TranscriptionTumblr post by arctic-hands: > When I was a teenager and still on Neopets I was part of a pretty big Star Trek guild and eventually became part of its council, with the solemn duty of creating weekly polls. Well one day I created the poll “Which would win in a fight? Borg Cube or Death Star?”. Naturally, since...
dancing and dance classes are a great way to meet people there’s an app called meetup - use it to meet up with people go to trivia night follow local gathering places and check out their schedules if you’re in a larger city, there may be a Do{yourAreaCode} website with a list of things that are going on joining a food or drink tour in your own city is actually quite fun and locals/new comers do it as well book club? people rarely read books. they mainly hang out
expand your route, linger in public, be friendly, walk through open doors. but you have to leave the house.
and yes, I do these things (haven’t done a book club yet) and yes, I meet new people, even when I was in a small town. I made an entire friend group by going to meetup events.
Not just bikes made a video about that point. The gist: when you spend more than $100B on roads and next to nothing on rail and public transit, well no shit sherlock.
It’s still 1,600 years, with full human lifespans contained in them. It doesn’t matter how many other years there are, a year is still a year, and 1,600 contains 60-70 or so generations.
Anyone can zoom out to make things seem relatively smaller, but that doesn’t change the scale of anything for the people living in it.
A hypersonic missile is among the high-tech weapons systems that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to introduce to cope with what he called deepening U.S. hostility....
everyone mocks until success. we were laughing at their last attempts and doing rockets and then they hit their goals and we all freaked out for a week.
A lot of the author’s writing really strikes a chord with me on this. I’m reading the descriptions and am like, yep. Saw that. Lived that.
Now that I’m out of it, still think about my parents and family that are still in it, regularly say and do this same kind of stuff, and it’s entirely foreign to me. And I used to believe it more than them.
My best (stupid) guess is weapons. US gov has a ton of weapons. Already sells tons of weapons. Now the prices will always remain stable. Other countries would love to know that 30 million usd would always be able to buy an f15. Other countries declaring war will increase the value of the USD, as buying weapons from us government...
holy shit, you’re not going to believe this, but I met the author at a hostel in Mexico City. He’s a really cool dude, friendly, funny, and pretty interesting overall. I actually totally forgot about this and glad to see the book is out!
It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....
So one thing about the note taking (from an ex-Christian), something that is very common is the fake prophesy or telling you details of your life that you think the person shouldn’t know. I guarantee you they’re using these notes as a way to say that God told them something about you. I’m saying this because I’ve been in churches that did that
Edit: many say they don’t encourage it, but it doesn’t matter if someone gets “saved”
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs and break down complex figures into assaults on corporate greed, a signature image that propelled the Democrat’s U.S. Senate candidacy in California....
I also want to point out the effort vs output difference. A 100 -> 100% output requires more than 10% input increase in effort, so your pay should be more than that
Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt (infosec.exchange)
Who would win: Borg Cube or Death Star? (aussie.zone)
TranscriptionTumblr post by arctic-hands: > When I was a teenager and still on Neopets I was part of a pretty big Star Trek guild and eventually became part of its council, with the solemn duty of creating weekly polls. Well one day I created the poll “Which would win in a fight? Borg Cube or Death Star?”. Naturally, since...
America Is Sick of Swiping (www.theatlantic.com)
'My car is more convenient'
I’m getting a lot of ‘but my car is more convenient’ arguments lately, and I’m struggling to convey why that doesn’t make sense....
Someone has to keep this operation grounded in reality (lemmy.world)
The end is nigh (lemmy.world)
wealth (sopuli.xyz)
A poor craftsman (lemmy.world)
Mmm yesss (mander.xyz)
me_irl (lemmy.world)
If Trump is 'really rich,' why is he looking for a handout? (chicago.suntimes.com)
Noah, get the boat (lemmy.world)
North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant U.S. targets (www.nbcnews.com)
A hypersonic missile is among the high-tech weapons systems that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to introduce to cope with what he called deepening U.S. hostility....
The Jesus Mask: Why evangelicals are so easy to deceive (rolltodisbelieve.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/10067687...
WaLkEr (lemmy.world)
tEXaS rANNgEr
You have to pick something to have US dollar be backed by, what do you pick?
My best (stupid) guess is weapons. US gov has a ton of weapons. Already sells tons of weapons. Now the prices will always remain stable. Other countries would love to know that 30 million usd would always be able to buy an f15. Other countries declaring war will increase the value of the USD, as buying weapons from us government...
I will miss them (lemmy.world)
What? (midwest.social)
Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh (www.theguardian.com)
Evangelical app 'Bless Every Home' is mapping personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals targeting them. (newrepublic.com)
It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....
China puts trust in AI to maintain largest high-speed rail network on Earth (www.scmp.com)
Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future (apnews.com)
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs and break down complex figures into assaults on corporate greed, a signature image that propelled the Democrat’s U.S. Senate candidacy in California....
110% (lemmy.world)