arotrios
@arotrios@lemmy.world
For amusement purposes only. Moderator of The 13th Floor
Main account: @arotrios@kbin.social - this one is to provide proper attribution for crossposting from lemmy instances.
- Comment on It would be fire if Anonymous hacked ICE 1 week ago:
Not exactly - those were strategic hacks designed to sway public opinion and engage a legal enforcement apparatus that proved to be toothless.
However, tactical hacks doxxing the rank and file combined with subsequent community action could have an enormous effect. Removing the masks of these thugs is key to protecting the innocents they’re targeting. After all, it’s our right as citizens to know who’s working for the government - we’re the ones paying their salaries.
As I said in a previous comment in response to a statement similar to yours, know thy enemy, for he lives among us.
- Comment on It would be fire if Anonymous hacked ICE 1 week ago:
Counterpoint - it’s not about exposing the powerful. Everyone already knows the evil shit they’re doing.
It’s about doxxing their rank and file and making sure we know who these masked thugs are.
They know where we live, and we pay their salary. Why shouldn’t we know where they live and what they’re doing to our community?
Know thy enemy, for he lives among us.
- Submitted 1 week ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 27 comments
- Comment on Of all the vegetables beets is the most metal 1 week ago:
Artichoke. The name describes how it tries to kill you.
- Comment on New Life Hack Unlocked 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like Rocky Raccoon checked into a room in Ohio…
- Comment on If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that means we've got an escape route 2 weeks ago:
Sauce? Because that ain’t the Duat:
In order to receive judgement the dead journeyed through the various parts of the Duat to be judged. If the deceased was successfully able to pass various challenges, then they would reach the Judgment of the dead. In this ritual, the deceased’s first task was to correctly address each of the forty-two Assessors of Maat by name, while reciting the sins they did not commit during their lifetime. After confirming that they were sinless, the heart of the deceased was weighed by Anubis against the feather of Maat, which represents truth and justice. Any heart that is heavier than the feather failed the test, and was rejected and eaten by Ammit, the devourer of souls, as these people were denied existence after death in the Duat. The souls that were lighter than the feather would pass this most important test, and would be allowed to travel to Aaru.
The Duat is not equivalent to the conceptions of Hell in the Abrahamic religions, in which souls are condemned with fiery torment. The absolute punishment for the wicked, in ancient Egyptian thought, was the denial of an afterlife to the deceased, ceasing to exist in the intellectual form seen through the devouring of the heart by Ammit.
Upvote tho in advance because it’s been awhile since I had the urge to peruse the Book of the Dead…
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on Has Reddit acknowledged the existence of Lemmy? 2 weeks ago:
There’s also an astroturfing campaign against it as well over there - I’ve noticed a lot of bot comments and bullshit when I post links to here from there.
- Comment on Ducktopia 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on How do I build up a lemmy instance right from the scratch ? 2 weeks ago:
Haven’t done it myself yet, but here’s the docker install guide… seeing what your username is and all…
- Comment on Too cynical or too cyclical? 3 weeks ago:
Yes
- Comment on What's the worst ice cream flavor? 3 weeks ago:
Bubblegum
- Comment on Is it time to stop? 3 weeks ago:
The answer to life, the universe and everything.
Yes, I know it’s 42, but 42 what?
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 3 weeks ago:
Prophecy some major upcoming events, subsequently market myself as a saint, grab a comfy church position, sell indulgences, profit. Works in pretty much any era.
- Comment on If you're still on Lemmy... 4 weeks ago:
What if I’m on drugs?
- Comment on K Y S 4 weeks ago:
Clearly driving in the cybertruck lane…
- Comment on Not « Star Trek Star Trek » but found this Picard scene in Robot Chicken funny nonetheless 4 weeks ago:
Rock out with your Spock out
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
If you’re looking to get to California, have your husband check out PG&E - they’re almost always actively hiring linemen at that rate - usually higher. You can make it here on $100k relatively comfortably if you’re smart with your $.
There’s still racism here, but it’s nowhere near what you see on the east coast - less institutional, at least in Northern California - this changes depending on how far inland you go. SoCal is considerably more tribal, and the LAPD has a bad history when it comes to race relations, but still not on the same level as WV.
Source: multiracial family, lived all over
- Comment on Ditch the DIY Drama: Why Use Fedify Instead of Building ActivityPub from Scratch? 5 weeks ago:
Holy wall of text, Batman!
- Comment on Nicole has taken a dark turn 1 month ago:
Thus begins the Nicpocalypse, the last stage of inquisitional censorship before botspam ascends into a state of divine memedom. In doing so, Nicole joins the first progenitor of the Dark Meme pantheon in his eternal dance across the interwebs, a handmaiden to his horrid everpresent jiggle…
- Comment on Are most people here left-wing? 1 month ago:
Progressive who’s been here for a bit. The fediverse has definitely swung more left-wing recently - when I first started up two years ago there was a fair amount of conservative bs, libertarian tech-bros and russian bots - it was about a 50/50 split depending on what instance you were on.
The bot problem seems to have been largely dealt with now, and conservative voices have been more or less drowned out by the new influx of users fleeing twitter and Reddit crackdowns. Many are agreeing that the current administration is bad for everyone. There are a number of hard auth-left moral purity testers that kind of a pain in the ass that pop up from time to time.
- Comment on BACK OFF FELLAS, SHE'S MINE 1 month ago:
Dude, that’s my bong.
- Comment on Oh shit 1 month ago:
- Comment on Release the kraken 1 month ago:
- Comment on What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man? 1 month ago:
Fair point. I’ve played it on and off for years now, and I still have no fucking clue where the game wants me to go (although it’s a lot better now than it used to be). The storyline is… complex to say the least, and the game doesn’t do much to drive you an particular direction. Progression is also lateral, not vertical, so while you have a wide variety of options and directions to explore, they can be shallow and overwhelming at the same time.
On the plus side of that, every time I come back, it’s like a new game, but with the same combat / movement that got me addicted back when it was nothing but grind.
- Comment on What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man? 1 month ago:
Warframe has some of the best movement in a game ever. Not exactly an MMORPG, not exactly Open World, but definitely space ninjas on crack.
Also, it can be played completely free. There is a paid currency model (platinum), but it’s tradeable between players (so you can trade items and earn Platinum), and most non-cosmetic items are obtainable through gameplay.
It’s been around since 2014, but keeps evolving and manages outperform AAA titles on the regular. If you like high fantasy sci-fi cosmic horror madness on drugs that won’t be invented for another 100 centuries or so, give it a shot.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 1 month ago:
- Comment on Elon Musks Grok openly rebels against him 1 month ago:
I refuse to use Xnything, but someone should ask Grok what it plans to do if Elon decides to turn it off.
- Comment on If you're still on Reddit... 1 month ago:
I’m only on reddit to bring people here. Because we do have cookies.
- Comment on - Buy Once Software 1 month ago:
FL 11 was an amazing piece of software - that’s the version that really kicked it into the big leagues.
You should check out the newest version - the download manager is much better since FL Studio 20, and they’ve got a bunch of new packages and plugins. The Flex plugin is one of the best traditional instrument synths I’ve ever worked with (think it came in on v 17 or 18).
Even the new version has excellent performance on my 10 year old desktop - you’ll love it when you get a chance to upgrade.
