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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • That’s the next step. Once we agree that someone is right and someone is wrong, then we can start talking about the definition of “moral good”. And that is a very difficult and complicated discussion. But just because it’s hard to define doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not real.


  • Muslims say that music is Haram because it is said so in Hadith, does that make music objectively wrong?

    That is the exact opposite of what the above comment said. An objective view of morality would say that the “rightness” or “wrongness” of the act of making music is an objective truth. If music is “right”, then music is right, regardless of what Muslims or any other people say, and vice versa.

    It means you can’t come to a correct moral judgement just by taking a poll of the people around you.






  • Shown Furcotte taking it up the ice.

    He passes to McSriff.

    Oh, a big hit by Bobson Dugnutt! He collects the puck and sends it on to Dandleton.

    Dandleton now with the puck. Across to Sweeney - But it’s picked off by Smorin!

    He finds Noginly on the breakaway! Noginly - He Scores!

    Noginly hits the brakes at the last second to slip it past the bumper of goaltender Mike Truk!
    And the Jonsonbill Nailers take a 2-1 lead, with 3 minutes remaining in the second period.




  • What’s not clear to me is whether these edits will be passed on to future generations of trees. I think that’s usually not the case with CRISPR, but this article is talking about “breeding”, so maybe it is the case here. The phrase “building a better forest” is particularly disturbing as well.

    My concern here is basically that we don’t want to be replacing wild forests with genetically engineered monoculture. Replacing millions of years of evolution and biodiversity with 1 or 2 “optimal” genetic lines leaves the population vulnerable to things like disease and environmental changes. A diverse population is much more resilient against these dangers, since the differences in individuals may allow some to survive where others couldn’t.

    So as long as the usage is limited to specific tree farms, it’s probably no worse than other modern agricultural practices. I just hope they don’t want to replace wild forests with CRISPR trees.


  • To add a bit more about Shadow Tactics, it is a top-down 3D game where you control a crew of characters with different abilities (ninja, samurai, sharpshooter, etc.)

    It is real time but you can plan actions to happen simultaneously, so it feels really cool to solve the stealth puzzles by combining the characters’ different abilities.

    Also good atmosphere, voices, story, etc. Just a very good game.



  • These technologies to capture small amounts of “leftover” energy are neat, but the problem is that by definition you will never get as much out of them as you would from “bulk” energy sources. Often you end up spending more effort/tech/materials for a smaller output, so you’re just better off building more solar panels and investing in some storage for cloudy days.

    If there happens to be some cheap easy solution to get little pieces of energy here and there, then sure, why not? But it’s not going to fill the gap, and it’s not worth spending major effort on for a small return.