Look, I don't know if you guys haven't been paying attention but places have been getting ravaged for decades because of what we've been doing. Everyone around me was flabbergasted with what happened in the NC western mountains. They videos were exactly like those I've been seeing in the Philippines and other countries that we just completely ignore when there's a natural disaster (maybe a 30 second blip in the media headline for 80% of it if they're in a really poor region).
The Western mountains were devastated because of the infrastructure in natural valleys and huge amounts of sediment deposited by centuries of mining those mountains out (you can see the natural rock formations that returned, lots of people know the land they built on wasn't there before it was developed). The hurricane wasn't man made, but everything fucking else about that catastrophe was because of our activity.
I don't know what the answer is, but I've been waiting for the democrat heroes to save the day since I started voting during Bush's administration that I was thoroughly against and thought our invasion of Iraq was a war crime. Now we continue to this day with a never ending war machine and a corporation first politics that hasn't ever changed. I'm all for us talking about some alternatives and pushing for everything and anything right now, not waiting to form something later to help "sway" the democrats policies (which it really didn't in the long run did it?)
People really don't know the extent they went to for this.
These were plastered up everywhere. Always wondered how effective they would be.
Edit: Signs say "Kamala Crime/Trump Safety" and "Trump low prices/Kamala high prices", incase the image is down or text to speech.
I mean yes, that's been the playbook for 8 years. More like 16 if you count what people actually thought Obama was going to be (and had record turn out). Try, try again?
It always makes me wonder what delicious flavors nature has provided that I'm missing out on. Just like Banana's in the states, we have a "main" variety of apple which is "Red Delicious" (it's just a name, not delicious). This abomination is the prettiest picturesque apple you've ever seen, but it tastes like cardboard compared to any other apple species. I wish we still had access to all the different varieties of banana's that used to be around but guess we've fucked that one up.
I think you're also missing the caveat of different levels or types of stupidity. Musk bares the resemblance of the "Emperor with No Clothes" type. Even if he's aware, he's still parading around like he's the greatest while everyone thinks he's a fool for his actions. It's definitely a certain level of stupidity to pull that off without self reflection.
I just don't get why we're not training and endorsing out the next group with all this press. Sanders and Warren need to back and/or start a coalition of progressive up-and-coming leaders that they can help hone and introduce to the larger political landscape while they have the energy and influence. They need to stop being the only torch bearers and start bringing in underlings. Idc if they follow them around like a posse, might actually be better if they did. I would cuddle with Sanders all night if I could, I'm just tired of his name being the only one catching attention. The will try to bury any movement with him when his time comes, best to get ahead of it so momentum can keep going.
Holy shit, you just mind blasted me with a memory I had lost. That whole shit show between Bernie and Warren during a debate where she acted all fluffed and pissed off because Bernie was apparently somekind of sexist?! or at least the media and her team tried to play it that way but it completely backfired if I remember right.
Some helpful caption/subtitles is for videos which don't have dialogue but add information to what's going on. One example is primitive technology but there are plenty of other skill presentations/tutorials where the how and why is spelled out in the subtitles while the actual audio is just peaceful melodies to enjoy watching someone work too.
Do you guys really believe the populist position is to "vote the Democrats out" and that Gaza was really the reason for voter apathy that effects half the population? Couldn't be messaging or effective policies being lacking, definitely blame anyone against a continually funded arsenal in the hands of aggressive governments.
TIL- Muliebrity (Muliebrity means womanly nature or qualities, or the condition of being a woman. It comes from Latin muliēbris, derived from mulier, meaning woman)
Feel about the same as your case. Every one has preferred pronouns, I like to point out to conservative relatives that "sir" and "ma'am" is just another form that they learned growing up for certain individuals. It's just basic manners.
I used to be more lenient, but it's 2024 and people running for elected political offices with ZERO online presence just pisses me off. I know this is gonna blow everyone's mind, but a large percentage of voters wait till the day before election to research any candidates, sometimes for less than an hour before giving up. It's probably why most of them don't fill out information so a voter just chooses them and they're less likely to dissuade someone if they don't say anything, at least it might've worked in the past.
