I gather some server is for some arcane reason censoring naughty words to protect our delicate sensibilities. Is it on my end, on lemmy.ml? Is it the server people are posting from? Is it something happening in the federation? Is it the Romulans?
This filter was very controversial, especially because at first it was hardcoded into Lemmy itself, and the devs initially were insistent in keeping it that way. Fortunately they eventually allowed it to be configurable by instance, which is a much more sensible approach. Especially considering other languages and even some english variants. And while most people like you and me appreciate the intent, many are still unsure if this is a good approach to fight the problem. It does seem hard to avoid a lot of silly false positives. I remember someone mentioning being really confused by this “Sremovedew Valley” mentioned everywhere, until they realized it was just Stardew Valley being mangled by the filter.
It was a lot later (1300s), but Ibn Battuta seems to have done just that. Guy leaves Morocco and just keeps going on and on, till he ends up in China. Though perhaps even more incredibly he actually does come all the way back. The historicity of his accounts is disputed and maybe only a part of it is true, but even if he only got as far as India, I still find it fascinating to imagine doing at that time.
With that kind of propulsion politically available, I doubt finding workable combinations of mitigation strategies to interstellar medium hazards would be the showstopper. Especially not one to hold us back for time scales that oceans did. Getting humans interested in prioritizing projects like that, to me, is the real headscratcher.
We could put people on Alpha Centauri in 88 years with 50s technology like Project Orion. The really hard part is figuring out a way to make us use the technology we do have for things like that, instead of for bombing each other back to the stone age.
Read somewhere else that the engine in that plane lies really close to the ground, and the guy (maintenance worker on his first day) got suckered in. Can’t say if any of this is true but that’s what I read.
Some of the best instances are those focused on a subject. I especially like programming.dev, mander.xyz (science) and slrpnk.net (solar punk movement or “practical utopianism”).
I will say that one example for all is Abba’s “Mamma Mia” which I interpreted the beginning of chorus “Mamma mia, we are collagen” and the beginning of the second part of it “He’ll something broken hardly”. Don’t ask past me why I had to make it about intercellular matrix.
For a serious game I’d recommend UnCiv, imho the best adaptation of Civ to the mobile form, even counting official games. Very frequently updated.
For casual games, I like:
Lona: like Snake from old feature phones, but with circular motions. You’ll understand it when you see it. Familiar and fresh gameplay at the same time. Difficult to master and keep beating your highest scores. Very addictive.
Vector Pinball: as it says on the tin, just an honest to dog, simple pinball. Many tables to choose from.
I’m also addicted to Poland can into space, which is a stupid game with bad gameplay, but fun nevertheless. :)
NASA sendos kosmosondilon al Jupitera luno Eŭropo ĉi-jare. Protektanta la instrumentojn estos ŝirmilo, sur kiu oni enskribis la vorton, “akvo” en pli ol cent lingvoj. Inter ili, Esperanto!
Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues....
Pro unuflanke putinisma raportado pri la milito en Ukrainio ni antaŭ unu jaro forigis la ligilojn al la freŝaj artikoloj de Vikinovaĵoj en Libera Folio. La projekto tamen plu ekzistas, kaj ĵus aperis la mila artikolo. Unu el la aktivuloj estas Vladimir Perepelica, kiu nun alvokas pli da homoj partopreni, por igi la projekton...
How come I'm seeing "removed" all over the place?
I gather some server is for some arcane reason censoring naughty words to protect our delicate sensibilities. Is it on my end, on lemmy.ml? Is it the server people are posting from? Is it something happening in the federation? Is it the Romulans?
Esperanto Senlime Ep. 1 (www.youtube.com)
Tuj aperos la unua televidserio en Esperanto (www.liberafolio.org) Esperanto
Roman World (lemmy.world)
Person dies after falling into jet engine at Schiphol airport (www.theguardian.com)
Aircraft operated by KLM was preparing to depart when incident occurred at busy Amsterdam hub...
What other instances have exciting communities?
Referring mainly to non-NSFW communities. But feel free to mention NSFW communities too.
La Kongreso - ridiga tekstaventuro (gemelo.org)
Oh shit, the economy! (slrpnk.net)
Any funny/interesting misheard lyrics in songs?
I will say that one example for all is Abba’s “Mamma Mia” which I interpreted the beginning of chorus “Mamma mia, we are collagen” and the beginning of the second part of it “He’ll something broken hardly”. Don’t ask past me why I had to make it about intercellular matrix.
FOSS games recommendations
What are some good open source games on F-droid? I found libresudoku and lichess, so what are your findings?
what is your favorite Mario kart?
for me is Mario kart wii
Listinha de comunidades?
Título, gostaria de ver as disponíveis....
On this day, July 12 1975, São Tomé and Príncipe acquired its independence and adopted its current flag. There were other proposals though. Here are some of them. (lemmy.world)
Proposals taken from Wikipedia article.
Esperanto en Eŭropo (lemmy.world) Esperanto
NASA sendos kosmosondilon al Jupitera luno Eŭropo ĉi-jare. Protektanta la instrumentojn estos ŝirmilo, sur kiu oni enskribis la vorton, “akvo” en pli ol cent lingvoj. Inter ili, Esperanto!
An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel (apnews.com)
Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues....
There are less than 1000 people who can claim to be on Earth for the second or more time. Everyone else is still on their first visit.
Some shots i got of the lightning downtown yesteray (imgur.com)
Fenton! (piped.video)
Motorcycles per 1000 inhabitants in Europe (landgeistdotcom.files.wordpress.com)
Vikinovaĵoj strebas iĝi pli multflankaj (www.liberafolio.org) Esperanto
Pro unuflanke putinisma raportado pri la milito en Ukrainio ni antaŭ unu jaro forigis la ligilojn al la freŝaj artikoloj de Vikinovaĵoj en Libera Folio. La projekto tamen plu ekzistas, kaj ĵus aperis la mila artikolo. Unu el la aktivuloj estas Vladimir Perepelica, kiu nun alvokas pli da homoj partopreni, por igi la projekton...
If you could deliver a 1'*1'*1' box to hell what would you put in it?
Preferably the hell of the blood-soaked Bible