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smegforbrains@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.ml•My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore192·1 year agoIt’s the year of the Linux desktop.
smegforbrains@lemmy.mlto memes@lemmy.world•Back when AAA game developing was a fun process881·1 year agoIt is of course to good a story to be true:
In 2018, a faked snapshot of a UESP page was shared online which falsely stated that, during production of Morrowind, Kirkbride was found under the influence of psychoactive drugs by Todd Howard after being absent from work, paired with a photograph it claimed was taken by Howard of the incident.[49] In truth, no such UESP page ever existed; the story is a fabrication.[49] The image was taken from a music video, fat, that Kirkbride had filmed and uploaded to YouTube in 2013, many years after his time working on Morrowind (the video depicts Kirkbride lethargically overeating as Wesley Willis’ I’m Sorry That I Got Fat plays).[50] Lady Nerevar said of the video’s misuse, “If you told me that a dumb video we made for fun was going to generate a wholeass conspiracy theory that real life people would ask me about […] None of that happened in any way, shape, or form”.
With regard to the hoax and exaggerated accounts of his writing The 36 Lessons of Vivec, Kirkbride said “You know that comes from a Photoshopped image, right? […] that’s all a lie. I’ve already given an account of how the 36 [Lessons] were written: a week of bourbon, smokes, and solitude.”[52] Kirkbride has repeatedly refuted internet myths that he used recreational drugs[52][53][54][55] and has said that the myths annoy him “more than a little bit”.[56] Related rumors that he was dismissed from the company are likewise unfounded; Kirkbride left Bethesda for Zenimax’s studio in California,[1] remained involved in the production of Morrowind after leaving the studio,[25] and continued to contribute to subsequent titles.[1][5][9][11]
smegforbrains@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Of all movies that you gotta watch more than once to really understand, what is your favorite and why?5·1 year agoMy first theory was that it was just Naomi Watts’ character’s masturbation fantasy laid out on film. I still have to watch it a second time to confirm though 😬
CANDU reactors are pressurized heavy-water reactors not Fast-neutron reactors.
Since there are economic, ecological, conceptual and engineering problems, only five Fast-neutron reactors are operational at the moment. Three in Russia, one in India and one in China. Not surprisingly these are countries that also have an interest in producing weapons grade Plutonium, which FNRs are capable of.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2968/066003007
https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-breeder-reactor
https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs15glaser.pdf
https://energypost.eu/slow-death-fast-reactors/
https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/report/And while nuclear energy production peaked 1996 at 17% and was nowhere near overtaking fossil energy production in it’s 70(!) year long existence, Renewables will overtake fossil fuel power production in 2025, with only minute risks for the biosphere.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/renewable-power-set-to-surpass-coal-globally-by-2025/
https://www.renewable-ei.org/pdfdownload/activities/REI_NuclearReport_201902_EN.pdfSo why cling to an outdated technology when there are viable solutions at hand, which are nowhere as complicated and dangerous as nuclear fission? It’s the monetary interest of a dying nuclear industry and its lobbyists.
Here’s some reading material: https://www.bmk.gv.at/en/topics/climate-environment/nuclear-coordination/fairy-tales.html
Pro tip: Make yourself sound more sophisticated by using extravert/introvert. Just learned this myself two weeks ago and feel the need to share. (…and the need for smartassery)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraversion_and_introversion
smegforbrains@lemmy.mlto Java@programming.dev•Java users on macOS 14 running on Apple silicon systems should consider delaying the macOS 14.4 update32·1 year agoIt’s the year of the Linux desktop! Great time to make the switch 🤩
There are economical implications to this development. But IMHO population decline is necessary to ease the pressure on the ecosystem. 34% of mammals are humans, 62% is livestock, only 4% are wild animals. We shifted the natural world so far out of balance, that the need to sacrifice economic growth for sustainability is inevitable.
smegforbrains@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•the Apple curl security incident 12604 | daniel.haxx.seEnglish1010·1 year agoApple adheres to the principle of form over function, instead of the old but still valid form follows function design principle. But TBH I never liked their stuff or their over the top big cheese attitude. So it’s not a disgruntled apple user writing this.
smegforbrains@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What was a book so good that you have ReRead it?5·1 year agoFoucault’s pendulum by Umberto Eco. Just thinking about it makes me want to read this masterpiece again.
The data about LSD lethality in humans is sparse at best it seems: https://www.healthline.com/health/substance-use/can-you-overdose-on-lsd#risk-of-death
smegforbrains@lemmy.mltoShare Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.ml•Germans be like1·1 year agoBeing against nuclear power does not make me a fossil fuel proponent. We should aim for 100% renewables. Also nuclear power very much hurt tens of thousands of people by causing cancer in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/lisbeth-gronlund/how-many-cancers-did-chernobyl-really-cause-updated/
smegforbrains@lemmy.mltoShare Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.ml•Germans be like11·1 year agoIt’s called interest. I made clear on multiple occasions that being against nuclear power does not make me a proponent of fossil fuel power production. I think we have to get rid of fossil fuel power production as well as nuclear power production.
Please refrain from personal attacks and try to discuss using credible sources and arguments. Hers a primer on discussion skills: https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/discussion-skills
smegforbrains@lemmy.mltoShare Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.ml•Germans be like11·1 year agoI don’t know. I can also ask: How much damage could have been avoided if Chernobyl and Fukushima would have not been built. But IMHO this makes no sense since these hypothetical scenarios are not the topic of this discussion.
smegforbrains@lemmy.mltoShare Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.ml•Germans be like12·1 year agoNo argument offered here. Ad hominem fallacy again.
smegforbrains@lemmy.mltoShare Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.ml•Germans be like11·1 year agoIt’s a social issue. There is no acceptance in the populace and politicians have only reacted to that.
smegforbrains@lemmy.mltoShare Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.ml•Germans be like5·1 year agoThe hydrogen is produced by employing renewables during times of overproduction.
I can’t find a study that produced that result. Also a reverse image search only finds hits on meme sites and social media. Pressing X für doubt.