MagicShel
@MagicShel@lemmy.zip
25+ yr Java/JS dev
Linux novice - running Ubuntu (no windows/mac)
- Comment on Liminal Space 1 day ago:
I’ve not seen it before. But then… I don’t keep up with either science or memes. So it has to break containment or just be a lucky moment when I’m chuckle-scrolling at the right time and place.
- Comment on I say kill 'em all. 2 days ago:
Yeah but… also stink bugs. If it can kill both I want a dozen.
- Comment on The green lean mean killing machine 4 days ago:
My daughter foraged some oyster mushrooms. I did a lot of research before letting her eat them, but came to the same conclusion — there’s nothing else you’d mistake for it. She fried them up in some oil. They were fine. I had some. Definitely could use a better recipe than “pour oil, make mushroom hot” but they were edible.
But pretty much everything else we’ve found has been in the class of, “might taste gross or it might taste gross and kill you.” Thanks, I hate it!
- Comment on The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling 1 week ago:
I think the thought is, it’s not a bad thing if you get annoyed after scrolling through 100 of something and having to click next. It’s like that lady that comes up on TikTok and says why the fuck are you still scrolling? Touch grass, maybe.
I basically agree with you. You can’t really ban dark patterns even though we all agree they suck. Legislature is the worst group of people to design UX.
- Comment on I'm Cooked, Right? (FTL) 2 weeks ago:
The most common sources of grief are:
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14. RoguelikesThat was spot-on.
- Comment on Taste the flavor 2 weeks ago:
I once went to a little hole in the wall Thai restaurant on the north end of Toledo. I ordered Panang or the closest thing I could find on the menu, as is my wont. They asked how spicy I wanted it and, having had far too many Americanized “extra spicy” dishes, I said as spicy as they could.
Now, this food was really good. But half way through the bowl, and having already drained the solitary glass of water they deigned to deliver to my table, I saw God. Which is intense for an atheist.
I finished the whole thing. I’m not sure if I was trying to prove something to myself or to them. I never got a single drop of water after that first cup, but I ate every ice cube.
Another time, I was in Thailand at a fancy restaurant. Eating Thai in America is different from eating it in Thailand. Different ingredients, different styles. And on the table was a small bowl of teeny peppers. I took them to be similar to pickled jalapeños, so I put a few onto my plate to mix with my food.
They were not pickled. Or least by the time I could taste again, I detected no brine. I don’t know what they were suspended in, but I can only assume it was secreted from the glands of a hell-beast, or perhaps squeezed out of an elemental ur-pepper.
My point is not to marvel at the myriad ways I’ve tried to kill myself with Thai food, but just to say I’ve never had a spicy shit in my life.
- Comment on Taste the flavor 2 weeks ago:
… bruh…
to keep us from doing stupid things with our butts.
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- Comment on Mama! 1 month ago:
Sun, I am disappoint.
- Comment on Wendy's Firefox order kiosk borked 1 month ago:
As I recall, Boston market had decent bacon, but it’s been forever since I’ve been.
- Comment on Wendy's Firefox order kiosk borked 1 month ago:
The Baconator uses cheap fast-food/hotel bacon that tastes like air-fried disappointment. I’d rather a shake of bac-o-bits.
- Comment on Ġ̵̻ͅį̴̹̜̼̙͍͋̈̕m̷̦͎͈̎̄̄̿̈ṁ̶̭̫͓̞̻̾̂̚ë̶͚́̍̀͆ ̴̻͗̈́̿̂̚͝f̴̧̳̝͓̫̆̍͌͠u̸̧̖̠̗͔̽̽̾ȇ̶̝̠̎̔l̵̡͙͔̀́̃́̓͘,̵̠̜̽͛ ̴͙̜͇͚̥̜̑͛͐̓͆͒ḡ̸̮͝͠ḯ̸͍̩͛͗̍͝ṁ̶̛͎̖̭̖̓̃͑̃ḿ̵̫̇e̸͈͕̍̍͒ ̸̧̣̣̣̹̺͌̃ẇ̴̤̳͇̪̝̑̈́̏̚i̶͖͒̒r̶̢̪̙͉̭̥̂̐e̵̞̳̻̍͘ 1 month ago:
“I AM the wire!”
