the lid came off the container lol. It was worth it just to see the ship though.

kakes , 20 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?

If you're interested, here's an article that breaks down the "Great Filter" theory pretty well imo:
https://www.astronomy.com/science/the-great-filter-a-possible-solution-to-the-fermi-paradox/

kakes , 20 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?

No offense intended, but do you identify as male? I can't even be having this conversation if you do.

kakes , 21 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?

That's exactly what I mean. Like, even if a civilization set out at near-light speed a long time before triggering a vacuum decay, the decay would just catch up to them and wipe them out before they could reach us. It's a theory absolutely rife with holes, but it's an interesting possibility.

I'll gladly accept nonbinary!

kakes , 21 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?

Yeah, the sociological side of "quantified" intelligence has a whole host of issues.

kakes , 21 days ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?

I can't guarantee I'll watch that video, but I can guarantee I intend to watch it when I can.

Generally speaking, though, I do agree that most people's idea of "intelligence" is very anthro-centric, if that's what you mean.