Semjaza

@Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do you slice it??⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Daily Mail are the sort who think adopting the metric system let all the foreigners into Britain and led to the downfall of empire. Probably in that order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tadpoles are fish too, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Fish” isn’t a real type of animal, it’s a term of convenience for similar looking/acting things that humans have lumped together.

  Its taking that back to the medieval level of “whales are fish”… Which ignores that key difference of them breathing air and not having gills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No red eye in photos!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think, if I understand US law correctly, not a legal choice to publically traded companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  World of Warcraft ruined Warcraft.

  Capitalism ruins franchises.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's just loss.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But there’s about enough housing for everyone too… Just that it’s of houses are sitting empty across Europe, North America, and China.

  And lots of the food wasted in those places (minus China) is imported from places with less food security, such as Brazil, India, and Morocco.
  So it’s almost like the energy use and infrastructure is already part of the problem and solving it would take less.

  My point is that Malthusian was never correct, and the problems are ones of distribution. Not number of humans. (And Malthusian worries tend towards genocide naturally, that they’ve been shown consistently to be wrong should make them doubly suspect.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the universe about to have a little minty b⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been much the same for every big technology that’s come along.

  TV, radio, electricity, boats, all led to people using the technology of the age to interpret the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's just loss.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not though, seeing that a very large proportion of the world’s population get by, and that about 1/3rd of all food produced for human consumption is wasted each year. (Checked the UN source it’s 19% of food that makes it to people, and 13% of food pre-end point in the supply chain).

  And this is without starting to consider the energy inefficiency of feeding livestock to feed to humans.

  Also an awful lot of the world gets by with much less than US or much of Western Europe does. There’s a long way between our surplus of food and food insecurity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sumerian Game: The ancestor of modern city builders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Love this game archeology stuff.

  It was an interesting read and should remind us how quickly things can be lost without proper archival systems.

  Plus, the day to day and normal is often forgotten or overlooked by history as us fish never write about normal water and currents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's just loss.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you think this info graphic is more or less worrying if it is numbers of living beings rather than biomass?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Glitter Bats!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve only been to Saskatoon in Canada, so assumed all Canadians did that…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Viral Game Targeting ‘Gold Diggers’ Has China Arguing Over Gender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Released in the PRC, so no. Nothing sexy.

  Just misogyny (and maybe some homophobia for good measure).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Viral Game Targeting ‘Gold Diggers’ Has China Arguing Over Gender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sixth Tone is not a “no name magazine”, it’s the English language publication of one of the largest online news publications in Shanghai.

  Its a contender for best English language publication in China, and a good source of investigative (well, as much as you can get in the PRC now 财新 has been nutuered) journalism. It still gets to do more critical stories when they’re small scale and frame it as a problem government will find a way to solve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arts & STEM⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Libre (and ethnic cleansing of Palestine supporting Microsoft) Office does, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 341 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s fair, I have respect for rules like that and also know that camping out for a rare quick animation would kinda ruin the effect when you want to be playing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 341 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice write up.

  Must admit I’m kinda disappointed the screen shot of Kaepy G isn’t one where the head is twisted nearly upside down.

  But it also made me come in and read your thoughts on it. It’s a comfy game to play. Good luck with the project.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, and I was being facetious.

  You responded well and explained it for all. Thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So a museum in Western Europe or the US is better, or just as bad?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reminder that you do not own digital games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With books and older non-unique registration code games it is explicitly legal to sell them second, third, etc hand.

  At least in the EU and UK where those overly restrictive licenses have been declared ineffective. Maybe in the US it’s just another personal freedom sacrificed for freedom of capital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reminder that you do not own digital games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  UK law allows for making and duplication of digital copies of a product you own that version of, provided you don’t share them with others.

  At least it did 15 years ago, not 100% certain today off the top of my head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reappraisal of the Geologic Time Scale: Evidence for a 6,001-year-old Earth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My fave part was the expired crispr kits, arbitrarily cut off at desired date.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reappraisal of the Geologic Time Scale: Evidence for a 6,001-year-old Earth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only a few bites because people, understandably, aren’t biting that headline.

  Share a screenshot of the article instead and they’ll be all over it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people like Mario Kart?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  Yes, they enjoy and will happily play me at Mario Kart for exactly the same reasons they won't play me at F-Zero.

  Presence of catch up mechanics role of luck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gayte⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, that’s my ignorance. I didn’t realise toruses were usually hollow.

  Thank you for letting me know, you’re right and I’ve learnt something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gayte⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A CD is clearly homotopic to a torus, though…

  And the walls of a straw do have thickness…
  A straw goes:

  Gas - solid - gas - solid - gas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well whenever you notice something like *that*, a wizard did it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An individual doesn’t truly understand and apply the scientific approach and method if they baselessly believe that certain phenomenon are caused by supernatural forces/entities. Ergo, the individual’s credibility in their established field is called into question since they may have applied similar illogic and pretenses to their work and understanding there.

  That’s not what you said elsewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If more folks are waking up and shaking a stick at it or doing something but blindly click through (thus legally unenforceable) EULAs I’m all for it.

  Better late than never.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Might maroon me for fucking up the FOSS though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thicc 🌈⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think fairly confirmed as not interested in women, but unsure as to what flavour of not into women.