Samskara
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- Comment on Illegalism Community 10 hours 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 11 hours 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 2 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
It’s a common term for all stimulant users.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago:
The late 90s first VR wave was something to behold.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 5 weeks ago:
Yes, I loved it.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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] 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago:
How much of that is Chromebooks?
- Comment on Nintendo touts high employee retention rate after loss of Microsoft jobs rocks Xbox Game Studios 1 month ago:
Software for desktops sometimes have credits of the people who made it.
- Comment on Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy? 1 month ago:
SPRICH
- Comment on British Slander. :) 1 month 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. :) 1 month 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 1 month ago:
How observant and insightful of you.
- Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! 1 month ago:
There are fans that attach to the backs of phones. Of course they use electricity as well.
Clipping a sterling engine and a radiator to the back of a phone could be fun.
- Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! 1 month ago:
USB 1.0 barely got any traction. I have never seen a device in the wild.
USB 1.1 exploded in use and was fantastic compared to the mess before. It was fast enough for most file sizes at the time.
USB 2.0 is still very usable today.
- Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! 1 month ago:
There‘s wireless charging as well. Wifi and Bluetooth for data.
Smart watches usually only use wireless charging. So it shouldn’t be far off phones. Slow charging is a downside, but it’s still fast enough for an overnight charge.
- Comment on I meant to do that 1 month ago:
TRAFIK
- Comment on Misogyny is thriving in our schools. Why aren’t we doing more? 1 month ago:
The problem is lack of good male role models.
- Comment on Don't mess with me bro 1 month ago:
The whole esoteric space has a neo-nazi undercurrent.
- Comment on Switch 2 vs Steam Deck: the Cyberpunk 2077 face-off 1 month ago:
Ninth games have actual resale value. First party titles especially.