Sludgehammer

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[–] Sludgehammer 17 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, sounds like Musk.

[–] Sludgehammer 10 points 3 days ago

The Starlink satellites are creating way more space junk than we need and risk creating a Kessler syndrome.

Sorta good news on that front. Starlink satellites are in such a low orbit that without regular boosting of their orbit they re-enter in short measure. The bad news is that means there are hundreds of pounds of e-waste re-entering and burning up on a regular basis and there have been studies suggesting it's damaging the ozone layer.

[–] Sludgehammer 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Buying fries from McDonalds

McDonald's fries aren't vegan BTW. Even though they switched from using beef tallow for frying in the 90's they still try to replicate the flavor using a seasoning that contains (among other things) hydrolyzed milk proteins.

Edit: Okay... as multiple people pointed out, that's apparently not universal. For such a large chain I assumed that the US's preparation guidelines were the same as global cooking guidelines, but apparently not.

[–] Sludgehammer 117 points 5 days ago

When freaking lawyers are saying "I don't know if I can ethically support this company" you know you've got a problem.

[–] Sludgehammer 53 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Looks like backing up the post was a good call.

[–] Sludgehammer 43 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

Trump has nowhere near enough hair to make pigtails like that. Plugs or not.

[–] Sludgehammer 5 points 6 days ago

Imma going to guess that's a bad move for the incoming trump officials job security. Preparing is a flaw since it admits fault.

[–] Sludgehammer 39 points 6 days ago (3 children)

....brain is cooking.

I mean, not gonna disagree.

[–] Sludgehammer 15 points 6 days ago

Nooo.... you're supposed to be giving your salable data to US firms!

[–] Sludgehammer 12 points 6 days ago

The reasons for today's large-scale failure in the RuNet are definitely not connected with any exercises on the "sovereignization" of the Internet.

Yeah... that statement makes me a little suspicious.

[–] Sludgehammer 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It’s unfortunate really.

I don't know about "unfortunate". His "move fast and break things" approach to anti-aging treatments have a good chance of killing him, and having one less dipshit billionaire who thinks he's brilliant because he's rich would undoubtedly benefit society as a whole.

[–] Sludgehammer 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh god, it wasn't an act. He's so stupid he actually thinks that foreign companies pay tariffs.

 

Since there is no thread about this on Lemmy, I figured I may as well make one in case someone hadn't heard about it.

Anyway, a new app called Netpass has been released that allows Streetpass over the internet. The app is still kinda rough, a few games like Tomodachi Life have a minor bugs, but for the most part it works almost exactly like if you conventionally streetpassed someone.

 

So I was browsing SteamDB.info looking at the various games on sale when I noticed there were a bunch of games (usually from the publisher Hede, but there's quite a few others) listed as having a discount in the high nineties, yet still costing in the neighborhood of 30-50 dollars. Even odder when I go to the game's Steam, it's not listed as being on sale and costs the... "normal" price of $99.99.

I'm just wondering A) What the scam is here, B) How a SteamDB.info is getting $99.99 dollar game as costing 30-ish dollars when it's 97% off but at the same time it's apparently not actually on sale?

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