stringere
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- Comment on Peter Thiel Just Accidentally Made a Chilling Admission. Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming. 23 minutes ago:
You’re right. The link below is not the only place I’ve seen the quote cited, just the first I found in a hurry.
The host asked Thiel ‘You would prefer the human race to endure, right?’
Thiel hesitated, doing some umm-ing and ahh-ing, even at one point saying ‘I don’t know’.
The billionaire went on to clarify and said: “Yes [I would like us to endure] but I also would like us to radically solve these problems.
- Comment on Peter Thiel Just Accidentally Made a Chilling Admission. Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming. 25 minutes ago:
The host asked Thiel ‘You would prefer the human race to endure, right?’ Thiel hesitated, doing some umm-ing and ahh-ing, even at one point saying ‘I don’t know’. The billionaire went on to clarify and said: “Yes [I would like us to endure] but I also would like us to radically solve these problems.
- Comment on YSK De-banking is often how the US first declares you "homeless" 3 days ago:
It was slow and incremental. You can’t boil a frog by tossing it in a fryer.
- Comment on electrostatic spider flight 1 week ago:
You would probably find kirlian photography an interesting read.
- Comment on You'd need to calculate the compound interest 1 week ago:
Oops I did it again.
- Comment on The beginning of my Pinguicula on mosses project 1 week ago:
Thank you so much for the guide. I want to add plumbing and add aquaponic gardens to our freshwater aquariums.
It’s hard planning any big future projects since I don’t know when we’re going to have to flee the country.
- Comment on how did he do that? 2 weeks ago:
“Bless the Maker and His water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people. ” - Comment on The beginning of my Pinguicula on mosses project 2 weeks ago:
Thank you. I’d heard/read it before and forgot. Coulda googled but conversationally obtained information tends to stick better for me.
- Comment on The beginning of my Pinguicula on mosses project 2 weeks ago:
Super cool, look forward to seeing the moss spread.
Question: what is LECA?
I’ve been tending a volunteer moss garden in my yard for 1.5 years now. I haven’t brought it in for propagation but I do think about it from time to time. Mind sharing your propagation method?
- Comment on Scientists make game-changing breakthrough that could slash costs of solar panels: 'Has the potential to contribute to the energy transition' 2 weeks ago:
The only thing slowing down the transition from fossil fuels to renewables is the same impediment it has always been: oil money protecting itself.
- Comment on Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Guarantee Military Right to Repair Its Equipment 2 weeks ago:
The free part was an oversight they’re been working to remove.
- Comment on Can it take months to get over being laid off? 3 weeks ago:
Praise be the norman
- Comment on Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi 3 weeks ago:
The FCC hasn’t really punished anyone for not having a license other than those that are really bothersome/disruptive or are doing jamming. But like, if there’s civil unrest, the laws probably don’t matter anymore so you can just ignore the law.
Thanks for reminding me of this movie. :D en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume_(film)
- Comment on Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi 3 weeks ago:
Yes, Rafael suffered a 99-1 loss. Guessing he’s the 1, so a total loss.
- Comment on Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi 3 weeks ago:
Who’d have thought WWIV was so prescient as to when it would become re-relevant.
Time to dust off my SysOp skillset lol
- Comment on The bizarre, dismal page you see if you open YouTube without an account. 4 weeks ago:
Lovely
- Comment on Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’ 1 month ago:
Try Language Transfer. It’s a very different approach from rote memorization.
- Comment on Meta is now a defense contractor 1 month ago:
As another person replied, sounds like the Faro Plague from Horizon Zero Dawn.
- Comment on Meta is now a defense contractor 1 month ago:
That thing which runs Tesla seems like just the megalomaniac that would let that happen. I have a dark future prediction that he’ll repurpose the gigafactories for drone production. Unless something stops him I don’t see a future where one of his businesses isn’t rededicated to war manufacturing in some way.
Also: I felt thick as hell when I connected Faro and Pharoh.
