knightly

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 3 points 4 hours ago

Or they could do the smart thing and ration the industrial supply, but that would offend the money.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 6 points 17 hours ago

They lost me when they released Fallout 76 prematurely and refused to honor my refund request. I'm glad I bought it direct rather than through Steam, I charged that shit back and swore them off right then.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Area denial weapons. The name comes from the Old English "calcatrippe", meaning "heel-trap", which itself came from the French "chause-trape", or "shoe-trap".

Their design ensures that they will always land with one spike pointing up, so they can be scattered in the path of advancing enemies to slow them down or injure their feet.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

Omg, congrats! =D

[–] knightly@pawb.social 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Also, even the good stuff needs a proper composting heap to degrade at any appreciable rate. It's mostly BS outside of areas with city-run composting services.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Summer seems to be an exception for me. I hate feeling sweaty but I love direct sunlight on my skin. At least until I start to sunburn, but I'm building up a good base tan this year. =D

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's only relevant at quantum scales, so it's not something we can experience directly. The super oversimplified version is that imaginary time is what light is doing while it moves through a medium where it can't travel at light speed. Light always travels at light speed, but it can pass through infinitessimally small closed loops of time where the light isn't interacting with anything but is nevertheless delayed by things it might have interacted with.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Imaginary numbers are defined as the square roots of negative numbers, or as multiples of i, so yes that definition of imaginary time is accurate.

The square roots of negative numbers are different because they are neither rational nor irrational numbers, so they can be combined with real numbers to form complex numbers. Complex numbers are vital to mathematics because they allow you to solve polynominal equations that can't be solved with real numbers alone, like (x+1)^2 =-9 where x = -1±3i

[–] knightly@pawb.social 35 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The few that I pass on my way to work are all still slowly fading in the summer sun.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not voting doesn't make their candidates shitty candidates win, Democrats lose when turnout is depressed.

They know this, and they still chose to deliberately depress turnout with another shitty candidate who promised us nothing would change. Their last successful candidate won two terms on promises of hope and change and only 12 years later they're promising the opposite and delivering nothingburgers.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago

How humid is the area where they were stored? Is it subject to significant swings in temperature like direct sunlight?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

Asking if you're today's explanation is neither a strawman or an attack

Reducing people to a perspective you can feel free to ignore is, in fact, an attack.

 
 
 

Specifically, ones that aren't chock-full of mobile game enshittification and in-app purchases?

I don't mind paying for games but I'm sick and tired of predatory monetization schemes and will immediately uninstall a game if the tutorial insists on showing me a store page.

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