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  • Lackadaisy is pretty close though I think those cats act exactly like humans with no cat behaviors

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    TIL kobolds in Japan are dog-people because of a mistranslation in a copy of AD&D in the 80s
  • Could have brought viashino into D&D. They were introduced in MTG in 1998 so could have been added for 3rd edition. I kinda wish they had pulled more of magic's original species into D&D earlier, there are some cool ones.

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    Ancient aliens
  • I know it's part of the joke here, but not a bad time to mention the pyramids weren't built by enslaved workers at all. It was likely dedicated domestic laborers working 3-4 hr days.

    https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/were-slaves-used-to-build-the-pyramids-debunking-a-long-standing-myth.html

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    Canvas Ended. Who is this?
  • If you want to be sure to catch it next year, sub to the Canvas comm on toast.ooo!

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    Anon gives back
  • Why 5 instances of Searxng? Do you get very different results with each? I pretty much always use the same one..

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    [🕛 CANVAS IS OVER] Lemmy.zip on Canvas 2024
  • Sweet, I'll be placing pixels again this year to get us on the Canvas. I feel like we night have fewer active placers than last year but idk. We completed this size fairly early and last year and folks moved to other designs so I bet we can make the same size happen again As for location, we should probably pick a spot after the first hour or so to avoid immediately fighting with another comm

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    Canvas in 30 days 👀
  • Nice. Definitely down to work on the .zip logo again. We were pretty prominent last time, though if Mastodon gets involved, this year will be totally different

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    Lemmy.zip's 1st Birthday Giveaway! (Winners have been drawn!)
  • Wow one whole year huh. I appreciate having an excellent admin like you. Excited to see where Lemmy and .zip are in another year.

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    "Pipe"
  • The pipe comic with Garfield was also likely referencing a famous Magritte painting.

    The painting is a kind of play on self-reference

    Meme-ception for sure

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    Dunes vs Star Wars
  • Definitely a huge overlap but mostly just because these are classic and great tropes from English-language literature. I doubt Dune was a major inspiration for WOT.

    Aes Sedai - Bene - Moirai/Weird Sisters Moiraine is literally named after the Moirai

    Paul/Rand are regular chosen ones with the foreign savior theme of Lawrence/Heart of Darkness added on for good measure

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    The Basic Lands That Won Pro Tour Outlaws of Thunder Junction
  • This is actually cool to see. I definitely noticed the basics used in the Analyst matchups but didn't keep track of the others. Those Euro promos have got to be some of my favorite basics

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    Considerations on which houseplant to start with
  • I recommend pothos as well. Snake plant or some other can be as easy but I just like how leafy a pothos can be.

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    Brown Fish Owl
  • Another BFO! Why does it seem like every fish owl is named after something starting with B?

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    Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change | Announcement Trailer
  • Yeah this caught me off guard too now we're getting dev diaries for EUV. Must be different teams

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    Outlaws of Thunder Junction - A Dwarf Review
  • Nice write up! Dwarves are cool. Rock and stone to the bone! Were you inspired by the Minotaur set review person?

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    US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years
  • These data are used for lots of stuff, including guaranteeing rights for protected classes, which in the US includes race.

    For example, you could use this info to prove that a redistricting is racist and illegal by showing that it unfairly groups areas of certain ethnicities into one district. Without official census data that includes race, anti-discrimination legislation would be harder to enforce in the courts.

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    Long Eared Owl successfully hunts a tasty vole
  • These are some excellent photos. Thanks for posting!

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    How the US Census categorizes race
  • This doesn't seem accurate at all. The census itself doesn't display this info, is it from their website? Race is self reported so I don't get why a origin map is relevant. Also, the US census does not consider hispanic/Latino to be a racial category. Folks who select that option for ethnicity are ALSO asked to select race seperately.

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    Largest White ancestry in every US county, based on 2020 US Census
  • Yeah that seems right to me too. Source is the census, where Hispanic is an Ethnicity, so unless they excluded White Hispanics for some questionable reason I can't imagine this being accurate.

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  • cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/5778866

    > I've been really enjoying this set, it seems a bit slower and more complex to me than the last couple. All the colors except green seem decent and even the aggro decks need a lot of synergy to function well. > > I went 7-1 with this Dimir Descend deck on the back of [[Aclazotz]] and two Uchies. The playset of [[Echo of Dusk]] was really good - turns out a 2 mana 3/3 lifelink is pretty dece.

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    This original design has grown since the beginning of the event, mostly through placement by PixeIOrange@lemmy.world and mokpo@lemm.ee

    I just think it's been cool to watch a design grow that isn't for a fan-group or external logo or previous r/place movement.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/659733

    > As Yemen with Mamluk government I was able to stack some pretty good advisor discounts. I didn't even have Innovative.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/224890

    > Hello EU4 Lemmy people! > > I was waiting for the summer sale to pick up LoTN. In the past, I thought that Paradox marked all except the most recent DLC 50% off - this is how I bought everything before. It looks like that has changed and LoTN is just 20% off even though it released like 10 months ago. Is this something new for immersion packs?

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    https:// www.youtube.com /playlist

    Just thought I'd share this creator who has really helped me learn the mechanics of Vicky 3. Since this was my first game in the series, I had a hard time initially translating my deep EU4 knowledge to the game. This series reminds me in some ways of the old Reman's Paradox videos that taught me the economics of EU4.

    I haven't watched any of their Let's Play content but the tutorial-style vids are easy to understand and a breath of fresh air from some of the more clickbaity channels out there.

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