absentbird
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- Comment on Can't figure it out.d Been staring at this picture for an hour and have no idea what it means 5 days ago:
Jinx confirmed
- Comment on Your childhood smells 2 weeks ago:
Yes! I remember those.
- Comment on Your childhood smells 2 weeks ago:
What’s the last one, the red tape with black dots? I don’t remember that.
- Comment on RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices 2 weeks ago:
It’s sweet how much effort you’re putting into it. When I was a kid I built my first computer one piece at a time with money I saved from mowing lawns, there’s something so satisfying about earning a computer through dozens of shrewd bargains and months of dedicated labor. It’s all worth it in the end, you’ve got this!
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 4 weeks ago:
No, any recommendations?
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 4 weeks ago:
Absolutely. The original Deus Ex is pretty excellent too. And the turn based Shadowrun games. It’d be cool if 2077 was better though.
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 4 weeks ago:
I finally have a computer that can run Cyberpunk 2077, but it is such a dull game.
- Comment on They even do Price Discrimination on video games now 5 weeks ago:
So instead of taxing the rich we just let corporations scam extra money off them? Thanks I hate it.
- Comment on Who was your first childhood videogame crush? 1 month ago:
That game is a hidden gem. So many dope story beats.
- Comment on ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media 1 month ago:
El Salvador is literally running a death camp, they don’t plan to ever release the prisoners. They just keep them alive for free labor and to avoid the stigma of running a Holocaust; but Germany was the same at first, they only ramped up the death at the end of the war.
- Comment on Fictional 1 month ago:
Just use meters and round up to 300 million m/s for the speed of light.
- Comment on got this ad and uh 1 month ago:
The south was actually more accepting of Jews than the north at the time (as long as they had the right complexion). Thousands served in the confederate army, many holding high rank.
- Comment on I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider 1 month ago:
VLC definitely has evangelists, they have just become the dominant culture so you don’t really notice it. They don’t have an advertising budget, it got popular through word of mouth.
I think Linux enthusiasts appear more evangelical because of the deep entrenchment of Windows; you are the push back and debate, whereas with VLC you just see people recommending it and people being grateful for the recommendation.
- Comment on Sunlight special 1 month ago:
The lack of beans and black pudding is especially egregious. If England is giving up on free speech they could at least go after these faux english breakfast frauds.
- Comment on I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time 1 month ago:
Copper and lodestone were some of the first materials refined from ores. You can also create a permanent magnet by getting a piece of iron struck by lightning.
Once you have copper and a magnet you can use the electricity to make additional magnets out of iron.
It’s also possible to make a magnet with a compass, a piece of iron, and a striking hammer:
position the metal facing north, strike the southern end repeatedly
- Comment on When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I’m not sure I get it, but I like the picture.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
What tragic news. I wish her the best. I wish our country didn’t make people beg for healthcare.
- Comment on In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day. 2 months ago:
Well metropolis isn’t exactly NYC, and he doesn’t stop every incident. Mostly he is shown focusing on the major disasters, mundane incidents in close proximity, and on protecting a short list of people he looks out for.
Also he moves insanely fast, like he can canonically travel faster than light. So being able to stop even a hundred car accidents could be accomplished in a series of short bursts throughout his day.
- Comment on Altered World Event 2 months ago:
I just watched it last year, really solid show, I wish I’d seen it years ago.
- Comment on Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag 2 months ago:
He’s old enough to be her dad. Of course she seems like a child from his perspective, if he has a child they’re likely about her age.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
Improved based on feedback.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
Who?
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
It’s for the internet. Nato’s alphabet is so English-focused, and it sounds so militaristic now. This is for the nerds and weirdos of the world.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
That’s awesome!
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
Oh, thanks. My bad.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
Igor Dorothy Kermit
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 2 months ago:
Yeah, I really racked my brain on that one. There is a superhero named Xray, but it isn’t a satisfying option. Xavier is actually really good, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that, professor X, easy to remember.
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