SaltSong

joined 1 year ago
[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 6 points 3 days ago

I would assume they were placed on a bedside table pointed in the general direction of the fucking.

But still.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 47 points 3 days ago (6 children)

It means I think everyone else is an asshole.

I might be too, but I don't think I am.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I guess he thinks Trump is about to crash and burn.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Possibly not.

But "We know what he meant" when someone demonstrates that they don't know what they are talking about has proven to be dangerous.

I wouldn't hire a mechanic who thought cats traveled at miles per MPH. Why should I listen to someone talk about boats who thinks "knots per hour" is a speed?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Knots is a measure of distance, and the fact that people have been using that wrong for several centuries

We've only been sailing for "several centuries." How long was it a measure of distance before people started using it wrong?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that navy ships could go much faster, but didn't because of wear and fuel consumption. I recall hearing about 60 knots, but I wouldn't place even a small bet on it.

Same for cargo ships, to a lesser extent. If an empty one felt a need to move, I'm sure they could get a little speed to them. But they aren't built for it, and "saving money on fuel" is their prime directive.

Although, as someone noted elsewhere, there don't seem to be any actual measurements of speed. They turned around, and cranked the throttle, but we don't know how far they were going in either phase.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website -2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I know what I'm about.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website -2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I find that reasonably unlikely, unless it is a naval ship. I don't think cargo ships go that fast unless empty, and highly motivated. Possibly not even then.

Do we have a reliable source for this data?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

I had been at work for two hours, but yes.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 32 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I missed the "X" in that title, and read "EFF is leaving the Electronic Freedom Foundation," and was very confused.

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