LurkingLuddite
@LurkingLuddite@piefed.social
- Comment on Bethesda unveils new logo 12 hours ago:
copium huffing noises intensify
… look, I know they’ll eventually release ES6. The problem is the people expecting it to live up to ANY hype when NONE of the previous games have EVER been great on their own without mods…
- Comment on Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets? 13 hours ago:
I bet it could be degaussed, but it might take one of those magnetic fields good enough to levitate a frog…
- Comment on What is the smartest non boss enemy in a video game 14 hours ago:
Yes, and my point is: There is literally nothing that currently exists that extends beyond that level of description: They’re ALL illusions, and the fact these shithead companies are treated as anything but a neat trick is EXTREMELY TELLING.
- Comment on Repeating of course 6 days ago:
Isn’t a big point of floating point that it can easily have mathematical operators done on them on CPUs? Sure, complex circuitry is no big deal these days, but IIRC, there were very good reasons for what was chosen.
- Comment on thoughts and prayers for science 6 days ago:
Nope but seeing a lot of actual demons walking around, so… not sure the religious folks are winning.
- Comment on thoughts and prayers for science 6 days ago:
I mean, we’re supposed to be stewards according to the teachings, but all those dumbass children hear is, “hey this is yours …” and just kinda space off the rest of everything said…
- Comment on Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets? 1 week ago:
An unmoving magnet is fine, but move a strong enough one and it’ll induce a strong enough current in circuitry to risk damage similar to electrostatic discharge. Not all components can handle over/under voltage without damage.
- Comment on Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets? 1 week ago:
Nah, it’s not fine. A changing magnetic field still induces current in any conductor. So, swipe a strong enough magnet across your phone in the wrong place and you’ll run a strong risk of doing something similar to ESD damage.
- Comment on Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets? 1 week ago:
A strong one would fuck it up ‘permanently’, as in it took active measures to restore a good picture (degaussing).
- Comment on Tasting the Smell ☣️ 1 week ago:
It can be both, but I’ve definitely been punched in the face by pure cologne/perfume on multiple occasions. Probably even more often than I’ve ever smelled BO equally as bad, including my own on those lazy stay at home days.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
A plane does something useful. The hallucination machine is a waste in nearly all aspects.
- Comment on What is the smartest non boss enemy in a video game 1 week ago:
That’s all videogame “AI”, though. It’s all basic algorithms that provide an illusion.
- Comment on Rarity married for love instead of money💔💔💔 1 week ago:
Hey hey hey, stay outta my shed!
- Comment on I know exactly where 1 week ago:
lol thanks for admitting you’re wrong
- Comment on Looking for a game where reading an immersive in-game manual is one of the main gameplay aspects 1 week ago:
lol thanks for proving you’re more willing to be a dumbass than wrong. Good job, failure!
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Inceldom is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Why do you want to listen to a bunch of whiny losers pretending it’s not their gross attitude and inability to take responsibility for their own lives that makes them undatable?
- Comment on How does a server work? Is it like a hard drive where it can fill up with info? or does it recycle it some how? How much does one cost and does lemmy.world need more servers? 2 weeks ago:
A “server” is just any computer serving up digital services through a network. It can be anything from a tiny IoT device (Raspberry Pis are/were popular amongst hobbyists) to a huge expensive specialized computer sitting in a data center rack.
Usually, the “service” is HTTP traffic (the web/internet/etc), but it can be anything.
It works exactly like any other computer, but of course after decades and decades of development, there is a huge variety of specialized hardware made for ‘serving’ up … all sorts of services. Specialized web servers, specialized database servers, specialized storage servers, specialized “AI” servers, etc etc etc. Many modern day services use several of these specialized devices together to provide services that can handle millions+ of users. While tying all those specialized devices together can get really complex, they’re still just computers that are really good at specific things.
The only thing that truly defines a ‘server’ as far as hardware is concerned is how specialized/optimized the hardware is for serving up those services.
- Comment on Looking for a game where reading an immersive in-game manual is one of the main gameplay aspects 2 weeks ago:
You do not need the manual. At all.
Just because they went through the effort to put a bunch of info into a place does not mean you NEED that info to do anything. Similarly, just because it can be useful does not make it required.
Now, stop being pedantic and start trying to think of games where you NEED the manual…
- Comment on I know exactly where 2 weeks ago:
Our loss of hair is caused by the EXACT same process that defines the rest of our bodies, so it’s absolutely stupid to say we haven’t “caught up” with losing hair…
- Comment on It's the spelling for me 2 weeks ago:
Nah, not necessarily imperative. An individual can still be a eugenicist without external support. The only reason the old beliefs that often get credited as “eugenics” were mostly wrong is because they were mostly just ignorance and masked racism, not actual genetic analysis.
All it takes to be a eugenicist is to believe that certain people shouldn’t have children because you believe their genes are bad. That’s it. It’s literally just:
Eu: Prefix meaning “good” Gene: Relating to genes ecist: Believer (not totally sure on this one as search results to verify my beliefs mostly returned “-ition” results, with no explicit statements for -ecist or similar)
It’s just a silly thing for a common fool to believe in, since genetics is complicated! Many confirmed genetic disorders are not inheritable. Many health issues are latent. Someone unfamiliar with the INSANE complexity of biology even in the basics of reproduction have zero right holding an opinion on eugenics, IMO.
- Comment on Skyleeeerrr 2 weeks ago:
Oh absolutely, she would’ve still had a rough time of it even fully agreeing with the cops, which is why it’s so stupid when they act like pigs.
Hank really screwed the pooch with his chance at getting Skyler over by being a cop before a family friend. After that, it was obviously a choice between two evils for her.
- Comment on More thermal paste = more heat dissipation, right? 2 weeks ago:
Yes there are many kinds of resealable containers for commercially sold pastes. Syringes with caps are very common. I’ve also definitely used pastes older than that and they worked great, but they were also expensive after-market pastes.
- Comment on "Censorship" ☠️ 2 weeks ago:
Preeeeetty sure they’re not talking about your dad spanking you.
- Comment on "Censorship" ☠️ 2 weeks ago:
Just study it the same way you study any dangerous or harmful thing… study cases. You don’t have to create situations in a controlled environment to never the less do science.
- Comment on "Censorship" ☠️ 2 weeks ago:
Colloquially accurate, though. Weird to use such a restricted definition of a word that has MUCH more common understanding…
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
hyperpalatable
Well I’m glad we have different palates then!
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
There is more building under them. Only a small portion extends past.
- Comment on It's the spelling for me 2 weeks ago:
Eugenics isn’t inherently bad. If you prefer dating humans without genetic defects, congratulations; you’re a eugenicist.
Do you prefer blondes or brown hair? You’re preferring genes again! Don’t like people with potato bodies? There you go preferring genes…
Find out your fetus has a genetic defect and won’t live past five even if you birth them, so you abort? Cheer on genetic therapies that could solve such issues? Congratulations, you’ve practiced eugenics!!
Eugenics itself is not bad. It’s the racist fuck desire to want to “cleanse” the “race” of humanity that’s bad.
- Comment on I know exactly where 2 weeks ago:
Nah. We lost fur hundreds of thousands of years ago and never needed it again to survive several ice ages. So I’d say we’ve definitely evolved past fur thanks to the ‘advanced’ tool usage of… clothing.
- Comment on Looking for a game where reading an immersive in-game manual is one of the main gameplay aspects 2 weeks ago:
Great games, but that’s more of just flavor text than a manual type situation.