janNatan @ janNatan @lemmy.ml

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I'm currently reading "All the Knowledge in the World: A History of the Encyclopedia" by Simon Garfield. It mentions a similar thought held by some around the time of the creation of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. (Late 1700s, if I recall correctly)

There were too many books, and they were being printed by just anyone. Who needs a really long dictionary, anyway?

https://www.pokerth.net/app.php/download?sid=0648c3bf00230902ee62d9cfd1c70fca

There's an android version of this, which is apparently foss. I have no idea if it's good. I don't even play poker.

Edit: I see now that someone else already posted this.

1.) Don't buy a Samsung phone

Would be funnier if it didn't say "used" and only "junk."

I have no experience with setting up Windows after Linux. I've always done it the other way around.

However, what version of Windows was it running before? If you haven't switched the components yet, you can use Windows to make a Windows boot flash drive or DVD officially using the "Windows Media creation Tool." It's a free download from an official Microsoft page. I don't think you needed to buy Windows 11 at all. Both windows 10 and 11 will recognize that your hardware (motherboard mostly, I believe) is registered with a license, and it will simply activate your Windows online, no hassle. It's like the one thing Microsoft got right.

We don't ... Record and broadcast election venues? This would be weird. If some people did do it, only people at their specific voting site would see it.

Those are rookie numbers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynecomastia

I actually sleep better after reading about serial killers, but that's probably because I stayed up late binging Wikipedia articles on them.

If it comes to the USA, it's too late. The recent outbreak has cemented in the minds of Americans that this is a Gay™ disease, and it only affects those pesky Gays. Therefore, the vaccine will be refused in even higher amounts than other vaccines. "I'm not a Gay. I don't have to worry about it."

Interesting, robot faces made with living skin have quite the opposite effect on me.

I'm gonna add to this by saying phosphorus may be my favorite, but I think the most likely filter is just time, twice.

Do you know how unlikely it is that earth has been habitable for so long? Do you know how long life was single-celled? One of the theories for how advanced (eukaryotic) cells formed was the combination of at least three different branches of life into the same cell! Archaea (cell wall), bacteria (mitochondria/chloroplasts), and viruses (nucleus). Do you know how unlikely that sounds? Do you know how long it would take for that to happen randomly? Most planets probably aren't even habitable for that long. Once we became eukaryotic, we started progressing much faster.

Then, keep in mind, the life has to continue to exist for billions of more years while it waits for the advanced life to happen again within the same section of the galaxy. So, time is two filters - both behind us and in front of us.

My favorite filter is the amount of phosphorous in the universe. Earth has an unusually high amount, and it's vital for life. I like this one, because as more stars die, the amount of phosphorous goes up, implying we won't be alone forever.

Anyway, look up "Issac Arthur" on YouTube for HOURS of content about the Fermi paradox and potential great filters.

Rimworld. Also DRM free through GOG!

Yes! I only recently discovered this was a thing after cows suddenly started getting bird flu and someone said "maybe we shouldn't have been feeding them bird shit?"

Don't believe me? Search for "broiler litter" or "poultry litter" and "cow feedstock."

In short: whatever you enjoy.

We've all been conditioned to think that time spent doing things you enjoy instead of working or some type of work-training is meaningless. There is more to life than employment. You're allowed to do things you enjoy simply because you enjoy them.

Results? No, no. I need the documentation of what happened. I'll, uh, come to my own conclusions after that.

I don't care enough about this to do the research. So, does anybody know which slur, in particular, he has now been repeatedly using?

You should try learning German songs and singing them to help with pronunciation! "Madsen" is my favorite German band for this purpose. The lead singer is (usually) easy to understand. But, nearly any singer will do. I'd avoid native English speakers singing in German, though. For instance, I love Connie Francis's German stuff (and so did many Germans, it seems), but her pronunciation is nothing to emulate, sadly.