Mohamed

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[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Sadly, probably true. But my idea is also that making it only decidable by the Supreme Court means it will take a long, long time to revoke someone's citizenship.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think that revoking a citizen's citizenship should only be decidable by the supreme court, and there needs to be a new trial for every single time the DOJ tries to revoke the citizenship of a citizen.

I think that because that means every triaé must be taken very seriously, and there cannot be summary revocations.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago

That's called a subpeona, Mr. Trump.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I think it is more specifically electric planes as large as commercial airline passenger planes are impossible. It has a lot to do with battery mass to energy content ratio. Kerosine is about 46.4 MJ (megajoules) per kilogram. Lithium-air batteries, for example, only have about 6.12 MJ/kg.

So, that means you need 7 times as much battery (in mass) to have the same energy content of kerosine fuel. Naively, we can maybe say that means electric planes only have 1/6 of the range of an equivalent kerosine plane.[^]

Interestingly, lithium-air batteries theoretically have the largest possible energy density for any battery at 40.1 MJ/kg.

^ The calculations are really basic and probably only slightly reflect reality (since there are many other important factors. For example, Hydrogen has a lot more energy per kilogram than kerosine, but because it is much less dense, it has much less energy per m^3 than kerosine. This has made hydrogen gas very impractical for either internal-combustion engines, or planes), but I think it gives an idea of what the problem is.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Passive or Active Ventilation. The idea is to encourage air to pass through the home, which helps with removing heat from inside. Passive Ventilation would be opening windows, using wind catchers, etc. This depends on the design of your home, among other things that you probably don't really have control over. Active ventilation is the same idea, but you use strategically placed fans to induce good airflow. For example, if you have two windows that are opposite to each other, you can place a fan at one window to intake air, and a fan at the other window as exhaust.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

It's stupid. Sure, one could argue that nationwide injunctions are overreach, but they are necessary to limit the otherwise unlimited executive order power. The real overreach that needs to be removed is the executive order power. Nationwide injunctions would not be as necessary if laws were actually created and voted on by congress.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is different though. Germany post WWI was doing poorly. USA, for now, is a strong bully. This more akin to sanctions on Russia, say.

I think.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Some do. I'm sure it is possible with terminal programs. In KDE, you do get authenticator pop-ups.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, the opposite is true. Israel is a big threat to Iran. Would Iran have been justified in bombing Israel first?

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think prisons have to be reformed in almost every country, including my own (Canada). Prison should fill one or both of these roles:

  1. Isolate criminals from society,
  2. Limit freedom as a deterrent for crime. Generally agree that imprisoned people should have the opportunity to rehabilitate.

My point that i want to make is that the punishment should not exceed simply limiting freedom. Prison should protect prisoners from violence. Prison should allow prisoners to live fulfilling lives while there in prison. Prison rape should not be a fact of life in prison. Prison should not dehumanise prisoners. Prison should guard all rights of prisoners (apart from freedom of movement). Prisoners can't be forced to do work or even follow a routine. Etc.

Unfortanutely, it seems things are so fucked up that not many have time to seriously fight for prisoner's rights (including me).

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I think the statistic of 3.5 is more of a symptom rather than the cause of a regime's fall. For 3.5% to protest means that:

  1. Anger has reached a high level in the general population (a lot lot higher than 3.5%),
  2. The state of affairs is dire enough and hopeless enough that the trust that the system can improve on its own is very very low.

Probably other reasons.

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