vithigar

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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Copied over from where to what? The Frame is the only ARM device in the lineup. The Steam Machine is x86.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Spears don't cut by slicing, they come to a point and are used to thrust/pierce. You can do a lot of damage without being "sharp" when you push with hundreds of pounds of force into a tiny area on the scale of a single square millimeter.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I'm in my mid 40s and still have a big gathering for my birthday every year. It's a great time.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, my bad. I wasn't aware that lane splitting was addictive, a symptom of depression, and a vector for the exploitation of vulnerable people.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (11 children)

There's a reason lane-splitting is illegal in many jurisdictions. It's still a tragic loss, but your friend made the active decision to operate a vehicle that was already more dangerous in an even more dangerous way.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

He also had a bit of a psychological horror phase with some genuinely chilling comics... and one oddly heartwarming one.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Holy cow. This is possibly the best description of how I usually think I've ever encountered. It was actually a bit unnerving to read. Though I've always conceptualized it as "shapes" and "holes" rather than vectors.

The ability to near-instantly make connections between symptoms and cause for any given issue in a system I'm familiar with especially resonated. The best explanation I could give someone without stepping back and basically re-solving the whole thing from a standing start would be "the shapes fit together".

It feels like I'm being asked how I knew a puzzle piece fit in a space, and for some reason "I looked at it and could see that it fit" is not a sufficient explanation. No, I didn't need to investigate other possible pieces. They are obviously different shapes. The one that you're asking about doesn't even belong to the same puzzle.

Similarly I am also utterly incapable of describing what a person looks like in any detail. I have a "mind's eye" and can conjure up images of them in my head, but for whatever reason I just completely lack the ability to express what I see in words outside of very high level details. They have brown hair, they're tall, what do you mean "what shape is their face?" Sara's face is the shape of Sara's face. It couldn't be any other shape.

I do have an internal monologue or voice though, but it's not constant. It usually only comes up when I'm dealing with other people and need to try to reason through what someone else is doing.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel the need to ask about the choice of "loud" as the adjective here. Are the tags actually making audible noise, or is this just a non-standard usage of it an a synonym for "overwhelming"?

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it's more about the idea that it's shameful to be less able than someone else. The core idea here is that there's nothing wrong with being less intelligent than average, and calling out people's choice of words is only one part of that.

That argument isn't specific to any particular word though. You could say it about any word that insults intelligence, not just the one in question here.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I never understood why Sony felt the need to flip confirm/cancel in markets outside Japan.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not just a US thing. Canadian pension plan and employment insurance deductions also stop once you reach a certain threshold of income within a year.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hide behind the mountain of dead bards!

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