It needs to be a required special-credit for highschool graduation to fully research and demonstrate you know the candidates on the ballet for your local election and register to vote. This could be bi-partisan, get everyone involved. It doesn't take fully re-working a shafted education system to get more engaged voters.
I'm just kinda miffed by the whole situation with Oregon, first the drug re-criminalization and now a RCV vote just got squashed. Can't wait to hear about everything that went down like with Alaska and Maine.
oh I like that, it's not in my usual rolodex but covers the feelings of all of them. A little new-age for me, but it checks out as a good alternative.
is "oh boy" considered a gendered term?
I've been back and forth with this just because of my habit to use "oh man", or "oh dude" in the past. I've done pretty well with changing the terminology just to keep to the discussion at hand and being respectful for anyone I'm talking to (just feels like basic public respect, like back in the day they would say "Dear Reader," not really a PC problem to me).
So anyways, I found myself typing "oh boy" the other day and I paused to wonder about it. I don't think I've ever seen it brought up in discussions like man or dude. I never even thought of that phrase as it signifying the recipient is a "boy". The more I think on it I don't even know what the actual meaning is besides the way in which it is used (like, "shit" or "you wouldn't believe").
tldr: Is "oh boy" an acceptable gender-neutral response loop hole so I can be lazier when typing or has this been discussed a lot and I've just missed out on it?
I would love to hear the perspectives of everyone and encourage you to voice your opinion (just message if you don't want other's chiming in if you prefer)
Also, I don’t have a dream girl. I find the concept repulsing
proceeds to list paragraphs of demands that a woman must meet to be considered.
Good luck with all that man, I hope you can look back at this comment one day and realize how unbelievably picky you are. A partner isn't a pokemon, they're allowed to have a life while still loving and sharing a home with you.
Just an OG fantasy accelerationist eh? I can dig it, but I think they would dismiss it as not being fit for the definition. Judges can and are allowed to be fickle like that.
Umm, I'm just imagining someone still living off the parents who's screaming like a monkey because his mother asked him to shower once this week. Like what kind of relationship are you allowing to continue where intimidation is effective? If you're reliant on the person, I could understand not feeling like you could set boundaries before. But if you're a healthy functional adult, you shouldn't have to resort to "Going chimp". Just like... live your life. Let them know you're not gonna respond immediately to drama. Give them some distance and minimal effective communication so they know the point (not being an ass, but letting them know that you're an adult with your own situations going on much like they've gone through and they're burdening you now instead of supporting).
This was such a weird time-line switch. Trump president again and progressives on Lemmy sound like r/conservative with law interpretation. So there's no better response, no room for the very real needed evaluation of each situation, just a blanket "shoot em" now. Idk how people are so subjective to propaganda and influence when we have such a hard grasp on reality.
Holy shit, a true clown-troll account made specifically because of the results of a political election. Get a fucking life or even just a singular hobby to better waste your time with.
The working class didn't come out in droves, it was the same fucking numbers. Republicans are taught at a very young age it was their duty to vote, it's ingrained in a lot of the family structure while the left/progressive stems more from active engagement and a distrust in the political system.
If you think Biden stepped down just because he was "too old", you slept through the past year. It was a valid concern and still is as the sitting administration, it's even more concerning we're about to have the oldest elected person in history in fucking 2024.
Economics hardship was already here, that's probably what pissed me off the greatest about this last election cycle. "They're going to come after us if you don't vote!" removed, hey've been coming for us, everyone is just pretending it's important now.
ok, I was gonna be facetious and post the video mockingly but it's actually kinda funny. It seems from the clips it actually tries to follow the ball but keeps getting distracted by the referees big beautiful bald head. Future AI-AR(artificial resources instead of HR) discussions probably like, "wtf guys? You told me to track these things!?!"
