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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

The Star Wars universe must be stuck in an Octarine field, as that makes light move very slowly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

My jazz playlist on Spotify. I've accumulated 40 hours of jazz and funk on that playlist now.

Specifically, during work yesterday (which is Monday at the time of writing) I remember listening to Nubiyan Twist, Web Web, Mop Mop, Jaga Jazzits, Roy Hargrove/The RH Factor, Snarky Puppy, Robert Glasper, Nina Simone, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dhafer Youssef, and Wallace Roney.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

On one side we have Israel; a very ironic imperialist nation, who's leaders, military, and not insignificant number of civilians are behaving a lot like, if not a little worse than, the nazis that they had a history with. I'd also say hypocritical besides ironic.

The other side we have Hamas; an organisation that, in their 25 articles which explain why they're doing what they're doing, state they wish to kill ALL Jews everywhere, that Jewish people are responsible for all the world's problems (standard Jewish conspiracy stuff, with a solid helping of Holocaust denial), that they are the one true believers of the Islamic faith, and that they'll create an oppressive, religious controlled government that upholds "traditional family values" and completely takes away all rights from women (I remember reading they say the idea that women are free to do what men do is "Western corruption").

The war needs to end, and the Palestinians need to be able to just live without getting oppressed. But I don't see either side winning as a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The answer is always the egg.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

True, but I was thinking there might be a smaller, incremental improvement in lithium ion batteries each year. Am I wrong about that? Are we going nowhere with lithium anymore?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Interesting. Something to look forward to in the future.

Now I'm also hoping for a more power dense battery.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but on Dutch that's pronounced exactly like elephant:

"Olifant", which I just learned is also the name of a certain kind of instrument.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago

No, let's not degrade language like that.

And "eliminated at all costs"? Sounds exactly the kind of thinking that leads to getting shut out and cut ties. Good riddance.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (6 children)

"Russian" is not a race. And Finland has a history with Russia that isn't easily forgotten. That is to say, every Finn I've spoken to hates Russia for invading Finland... Twice...

Finland isn't even the only neighbour that hates Russia. At some point one has to wonder why so many of Russia's neighbours hate, or at the very least don't feel comfortable with, Russia.

Maybe, just maybe, the reason why everyone is having issues with Russia is Russia's own damn fault.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Catholic Church has a new mascot.

It's a small child.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Twitter is trash, on the basis that it tries to create "engagement" as much as possible. Any engagement. So it'll force a bunch of hot topics and rage fuel down your throat.

However, as an artist, I kind of need a platform like Twitter. Thankfully there are alternatives. I stopped using twitter quite a while ago now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, exactly. Not everything needs to be experienced. Not experiencing something doesn't mean being ignorant of its consequences.

 

First a definition for this question, because there are many kinds of sci-fi out there and they sometimes liberally use cool sounding words without explaining them:

A disruptor is a kind of weapon that weakens, or "disrupts", either material bonds (breaking a material into molecules), molecular bonds (breaking a molecule into atoms), or atomic bonds (breaking an atomic nucleus into protons, netrons, and free electrons. Almost like instantly turning into plasma).

Temperature can do these things, but the idea behind a disruptor, specifically, is that it happens through some kind of catalyst, rather than brute-forcing with insane amounts of heat.

Would such a weapon physically be possible (even if we don't know how to make them just yet)?

How would a target realistically behave when hit by a disruptor?

 

So, I have a Steelseries M800 keyboard and a Corsair mouse. Unfortunately neither of them are supported by Open RGB, and so I'm stuck with my RGB making rainbows.

Well, sort of. My keyboard still has the configuration it had from when I still used Windows over 2 years ago. But my mouse does not.

I use an XP Pen tablet for making art, and the official driver from XP Pen doesn't come with any options to adjust and calibrate the screen's colours, but I managed to figure out how to access these hardware settings through command line. Now this has me wondering if it's possible to do the same for my keyboard and mouse.

 

I have a 2nd generation XP Pen Artist 13. It's a great tablet and I've managed to make it work with my Steam Deck too.

But...

It's basically an external monitor with pressure sensitive surface, so still less portable than an actual stand alone table. So I'm wondering if there is a tablet with a pressure sensitive screen and battery free pen that either comes with Linux or can install Linux on.

The programs I use for making art are Krita, Gimp, and Blender 3D.

 

There are many other bee species that can sting Humans and survive, but the European honeybee has a barbed stinger, so it cannot remove the stinger once it's stung. In attempting to remove the stinger the bee will rupture its lower abdomen and then die.

Why? What is the evolutionary advantage to that?

 

I apologize if this video has already been posted here. I did a rudimentary look through the posts of the past few days and couldn't see it.

 

Recently discovered The Art of Noise by looking up Max Headroom. Found a bunch of tracks I like that fit well with my already existing Spotify playlists.

However, I want to find more music like three of the dance tracks on the album Dreaming. specifically like the tracks "Colour Red", "Colour Maroon", and "Colour White".

Any recommended tracks/albums/artists?

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I want to get back into reading, so I'm thinking of getting a Paperwhite. But I have no idea if it's possible to transfer files to it from a computer, and I have no experience with pirating books.

Do I go to the same places I torrent movies and games or are there special places dedicated to E-Books?

EDIT: So many awesome answers on here! You guys have been very helpful. Thanks a lot!

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