Did a school exchange with Serbia once (am German myself). The abundance of guns was jarring, I was welcomed to a night club by a couple armed bouncers, one of them open carrying a fucking ak-47.
Those mfs thought it hilarious to put a gun in my jacket during the security check, it was totally surreal being yelled at and held at gun point, even though they were just fucking with me.
One of the reasons I moved to this instance was that during the first announcement .world didn’t want to defederate Facebook. That and the extensive block list, I can do that for myself thank you very much
Also, is the huge influx of content really added value? I don’t use facebook and its offshoots because the content is irrelevant or ragebait. I certainly don’t miss it over here, and while users can individually block Facebook from their feed, as far as I know this doesn’t protect the user’s data from being federated to facebook unless their instance defederates them completely.
I love the noise it makes and how it manages to look like a helicopter and biology inspired. And the wing folded dive to get to the spice harvester is just fantastic....
There's a common false dichotomy about #Threads: cut them off, or leave it to user choice.I can't speak to other software, but Mastodon offers a third option: limiting Threads. This can be done for all users of a server....
Perpetual horrors. It might be a sign of the times, or just the internet, or both even, but there is a notable increase in constant terrible news. Climate change and death and hunger and epidemic and wars and billionaires and fascism and so forth, it desensitizes people.
Years ago people were deeply disturbed by violence, now I can watch a random russian conscript shoot himself in the mouth after a drone strike destroyed his legs every other day and it’s probably not the worst thing I’ve read or seen on that day even.
Everything seems fucked, it’s hard not to become somewhat apathetic towards it.
Can’t we just boot them from the fucking Union, all he does is mooch EU funds to build his private domain modeled after russia, or obstruct something everyone else wants to extort more money while his whole domestic politics play is to shit on the EU.
Maybe in a twisted thought process: privatized public transport for the masses, and because the rich have no actual restrictions in reality, I’m sure they can drive a car if they want to.
Währenddessen hat nicht ein Unternehmen in meiner Gegend Interesse an Quereinsteigern ohne Studium im IT-Bereich. Ich betrachte mich definitiv als überdurchschnittlich (Computer) technisch versiert, kann von Einrichtung bis Konfiguration und Montage alles selbst, habe auch selbstständig diverse mods für games geschrieben (und davor, gelernt zu modden). Bin also generell versiert und in der Lage mir Wissen anzueignen falls notwendig.
Trotzdem gibt mir keiner auch nur die Gelegenheit zum Probearbeiten, sucht aber seit 6+ Monaten für die gleichen Stellen.
Oh ich bin definitiv nicht gleichwertig qualifiziert mit einem gelernten Programmierer oder Systemadministrator, aber ich bin mir sicher ich kann die meisten computerorientierten Aufgaben besser als ein durchschnittlich qualifizierter Büroangestellter, und wäre auch bereit mich aus- oder fortbilden zu lassen um eventuelle Lücken zu schließen, sofern dann ein anständiger job winkt.
Nur scheint das den Firmen nicht genug zu sein um mich mal “auszuprobieren”, trotz des angeblichen händeringenden Personalmangels.
I’ll show this to my doctor later when I drop by for something minor and only slightly inconvenient that doesn’t really require a medical professional‘s eyes because I can do it for free. 🇪🇺🇩🇪
It’s not totally free here either, I was mostly making fun of the Americans. We have a similar co pay system where you have to pay a small amount for most minor medications and treatments, up to a yearly maximum, beyond that it is completely free (you still have to do the co pay but your insurance will fully reimburse you for anything beyond the maximum).
For example, I had a nasty accident last year which broke my ankle in three places. The ordeal required ambulance transport to the hospital, multiple surgeries, MRIs, roentgen scans, various other procedures, several weeks of hospital stay, crutches and about a years worth of twice per week physical therapy and doctors appointments. Overall I paid maybe 200€ out of pocket.
