Hyperreality

Probably related to this:

https://kbin.social/m/lemmy@lemmy.ml/t/838038/We-seem-to-be-getting-attacked

L’enfer c’est les autres.

Also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis

A lot of psychology and psychiarty is not proper science. I’m not saying it doesn’t have value, but people should be sceptical. Of course, don’t go the other way and join scientology.

I think a lot of mental health problems are due to SLS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit_life_syndrome

If suspect that if we gave the mentally ill 2k and told them to go on a nice holiday, buy some healthy food, take care of their most urgent bills, many of them would be better off than after a mandatory hold in an underfunded mental health ward or a prescription of xanax from an overworked general practicioner.

High quality mental health care is probably far better, but that’s not what most people have access to.

Heard similarly bad stories from Scandinavia, of all places. If you’re vulnerable, it’s very easy to fall between the cracks, with doctors who abuse their power or make bad mistakes.

Also, the replication crisis really undermines psychology’s claims to scientific knowledge.

Of course, I’m not a scientologist, so I’m not going to claim that people shouldn’t go to see a mental health professional. Anti-depressants do work, therapy can and often does work, but as you say you really need to do your resaerch beforehand, and preferably have family or friends to defend your interests. Otherwise you’ll fall between the cracks just when you’re at your most vulnerable.

Same goes for elderly homes. Personally, I think I’ll kill myself before I ever get that far. If you don’t have family to check up on you, you’re quite likely to be neglected, exploited or abused.

When diplomacy fails, there’s only one alternative. Violence. Force must be applied without apology. It’s the Starfleet way.

Hush now. It will be over soon. The gas will make you sleep.

You should host the internet.

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which is very easy to find in punk rock and some variations, as well as rap.

When it comes to rap, it was far easier to find.

I’m not alone in noticing that a lot of mainstream(!!!) rap has become a minstrel show, glorifying capitalism, and racist stereotypes about black people.

It’s weird how drama free kbin seems to be. Perhaps because we’re still smaller

If AI does go rouge, is because it was either poorly designed, or we have failed as a species.

I don’t think AI is at risk of going communist any time soon.

It may go rogue though.

It also makes it ‘safe’ to discuss controversial topics, because it’s ‘only scifi’ (or horror/fantasy).

Allows creators and authors to fly under the radar with stuff that could potentially get you arrested, censored, cause controversy or end your career. Prime example, Tarkovski movies like Solaris or Stalker, which are full of religious metaphors, despite being released in the USSR.

Meh. I think of this (and similar sentiments in other religions) as the equivalent of an aknowledgement of the butterfly effect, unforseen circumstances and the reality that we as humans have little control over the world and can’t see into the future.

TLDR: maybe the baby needed to die.

Some of it is also the nature of the fediverse. For example, you’ll sometimes see people complaining about having to see the same story multiple times.

The exact same article will be posted on technology@lemmy.ml, technology@lemmy.world, technology@beehaw.org, etc. etc. Or you won’t get to see stories depending on which instance you’re using, because server A has chosen not to (no longer) federate with server B, which means you need an account with multiple networks to see the whole fediverse, despite the fediverse supposedly being interconnected.

That’s off-putting to many users, but I don’t know if there’s a way to change that easily, because these kinds of things are arguably part and parcel of the fediverse.

This is one of the things you quoted:

can only run silently in the electric-only mode, submerged. And because that’s off batteries, your submerged endurance is limited.

Also in the article:

So, unique to nukes, are a bunch of pumps, turbines, and reduction gears, which a diesel boat in battery mode doesn’t have at all.

Ie. a diesel sub is quiet in electric mode, potentially quieter than nuclear subs because in battery mode there aren’t turbines or pumps whining away, even though that is for a limited time.

Another example:

Stirling engine is particularly well suited for a submarine because the engine is nearly silent and can use the surrounding sea water as a heat sink to increase efficiency. Submerged endurance is dependent on the amount of liquid oxygen stored on-board and is described as “weeks”. The class is characterized by its low acoustic signatures, extreme shock resistance, and a competent combat system. … The class has many features that enhance stealth, helping it to remain undetected. All shipboard machinery is isolated and mounted on rubber dampeners to reduce vibrations and noises; a hydrodynamic hull design reduces noise, infrared signature, and active sonar response. Its magnetic signature is counteracted by 27 independent electromagnets, short circuiting extremely low frequency (ELF) electrical fields. Various hull coatings reduce active sonar response, and the mast is coated with radar-absorbent material. Combined with the near-silent operation of the Stirling generator and slow-turning propeller to prevent cavitation, the boats are very difficult to detect under water, especially in their normal area of operations, the Baltic Sea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland-class_submarine

The article goes on to say:

In 2005, HSwMS Gotland managed to snap several pictures of USS Ronald Reagan during a wargaming exercise in the Pacific Ocean, demonstrating that it was in a position to sink the aircraft carrier.[11] The exercise was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the US fleet against diesel-electric submarines, which some have noted as severely lacking.

TLDR: an advanced/modern diesel submarine is louder than a nuclear submarine in normal operation. Chugachugachugachuga. Then it goes into battery mode. It goes near silent, quieter than many nuclear submarines which still have turbines, pumps, etc. The diesel sub dissapears like a ghost. Torpedo away, too late.

And that’s a relatively old sub. The French sub I mentioned is something like a decade newer, with newer and better batteries.

I think the old ones are loud, but newer ones can be really quiet. IRC Sweden had one that did well in war games. Gotland class. France also has really modern ones.

Basically they chugachugachugachuga, then go into battery mode and dissappear off sonar. Range is low obviously. Batteries don’t last that long.

Don’t think the Russians have those though. Their navy has been a joke for over a century.

I do get it though. Most of us want Ukraine to win. We ignore the information that we don’t like. It’s human.

But it’s not helpful, especially when the reality sinks in that this war isn’t easy, and thousands of young men are dying.

Old diesel subs? Sure.

But back in 2005 a now thirty year old Gotland-class diesel sub embarassed the USS Reagan in war games.

Since then, plenty of countries have designed newer and better diesel subs, and battery tech has obviously improved.

If I’m not mistaken, that was a Gotland Class. Built in the early 90s, so over 30 years old.

France has at least one diesel submarine that’s decades more modern.