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- Comment on So the flurry of flying embers that were blowing around in California, is that commonly how fire spreads? 2 days ago:
UCLA Climate scientist, Daniel Swain talks about this exact topic during his recent interview with Adam Conniver on his podcast, Factually.
Go to timestamp 17:45 for and you’ll hear Swain talk specifically about how this was a unique firestorm.
Earlier in the interview (around the 12:00 minute mark) Swain points out that it has to do with the increasingly longer periods in between wet and dry periods that are occurring that contributed so heavily to the conditions for a fire of this magnitude becoming more likely to occur, especially when particularly strong Santa Ana Winds occurring this year.
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- Comment on Interview: Mike McMahan On Refining The Finale Of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ And Planning A Push To Bring It Back 4 weeks ago:
You could tell some plot points in the final episode were very rushed, like Rutherford’s arc. I don’t think this was the ending the writers planned or wanted, and the show is so good, it deserves to have the ending the writers can be satisfied with.
That said, it was as good an ending one could expect given the circumstances, and I really hope we get at least two more seasons and a movie!
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- Comment on Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista 1 month ago:
Lol, back when I worked at Starbucks, I joked that one day this exact thing would happen. That the education industrial complex would require a bachelor’s degree for all jobs, as it would ensure debt and desperation in the vast majority of people who solely wish to survive.
I also claimed back then that we would all live to see the disastrous effects of climate change. No joke, people back then shook their heads and thought me nuts.
My next prediction: the majority of people who are parents today will wish they never made the decision to have kids in the next 20 years. Good luck everybody.
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- Comment on I am a very liberal person and I have very liberal children, except for one. I'm pretty sure my Gen Z son has been taken in by fascist doctrine. What can I get him for Christmas? 1 month ago:
Not enough context. I’m assuming he’s preteen, teenager? Other than fascism, what else is he into? Lean in that direction. Make it apparent that you are all a loving family, and he is a part of that as long as he remains willing to put inthe work/maintenance that love requires.
- Comment on Susan 2 months ago:
Lol. Nicely shitted.
- Comment on The Walking Dead, The Expanse and more in the Telltale Collection Humble Bundle 2 months ago:
Same. Best Game Series and storytelling Telltale has ever done.
- Comment on On a lighter note: Why do people still buy fast food? 2 months ago:
There’s a lot of reasons people still eat fast food. Others have pointed out though that fast food these days isn’t all that cheap and in some cases isn’t even all that fast/convenient when compared to other alternatives.
I can’t speak to that as it’s been decades since I’ve stepped inside a fast food restaurant save to use the bathroom while traveling, but I can guess that it also has to do with nostalgia. Some people grew up eating that shit and it provides them with a sense of comfort and familiarity. While I’m not going to hold my breath, it is my hope that the predominance of fast food will die alongside cable news when the younger generations come of age.
- Comment on 'He was an incurable romantic': The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft 2 months ago:
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- Comment on Is there a reminder bot on Lemmy? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Relationship goals 2 months ago:
Agreed. I mean, to each their own, but I’ve been open and tried the gamut of butt stuff more than a few times with a few partners, and I’ve gotta say…just not a fan of either giving or receiving anal. Oral, on the other hand…
- Comment on ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Lose $150 Million to $200 Million in Theatrical Run After Bombing at Box Office 3 months ago:
I recently listened to a review of the film on the Pod Damn America podcast which expressed somewhat similar sentiments.
I was surprised by the generally poor reviews coming out after hearing this review which praised it for portraying a more sober and somber depiction of mental illness than what audiences had expected.
I have yet to see either the original nor this sequel, but I’ll admit the more favorable reviews of this sequel make me want to set aside a few hours to give them some attention.
- Comment on why do I sweat so much more on leg day at the gym? 3 months ago:
Your quadriceps are the largest muscles in your body (the second largest being your lattisimus dorsi). That’s why squats are often considered to be the most effective exercise you van do for weight loss and muscle building.
It’s understandable that working the largest muscles in your body would cause you to potentially sweat more profusely than working your other muscles, though the amount you sweat is the result of a myriad of factors like genetics and overall health.
- Comment on Google now requires JavaScript 3 months ago:
Yes, the brackets were just there to emphasize it was a search query. Apologies if that was confusing.
- Comment on Google now requires JavaScript 3 months ago:
Yep. I use Noscript and DDG Lite by default. Just putting into duckduckgo: !g <your search goes here> will search google without having to turn JS on…looks like Duckduckgo wins again, even when it comes to using google, lol.
- Comment on What an inspiring story! 4 months ago:
I don’t know why this meme had me rflmao, but it really got me. 🤣
- Comment on What's up? 4 months ago:
I recently stepped outside my front door to find a preying mantis hanging out. I left it alone. When I came back a few hours later it was still there, but it was headless. Took me a second to realize it was missing it’s head. Guess he got laid whole I was gone, lol.
- Comment on How do you drive in Cyberpunk??? 5 months ago:
As you explore more of the map, there are fast travel waypoints that make travel easy.
