oce

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The only trustworthy solution is for your son to date some distant little cousin of Trump. Then he'll get an Ivy League diploma for free and maybe some government position.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The writing is too coherent, it's 4chan stupid role play.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Full Metal Alchemist brotherhood, maybe.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 38 points 1 month ago (5 children)

And so does Lord of the Rings. It's fantasy, having obviously good people and obviously bad people you kill without remorse is part of the genre.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 1 month ago

It's Falkand now.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 10 points 1 month ago

That's actually funny.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 29 points 1 month ago (4 children)

and those who can polate from complete data.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 169 points 1 month ago (29 children)

If there's one thing Japan loves, it is economical competition. There are like 40 different ways to pay at a shop, it's absurd.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

According to their official 30 project website, there are still a lot of 50, but it does look like less than 51%. It's also possible the report is based on older numbers as it takes time to collect from many different organizations. https://bolognacitta30.it/mappe/mappa-delle-velocita/

[–] oce@jlai.lu 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Obviously not great if it's punitive, but if it introduces new creative gameplay or story branching, it could be cool.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

Your way is assuming they will question the things with your push statements. What I’m saying is they believe they have solid foundation, and their alternative facts account for most pushes. They’ll bring up reasons. They’ll say “facts”(obviously not real ones, but they have them). They’ll feel they’re knowledge. Those things cause them to effectively counter soft pushes, in my opinion.

My work hypothesis is that most people are actually not that solid, they think they are until you push them to explain, and then they get softer as you raise points they didn't consider before.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago
 
 

Boustrophedon is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.

The original term comes from Ancient Greek: "like the ox turns [while plowing]". It is mostly seen in ancient manuscripts and other inscriptions. It was a common way of writing on stone in Ancient Greece.

A fun variation is the reverse boustrophedon: the text in alternate lines is rotated 180 degrees rather than mirrored.

The reader begins at the bottom left-hand corner of a tablet, reads a line from left to right, then rotates the tablet 180 degrees to continue on the next line from left to right again. When reading one line, the lines above and below it appear upside down.

I heard about it on a podcast about the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. They use used the reverse boustrophedon style for their system of glyphs called Rongorongo, which remains undeciphered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo

 

Then I get back into the game with my heart pounding.
It's my first time.

 

When the snow leopard sprang into action, Donglin assumed it was in pursuit of a marmot, not seeing, at first, the Pallas’s cat that ‘blended in so well with the rocks’. The little cat fled, but its short legs were no match for the muscular snow leopard, its long, thick tail helping it balance as it ran down the slope. In less than a minute, the snow leopard had its prey in its jaws, and proceeded to carry it back to its den.

Both species are very well camouflaged and extremely hard to spot. While large birds of prey and wolves are known to hunt Pallas’s cats, it’s rare to see them hunted by snow leopards.

Donglin understood the young leopard’s need to hunt but was heartbroken at the loss of the Pallas’s cat. She explains, ‘the cat had three two-month-old kittens, not yet independent, hidden in an empty marmot’s burrow nearby’.

After discussions with the guide and forest rangers, Donglin obtained permission from the local government for road-killed pikas to be left near the den. Three weeks later, the kittens were hunting by themselves, and not long after, two of them were seen with their aunt and its litter of five. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery/2023-race-for-life

 

I've noticed that when meeting a foreign person, mentioning that you like a beloved artist from their country is one of the best way to create a good vibe.

Which revered artist/group (not necessarily musician) from your place should I learn about?

A few examples I'm thinking about (correct me if I'm wrong):

Country Artist
Beligum Jacques Brel
Cabo Verde Cesária Évora
Egypt Umm Kulthum
Mali Salif Keita
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