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Man who brought leopards into the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party remembered for his courageous stand against his own face being eaten.
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Man who brought leopards into the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party remembered for his courageous stand against his own face being eaten.
Damn, you're telling me that *just one* sniff of that fog and you're inside-out?
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Damn, you're telling me that *just one* sniff of that fog and you're inside-out?
Daylight savings time is a good object lesson on vote splitting: most people don't want the time to keep changing. But they are split between "Keep Standard Time" and "Keep DST" so they frequently fail to gather momentum, and the time keeps on changing.
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Daylight savings time is a good object lesson on vote splitting: most people don't want the time to keep changing. But they are split between "Keep Standard Time" and "Keep DST" so they frequently fail to gather momentum, and the time keeps on changing.
It unfortunately is a biggie, and is going to cause a lot of hardship. But at least in my experience, a lot of people understand that it is necessary, since Republicans are not simply going to stop.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It unfortunately is a biggie, and is going to cause a lot of hardship. But at least in my experience, a lot of people understand that it is necessary, since Republicans are not simply going to stop.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
Even if we struck a deal this afternoon, they'd make up some new fictitious grievance by Monday.
I think the argument for not doing it themselves is that, if they did, they risk losing the narrative on the situation.
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think the argument for not doing it themselves is that, if they did, they risk losing the narrative on the situation.
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
It's one thing for the story to be "Republicans are not doing their job" and it's another for the story to become "Democrats illegally defying House rules"
It makes sense if you presume the audience is made up of rational people who will acknowledge the moral superiority of your actions, be disgusted by your opponent, and will therefore support you.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It makes sense if you presume the audience is made up of rational people who will acknowledge the moral superiority of your actions, be disgusted by your opponent, and will therefore support you.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
Evidently this presumption is not correct.
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
October 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
"Jewellery inspectors."
"Oh, carry on then."
Having recently done a public domain trawl of old horror stories, the thing that stuck out the most was that they have a habit of dedicating a full chapter to explaining the plan, and then a different chapter to executing the plan successfully with no complications, which I don't see much these days
October 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Having recently done a public domain trawl of old horror stories, the thing that stuck out the most was that they have a habit of dedicating a full chapter to explaining the plan, and then a different chapter to executing the plan successfully with no complications, which I don't see much these days
Reading very old stories in a genre can be fun when you already have context, because you get to be like "Ah, so that's where that came from."
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reading very old stories in a genre can be fun when you already have context, because you get to be like "Ah, so that's where that came from."
They consider this to be "resisting arrest"
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They consider this to be "resisting arrest"
I played the entirety of Ghost of Tsushima in the atmospheric Kurosawa mode, and I look forward to a new cinematic experience when I get to Yotei. I wish more games had wild art style options to play with.
October 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I played the entirety of Ghost of Tsushima in the atmospheric Kurosawa mode, and I look forward to a new cinematic experience when I get to Yotei. I wish more games had wild art style options to play with.
It really is the only excuse that flies. "I kept the keys so I could break stuff," if true, is basically the only thing I can imagine that would justify continuing to be on payroll at this point.
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It really is the only excuse that flies. "I kept the keys so I could break stuff," if true, is basically the only thing I can imagine that would justify continuing to be on payroll at this point.
I'm currently running a game where I put a bunch of medusae in, and we did debrief on the nomenclature being weird right out the gate.
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'm currently running a game where I put a bunch of medusae in, and we did debrief on the nomenclature being weird right out the gate.
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
But I've since been stumped on the player question of "If medusae are just a type of creature, how do they reproduce?"
The one charitable thought I have is that I'd probably agree that some of the professions in the list could benefit from bespoke, fit-to-purpose machine learning algorithms for handling specific, well-defined, and labour-intensive tasks.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
October 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The one charitable thought I have is that I'd probably agree that some of the professions in the list could benefit from bespoke, fit-to-purpose machine learning algorithms for handling specific, well-defined, and labour-intensive tasks.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
LLMs seem neither suitable nor appropriate for any of those.
"So, we've entered into a contract where I give you money, and you let me ride the train?"
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"So, we've entered into a contract where I give you money, and you let me ride the train?"
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
"Well, no, not exactly. We might just not let you ride."
"So I get my money back?"
"Well...ideally not."
Yeah, ultimately it is an individual assessment. My point is just that you should be thinking about it; if you're not actually playing more than the monthly fee's worth of games, maybe you should reconsider paying the fee monthly.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Yeah, ultimately it is an individual assessment. My point is just that you should be thinking about it; if you're not actually playing more than the monthly fee's worth of games, maybe you should reconsider paying the fee monthly.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.
