kalkulat

joined 1 year ago
[–] kalkulat 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

She puts on a good show ... does her promos ... then lambastes Californians because they didn't put out the fire with ocean water. Anyone who said 'Well, duh' to that belongs in her club ... the 'if I can talk really fast I must be smart' club.

[–] kalkulat 14 points 5 days ago

For me, any office apps. Never worked in an office, never wanted to. None of that stuff. Even if it's free, if it gets installed with the distro, it's the first thing that gets tossed.

[–] kalkulat 5 points 5 days ago

Lucky me, I go to sleep when I'm tired, wake up when I'm not.

[–] kalkulat 2 points 3 weeks ago

Rated 5.5 on IMDB. Cud see why in 15 secs.

[–] kalkulat 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Imperialism is different than taking the land outright.

Agreed. But a threat can be the beginning of a negotiation. Historically, the US wants the appearance of sovereignty to remain - even democracy if possible - just keep the right people in power.

[–] kalkulat 7 points 3 weeks ago
[–] kalkulat 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That didn't save South America.

[–] kalkulat 3 points 3 weeks ago

Seems like we -may- have had it worked out already. The major problem is: how do we rein in the people who want to do it their way and become kings?

[–] kalkulat 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm going to enjoy that multi-app FX stack.

[–] kalkulat 49 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

When I was a young teem, a teacher put a slice of apple in a sealed container with a few fruit-flies. A week later, there were hundreds of fruit-flies. In another week the bottom of the container was covered with the bodies of fruit-flies. Quick, unforgettable lesson.

[–] kalkulat 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's one of the first problems I need solved, so thanks for asking. I used to use pulseEffects to get one place to go for system-wide volume, EQ & compression settings, and want that back.

One of the problems it had was that many FX wouldn't work without having to install a set of non-default libraries, and the available docs weren't too clear on that. Will be visiting Ee docs.

 

Article is a response to the paper:

“THE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTION TO THE FERMI PARADOX”

https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0568

[–] kalkulat 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sleep more. Bathe less. Think of your future self not damning you for over-doing physical stuff. Eat a little more of that sweet crap you're not supposed to. Smile at judgers, not a word, it drives them bats. Avoid credit. Enjoy all those little critters more. Take a longer look at Zen.

 

Estimated heat energy in upper 10km of Earth's crust: 1 million billion Gigawatts

 

The period occured in 2024 between late winter and early summer. "Compared to the same period in 2023, solar output in California is up 31%, wind power is up 8%, and batteries are up a staggering 105%."

Link to the study PDF mentioned in the article: https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/25-CaliforniaWWS.pdf

One of the paper's cowriters is Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the atmosphere/energy program at Stanford University.

 

""Too often over the last decade, courts have dismissed lawsuits against the oil and gas industry by saying that the issue of climate culpability should be decided by legislatures. Well, the Legislature of the State of New York – the 10th largest economy in the world – has accepted the invitation...."

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Ideas after bus-driver death (www.thestranger.com)
submitted 1 month ago by kalkulat to c/seattle
 

"She was given a receipt that said 'plates destroyed.' But for the next four years, Ms. Koorey, 75, was entangled in state bureaucracy and caught in the zeal of “Star Trek” fans ..."

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by kalkulat to c/strangetimes
 

This great article begins with the best Fort bio I've seen, from an abusive father to travelling 30,000 miles when he was 19, to the book which brought him to considerable fame.

Damned if you won't like it!!

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Save Music, Save the Archive! (www.savethearchive.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by kalkulat to c/music
 

"The music industry has a moral imperative to keep its history archived, but we can’t trust it to do so. Old records are falling to pieces, and without proper digital preservation, they’ll be gone for good.

"Incredible music and culture is getting lost forever, even though we have the technology to preserve it."

 

"Earlier that evening, at 7:48 pm PT, Biesk’s son had released into the wild 1 billion units of a new crypto coin, which he named Gen Z Quant."

 

"If our overheating planet is a result of human greed, then it must be a special kind of greed, a kind that emerged puzzlingly late in the long history of our species and then with a sudden vengeance."

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by kalkulat to c/creepywikipedia
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