Is there something I said that's confusing to you? Do I need to repeat it in different words for you to be able to carry on a conversation? Are you legitimately confused and can't follow along or just trolling? You definitely have a different conversation style (I'm guessing young and haven't engaged in long-form discussion before, maybe even strictly on mobile so it's hard for you to type at length).
If you really don't understand and you aren't just being a dick I'll actually reply but you just seem hostile as fuck.
The Side of China The Media Won't Show You
I think this one might've broken my brain in a good way. It's about a guy attempting to hitchhike through china from the west border to Beijing in the east. I don't get the clickbait title but I guess it worked. Idk, something about this one finally made reality click from a distant belief to factual (we are all just living mundane lives, there are no enemies but the ones society creates).
You see movies about hitchhiking across foreign countries, other popular youtubers, see media coverage of a crew trying to "get into an area". The always make it dramatic and the situations between people more intense, instead of what it really is, just plain fucking awkward for someone going through their regular day with a stranger and a camera in their face.
This video was just so fucking mundane it was surreal. I guess I've been in a lot of his situations that feel magical, but really is just so simple and pure to our existence. Like walking along a highway and seeing a site you get to explore unlike all the people who just drive by it without ever visiting (though I worry that one site might've been sacred, hopefully there wasn't any signs he dismissed). Random couples that give an awkward ride to a stranger that doesn't speak their language. Asking for advice or help and just kinda following along awkwardly as they try to explain how they're helping you (I sympathize with anyone who feels uncomfortable asking for help because I was raised with the insane concept that you don't need help, in a society developed to work together -_-).
I think the people he encounters while they're working is what drew me in the most. Here's this crazy foreigner guy who can't speak but a few words in the middle of the street smiling and waving down people excitedly. This would freak out most people, and you can kinda tell they are a little bit. But, the workers are just going about their day and seem to really enjoy the change in monotony. They embrace him and his journey in their own ways, enjoying and providing what little support they can.
tldr; stumbled onto it before bed, kept me up and interested. Will be sharing with family and friends so thought I would post up here. Man hitchhikes across China and has an interesting (good) time.
What's your typical "stand-by" mode for your computer when you're not using it?
I struggle with this for my personal computer. The TV-computer combo shuts off the monitor (triggers the tv to shut off when there is no input) after an hour. An hour after that it's suspended, works well.
My personal computer though, sometimes I shut off the monitor, most of the time I let it run for the day completely powered. I have yet to set any type of shutdown or standby because typically I use it more than I do my tv (work, gaming, videos, etc on the comp). I know there's some power conservation I need to consider for motivation, I have no security concern atm with my standard main account and everything private is layered so inaccessible.
tl;dr
what's everyone else's setup like for when they walk away from the computer?
Agatha All Along, the only marvel show I'll probably give a try this year
Giving my perspective so far with the new show that I doubt most people are giving a watch (I was forced to try it lol). It's only 2 episodes in, the first episode I wasn't that impressed with. It seemed to be wrapping up other storylines and trying to branch into it's new, own thing. It was a confusing episode trying to get a grasp of what they were doing. But, with the previous enjoyment of wandavision (at least the first few episodes of it), I decided to push through.
Then comes Episode 2, just completely blew me away. Not like it's a masterpiece but definitely feels like Marvel is attempting to let them do their own thing atm and is one of the best "Witch" related media since the Hocus Pocus original (made me realize that genre just completely fell off since the 90's with decently made stories that wasn't an action "van-helsing/hugh jackman" kinda thing. I'm really looking forward to where they might be taking this.
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Spoiler for talking about some characters that show up but no plot points exposed
With Episode 1 I felt like Aubrey Plaza was shoehorned in because of her status, she did nothing for the plot besides something that could've been fleshed out with the Teen character better. The Teen character itself I'm not too thrilled with only because of my confusion on the hierarchy of everything. He has good scenes, but his role seems to fluctuate for plot needs, just needs more fleshed out with him to be realistic but obviously this was a choice that was made.
