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- Comment on Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I agree Linux is actually just a really solid OS
- Comment on Selfhosted alternative to google keep/onenote/evernote/goodnotes? 3 weeks ago:
Nextcloud is a really good all-in-one solution for self hosting data
- Comment on #notaseagull 3 weeks ago:
Killer whale is orca which is a predatory whale.
- Comment on How do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality. 1 month ago:
I would believe it if someone told me that an individual rod or cone in the eye was 24fps but they’re most likely not synched up
- Comment on Y tho 1 month ago:
Whaaaaa, that’s crazy! Thanks for the explanation
- Comment on Y tho 1 month ago:
I don’t get it
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
You don’t hate linux, you hate the community. Linux is just a piece of software
- Comment on Raise Wages? No Need — McDonald’s Is Hiring Inmates Instead 1 month ago:
I want to take up his point. It’s much more like medieval serfdom than slavery. Such as:
- Shit salary instead of no salary.
- Can’t me sold.
- Has rights (more than a slave, less than a free man)
Although serfs were bound to the land unlike US prisoners where they can be transferred from location to location.
- Comment on The mark 1 month ago:
Born in 90’s freckle confirmed
- Comment on Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, Inc. 1 month ago:
Yeah, they should absolutely argue that storing things, alive or not, in capsules has been used in numerous movies and shows and that the patent is invalid. Big corporations make tons of patents all the time just in case and then see if they hold up in court later, such as Nintendo with their pokeballs in this case. They still don’t know whether Palworld is an infringement or not
- Comment on Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, Inc. 1 month ago:
Nintendo is making a case that the use of capsules to capture and carry creatures is their IP.
- Comment on Wales 20mph: Calls made for 1,500 roads to revert to 30mph 2 months ago:
Fix: Calls made for 1500 streets to revert to 30mph.
Roads are for cars, streets are for people.
- Comment on All things serve the beam. 2 months ago:
This picture is not accurate. The world should be flat on top of the turtle.
- Comment on Crossover we've been waiting for.. 2 months ago:
I feel like the show is pretty transparent about it not being realistic in it’s problem solving. It focus a lot on acceptance of another person’s traits as a solution to differences.
Avatar is better and more fleshed out but Steven Universe is also really good. One of the best aspects of the show is that the world slowly becomes more complex and nuanced because Steven is actually growing up and as a viewer you’re being shown it from his eyes.
This show was very relaxing and after watching it I just felt nice. It wasn’t as good, exciting or developed as avatar but I still felt that after I had enjoyed my time more.
Lovely show
- Comment on Jesus could have been an antique meme à la Chuck Norris that got waaaay out of hand 2 months ago:
This is what happens over time with people remembering history that they start to attribute a lot to a single person. More recent example of this is George Washington which is given more credit that he deserves for creating the US.
- Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that? 2 months ago:
Exactly, state elections with referendums on voting reform are absolutely crucial to move the needle.
There’s a major thing happening right now in the US where states are agreeing to pledge their vote to the winner of the popular vote as soon as the pledged electors get past 270 which is a big win in my opinion. It’s still doesn’t help with the two parties situation but any democratic improvement is a win.
- Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that? 2 months ago:
Yeah, Democrats are way better at making legislation that benefits an average person. They’re also respect the parliamentary conventions and the democratic process.
- Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that? 2 months ago:
The US is incredibly bad at reining in capitalism. It also only has two parties that are both heavily influenced by lobbyists.
To fix it, not sure, calling politicians and showing up to stuff will help but it’s always going to be an uphill battle. Anyway, just vote, if you get the option to choose then vote for a third party as long as you’re not in a swing state.
The real solution is still voting reform to get more diverse opinion so if that’s on the ballot vote for it and try to get other people to do the same. The UK missed a major opportunity for voter reform.
This can happen over a couple of generations by removing winner take all representatives for a state and cause a hung parliament. Coalition talks will then be more likely to include concessions on the two state systems to get a governing coalition.
You can look at the UK as being the same only one generation ahead if things go well.
- Comment on que 2 months ago:
I think gumbo would be spelled as either “كمبو” or “غمبو” instead of the “ج” with the sound “sha” or “dya” depending on dialect.
- Comment on How do people in this day in age become nazis/neonazies sexist or even incels when there is so much knowledge against it? Do they get anything out of being that way? 2 months ago:
If you want something to be true and feel as if it’s true then you’re likely to believe it’s true.
Facts usually don’t change people’s mind and might make them defensive about their views because if they’re wrong it will hurt them personally in the ego and self esteem.
I can fully see how something like feeling superior can fit into that. This includes others being inferior as a corollary.
Then you mix in anger. You are angry and stressed about the current situation and then somebody that speaks well and is smarter than you in your opinion says “blame immigrants”.
This fits in the world view.
Then you can go online and see other people and they say “Nazis didn’t have this problem because they fixed it”. So you in your newfound and knowledge go out and tell people unapologetically and if anybody inferior, that makes you angry, says anything bad things can happen.
There’s a path to become a Nazi. I think people don’t intend to be bad, they care about people, Nazis don’t think everyone should count as people. It’s societal cancer.
- Comment on How the fuck do you meet new people? 2 months ago:
That’s the beauty of it, you don’t have to interact with anyone and if you want to become anonymous again just pick another hobby. However, if you get interested and don’t want to quit the hobby you already have stuff to discuss that you’re interested in.
- Comment on How the fuck do you meet new people? 2 months ago:
Pick any hobby that have group classes and show up consistently. Can be exercise, pottery or whatever. Regulars notice each other and you’ll be in the “regular” category very fast.
Then go for a beer on Fridays or after practice or whatever and then take it from there.
- Comment on Peak Fantasy 2 months ago:
Yeah, it’s pretty obvious when you think about it.
You have all the continents on the one side and ocean on the other so there has to be some sort of counterweight to make sure everything doesn’t start slipping and falling off. Sure the four elephants provide a stable base on top of Arduin but you if you completely stock a plate on top of a glass only on one side it’s going to fall off even though the plate is full of soup.
For any doubters they should feel free to take a ship to the edge of the world and take a peek at the irrefutable evidence filling up your entire view before your eyes. Your could argue that the world is multidimensional since some people are known to travel the mysterious L space but it hasn’t been proven yet. Until then you can be sure that most evidence point to the obvious fact that the world sits on top of four elephants on top of the great turtle floating through space.
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 2 months ago:
Because it’s just good. It’s like a modern indie game with big bucks software company money. They got top notch crew for everything and managed to make combat not feel like a chore in a JRPG with great music and story.
I mean, it’s hard not to like it. Recommend SNES version btw, modern versions are not as nice.
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 2 months ago:
Do you recommend Below Zero? I loved subnautica so much but I generally think buying another game instead of an expansion is usually a better deal.
Absolutely magical game
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 2 months ago:
Just finish the factory maaaaan
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 2 months ago:
Return to the Obra Dinn
- Comment on How is Lemmy better than Reddit? 2 months ago:
It’s more Linux memes for me.
- Comment on I'm at a loss on what server to buy 3 months ago:
I bought a used desktop with 4 SATA ports. Has i5 7th gen and currently 5 TB and an 500GB SSD and has max ram of 64GB. I guess the HDD are not included in the price?
I’m not sure what your software requirements are but if you go the DIY route a desktop works. I made the BIOS auto turn on on power restored and have services start on startup so it gives the server feeling.
Bonus is that you can use it as a gaming server and upgrade the components easily for a while depending on the motherboard.
- Comment on Bird law is not governed by reason 3 months ago:
He’s going for a flight
