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@ troyunrau @lemmy.ca

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Centrist, progressive, radical optimist. Geophysicist, R&D, Planetary Scientist and general nerd in Winnipeg, Canada.

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  • Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲

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  • Tangent, there is a fun fantasy book series by Adrian Tchaikovsky where all the main characters are humanoids with bug qualities. So basically spiderman, antman, mantisman, etc. It is entertaining when you mix fantasy tropes (dueling for honour!) with mantis arm spikes...

  • I cracked a $200 software protection with xcopy

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  • This feels like an old school error, just with modern protection code.

    Like in the Win95 days where the installer would ask for a serial number to install... But you could load the installer in a hex editor, look for the PKZ magic bytes, and run unzip on it. :)

  • Fallout co-creator Tim Cain's rejoined Obsidian full-time to work on a mystery game, but plans to keep his YouTube chats going

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  • Outer Worlds 2 just wasn't as good without his full time oversight.

  • Things were better back then, my ass!

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  • The Matrix was right. Lynch's Dune was peak humanity.

  • Fred Penner - Sandwiches Are Beautiful

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  • Penner is a common Mennonite surname, and there are are a lot of Penners in Canada. Mennonite low German (Plautdietsch) is more weirder.

    The wiki page has some good sample texts comparing it between Dutch and Low German.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautdietsch

    My surname (Unrau) is also Mennonite, but could be German.

    This concludes my TED talk.

  • ‘They processed me like a criminal’: Ontario woman denied entry to Costa Rica over torn passport | CP24

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  • Yeah, would be an interesting lawsuit if she had proof of that statement.

  • 'Just bring your documents,' warns Manitoba man stopped at U.S. border over stayed charges | CBC

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  • I mean, our courts publish proceedings. Wouldn't be hard to assemble a database from that info.

    The accuracy of such a database (particularly when interpreted by an AI) would be hugely suspect. Also, hard to argue with a database when you're at the border being detained -- the guy detaining you didn't create the database.

    Whole thing reeks.

  • A romantic moment (1964)

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  • He misjudged his centre of mass. As many men do. ;)

  • Zig project leaves GitHub due to excessive AI

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  • I suspect this will happen more and more as large corporations try to shoehorn AI into literally every corner. Atlassian is equally guilty of this.

    It's like Dead Internet Theory, but for code repos.

  • Women only want one thing

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  • It's a pun!

  • Empath

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  • Joke's on you! I'm a Betazoid. Captain, I feel... Intense... Scrolling.

  • Its actually because I'm a noob 😓

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  • Do you have a program to help you count sheep to fall asleep? Asking for a friend

  • The more you look, the worse this gets. I've been enjoying some lively Discord derision on a few servers, so I thought I'd share the pain.

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  • This is very funny haha. It's like an exercise in spot the errors. Two bathtubs... Wait, is that a side view framed wall on the balcony mixed in with plan view...

  • Is there a community where it's appropriate to post ttrpg character concepts and ask for feedback?

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  • There's a whole instance, ttrpg.network, which has a community for just about everything. Some of them are pretty quiet, but no one will object there.

  • My wife wants me to replace my proofing box with a Brod and Taylor proofing box.

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  • Sounds like your wife should buy it for you as a gift ;)

  • I am not equipped for this level of fuckery

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  • Eladrin, basically

  • Never a moment's peace

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  • Aha, so it's treating the pasta as one would a fruit filled pierogi or crepe. Just a wheaty medium for delivery of fruity goodness.

  • A heartwarming classic!

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  • Never a moment's peace

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  • Someone tell me more about pasta with strawberries please. I say this as a pineapple on pizza aficionado.

  • Books @lemmy.world
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    Books sorted by [Cat]egory

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Books sorted by [Cat]egory

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    I am majestic

  • Mycology @mander.xyz
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    Ruffles on the dress

  • [CLOSED] FediLore + Fedidrama @lemmy.ca
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    Got my first lemmy.ml ban

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Untangling Non-Linearity: How the Linked List Changed Everything

    schmud.de /posts/2024-01-23-untangling-non-linearity.html
  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
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    Zero Jet Aircraft Crashes: 2023 Was One Of Aviation’s Safest Years On Record

    simpleflying.com /2023-aviation-safety/
  • AbandonedPorn @reddthat.com
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    OC

    Abandoned Improvised Cold Storage Vault, at Mould Bay High Arctic Research Station, Canada

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Six months after the initial reddit surge (graphs)

  • RPGMemes @ttrpg.network
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    All Hail Tiamat

  • RPGMemes @ttrpg.network
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    Joke's on them. The cart is a minor illusion...

  • Mycology @mander.xyz
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    Comic: Types of Mushrooms

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz
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    When your GPR results have too many anomalies...

  • What's this Plant? @mander.xyz
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    The berries are red and very sweet. If it isn't currant, I'm in trouble.

  • What's this Plant? @mander.xyz
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    Smells like licorice when leaves crushed.

  • math @lemmy.world
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    How a Doodler's Problem Sparked a Controversy in Math | Scientific American

    www.scientificamerican.com /article/how-a-doodlers-problem-sparked-a-controversy-in-math/
  • math @lemmy.world
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    Random internet people explaining math better then math teacher

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    To celebrate Slackware turning 30, I put on my 13.37 release t-shirt!

  • math @lemmy.world
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    The stunningly simple rule that will always get you out of a maze

    www.newscientist.com /article/mg25934471-200-the-stunningly-simple-rule-that-will-always-get-you-out-of-a-maze/