Are these promoted somewhere before they happen? I feel like I always find out about them in a post about the results, which is a shame because I like Connor.
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
I think it’s to give the top women a platform, for young girls to see people like them on the TV and make them believe they can do it too. If enough young girls start playing and keep playing, there should be plenty of female players that can compete with the best men in short order. There are also women’s titles that have lower requirements than men’s. It’s a pretty controversial thing; some women refuse to take the “lesser” WGM title over the open IM title.
I’m not saying this works or I agree with it, but that’s the thinking.
You could, but no-one really plays it so you won’t be getting the same experience. If you want the constant anxiety of being killed, or the thrill of hunting others, the yearly deadman is your best option. The permanent world is just a private server with boosted xp rates.
What’s everyone’s favorite song from the game? Outside of Flute Salad, I have really enjoyed The Militia. The heaviness of some sections of the song mixed with piano is really nice.
This attitude on here is really annoying. Starting a community is a big time commitment if you want it to be moderated and run effectively. A lot of us don’t have the time to do that, no matter how much we want the platform to succeed.
For those who weren’t around back then: The 2009 aero regs introduced multi-element front wings. These new wings allowed for significantly more downforce allowing for cars to handle more power before losing grip. However, when an attacker got within a second or two of someone they’d start to lose all that new grip and power...
I don’t think the dirty air issue is solved as much as you think it is. It looks better than it used to, but you can see in situations where drs is disabled that following close is still pretty difficult unless you’re Max Verstappen.
The FIA are finding it really difficult to tune the drs zones though. Passing either seems guaranteed or impossible most of the time, haven’t seen much happy middle ground. Maybe they could invest in some better simulation software to make their guesses better.
I’ve mostly been killing Vardorvis because I think it’s fun and challenging, but in the last 5 kills I’ve made a total of 25k (mith javelins, lots of lava runes, etc.) and definitely burned more than that in supplies. Maybe it’s a skill issue, but I am definitely in the hole quite a bit when death costs are so high and...
I like science fiction movies and series of all kinds, as long as the story is good. In the past I watched one or two Japanese science fiction movies and remember that I liked them very much (I don’t remember the titles, though)....
“Science fiction” is kind of broad, most anime has elements of science fiction because the medium (i.e. not being real) lends itself to more fantastical ideas. I upvote others recommendations for steins gate and cowboy bebop, here are some offbeat recommendations.
If you like emotional anime, I really enjoyed Plastic Memories. The last couple of episodes especially really hit me, the running theme of the agency having non-human employees is kinda interesting.
Serial Experiments Lain is a psychological horror thriller type thing with very heavy sci fi elements. Considering it’s from the 90s, it’s commentary on the internet is surprisingly relevant these days. A bit artsy and kind of disappears up its own arse sometimes like Eva, but really interesting regardless.
Wonder Egg Priority is kind of sci-fi, tbh I don’t know where sci-fi ends and fantasy starts, but I really enjoyed it. Just forgive it for the fucking dire ending, I think they ran out of budget, which is a shame. Kind of a “monster of the week” setup with cool action. Killer soundtrack too.
Finally, Eden of the East is a series I’ll always recommend. A mystery/thriller series where a group of people have access to a concierge that can basically do anything and they have a vague mission to “change the world”. Borderline sci -fi because of the heavy use of technology as a plot device. Also has an underwhelming ending, but the rest is top tier.
The real issues? Social anxiety, general guilt and regret about the past, the acceptance and occasional pain in knowing that I’ll never have a partner.
But the situation has been the same for about a decade and I’ve moved past the point where it bothers me other than acute episodes. I’m fortunate enough to have a good job and enough money that I don’t have to worry about housing or food, and aside from work I can basically do whatever I want (the positive side of “no partner”). I have hobbies and am going to start traveling soon and work keeps me busy, so I don’t really have grounds to complain.
Also, at some point if you’re not dangerously depressed, it just becomes a part of life and the new baseline. I feel “meh” at the best of times aside from when I level up on OSRS, and having that kind of pessimistic outlook does have some advantages. I don’t really panic when something goes wrong because everything is shit anyways, so the boiler breaking down or w/e is just another Tuesday. Makes life much more chill then the rollercoaster of being an optimist.
Yeah this is basically my take. The fact that another poster didn’t really connect with it and gave it a 7/10 is kind of the point, I’ve liked some anime and given them a 7/10 so if you don’t like it and give it that score it’s gotta be objectively pretty good. If you do connect with it, it’s the complete package, a relationship I have more with AoT than FMA.
I don’t know if it’s that hot because it seems quite polarising, but the 4 episodes of FLCL I watched were the biggest waste of my time and I don’t understand why anyone likes it, let alone rates it as a GOAT.
