troyunrau

@troyunrau@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamer complained that he turned on his old PS3 for MGS 4 and found out that Sony had disabled his account - he lost his games due to prolonged inactivity⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Likely old accounts are an exploit vector for hackers. That would be the only reasonable excuse. However someone in the business unit will use this as their lever to make other bad decisions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before the revolution⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Canada. China. Point still stands ;)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stay Mad⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I want that outfit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm definitely giggling⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Engrish

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tf is a ternary diagram⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  She plays a mean trumpet solo?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nat 20⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Needs more jpeg

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually only read the first four. Felt like a natural stopping point there. Pretty cool series though :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  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…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A heartwarming classic!⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not. Reddit post from four years ago has this image, and that’s from before AI was good enough to do fingers. www.reddit.com/r/sbubby/…/my_neighbor_baphomet/

  From the comments: “This piece of artwork was made by Herdis @asep.h.thefallen”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Directions⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a big fan of The North East ;)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Become irreplaceable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Our city made it illegal for scrap dealers to accept catalytic converters, and suddenly theft vanished entirely. Weird.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't you creating more workers??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too! Our cat is the perfect child, most of the time. Except when she pukes on the bed.

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout season 2 radiates NEW VEGAS with a trailer heavy on stupid sexy House and a December debut date⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Trailer direct link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZY5WiqeyQQ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Ad Blocking is Not Piracy' Decision Overturned By Top German Court⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  When modern billboards became a thing, many cities or similar jurisdictions passed laws limiting their proliferation, in order to ensure you didn’t end up in a billboard filled dome.

  In Canada, at least, you can register your address as a “no admail” destination, and you’ll stop getting those flyers entirely. It doesn’t stop certain protected classes of ads, in particular ads for prospective politicians during an election campaign, or mail that is personally addressed to you (even if it is an ad). But does shut it almost completely down. This would be the legal equivalent of installing a real-world ad-blocker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Admittedly, a lot of people have flawed reasoning too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's a keeper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a real phenomenon. Men are more attractive when they’re already in a relationship.

  There are similar psychological effects that exist elsewhere. A job applicant is more attractive if they currently have a job. A scholarship application is more attractive if you list your existing scholarships. The effect is basically: someone else found you desirable, and therefore I must also.

  The effect is so strong that it encourages people to fake it to gain the benefits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨rock⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried to get out of my bed today, but I am a fossil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doing a pack a day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Carrot cake is hard to light.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not great, not terrible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As a geoscience, I like spicy rocks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deserved? Poll inside⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not flirting. It is socially maladjusted behaviour. Just because it has worked before doesn’t mean it is a good idea.

  Pickup artists do all kinds of stupid shit that works that isn’t socially acceptable either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fun new game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Daaaad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fun new game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry, groceries.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The first mistake was shopping hungry. Those groceries are: a box of ice cream sandwiches, 24 cans of root beer, and a bag of beef jerky – teriyaki style.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  We agree entirely.

  Without the ability to exert control and therefore reinforce the definition, borders are as arbitrary as any other law. They are created by people, enforced by people, and if we change our mind then they can go away. It’s not some intrinsic property of the planet.

  While I’m ranting, the definition of a relic or artifact is equally arbitrary. As well as the definition of a people. And ownership. At any point in history, these definitions will be different. Right now we’ve defined it in such a way that we’ve decided that it is socially acceptable to return relics to people who live inside geographic areas where the relics originated from. This is also arbitrary.

  But as long as people, decide to exert force to reinforce this definitions, there is true as any other law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was in grad school, the philosophy of science students would egg me on with things like: “I’ll buy you a beer if you can prove the electron is real”. I’d like to think I’m carrying on their tradition in science memes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wtf⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  One time, I was in the arctic doing some research. On a snowmobile, in winter, we crest a hill and see a couple of wolves pigging out on a caribou. I’m riding in the toboggan, and I start telling at the driver: “go go go!” They proceeded to chase our snowmobile for like a mile, with no hope at all of catching us, but running anyway. Like dogs chasing tires, I think they had no choice. Instincts are strong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Countries and borders are an arbitrary concept created during the peace treaty of Westphalia.

  Those relics belong to dead people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolute unit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  By approximately the wingspan of a pterodactyl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Funding bait

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Colour me cautiously optimistic