Some cars handle better than others, and eventually you get somewhat accustomed to it. Motorcycles have the best handling in the game though, and I prefer to use them over cars.
Enjoy the game. It’s got it’s flaws but imho it’s great.
- Comment on Analysis: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 5 Teaser Reveals Alt Cerritos, ‘Enterprise’ Gag, And More 5 months ago:
Oh fuck yes. All hail The Giant Koala! Lower Decks! Lower Decks!!
- Comment on What JRPG combat is your favorite? 5 months ago:
Xenogears for the PS1 had one of the best combat systems I’ve ever played. Tied with Star Ocean 2 for the PS1. There’s a remake which I think they overhauled the combat system, so I’m not sure if it still is as good as the first edition, but the customizability was amazing.
After that Grandia was fun, but I played it far less than the aforementioned, so have less to say. Chrono Trigger was very good for what it was, and IMHO was only matched by FF6 in that category (heavy turn based combat systems). Chrono Cross is an honorable mention in that category as well.
Lastly, very recently the Sea of Stars game had a very good combat system.
Ultimately these games have great stories, and that’s all I really cared about, but the combat systems could either make or break the monotoous grind to get to the plot points, so they had to be at least decent to make the games playable.
I highly recommend any of these games. Chrono Trigger in particular is highly regarded as possibly the greatest JRPG of all time, and personally I’d put Xenogears at 2nd place, with Star Ocean 2 at 3rd. But I might just be nostalgic.
- Comment on Star Trek: Lower Decks Returns in New Ongoing Comic Series 5 months ago:
Better than nothing, but man am I gonna miss that voice acting, smooth animation, and brilliant writing. I’m still grieving this show’s cancelation. It deserved 6 seasons and a movie.
- Comment on what is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc? 5 months ago:
It could always be worse.
- Comment on In our post-AI era, is job security strictly mythical? Or How to believe in careers as a concept worth doing? 7 months ago:
I’ll let you know when AI art can evoke an emotion I haven’t experienced before, because that’s what quality art is defined by.
- Comment on What if as I get older, like a Mandela effect, everyone's understanding of what the average life span is increases? 8 months ago:
Nah. If you’re gonna put this in any community, this is the one…though I’ll admit the question could use some clarification.
- Comment on How come hotel check-in time is always 3-4? 8 months ago:
It would be a much smaller business model. My guess is that there have already been multiple market analyses of what you’re talking about and the determination is most likely that the majority of hotel arrivals occur later on in the day.
This isn’t to say a good amount of arrivals dont occur much earlier in the day, just not enough to justify the cost.
Additionally, to flip that would have hotel staff be cleaning rooms at a much earlier time (midnight to 4am), meaning they would have to arrive at midnight to start their shift. At 4am, the cleaning staff management would then need to spend a minimum of 1 hour to inspect each room to ensure it met company and legal standards. This is all ignoring the various tasks this can incur on the other staff like concierges.
I used to work as a Night Auditor in a small, but upscale, hotel. The housekeeping staff were some of the hardest working people I’ve ever met, and yet they were the least appreciated. Those hours in between check-out and check-in was always a hussle. I was always thankful I worked front desk whenever I saw them and would do them small favors if they ever asked (though honestly more often than not it was the other way around and I was asking them for some small request on behalf of the guest).
If we had the rooms available for an early check in, then we did it, but if not the best we could do was offer them to check their luggage in at the front desk and they were on their own until check in. The occurrence of this wasn’t negligible, but given everything I witnessed, I determined, at least for our hotel, it wouldn’t have been monetarily feasible to adjust that check-out check-in window to accommodate them. It simply didn’t happen often enough to justify it.
- Comment on Did Obama Becoming President Make People Hide Their Racism? 8 months ago:
Nah. Trump came along and basically said “Hey, you know how we’ve been openly and loudly racist? Let’s do that…but MORE open and LOUDER.”
That’s what “make America great again” means.
- Comment on What will happen to large companies once poor people have no more money to use? 9 months ago:
I agree. I’m not saying its not without it’s risks, Options on individual stocks are pretty risky, but a call Option that follows the S&P500 over the course of 3 years? That’s a pretty safe bet. It takes a multi year US recession to lose that bet, and while certainly not impossible (we’ve obviously had a few of them over the past couple decades), but it’s the safest bet I’ve seen on Options.
I’m not advising people to do this, I’m using this scenario as an illustration to point out how making money on the US stock market is usually based off of mass speculation rather than any actual value made by people actually producing goods and services on the ground floor.
- Comment on What will happen to large companies once poor people have no more money to use? 9 months ago:
Don’t be put off by my jargon and in depth explanation. It is actually STUPID simple to do this. Do a SMALL bit of research and then use a Stock Market simulator to simulate a small purchase Call Option on the S&P 500 for 2 or 3 years. Then leave it. Don’t look at it don’t think about it forget about it.
Come back in 2 to 3 years and look at your simulated account. If the US did not go into a recession in the last 2 to 3 years you will have at least doubled your simulated money. After that do it for real.
Or you could be like me and walk away in disgust. It just made me very jaded about US economics and modern capitalism.