- Comment on Little snacc 1 month ago:
Why, I’d have calories for a lifetime! I would never need eat again.
- Comment on It's basic science 2 months ago:
Christopher Lee.
- Comment on In 2015, the Fortingall Yew, one of the oldest trees in Europe, decided trans rights are tree rights and switched its sex to female 🏳️⚧️ eat shit transphobes 2 months ago:
I’m cis and they give me environmental stress. “Dude, I’m just trying to order lunch. Why are you sharing these inside thoughts with me?”
I wouldn’t trade it, but one bad thing about being an old white guy is assholes think I’m safe to unmask around, and Christ it skeeves me out. No, man, take those fucking thoughts to your grave.
- Comment on One slur to rule them all 2 months ago:
I haven’t heard anyone use “Jap” outside my grandfather’s generation — and he fought a fucking war against them so no surprise he had some big feels there. But he’s also been dead about 25 years and I’ve never heard the word since.
But also I don’t hang out with racists, so what do I know.
- Comment on Is audiophile bullshit cheating? 2 months ago:
What’s someone who doesn’t hate bass, they just hate your bass?
- Comment on "It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban [Eurogamer] 2 months ago:
I don’t know about the game more than I’m reading here, but the quote I was responding to is “two real horses fuck.” If that’s not what they mean then, fair.
- Comment on "It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban [Eurogamer] 2 months ago:
Wait, I was able to see your point all the way through, but what is wrong with two horses fucking? You can see that on 100 farms within 20 minutes of me. That’s probably the least weird thing I’ve heard about this game.
- Comment on spongebob big guy pants okay 2 months ago:
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Octopodes?
Ahk-top-o-deez nutz.
English can always make things worse.
- Comment on Save the children!!!!!!!1 3 months ago:
I’m probably hiding an anatomically incorrect skeleton inside of me!
- Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster 3 months ago:
Not sure I follow the reasoning. California doesn’t have an abundance of water and there are huge water rights issues over it, making producing almonds there even more outrageous. Data centers might be built where there is more abundant water. Even in California, data centers are a fraction of a percent and shouldn’t be restricted on the basis of water usage when vastly more wasteful industries continue to exist there.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
I think you’re thinking of Lycanthrondria.
- Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster 3 months ago:
We don’t need those foods specifically, when they are vastly more wasteful.
- Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster 3 months ago:
We could eat just fine if almonds were never grown, and save 1000x the water that goes to data centers. That would have a far better conservation effect and hurt absolutely no one.
Also, we’re getting rid of jobs in the falsified images and videos industry? Must be if that’s what AI is.
- Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster 3 months ago:
Attacking data centers over water use when it is utterly dwarfed by the almond and dairy industries is weird priorities to me.
- Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster 3 months ago:
Why start with data centers and not almonds or dairy? The difference in water usage is staggering.
- Comment on While you were having premarital sex, I was mastering the asymptotic notation 3 months ago:
Sure, but what did you do with the other 4 minutes and 30 seconds?
- Comment on Generative AI is a societal disaster 3 months ago:
Globally, data centers use 18.2 billion liters of water per year. California almond production uses 6-10 trillion liters per year. A little perspective may be in order here.
(According to the numbers I was able to find in ten minutes of googling trying to reproduce more reliable studies I’ve seen elsewhere. Feel free to correct me if you have better numbers. Truth is more important than being right.)
Energy usage looks like is projected to be around 3% by 2030, which is more worthy of concern. The water thing, for everything I can see or find, is vastly overblown and there are much lower hanging fruit to pick.
