balthazarsnakewizard

joined 2 years ago
[–] balthazarsnakewizard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As I recall, he’s spent the last several years sanding down his whole personality as much as possible so as to become as inoffensive as possible so he can cast the widest possible net for an audience.

Yup. My friend is a high school teacher, and he did the same thing to his class - told them not to use Wikipedia, but that Wikipedia sources were fine, and the kids did actual research.

[–] balthazarsnakewizard@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Hardly a loophole - Wikipedia’s greatest strength is as an aggregator of reliable information, and using Wikipedia’s sources is how people SHOULD use it. They just taught you how to use it.

[–] balthazarsnakewizard@lemmy.world 116 points 2 years ago (11 children)

You’re not - it’s pretty explicitly the point. The technological arms race has gotten so advanced that everyone has devolved into fighting with knives.

[–] balthazarsnakewizard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Aren’t wind turbine blades fiberglass? Can fiberglass be printed?