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Yasuke is actually a fantastic choice as far as history/narrative goes.

A shame the game looks like more generic Assassin's Creed Mapfucking+Crowd Supermurder.

Which is fine if that's your thing, but I haven't been thrilled by an AC game since... well, AC1.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24419956

Original post: sfba.social (Mastodon)

https://x.com/horriblelizard/status/1879111022117868031

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20853827

> ::: spoiler show transcript > @ThrillaRilla369 tweets: > A 57,000 square foot Temu warehouse in > China went up in flames today. The total loss of inventory has been estimated to be as high as $56.19 USD. > :::

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20883609

> ::: spoiler show transcript > compiler-specific posts: > every software is like. your mission-critical app requires you to use the scrimble protocol to squeeb some snorble files for sprongle expressions. do you use: > > - libsnorble-2-dev, a C library that the author only distributes as source code and therefore must be compiled from source using CMake > - Squeeb.js, which sort of has most of the features you want, but requires about a gigabyte of Node dependencies and has only been in development for eight months and has 4.7k open issues on Github > - Squeeh.js, a typosquatting trojan that uses your GPU to mine crypto if you install it by mistake > - Sprongloxide, a Rust crate beloved by its fanatical userbase, which has been in version 0.9.* for about four years, and is actually just a thin wrapper for libsnorble-2-dev > - GNU Scrimble, a GPLv3-licensed command-line tool maintained by the Free Software Foundation, which has over a hundred different flags, and also comes with an integrated Lisp interpreter for scripting, and also a TUI-based Pong implementation as an "easter egg", and also supports CSV, XML, JSON, PDF, XLSX, and even HTML files, but does not actually come with support for squeebing snorble files for ideological reasons. it does have a boomeresque drawing of a grinning meerkat as its logo, though > - Microsoft Scrimble Framework Core, a .NET library that has all the features you need and more, but costs $399 anually and comes with a proprietary licensing agreement that grants Microsoft the right to tattoo advertisements on the inside of your eyelids > - snorblite, a full-featured Perl module which is entirely developed and maintained by a single guy who is completely insane and constantly makes blog posts about how much he hates the ATF and the "woke mind-virus", but everyone uses it because it has all the features you need and is distributed under the MIT license > - Google Squeebular (deprecated since 2017) > :::

Original post: hachyderm.io (Mastodon)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20854187

> ::: spoiler show transcript > Boethiah posts: > [a screenshot of a comment by BrokenHomesSmal…] > "Just put this bread into the oven for the first time. What on earth does "satin-smooth" mean? I am not a painter or a communist, I cannot work in such flowery terms as this. The fascists at the NSA wouldn't allow this - I hope when they read this comment they will immediately take down this wishy-washy recipe and replace it with a concrete scientific methodology that is more suited to the delicate and precise nature of baking." [screenshot ends] > this reads like Disco Elysium dialogue > > autismgod replies: > this is like something an NPC says to you at the bakery in the witch alps version of Disco Elysium > :::

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24284186

> Bread is CIVILIZATION

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20788922

> ::: spoiler show transcript > agnesmontague posts: > devastating news for the discourse poster: “media literacy” in the modern age includes the ability to identify which posts are bait > > agnesmontague replies: > before you go on lamenting the death of media literacy on the post of some guy who may, perhaps, have a financial incentive to get as many eyes on their slop as humanly possible, take a second to assess whether this "literacy" you speak of could apply to you in this very moment, because otherwise, brother, i bear some bad news > > agnesmontague replies: > (quoted tumblr tag) > #anybody got pointers for those who don't know the signs of bait? > (end quote) > i'm glad someone asked, though unfortunately i don't think there is any set of rules or pointers to abide by; my principle is that if a take is "too hot" (worded in an inflammatory way, way overbroad or generalized, reads offensively) on a platform that rewards engagement (twitter, tiktok, or youtube, mostly, though not confined to those), it's likely bait for the sake of baiting, although to be honest i have never once found it a loss to simply ignore/block any take online that pisses me off regardless of whether i think it is sincere or in good faith. so my rule of thumb is to just not engage, generally > :::

Since I drink so much Coca-Cola, apparently

original post: https://masto.doskel.net/@chloe/113784823934883234