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[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I thought "cakewalk" was a clever American amalgamation of "a piece of cake" and "a walk in the park".

Turns out it's actually related to slavery, so probably doesn't count.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Chuck some cheese sauce on that cauliflower, add some stuffing and we're getting there...

Suddenly this hummus I'm eating for lunch doesn't quite cut the mustard. Actually on that note, include some mustard in the cauliflower cheese pls.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

But then you're just pushing the unknown/undefined part to "feels like".

We cannot define it properly so we can't discuss it formally or make assertions like it's the only thing in the universe that is not an illusion.

You could assert "Cogito, ergo sum." but that's kind of been done before.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 111 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Seems pretty realistic to me if Covid is anything to go by...

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Anecdotally Fifa (EA FC or whatever they're calling it now) would have to be up there. Hadn't played it in years but gave it a go last season as it was free on Game Pass.

They've combined the addictiveness of card collecting with loot box mechanics, FOMO and moving the goalposts (pun intended) to get the best players. The gameplay also seemed pretty rigged to prevent grinding rewards out.

Then when the new game is out, rather than dishing out all the rewards to those still playing it instead becomes infeasible to unlock any more decent players so you're pretty much stuck with what you have.

Even if you pay full price for the next game you'll have to use low stat players as they only seem to start releasing decent ones half way through the season.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Oblivious fact: Me

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Fun fact: Roasting meat alone does not a Sunday roast make.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Stops carving the Sunday roast and holds off putting the apple crumble in the oven...

But we are one of the most multicultural societies in the world and have long since adopted everyone else's cuisines.

By this logic the Japanese don't have curries and the Americans don't have pizza, or any other food for that matter.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Wow didn't expect to see Akala already posted here.

This is the correct answer although I think Fire in the Booth Part 4 might even eclipse Part 1 in terms of talent.

Second place for me would be Lowkey. For message Soundtrack to the Struggle 2, for pure ability has to be The Return of Lowkey... Genius bars like a laptop shop.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago (19 children)

Yeah never got this. The nation's favourite dish is curry. My favourite dish is curry. Isn't it a running joke amongst Indians how much the Brits love curry?

Things like beans on toast and fish finger sandwiches are cheap and easy lunch snacks for students but not our actual diet.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I couldn't claim to have a definition as the origins of consciousness are still unknown to science and not formally defined.

However your definition is definitely not the widely accepted one. It doesn't even offer a proper definition, all it does is push the unknowns to "what it is like to be that organism".

Who defines what it is to "be" something? What is the smallest unit of "being"? Are we saying that consciousness is an inherent property of organisms or could it be recreated on a computer?

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Ok, I agree it can't be an illusion the way you define it, I don't think that would be an unpopular opinion.

I also maintain that it cannot be defined the way you define it.

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I've bounced between Lemmy apps and have found Connect to be the best so far. I particularly like the swipe actions as they free up screen space for content.

However I cannot find a way to downvote via swiping. Is the feature not available at present or is it hidden away somewhere in the settings?

 

This factors in some feedback loops which most sudies to date have ignored. Note, that it excludes extra warming caused by all the additional water vapour in the air.

For context, studies suggest that the largest extinction event in Earth's history (so far), the Late Permian Extinction Event, saw temperature rises of around 8°C.

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