Pons_Aelius

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Pons_Aelius,

They are called wasps. (IIRC: Ants evolved from wasps.)

Pons_Aelius,

We only need a few big instances

Who is this we? Who are you speaking for?

Why do we need so many smaller ones?

Why do you care?

How are smaller instances impacting you?

You are not on the largest instance. Why not?

Why are you hanging out on a small instance...

Pons_Aelius,

Nah. then they will charge the child (and try them as a adult...) for distributing child porn images.

Pons_Aelius,

Who are you and how did you get in here?

I'm a locksmith...and I'm a locksmith.

Pons_Aelius,

That might work. ProtonVPN has servers in HK

Pons_Aelius,

Who are you calling You People?...

Pons_Aelius,

How many times does it have to be said: The cloud is just someone else's computer that you have no control over.

Pons_Aelius,

Around here (Aus) it has been a tradition for generations to leave a beer out for Santa as he no doubt could do with a break during the long night dropping off presents.

Pons_Aelius,

Yes.

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

One of the few instances where the movie is on par, quality wise, with the novel.

Pons_Aelius,

I have some bad news for you...

In fact, between 20-25 per cent of those we know to have been executed for the crime of witchcraft were men. In what is now Ukraine, Russia and Finland, up to 80 per cent of those accused were men.

Pons_Aelius,

We have an idea what 1523 English sounded like.

In the early 2000s the Globe in London did productions of Shakespeare in the original pronunciation.

Here is how the opening of Romeo and Juliet would have sounded.

Pons_Aelius,

This sparked a memory.

I uploaded a video of a party there 15+ years ago. Have not thought about it in more than a decade...yep it is still there.

Pons_Aelius,

I agree but a direct adaptation of the books would not make a good TV show.

The books are a series of vignettes spaced decades apart with no continuing characters and each is a separate short story. While they work in the written form, they would not on the screen.

Pons_Aelius,

Yep. I find many people who self-describe as extroverts are just deathly afraid of being alone with their own thoughts.

Pons_Aelius,

Children of Man.

The first element. (fifth element)

Avenger.

The Samurai. (seven Samurai)

Ocean. (Oceans 11)

The mighty Duck.

The Untouchable.

The Spartan. (The 300 Spartans)

Why are we as humans obsessed with mass-extinction of our species?

I was having a conversation with my friend about this. We were discussing AI and she believes AI will destroy all of humanity just like so many others. I personally don’t believe that. I’m aware of all the theories and the multitude of ways that it could happen and I understand that with AI, in theory we wouldn’t...

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

One possibility: It is a weird case of "this moment in time is special because I am alive".

Humans have been around for thousands of years but I am alive now. I cannot think of what the world could be like without me so therefore the human race must end in my lifetime.

This in not a new occurrence either, there have been "end of the world" groups in almost every generation in history.

List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events

It is worth noting that people always think the apocalyptic event will happen within their lifetime.

The only real difference now is that the end of the world is now caused by humans via nukes or destruction of the environment rather than supernatural forces.

Pons_Aelius,

If this was on the diskworld, it would be an auditor trap.

Pons_Aelius,

US politics at the foreign policy level can change dramatically every election cycle.

Yes, they can but they don't.

Pons_Aelius,

That sucks. My guess is that they were happy you had replaced their parents in this role.

Pons_Aelius,

Comfort eating is one of the hardest addictions to break because unlike drugs, you cannot go cold turkey and stop.

Most of us have never actually been hungry and eat because it is lunchtime or because we are sad and want to distract ourselves.

What worked for me was fasting. It was incredibly hard at first but it did reset my relationship with food. My stomach now decides when and what I eat, not my mind.

[Request] How to get a tiny multitool past airport security?

First off: This post is about a tiny Leatherman multitool. Not a gun, not a sword, not something that can actually hurt someone. Just a small, harmless tool that is unfairly banned from planes because of onerous TSA regs. No one is going to do 9/11 with tiny pliers and a fingernail-sized screwdriver....

Pons_Aelius,

Then they are shit out of luck.

Which is cheaper:

Check a bag.

or

Buy a new leatherman every flight.

Pons_Aelius,

Why is it sad?

Relationships end all the time. This guy is handling it better than most.

Pons_Aelius,

Still vividly remember the day I saw and plated Space Invaders (1979) for the first time. I was walking home from primary school and there was a new machine, that Was Not Pinball!, in the arcade (called pinball parlours then).

I watched for about 30 minutes while I waited my turn, played 2 games and was hooked and still am 45 years later.

Pons_Aelius,

Sorry to do that, but I believe the world makes a lot more sense when viewed through the lens of punctuated equilibrium. It does not make things better, just makes the chaos more understandable.

The dot com bubble.

The housing bubble.

Basically every economic bubble all the way back to tulip mania.

The Arab Spring.

The changes in the USA post 9/11.

And most disturbing of all, the recent rapid swing of pretty much all environmental indicators into uncharted territory. Our biosphere may be heading into a phase of rapid change.

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