Semisimian
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In Star Trek, their run-of-the-mill, rarely discussed deflector is doing way more work than anything in the Star Wars universe. The one exception is the world-ender planet lasers which have been a big plot point in too many films and STILL have no plausible means to exist IN THEIR OwN UNIVERSE!
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What is this colour?English
4·2 months agoTri Repetae.
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Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•If every video game was to be destroyed but you had the chance to save five games, what would you choose to save?English
6·3 months agoTears of the Kingdom and Minecraft would be important to save for their infinite playability due to their physics and craft engines. Final Fantasy 6 for story. Stellaris so people could have a competitive, chess-like monster to wrap their mind around. And Bonk for TurboGrafx16 so everyone could know that game design just doesn’t happen overnight.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Image of pig evolution where pig starts to walk on 2 legsEnglish
4·3 months agohttps://animal-uprising.weebly.com/blog
There are 2 images of ‘the evolution of man’ on this page. The 2nd one seems close to what you’re asking for.
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Technology@beehaw.org•The new iPhone is an emblem of our miserable minimalist eraEnglish
2·5 months agoEspecially from a tech critic.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What percentage of the world population ages 30+ do you suppose is capable of financially supporting themselves & living & thriving independently?English
2·5 months agoAgreed on the independence part. We are much more interdependent than we let on (in the US especially, but other places as well).
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What percentage of the world population ages 30+ do you suppose is capable of financially supporting themselves & living & thriving independently?English
72·5 months agoIf everyone 30+ got together and collectively decided what thriving meant, then worked to reach those goals, then I think we would all be thriving.
The majority isn’t hoping for a vacation home or to send their kids to Ivy League schools or to buy a bigger boat. The majority of middle class folk I talk to regard thriving as being comfortable enough to send the kids to some postsecondary school and take a few weeks vacation out of the country. They want to have enough to retire at 65 and live a modest life, be able to spoil their grandkids a little… nothing crazy.
The ability for all of us to thrive is already here. It is only the slight matter of systemic overhaul that prevents us.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x07 "What Is Starfleet?"English
1·5 months agoThis episode answers a very important question for me: how the heck can some alien being sneak onto a Starfleet ship? The answer: abject incompetence.
NX-01 aside, we see that by the time of the Enterprise, there are cameras everywhere! And, they are set to start recording on all channels during a Red alert. I always wondered with episodes all the way back to TOS The Man Trap, how could someone not have some sort of sensor or visual record of what happened on the ship? Vash can seemingly go anywhere she wants to pilfer relics. The Kazon can waltz around Voyager without security being hip to their game.
I feel like the video is there, just no one is watching.
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Videos@sopuli.xyz•Super Guy - Peter Griffin as Superman (from the maker of "Legend of Zelda/Beavis and Butthead" mash-up)English
1·6 months agoLink the the Legend of Beavis: https://youtu.be/lDPRwLlpdTU
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.English
12·6 months agoWe have a lot of sprawl here and the reasons are many. Just like Dallas and LA, we have a ton of road infrastructure and zoning laws that eat up a lot of land. We also don’t have any natural barriers, like an ocean or a mountain range, to limit our expansion. Just to keep building and add another lane. Thanks for asking.
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.English
182·6 months agoMarchetti intended the constant to be 1 hour round trip, so a half-hour commute one-way. It’s an important distinction, since here in Atlanta the exurban commuter is clocking in at 1.5 hours or more into the city, well outside of what is considered tolerable. Multiply that by a million and you get some irritated people.
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Linux@lemmy.ml•Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's howEnglish
14·7 months agoI’ll hang on to 10 as long as they’ll let me, but I am never going to 11. Then it’ll be a distro for dis bro.
Sorry.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How does AI use so much power?English
12·7 months agoThis is an astute answer. Bravo.
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Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz•SteamOS 3.7.13 update gets fixes for more handhelds, fixes WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLEDEnglish
1·7 months agoI have a dedicated windows 10 PC for gaming only. Microsoft is actively trying to brick my machine. I have to read the fine print to make sure I’m not agreeing to the 11 “update.” I feel held hostage - it sucks.
I’m thinking of going to steamOS - I’m a casual gamer that just needs it to work when I have the spare minute to fire up a game. I don’t have time to do much troubleshooting, but I will make time so I don’t get locked into a console. Shrugging emoji.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why is U2 considered "grunge?"English
9·8 months agoIf peeing your pants is cool, then I’m Miles Davis.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why is U2 considered "grunge?"English
9·8 months agoAnd I just don’t give Adam.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Am I the only person who notices the Autistic accent?English
6·8 months agoIs this the same accent the indie musicians sing in, where they do weird things with their vowels to sound like they ate a lemon recently?
I’ve noticed a staccato cadence to some speech that people might say is indicative of autism, but not an accent.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English
4·8 months agoThat’s the secret, and it’s how they keep it hush hush: they don’t take dollars, only shoes. Shoes for the wealthy is like Tide pods for the incarcerated: underground currency. It’s more difficult to hide a shoe in your prison-pocket, but I think the wealthy have people for that.

The image is from a short film: https://youtu.be/5iL1f-jV32A
George Stinney’s execution is an example of how terrible we can be to each other. It has been depicted on screen a couple of times and is always gut-wrenching to watch. I just wanted you to know that this is not actual footage of him.