I see what you’re saying. I wasn’t aware that the USDA had updated the zones, so that was news to me at least. The appsite they built is neat. It does actually drive home that this is abnormal and will continue to accelerate in the future at least.
We found a race condition in the teleport code. Turns out the efficiency curve for the restoration magic that undoes the disintegration in real time has a parabolic mana requirement related to mass, but disintegrate has a caterneric curve. For human sized stuff they match up, but if you try to teleport something of sufficient mass the restoration starts to draw a disproportionate amount of mana and the whole thing falls apart.
This ad is literally the perfect opposite of their famous Think different ad:
We have an actual gigantic, unfeeling machine, literally crushing an effigy of the sum total of human creativity, only to proudly declare that everyone now needs to do all those things in the same, apple-approved way.
And the real irony is that’s the actual message they’re trying to get across.
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes...
You’ve succinctly defined the problem, and the only solution is a cultural shift away from the norm. Hopefully that shift will be peaceful, which will most likely only happen if it’s gradual.
The USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed. (apps.npr.org)
"Do you know how many spells are just recycled incantations?"
“Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam” (bigthink.com)
braver than any marine (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
It is very therapeutic to garden, though. (lemmy.today)
AI Suggestions (programming.dev)
Lift like China, bro 🇨🇳💪 (lemmy.ml)
Maybe an injection or pill? (lemmy.world)
Water barrel for a fallout shelter from the Cold War era seen in a flea market. (lemmy.world)
Bonus: modern doomsday prepper booth in the same flea market. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ee65f843-66be-4009-9aec-12d2d991e91d.jpeg
Federal appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction (www.cnn.com)
A crushing backlash to Apple’s new iPad ad (arstechnica.com)
Hey Apple, I have this great idea for a next spot where we burn a pile of books. Call me.
If you want a warrior main character, have them a squire or something! (lemmy.world)
Go Your Own Way (literature.cafe)
Moon dust (mander.xyz)
Addiction is a scary thing (lemmy.world)
Study reveals "widespread, bipartisan aversion" to neighbors owning AR-15 rifles (www.psypost.org)
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes...
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
As a young fan, the space battles were the best part. You might say I was crazy about them. (lemmy.world)
Thanks. (lemmy.world)