I’d say the opposite: ddg can get me what I want, if I know exactly what I want. If I’m just vaguely guessing, ddg us as good as my guess, while Google tries to guess with me and it works out sometimes.
There were free peasants outside cities. The specific reason is a serf could run away to a city, and if he managed to stay long enough, he stopped being a serf and became a citizen.
Speaking with Press Start, Director Naoki Hamaguchi talked about the world map, revealing that the team took the map of the original game and recreated it all in a one-to-one scale, meaning that all towns, dungeons, and other points of interest are now included in the same space as one seamless map. Elaborating further on how...
Elaborating further on how players will get to explore such a vast world, Hamaguchi said that while the whole of the map will be available right from the start, the size of the world will actually grow as players make progress and learn new abilities that let them access previously unreachable areas.
I recently published several articles here and elsewhere on using Obsidian’s native database functionality to increase focus and efficiency when working with the information in our vaults. Rather than using Obsidian as a souped-up word processor, we can abandon the file paradigm altogether and use Bookmark and Canvas for...
The idea (in theory) was that once the proleteriat seizes power, they would act akin to a dictator in ancient Rome, who would be given the extraordinary powers to handle extraordinary circumstances (such as, in this case, the (re)construction of society). It’s not implying totalitarian rule.
Oh boy, I can’t wait to see the crushing sanctions against Azerbaijan, and ostracizing western companies who don’t leave Azerbaijan, and calls to deport Azeris and confiscate their property, and… What, we’re not doing that? Ah well, nevertheless…
A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded has thrown fresh light on the situation....
Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.In an interview with NPR, Moore said that multiple pastors had told h...
That’s the thing, in their mind that’s not distorted, and they won’t, or even can’t, step into someone else’s shoes. Ironically a problem they share with conspiracy theorists.
That’s not the distortion, the bias in diagnoses and treatments is well known, same reason nobody in their right mind should trust the AI diagnobots. The problem is that if you’re concerned about the loss of trust in the official sources, maybe don’t immediately split the people you’re writing about into “victim of the system” and “Alex Jones gymbro incel” (ironically, thus denying the women in question the agency to be a shithead).
Then what is it doing? Because from what I can tell, it neatly splits the kooks into “the mum who shops at Holland & Barrett” and “Andrew Tate-watching teenage son”. It then interprets the son as “spends a lot of time online”, “supposed crisis of masculinity manifesting in the “incel” movement”, “rightwing influencers” and “masculine gym culture [… ] keen to look for the “secrets” of getting healthy”, but presents the mother as “Far too often, we blame women”, “it’s not the women we need to fix;”
If the article were more honest, it would see the throughline of “not happy with reality and looking for alternatives”, and the mirror images of “gym and suplements” and “yoga and Acai berries”, or “influencers” and “health gurus”. It would maybe even notice the “inadequate healthcare drives people to seek help elsewhere” parallel between women’s chronic pain and men’s mental health. Or it would at least have the selfawareness to rephrase the diagnosis, considering the Grauniad constantly calling for men to be fixed, to the point that even the sympathetic articles use the exact same phrasing.
I honestly think you’re not reading enough into it. For one thing, I’m not calling the crisis “supposed”, I’m quoting the article. The author is calling it “supposed”. It’s one of the things that makes me doubt the rest of the article’s problems are (just) bad writing. “Agenda” is a loaded word, it’s (ironically) too black and white, and presumes intentionality. A better one is “Perspective”, and the one on display is that men and women go nuts for fundamentally different reasons, where ones are personal faults (and fixed by changing the person), and others are systemic faults (and fixed by changing the system). I specifically chose the article I linked to show that it’s not malice, necessarily, it’s just the lens through which the subject is seen. IDK, think of it as sublimated misogyny, if you must.
And just to make this point one more time: young men do spend too much time online. So does everyone. You don’t end up in a Qanon Facebook group by not being online. And they do fall for bullshit artists. So do the rest of the cranks. You don’t end up in a Qanon Facebook group by not falling for bullshit artists. They just stick out like a sore thumb because, tech being male dominated as it is, they were the first to be a big enough bunch of suckers to be worth dedicated con artists. The rest of the world will undoubtedly get there, just wait :(
The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border — a process that won’t conclude until the end of next year with the help of heavy machinery and explosives.
As a matter of fact, yes. Even returning ISIL fighters weren’t deported back to Syria. There are methods of dealing with disruptive individuals that don’t boil down to “getting rid of undesirables”.
IIRC they did the exact opposite: they announced Russians running from the draft will be deprted back to Russia because they shoud not be allowed to “escape responsibility”.
