If talking about relativity, the distance to destination is further compressed only for your perspective, not the train’s, and not the earth’s. The amount compressed is imperceptible.

It might help.

I have 2. One has broken twice from over use, so I reprinted the broken piece and swapped it.

I spent 20 minutes (I timed it) on the phone diagnosing a tech support issue and instructing the user on how to fix it. It took about 10 seconds for me to realise that number lock was turned off.

The rest of the 20 minutes was trying to get the user to find and press “Num lock” on the keyboard.

About 10 minutes in, they actually found and pressed it. Apon noticing that nothing had appeared on the screen, they tried pressing it again, then announced it didn’t work.

Somehow, just getting them to press the button one more time was not simple, as they now had to begin their logical left-to-right scan of the keyboard again to find this mysterious new “Num lock” button they’d never heard of before.

This person (on another call) would say the name of each key as they pressed it. They would say “Caps lock, A, Caps lock, Enter” when typing a single “A” on a line, but didn’t know what “Caps lock” was and couldn’t find it on the keyboard when asked to press it immediately after having said and pressed it.

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Wealth hoarding and exploitation

Gambling destroys lives. Making gambling illegal may be controversial, but I can’t see any reason to allow gambling ads.

If you want to gamble, then it’s your own life to ruin. If you advertise gambling, then you are ruining other people’s lives.

Ban gambling ads.

Multiple independent braking systems and adequate maintenance.

A single failure may cause the escalator to stop working, but it takes 3 failures in a row to make it catastrophic. Regular maintenance catches this failures before 3 in a row can occur.

If any of the stairs are damaged and cannot stay attached correctly, there is a chance of falling into the machinery below, which will not stop just because a human is in the way.

If the failure is in the braking system, it can quickly turn into rapidly moving stairs, which can be very lethal.
Most escalators have multiple independent braking systems so that this doesn’t happen, but some poorly maintained escalators have been discovered with 2 or even all 3 systems disabled.

Not too many people will tell you about the time they got coronavirus and died.

Physics Girl has another story though.

Yeah, tell that wall to get out of your way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_and_naval_vessel_urban_legend#Example

Demonstration of the effect

https://xkcd.com/2948/

https://xkcd.com/3214/

Not a complaint. It does look similar to the Progress Pride flag.

I’ve had issues with printers and printer drivers until I got a brother laser printer. It seems to just work all the time.

I had a first generation Nissan Leaf. Only the most dedicated EV enthusiasts would have one. Every person with one (that I met) was excited to chat about it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=do+a+barrel+roll

I did not say that, and I did not imply it either. I was telling you what you can do to improve your interactions with this community and it’s mods.

I was given moderator privileges a few hours ago. I have not yet seen those comments, and had nothing to do with them.

I suggest taking some time away from this to clear your head before making further comments. It’s hard to argue in good faith while angry.

I’m always happy to listen to feedback, and change my behaviour when I’m wrong.

I will not be removing comments just because they have been reported, or just because I disagree with them. I will only be removing comments that explicitly break the rules as listed on the sidebar. You are welcome to report any comment you believe should be removed. There is no penalty for incorrectly reporting something if it is done in good faith (i.e. don’t report everything just because I said no penalty).

While not explicitly against rule 1 (Be nice), I believe “zionist rats” could have been phrased as “zionists” or “zionist people” while still making the same point.

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