wjrii

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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

You're right, though the melodrama and swashbuckling of Space Opera definitely lend themselves more towards the soft sci-fi/sci-fantasy end of the spectrum. Sort of, "if the characters and plots don't need to bear much relation to the real world, why should the setting?"

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Our new guy is a mutt (Embark DNA pending) and is still in the goony velociraptor phase, but he already plays with the older one there (only about 4, though) largely by driving him and nipping at heels, and he's learned to abuse the strap of "potty jinglebells" on the back door just to ask out to hunt for june bugs and investigate everything.

Oh, and our last pup who passed away was mostly Heeler and while he decided after a period as a stray that his ass wasn't going anywhere he didn't absolutely have to, he also did a great death-glare, making me question my life choices deep down to my soul. 🤣

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And in particular, this product is a vanity computerized exhaust that almost certainly has at least one setting that violates Singapore's new noise restrictions, and possibly the emissions standards.

While even 6 days of actual jail for three motorcycles (and maybe that's all they could prove?) hits me as a little harsh, it also seems like the sort of thing Singaporeans have always dealt with for offenses that affect the QoL for other people. Not saying it was "justice" per se, but this is not the hill to die on, and it seems this guy fucked around and then found out.

 

Because heeler, that's why.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

We have a hose from the "Flexzilla" brand. I'm not sure if it was any amazing deal or anything, and we haven't used it heavily I guess, but it has lasted four seasons with only sun-bleaching to show. Traditional garden hoses never lasted that long for us.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

At this point the only way to realistically get that squeeze is to create more districts that are "very safe" versus "locked in," and at least some Republicans will push back to save their own skin. Texas won't need to go blue for this to backfire or at least be of minimal impact.

This is as close as I get to optimism about state politics though.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Also the only food whose squeak can give cheese curds or calamari a run for their auditory money.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Given the quote is from a Democrat state senator, I am guessing at least part of him agrees.

The level of sheer incompetence is also extremely impressive. Evil populist Trump is getting outcompeted by evil-smoothbrain trump that can't understand anything other than bullet points and sounbdbites:

“There’s pressure on the ice agents to be able to pick up 900,000 people in the next six months, which I think is physically impossible,” said Senator Jimenez.

The sheer enormousness of the utterly arbitrary number has meant they've had to eat so many more faces than is politically prudent, to say nothing of it being fucking awful. The leopards are going to get sick. Assuming we still have actual midterm elections, Stephen Miller and Laura Loomer are going to ethnically cleanse the republicans out of the majority.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

If they do, they're called waders.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

We lost our older guy a couple of weeks ago, and he hated them, as did our three other dogs over the last twenty years. The younger one and the new puppy didn't seem to care that much, only getting a little jittery when we were outside and a particularly loud one went off.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

First off, I actually agree with you that strawberry is better, though for strawberry I usually use jam or preserves. I do like grape jelly fine though.

Second, I’ll use this opportunity to describe the best way to make a PB&J. You need three pieces of bread and a toaster. Toast one and only one piece of bread. PB goes on the untoasted, and J on both sides of the toast, which now goes in the middle. Adds texture without altering the flavor profile or making it even messier like potato chips, and it improves the bread-to-filling ratio. Using PB-only on the untoasted slices also makes for a moisture barrier to keep the J from soaking through.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

3, but the pajamas erasure here is unfortunate.

 

login wall removed: https://archive.is/hvY3y

The basic argument being that, no, men are not being pushed out of the traditional publishing houses by "woke-ass DEI feminazis," but rather that the overall decline of publishing as a business, and particularly of serious literary publishing, has meant that people with lower cachet in the workforce (i.e. women) are the ones willing to do the work for less money, and also that modern opportunities tend to go to aspiring authors who are willing to build an audience on their own, generally online, and then take their brand to a publisher with a built in floor of book buyers. Again, the need for "hustle" and enduring public scrutiny and largely unpaid creative labor is more likely to be done by people who sense they have fewer options in the "traditional" business world.

The gruff but masculine "man of letters" who's too proud to promote himself is no longer able to bully his way into publishing houses by the sheer force of his brilliance and persistence (and contacts and privilege), so he ends up whining and letting his misogyny flag fly instead of burying it in subtext.

 
 
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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by wjrii@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
 

We would also accept "Ed Zeppelin."

 
 

EDIT: Decided to get 16GB more RAM, a Ryzen 5 ~~2600~~ 3600 (used), and a Gen 3 Sabrent Rocket 1TB SSD. About $145 all-in so far. ~~If there are still issues, then a~~ GPU in the ~$150 used range is really the last upgrade for me on this platform, I think. Actively looking for a 6600 class due to the low power requirements. Thanks all!

So, I am currently running an absolutely ancient Ship of Theseus desktop. I have fairly modest needs, looking to play games, lets say on the order of Starfield, at 1080P, medium-ish settings, and not dropping below 30FPS when things get busy on-screen. Something like Minecraft I'd like to run a touch more aggressively, but I know it has its own technical bottlenecks that make it more intensive than you might think (don't murder me... I still play Bedrock because I like vanilla survival and it runs well). I also do some light 3D CAD using paid-for software that I like, so some sort of legal-ish Windows partition or VM with some form of GPU acceleration would also be nice, but I'm okay with running Linux for most things.

Current specs:

  • Gigabyte B450M mobo
  • Ryzen 5 2400G as CPU only
  • Radeon RX 580
  • 16GB PC3200 DDR4
  • Unholy accumulation of SATA III drives: a Lexar 250gb for Windows 10, a 120GB Samsung for a couple of games, and a 640GB 7200RPM drive for Linux and storage.

I have actually been able to get the aforementioned Starfield running at 50fps (inside and light load) and 20-25ish FPS (outside action) at a customized set of low settings that isn't too horrifyingly ugly, but (1) that's clearly about as good as it's going to get, and (2) it's probably contributing to my not playing it all that much. So, what would help, and is anything salvageable? Would prefer to keep the upgrades as cheap as possible while getting a noticeable improvement to tide me over for a couple more years of low-end gaming and CAD. I'm not targeting any specific number, just "better." If it helps, let's set a USD $300 cap on upgrades, but cheaper is better. I'm hoping that staying at the lower resolution will be helpful.

 
 

From the "No Ideas of My Own" Department...

 
 
 
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