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Making Magic | The History of Vehicles in Magic in c/mtg@mtgzone.com
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Care to elaborate? I agree, but I'm curious wether for the same reasons.

I'm still stuck to the idea that MTG is (or should be, in my opinion) a game about wizards having a battle, which is mostly fought out by summoned creatures.

And this simple and appealing concept is kind of ruined by adding a plethora of ways in which, well, no battle takes place. ~~The~~ One pinnacle for me are unblockable creatures. That's just so lame.

Generally, all the "I hit you and you can do nothing about it" mechanics (to which I somewhat count vehicles) turn what could have been a challenging game, into a mindless slaughter, or a matter of luck (can my deck so something about the other deck?). Even more generally, much of player ambitions seem to be focused around "how do I prevent others from playing that game" (including counterspells, land destruct, infinite loops), concerning for game design.

So far my rant, care to add yours?

German election live: Centre-right CDU and CSU parties win, say exit polls Far-right Alternative for Germany records best result with close to 20 per cent of the vote in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

Germany could always turn on them when the time is right.

That's too close to history to be an accident. I take the whole 2nd paragraph as satire, which I like.

German election live: Centre-right CDU and CSU parties win, say exit polls Far-right Alternative for Germany records best result with close to 20 per cent of the vote in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

That is, wow. I guess it's true, but ATM it feels too high to be real. Like I also heard about two states having closer to 20% voter turnout. Which surely are outliers (and WTF is wrong with people to not vote with so much at stake), but still 84% is very high.

Sooo I just make a comment on social media stating my opinion asking for other opinions ... Alright I found something more useful: https://www.wahlen.info/bundestagswahl/wahlbeteiligung/

It seems conservative Bavaria was pulling the turnout train.

Trump envoy can’t name a single concession Russia will make in peace deal in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 30 points 4 weeks ago

And further proof he's the much better diplomat/politician than those who exclude him.

DOGE staffer known as 'Big Balls' reportedly the grandkid of a KGB spy in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

why bother reporting?

Here are some of the many ways this could be answered:

  • To exercise this core freedom, to not lose it. What comes out of it is a much less important question. The day news outlets remain silent about wrongdoings because they believe nobody cares anyways is going to be one of the darkest days towards the death of democracy.
  • Separation of powers means the Press is not the Legislative, which is not the Judicative. The question seems to assume they were all one, or since the Press lacks the means of the other two, it's mission would be kind of futile. But since these powers are separated, it is irrelevant to the Press wether and what legal actions follow (aside from being stories worth covering in themselves). It's simply not the job of reporting to carry out arrests, and the lack of arrests, even when necessary, does not devalue the reporting. Maybe even on the contrary: It's probably of much more value to society to report about things which aren't already dealt with.
  • It is totally relatable to feel powerless, maybe even getting accustomed to things going south. But I think we should be extra careful how these sentiments are communicated. A necessary prelude to that darkest day from above, is when outlets still report, but are met with nothing but indifferent "water is wet", "can't do anything so why care at all?" comments.
Trump’s attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Wtf. How I hate muzzle velocity politics. Put those guys in camps, they are a threat to public safety.

Fellow Eurobros, I know it's unlikely, but if it came to this which front would you rather fight at? in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (9 children)

It seems most people get it, but I don't - Care to explain?

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Not sure how 0.00006 helmets per capita is the better figure, but there you go.

Yes, I mean, for Germany, being the 3rd largest economy in the world (only surpassed by the USA and China), it would be a real shame if they were not among the topmost supporters in total. Here, it makes much more sense to use per capita numbers, relate to GDP or whatever. Compared to it's economic potential, Germany is merely #15 in supporting Ukraine with Denmark, Finland, and the Baltics doing at least twice as much.

If you deem the bit about the 0..6 helmets per capita to be false, what's the correct take?

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember how it took like two days to overturn 70 years of precedence of “no weapons delivery into crisis regions”?

Oh, thanks. Yeah, now I remember making that jump, too, although it took me more than two days. Wild times.

Hofreiter (Greens) put it quite well ... something like ... not our ideals have changed, but the world has changed, brutally so.

I think you did well in dialing back my comment and adding more context, although I still think there was truth in it.

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Truly a shame, but does not lead to your conclusion. If you cannot get the irony about you publicly complaining that you cannot publicly complain much like in Russia, then I'm afraid I cannot help you further.

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

We either stop them and oppose their military spending

You notice that's a luxury exclusive to one side in that conflict? This freedom of speech, even forming a vocal political opposition. There have been people trying to do exactly that in Russia, but they all have died, vanished or gone silent.

