blind3rdeye

@blind3rdeye@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would this list look like for your generation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It means death. -1 life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mini-review of Mad Max 1-3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  :)

  Yeah, maybe “trash” is a bit harsh. But it definitely isn’t on the same level as 2; and it has a lot of problems. Even the turning off power thing was a bit weird. I’m certain the top-side could easily outlast the under-city in that kind of standoff. I’m not really sure why they needed the power back so urgently. There didn’t seem to be a lot of critical infrastructure, and most people living there didn’t have any tech that could use the power. Master was said to be really smart and knowledgeable and important, but I don’t recall seeing him demonstrating that at any point. He seemed to just command other people to fix stuff and do stuff. And even when he lost that command, he was still never shown actually doing anything or sharing knowledge. So it was a bit of a mystery to me why the others thought he was important.

  … And why was he in the thunderdome cage? “Two men enter, one man leaves” was a big deal; and the guards definitely did not want to open the gates. But then suddenly, inexplicably, Master is just standing right next to them in the cage. Like, wtf is he doing in there? – Ok… I’ll shut up. I do take back saying it was ‘trash’, but I definitely don’t think its a good movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mini-review of Mad Max 1-3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I definitely don’t blame her for the movie’s faults. She was very good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mini-review of Mad Max 1-3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To clarify, I didn’t mean “basic” as a negative thing. (That’s the kind of word association that someone might have if they grew up with the Marvel universe - but I’m older than that!) I was trying to say that it was tightly focused on the core ideas. I like that movie. It was not a criticism, but it was not exactly what I expected.

• My mini-review of Mad Max 1-3
  Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨movies@lemm.ee⁩ | ⁨26⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom (2016) now DRM free on GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I reckon this is a really good game, and it’s great to see it on GOG.

  Missing features always feels bad though, even if those features are not important. (The multiplayer modes are ok, but the playerbase isn’t there anymore anyway. I never used snapmap at all.) But it’s kind of a philosophical thing. Missing features just make it feel like a worse. But on the other hand GOG does have one cool feature compared to the previous release: DRM free. Not as visible, but perhaps more important.

  (I still probably won’t buy it on GOG though, because I don’t love the game so much that I need a second copy.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Heh. I just spent half a minute squinting the dark trees in the background, looking for the outline of a car. I didn’t realise the picture was swapped.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps this is what Musk means when it says that empathy is bad.

  If your goal is to maximise your own personal wealth, then empathy really is a hindrance. But I put to you that maximising money is not a goal worth devoting a lifetime to. And perhaps not scamming dumb people is a valuable way to act regardless.

  (This is essentially what motivated the Quakers to push for set prices for goods rather than constant bartering. They believed that dump people should still be able to go to a shop and buy stuff without getting ripped off. I’d say that moral position has made the world a slightly better place.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make gravity your bitch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But that will never happen, because electromagnetic forces haven’t learned the power of friendship and co-operation. Gravity always works together, but the other fickle fundamental forces just can’t decide if they are pushing or pulling or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨logs are for quitters⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true, but there is far more energy to gain by fusing hydrogen compared to carbon. I’m not sure how it compares to uranium though. I suspect it might be similar. (I mean, obviously in practice you wouldn’t / couldn’t actually get the energy from fusing carbon - but we can still compare hypothetically. … also, I’m sure we could get a clear answer by looking it up; but this is one of those things where thinking about it is probably more interesting than knowing the answer.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨logs are for quitters⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking the same thing. It’s unfair compare chemical energy to nuclear energy. Coal still kind of sucks, but the hydrogen in the others could definitely be used in fusion…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's little cousin plays with MLP toys⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So you’re saying it is fake, and gay?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨jared⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ads make everything worse. Block them without hesitation or remorse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to love⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Repeat yourself? Why?

  I’m confused.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG seems to be considering paid membership option⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Making porting gog to linux a priority which has by far the smallest market share for computer gaming is the dumbest thing anyone in this thread is saying

  Building a bridge across the river is totally stupid, because no one crosses that river to get to where they are going.

  Building a house on that hill is dumb, because no one lives there.

  Creating that new type of device is a waste of time, because no one has ever bought one like that.

