Mad Max Fury Road. They defeat the tyrant, and get the control of the water valves. Then they open the valves and seemingly keep them open. One problem, how long is the water reservoir gonna last now?...
On a slight tangent, how come in the Mad Max movies (not the first one) the ‘societies’ he encounters seem to be the products of multi-generational effort, especially Fury Road.
In the first one, there’s a more or less functional world almost as we know it. Then he goes out into the deserts and it’s like 100 years passes.
The ‘All’ feed could be considered a blessing or a curse.
Nevermind the bots.
If a [insert random community] post pops up and I comment on it then they get shitty and say “well why did you come in here to this niche subject and post?”
I think… “If it’s delivered to me in the ‘All’ feed then it’s fair game to post in.”
If people don’t want ‘outsiders’ in their “safe space” then perhaps some communities shouldn’t have their feeds set to shout their content to the whole Fediverse.
I have had a tendency since my earliest days on social media where I will get halfway or more through a response, and end up just cancelling it. Sometimes I feel like I’m just being to over the top with snark or otherwise don’t want to be that kind of person, but a lot of the time I’ll decide I just really don’t care...
The amazing thing about fish owls is how they can breathe underwater using hidden gills. Some researchers speculate that the species evolved from a freakish and sick romance between an owl who caught a salmon and instead of eating it, fell in love and started a long-term relationship with it, eventually having 6 kids, a dog and a house in the suburbs.
A Powerful Owl once attempted to make off with my mother-in-law, lifting her several metres into the sky and mostly ripping off her head before dropping her into a tangle of exotic brambles.
She recovered quickly however and is still shrieking instructions to all concerned at all times, despite the eventual loss of her head due to massive infection, probably because the silly owl never cleans its claws.
As a new film spotlights her 60-year career, record-breaking film extra Jill Goldston discusses turning down Warren Beatty’s indecent proposal and hanging out with David Bowie
Could someone explain why we can’t just plug the average PC etc into a ‘raw’ internet line (like just entering a house) and have a mini modem on the motherboard do the translation work?...
So theoretically if you didn’t need more than one device at your end connected, you could (in theory) plug the internet cable straight into a pc. In theory.
The other day while shopping for a new modem-router, we kept finding good deals only to realise that they were only routers. No fibre-to-the-house for us yet so dems no good. Don’t want to chase around finding a separate modem too. Got a TP-Link Deco in the end. It seemed the easiest / best thing available to the physical Saturday consumer in need.
She’s clearly having fun, running around in circles, chewing sticks, and finding and eating cat poop. And I don’t want to discourage her from having fun when I take her outside (except for the cat poop thing – that needs to stop)....
like I went to taco bell and they didn’t even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don’t get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.
I was just thinking how captured the basic necessity of hydration has become. So many people have become fooled into emptying their pockets to buy soda etc. and the idea of merely drinking normal water is not enough. Plus the lack of enforcement to regulate a universally clean water supply to all areas. I mean… clean accessible water is a super basic foundation of civilisation. Now corporations have diverted that need into profit and almost certainly helped derail any plans to ensure that water is safe and drinkable.
U.S. Marine vet in Ukraine repulsed Russian attack in final moments (taskandpurpose.com) Ukrainian
Adobe Scraps Its $20 Billion Takeover of Figma (www.nytimes.com)
What are some happy endings that really wasn't all that happy?
Mad Max Fury Road. They defeat the tyrant, and get the control of the water valves. Then they open the valves and seemingly keep them open. One problem, how long is the water reservoir gonna last now?...
What are some "no brainer" inventions or features that just haven't made it to the consumer yet?
North Korean Ammunition is Destroying Russian Howitzers in Ukraine (www.technology.org) Ukrainian
Putin’s war machine powered by Italian steel conglomerate (www.ftm.eu) Ukrainian
Now The Russians Have Invented A Self-Exploding Tank (www.forbes.com) Ukrainian
Figured you guys would like this (lemmy.wtf)
Mandela Effect test: Without looking it up, what was the name of the guy who narrated The Twilight Zone?
‘Exceptionally Heavy Losses’ As Russia’s Newest Airborne Division Attacks Ukraine’s Dnipro Bridgehead (www.forbes.com) Ukrainian
Does anyone else resent the links to Reddit?
I keep seeing communities which seem to consist of nothing but a bot that reposts stuff from Reddit....
US might send the mighty Dorito if won't behave (sh.itjust.works)
Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine (www.bbc.co.uk)
How often to you bail on a half-written post or response?
I have had a tendency since my earliest days on social media where I will get halfway or more through a response, and end up just cancelling it. Sometimes I feel like I’m just being to over the top with snark or otherwise don’t want to be that kind of person, but a lot of the time I’ll decide I just really don’t care...
Huawei to start building first European factory in France next year (www.reuters.com)
Electing the Doge of Venice: analysis of a 13th Century protocol (www.hpl.hp.com)
Owl of the Year Match 20 - Sooty Owl vs Blakiston's Fish Owl (lemmy.world)
WINNER: BLAKISTON’S FISH OWL 66-61...
What Film Are You Surprised Didn't Get A Sequel?
Owl of the Year Match 14 - Elf Owl vs Powerful Owl (lemmy.world)
WINNER: ELF OWL 47-27...
Tis the season (lemmy.world)
China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes (www.theguardian.com)
Owl of the Year Match 7 - Barking Owl vs Little Owl (lemmy.world)
WINER: LITTLE OWL 30-28...
Deservedly so (a.l3n.co)
‘I was told not to make eye contact with Tom Cruise’: meet the world’s most prolific film extra (www.theguardian.com)
As a new film spotlights her 60-year career, record-breaking film extra Jill Goldston discusses turning down Warren Beatty’s indecent proposal and hanging out with David Bowie
Interwebs ELI5
Could someone explain why we can’t just plug the average PC etc into a ‘raw’ internet line (like just entering a house) and have a mini modem on the motherboard do the translation work?...
How do you discourage a dog from biting while playing?
She’s clearly having fun, running around in circles, chewing sticks, and finding and eating cat poop. And I don’t want to discourage her from having fun when I take her outside (except for the cat poop thing – that needs to stop)....
Israel is Committing Genocide - Peter Gelderloos (itsgoingdown.org)
If you were tasked with putting together a message to send to space aliens, with the only restriction that the message had to be under 4GB, what would you send?
Those of you who work 8+ hours outside in the cold regularly, how do you dress for the job?
What tricks do you have to keep warm?
Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize?
like I went to taco bell and they didn’t even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don’t get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.