this is really verging on ttrpg vs. why did you not make this a computer game territory because there is no way i would calculate this by hand in the 70s
I’ve had a lot of questions about Reddit’s planned AMA today and “What if they…”, so I added a section to the bottom of my post to answer that and thought I’d share it here too.
I've been told people on this website enjoy me trying to think through computer problems out loud while in incredible pain, so good news: I'm taking my new Thinkpad T14 (https://mastodon.social/@mcc/111218408629532857) out of the box and I'm going to install Linux on it first thing. So expect a LOT of complaining.
Oh… right after posting this I tried to alt-tab, accidentally entered win-tab, and win-tab caused the weather widget I don't want to blossom into a picture of Donald Trump. I guess, somehow, a dedicated button for showing you a picture of Donald Trump is something I should expect of Windows by now.
You can take this test to see how "Normal" you are, and also how radically left wing you are! LOL Please share the results if you feel like it, or do nothing at all, because it really doesn't matter!
@RickiTarr Yeah I like tech and spent a whole career with the military. Sure, I like big weapons ok but most "male" associated traits in our society seem pretty negative to me. Yet my best friends are male. Some of whom are gay. Gay Marines. It's a conundrum. 😂
the circus that currently performs in finnish government is getting so out of hands that im just waiting for the day it just implodes in on it self like couple billionaires in a submarine.
Biggest scandal this week in #Finland isn’t really about the nazis or their actions, hate campaigns, conspiracy theories or accusations towards international press being a part of putinist propaganda machine.
It is “is it okay to call a nazi accomplish or a nazi with mean names and overall use harsh language when opposing fascism.”-scandal.
Fin des années 90, #Bethesda est à un tournant : continuer à faire des jeux comme #Arena et #Daggerfall ou tenter une nouvelle formule ? Deux projets sont lancés, le classique #Battlespire par Julian LeFay, lead sur TES 1&2, et le jeu d'action/aventure #Redguard par un jeune Todd Howard, qui refonde en passant le lore de la série. Ce dernier convainc : LeFay quitte Bethesda tandis qu'Howard se voit confier le dev de #Morrowind, qui devra au moins autant à Redguard qu'aux premiers #ElderScrolls.
J'ai assez largement poncé #LordsOfTheRealm II à l'époque, qui mélangeait gestion, stratégie et assaut de château en temps réel, à mes yeux c'était un des meilleurs jeux du monde, mais vu comment tout le monde l'a oublié je soupçonne que c'était pas si bien que ça. Je ne sais plus pourquoi je n'ai plus ma boîte de l'époque du coup par nostalgie je me suis fait offrir celle-là récemment.
On pédale ici sur un faux plat montant, tantôt sur l’herbe, tantôt sur de la terre compactée. La pluie arrivant nous incite à ne pas y prendre de pause.
Arrivé au sommet 7 heures après avoir commencé, c’est un soulagement et c’est à peine si il me reste de l’énergie pour marcher ou parler avec toutes les personnes autour.
L’experience est très différente du col ak baital au pamir. Celui-ci donnait la sensation de vivre une aventure, seul perdu dans de grands espaces. Ici, il s’agit plutôt d’une montée brutale, non pas pour les jambes mais les poumons. Cela apprend à mieux connaître son corps et comment il réagit face à la montée en altitude.
Enfin arrivé au lac, celui-ci me déclenche une émotion par sa beauté, comme peu de paysages peuvent le procurer.
Il est bien plus joli que je le pensais, et les photos ne parviennent pas à lui rendre justice.
Threads is the most fun, most interesting new product of the year, and no one in the E.U. can use it, or will be able to use it anytime soon, because their own elected officials passed a law that effectively bans it.
@gruber ah yes, damn those EU lawmakers for… checks notes …creating laws around privacy. How dare they 🙄 Next you'll tell us they trying to protect human rights or something, the fools!
Not thrilled with the paste print quality, very inconsistent. the top left corner was way too thick as the board flexed during printing, the middle BGA skipped some pads, and the WLCSP in the bottom right was near perfect.
These big boards bend too much in my paste fixture, I need to find a way to prevent that before I do any more boards of this scale.
Also, life hack for anyone else who has a PicoScope 6000E series oscilloscope: the logic analyzer pods are connected to the scope via a standard SFF-8087 mini-SAS cable, you can find the Molex part number right on the supplied cable. But you don't have to only use that cable!
I had some longer ones than the stock one sitting around and they work fine, at least at lower speeds (you might have trouble working to full rated bandwidth due to cable losses). But this gives me much more freedom of bench layout since I can put the pod a lot further from the scope than with the stock cable.
What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?
A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.
Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.
How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?
@ajsadauskas@fuck_cars I’m in Toronto’s Danforth area, so basically everything except a professional sports arena is within 5-20 mins walk.
The framing of that poll has such a sinister American conspiracy theorist edge: “if your local government decided…” — like having these things nearby can only be forced upon you and you must fight back.
Even if we can't have a 15 minute neighborhood, we could have a bus stop at the post office (which is close enough to 15 minutes of a fast walk or a jog), that then brings you 10 minutes away (by bus) to the town which does have all of these things within 15 minutes walk.
The 15 minute neighborhood concept should be expanded to put everything within 45 minutes, by a combination of public transit and walking, for rural towns where there's not a good way to build them closer.
>>Note: I’ll have to stop early due to Dr appt but will add what I miss when I return.
As always, I can’t reply during live-thread of multiple reporters. Plz remember to preface q’s w “Not for Laffy” or something similar since I’m too distracted to answer. Others can for me. TY.
🔥New York AG #LetitiaJames: "This morning, Mr. Trump will take the stand in our trial against him, the Trump org & other defendants. Mr. Trump has repeatedly & consistently misrepresented & inflated the value of his assets. & before he takes the stand, I am certain that he will engage in name calling & taunts & race baiting & call this a witch hunt. But at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers — & numbers, my friends, don't lie."👈🏼
(Painters slowed me down. I'm catching up...patience)
Via InnerCityPress aka Press:
Habba: My client & I wish to pt out Ms Carroll can sit in front of jurors every day. But my client has to choose between attending his mother in law's funeral--
Judge Kaplan: I have ruled. Sit down
Habba: I don't like to be spoken to that why. Please refrain. I am asking for an adjournment for a funeral.
Judge Kaplan: Denied. Sit down
🔥Judge Kaplan: No, we are not going to read out loud a document not yet in evidence. We are going to take a break right here to 3:30 and you're going to refresh your memory about how you get a document in.
Habba: Do you keep the supporting emails?
Carroll: Yes. I tend to delete questions that I know I won't use. But I have an entire label for supportive messages.
Habba: Do you control your email?
Carroll: Yes.
Habba: So only you deleted them?
Carroll: Yes.
Habba: Ms. Carroll, are you aware it is illegal to delete evidence?
Carroll's lawyer: Objection
🤦🏻♀️Habba: I move for a mistrial, evidence has been deleted
👉🏼Judge Kaplan: Denied and the jury will disregard everything Ms. Habba just said