I really feel like I need to watch Wandavision again because the Agatha in this show seems completely different, I'm not sure if it's my perception from a show I watched over 3 years ago or if there's some Marvel rewriting shenanigans going on here. I definitely am interested in looking into the comic origin and storylines now though from this show.
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I wanted to highlight the song in episode 2 as well, utterly beautiful.
Agatha All Along Coven Sings The Ballad of the Witches' Road Episode 2
(I'm trying to think of a better Marvel song, but now I can't even think of any real singing besides this one)
Anyways, the 3rd episode drops in like 8 hours. Haven't followed a show while it's releasing in a while, and typically I don't, but I'm gonna try this one out. If it turns out great, awesome. If it's a horrible rest of the season, at least I can say I thoroughly enjoyed the hype of it while waiting for the next one.
tl;dr Episode 1, a little rough going down and finding it's footing. Episode 2, really has me excited for a real witch show about witches (doesn't feel like Marvel). Episode 3 drops tonight.
Agatha All Along Coven Sings The Ballad of the Witches' Road Episode 2
Quite good and wanted to share the clip. The song is awesome but the scenes make it better and I love Debra Rupp (Kitty from that 70's show) so glad to see her in a new roll.
Is the RNC and DNC monopolies?
I thought about this in response to a comment someone made and postured a position in which the RNC and DNC are really just two monopoly companies at this point (link). I know there's protection for political parties, but is that what these really are now with how they're structured (kinda like they're ticketmaster/livenation for politicians at this point)? I couldn't find an easy answer and trying to dive deeper keeps pulling up irrelevant articles.
DuckDuckGo starting to give more "personal" search results
Been slowly running into more results from DDG that seem to have some "personal parameter" or difference in search results. I had a search saved from some months ago, went to check it for some references and got new hits involving local organizations that had nothing to do with the search. Opening up a private browser I see that the searches aren't 100% matching up either.
I see this as only getting worse, I want to be able to enter a search and it searches for my query. Not based on my personality or whatever info is being collected. Does anyone know a search engine that's reliable and focuses on giving the same results and doesn't try this "personalized" crap?
Creator Spotlight: Animatronic Stargate Helmet
Full build details can be found at the following link.
This will probably be a weekly spotlight for DIY creators with full instructions. If there is someone you want to nominate for next week, just leave a link below in the comments.
Lemmy - xkcd style (OC)
Felt inspired. Be gentle, please make any salty comments or downvotes in comic form.
Stargate Universe: Distant Hope (Full Film) - Fan made film (20mins)
Really decently made by Power543 fan films. I'm not sure how I feel about ret-conning footage putting the character in but I suppose with such a limited cast like Universe you would have to insert someone. There's talk of a Star Trek/Stargate crossover (another fan made film in the link) that they're developing, hopefully it comes to existence.
It Took Me 6 Hours to Learn Anything in Stormgate - Day9TV (Professional Review)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19279018
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19279015 > > > I wanted to share and highlight this video for others to see. This is such a thorough and amazing resource for the dev team at Frost Giant (the makers of Stormgate) that I hope they have seen. The breakdown and walk-through of the different elements of the game was such an amazing thing to watch. > > > > I found myself sitting there watching for hours, this is exactly what game companies need in terms of experienced game tester leads that can articulate and explain everything going on in the game from the perspective of an average player. I think if every game company had someone of this caliber, to sit down with them and go over the basic mechanics of the games, we would all be a lot better off. I felt like I was sitting in on a company meeting while an outside contractor was going over his notes with the developers and trying to understand their vision while giving his unique and experienced position. > > > > I'm definitely more excited about the game than I was previously after watching this video (as confusing as that might seem). It shows a clear path of how to fix and enhance the gameplay which has a chance to come into fruition with the game still in the testing phase.
It Took Me 6 Hours to Learn Anything in Stormgate - Day9TV (Professional Review)
I wanted to share and highlight this video for others to see. This is such a thorough and amazing resource for the dev team at Frost Giant (the makers of Stormgate) that I hope they have seen. The breakdown and walk-through of the different elements of the game was such an amazing thing to watch.
