[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Brominade is a thing to die for.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

At least that's official compared to how illegal organization had a blank check to parole everyone they can recruit, announcing it via telegram and having it's own terms of demobilization. That's the key distinction. Another one depends on how they integrate these recruits, and that we'll see, as the article doesn't specify if they are planned to be assigned to exclusive ex-con units or mixed into existing ones.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 24 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Naruto hat says 12+ on the package.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago

I propose a cruel and unusual punishment called yeet.

Btw, he's said to be in Russia rn.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Played it a couple of years ago. It's arcadish, nice, it's artstyle works great to diminish the fact it's very old, but the final boss sucks ass, so I'd just googled a guide for defeating him.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

Buck's bucks say otherwise.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

If he had some metal in him, that could make him more perceptive of microwaves. Dark Brandon T-100 confirmed?

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago

That photo won't be the same without your bright smiling face. Glad to see it in the morning. Thanks for posting!

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Based on the novel by Jurasic Park's and Westworld's author Michael Crichton. Scientists were called to inspect and contain a deadly virus of an unknown origin. Movie is very slow (130 mins) and it goes out of it's way to show how characters stick to the code of entering the facility and working in labs. Somewhere in here, behind sealed doors, elevators and a system of self-destruction in case there's a risk it gets away, there's a sence of dread and stress that shows in the team in spite of their strict procedures and proffesionalism when their fate is decided by their analyzis and the blinking of these cold war-era computers carrying the results.

I enjoyed it all a couple of times. It's slow but it also feel very tight. Sure, many folks would have a better time watching it on 2x speed nowadays, although it may hurt the suspense of the movie.

CW: lab animals, cut wounds, strobing lights

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/andromeda_strain

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

Something tells me you wouldn't like the coming AssID feature either.

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The original was from MSN posted by a db0 user. Hexbear and ML users argued it's fake and asked for proofs. OP got some as a non-speaker, then I researched it myself and wanted to add what I've found, but the post got deleted before I replied.

So here is an english article about that: https://khpg.org/en/1608813775

And my comment with russian language proofs.

Local news site based in his hometown about that: http://www.uezdny-gorod.ru/novosti/litseist-iz-liven-prigovoryen-voennym-sudom-k-pyati-godam-kolonii-za-uchastie-v-terroristicheskoy-or.html Federal registry information is at the bottom, so it's legal status with russian gov is verifiable.

I'd add an article from one of the oldest NGO Memorial to add to what you posted: https://memopzk.org/figurant/turbin-arsenij/ They are specialized on repressions too, but originally on rehabilitating soviet political prisoners and collecting historical data in archives. Not now, though.

I'm a native speaker and after googling around I conclude that sources that are loyal to power doesn't mention Арсений Турбин at all and many but one post in VK about his sentence are banned via the order of Генпрокуратура originated in the first day of war. More about this order that's used against maaany resources: https://roskomsvoboda.org/en/post/ban-1500-ssylok/

As a bonus: I think I've found his VK page. Name fits, city fits, soccer interests fit, age is faked by adding years to avoid age restrictions, political position is not democratic but rather pro-Wagner and anti-Putin, more like an 'angry patriots' crowd. Not a direct link due to good taste rules, but he is googlable by his name I put in bold and the end of his handle is numbers. This account is new but it's created and started posting before the war. These articles mention another status in his bio, but as it wasn't posted, I can't tell if someone changed it - yet, it also tracks with Prigo worship.

My opinion #1: The boy is real, he is charged and his process is silenced in federal news, everything posted kinda tracks. We can't verify his connection to the armed russian fighters on ukrainian side, but he doesn't like Putin and was fanboying after Prigo's macho vibes, so he could try to contact them, and then dropped it? That part of the story is told by NGOs with a big local rep, so I trust them to fill that hole.

My opinion #2: OP has probably mistaken ML instance for another one and after the mods noticed it (and proofs started to appear) they deleted the post due to their bias alone.

I've not posted there yet, so if it doesn't fit, please tell me. Also, keep in mind that he is just a 15yo boy and he's hardly thinking for himself.

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they are a significant part of their characters

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an empty cask, all alone (sh.itjust.works)
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he is a visionary and that's what he saw

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After I launched some program I need from an app image, it starts every time I log into system.

Going by Windows logic, there may be some menu or a queue that lists all apps that start after logining in with an option to disable it.

I'm struggling to find anything like that.

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NFS OST remade for kids (sh.itjust.works)

One of the weird realization for me as I learnt English and listened to authors who contributed to these games, is that many remastered their tracks to exclude swear words and obvious mentions of drugs, or was it EA specialists? NFS Underground and Most Wanted games were filled with rap and metal, but still got rated for teens because of that. When I've heard some of these songs in their album versions for the first time and there were actual lines or even paragraphs I've not heard before it was very weird. I applaud whoever did this and still kept these songs bangers as they are, intact, hard hitting whenever you hard them back then or now like I do.

That was probably never talked about, but here it is: someone did a very good job. You'd probably never notice that until you hear the original.

If you happen to not believe me, check the first verse from Dilated People's Who is Who. That's the worst edit of the bunch, although it's one of my favorite tracks in the game. This flow is fucking tight, DPs are Erik B and Rakim for millenials, fight me. Either way, here are these tracks:

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndEvdwIPTU4

Choppy NFSU version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0PvVJjkgY

That didn't occured to me in the early 00s, but you can hear the MC cut being half-word in. I'm puzzled how it got into production if it wasn't a fuck you from the artists leaving a clue about the whole text, kek.

I don't know why I dumped that on you, but now you know there are specially created versions of songs for some old games that wanted to sound all gangsta but still keep themselves teen-friendly. You are welcome.

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Star Trek's Putln (sh.itjust.works)
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Even Quark chose not to follow him.

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I guess the meta is installing them via Lutris\Bottles and then launching them via Steam to have a modern controller support and overlay, is that's so? Does emulation make it better in any way (it seems easier)? What would you use playing them now?

I've watched a couple of vids on games from NFSU to Pro Street forming some kind of a saga, and felt nostalgic enough to once again jump in this cringe pool.

I won't spoil my own opinion on these games besides one point: Pro Street was probably the last one to have a decent, influential OST. Won't lie, they've introduced me to my current favs and made me research their genres further. For that I can excuse EA, or rather BlackBox from crticizing too much, although wanting to play their older games instead of new ones says it all.

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For your civil discussions

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works to c/tenforward@lemmy.world

The Gamma Quadrant is now the Kazakh Quadrant. I don't make the rules. Wait for Sasha Baron Cohen to film another movie about how we mistakenly see guests from the wormhole.

PS: Nechayeva is probably the most annoying character in the franchise.

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For right there we see him stating he can not read clues from women or he's not signaled enough to notice it.

Does it mean he's more accustomed to signals from men or he's just completely senseless?

I don't really question my gay sadistic Odo headcannon, but I find that quote to be a welcome guest in many redpill threads,

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