Bimfred

joined 10 months ago
[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Even the Stream version doesn't require Steam. You can just run the executable. A few folks over on Reddit claim they've given the game to their friends just by copying the files from an external drive.

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Most of the Falcon 9 launches are for Starlink and are paid for by SpaceX themselves. How is that "the government subsidizing them"? If you want to argue that they're using money they got from NASA to fund those launches, is your plumber feeding their family from you subsidizing their life?

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Gamers when the game has bugs: >:(

Gamers when the devs delay a patch because they discovered it breaks a core system: >:(

They're trying to fix bugs, not make existing ones worse. Deal with it, princess.

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Cause no one wants to look like the idiot. And when no one has read the article, it's a lot harder to dispute the claims of what the article is about. It's a vicious cycle - someone who hasn't read the actual article makes claims about it, others who also haven't read it react and before you know it, you're ten posts deep, arguing about something that may or may not have happened. All it takes is one person to make an under-informed post and another to pick up on it. The difference between thousands and millions of users affects only the probability of it happening.

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's not Reddit behavior. It's just the limited capacity we have for dealing with the flood of information we're exposed to. Between that and the daily stresses of work, family and whatever else a given person has going on, there's no time to filter out what is or isn't important, there's no time for nuance or thought, there's only time enough for a knee-jerk reaction before the next aggravating thing comes along.

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We (as in humanity) can continue to develop both EEG caps and direct implants. The technology is young and there's no telling what side benefits and additional functionality either one can have.

And the implant, much like early EEG devices, barely works for now. Imagine what they'll be capable of 10-20 years down the line.

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The SLS is arguable, I'd say. The design requirements were set by the government, but it's not built by NASA. It's built by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and ULA, all of which are private companies. I don't think NASA has ever built a rocket, actual construction has always been contracted out to private companies. Even the first Atlas was repurposed from an ICBM built by Convair and General Dynamics.

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"In order to fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. The Jaeger Program was born."

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

If Starship Troopers had the player numbers of Helldivers, these articles would be about that game instead.

[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you're gonna hate someone, hate them for what they actually did, not for what their detractors want you to think they did.

Modern news media is fucking awash with cleverly worded half truths that are repeated so often, by so many who don't take a moment for critical thought, that they become almost a rallying cry. It's Hunter's Laptop all over again, but aimed at the left.

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