Bassman1805
@Bassman1805@lemmy.world
- Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content 2 days ago:
Can they disable their steam forums if they don’t want to moderate them?
- Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content 2 days ago:
I really like that there was a whole thing about building a super-weapon where players had to complete quests or whatever to contribute to its development. Then enough players compete the quest and the weapon was completed, and it turned out to be an orbital bombardment that killed enemies and players indiscriminately.
A lot of players were pissed but it’s so aggressively in-character I can’t imagine how they didn’t see it coming.
- Comment on I have been told ever since I was a little shit that when you die you go to heaven first wait in line for St Peter to judge you at the pearly gates? Is this in the Bible? I thought god did judging 1 week ago:
Transubstantiation is kind of in the Bible. Matthew 26:26-28
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
The discussion of transubstantiation is just how literal “my body/blood” is.
- Comment on What should I bring to far-north Scandinavia? 1 week ago:
Layers are the way to go.
- Long Underwear, a long sleeve breathable undershirt, good WOOL socks
- A sweater or other medium-thickness top garment.
- Waterproof snow pants and coat.
Good boots, preferably waterproof if you’ll be in the snow a fair amount. Definitely good so you have better grip on snowy/icy ground. Thin “liner” gloves and thick waterproof gloves to go over those. A warm hat that covers your ears (I really appreciated my trapper hat when I went to Tromsø).
- Comment on This feels wrong. I love it. 3 weeks ago:
The reason it doesn’t work is that 1 is a scalar while i is a vector (with magnitude 1). The Pythagoras theorem works with scalars, not vectors, so you’d get 1^2 +1^2 = 2.
- Comment on Question me not 3 weeks ago:
Ping he teacher hotel?
- Comment on Eat lead 4 weeks ago:
It’s literally a poem in the original language.
- Comment on Ouch my texicles 4 weeks ago:
Don’t underestimate Colorado. Though it’s largely the recent Denver transplants keeping up that stereotype, whereas it’s the long-term Texans.
- Comment on I'll get to the real projects!...eventually 5 weeks ago:
Scottish talk radio sounds like a trip.
- Comment on I'm going insane 1 month ago:
Nope, three geometry actually works out such that it doesn’t matter your distance from the mirror, only how tall the mirror is and how high it’s mounted.
A mirror that is as half as tall as your, mounted at head height, will show your white body regardless of how far away you are from it. TECHNICALLY, the bottom edge must be halfway between your eyes and feet, and the top edge must be halfway between your eyes and top of head.
- Comment on Mental hell 1 month ago:
This definitely seems like the more likely explanation. There certainly is a mental/emotional hell to go through, but with three y-axis being specifically about psychiatric medication… all I’m seeing is that grad students like/need Adderall.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 month ago:
The vast majority of the time, nepotism refers to a patent giving their children special privileges due to the power the parent has.
The word itself comes from from the Italian word for “nephew”, because of a trend of “nephews” of popes getting special privileges (often, these were the popes’ illegitimate sons).
- Comment on Did Biden ever release Trump's Resolute Letter? 2 months ago:
Reasonable chance he never wrote one and Biden just said that to pacify the media.
- Comment on Nixon Started the War on Drugs. Privately, He Said Pot Was ‘Not Particularly Dangerous.’ 2 months ago:
A lot of people interviewed for the article are sold all surprised. “Oh wow, this is really surprising that he said this, given his policy stance on the drug”
Only one person really hit home with their response. Douglas Brinkley from Rice University:
“It reinforces Nixon as a Machiavellian political operative,” Mr. Brinkley said, adding that the former president “dehumanized drug users because it was in his political interest to do so.”
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- Comment on What to do with glassware that is impossible to clean 2 months ago:
Hmm, I think you’re right about sterilization vs gunk removal. Got those most up.
- Comment on What to do with glassware that is impossible to clean 2 months ago:
A note on alcohol as a cleaner:
Alcohol is actually a more potent solvent when in solution with water. 70% isopropyl alcohol is so prevalent because it’s actually more effective than higher concentrations.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 2 months ago:
Nobody cares what Trump sycophants think. They are already voting for Trump and nothing is going to change that.
To a reasonable person who is unmotivated to vote (the REAL demographic that needs to be courted), this makes the Trump team look absolutely deranged.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 2 months ago:
THAT’S how you take down a Gish Gallop.
“I don’t give a fuck what you’re trying to pivot to. Do you trust Maduro’s statistics?”
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 2 months ago:
Spherical isosceles triangle, in this particular example.
- Comment on Clueless about Biology 2 months ago:
The lore is that the saarlac actually keeps you alive while digesting you. Like, it puts roots in that act as life support so it has a constant source of protein or whatever.
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- Comment on America's Smartest Man Finds Something Interesting 2 months ago:
“Pele who can’t defend themselves physically”
Like Elon, who pulled out of a fight he tried to start with Zuck because he’d get his ass kicked?
- Comment on Lichens are things 2 months ago:
The short answer: fungus and algae work together and create a multi-organism structure.
The medium answer: [this meme]
The long answer: [years of graduate school]
- Comment on Trash Icon 🗑 2 months ago:
I mean yeah, that’s funny, but I just like high quality pixel art and 2000 was the last generation before they ditched that (or I guess, the pixels got too small to see)
- Comment on Trash Icon 🗑 2 months ago:
I prefer 2000, myself
- Comment on Leaky milk water cheese store bathroom. 3 months ago:
Toilets with threatening auras, you say?
- Comment on Shart, not fart 3 months ago:
Alas, still depressed
- Comment on It will outlive us all 3 months ago:
A device, no. A motherboard? Yup.
- Comment on Geography 101 3 months ago:
IDELAND: Where people go to bitch about visual studio.
