Tobbit @auldlangsin@social.cleverlibre.org
Electrical Engineer | Environmentalist | Outdoor Enthusiast | Maker | DE/EN/SV
Joined Oct 2022
So just to put that in context: This means that there is a 99.99966% chance that our oceans are fucked.
https://twitter.com/EliotJacobson/status/1721560657831895437
So recently, our D&D party defeated a (slightly homebrewed) ancient black dragon and I think I finally understand the appeal of high level combat in D&D.
The fight stretched over 3 sessions, we needed an absurd amount of healing to stay alive and the first two sessions it looked like a really close call. But by the end of the third session, everyone could pull about 2/3 of all available stops and the dragon was feebleminded and effectively stun locked.
Probably the best D&D fight I have been part of. You can't really get that feeling of accomplishment at low levels where few battles last longer than a few rounds. But I could easily see it going the other way with a less competent DM since it's really hard to balance fights on such a scale.
Can someone please hack an electric car and replace the fake motor noises it makes with the bass-boosted Thomas the Tank Engine Song?
"It is known that money doesn't grow on lawns
And one can't eat it either but it does burns well.
So we burn the wheat and the turnips and the corn
And if we keep on burning it, the hat shall burn"
-Ancient German Proverb
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Recht auf Reparatur wird ausgeweitet
Der Binnenmarkt-Ausschuss im EU-Parlament hat ein starkes Votum für Verbraucherrechte abgegeben, das einen nachhaltigeren Umgang mit Geräten unterstützt.
Hat die Wagenknecht ihre Partei echt "Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht" genannt? Wow, sehr kreativ....
Sie hätte immerhin sowas wie "Sarahs Einheitspartei Deutschland" oder so.
Me, watching Yuru Camp for the 8394th time: I should really do a short, chill camping trip this winter
Me, looking at the state of German campgrounds: Nah, fuck that shit
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"Goofy" ist Jugendwort des Jahres
Der Begriff "goofy" ist das Jugendwort des Jahres 2023. Das Wort, das für einen tollpatschigen oder albernen Menschen steht, erhielt in einem Onlinewahlverfahren unter Jugendlichen rund 39 Prozent der Stimmen.
Bro the new Mario game looks like the devs took "Mushroom Kingdom" a bit too literally.
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"when will Bluesky add gifs"
"when will Bluesky add video"
"when will Bluesky add DMs"
"when will Bluesky add polls"
"when will Bluesky add muting words"
meanwhile:
I posted this months ago and it has only become more fitting since. #bluesky
Funfact: The HTTP error code 451 appears when you try to access a website that has been blocked for legal reasons, such as censorship. Which, I'm sure, is absolutely not a reference to Fahrenheit 451
I am OBSESSED with the wikipedia entries of numbers. They are always like:
xyz is:
-mathematical properties I've never heard of
-A sexy prime
-the SMTP code for "go fuck yourself"
-The number of Background dancers in the backstreet boys' hit single "Everybody"
I can forsee no repurcussions to this! Absolutely none!
Best line.
It's that time of year again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvt9vcoyipA&list=PLrzMhRx_AuP3R2pirI-dder99K1IFdTG3
"So we want, like, a really grounded design to illustrate how earthy the colour is"
That one guy who did EE101 in College: "I gotchu, bro"
And that's why you don't send genetic material to a private company. https://reddit.com/r/privacy/s/hugTfwdqut
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Some information coming out of the antitrust lawsuit against Google:
"Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different query that just happens to generate more money for the company, and will generate results you weren’t searching for at all. It’s not possible for you to opt out of the substitution. If you don’t get the results you want, and you try to refine your query, you are wasting your time. This is a twisted shopping mall you can’t escape.
Why would Google want to do this? First, the generated results to the latter query are more likely to be shopping-oriented, triggering your subsequent behavior much like the candy display at a grocery store’s checkout. Second, that latter query will automatically generate the keyword ads placed on the search engine results page by stores like TJ Maxx, which pay Google every time you click on them. In short, it's a guaranteed way to line Google’s pockets."
https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/
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When you go on a stupid little walk for your stupid little mental health but end up completely drenched, chasing after an escaped horse and bring back enough mushrooms and chestnuts to get your family through the winter
Electrical Engineer | Environmentalist | Outdoor Enthusiast | Maker | DE/EN/SV
Joined Oct 2022
