[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Well, let's see...

Time in your local frame of reference slows down the closer you are to a gravitational force. This will give you the perception the rest of the universe is going much faster. However, you'd need a pretty strong gravitational force to notice any effect of it.

A black hole is one of the most powerful sources of gravity out there, but if you don't want to waste millions of years travelling to some far away celestial body, you can find an even stronger gravitational force much closer to home:

Your mum.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Now I want to play LEGO Racers again. I recently got LEGO 2K Drive from Humble Monthly but... It's not really the same...

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 108 points 17 hours ago

"Because" is spelled wrong.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

No. My genius is so vast it boggles my own mind. Sometimes it scares me.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 29 points 17 hours ago

Read books, read newspapers, chat on the land-line phone for hours.

Before the cliché of everyone being with their faces in smartphones there were clichés about husbands who do nothing but read newspapers all day, or teenage daughters that massively inflate the phone bill because she's talking with her friends for hours, or children with square eyes watching brain rotting cartoons all day.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

You are very much missing the point for the sake of a pedantic argument.

Someone else already perfectly illustrated the point in a comment below, so I guess I'm spared the effort.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 159 points 1 day ago

Welp... There goes physical media...

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Scandinavia has always been very left side, so it comes to low surprise to me that the left won the European election in Denmark, despite the right trend in the rest of Europe.

However, I will add that right wing Europe is still pretty left from America. Take Geert Wilders, the new guy from the Netherlands. The policies he wants to enact are stricter laws, more difficulty for immigrants, a stronger police force, street curfews for teenagers (real old man yells at cloud energy), and withdrawal from the climate agreement. All very right wing.

But... He also wants better funding for hospitals and schools, higher wages for nurses and teachers, more robust free healthcare system, hard caps and regulations on the increasing housing prices, more affordable housing, a more efficient and cost effective energy grid. If an American politician starts talking about these things they'll be called a communist!

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yes I know nearly every country has elements like this. But in the US it's a bit more than just some elements.

I can see it in American advertisements, TV series, movies, political speeches, and a lot of rather loud opinions.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Well let's see... 9 USD is about 62 DKK.

Honestly... Not bad. That's about the same price as a sharawma box here in Copenhagen, maybe even a little cheaper, depending on the quality. If I want to buy a burger from a food cart, just a single burger at the street food place near the Nørrebro shopping center, that'd be 85 to 90 DKK, which is about 13 USD for a burger.

The Iranian food stand sells food for 120 DKK per portion, or 16 USD. Pizzas in the neighborhood are between 90 and 110 DKK. A single durum shawarma is about 70 DKK. You get the idea.

Depending on the quality of the spaghetti, I'd go grab some regularly. Compared to what I'm used to, that's a pretty decent price.

Of course, McDonald's and Burger King are cheaper, but... That's just trash. Some real trash.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago

At this point, is being American basically a religion? Such weird cult-like displays of patriotism...

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 74 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately, when America farts we're all forced to smell it. America wants Europeans to stay out of American business, buts that's rather difficult to do when that country demands to be the center of attention.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by Tattorack@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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.

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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?

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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.

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submitted 7 months ago by Tattorack@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world

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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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Tattorack@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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