damion

@thatsdamion
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Reformed psytrance DJ. Born England, now Melbourne. Renewables, plants, ethics, old movies, Grateful Dead, parenting. Views my own, profile photo reassuringly over a decade old

Do you have trouble communicating metric sizes to Americans?

If so, I have you covered!

I wrote this simple app where you type in a size (e.g. 1.2 meters) and it will output more useful units, e.g. "It is almost exactly the length of 7 medium-size bananas"

https://marquisdegeek.github.io/us_ruler/

Dear United States... please learn the metric system...

"Organic Landlord Meat"
Pasteup spotted in Brunswick, Victoria
Added new video to 1990-10-24 https://jerrybase.com/events/19901024-01
1990-10-24

1990-10-24 Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Jerrybase
😆 🏈 #Swiftiebowl
Don't forget the true meaning of Christmas, which is figuring out which of your neighbours are away so you can stealth ninja your extra recycling into their bins.

I hope everyone takes some time out of their day to sign this joint letter telling the Australian Government & eSafety commissioner that they have a duty to protect the privacy and security of all Internet users.

https://www.globalencryption.org/2023/12/take-action-sign-the-joint-letter-in-response-to-australian-esafety-proposed-industry-standards-2/

Take Action: Sign the joint letter in response to Australian eSafety proposed industry standards – Global Encryption Coalition

The Australian government is currently considering draft online safety standards that threaten to undermine the use of end-to-end encryption, putting security and privacy of Internet users at greater risk. The eSafety Commissioner has proposed two draft industry standards under the Online Safety Act. Both draft standards include a range of proactive detection obligations on digital […]

Global Encryption Coalition
"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand." - Bertrand Russell #quote
I knew the Dunning-Kruger effect wasn't valid, but thanks to this post I finally understand why: "The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Autocorrelation"
https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Autocorrelation – Economics from the Top Down

Do unskilled people actually underestimate their incompetence?

Economics from the Top Down