Kes
@Kes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on The Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year? 1 year ago:
The 3 Gorges Dam in China slowed the Earth’s rotation by .06 microseconds per day due to the amount of water moved altering the Earth’s moment of inertia
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 17-08-2023 1 year ago:
Salt 2 is a pretty good indie pirate game. You sail around a procedurally generated archipelago doing quests for various factions while building up your ship, and it’s pretty relaxing. It’s still in development so it’s missing features like ship to ship combat, but it’s the closest thing to a single player sea of thieves
- Comment on Absolutely nothing of note happened in China in June 1989, right? 1 year ago:
Given that they defederated from Lemmy.world (at least Hexbear did, idk about lemmygrad), probably not
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
For decades, the Republican party has had the Baptist/Evangelical vote in the bag without having to actually do anything thanks to abortion. Republican politicians could rile up their base attacking abortion and be excused for not doing anything about it by their constituents as abortion was a constitutional right, and because abortion was a constitutional right that couldn’t be taken away, those who cared about it could still be in good conscience when they vote for a Republican. The dog caught its tail when Roe was overturned, and now that abortion can be outlawed on every level of government, Republican inaction on abortion will see their support among Baptists/Evangelicals tank. Overturning Roe is the most self damaging thing the Republican party has ever done, and now they are forced to choose between catering to religious fanatics or normal people
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
A decent portion of Japanese sword fighting techniques revolve around how to not break your sword in half while using it. That’s not a concern with Damascus steel swords
- Comment on Don't give me a reason to go to Starbucks, damn it! 1 year ago:
It’s Starbucks so yeah. They’re pretty paranoid about unions after a few locations unionized