TheAlbatross
@TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Is there anything like a strategy version of KSP? 2 hours ago:
Aurora 4X seems closest to what you want, that I know of, at least.
Mars Horizon might get a bit close, but I think it’s a little more simple than you’re looking for. There’s a demo for it on Steam so it’s easy to try, at least.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
There’s your problem!
- Comment on Yakuza Leader Sentenced to 20 Years for Trafficking Nuclear Material 4 days ago:
Hey I think I played a goofy JRPG about this…
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 5 days ago:
Then the other things seem more useful for you in particular.
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 5 days ago:
That’s a great suggestion! They also tend to host specific exhibits and events that give good opportunities to meet people with similar interests.
Plus they’re just fun. One in a small city by me has an exhibit on local glass manufacturing techniques from the previous turn of the century and how some were invented locally, comparing them to ceramic techniques from across the globe and time. Absolutely fascinating stuff.
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 5 days ago:
Hey, I’ve also made long term friends from underground raves/sex dungeons. It’s a totally valid way to make friends. Like so many other methods, you already have a shared interest, that’s a springboard to explore if you’re otherwise compatible as buddies.
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 5 days ago:
True! Making friends out of strangers isn’t really all that difficult, but it does take some practice in being a normal human being and talking to people you just run into.
The sense of community in America is really dying out hard as people isolate themselves further in their little islands of homes and apartments and only socially exist online. But it is possible to just chat with some person you meet in the park while going for a walk without being a weirdo, just many people have forgotten how.
There’s a group of guys I meet up with in the warmer months to fish for bass under a bridge. How’d I meet them? I was fishing for trout in a lake and one of em asked if I had any bites. We had a normal chat between fishers, asking about what we’re targeting, what kinda bait and lures we’re using, comparing successes and failures. I peppered in some info about myself, e.g. mentioned a local noodle bar I liked, mentioned my partner, he did the same, we felt we were similar enough, he invited me to join him and his friends and now we meet up every couple of weeks between April and October.
You just gotta talk to people and not make it weird.
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 5 days ago:
Lmao don’t join the military
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 5 days ago:
Hobby groups. For board games, hiking, sports, etc.
You already have a shared interest, makes things easier.
- Comment on Michelle Obama once said when they go low we go high. Meaning the republicans go low. What would be the equivalent of the Democrats going low instead of high ground? 1 week ago:
I think Michelle Obama just wanted to say some words that made DNC voters feel a feeling of superiority as the party they voted for did very little to address the material conditions the voters live in while the RNC repeatedly enacted their policies of racism and oppression, hoping the voter would think “things are just slower when you do them ‘the right way’.”
- Comment on Do other female mammals smell like fish down there or is that exclusive to women? 4 weeks ago:
Okay sure whatever you say 🤣
- Comment on Do other female mammals smell like fish down there or is that exclusive to women? 4 weeks ago:
It’s why women wear perfumes so much, to try and mask the smell.
Holy shit dude WHAT lmaooooo
- Comment on Do other female mammals smell like fish down there or is that exclusive to women? 4 weeks ago:
Feels that way
- Comment on Do other female mammals smell like fish down there or is that exclusive to women? 4 weeks ago:
Been a lotta weird “vaginas smell like fish” posts lately…
Never understood where that idea came from anyway.
- Comment on Nova Launcher unashamedly inserts malware ads into your home screen now. 5 weeks ago:
Nova sold to shitheels, I switched to Lawn Chair a customizable FOSS Launcher
- Comment on Question for the Americans. If Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, or Greenland dropped a nuke on Washington DC, would you be angry at the bomb dropper, or would you think we had that coming? 5 weeks ago:
That seems like it would kill millions of people who have very little control over the actions of the country.
- Comment on Gehheie88f3nj3-i-odk3j4y8-fff-jej 5 weeks ago:
Just slap a number on it we’ll name it when it matters
- Comment on With all this talk about Ai not being profitable why aren't we using it in video games? I dont mean replacing developers I mean in NPCs in the game. I make them more realistic. 1 month ago:
I haven’t actually played it (wont play any game that used or uses LLM software), so I can only tell you what I’ve read.
