Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)D

deranger

@ deranger @sh.itjust.works

Posts
12
Comments
1163
Joined
3 yr. ago

  • Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’

    Jump

  • The gamification of killing is nothing new, the highest honors a country can bestow are usually for killing other people. Even without handing out little achievement trinkets, the concept of gaining honor for slaughtering your enemies goes way back.

  • What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?

    Jump

  • DX:MD is one of the most fun stealth games, it’s just unfortunate they put vent shafts everywhere. Absolutely tragic what Square Enix did with the preorder bullshit.

  • What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?

    Jump

  • STALKER. The Zone is amazing. Currently replaying Call of Pripyat for my third or fourth time through, a year after playing the shit out of Heart of Chernobyl, and I’m absolutely loving it.

  • UN Says Trump’s ‘Unacceptable’ Boat Strikes Violate International Law

    Jump

  • Which global government enforces international law? Ah that’s right, there is none. Might as well say it violates galactic or universal law.

  • Republican plan would make deanonymization of census data trivial

    Jump

  • I’m not saying that they’re changing the census for the purposes of propaganda, but if the data happens to suit the narrative they’re pushing, they’re not just going to ignore the data they’ve already collected from their poorly run census.

    The first thing you said is “This makes census data useless”

    I don’t think that it does, even if it’s garbage data. If it fits their narrative, they will use it to support their propaganda. It’s already paid for, thus it’s basically free.

    "See, we've got the data" means nothing to propagandists.

    Absolutely not. The best propaganda is true (or at least, appears to be true and supported by data). If there’s data to support their position, it will absolutely be used to strengthen their position. Ergo, if the census data says America is now skewing towards white, hetero, etc, because of their stupid changes, it will absolutely be used to further their agenda. They’re not going to waste it.

    The data being incorrect doesn’t make it useless.

  • Republican plan would make deanonymization of census data trivial

    Jump

  • Correct, it doesn’t need it, but that doesn’t mean they won’t use it. They will use any data of spurious quality if it supports their agenda. Ergo, it’s not useless - it has a use for a rather evil purpose.

  • Republican plan would make deanonymization of census data trivial

    Jump

  • No, but the falsified data isn’t useless just because it isn’t aligning with reality. It’ll absolutely be suitable for propaganda purposes.

  • Republican plan would make deanonymization of census data trivial

    Jump

  • That’s hardly useless. If everyone is blonde haired and blue eyed hetero etc. they have even more justification to cut programs that benefit anyone outside this demographic.

  • What are the most popular conspiracy theories?

    Jump

  • I think even that gives them too much credit. It’s just incompetence.

    The US “did 9/11” by interfering with global affairs for decades until one of those schemes finally backfired.

    I don’t think there’s any conspiracy necessary beyond that to explain everything.

  • An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’

    Jump

  • I don’t get the last one and feel pretty dumb at the moment.

    Screwball, crackpot… leaky faucet?

  • Ok, boomer

    Jump

  • I did watch the video, it’s pretty good. He’s discussing the motivators behind overeating. He points out in the beginning that CICO is something that cannot be violated due to thermodynamics (incorrectly saying it’s the second law when he means first), but where the CICO approach fails is in addressing the obesity epidemic.

    Ultimately, it is a personal decision to consume food. The genetic difference is in how hard this is. Genetics does not affect the physics at play. If you consume fewer calories than you expend, you will lose weight. There are no genetics that will permit you to derive more calories from food than what is consumed. Period.

    Sometimes you just have to embrace the ascetic part of dieting and just suffer. Life is suffering anyhow, so you might as well make peace with it. It’s okay to be hungry, just like it’s okay to be bored. We’re not supposed to be satiated 24/7.

    Please note I’m not saying over or under weight people are somehow worse people than those who are fit because they have poor willpower or something like that. We all have our problems, and everyone deserves respect as we navigate this fucked up life.

    The thing is, nobody is going to be able to solve your problems except you. There is no pill that will fix your diet, and it’s not your genetics that put the food in your mouth. Genetics can make you want to eat, but you can choose not to act on this impulse. It can be trained just like anything else. The only lasting solution lies within, whether that’s learning how to deal with not giving into your hunger pangs, or forcing yourself to eat when you’re not hungry, or just learning to love yourself as you are.

  • Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

    Jump

  • Prove what? I’m merely relaying the info from the article you didn’t read.

  • Ok, boomer

    Jump

  • Yeah I hate when food and drink gets teleported into my mouth

  • Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True?

    Jump

  • HEVC is damn efficient. I don’t even bother with HD because a 4K HDR encode around 5-10GB looks really good and streams well for my remote users.

  • Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True?

    Jump

  • If you read RTINGS before buying a TV and setting it up in your room, you already knew this. Screen size and distance to TV are important for determining what resolution you actually need.

    Most people sit way too far away from their 4K TV.

  • Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

    Jump

  • I’m just pointing out that it’s not IR blocking, it’s IR reflecting.

  • Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

    Jump

  • The idea is it reflects IR and blows out the exposure.

  • Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

    Jump

  • Yeah, you might as well turn off your antivirus and firewall seeing as those can be bypassed by a skilled actor anyways.

  • ANTI PEE PAINT

    Jump

  • Great, now keep going down the questions I posed.

    The point I’m making is that this paint won’t do a thing except cost money.