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TIL that actor Tim Curry is on a wheelchair since 2012 in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This post is how I found out. That's heartbreaking. The frailty of the human form is a cosmic crime.

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TIL that the very distinctive vocal style employed by the lead singers of bands like Pearl Jam and Creed (among many others) is called "yarling" (www.youtube.com)
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

AI, along with crypto, is getting to the point where even oil executives are like "dudes, the planet..."

Bread mold in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 89 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Food is so weird. Bread becomes toxic waste after 8 minutes of being opened, but there's probably some cheese species that gets fermented up the asshole of a mountain llama for 6 months, being stuffed back in after every bowel movement, and is still edible (if you're into that sort of thing) after 400 years of being left in a dank cave amongst the frothing remains of a rotting gerbil cemetery.

CD Projekt's PC game storefront GOG gets behind Horses ["Horses" is gsme's title] after Valve Steam Ban: 'Players should be able to choose the experiences that speak to them' in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

* Unless the CCP says otherwise.

FACTS in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

This is the most closeted person I've ever seen, and I once held the world record for longest hide 'n' seek session in an IKEA warehouse.

Ahead of her time in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Has anyone ever seen Liz Holmes and Mark Zuckerburg in the same room together? 🤔

Average Right-wing grifter in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Don't read the replies 🙃

If it were possible to travel back in time and manipulate events, we could take a book back in time and publish it before the author historically does... as a prank... in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be all up in them Dead Sea Scrolls adding a preface page with a boilerplate "this is a work of fiction, any similarities to persons living or dead or undead are purely coincidental" disclaimer.

Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Dr. Frankenstein ass reply.

Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords in c/technology@lemmy.world
If God was real (just go with it), then how he's portrayed in the Bible might not even be how he actually is. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah it's hard to imagine a more petty and pathetic incel of a god than the one described in the Bible. Genocides entire populations because they don't love him enough. Nevermind the quintillions of planets and star systems and galaxies other than the rock we live on, it's the most recent bipedal primate on Earth that he needs affection from, on pain of eternal torment in a place he had to have created himself for that purpose. Even sent his own kid to get tacked to a board so we could be forgiven for not being deferential enough to him, even though he could have just said "meh you're forgiven". Or, you know, grew the fuck up and got over himself. Who was he saving us from with his infanticidal sacrifice? HIM! The daft bitch was in debt to himself and had to off his kid in a brutal and humiliating fashion to wipe the slate clean.

And on top of that, he won't just appear and confirm his existence, which would make everyone fall in line instantly. Instead, we have to infer his existence and base our entire lives on that inference, and the only manual we have to do so was written by dick-mutilating Bronze Age numbnuts who didn't know shit about fuck.

It's OK to just like lemon water. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Is there a consensus view on whether or not Gwyneth is a genuine numbnut or is just cynically exploiting people who are?

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Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod? (lemmy.world)
 

Is it an affectation that they're trained to deploy? (If so, why?) Or is it just a natural thing that happens in the very specific circumstance of being a politician on the campaign trail, and that's why no one else seems to do it?

I don't think I've seen it in any other context 🤔

Cheers!

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The titles of celebrity subreddit photo posts be like: (lemmy.world)
 
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Why do video game leaks (such as the huge GTA VI videos leak) cause "low morale" for the staff working on it? (lemmy.world)
 

This might be my most stupid question yet, but what the hell:

I'm reading about the GTA VI leaks on Wikipedia, and it talks about the various impacts the leaks had, one of which was low morale amongst the developers. Why is that? The response from the internet to the GTA VI leaks in particular seemed to be positive and caused renewed excitement in the game. Everyone [seemingly] understood that it was early, non-final work, but were nevertheless impressed/excited, as far as I could tell anyway 🤷‍ Besides, it's GTA, it's not like they're gonna break much new ground in terms of gameplay mechanics that need to be kept secret. Things were more or less set in stone in that regard in GTA III.

Why so sad?

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Has a stranger's reply to you on social media ever changed your strongly-held belief(s)? (lemmy.world)
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How did it come to be that only two companies supply all of the world's PC graphics chips? (lemmy.world)
 

I know Intel is dipping its toe into the GPU market, but let's be real, AMD and nVidia are the only options and have been for the last 20+ years. The manufacturers/assemblers of the complete graphics cards are varied and widespread, but the core tech comes from two companies only.

Why is this the case? Or am I mistaken and am just brainwashed by marketing, and there are in fact other viable options for GPUs?

Cheers!

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If I invented a shirt that caused cameras to be damaged when filmed/photographed, would I be committing a crime by wearing the shirt at events with cameras? (lemmy.world)
 

I was thinking about those outfits celebrities wear that mess with flash photography equipment, and I was watching a dude on TV just now whose shirt pattern was going apeshit because of the camera, and I wondered if there could ever be a pattern or material that, when filmed, caused the camera irreversible damage. And if that were physically possible, I wondered if intentionally showing up to camera-heavy events wearing said shirt would constitute a crime on my part.

It's just a shirt after all. It's not like I'm grabbing a camera and smashing it on the ground. But at the same time, I know it will have that effect, so I'm accountable. But it's not like my shirt is emitting damaging laser beams or anything, it's entirely passive.

Also, is there anything like this scenario in real life/law?

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TIL that underfloor heating was invented by Neolithic peoples (en.wikipedia.org)
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Getting 'laid off' probably sounds pretty sexy to someone who doesn't know what it actually means (lemmy.world)
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First responders of lemmy, do you ever find yourself hating the people you're saving when you're constantly dealing with easily-avoidable catastrophes? (lemmy.world)
 

P.S. Mentioning COVID-19 is considered cheating in this thread (just kidding, fire away).

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What's the largest object one can buy for the least amount of money? (lemmy.world)
 

By large I mean by area, not [necessarily] density or weight. Preferably something that isn't collapsable or capable of being easily disassembled. I want the delivery of the item to be a major pain in the ass.

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TIL about the palaentological concept of an 'Elvis taxon' , where a 'lookalike' species temporarily throws off our understanding of the fossil record (en.wikipedia.org)
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