Soggy @ Soggy @lemmy.world

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The unintended consequence is genocide. When people need permission to reproduce that introduces a convenient method to keep certain people from having kids.

Find an instance that more closely aligns with your ideals then. Lemmy is not one place.

Imagine consuming media with speakers rather than high-end OEMs to shut out all outside sound. Might as well just read books in a crowded café.

Yeah, everyone who signs up for experimental medical trials is a stooge.

I don't think it should be tied to "manliness" but people should have some basic understanding of the tools they use and how they work.

"Roguelike" has also become very watered down. I see "roguelite" used less often, though it's more accurate, but there isn't a good alternative term right now. Turn-based-dungeon-crawler-with-permadeath is historically accurate but there's a tendency to lump action games like Rogue Legacy and Enter the Gungeon in that needs to be accounted for.

(And no I haven't played Rogue but I did play a bunch of NetHack)

If you don't stick to them then they aren't principles, they're opinions.

No they're just feeling morally superior for no good reason.

Why do people feel the need to disparage athletics as "kid games"? Are adults not allowed to play games? Are people not allowed to be entertained by feats of strength? Are you just mad that it's not a "real job"?

I also feel superior to others by disparaging their hobbies.

I don't see how that's possible. Cruella De Vil would be preferable.

They also can't handle high heat, aren't dishwasher or oven safe, and shouldn't be used with metal implements. Teflon is rubbish.

A strike means things stop. A protest vote means things go backwards, as if there was an entire workforce of scabs waiting to swoop in when the strike starts. There's no leverage.

"No hugging, no learning" was a writing rule for the Seinfeld show. The lack of reflection and heartfelt moments is an intentional response to other sitcoms of the era.

Move mouse and click faster is a big deal when it's the only way you can interact with the world. And it's just a mouse right now, but what about robotic hands? A thought-controlled wheelchair? A tiny bit of agency? Technology is iterative and built on failure, and you want to tell the people trapped in non-functional bodies that it will never get any better?

You're presupposing that surgical implants can't be more responsive, intuitive, speedy, or sophisticated than an external device. The eye trackers are very useful but objectively pretty limited. Non-invasive EEG is weak and distorted because there is skull and more brain in the way, so "resolution" is limited.

If better outcomes are possible by putting electrodes as close to the signal source as can be, why not explore that option?

My city is just too hilly. Cycling around is one thing, and they just put in new bike lanes (they're not good ones, but still), but doing that with a grocery run or 60lbs of cat food and litter? No thank you.

That only applies to the movie, and anyway it's easily explained by the The Ring not wanting to switch to Sam in that moment. In the book Sam totally puts on the ring to trick some orcs and it tries to tempt him with the power of gardening really well.

The Ring would reach out and influence people around the bag. The Ring would tempt whichever eagle carried Frodo. It had to be a being that had enough control to keep hold of The Ring but not enough ambition to be controlled by it. And even then IIRC it wasn't actually possible to destroy it willingly, Eru Ilúvatar stepped in and gave Gollum a tiny nudge off the cliff.

Or by dorks who are thoroughly exhausted of the Console Wars and know it's a joke but don't think it's funny. (It's a dead horse with $5 armor)

"Well-ventilated" being a higher standard than you'd probably expect, but yes. Standard over-range extractor isn't doing enough.