If the dictatorship takes over (for example, due to a lack of resistance), you lose these privileges and are then sent to the grinder anyways.

Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen" in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Hah, strong reply. 👍

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Unity tutorial creator Brackeys highlights systemic issues with public company, promotes Godot (FOSS) (programming.dev)
 

https://www.youtube.com/@Brackeys/about

Text version, thanks to @CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world:

Image Text

BRACKEYS

Hello everyone!

It’s been a while. I hope you are all well.

Unity has recently taken some actions to change their pricing policy that I - like most of the community - do not condone in any way.

I have been using Unity for more than 10 years and the product has been very important to me. However, Unity is a public company. Unfortunately that means that it has to serve shareholder interests. Sometimes those interests align with what is best for the developers and sometimes they do not. While this has been the case for a while, these recent developments have made it increasingly clear.

Unity has pulled back on the first version of their new pricing policy and made some changes to make it less harmful to small studios, but it is important to remember that the realities of a public company are not going to change.

Luckily, there are other ways of structuring the development of software. Instead of a company owning and controlling software with a private code base, software can be open source (with a public code base that anyone can contribute to) and publicly owned. Blender - a stable 3D modelling software in the game dev community - is free and open source. In fact some of the largest and most advanced software in the world is built on top of open source technology like Linux.

The purpose of this post is not to denounce Unity because of a misstep, to criticise any of its employees or to tell anyone to “jump ship”. Instead I want to highlight the systematic issue of organizing large software projects under a public company and to let you know that there are alternatives.

I believe that the way to a stronger and more healthy game dev community is through software created by the community for the community. Software that is open source, democratically owned and community funded.

Many of you have been asking for us to produce new tutorial series on alternative engines such as Godot, which is currently the most advanced open source and community funded game engine. I don’t know yet if this is something that we can realise and when.

I can only say that I have started learning Godot.

Best of luck to all of you with your games, no matter what engine they might be built on!

Sincerely,

Asbjern Thirslund - Brackeys

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Anliegerinformation: Mundsburg ab 14.10.2023 (s3.metapixl.com)
 

https://lsbg.hamburg.de/resource/blob/689562/b6b545d8a22c72c9d4a9de478b1af647/mundsburg-anliegerinformation-oktober-2023-data.pdf

Was wird gebaut und warum?

Die Fahrbahndeckschichten im gesamten Knotenbereich befinden sich überwiegend in einem schlechten, z.T. mangelhaften Zustand, Unfallhäufigkeiten wurden verzeichnet. Um weitere Schäden zu vermeiden und die Verkehrssicherheit weiterhin gewährleisten zu können, werden nun im Rahmen des Bauprogramms „Instandsetzung Hauptverkehrsstraßen“ die Fahrbahndeckschichten im gesamten Knotenbereich erneuert. Außerdem soll ein geplanter Umbau der Lichtsignalanlage an der Kreuzung Lerchenfeld / Schürbeker Bogen im Rahmen der hier vorgesehenen Arbeiten realisiert werden.

Wann wird gebaut?

Die Arbeiten beginnen am 14.10.2023 und sollen bis spätestens 31.10.2023 abgeschlossen sein.

Wie ist der Verkehr während der Bauarbeiten geregelt?

Die Lichtsignalanlagen in den betroffenen Knotenpunkten müssen während der Bearbeitung ausgeschaltet werden. Fußgänger und Radfahrer werden in den bestehenden Wegen geführt, Fahrbahnquerungen sind auf Notwegen oder über provisorische Ampelanlagen möglich. Die vorhandenen Querungsmöglichkeiten in NordSüd-Richtung (Lerchenfeld / U-Bahn-Haltestelle Mundsburg – Winterhuder Weg) müssen während der Bauarbeiten gesperrt werden. Hierfür wird eine Umleitung in beide Richtungen über Oberaltenallee - Mundsburger Damm – Lichtsignalanlage Höhe Heideweg – Hamburger Straße eingerichtet. Parkmöglichkeiten wird es im gesamten Baufeldbereich nicht geben.

Der Kfz-verkehr wird wie folgt geführt:

Siehe Quelle: https://lsbg.hamburg.de/resource/blob/689562/b6b545d8a22c72c9d4a9de478b1af647/mundsburg-anliegerinformation-oktober-2023-data.pdf

Die im Baufeld vorhandenen Bushaltestellen werden nicht angefahren. Umleitungen und Ersatzhaltestellen werden von der Hamburger Hochbahn eingerichtet.

