absentbird
@absentbird@lemmy.world
- Comment on Fictional 4 days ago:
Just use meters and round up to 300 million m/s for the speed of light.
- Comment on got this ad and uh 1 week ago:
The south was actually more accepting of Jews than the north at the time (as long as they had the right complexion). Thousands served in the confederate army, many holding high rank.
- Comment on Sunlight special 2 weeks ago:
The lack of beans and black pudding is especially egregious. If England is giving up on free speech they could at least go after these faux english breakfast frauds.
- Comment on And they mocked me for my WoW subscription 😗 2 weeks ago:
Over time the streaming options are almost certainly more expensive.
Personally I am an advocate for piracy, an economic system that requires the enforcement of artificial scarcity is not one I consent to bind me. We need a system that rewards artists without locking culture and art behind a paywall.
The only reason it works the way it does now is that music used to come from physical totems. The internet requires a new and progressive approach to intellectual products.
- Comment on I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time 2 weeks ago:
Copper and lodestone were some of the first materials refined from ores. You can also create a permanent magnet by getting a piece of iron struck by lightning.
Once you have copper and a magnet you can use the electricity to make additional magnets out of iron.
It’s also possible to make a magnet with a compass, a piece of iron, and a striking hammer:
position the metal facing north, strike the southern end repeatedly
- Comment on When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Excuse the fuck me? 3 weeks ago:
Honestly this is the best advice. It doesn’t have the highest chance of success, but it’s the only path that could really result in healing and reconnection. Some people do dumb things when confronted with mortality or serious illness, especially if they’re young and inexperienced. If she could be honest and sincere it would demonstrate awareness and potentially growth.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sure I get it, but I like the picture.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
What tragic news. I wish her the best. I wish our country didn’t make people beg for healthcare.
- Comment on Altered World Event 3 weeks ago:
I just watched it last year, really solid show, I wish I’d seen it years ago.
- Comment on Anon makes games 4 weeks ago:
So one gram of antimatter could power a modern city for like three months? That’s wild.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
Improved based on feedback.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
Who?
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
It’s for the internet. Nato’s alphabet is so English-focused, and it sounds so militaristic now. This is for the nerds and weirdos of the world.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
That’s awesome!
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
Oh, thanks. My bad.
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
Igor Dorothy Kermit
- Comment on New phonetic alphabet just dropped 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, I really racked my brain on that one. There is a superhero named Xray, but it isn’t a satisfying option. Xavier is actually really good, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that, professor X, easy to remember.
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- Comment on Dinner is ready! 5 weeks ago:
H, just put the poutine directly into my arteries.
- Comment on Reddit lost it 1 month ago:
I must be out of the loop.
- Comment on Reddit lost it 1 month ago:
How many people is it killing?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
This does not happen under every president, it’s super fucking weird.
Here’s a meeting under Biden for example: www.youtube.com/live/QDXZ2V9XoEU notice how they thank the tech people for being able to attend, then get into the topic, there isn’t a round of slobbering over the president.
Here’s a meeting that happened under Obama: youtu.be/RXvo8ChVieU once again Obama is the one thanking the attendees.
The current situation with trump is highly abberant and deeply unsettling, please do not sanewash it.
- Comment on ISO 26300 1 month ago:
This is the way.
- Comment on ISO 26300 1 month ago:
I write my papers in markdown. Simple to write, easy to paste into Discord or Lemmy, and you can use pandoc to instantly turn it into any format you like.
- Comment on It's been downhill since 2020 1 month ago:
Yeah, I still feel like that year is when things really went off the rails in the US. I lost a lot of friends and family to the cult, and I’m starting to think they’re never coming back. A chasm has formed in America and it’s only getting wider.
- Comment on No brainer 1 month ago:
But this gravel is free.
- Comment on Have you know???. 2 months ago:
I think it’s all made up. The most power hungry data center in the world consumes 150MW of power, and that’s from a massive 11 million square foot facility in China that’s significantly larger than any other data center.
- Comment on Have you know???. 2 months ago:
People say this, but almost every time the time interval is left off it’s hours.
Either way, the numbers in this meme are clearly made up. Most image generation uses fewer than 10 watt hours.