The argument is done to death, but watching dubbed anime is not a crime. Dubs will never be perfect because of the need to translate concepts that don’t translate, and match lip flaps. But the trade off is being able to glance away from the screen and not completely lose track of a scene, and a more relaxed experience because you don’t have to read. If that’s the trade off you want to make, go for it, most dubs are pretty competent these days, it’s not like the days of the DBZ “big green” dub.
My hot take is that some dubs are “too accurate” these days. One that irks me is characters calling siblings “sis” or “bro” because that’s how it works in Japanese and they’re trying to be faithful. No-one talks like that in English, they use the sibling’s name. The dubs imo should take more liberties with the source material to make things feel more natural. They already do this with “itadakimasu” before character’s eat, that gets translated into all sorts of “saying grace” or “let’s eat” type phrases. Imagine translating that literally to “I humble receive [this food]” it’d be crazy. <\rant>.
Yeah that’s pretty much it. Family members have titles like we use “mum” or “grandma”, everyone else gets name + maybe an honourific, pronouns are rare.
They put the pronouns in when they translate to English so it doesn’t sound like everyone’s talking in third person, but don’t do the reverse with sublings! Infuriating.
There are plenty of valid reasons to dislike rosberg, but a lot of drivers have admitted to that. It’s not that big a deal, in the heat of the cockpit it evaporates if it isn’t absorbed by the race suit.
I've been using Opera for a few years now and I've been enjoying its features, UI and everything. However, I (surprisingly to me) haven't noticed many people mentioning it. Also, when I was on Reddit and mentioned that I use it I got downvoted which left me somewhat confused haha....
I loved Opera 20 years ago when the built in RSS reader, email client, mouse gestures and unique rendering engine that was either faster than the others or completely incompatible with websites. Now I don’t give it much thought, all the chromium browsers feel the same.
There are extensions for Chromium browser’s that do the same thing now :) I use it at work because my mouse doesn’t have buttons for navigating back and forward, it’s great.
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CDawgVA Delivers Swindle Of The Century To Become The Fifth PogChampion (www.chess.com)
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
Everything You Need to Know for Deadman: Apocalypse (secure.runescape.com)
why are companies trying so hard to have employees back in the office?
I have posted this on Reddit (askeconomics) a while back but got no good replies. Copying it here because I don’t want to send traffic to Reddit....
Favorite song?
What’s everyone’s favorite song from the game? Outside of Flute Salad, I have really enjoyed The Militia. The heaviness of some sections of the song mixed with piano is really nice.
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A few months old vs. almost 6 years old (lemmy.world)
My boy Nigel is all grown up but I still think he has the face of a little baby ❤️
ProTip: If you're cooking something, set a timer.
I only burnt the rice a little bit.
The time has come to reduce/remove DRS
For those who weren’t around back then: The 2009 aero regs introduced multi-element front wings. These new wings allowed for significantly more downforce allowing for cars to handle more power before losing grip. However, when an attacker got within a second or two of someone they’d start to lose all that new grip and power...
Anyone else finding the new bosses common drops kinda lackluster for how difficult they are?
I’ve mostly been killing Vardorvis because I think it’s fun and challenging, but in the last 5 kills I’ve made a total of 25k (mith javelins, lots of lava runes, etc.) and definitely burned more than that in supplies. Maybe it’s a skill issue, but I am definitely in the hole quite a bit when death costs are so high and...
My cat Gigi just died. She was a good cat for the 11 years I had her and I'm sad to let her go. My house is going to feel quiet for quite some time (lemmy.world)
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Brothers. (lemmy.world)
Berry (30 months) and Cocoa (3 months)
Can you recommend Japanese science fiction movies and series?
I like science fiction movies and series of all kinds, as long as the story is good. In the past I watched one or two Japanese science fiction movies and remember that I liked them very much (I don’t remember the titles, though)....
Lemmy users who feel the heaviness of depression, what issue in your life weighs you down the most? (lemm.ee)
What are your anime ranking hot takes?
Hot takes in comparing anime from the same genre....
Rosberg was called ‘Britney’ on Sky F1’s juniors before walking away mad (www.planetf1.com)
If anyone is able to just post the vid that would be great
What's your opinion on Opera browser?
I've been using Opera for a few years now and I've been enjoying its features, UI and everything. However, I (surprisingly to me) haven't noticed many people mentioning it. Also, when I was on Reddit and mentioned that I use it I got downvoted which left me somewhat confused haha....
Those of you who shower barehanded: Do you lather and then use your hand, or just shove the soap wherever it needs to go? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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