I’ve moved to Matrix from Discord for two small friend groups (<6 people each). Matrix is a fine replacement for the small friend Discord. But it has awhile to go before it can replace 1000+ people servers

I agree, but man, the Adam McKay movies make me depressed for like a week after I watch them.

When you say mid-six figures do you mean ~$150k or ~$500k?

(me, an American) Well, forty isn’t that many.

There was actually a numberphile of this like 2 days ago. https://youtu.be/47qEMTMKRdA

“You are what you eat”. If someone only consumes fascist propaganda right-wing media, then they will become more fascist right-winged.

To OOP: You might not be able to turn off their TV. But you should share unbiased or left-leaning articles, shows, news, etc. And try to get them to “eat” a more balanced diet.

There are novels that don’t measure up to the writing of visual novels.

There are comics that don’t measure up to the art of visual novels.

There are video games that are less engaging than visual novels.

Broad generalizations like this are so useless. It’s okay that you play one or two visual novels and they weren’t for you. I don’t particularly like visual novels either, but to discredit an entire genre because of it is just ignorant. I’ve played some visual novels that were excellent and pushed the boundaries of video games. See Slay the Princess and Doki Doki Literature Club. I’m playing Date Everything right now, it’s not exactly innovative, but I’m having fun with it.

Hormones can play a role as well. Anecdotally, my wife’s hair during pregnancy became fuller and less brittle. Duckduckgo “pregnancy hair”. A monthly cycle, being on hormonal birth control, etc. will likely have some effect. I definitely agree that genetics does play a bigger role, but claiming that gender/sex plays no role is definitely incorrect.

I like how OOP gets the name wrong also. Shane not Shawn. It really makes it feel extra condescending.

Well, I’m pretty sure the Earth is in orbit around a star [citation needed], so I would think solar panels on Earth would also be in orbit around a star.

I mean, I suppose that technically a lone satellite with solar panels in orbit around the Sun is probably an extremely limited form of a Dyson sphere — it’s not as if there’s some firm lower bound on what percentage of energy output from the star that needs to be captured. One could presumably scale up incrementally.

By that definition the solar panels that are already on the Earth are a tiny Dyson swarm. And honestly, I approve.

Damn, what a wild take.

Nintendo might not be as innovative as some indie games but they constantly innovate and define new genres.

I mean, look at the consoles. Wii, Wii U, and Switch are all crazy innovative.

Some of their more innovative stuff might not be as popular, e.g., ARMS and LABO. Even their mainline series have some innovative mechanics for the genre.

Serious question. What company is more innovative than Nintendo?

What? No. The divisibility of the side lengths have nothing to do with this.

The problem is what’s the smallest square that can contain 17 identical squares. If there were 16 squares it would be simply 4x4.

RIP Coding Blocks. I listened to them for years but they are on a permanent hiatus.

Similar vibe, but I think about this scene/meme a lot as well.

Likewise, Don Draper is being an asshole in the scene. But, in reality most people don’t think about you.

They could say something that offended you. They are going to forget about it. So there is no need to be upset, chances are they forgot about it.

You could say something dumb or embarrassing. People are going to forget almost immediately.

Who dies at mutter?

I’m sure there’s lots of cases where it could be deadly without good enunciation.

I used to do that. But then I realized it was faster to redownload than copy over from my HDD. I have gigabit fiber internet though.

Edit: I had a really crappy HDD though

I’m an exmo. Gender and sex is doctrinally binary, I always wondered how intersex children would be treated. Thanks for sharing. There were lots of things that made me leave, but I always disagreed with the church’s stance on LGBTQI+ issues.

You’ve convinced me a little bit. Some of those flags do look good. Definitely not every flag though.

I have small hands and my kids use it without complaining. It’s bigger than a Switch, but not too much bigger. I’ve traveled with it plenty.