See the quick inspect-element mockup I put together for an example. I'm bad at design, but I think it gets the point across. Current implementation on left, suggested on right. Also, I'm using Kbin Enhancement Suite for the modifications to instance names, but I think they are even more useful for this demonstration....
Juncker: Ukraine is totally corrupt (www.politico.eu)
Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google for Safari - Bloomberg News (www.reuters.com)
Magic man (lemmy.world)
Anon romanticizes Night City (sh.itjust.works)
if you could standardise a file format for a specific task what would you pick and why
if you could pick a standard format for a purpose what would it be and why?...
Anon notices the "grass is always greener" trope in movies (sh.itjust.works)
Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets” (arstechnica.com)
They were lucky Aladdin was such a cool dude (startrek.website)
How to say the number 92 (i.imgur.com)
Horseshoe Theory of Breakfast Meals (lemmy.world)
Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study (www.yahoo.com)
Koko nipple fixiation rule (lemmy.world)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)#Nipple_fixat…#Nipple_fixation)...
Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle (www.wired.com)
CIA Rule (lemmy.world)
And so on and so on (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Features a Recreated Map of the Original Game in One-to-One Real Scale (wccftech.com)
Speaking with Press Start, Director Naoki Hamaguchi talked about the world map, revealing that the team took the map of the original game and recreated it all in a one-to-one scale, meaning that all towns, dungeons, and other points of interest are now included in the same space as one seamless map. Elaborating further on how...
Obsidan NoSQL Workflow (lemmy.ml)
I recently published several articles here and elsewhere on using Obsidian’s native database functionality to increase focus and efficiency when working with the information in our vaults. Rather than using Obsidian as a souped-up word processor, we can abandon the file paradigm altogether and use Bookmark and Canvas for...
What’s the funniest internet argument you’ve ever read?
Inspired by this Jon Bois video where body builders argue about the number of days in a week....
18+ Deregulation will surely help the housing crisis 🤡 (lemmy.ml)
why can't I (feddit.de)
Azerbaijan Reignites Shooting War In Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region (www.thedrive.com)
Azerbaijan has launched a military campaign in the volatile Nagorno-Karabakh region, with fears that a new full-scale war could break out.
Here’s why Apple put a Thread radio in the iPhone 15 Pro / Yes, Thread has some cool smart home uses, but the wireless protocol could also replace Bluetooth in other parts of Apple’s ecosystem (www.theverge.com)
The iPhone could be a Thread border router, but it probably shouldn’t be...
Unity will quietly waive controversial fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation service - report (www.eurogamer.net)
A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded has thrown fresh light on the situation....
TIL the adjective 'daily' in the lord's prayer is actually written in the original Greek as *epiousion*, which occurs nowhere else in known history (en.wikipedia.org)
the full line being “Give us today our epiousion bread”...
Baldur's Gate 3's director hasn't completely ruled out DLC (www.eurogamer.net)
"This is fine" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Analysts: "Maybe some sort of advanced camoflage?" (lemmy.world)
#Reality:...
Cheesemakers experiment with microchips to authenticate Parmigiano Reggiano (english.elpais.com)
Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills?
Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading....
The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility - Gamers Nexus (m.youtube.com)
The greatest debate of our time (files.catbox.moe)
heathcliffe without Heathcliff. 8/12/2023 (lemmy.world)
Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak' (www.rawstory.com)
Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.In an interview with NPR, Moore said that multiple pastors had told h...
Lithuania declares more than 1,000 Belarusians and Russians to be national security risks (abcnews.go.com)
Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver (youtu.be)
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Background Story: ‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline (www.theguardian.com)
A background story about how a healthgroup became conspiracytheorists. Not a completely new subject, but still relevant....
As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth (abcnews.go.com)
The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border — a process that won’t conclude until the end of next year with the help of heavy machinery and explosives.
Do you ever despair at the apparent lack of regard for the "social contract" by so many?
In this case, I’m referring to the notion that we all make minor sacrifices in our daily interactions in service of a “greater good” for everyone....
The U.S. is paying Russia $1 billion for enriched uranium. Every year (web.archive.org)
Not exactly breaking news (article is from June 14, 2023), but as it’s not known or discussed widely, I thought its ok to post....
Lithuania strips Russian residency permits (www.euronews.com)
Suggestion: Thread Entanglement, or automatic merging of duplicate threads (kbin.social)
See the quick inspect-element mockup I put together for an example. I'm bad at design, but I think it gets the point across. Current implementation on left, suggested on right. Also, I'm using Kbin Enhancement Suite for the modifications to instance names, but I think they are even more useful for this demonstration....