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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas
  • The reason I'm pretty much undecided about EVs is the rare metals in the batteries. The pollution by gathering and the inhumane treatment of the workers who extract these resources. I'm still hoping for better alternatives in the energy storage medium

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    And people who don't read make fun of you for it.
  • My English learning process was me being a eight year old kid who wanted to play diablo. No clue about shit. Barely able to read in the first place and just going from one word which is similar to one in my native language to the next similar one. Like "ok, intelligence looks a lot like intelligenz. Dexterity makes my bow do more damage so it should be something like speed or whatever" so basically trial and error over the years. The pronunciation was accordingly. As an example, strength was "stren g t hö". Not sure how I'm supposed to write what i said back then xD Still to this day from reading and such and not practicing enough speaking English some are way off.

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    What do you think of this prediction?
  • This so much. The thing for me is, pirated I get everything from my library back FOR FREE. So there is no loss money wise for changing things up for me. Without the convenience and fairness there is nothing holding me there. at all.

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    Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience
  • Not sure if my AdBlock is responsible for not knowing about any of these ads even existing or EU.

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    I've never seen this angle of Tiananmen Square's tankman before. Figured I would share.
  • So it is this, just cropped. Or really another pic with wider view?

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    It doesn't exist once you step out of the shower
  • For me it would only fit if I realize why it's there well after I blamed EVERYONE else for doing it.

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    It doesn't exist once you step out of the shower
  • That's not adhd. That's called beeing a human.

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    tumblr reading comprehension: electric boogaloo
  • I knew it looked wrong but I could not put my finger on it. Thanks for the hint.

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    tumblr reading comprehension: electric boogaloo
  • Nice. I didn't know there's an actuall name for it. Thanks.

    edit: added a missing word

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    tumblr reading comprehension: electric boogaloo
  • That's a technic I call learning by figuring out. I realized some time ago that information you figure out yourself lasts longer. When some at work for example asks me something I usually only return suggestive questions. Questions wich if they answer them lead them to the answer of their questions. I always get rolling eyes when I do but it helps in two ways. First is they really manifest the wisdom so they don't need to ask me a second time and second they learn relativly fast that they have to think what to ask me and how anoying it is so they ask less frequently but more specific. People hate it but it is benefical for both sides in my opinion.

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    What is your current wallpaper? Where did you find it?
  • Every now and then I pick randomly one from here: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

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    I've always wondered this too
  • In Germany we have a word for it. Schadenfreude. translates to something like malicious joy. Basically the pleasure at someone else's misfortune.

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    Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car and Mistakes It For Shots Fired
  • https://youtube.com/shorts/_1GRjRH9tKA? https://youtu.be/9c36ujvK9bs? basically just the mechanical parts that are audible. still not like the movies but pretty close. In person i felt like it's actually less loud than in these vids depending on the gun.

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  • basically all pre 30xx cards tend to drop a few frames if some visuals happen to close to the camera, with fog, trees wit high shadow details and when dumping cache and so on. most people don't even realize these droped frames. For my spoiled me this makes many games borderline unplayable. I can't stay thouse little hickups. its just so ermersion breaking. and for games that tend to do that with our gpu. Luckily i have not found one yet.

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    Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car and Mistakes It For Shots Fired
  • Fact is that guns with silencers are still really loud with silencers, correct. Not like in the movies... with normal ammunition. In that case, the sonic boom is what you hear. But with subsonic ammunition and a slightly larger silencer it is really very quiet and can sound like in the video or in movies almost. It's hard to find on youtube because very few people want to shoot with such weak cartridges + with a silencer additionally, but if you're really interested you can find it. If I remember after work I can look for another demonstration and post it here. if you are interested.

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    me_irl
  • Just recently bought/built a new pc. 4070ti i9-13900K and the first thing i did was setting max freamerate in all apps to max 60 end every game i start the first thing i do is setting everything to minimum. Playing mostly games like factorio or whatever. The only important thing for me is: never ever any dips below 60fps and almost room temp hardware if possible.

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    Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off
  • It won't. Normies just see their franchise like Assasins or any Tom Clancy's and they buy. It does not matter to them what bullshit payment model it is. Look at Fifa games for example. Litearaly the same game year after year with the tiniest adjustments possible but they still break a sales record on a almost yearly basis.

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    Discworld by Terry Pratchett Humble Bundle - 35 novels for $18
  • "Only for those living in the US" 😏

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    Men Are From Mars, and Women Are From Venus
  • https://www.statista.com/statistics/470748/favorite-book-genres-gender-usa/ Is the closest i found. But there it is only a 6% diffrence for self help. (Not sure if that is the correct category for the book)

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    Languages - writing vs speaking
  • Du sprichst mir aus der Seele.

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