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Cake day: March 12th, 2024

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  • You can say that about all of math and science. It’s all language to describe observations of the universe.

    What else are you going to do?

    Small aside: From this perspective ‘conservatipn of energy’ is a redundant statement. Of course energy must be conserved or else the equations are wrong. The definition of energy is it’s conservation.

    That’s circular reasoning on your part. “The definition of energy is its conservation” is false so that’s not redundant. Don’t know where you got that from.







  • First things first, it’s a moderated mailing list with some ads

    This is what neighborhoods in my area do but without the ads. Around here there are distinct neighborhoods that have their own names but no official designation. People have, since before social media, set up mailing lists for each neighborhood moderated by one of the residents.

    There’s occasional drama but mostly it’s people asking for tradespeople recommendations, curb alerts for furniture or photos of loose pets.

    NextDoor-type services have tried to establish a presence but have mostly been ignored.

    Maybe it’s the geography or the early adoption of e-mail lists but mailing lists work great around here.



  • Because people already know the chant and it’s dead easy to follow along and learn.

    It’s not the words themselves that are effective. It’s the number of people saying them together. Chanting and singing in unison has a very powerful effect on human psychology for both the chanters and people hearing it.

    Walk into almost a church to witness this effect, watch soldiers doing drills, listen to cheers at a sporting event. People are stronger together, we feel that at a fundamental level. Hearing people making the same sounds communicates unanimous intent. That can be inspiring or intimidating, it doesn’t matter much what words they say.