Pat @Pat@qoto.org

Star Parker is so anti-abortion, that she wants a law to prohibit people from swipping left on Tinder.

#satire
(image: cropped, CC-BY-CA-2.0, Gage Skidmore, Fickr)

Monday morning poll...

@trinsec @freemo @peterdrake

#science #fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #film #movie #mermaid #sea #ocean #comedy #FTW #hannah #hanks

Retro SciFi of the Week…

Splash (1984)

A creature comes out of the sea and reeks havoc.

(image: fair use image from the film)

@icedquinn @freemo

Bigger cables mean they can carry more current for the signal, and then the EMI becomes a much smaller noise floor as a percentage of the larger signal current.

@freemo @icedquinn

Yeah, I was going to mention digital, like using a USB mic instead of plugging an analog mic into the old phono jack in the PC.

If the comm protocol can detect errors then it will not pick up any noise in the signal itself. But the copper can still carry EMI to the other electronics other than by being carried by the signal.

@icedquinn

What will we do when there's nothing left that needs to be done?

@freemo @icedquinn

Long runs of copper make great anntenae for picking up spurious EMI. By using an extremely high frequency for the carrier (IR or visible light) it makes it very easy to shield the "conductor" of the signal with any material that is opaque to light.

That means the only source for EMI is in the electronics within the amp/source and the speaker, which is much easier to shield or otherwise mitigate than a long cable.

@freemo

"There's got to be some food in that hand somewhere, and I'm going find it...."

@funny

@that_marouk_ish

What stuff? Can you give some examples?

@fatboy

They spy on everybody's private messages. The illusion of privacy is only there to get folks to give up more.

@peterdrake

Don't think I've ever seen that one. I'll have to track it down.

I enjoyed Wilson's WKRP way back when.

(Certaiinly more diplomacy in that solution.)

This is 100% false. First physicians in nearly every country take an oath not to harm patients. Second, vegans often abstain from eating animals for ethical reasons and presumably the fictional vegan doctor here is motivated for that reason, and since humans are animals, she would not inflict harm on any animal, including her human patient.

(It’s true that a person could be vegan for religious reasons and refuse to do certain things under religious freedom, but again, letting someone die would contradict those religious beliefs.)

#TruthBeTold #king #monarch #royalty #queen

The truth is...

The King of England from 1714 to 1727, George I, could not speak English.

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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

@bonifartius

Not sure if it is or not...

Maybe you should run a poll to see what people think.

@lupyuen

Like a side-channel attack?

@peterdrake

"Fire!", he said, as he dropped to the ground...

@bonifartius

You could toast them enough so that they're no longer reflective.

(Not sure if there are enough O2 molecules in LEO to do that though.)

@icedquinn

I guess it depends on how talented you are.

@MagicLike

@peterdrake

It's a problem everywhere, but particularly in old media like film and TV. I've written quite a bit about this here on qoto.

When it's subliminal, people get kind of brainwashed and then they perpetuate it unconsciously.

The way to stop it is to actually see it and made it conscious and then avoid content that is racist.