radix

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 44 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

There are bad faith questions[1], (at least somewhat) self-answering questions[2], and poorly asked questions[3]. (Edit: this comm has rules. These and others are covered in the sidebar, It's not about being too stupid a question, it's about being appropriate for this community)

[1] "Are you still cheating on your spouse?" type questions that are meant to evoke a response rather than ask a real question that deserves an answer.

[2] is a little harder to define, but I have definitely seen a few where even the smallest amount of thought about what is being asked would make the answer obvious. (edit: I hope people aren't just drive-by downvoting this type, but I sort of understand why they might)

[3] includes questions that have so many answers depending on factors not specified that they're impossible to answer without writing a book covering every assumption that goes into each possibility.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 126 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Research suggests a T-Rex would need 50-100k kCal/day. Even if it ate a whole cow before starting, it would be hurting a week in.

Maybe it could survive the month, but would probably be severely malnourished at that point.

In any event, there is no mention of what happens if I fail to kill it. Does the experiment just end and I go home empty handed, or does the magic hut disappear and we fight it out to the death?

 
[–] radix@lemmy.world 200 points 3 days ago (17 children)

It never existed.

If you make two beautiful paintings, and sell one for $1000, then decide to sell the other, but nobody wants it for more than $500, you didn't "lose" the $500 difference.

Maybe you even told people you had another $1000 painting, then only got $500 in cash for it, so your reported net wealth dropped by $500.

At worst, you actually paid $1000, then sold for $500, but even then, the difference didn't disappear, you just transferred it to the original owner by overpaying, or to the new owner by undercharging if the price goes back up.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 58 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Time is money.

It's not like expensive convenience has a monopoly. If you don't want to pay more, do it yourself.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He doesn't understand his national security briefings, but he does know what a giraffe looks like, and isn't that what's really important here?

[–] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Crimson Skies with modern planes would be quite different than Crimson Skies.

Would Ace Combat scratch that itch? It's quite arcade-y. Or for a more indie take on the same formula, I had a lot of fun with Project Wingman. Neither has the same kind of pulp adventure storyline, but that may be as close as we have right now.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

Am I out of touch? No, it's Valve who is wrong.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Production hasn't stopped, it has merely been paused forever.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Going to need a little more info. Is there a particular game you're interested in?

[–] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

What's the NFL supposed to do, NOT broadcast the Cowboys to every TV in the country regardless of their record or opponent?

 
 

Tyrannus tyrannus is too powerful.

 

Abolish ICE

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[Steam] Metro 2033 Redux (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by radix@lemmy.world to c/freegames@feddit.uk
 

Free to keep if claimed in the next ~48 hours.

 

"One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.” "

 

For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine.

 
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Useful Idiot (en.wikipedia.org)
 
 

Just because a 3060ti is technically capable of ray tracing doesn't mean I want you to keep turning it on every time the driver gets an update.

 

More people were killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2023 than any other year in the past decade, outpacing population growth eightfold.

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