Not at all. Starfield is bland horseshit, this game had an extremely compelling setting even when it sucked. At this point it is a great experience with a lot of replay value due to the numerous choices and decisions you can make.
Personally I really enjoy it. Phantom liberty (and the patch to the normal game) adds a new area that is basically a microcity in itself, with a really fun side story that even adds additional endings to the main game.
No story spoilers ahead:
The update also brings a lot of randomized content that helps making the city feel much more lively, for example you will encounter random gang shootouts or car chases, or if you pick on one gang enough they will hunt you down as well. The police is a lot more dangerous, and continued resistance will eventually earn you a visit from maxtac. They also got the city transit system working, you can ride by train from a to b if you want while enjoying the view.
Also, assuming you didn’t play at all since the 2.0 overhaul, they completely reworked the talent trees and skill paths, making them much more distinct and all around fun to play with. The loot and difficulty system is also overhauled, and will mostly scale to your level regardless of where you are in the story, giving much more freedom in what you want to do and when.
Then there is vehicle combat of course, with a wide range of armed vehicles to obtain, which is also pretty fun and useful.
Generally it feels much closer to what was promised. It might not be perfect, but it is in a fantastic state in my opinion, the only thing I really miss at this point is the holy grail of third person camera (with a working player model).
I would definitely recommend doing a fresh save, it gives more opportunity to experience and play with all the new stuff than just rushing dogtown (the new district) with a max level save.
Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat....
On one hand, ~medieval times, which are usually the general era and technology level the average fantasy setting plays in, have no concept of disability and people who have one are usually ostracized and/or begging in the streets. Blindness may be on the more tolerated side of things, but deformities or developmental abnormalities are definitely not accepted. Also, if there is magic why wouldn’t they use it to cure it?
On the other hand, it’s a fantasy roleplay setting and the primary function is to be fun. So if everyone agrees it shouldn’t be a problem to have a scenario with it, more power to you
You can be thicc in any subculture. Curvy women were never not attractive. What’s not attractive (nor healthy), even for supposed goth gfs, is being really fat.
Works out pretty well for him, considering the west is just about done with caring about Ukraine and is dropping support across the board. Soon he will successfully claim the valuable parts of Ukraine he started the war over.
Eh, actually there are arguments to be made for the employer being entitled to a share of the value, yes.
They provide the materials, the tools and machinery, the designs that are being made (assuming some sort of manufacturing company for this example). They also carry the risk (unless of course they are a corporation, the ridiculous entity created to reap the advantages of personhood while avoiding all its responsibilities and drawbacks).
So, a slice of the pizza should be for them, but certainly not 7/8.
As someone not affected by this, I am curious. Are gay people offended by this song? My guess was no because the lyrics are making fun of the people who called them that, but now I am uncertain.
By that logic black people cringe in pain listening to every other hip hop release for including that word. Which I also doubt.
Point being, radio stations censoring themselves preemptively because someone, somewhere, might take offense isn’t a good indicator of how the affected people actually feel about it.
I really don’t like Lower Decks. Before you downvote, I would never tell anyone it’s bad or that they shouldn’t like it. I just really can’t figure out why most people seem to like it so much....
Nah I get it. I’m just not interested in adult cartoons, Rick and morty is similarly dead to me.
When it was first released it was refreshing to watch a show that’s done with the tropes and storytelling, but the novelty wore off pretty quick and now I’m tired of jaded, unfazed, snarky cynics who take nothing serious. Get off the screen, get a fucking therapist you dysfunctional asshole.
I much prefer real Trek, things that inspire hope and wonder, things that make me think of philosophical dilemmas, things that make me dream of a mankind not doomed to destroy itself.
And even after the bungled launch they not only delivered much of what was promised, they still managed to make an extremely memorable game that outclasses many other rpgs.
Looking forward to any further content in the setting, be it more dlc or a cyberpunk 2080, with multiplayer support would be the dream.
This is North Korea. Why would they turn women into cattle, the consequence of disobedience is death and/or labor camp for them and any family anyway. Also I’m sure a significant part of the population is indoctrinated enough to just comply.