- Comment on Guess I'm on the right track 😌 1 month ago:
The moniker Tankie is a reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre because of their minimalizing or outright denials regarding the incident.
- Comment on Meta is now a defense contractor 1 month ago:
Autonomous warplanes “that fly missions alongside human pilots”.
I’m sure they’ll keep the humams involved. No way they’re trying to build a drone army that won’t question orders.
It’s not hyperbole to say they’re working toward a terrestrial version of Equilibrium. At least, until they can build it in space.
- Comment on why does alcohol stop my back pain but medicine doesn't? 1 month ago:
GIBoard
You got me looking at these. Then I started looking around. Is there a reason to get one of the ~200 USD balance boards over a 20 USD wobble board? Other than durability, I guess.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 month ago:
Thanks for giving me inspiration to come back to it this weekend.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 month ago:
Drop Duchy 18.0 hrs last two weeks / 33.5 hrs on record
Deckbuilder, Tetris style-puzzle, and rogue-lite game. Gameplay is like Tetris but you get building cards which translate into tiles. When placed the tiles provide resources, armies, or somehow affect the tiles around them. Between rounds you can upgrade cards to improve or change their functions. There are achievement milestones which reward progression points that can be spent to unlock new cards, new decks, or otherwise provide boosts to make future runs more successful.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 months ago:
How was Magnolia? I loved Lillies.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 months ago:
Drop Duchy Roguelike Tetris/card/city builder. 13 hours in and it’s solid./L Description from the Steam page does a good job of explaining an unconventional roguelike.
Drop Duchy - Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
Webbed This deceptively simple metroidvania is based around using spiderwebs as the main mechanic for puzzle solving. You have two web modes: swinging or pulling yourself to a surface or creating persistent webs. The webs stay when you leave the current screen/room so when you spend time making yourself a ramp to get somewhere you don’t need to redo it again when you return to an area.
I also thought it was a cool touch that they made it accurate to nature in that the male spider is a riot of color and the female is grey/browns. I think they’re based on peacock spiders and the protagonist is the female.
- Comment on After saying negative reviews 'might just cause our death' and 'we've got a few months left in the oven', No Rest for the Wicked CEO claims he never said they were in 'immediate financial danger' 2 months ago:
I loved the Ori games and No Rest for the Wicked was shaping up to be a great game. Hoping my refund request to Steam wallet goes through; 67 hours played. I included in my refund request that I want to take that money and use it to support a studio that isn’t run by an asshole (but worded gooder).
- Comment on After saying negative reviews 'might just cause our death' and 'we've got a few months left in the oven', No Rest for the Wicked CEO claims he never said they were in 'immediate financial danger' 2 months ago:
Well that sucks. I was really liking this game but I’m not supporting trash people with my money. Sucks for the developers working there. Refund requested and review with reasoning posted.
I was unaware that Thomas Mahler was such a goon, bad boss, and puts out misleading press to bolster sales. I have requested a refund and will not be supporting anything he is involved in going forward.
After saying negative reviews ‘might just cause our death’ and ‘we’ve got a few months left in the oven’, No Rest for the Wicked CEO claims he never said they were in ‘immediate financial danger’ - pcgamer.com/…/after-saying-negative-reviews-might…
Ori Studio Head Says Review Bombing Might Force Studio Closure, Then Takes It All Back - kotaku.com/ori-moon-studios-no-rest-for-the-wicke…
Moon Studios Creative Director Thomas Mahler Criticizes Cancel Culture and Media Bias - noisypixel.net/thomas-mahler-cancel-culture-woke-…
Despite its beautiful Ori games, Moon Studios is called an ‘oppressive’ place to work - venturebeat.com/…/despite-its-beautiful-ori-games… Posted May 15.
- Comment on Stop Internet Searching and Start Asking on Fediverse? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Stop Internet Searching and Start Asking on Fediverse? 2 months ago:
Kagi search has a function to specifically search the fediverse.