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How to remove the first Home Screen (Discover)? [Solution: Disable "Swipe to access Google app"] (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Spzi@lemm.ee to c/googlepixel@lemdro.id
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I managed to disable it, but I can't find how to remove it entirely. Anyone knows?

I'm talking about the screen all to the left.

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Global solar installations projected to jump 56% this year!! (slrpnk.net)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/2294408

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/chart-solar-installations-set-to-break-global-us-records-in-2023

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Cannot find communities from thevapor.space (lemm.ee)
 

I'm specifically looking for these two:

They exist, but I cannot find them through the lemm.ee search, so I cannot subscribe to them. I tried all tricks of which I'm aware several times. I checked wether we blocked or defederated each other, which does not seem to be the case.

So what's the issue, and how to fix?

You're also welcome to post other communities related to vaping, e-liquids, electric cigarettes.

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Direct Air Capture vs Thermodynamics (Cool Worlds) [25:12] (piped.video)
 

Video Description:

Direct Air Capture (DAC) has been getting more and more attention over the last few years. Could we avert climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere? Could we not just stop, but actually reverse the damage done? Unfortunately, most don't fully appreciate just quite how much CO2 we've emitted and the outrageous scale of the problem facing us. Today, we apply the fundamental principles of thermodynamics to question whether this is even feasible.

Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Fact checking by Alexandra Masegian.

Channel Description:

Space, astronomy, exoplanets, astroengineering and the search for extraterrestrial life & intelligence.

The Cool Worlds Lab, based at the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, is a team of astronomers seeking to discover and understand alien worlds, particularly those where temperatures are cool enough for life, led by Professor David Kipping.

CHAPTERS (and key bits)

  • 0:00 Climate Change: Some CC is needed just to maintain a level.
  • 2:44 Removal Requirements: We released 37 Gt of CO~2~ in 2022.
  • 3:38 Possible Solutions: Trees are good for 4 years, then no space.
  • 5:03 Introducing DAC: IPCC estimates 20 Gt/yr @ 2050 required.
  • 5:43 Climate Anxiety: This video is sponsored by betterhelp.
  • 7:12 DAC Principles: Currently 19 DAC plants remove 10'000 tCO~2~/yr, or 0.000003% of global emissions.
  • 8:14 Scalability: Why this video focuses on physics, not economics
  • 9:29 Thermodynamics: Why DAC is a fight against entropy, introducing Gibbs. Lower limit: 120 kWh/tCO~2~
  • 12:08 Progressive DAC: Starting in 2025, remove how much and how fast?
  • 13:32 RCPs: Why 2.6 is discarded, why 4.5 is chosen (with an outlook on 8.5)
  • 15:09 Simulations: For 450 ppm, we need to scrub 20 GtCO~2~ in 2050. For 350, almost 80 Gt.
  • 17:03 Energy Requirements: 450 ppm requires 5% of global electricity. 350: 15%.
  • 19:34 Efficiency: Above numbers assumed 100% efficiency. Current estimate 5%, measured 8%.
  • 21:21 Conclusions: It's tough to do, but just possible. Easiest way: Stop emitting.
  • 24:35 Outro and credits
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Direct Air Capture vs Thermodynamics (Cool Worlds) [25:12] (piped.video)
 

Video Description:

Direct Air Capture (DAC) has been getting more and more attention over the last few years. Could we avert climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere? Could we not just stop, but actually reverse the damage done? Unfortunately, most don't fully appreciate just quite how much CO2 we've emitted and the outrageous scale of the problem facing us. Today, we apply the fundamental principles of thermodynamics to question whether this is even feasible.

Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Fact checking by Alexandra Masegian.

Channel Description:

Space, astronomy, exoplanets, astroengineering and the search for extraterrestrial life & intelligence.

The Cool Worlds Lab, based at the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, is a team of astronomers seeking to discover and understand alien worlds, particularly those where temperatures are cool enough for life, led by Professor David Kipping.

CHAPTERS (and key bits)