Im missing a lot of charm that w2 and first starcraft games had, and i did not see any open engine recreations, nor clones that lived to this day. With warcraft 3 i only ever finished half of the game, by the time sc2 came out, i was already too old to even bother trying.
Just so you know, StarCraft 2 is free to play now, including the terran campaign. It even has a more relaxed co-op vs ai mode with a lot of replay value for the people who can’t put up 300 apm any more in competitive play.
Against a former Muslim, who fled a Muslim led country because of their Muslim laws. Telling them they’re a bigot for hating Islam is fucking condescending, white savior syndrome.
Modisch und musikalisch hatten die 1990er-Jahre ein breites Angebot, an das sich viele gern erinnern, die damals dabei waren. Für politische Nostalgie gibt es dagegen weniger Gründe....
Bei dieser ganzen wichserei um die Staatsverschuldung wird immer vergessen dass der Staat keine Person im wörtlichen oder ökonomischen Sinne ist.
Er muss nicht wie eine schwäbische Hausfrau sparen fürs Alter, oder ein neues Auto. Er kann sich quasi unbegrenzt Geld leihen, Geld drucken, Unternehmen verstaatlichen oder privatisieren, Vermögen beschlagnahmen, steuern erhöhen oder senken, und so weiter. Er ist als einziger Marktteilnehmer relativ unbehelligt von dessen treiben weil er einfach die Regeln ändern kann wenn es hart auf hart kommt.
Die ganze Argumentation gegen die zwar massiven, aber dringend nötigen staatlichen Investitionen um unsere gravierenden Baustellen in Infrastruktur und Bürokratie sowie den Klimawandel angemessen anzugehen, ist also hinfällig. Und das Geld wird ja auch nicht im Äther verschwinden, es wird investiert.
Das ist ja auch der Punkt, der Staat gibt das ganze Geld ja wieder aus indem er Aufträge an Unternehmen erteilt.
Wie du schon sagst ist die Verteilung angesichts von Lobbyismus und besagter ineffizienter Bürokratie durchaus in Frage zu stellen, aber Geld ausgeben müssen wir.
The distinction is if it is officially sanctioned by the union. The company or its employees for that matter can’t just go on strike for belief reasons, they do it properly with their union backing them. Also it’s not that they simply refuse to work, they do their normal jobs but simply do not process Tesla deliveries. Everything else gets delivered fine.
As a german I love what is happening and I am really envious. While we do have unions too and they aren’t completely useless it would be so much better to have them negotiate like this. True, economy wide solidarity instead of our way of strike, pausing just one type of job in one sector, with plenty of accommodations for the companies to make it not as urgent to yield to the workers. We can’t even legally do a general strike. Fucking bullshit
Westwood studios. Command and conquer tiberian sun was my very first computer game, which I loved dearly (and still have on my computer since it’s freeware now and has been fan patched for modern systems)
And if you want to check out the mod I mentioned, it’s called twisted insurrection. It delivers on many things that were lacking in the original, and has an extensive OST with some pieces by frank klepacki himself (made a lot of the music used in the original series). You can check out some trailers on YouTube. Mod Link:
Supposedly the federation is a lot more diverse than humans with weird ears, noses or foreheads. Just that the old shows did not really have the budget and / or ability to make convincing, actually alien looking species. TAS can get around this by being a cartoon, modern shows use plenty of animation.
But even in TNG is a running joke about the cetacean officers that are always off screen of course. But supposedly there is a whole part of the ship under water where intelligent dolphins are doing their duties as crew members.
I don’t know the episode name, but I recall them being mentioned during the metamorph episode, I think she is named kamara or something.
At one point the ferengi (who try to steal her and have infiltrated the ship for that purpose) try to chat up captain Picard and the ambassador who is caring for her, Geordi takes them away to “show them the dolphins”.
So you whipped up a whole fictitious little story in which I’m the evil reactionary based on me being anti theist? Okay then.
