GreyEyedGhost

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Depends what you're looking for. Atlatls use a "spear thrower" to throw the spear. This is inherently different from spears and javelins, and in fact uses some of the mechanics of how arrows work to gain effectiveness.

There are a few places online where you can learn more, and there are a couple places in America where you can buy sets for personal use. Seeing someone hunt a wild pig with one of those is pretty impressive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

And far too many are okay with it. I met a former Albertan who unironically said we need more CO2 in the atmosphere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Weak and unimaginative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Under ideal conditions, I don't see how this would lose any more genetic information than sexual reproduction with parents of the opposite sex. The problems you're referring to seem to be more of an issue if two gametes were supplied by a single parent.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

There are a number of less optimal combinations, as well, such as XXY, XYY, and XXYY.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I believe we can make a self-driving car with only optical sensors that performs as well as a human someday. I don't think today is that day, or that we shouldn't aim for self-driving to be far better than human drivers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

The whole premise of ABS brakes, which all cars made in North America since 2012 will have, is specifically to allow you to maintain control when you fully apply the brakes. Unless you are a professional driver or have a car without ABS, you should just fully apply the brakes in an emergency stop. Please stop telling people that fully applying the brakes will reduce manueverability when it won't for the majority of drivers in the developed world.

And if someone's vehicle doesn't have ABS, they should know how to properly brake without locking their tires, and when it won't be appropriate to use them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I prefer action , or even just talking, over pointless gestures.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There are no palatable choices in this election. You can vote for the guy who has said Israel should hurry up and finish the job or the woman who has asked for a cease fire. There are other choices, but they tend to support the first guy. It would be awesome to have a choice that results in the genocide absolutely stopping, and I feel it's entirely appropriate to be angry that isn't an option, but it isn't the choice we have. Perhaps you believe standing aside and doing nothing when the moral choice isn't available is the correct thing to do. I vehemently do not, but that is also an option American voters have, whether through protest voting or abstaining from voting altogether. Unfortunately, my world hasn't been that black and white for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Ah, okay, I didn't get the reference. Pretty sure it was Simpsons MacGyver.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (6 children)

It's an interesting form factor, and it isn't like they saved that gotcha for 3/4 of the way through the article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

As a gamer, there isn't too much I can do about it, except buy games from other stores where the developers offer their games. As a developer, if I'm worried about Valve becoming abusive, it makes sense for me to use more than one marketplace, or a different marketplace than Valve altogether. Since Valve doesn't seem to have a lot of exclusivity deals, this either means it costs more for developers to maintain multiple distribution channels, or they don't think it benefits them to have multiple distribution channels. That said, the continued existence of those other distribution channels leaves the option to leave if they don't like Valve's behavior.

As a gamer, all I can do is support other stores, and I do.

 

Basically what the title says. Sometimes something is removed, rightly or wrongly, but its removal diminishes the comments below it. The capability is already in Lemmy and it would be nice to see if one chooses to, but I can accept that the feature could promote toxic behavior.

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