CaptObvious

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[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 3 points 6 months ago

At this point, he’d be better advised to spin up an OpenSimulator instance, hire Firestorm to build a custom viewer, and focus on building his world. Reinventing the wheel — again — is pointless.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 2 points 6 months ago

Boycott Sweden?

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 3 points 6 months ago

Odds are that you’ll have a non-native accent anyway. Generally, it’s a good idea to reduce it as much as possible in order to be easily understood.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I already keep at least four journals (personal observations and random thoughts, ranting and get-it-off-my-chest, professional notes and processes, and work-related CYA). I’d like to be more conscientious about all of them.

I’d also like to start a sketching and watercolor journal. I really miss that creative outlet, and a sketchbook might help to carve out time for it.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 19 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Don’t aircraft still use leaded fuel to this day?

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 5 points 7 months ago

Of course, after the Cheney Administration, anything that wasn’t endless war was going to feel like a change. Just as Biden felt like a change because he wasn’t a petulant, ignorant, egomaniacal child.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 43 points 7 months ago

Cherry picking data has long been a problem. I recall a short piece from high school in the 80s called something like “How to Lie with Statistics.” It’s always stuck with me.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 points 7 months ago

I’ll go one further, and be perhaps even more rude, and say that it reads like the AI-generated text my students have been submitting for the past year.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 10 points 7 months ago

Granted. I should have said “legitimate” reason.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Am I the only one who thinks they took too much inspiration from Star Wars Star Destroyers?

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What possible reason could VW have for collecting this information in the first place?

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