I found myself sitting there watching for hours, this is exactly what game companies need in terms of experienced game tester leads that can articulate and explain everything going on in the game from the perspective of an average player. I think if every game company had someone of this caliber, to sit down with them and go over the basic mechanics of the games, we would all be a lot better off. I felt like I was sitting in on a company meeting while an outside contractor was going over his notes with the developers and trying to understand their vision while giving his unique and experienced position.
I'm definitely more excited about the game than I was previously after watching this video (as confusing as that might seem). It shows a clear path of how to fix and enhance the gameplay which has a chance to come into fruition with the game still in the testing phase.
Stargate for your desktop - PCB Design, full instructions and build details
Stargate for Your Desktop - PCB Design: If you like this project, please consider voting for it in the PCB Contest (at the bottom of the page)! Stargate SG-1 is my favorite TV show of all time—full stop. Over the past couple of months, I've been forcing my girlfriend to watch to watch the…
This was another DIY project I ran across that looks a little less intimidating than Kristian Tysse's Stargate Project.
The link has full build instructions, how to order parts, and 3d models for completion. If you're looking at getting into diy electronics and love stargate this could be a cool project for yourself or a loved one! (I think I'm getting ready to gear up for something like this)
What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too?
I ran into an old movie I had on VHS as a kid titled "MegaForce" (1982) (RT link). I hadn't seen the movie in decades and was worried looking at a rotten tomato score of 6% that if I watched it, I would be completely disappointed in the movie as an adult. Surprisingly, I didn't realize as a kid that it was actually more of a spoof comedy action movie like a knock-off "Hot Shots" or "Naked Gun" and just completely enjoyed watching it again because it felt like a whole new experience (definitely better than the new G.I. Joe's lol).
So what's your movie from your past that you'll always enjoy no matter how cheesy or horrible it may seem?
Stargate and Paintball, a combo that seems to keep coming up!
I'm not sure how I first ran into it but it seems there are a lot of paintball places that embrace the Stargate franchise! There is a permanent zone for our UK family,
Another mention that has unfortunately passed, The Swamp Fun Park had a stargate themed event "STARGATE: THE NID PROBLEM CONTINUES". Found a vid from someone participating, really wish they recorded the scenario briefing and the lore behind what they were doing though.
If you're into both of these aspects, definitely look around because I've found a lot of different ones that have expired but seems to be a reoccurring theme people like to use.
What factors do you think contributed to the "Reddit Hivemind"? How do you believe it can be avoided?
I've been seeing more often (and others have posted the same) that some of the elements of "Reddit etiquette" seem to be taking over here. Luckily I can still find discussion comments but it seems the jokes and general "downvote because I disagree" are slowly taking over.
So the question becomes is it the size or the functionality of the site? The people or popularity? What's your thoughts?
edit: should I change it to Lemmy-hivemind? Exhibit A: the amount of downvotes without a single explanation (guessing it's anything to do with Reddit being talked about).
Stargate (1994) Official Director's Commentary (with Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin)
If you don't have the original movie on hand to sync play, you can find it streaming for free on the following platforms:
I'm unsure if all of the links will work for our international friends, if you have a similar link then please share in the comments below.
For those more comfortable with sea faring, I use the following link from our lemmy neighbors over at [email protected]
Instruction landing page for those learning the seas
Direct link to sites (I like fmovies personally but the 321movies/123movies has more clone sites that usually get taken down less)
Stargate SG-1: Antarctica Battle - remastered in 4k/60fps
Crazy different feel to this with the up-scaling done. For me, it makes you feel like you're on the set with them. Unfortunately, it makes you feel like you're on a set lol.
Stargate Universe Destiny Set Tour - Behind the Scenes
I don't know about you guys but the behind the scenes videos are what get me really interested again and let me enjoy subsequent rewatches even more.