If you are using the benefits, it does make sense to pay for them.
For the average person, that list probably represents far more game-hours of content in a year than they actually play, so they would spend less money overall than paying for the subscription.
Access only makes financial sense if you're playing enough of those games, so it is worth considering.
Access only makes financial sense if you're playing enough of those games, so it is worth considering.
October 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
For the average person, that list probably represents far more game-hours of content in a year than they actually play, so they would spend less money overall than paying for the subscription.
Access only makes financial sense if you're playing enough of those games, so it is worth considering.
Access only makes financial sense if you're playing enough of those games, so it is worth considering.
Unfortunately the stupidest apocalypse when the limescale removal virus inevitably turns on us.
October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Unfortunately the stupidest apocalypse when the limescale removal virus inevitably turns on us.
I remember a spider once made a web on my car's side mirror, and when I drove to work, the web was ruined by the drive.
The next day, the spider had rebuilt the web, but had anchored the center of the web, so the whole thing was made a cone shape. That web survived the drive.
Spiders are clever.
The next day, the spider had rebuilt the web, but had anchored the center of the web, so the whole thing was made a cone shape. That web survived the drive.
Spiders are clever.
September 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I remember a spider once made a web on my car's side mirror, and when I drove to work, the web was ruined by the drive.
The next day, the spider had rebuilt the web, but had anchored the center of the web, so the whole thing was made a cone shape. That web survived the drive.
Spiders are clever.
The next day, the spider had rebuilt the web, but had anchored the center of the web, so the whole thing was made a cone shape. That web survived the drive.
Spiders are clever.
I think the general outlook behind this is basically "I'm not racist; I wouldn't say slurs."
"Racist" is viewed as specific actions one performs, and they don't consider that they perform those, even as they advocate for public policy that disproportionately attacks people along racial lines.
"Racist" is viewed as specific actions one performs, and they don't consider that they perform those, even as they advocate for public policy that disproportionately attacks people along racial lines.
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think the general outlook behind this is basically "I'm not racist; I wouldn't say slurs."
"Racist" is viewed as specific actions one performs, and they don't consider that they perform those, even as they advocate for public policy that disproportionately attacks people along racial lines.
"Racist" is viewed as specific actions one performs, and they don't consider that they perform those, even as they advocate for public policy that disproportionately attacks people along racial lines.
The conventional wisdom was that it was childish to view political opponents as 'evil'
But here we are, in the middle of a seeming competition to perform ever more cartoonishly evil things on a daily basis.
But here we are, in the middle of a seeming competition to perform ever more cartoonishly evil things on a daily basis.
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The conventional wisdom was that it was childish to view political opponents as 'evil'
But here we are, in the middle of a seeming competition to perform ever more cartoonishly evil things on a daily basis.
But here we are, in the middle of a seeming competition to perform ever more cartoonishly evil things on a daily basis.
I think the issue here is that people saying "don't resign, fight" are not suggesting respectful discussions to try and persuade RFK to change his mind.
They want people to use their positions of authority and access to actively sabotage, break, and undermine tools RFK needs to do his harmful shit.
They want people to use their positions of authority and access to actively sabotage, break, and undermine tools RFK needs to do his harmful shit.
August 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I think the issue here is that people saying "don't resign, fight" are not suggesting respectful discussions to try and persuade RFK to change his mind.
They want people to use their positions of authority and access to actively sabotage, break, and undermine tools RFK needs to do his harmful shit.
They want people to use their positions of authority and access to actively sabotage, break, and undermine tools RFK needs to do his harmful shit.
"Hello, I would like infinite money to give you the computer that can't do math and also convincingly lies to you. It is indefinably essential for business."
August 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Hello, I would like infinite money to give you the computer that can't do math and also convincingly lies to you. It is indefinably essential for business."
I visited London once. It was great, I at no point felt uncomfortable.
Well, that's not true, there was one day when I got to a train station and it was packed with rich people in formalwear and that was somewhat disconcerting...
Well, that's not true, there was one day when I got to a train station and it was packed with rich people in formalwear and that was somewhat disconcerting...
August 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I visited London once. It was great, I at no point felt uncomfortable.
Well, that's not true, there was one day when I got to a train station and it was packed with rich people in formalwear and that was somewhat disconcerting...
Well, that's not true, there was one day when I got to a train station and it was packed with rich people in formalwear and that was somewhat disconcerting...