  • 0:00 Climate Change: Some CC is needed just to maintain a level.
  • 2:44 Removal Requirements: We released 37 Gt of CO~2~ in 2022.
  • 3:38 Possible Solutions: Trees are good for 4 years, then no space.
  • 5:03 Introducing DAC: IPCC estimates 20 Gt/yr @ 2050 required.
  • 5:43 Climate Anxiety: This video is sponsored by betterhelp.
  • 7:12 DAC Principles: Currently 19 DAC plants remove 10'000 tCO~2~/yr, or 0.000003% of global emissions.
  • 8:14 Scalability: Why this video focuses on physics, not economics
  • 9:29 Thermodynamics: Why DAC is a fight against entropy, introducing Gibbs. Lower limit: 120 kWh/tCO~2~
  • 12:08 Progressive DAC: Starting in 2025, remove how much and how fast?
  • 13:32 RCPs: Why 2.6 is discarded, why 4.5 is chosen (with an outlook on 8.5)
  • 15:09 Simulations: For 450 ppm, we need to scrub 20 GtCO~2~ in 2050. For 350, almost 80 Gt.
  • 17:03 Energy Requirements: 450 ppm requires 5% of global electricity. 350: 15%.
  • 19:34 Efficiency: Above numbers assumed 100% efficiency. Current estimate 5%, measured 8%.
  • 21:21 Conclusions: It's tough to do, but just possible. Easiest way: Stop emitting.
  • 24:35 Outro and credits
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Direct Air Capture vs Thermodynamics (Cool Worlds) [25:12] (piped.video)
 

Video Description:

Direct Air Capture (DAC) has been getting more and more attention over the last few years. Could we avert climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere? Could we not just stop, but actually reverse the damage done? Unfortunately, most don't fully appreciate just quite how much CO2 we've emitted and the outrageous scale of the problem facing us. Today, we apply the fundamental principles of thermodynamics to question whether this is even feasible.

Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Fact checking by Alexandra Masegian.

Channel Description:

Space, astronomy, exoplanets, astroengineering and the search for extraterrestrial life & intelligence.

The Cool Worlds Lab, based at the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, is a team of astronomers seeking to discover and understand alien worlds, particularly those where temperatures are cool enough for life, led by Professor David Kipping.

CHAPTERS (and key bits)

  • 0:00 Climate Change: Some CC is needed just to maintain a level.
  • 2:44 Removal Requirements: We released 37 Gt of CO~2~ in 2022.
  • 3:38 Possible Solutions: Trees are good for 4 years, then no space.
  • 5:03 Introducing DAC: IPCC estimates 20 Gt/yr @ 2050 required.
  • 5:43 Climate Anxiety: This video is sponsored by betterhelp.
  • 7:12 DAC Principles: Currently 19 DAC plants remove 10'000 tCO~2~/yr, or 0.000003% of global emissions.
  • 8:14 Scalability: Why this video focuses on physics, not economics
  • 9:29 Thermodynamics: Why DAC is a fight against entropy, introducing Gibbs. Lower limit: 120 kWh/tCO~2~
  • 12:08 Progressive DAC: Starting in 2025, remove how much and how fast?
  • 13:32 RCPs: Why 2.6 is discarded, why 4.5 is chosen (with an outlook on 8.5)
  • 15:09 Simulations: For 450 ppm, we need to scrub 20 GtCO~2~ in 2050. For 350, almost 80 Gt.
  • 17:03 Energy Requirements: 450 ppm requires 5% of global electricity. 350: 15%.
  • 19:34 Efficiency: Above numbers assumed 100% efficiency. Current estimate 5%, measured 8%.
  • 21:21 Conclusions: It's tough to do, but just possible. Easiest way: Stop emitting.
  • 24:35 Outro and credits
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Confusing disk with /dev/null for years [2:23] (piped.video)
 

Original title: "Misunderstanding Your Job Description - Delivery" by Viva La Dirt League

Delivery man Byron learns some really important information about his job... that he probably should have learnt 6 years ago...

For those who don't know the show: It's important to understand that Byron is a very, very dedicated employee, who accepts any challenge, and takes great pride in his work. His colleagues sometimes don't remember him after working with him for years.

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A Day in the Life of a Cat (Simon's Cat) [11:43] (piped.video)
submitted 2 years ago by Spzi@lemm.ee to c/cats@lemm.ee
0 comments fedilink
 

Eat, Sleep Meow, Repeat. It's tough out there for a cat. Follow Simon's Cat on his daily shenanigans, in our special colour compilation: A Day In The Life Of A Cat!

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A Day in the Life of a Cat (Simon's Cat) [11:43] (piped.video)
 

Eat, Sleep Meow, Repeat. It's tough out there for a cat. Follow Simon's Cat on his daily shenanigans, in our special colour compilation: A Day In The Life Of A Cat!

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Close-up Ignition of a Rocket Engine in Slow Mo (The Slow Mo Guys) [4:33] (piped.video)
 

WARNING - LOUD!

Gav plops down the high speed camera next to a rocket engine with 45,000lbs of thrust and the results are epic. Big thanks to Firefly for allowing us to film at their facility and BBC Click for letting us use their behind the scenes footage from the day.

Filmed at 2000fps

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