makeshiftreaper

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[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I mean, if history is any guide they'll either wipe us all out with superior technology, enslave us, or some space disease will kill us all. Regardless, I'd anticipate it going poorly for humanity

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (3 children)

He's actually a fan of Mein Kampf

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A huge point of I, Robot is that there isn't some exact instructions you can give robots that will have them always protect humanity. They have an inherent danger in their literalism

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

Magic: the Gathering

It's a sport if it was on ESPN!

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd like to share your optimism but I think we're going to be hearing about him for the rest of our lives. Reagan has been cold in the ground for 2 decades and I still hear about his bitch ass all the time

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Paprika. The grocery store stuff may as well be red glitter for all its flavor. I go to specialty spice stores to buy a premium paprika so it actually has taste

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Neoliberals are like libertarians. They're right wing in every way except they're cool with gay people where libertarians like weed

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn't they already trim down ARR? I thought that was during Endwalker or Dawntrail

But yeah, very few video games have made me cry and Endwalker was one of them

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I appreciate trying to save resources here, but Americans are way too fucking stupid for that to work, amid a myriad of other issues I see with this

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (4 children)

How long it lasts as a usable token of trade

So it's still worthless. Genuinely, what can a penny purchase? A nickel? A dime? None of these coins can buy something individually, and a large chunk of the population doesn't carry them because the utility they gain for having exact change is less than the coins are worth

To be clear, I understand the coins vs. bills argument, but I'm personally in favor of cutting all coins up to the quarter. Or cutting all coins except dimes and half dollars, but dimes are annoying coins

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

I think you're just beginning to identify what The Hero's Journey is

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Well you see one device is made by Microsoft which has been the defacto way to watch videos for a large chunk of its lifespan and the other gave us UMDs and camcorders with cables that could only connect to Vaio laptops, which were the only devices that supported writing to mini-disc

 

I was watching an XKCD "What-If" video recently and Randal off-handedly mentions the title fact as a given. Upon a further Google search I see explanations about why sound moves faster in liquids than gasses but nothing for my specific question. Is there an intuitive explanation for that fact or is it just one of those weird observable facts with no clear explanation

 

For those of us who still use reddit on occasion, I'm sure you've noticed AI is running rampant over there, from the multitude of variations of "Am I the Asshole", "Malicious Compliance", and especially in the comments. A lot of the explain the joke subreddits and in particular "Peter Explain the Joke" seem to ask questions so obvious that I am curious if it's designed to test AI responses and use upvotes to score the results. I know there're a lot of dipshits out there but are there so many that those posts routinely reach the front page multiple times a day? Is it just plain old karma farming?

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