mrnoonan81
mrnoonan81 t1_jduzwnb wrote
Reply to Fractal Red Pepper by VerGuy
I'd argue this is not fractal.
mrnoonan81 t1_jdqp3bv wrote
mrnoonan81 t1_jaclpon wrote
Reply to comment by Painty_The_Pirate in The bearish arguments of 1907. Swap earthquake with covid and many of these points could be recycled today by CreepingFog
Not that it's you making the argument, but you can't make money illiquid.
mrnoonan81 t1_j9duhul wrote
Reply to comment by frolie0 in Amazon Corporate Workers Face Pay Reduction After Shares Slip by brooklynlad
I wasn't quite referring to their compensation strategy, but the "missionaries over mercenaries" mentality.
mrnoonan81 t1_j9dl4tw wrote
Reply to comment by Longjumping_Worry184 in Amazon Corporate Workers Face Pay Reduction After Shares Slip by brooklynlad
Did they never grow out of the dot-com startup mentality?
mrnoonan81 t1_j9cupix wrote
Reply to comment by brooklynlad in Amazon Corporate Workers Face Pay Reduction After Shares Slip by brooklynlad
> Our compensation model is intended to encourage employees to think like owners
How about the owners think of them as employees. If they were receiving competitive compensation before, that means the competition will now scoop them up.
mrnoonan81 t1_j8ufysd wrote
Reply to comment by yesmaybeyes in TIL cashews are actually seeds that grow hanging beneath cashew apples, which are pear-shaped edible fruits that belong to the cashew tree by Arena-1
Oh, they apple all the time if you let them!
mrnoonan81 t1_j5hq0mj wrote
Reply to comment by ofilosf in How do we know how old viruses are? by Darth_Fatass
I only speak English and I don't know anything about this, but if I did, I couldn't have explained it better myself.
mrnoonan81 t1_j47u0e5 wrote
Reply to TIL that fish skin is used as wound dressing for severe burn injuries, leading to fast and very effective healing. by firesparxx
Isn't tilapia a non-specific term for various types of fish?
mrnoonan81 t1_j3u6j16 wrote
Reply to Happy rather than sad music soothes newborns — findings suggest that newborns do react to emotions in music, and that responses to music are present at birth by marketrent
Does this suggest that there are universal interpretations of music? Isn't what is considered "happy" music different for different cultures?
mrnoonan81 t1_j258c81 wrote
Reply to TIL that an unknown 19th century Japanese artist painted a parody of the sacred scene of the Buddha's death that is commonly called the "Penis Paranirvana", in which the dying Buddha is replaced by a giant anthropomorphic penis being mourned by women and other penises. by JosephvonEichendorff
Peoples gotta people
mrnoonan81 t1_j22ab8r wrote
Reply to comment by anti-torque in SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year by upyoars
Why do you consider them light pollution?
mrnoonan81 t1_j1obhtd wrote
Reply to comment by Hughjarse in TIL while writing "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens was "taking night-time walks of 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) around London." to build out the story in his head. by SuperMcG
I'm regretting having to walk down the stairs tomorrow morning.
mrnoonan81 t1_ixkiz2t wrote
If you replace 1/12th of the cat every year for 12 years, is it still the same cat?
mrnoonan81 t1_ix34ot6 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark
"You know what our dumpsters are missing?..."
mrnoonan81 t1_iuie4go wrote
Reply to comment by Remarkable-Storm-738 in TIL that platypuses give off a biofluorescent green-blue glow under UV light and no one knows why... by Throwawayiea
Next were going to find the first 100,000 prime numbers encoded in it's DNA.
mrnoonan81 t1_iui6nep wrote
Reply to Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn by Lakerlion
This is supposed to be an effort to prevent children from viewing porn? As in - they want to verify viewers ages?! They should fuck off on that. It's absurd!
Posting content is where age verification becomes important!
mrnoonan81 t1_iufj5r3 wrote
Human excavated caves
mrnoonan81 t1_itroa1i wrote
Reply to TIL part of a Teletubbies episode was actually banned in some countries for supposedly being too scary. by thedubiousstylus
The lion reminded the kids too much of Uncle Merv playing unscheduled games of hide and seek.
mrnoonan81 t1_itmess5 wrote
Do all animals love pumpkins?
mrnoonan81 t1_isxpasq wrote
Reply to TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement. by Padgriffin
Security through obscurity is hardly security at all.
mrnoonan81 t1_isxow2w wrote
Reply to comment by foldingcouch in TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement. by Padgriffin
And "hoped" for the best.
mrnoonan81 t1_jdv0qtv wrote
Reply to TIL that method used to rob the banks in the movie The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) was the actual method "Friday Night Robber" Carl Gugasian successfully used for over thirty years. by Saint_Gut-Free
> on February 19, 1981, Gugasian shot responding police officer Sgt. Robert "Bo" McCallister, who passed away in 2019 from complications from the shooting injury.[4] Consequently, the death was ruled a homicide
TIL it can take up to 38 years to murder someone with a gun