HexesofVexes

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

You know, one wonders if all academic works should be released under "academic license"...

Might be nice to sting these big companies for our free labour.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean, with winter coming in, and universities not bothering to heat the building, teams turning my potato work laptop into a furnace is the only thing keeping us warm this winter...

Serious question - is their long term strategy bad optimisation to sell hardware? Do they have shares in intel or something?!?

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago (10 children)

We also need irrational fucks for the complex field don't we?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I think, and here the key word is think as this goes beyond my mandate so to speak, it's more an act of resistance. A bit like protesting, but with less risk.

I'd say the aim is to rallying over retribution, to push those "good men" into fighting more strongly. It's not a bad tactic, it'll be interesting to see how it pans out.

It's also not really that widespread, searches for it are up because it's making the rounds is all.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

The first time you say no to someone you really want to be with, that is when the 4B life starts. Till then, it's just business as usual (I really hope you don't sleep with/date people you don't like!).

The life continues when you see them with someone else, and realise some things can't be undone. People move on, they're not static NPCs you can just reload and date later.

It goes ever on, life stops for no-one and it runs it's course far too soon. To those who choose that path, make sure you know where it leads.

Edit: nice catch apostrofail! I'll keep no-one though, I feel they need that special dash bond ;)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, I have a foolproof way to always come out on top at a casino, it's a simple trick that gamblers will hate you for.

  1. Dress smart, it makes you look like an easy mark.
  2. Make sure to wear black shoes, polished to a shine, this will be important later.
  3. Own the casino.
  4. Ignore 1 and 2.
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I think that's the conflation - Jews in Israel and Jews in New York state fall into the set Jews. However the right wing supporters of Netenyahu's government are but a subset of the former.

A better comparison would be that the number of Jews in New York state was once close to the number of peaceful Palestinians and peaceful Israelis; meanwhile, the number of hardline genocidal Israelis was roughly equal to the number of Hamas terrorists. Those sets seem a better match, as they share more core categorical features.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yup, most people of the Jewish faith are not the state of Israel. Much as most people of the Islamic faith are not terrorists. People mostly just want to lead comfortable lives.

It's a great case of A->B being misunderstood as A<->B to justify incredible shittiness.

I do sometimes wonder if I should write a paper full of examples suggesting that this really simple misunderstanding of logic is what drives the enshittification of humanity ^_^

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty much - most of us (scholars being a synonym for academics, a set I do belong to [lectureship in mathematics and statistics]) agree that bombing the homes of people into rubble and striking the camps they flee to is an intentional attempt to erase a cultural group.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Go for a double-kill - enter a committed relationship with a teddy bear. Bonus points for a marriage ceremony.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Surprised Pikachu is much surprised.

[–] [email protected] 293 points 1 week ago (17 children)

Academic here - it's 100% genocide. More so, it's the worst kind of genocide, it's sanctioned genocide built upon conflating a people with their government.

 

For when you need something to test video playback on your old windows 95/98/XP friend (files and instructions in description).

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The Internet in Europe Today (how-i-experience-web-today.com)
 

Not all art shows something beautiful - this really does feel like the internet of today without a lot of browser tweaking.

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Blackboard Ultra (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

We've received word that we're migrating from the older version of Blackboard to the new, "student approved", Blackboard Ultra.

We'll be migrating our courses by hand over the summer; how bad is this going to be?

 

A few years ago I stumbled onto this, and it provided a nice afternoon feature film. Figured the folks here would enjoy it!

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Might and Magic (Merged) (www.celestialheavens.com)
 

Truly a test of patience - this is an excellent modpack that unifies 3 classics together into the way I dreamed of playing them as a kid.

Found it by accident a week ago, and it's been my short nightly unwind (trying to do a solo run because I always wanted to).

 

Thought I'd share this list as it contains many emus I've not heard of before and I'd love to hear people's reviews on any folks have tried.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

So, kgen98 was one of the first genesis emulators, and it runs on dos.

I use it in one of my ICT classes (paired with a sonic 1 rom) on a floppy disk to demonstrate just how heavily compressed and optimised older games were.

It's an oddball that is definitely worth trying out.

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Gbstudio (www.gbstudio.dev)
 

A handy tool for developing vn style games for the Gameboy and Gameboy colour.

Great for people starting a game dev journey.

 

Mednafen is worth a go if you're looking for a lightweight set of emulators to run your dumped carts.

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Discworld MUD (discworld.starturtle.net)
 

Thought I'd post this up here since I've not seen it mentioned. For those who want to explore the world of discworld, this is a great MUD.

Very friendly community when I hop on every few months, and with a lot of rich detail from the books.

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