deadbeef79000

@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take that Aussies, USA #1!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically true. Monarchs aren’t elected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's funny how we say "a bug hit my windshield" when we are the ones going 70mph. I'll bet the bug's family describes it differently⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The passive voice, simplistically, makes the object of a clause optional (active voice make the subject optional).

  Active: car crashes (into salon)

  Passive: salon crashed into (by car)

  Your example is swapping the object and subject and changes the meaning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's funny how we say "a bug hit my windshield" when we are the ones going 70mph. I'll bet the bug's family describes it differently⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time a car hits something it’s described that way, or in a passive voice.

  It’s too make the driver/car sound less dangerous.

  E.g. “pedestrian dies after collision with car”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry about the immense compression lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the Bad Place

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The holy trinity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  An eclectic collection of random bits of unfinished work jammed together by someone wanting to sell it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s Elon lying about both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using conservative logic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservatives: unironically, this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any good thing for using AI for the middle class and poor? Instead of just the oligarchs ripping off the middle class and poor?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I use it for doing tedious work as a programmer.

  Note that it’s not replacing anyone, it’s just making me more efficient.

  My recent usage (jargon warning) was to get it to monitor metrics from seven hosts while I scheduled heavy work loads on the hosts to find bottlenecks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doctor Who and Star Trek showrunners discussed possible crossover⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, totally OK with that idea.

  I’ll still mourn the loss of what could have been though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doctor Who and Star Trek showrunners discussed possible crossover⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Lux episode was bad enough.

  But, by all means, enshittify one of the few TV shows I actually enjoy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ez gg⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You could probably do four if you go middle out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[politics] ya but, at least Juneteenth still lives! herp-a-derp!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He was a pain in the neck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a (valid) criticism of proof-of-work, not necessarily a criticism of a public ledger manifested in a block chain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Support Greater Saskatchewan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am enjoying it immensely.

  Quality shit posting sir!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Support Greater Saskatchewan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspected/assumed they were ‘true’ to the lines of latitude and longitude.

  The amusing projection in green makes it obvious that the map projection is taking some liberties ;-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ez gg⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cock fighting arena it is then!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Support Greater Saskatchewan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, if its borders are straight lines in this projection, are they actually concave curves?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ez gg⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just accept your inner American and make it a car park.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True words of wisdom⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Phew. I don’t smoke, so I guess I’m safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Theory if celebs remember all their training for different films. Then would it be to say if you picked a fight with Keanu could he wipe the floor with you since he is both Neo and John Wick?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m reasonably sure I’d lose against him without that premise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True words of wisdom⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s one of the best terrible movies I’ve ever seen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry about the rain everyone, it's clearly my fault as I put washing out on the line.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Colonisation never stops.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry about the rain everyone, it's clearly my fault as I put washing out on the line.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazingly you even made it rain in NZ. It was quite heavy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neo, wake up!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this shit from the second film on the highway?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What character is the king of plot armor?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s hilarious. It’s also different. I enjoyed all three.

  It did disappoint a lot of people, and that’s fine too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Knife Out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  NZ here. We’re, generally, incredibly arrogant drivers.

  I think it comes from having a very low population density for such a long time: the roads were empty enough that you could “own the road”. Now, same roads with five times the density and that doesn’t work out like that anymore but the mindset persists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Letting busses out: awesome.

  It’s actually really relaxing and de-stressing to be a considerate driver… right up until the ass tailgating you gets all uppity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The idea that another road user might have higher priority is unfortunately anathema to drivers here.

  If this even happened here the corridor would simply be full of utes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4 rules of firearm safety⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The body has a way of just shutting that down.