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The problem with ingesting Zeus is that I'd have a good chance (nearly 100% based on my Greek mythology knowledge) I'd end up being pregnant and incurring Hera's wrath, or being whisked to Olympus as his winebearer... or both!
I've actually tried that once, but the Jesus wafer ended up real soggy.
Charcoal grilled phoenix might be good! Maybe basted in some really hot chili sauce? Or maybe even as simple as a soy sauce based baste. Keeping the phoeinix moist with some basting liquid is probably a good way to keep it from burning.
I don't mind a deep-fried baby Phoenix tho.
Jesus wafers with grape jelly is something I'd definitely snack on.
If your installation process lasts for more than four hours, better consult your disk doctor.
Heck, I'd probably be a repeat customer and have them help me rice my Linux install.
Who's got time for sex when there's ricing to be done!
There's this saying “a fish is caught through its mouth,” and this is an illustration of what it means. This pope might present this ‘cool’, ‘modern’ image to the public, but his words spoken in private amongst his peers reveals his real stance about these things.
Edit: proofreading.
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[OC] Sunrise peeking through the hills
(i.imgur.com)
Sorry for the title. This post is just me really for me to show off a selection among the photos I took from that trip. I don't think I did the place justice though, as it was really awesome experiencing it in person. At any rate, if there's a better place for posting photos like these (casual cellphone photography), please let me know.
More photos from the same trip below. Please click on the thumbnails for the full-size version.
I used my phone camera (Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G [2201116SG]) for these pictures. Some editing was done via GIMP in an effort to correct some photos' alignment.
Fortunately, there's a modlog for communities here in Lemmy.
Looking at it (currently the third in the list for removed posts), an admin removed it with the reason of “bad news source”. Not saying whether or not it's justified though, but at least we would know who to blame and why.
I remember when I first heard the rumours and I immediately thought of how sensitive one's anal linings would be to perceive Morse code via a butt plug. Then pondered upon the max possible bandwidth of buttplug-mediated information transfer. Finally, I thought about how to send back information via rythmic anal clenching.
Only then did I conclude that it's probably easier to get better at chess.
The following sums up my experience with Linux thus far: "It's never been easier for the newb to jump right in, but heavens help them if they ever stray from the straight path".
There's been a lot of effort to make things easier for a newb (used to Windows and all that shit) to do what they need to do in most cases. There's been all sorts of GUI-based stuff that means for the 'average' user, there's really no need for them to interact with the command line. That's all well and good until you need to do something that wasn't accounted for by the devs or contributors.
All of a sudden, you'd have not only to use the command line, you may also have to consult one of the following:
- Well-meaning, easy to understand, but ultimately unhelpfully shallow help pages (looking at you, Libre Office), or the opposite: deep, dense, and confusing (Arch) Wiki pages.
- One of the myriads of forum pages each telling the user to RTFM, "program the damned thing yourself", "go back to Windows", all of the above, or something else that delivers the same unhelpful message.
- Ultra-dense and technical man pages of a command that might possibly be of help.
And that's already assuming you've got a good idea of what the problem was, or what it is that you are to do. Trouble-shooting is another thing entirely. While it's true that Linux has tons of ways to make troubleshooting a lot easier, such as logs, reading through them is a skill a lot of us don't have, and can't be expected of some newb coming from Windows.
To be fair to Linux though, 90% of the time, things are well and good. 9% of the time, there's a problem here and there, but you're able to resolve it with a little bit of (online) help, despite how aggravating some of that "help" might be. 1% of the time, however, Linux will really test your patience, tolerance, and overall character.
Unfortunately, it's that 10% that gives Linux its "hard to use" reputation, and the 1% gives enough scary stories for people to share.
Looking at the pages for lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, lemmy.world, kbin.social, as well as lemm.ee paints an interesting, if expected, picture.
For one thing, lemmy.ml is categorized as "Games > Games - Other (In United States)" which made me scratch my head to the point of hurting my scalp. The rest are uncategorized (which is better than being miscategorized, imo).
Now, for the stats:
| Instance | Total Visits for June 2023 | % Change from May 2023 | Bounce Rate | Pages per Visit | Average Visit Duration | #1 Incoming Traffic Source (from social media) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reddit.com¹ | 1.7B | -3.36% | 37.98% | 6.21 | 8:24 | Youtube (52.48%) |
| lemmy.world | 3.5M | n/a² | 38.12% | 6.62 | 8:44 | Reddit (97.29%) |
| kbin.social | 2.9M | +5000% | 26.24% | 11.2 | 9:18 | Reddit (93.92%) |
| lemmy.ml | 1.5M | +1716% | 51.79% | 5.55 | 3:54 | Reddit (98.86%) |
| feddit.de | 791.7K | +5000% | 55.88% | 2.76 | 3:57 | Reddit (98.31%) |
| beehaw.org | 790.1K | +5000% | 35.48% | 4.50 | 5:44 | Reddit (96.24%) |
| lemmy.ca | 186.4K | +1615% | 69.14% | 2.45 | 1:05 | Reddit (100%) |
| lemm.ee | 167.5K | +5000% | 29.58% | 6.73 | 5:18 | Reddit (86.81%) |
- ¹ --
reddit.comis included as a point of comparison - ² --
lemmy.worlddidn't exist yet in May 2023
We can see that the larger instances are already performing well in comparison to reddit when it comes to "interaction" statistics. It's a surprise, however that kbin.social trounces everyone else it was compared to--even comparing favorably with lemmy.world in visit numbers. In comparison, lemmy.ml performed quite badly especially in bounce rate and average visit duration. Someone who's better equipped than me in analyzing these figures can perhaps do a better anaylsis, but from what I can see, we're not doing that bad here.
I've also added lemm.ee into the mix just for good measure (and perhaps as a proxy for smaller-ish instances), and it's doing quite good as well.
EDITS:
- Added lemmy.ca into the table as well.
- Added feddit.de into the table.
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megane_kun
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I think if not fleshed out in the mythology being used in the setting, it's in the DM's prerogative. If I were DM, I'd say the Phoenix has to actually die before it can respawn.
Slicing off a Phoenix's wings will just result in an injured and very pissed-off Phoenix.
Moreover, I'd stipulate that whatever Phoenix parts (butchered, raw, or cooked, or even partly-digested) would disappear whenever that Phoenix respawns. And for a spicy twist: someone who digests any part of a Phoenix will have a psychic link to the Phoenix. Wisdom check after every long rest (three days after ingesting the Phoenix) to determine whether or not the person retains control of their body. Failing this wisdom check thrice in a row results in the Phoenix gaining complete control. Succeeding this wisdom check thrice in a row results in the person regaining complete control of their own body.
EDIT:
Thinking about this more, I think this can be fleshed out even more. There is only one Phoenix, which was eaten by a bunch of people believing eating it would result in gaining whatever powers the Phoenix originally had, maybe being impervious to fire. However, the Phoenix took over their bodies instead. Many many many years later, the Phoenix never really dies: it just choose a body it controls, and transforms it to "its original body". Thus, now, the Phoenix is known for its "immortality".