And just for the record, you comment also illustrates perfectly the cognitive dissonance employed here. A muslim immigrant that is proud of their muslim heritage isn’t brave or admirable, it’s the same dumb shit as any german christian who would try to argue that.
I don’t want people to feel free to be ultra conservative religious quran thumpers because we are so liberal and tolerant. I want them to be taught that this shit isn’t welcome here and if they want to be they have to leave it behind.
What is your best story when you were in a foreign country? (kbin.social)
It can be anything: Scary, funny, confusing or embarrassing. What happened that stands out most in your mind?
Lemmy.world & Threads.net?
Sorry if this is not the right community, but I wonder if lemmy.world plans to defederate Facebook?
You can never be sure (startrek.website)
The ornithopter design is absolutely fantastic (www.reddit.com)
I love the noise it makes and how it manages to look like a helicopter and biology inspired. And the wing folded dive to get to the spice harvester is just fantastic....
Erik Moeller on Mastodon: There's a common false dichotomy about Threads [...] (nerdica.net) en-gb
There's a common false dichotomy about #Threads: cut them off, or leave it to user choice.I can't speak to other software, but Mastodon offers a third option: limiting Threads. This can be done for all users of a server....
Perpetual Amnesia (lemmy.zip)
Medieval 'curse tablet' summoning Satan discovered at the bottom of a latrine in Germany (www.livescience.com)
Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine (www.bbc.co.uk)
Tech Billionaires Launch Fund to Create New Libertarian Societies (www.vice.com)
More efforts from tech bros to build Rapture....
Why is no one clearing the promenade? I specifically requested it! RIP Andre Braugher (i0.wp.com)
Fachkräftemangel im IT-Sektor erreicht Rekordhoch (www.spiegel.de)
Starfield design director calls out unfair game criticism: 'Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is' (www.pcgamer.com)
This is America (lemmy.zip)
Cyberpunk 2077: 3 years ago today we released Cyberpunk 2077. Since then, thanks to your feedback and support, we've transformed the game through various patches and updates into the Ultimate Edition. (twitter.com)
Nitter link: nitter.net/CyberpunkGame/…/1733884435861291160...
Had this conversation with someone who chose to no longer be at my table after meeting a blind NPC (files.catbox.moe)
Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat....
Goth GF Meme Analysis (youtu.be)
China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
Know your enemy (lemmy.ml)
Just a lot of a word that hasn't aged all that well (lemmy.world)
Lower Decks: Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
I really don’t like Lower Decks. Before you downvote, I would never tell anyone it’s bad or that they shouldn’t like it. I just really can’t figure out why most people seem to like it so much....
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition — Official Launch Trailer (www.youtube.com)
The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate (apnews.com)
18+ Sophia [FTVGirls] (lemmynsfw.com)
Related lemmynsfw.com/post/5146771
Warcraft 2 / Starcraft type games ( or clones, or engine recreations )
Im missing a lot of charm that w2 and first starcraft games had, and i did not see any open engine recreations, nor clones that lived to this day. With warcraft 3 i only ever finished half of the game, by the time sc2 came out, i was already too old to even bother trying.
Central Paris attack leaves one dead and one injured (www.bbc.co.uk)
Hyper, Hyper und Reformstau: So toll wie Merz sagt, waren die 90er nicht (www.n-tv.de) German
Modisch und musikalisch hatten die 1990er-Jahre ein breites Angebot, an das sich viele gern erinnern, die damals dabei waren. Für politische Nostalgie gibt es dagegen weniger Gründe....
Why Bethesda Responding to Starfield's Steam Reviews Is Part of a Rising Games Industry Trend (me.ign.com)
Postnord says no to Tesla (www.expressen.se)
Postnord cannot order its employees to deliver mail to Tesla....
What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?
I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people’s experiences were like!...
Identifying Cat (izzydata.xyz)
Yep, it’s cat....
Just testing the federation (lemmy.zip)
EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces (www.bbc.com)