Samskara
@Samskara@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate 2 days ago:
The low orbit means they have more drag from the atmosphere. So to stay in orbit, the satellites need to spend fuel. That fuel runs out after a couple of years.
- Comment on At 1% 2 days ago:
VGA was still very common around 20 years ago.
- Comment on Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” 2 weeks ago:
Nazi Germany had a bad geographical location. Strong powers to the east and west, including the UK as unsinkable aircraft carrier and staging ground for invasion. The USA has none of these issues. It’s surrounded by big oceans and militarily weak neighbors. A naval invasion of the USA is basically impossible.
The USA can do whatever they want in all countries in the Americas. Not even a worldwide coalition could stop that.
The USA could invade and annex Mexico and Canada quite easily.
The USA can also afford to intervene military across the globe, get stuck in a quagmire for years, and it doesn’t endanger their control over their own country.
- Comment on How do you get over a really good manga or webcomic you've read that you want to read more of but you've caught up with all the current updates? 2 weeks ago:
Touch grass
- Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. 2 weeks ago:
HDMI capture will always work.
- Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. 2 weeks ago:
Jolla with sailfish is the best. commerce.jolla.com/…/jolla-community-phone
- Comment on Recommendations for a noob plz? 2 weeks ago:
Planetes
- Comment on Illegalism Community 5 weeks ago:
give teens beer
No
- Comment on Japan Just Switched on Asia’s First Osmotic Power Plant, Which Runs 24/7 on Nothing But Fresh Water and Seawater 5 weeks ago:
The article refers to treated wastewater being used, not fresh water.
- Comment on Social media ads passing as posts: How advertising slips into Instagram 1 month ago:
Instagram is a full on ad platform and has been for a long time.
- Comment on The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made 2 months ago:
Disco Elysium is not a fantasy themed monster slaying adventure game. It’s a detective game of narrative psychological exploration that uses RPG mechanics.
- Comment on The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made 2 months ago:
Yes, I successfully fought him as well. It held to think about fascism, be strong, and drunk.
- Comment on The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made 2 months ago:
It’s about the exploring the story, the mind of your character, and lots of political and philosophical themes. The deep psychological exploration of the human condition is absolutely unique and fascinating.
Maybe you’re too young or otherwise not ready to engage with these themes.
- Comment on True Motivation 2 months ago:
It’s a common term for all stimulant users.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Half of Jews live in Israel. 80% of Jews worldwide are Zionists, if not more.
Among the anti-Zionists the words settlers, occupation, Zionist have different definitions. The most extreme use these words to appeal to moderates, who then think they are in agreement.
When Hamas speaks about settlers and occupation they mean all of Israel and all Jews living there. The naive western activist doesn’t understand that though and erroneously thinks it’s about the West Bank only. The idea of killing or pushing out the Jews/settlers/Zionists, which are used interchangeably in Arabic, and taking back their ancestors houses they still have the key to, is mainstream among Palestinians.
A similar thing happens when Jew is replaced with Zionist by extremists. Suddenly it become far more palatable even though most Jews are Zionists, as in believe Israel should exist. Antisemites love this little trick. The use of the word Zionist has moved the meaning a lot. It’s now closer to just mean evil Jew. Which is exactly how far right antisemites have used this word for decades in terms like ZOG.
Hamas also routinely uses the following argument: there are no Israeli civilians because they all serve in the IDF.
I agree that soldiers who have committed war crimes and politicians who ordered crimes against humanity should be brought to justice.
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Drops Official First Look Teaser Trailer 2 months ago:
Looks decent enough. It will be attacked and this might also affect its success is the lack of a white blonde blue eyed European character.
Perceived ethnic/race breakdown:
- Caleb Mir: Human, light brown could pass for Arab, Pakistani, or mulatto
- Jay-Den Krag: Klingon, cliché dreadlocks wearing black with a very human first name
- Sam: Kasquian but looks human, black or mixed, big eyebrows
- Darem Reymi: Khionian but looks human, looks Arab or Mediterranean
- Genesis Lythe: Dar-Sha, looks human with wrinkly eyebrows, looks east Asian or mixed
All of them have dark black hair and dark brown eyes.
Granted the captain chancellor of the school is a white and blond lady.
This casting makes it easy to attack as woke and might limit its audience. Discovery always had Stamets and even redhair representation with Tilly.
A show about a military-esque academy with the values duty, honor, service should naturally appeal to conservatives. If that audience can get over the casting.
Three men, two women is a good balance. They refrained from having a token trans, genderqueer, or non-binary character, which is a good idea. Discovery didn’t handle theirs very well I think.
A character I would have loved here is an alien character that looks androgynous or female with pale skin, blue eyes, white or red hair. A platinum blonde blue eyed Vulcan ice queen would be cool to see as well.
It’s a school drama show. So there will be rival groups and cliques, which could have different ethnic compositions, ideological outlook, or style. Lots of potential there.
Overall the positive optimistic outlook of building a better future together is sorely needed at the moment. I deeply hope it can appeal across the political spectrum.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 2 months ago:
The late 90s first VR wave was something to behold.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 2 months ago:
Yes, I loved it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
80 % of Jews are Zionists.
Most anti-Zionists consider all Jews in Israel to be settlers. So you end up with half the Jews in camps.
- Comment on As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes 2 months ago:
Music discovery is the greatest feature besides having most music available without having to rip it first. Shared playlists are fantastic as well. The platforms automatically recommend music for you, can play music similar to one song you like, and so on.
How do you share a curated playlist of songs with someone else without something like Spotify?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
You are advocating for putting more than 80% of Jews in camps.
- Comment on The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia 2 months ago:
Swiss direct democracy is a better example than Soviet system.
- Comment on The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia 2 months ago:
Surveillance capitalism knows more about you than government agencies.
- Comment on The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia 2 months ago:
You should be able to enjoy a concert without being put on display.
I don’t want my picture taken when I’m high as fuck and make out with strangers while partying.
- Comment on According to one source Linux hits over 6% desktop user share 2 months ago:
How much of that is Chromebooks?
- Comment on Nintendo touts high employee retention rate after loss of Microsoft jobs rocks Xbox Game Studios 2 months ago:
Software for desktops sometimes have credits of the people who made it.
- Comment on Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy? 2 months ago:
SPRICH
- Comment on British Slander. :) 2 months ago:
Yes, times were so much better when the Ottoman Empire ruled and oppressed the Middle East and beyond. Truly an empire of peace.
The Mughals were also welcomed in India as friendly visitors, as we all know.
- Comment on British Slander. :) 2 months ago:
As we all know wars, conflicts, conquest, exploitation, and oppression were totally unknown to the rest of the world before Europeans exported them worldwide. Coincidentally Europeans also removed all supplies of agency from the rest of humanity and hoarded it in the imperial core.
- Comment on Grok's Hate Speech Meltdown Exposes AI's Hidden Bias Crisis 2 months ago:
How observant and insightful of you.