  …

  You see the point, right? Not that I’m trying to give business advice. I’m just saying that these things aren’t necessarily as stupid as you seem to think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not today⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For example, I bought some beer a couple of days ago, and after I paid the guy said “have a good evening and enjoy the beer”; and I said “you too”…

  I guess I hadn’t processed the second part quickly enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve just come back from a holiday which involved lots of hiking in mountains and woodlands. It’s rare to see bins out there, and yet somehow the places are clean. But please tell me more about human behaviour. Getting insulted by strangers on the internet is so fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m on board with this. Don’t bring rubbish into woodland areas; and if you do bring it - take it back with you.

  I’m sure the bins were very convenient - but its a convenience that only helps you leave trash in the woodland for someone else to collect. And as others have pointed out, the rubbish can cause problems even if it is all put in the bin.

  So yeah, I can see that it is mildly frustrating - but I don’t think ‘take your rubbish home’ is too much of an ask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SHUT UP ABOUT NICOLE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Nicole like that movie or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All things have a right to grow. The blossom is brother to the weed.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah, me too. Fortunately that has never ever happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Here is a recent Lemmy post highlighting some of the issues that women common face in academia in US universities. It’s largely about inclusivivity. Lots of good progress has been made in recent times to fix problems of that type, but there is still some way to go.

  Unfortunately, the new US president is strongly against that kind of progress. He has gone out of his way to roll back and block anything that might look like an inclusivity boosting program. Quite clearly, the USA is now moving backwards in these issues.

  So that’s what the comment in the post is about. Note that we’re just reading some random guy’s off-hand comment about an advertisement. So it isn’t an in-depth analysis. It’s a highly simplified message. But I hope you can at least see what we’re talking about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you honestly not get it, or are you just trying to push back against a message you don’t like?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm just happy you thought it was funny, dear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean the memes about the small misshapen orbs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome, new users!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I use to dislike lemmy.world, because I kept seeing divisive posts from them trying to stir up hate against other instances. I find that kind of unprovoked unnecessary shit-stirring to be ugly.

  But then I realised that these negative posts were always coming from the same couple of users, every time. So it wasn’t because lemmy.world had that attitude, but rather there were a couple of zealots who happen to be on that instance.

  And I think of that whenever someone says bad stuff about other instances; because it’s probably a similar situation - just a couple of people giving the instance a bad rep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do tell!!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, sound is better than light for that kind of test - but also still not good; because there are many things that block sound but don’t block wifi, and visa versa. (eg. a well insulated double-glazed window is good vs sound, but doesn’t stop any wifi; and a metal mesh can block wifi while stopping very little sound.)

  I remember one time I spent ages trying to debug a wifi problem with my laptop. I was messing around with computer settings and router settings for ages trying to work out why my wifi had stopped working. But in the end, I found that it was entirely due to where I was sitting. I sitting in front of my desktop computer’s very large monitor, and the router directly behind the monitor on a shelf in the room next door. The monitor was blocking the wifi. If I move the laptop or the monitor, it worked fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do tell!!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah? Well I know shit all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What movies have you watched this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched:

  • The Wild Robot. I was hoping for something along the lines of Wall-E, and was disappointed. The Wild Robot doesn’t have that kind of broad appeal. It’s aimed at children only, and it’s pretty shallow.
  • Heretic. Very good mood building and pacing. Good acting. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t quite feel like the last parts held together well. Pretty good movie though.
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. A bit of light-weight fun. This kind of movie doesn’t demand the kind of precision that Heretic needs - which is good, because certainly don’t have it! But I think it did a decent job of being what it was trying to be; a good sequel to the first movie. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would based on what I’d read.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck this asshole⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The opposition party could obviously be better, but I think they were strong enough that “no preference” wasn’t the right choice. (After all, choosing not to vote is essentially a vote that says “I don’t care who wins”.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck this asshole⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Previously I thought almost all of them were, but then I found out that someone I’ve known for years hold that view. Any mention that maybe voting for the democrats would be a good idea results in an angry speech about genocide; which somehow (I’m not sure how) even has them lean towards Trump.

  I appreciate the staunch opposition to genocide. But its kind of weird to see someone take a single issue so strongly to heart that their reasoning ends up inverted such that the candidate they favour is worse even on their one issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a gamer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got a couple games with stats like that; and I do play them a lot… but I think a big slice of the time is that I often leave the game open basically all day while dipping in and out to do other things.

  The play time is ticking up, but I’m having lunch, or doing laundry, or clearing the house or whatever; and I come back to the game when I’m done.