AlolanYoda

@AlolanYoda@mander.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that's an interesting question⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have seen variations on this online for a long time, and this has always baffled me: do strangers in America really go up to random people who are speaking foreign languages and tell them “you are in X, speak Xese”, a language they may or may not speak? Even among people who share their native language?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's why it's called science fiction duh⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe I am in a different environment (particularly not being American), but the old scientists still exist and are still hard at work. In fact, all scientists I know (and I work in academia) care very little for misinformation on their day to day lives. They’ll make fun of it, but don’t have any more contact with them than anyone else. They still spend most of their time working on their actual projects. The only thing that changed is that now they’re bending over backwards to include AI in their grants to make sure they’re accepted, but having to include the latest buzzwords is nothing new.

  Science communicators, on the other hand, yeah, those probably have their hands full with fixing misinformation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Downtrodden Billionaires⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you write this? This is gold

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love the future.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, didn’t the Greeks famously lose at Thermopylae? They’d turn it around later but that’s one of the most famous “celebrated losses” in history

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll show them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet never implemented! Good guy Sony getting a patent so nobody else will do this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proud globohomo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe a terrestrial globe? That would explain why some have a point labeled “Bangkok”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen devs report drying funds, micromanagement, overspending, and episodic release for Squadron 42⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I’d like a game with those exact prices… In in-game currency

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finally touches grass⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, really? Whenever I spend more time at work or at home I tend to forget how many really attractive people are really out there. Whenever I go out after a long period of time I end up being positively surprised. I would also not look at Tinder as an example, but because of the opposite: people on tinder look much uglier than in real life. But then again, usually outside you don’t look at people for more than one or two seconds, while on tinder there’s loads of photos for you to examine every single flaw

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Love is love⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad I’m not searching for romantic advice in this thread because if I were I’d have a headache.

  Should I search for a friendship instead of a relationship? Should I make a move? Should I make a move on my friends?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Artefacting⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As an extra advantage to the nose pinching trick, I no longer turn every dream into a nightmare from seeing my distorted figure in the mirror!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RuneScape is increasing their membership price by 50%, and Reddit is trying to censor it⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no a massive time sink

  (thanks! I have a lot of nostalgia for Runescape but don’t want to waste months of my life, so I’m considering getting a single player server up and running with a like 10x exp multiplier. Now to decide on 2003, 2009 or 2012…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The problem with sleeper ships⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Children of Time, not Earth! Also gets my highest recommendation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before times.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess that analogy was the coelacanth of lemmy comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can whistle at the speed of sound⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are being downvoted as if your point was offensive or harmful. You are wrong, but it’s totally counter intuitive and I think this is a mistake that everyone makes when studying introductory physics. This would be correct for anything moving at relatively low speeds. But when you’re talking about light, or anything that goes so fast that “percentage of the speed of light” starts being a useful unit to describe their speed, this concept starts being a bit weirder.

  This is actually the basic principle of Einstein’s theory of relativity: the speed of light (in a vacuum) is the same for all observers, regardless of their frame of reference. That means that if the laser pointer emits a laser, the light is moving away from the pointer at the speed of light. If the pointer itself is moving at a speed reeeeeally close to the speed of light… Then the laser will STILL be traveling away from the pointer at the speed of light. And if you, an observer in a frame, see the pointer moving at near the speed of light emit a laser… The laser that the laser emitted is also traveling at the speed of light from your point of view.

  And there’s no wordplay here. I don’t mean that it’s light, so of course any speed it travels at is the speed of light. I mean that if you measure its speed from any reference frame, you will get around 300000000 m/s, or around 671 million miles per hour. No matter if you are also traveling at near light speed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is asking the difficult questions⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you. This comment resonates a lot with me, as despite it having been over a year I’m still struggling with coming to terms with having had to break up a 5 year-long relationship for my own good (it’s not that long in the grand scheme of things). The way I would describe it is that she was molding me into the person that I was expecting to become when the relationship started, which was totally different from the person I ended up evolving into. I am glad I did it, but I still struggle with the pain I caused her during the process.

  I had back surgery last year at 29, and while I didn’t end up disabled, I’m seeing my life change in small ways because of it. It’s weird feeling so young but having to limit certain activities because you could become paraplegic if anything goes wrong.

  I didn’t have anything to add to your comment, I’m just glad you posted it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh god, that can't be good...⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would have assumed it was a simple image edit/photoshop job for meme purposes. That’s what it looks to me anyway.

  But I’m not going to zoom in too much because, AI or not, fake or not, it’s giving me nausea!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Irresistible⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The selective attraction exerted on the cat by the Richard black hole reveals that Richard is allergic to cats, as cats are attracted to people allergic to them [1].

  [1] - ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling et al., lemmy.dbzer0.com (2024)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Academia to Industry⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 30. Almost have a PhD.

  Also playing video games and crying

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'LLM-free' is the new '100% organic' - Creators Are Fighting AI Anxiety With an ‘LLM-Free’ Movement⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI will start hiding penises in its output, everybody loves it, you ushered in a new era of peace and prosperity worldwide, all peoples united by their love for hidden AI genitalia. Well done!

  Play again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨yay, no dunning kruger for me! hold up, oh no⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh! I’m in the beginning stages of learning Dutch, but there were several words I didn’t know, which made me feel extra stupid. Well done!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hedgehogs⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If the hedgehog has the seven chaos emeralds, it can still take on the boar even with the triforce of power.

  If not, then it’s more of a toss up, but we should note that there is one registered instance of the hedgehog collecting triforce pieces so my bet would still be on the hedgehog.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Name & same. :)⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  dck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Futures⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not like this makes up for everything else, but there is gravity on Mars

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Giveaway! Win your Steam Copy of the 'Captain’s Edition' of Star Trek: Resurgence!⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was not expecting giveaways on Lemmy!

  Honestly I haven’t seen much of this game (having a PhD to finish and all, I haven’t allowed myself to hahaha), but I am hopeful that it will allow me to try to solve conflicts with diplomatic and out of the box thinking instead of just combat, and having it feel like I haven’t cheated myself out of content: it bothers me that I can’t avoid conflict in most games without feeling like I’m missing out, and Star Trek is the perfect IP to make it work.

  Thank you for the giveaway! Best of luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I create an alter ego for publishing stories?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. That implies you are on the same level as Stephen King.

  You should publish as Steven Emperor ;)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I like this text. In which Lemmy community can I best share it ? Thanks.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trust me. We’re never gonna let you down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I like this text. In which Lemmy community can I best share it ? Thanks.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad life ends but I’d rather have a few more centuries before it does! The two ideas are not mutually exclusive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You are in this solar system, but we do not grant you the rank of planet⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Where is Eris? Is it safe? Is it all right?”

  “It appears that, in your anger… You classified it as a dwarf planet.”

  “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World of Warcraft boss says Microsoft is happy to 'let Blizzard be Blizzard,' but I'm not sure that's entirely true⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And to their employees

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨uno!!⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How DARE you show me this meme when I should be writing my thesis