robolemmy

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[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 29 points 21 hours ago

Thanks for the confirmation, robobruddah

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 163 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

AFAIK ex-presidents aren’t allowed to leave the country without specific permission, due to all the classified crap in their heads. If one tried to flee the country, it would be their detail’s duty to detain them.

Heck, they’re not even allowed to drive in public roads… not that Trump has probably ever driven a car.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 22 points 22 hours ago (8 children)

The horse archers in civ 6 are so pathetically lame that the only reason to build even one is to get 3 points toward a golden age. The computer builds swarms of them, of course, but anything can kill them, even a recon unit.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've never tried one, but now it seems I have to.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Cinnamon apple jelly should be more common too! (Not apple butter… fuck Apple butter).

Apple cinnamon all the things!

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Paprika 3 recipe manager does that too, plus it adds it to a local database, without any AI bullshit or HP account.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is why I use a right angle connector cable and gaffer tape the cable to the back or bottom of the keyboard. It’s fugly but it prevents this exact problem.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I am retired and you're describing me, other than the fact that you'd have to pay me to watch soccer. I watch bicycle racing instead. It's a damn nice life.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You're preaching to the choir, my friend.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

They definitely did try both but I don’t know if anyone was ever cheeky enough to wear that setup in an actual race.

Currently they’re putting race radios in the front, centered side to side, during TTs. Rumor has it that the UCI has already had to tell a couple of teams to stop using extra tape and stuff to embiggen the radio lump.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Believe it or not, hydration packs have been shown to reduce aerodynamic drag for cyclists. There was a brief moment in pro cycling where riders wore them during time trials to shave a few tenths off their time. Strangely, the benefit of wearing one backward (on your chest) is a little bit better than wearing it on your back.

Needless to say, the UCI quickly banned hydration packs altogether.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any safety it adds would probably be immediately offset by the added dangers of drivers being unable to see or steer effectively due to uncontrollable laughter.

 

I like this one better than the more recent American version with Gere and Lopez.

 

I'm currently using an AMD 5950x and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 LHR, pushing video to a Dell U4021QW, which is a 40" monitor running 5120x2160@60hz. A few of the games I play are pretty challenged at that resolution, so I'm thinking of upgrading at least the video card. Is there any reason to build a new system with a newer CPU as well?

 

Somebody said we needed more Nick Cave.

 

Way back in 1820, Noah Webster penned a rather prescient speech that talked about the problem of inequality. Some of what he said would be considered problematic today, but IMO the core of his speech rings very true.

The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in few hands, and to render the great mass of the population dependent and penniless.

In such a case, the popular power would be likely to break limit and control the exercise of popular power. Universal suffrage, for example, could not long exist in a community where there was great inequality of property. The holders of estates would be obliged, in such case, in some way to restrain the right of suffrage, or else such right of suffrage would, before long, divide the property. In the nature of things, those who have not property, and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them need, cannot be favorable to laws made for the protection of property. When this class becomes numerous, it glows clamorous. It looks on property as its prey and plunder, and is naturally ready, at all times, for violence and revolution.

 

I've been doing the crossword, spelling bee, and wordle for a long time, but I just started doing letter boxed about a week ago. Any tips to help me get better?

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