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  • You also avoided my other question: at what point exactly do you accept your care being reduced to "ok die already grandad"?

    I'm not surprised though. People like you are all "oh lots of people need to die because this isn't sustainable" followed quickly by "what me? no I mean other people".

  • We don't need fewer people, we need more political will and less political won't. There are more than enough resources to feed and clothe mankind and we now have an extremely effective global delivery system in place, so there is no excuse for not ending global poverty.

  • Profit!

  • Decimals are usually spelt out a digit at a time. 3.14159 would be three point one four one five nine, not three point fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty nine. 37.32 would be thirty-seven point three two. If it's not a decimal but something like a version string then you could say v3.14 is version three point fourteen, and three point one four might be confused with 3.1.4 even though you didn't say the second point. IP addresses are a bit mixed; I'd say ten ten, but also one nine two dot one six eight.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    letsgo @lemm.ee

    What's with "checks notes" everywhere?

    Why do people keep adding this to their comments? Are they checking notes? Why do they feel the need to point it out if they are? Why are they saying they are if they aren't? It's like me adding "scratching head" to my comment, which I just did, but I have no idea why that adds anything to the conversation.

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    letsgo @lemm.ee

    What kind of cupping bowls should I use?

    After taking part in James Hoffmann's decaf tasting project I'd like to have another go to see if I get better results. Also I've recently got a fancy temperature controlled kettle and I'd like to perform some side by side testing of the same bean at different temperatures. I've already found one bean that tastes better at 85°C than 96°C.

    So I'd like to get some cupping bowls, and it appears there are two main kinds: ceramic and HDPE. The sellers of HDPE claim it's better than ceramic, but I'd like to know if that's really the case or if it's just self-serving marketing guff.

    Just wondering what others use and if there is a preference either way. I'll be tasting at home on the kitchen table so I don't need them to be particularly indestructible. And as per procedure they'll be spending some time cooling off so "heat retention" isn't really that important (I think).

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    letsgo @lemm.ee

    How are slavery reparations fair?

    This relates to the BBC article [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66596790] which states "the UK should pay $24tn (£18.8tn) for its slavery involvement in 14 countries".

    The UK abolished slavery in 1833. That's 190 years ago. So nobody alive today has a slave, and nobody alive today was a slave.

    Dividing £18tn by the number of UK taxpayers (31.6m) gives £569 each. Why do I, who have never owned a slave, have to give £569 to someone who similarly is not a slave?

    When I've paid my £569 is that the end of the matter forever or will it just open the floodgates of other similar claims?

    Isn't this just a country that isn't doing too well, looking at the UK doing reasonably well (cost of living crisis excluded of course), and saying "oh there's this historical thing that affects nobody alive today but you still have to give us trillions of Sterling"?

    Shouldn't payment of reparations be limited to those who still benefit from the slave trade today, and paid to those who still suffer