Shame, it looked interesting
- Comment on With all this talk about Ai not being profitable why aren't we using it in video games? I dont mean replacing developers I mean in NPCs in the game. I make them more realistic. 1 month ago:
I think the Where Winds Meet tried this, right? The NPCs ended up saying anachronistic things and making travel itineraries for Beijing or something.
- Comment on America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster 1 month ago:
Polymarket disaster?? Is this related to the top shortage I’ve heard about?
- Comment on Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California 1 month ago:
Honey, the media amplified what people had been saying for years. Biden was too old, incapable and a truly terrible candidate. That had echoed during his primary and during his entire presidency where his administration did very little to improve things for Americans and less to prevent the rise of fascism. This country has previously weaponized its various departments, overtly and covertly, against left wing activists and politicians and routinely does fuck all against the right.
The DNC isn’t blameless here. Yes, people should vote against fascism, but also the opposition to fascism has a duty to select people who actively oppose fascism, not some cop and a doting old fool who didn’t recognize that politics have changed since the 80’s.
- Comment on Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California 1 month ago:
No, they weren’t perfect. Far from it. They were terrible choices put forth by one of the most powerful political machines on this planet, chosen to be just palatable enough to try and eek out a win from a further and further disconnected and disenfranchised populace. The DNC gambled and lost.
Skirting the primaries and forcing Kamala Harris onto voters was a massive folly that bypassed the people’s right to play a part in picking the candidate.
Are they preferable? Sure. I’d rather you attack me with a hack saw than a chain saw.
It’s hard to completely blame the nonvoters, though. They’re just doing what they were taught in civics. Voting for the candidates that best represented their interests. There weren’t any candidates they believed would actually address their issues. And there weren’t. And there won’t be. At some point, the onus must fall on the DNC to actually do their job and pick likable candidates and not just the voters to just fall in line with whoever the party says they will vote for.
- Comment on Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California 1 month ago:
Yup. And the DNC will take advantage of that fear to put forth candidates who will maintain the new status quo and fix nothing. The RNC will capitalize on the voter apathy and disconnect the DNC manufacturers and push the country further right.
Repeat ad nauseum. There’s no solving this via elections, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t participate in it.
- Comment on Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California 1 month ago:
Yup. Lose big fast or lose big slow. It’s politics, baby, you’ll never win, that’s for rich people only.
- Comment on Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California 1 month ago:
It’s a lose-lose scenario innit. Don’t vote, aid in growing fascism, vote, give tacit approval for the DNCs continuous onslaught of dogshit candidates who will do nothing to fight growing fascism or improve the material conditions for Americans.
None of it matters if you don’t live in a battleground state, to be fair. If you’re in a firm blue or red state, your vote simply doesn’t matter.
- Comment on Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California 1 month ago:
…oh yeah, this is deffo the dude the DNC is gonna shove down our throats
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Check what your local laws require. Some areas require both front and back plates, some only require rear plates.
- Comment on "Refrigerate after opening and store in the refrigerator door." Why the door for this mayo? 2 months ago:
This is it. The door is warmer than the back and the mayo will separate if frozen
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I don’t think ibuprofen is safe to take with alcohol either.
Pretty sure the label warns against this here. But lots of water and sleep is a good idea.
Do I have to get shit faced to get braised beef tongue for breakfast or can I just ask nicely? I’m open to either.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Oh honey it happens, it’s not a clear sign of any larger problem, sometimes people just get too drunk.
…if it becomes a pattern, that’s a different story. But he was probably a bit nervous meeting the family and overindulged. If he’s doing it out of boredom, make the boy cook!! Anyone can peel or chop vegetables. I got mine a lil apron and call him my sous chef (don’t tell him he’s the actually the garçon de cuisine)