Schmoo

@Schmoo@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh no my harvest is too bountiful⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Now go further back. Where does the latin word nucula come from?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just answer the question you fuckin' nerd⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Topology is one of those sciences that is hyper-niche to the point that it seems like it would have very limited scope, but when you take a closer look it’s actually studying something fundamental.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game would you erase from your memory, in order to experience it fresh once again?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the biggest predictor of whether people will vibe with Outer Wilds is how much natural curiosity they have and how self-motivated they are. Outer Wilds doesn’t push players towards any particular objective, it instead tries to give players questions so they go looking for answers. Of course a game that relies so heavily on intrinsic motivation isn’t going to be for everyone, but the thing that makes the game so difficult for some people to get into is the same thing that makes those who do get into it love it so much.

  Some non-spoilery advice if you decide to give it another shot:

  Use the ship log every loop and read what’s new. Look at the biggest cards in rumor mode and try to find them. There are several “secret” locations in the game that many of the hints point towards which contain information that puts the game’s mystery into perspective and gives players a sense of direction and purpose. In the playthroughs I’ve seen where they didn’t finish it was almost always because they played for a long time without finding any of the “big” secret locations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesus hates American "Christians"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also the origin of some anti-semitic tropes. After Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, Christians considered lending money with interest to be a sin, so they were forbidden from working related jobs. This resulted in Jews, who were forbidden from owning land and many other professions, taking up the role of merchants, money lenders, and tax collectors. In the Christian view of the time, they were doing the “dirty work” because they were immoral and sinful, and the nature of the work made them easy scapegoats for many of society’s ills. The reputation has followed Jews into modernity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My dad’s ringtone is a motorcycle engine revving at max volume, and he never silences it. He also just lets it ring when he doesn’t want to answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain that⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally after seeing it a couple times I can read it naturally, but I can see how that’s not the case for everyone. I think the fear of difference and assumption that it’s for attention are big reasons for the hate, but I have another theory as well. I think a lot of people use the threadiverse in a similar way to Tiktok, moving quickly from post to post and skimming comments mindlessly such that they get very annoyed when they come across something that breaks their flow. You’re interrupting their dopamine stream and that makes them cranky, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m no scientist but I think it would take an absurd and unrealistic amount of these to have any sort of noticeable effect on average wind speeds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨advertisement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am now cursed with the knowledge that this is possible. TIHI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain that⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  God forbid anyone do something a little different I guess. Reminds me of the way people used to treat kids who were into anime in my high school. They would use Japanese honorifics from time to time and were ruthlessly mocked and bullied for it. I wish humans weren’t like this, there’d be a little more joy and fun in the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain that⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You chose to be here, to read their comment, and to complain about it. You’re wasting your own time, and that’s not their fault. Have some self discipline and take responsibility for what you choose to do with your time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain that⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is it so annoying to you? I struggle to understand why people get so worked up about a simple letter swap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain that⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time I see you around you’re always getting dogpiled with downvotes and there’s always someone who replies just to complain about the thorn. What’s your take on why it seems to bother people so much? You seem to have attracted a following of virulent haters who for whatever reason feel personally affronted by your style choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kinesi Protein⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This animation isn’t just sped up, it’s also simplified. In reality they don’t take steady, purposeful steps. They spaz out with random vibrations (Brownian motion) until the “foot” clicks into place by random chance, then the other one releases and the process repeats. It’s like shaking a container filled with legos until they assemble themselves. The proteins are just shaped in such a way that “walking” is the most probable outcome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So we’re at the stage where AI generated images are completely indistinguishable from real ones so long as you add a bit of graininess to it. Lovely, wonder how long that’s been the case…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨👁️🐽👁️⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Our immune system is trained how to differentiate between what is supposed to be there and what isn’t only on things floating around in the blood. Certain parts of the human body - like the liquids inside our eyes - are permanently isolated from the bloodstream, and so our immune system will never have encountered anything like it. That’s why if it ever enters the bloodstream it can trigger an immune response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨👁️🐽👁️⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If our eyes can absorb oxygen from tears then they can certainly do so when submerged provided the water is sufficiently oxygenated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨monthly challenge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only reason it’s so jarring is the context has people parsing the whole list as language and they weren’t expecting to have to abruptly parse a mathematical expression.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creating dogs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My dog is very cat-like in that she enjoys her personal space. She also enjoys your personal space, and will abruptly invade it when she feels like, just don’t think that gives you permission to do the same to her lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some heroes don’t wear capes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re all criminals one way or another, some of us get away with it and others don’t. If I were a corrupt cop fishing for a reason to throw you in a cell I’d find one in short order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THIS is always the correct response⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did this after my first girlfriend broke up with me… in middle school. This is insecure adolescent boy behavior, anyone doing this kind of thing as an adult is maladjusted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The main character starts the game literally giving himself a traumatic brain injury by drowning himself in alcohol. It’s not really the kind of RPG where you can play a self-insert, the player character is an actual character with his own backstory. Not being able to make good choices because of the player character’s personal trauma and limitations is part of the story that the game is telling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Why didn’t you tell me?’: the Australian push to have all adopted people told their full history and identity⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t it be better to just make that information available on request? Make it known that they can retrieve that information at any time, but they don’t have to if they prefer not to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tailscale addressing concerns over potential enshittification of the platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  extracting rent

  That’s their right

  lemmy.ml

  Have I discovered a rare pro-capitalist user of lemmy.ml?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everybody talks about beliefs like they're this big important thing.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people are, it’s called antitheism. I confess when I was an edgy 16yo I was like that, but I had just left a religious cult so don’t judge me too harshly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] BBC cuts away during pro-Palestine musicians Kneecap. The followup act Bob Vylan invents a new chant on live TV⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if it were the case that they didn’t want to be there, “just following orders” is not an acceptable excuse for committing a genocide. The morally correct thing to do if you’re compelled to service in the IDF is to refuse and face the consequences, because they cannot be worse than the moral injury of being tasked with the murder of innocent children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a tragedeigh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think part of it is that a lot of straight people who are allies but not as familiar with the queer community feel strange about using the word queer, thinking that it’s a reclaimed slur that they wouldn’t be allowed to say if they aren’t themselves queer. They don’t realize that the queer community has collectively decided that no “pass” is needed for the word queer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hyperindividualism and car culture explains it all. Americans don’t trust each other (especially not their neighbors) and want to put as much distance between themselves as possible. We’re also mostly NIMBYs (Not In My Backyard) and have very strict zoning laws that prevent commercial and residential buildings from coexisting in the same area. This is great for the auto industry because it means you can’t do anything without driving, and they lobby the government to block any attempt to change things.

  Our suburbs are liminal spaces that more closely resemble purgatory than actual communities, which is why everyone who grew up in them is at least slightly insane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is a rural town in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a small town. We don’t call them villages, we call them towns for some reason.

  The word village implies community, and we don’t do that kinda thing in the states.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Take this quiz and see if you can tell the difference between Nazism and Zionism. I bet you can’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Another essential book in your library⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He was also a Nazi. Many such examples of Nazis being into weird pseudosciences, especially ones having to do with innate biological characteristics.