sparky_gnome

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NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] sparky_gnome@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I think it's stupider than that. They have no idea how a handmade gun could be built without a 3d printer. They probably have zero clue what a 3d printer actually can and cannot do, and I'd bet most politicians have never seen one or bothered to understand it before regulating it. Their sole exposure is a few loud people who also do not understand anything about guns or 3d printers, and confuse that lack of understanding with definitive proof that it is evil and should be banned.

Found on the dark web in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] sparky_gnome@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

I know exactly why you never see UFOs. Turns out, humans are pretty good at identifying flying objects.

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New to America USA, how do you socialize and meet new people? (lemmy.world)
 

I recently moved to the USA, from the middle east. My English is pretty good, and I don't have a lot of trouble communicating with people at work or in stores. I also don't know anyone here at all, outside of work. All my family is still back in Gaza, and I've been here over a year now, and still feel cut off from American people and culture.

How do you make friends and socialize here? How do I learn more about America and Americans culture? I know a bit about history, but not much about anything else.
I don't drink or go to bars, for religious reasons. I have joined a couple of clubs based on hobbies, but still feel disconnected. I'm not sure how you socialize or meet new people here, in my family everyone came around your house all the times of the day, and here it seems like neighbors just stick to themselves. I don't want to bug people or anoy them if that is not the customs here.

Also, what are your favorite parts of American culture and history? So far I have enjoyed Nascar and monster trucks very much, and studying mathematics.

A drunk person wandering outside will always find their way back but a drunk bird probably won't. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] sparky_gnome@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think that changes it actually. Even if the drunk guy lives on a floor that's high up, he didn't fly to get there, so there is some combo of random walking and moving that gets him back there. Like walking into an elevator that happens to be on the ground floor, and also happens to be going up to the right floor at that time. Or walking to the base of a staircase, and (50/50) randomly going up it. It definitely isn't technically a 2d plane anymore, but there are still a finite number of 2d planes that he could be trying to get to ( the highest floor on the building with the most floors).