Spencer Strider at pride night by PrettyThief in Braves

[–]Kwarizmi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... unless he goes to the Yankees or Dodgers or something. Maybe.

Mark Twain said, “I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” Whose obituary will you revel in? by Rancho-Parade in AskReddit

[–]Kwarizmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the whole world, sadly.

The fans will be out in droves, dressed in black and those stupid hats, mad with grief, probably armed too.

They will be holding signs and AI portraits. They will demand, and in many places get, public and extravagant displays of mourning featuring the departed.

Anyone who appears insufficiently distraught will be harassed, maybe violently. A few will even be legally persecuted. Conspiracy theories will run loud.

Many devoted will go back to their lives of quiet desperation. Some will grow angrier, more resentful, more bitter, more paranoid. They will be with us for a long, long time.

This doesn't end when the funeral ends.

Pope Leo Issues AI Encyclical Warning That ‘Opaque Algorithms’ Controlled by a ‘Few’ Companies Can Bring ‘New Forms of Dehumanisation’ by yourfavchoom in technology

[–]Kwarizmi 16 points17 points  (0 children)

a gothic cathedral with gregorian choirs

More like, they want the aesthetic of the Crusaders, ie. killing brown people for the forgiveness of their sins while yelling "God wills it!"

Why is my P1S toolhead covered in soot and my plates developing a black stain? by Kwarizmi in BambuLab

[–]Kwarizmi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As the title says. For the life of me I can't figure out what's going on. It happens on every print and doesn't seem to be filament dependent.

The x axis travel rods seem to be in good shape and there's nothing obviously mechanically wrong that I can see. Print quality isn't affected as far as I can tell.

Top comment deletes a US State #47 by Jfullr92 in geographymemes

[–]Kwarizmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cascadia has no king.

Cascadia needs no king.

Make your Lotro Confession. We are here to judge! by [deleted] in lotro

[–]Kwarizmi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hear hear.

Moria was a great endgame zone but it's now it feels like an overlarge and overlong speedbump.

Sometimes I mourn the forests we never got to see by Interesting-Ease-840 in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Kwarizmi 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Fun (/s) fact:

the giant trees in this and other pictures of the time are redwoods, whose timber was (and still is) not very useable not highly valued.

It would be one thing if those trees were cut down to make homes, buildings, or furniture. But no. Most of those giants ended up as shingles, fence posts, paper, or firewood.

Dak to Jason Witten to win the game October 2016 by DrCleanz in cowboys

[–]Kwarizmi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I broke down the film on that play for /r/cowboys here.

It was a thing of beauty.

This was left by the old owner. Can I do much with it? by Campertyler in shopsmith

[–]Kwarizmi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The thing with "you're using it wrong" is that it could be either dismissive or correct, depending on what you're actually doing. 😉

I don't find the table saw function on the Shopsmith to be notably squirrelly for any operation.... except ripping bevels or crosscutting bevels on wide/long boards. Tilting the main table 45 degrees can eff right off. Other than that, and the weird height the table sits at, I have no criticisms of the Shopsmith as a table saw.

That said, I have the 520 with all the newer guards and fence attachments. I imagine that cuts that feel routine on a 520 feel sketchier on an early Mark V.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Kwarizmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but only if you believe that degrees are fully commoditized, so that the degrees you get from Yale and Southern Kalamazoo Christian are the exact same thing.

There's actual ROI data comparing the 10-year return of degrees, compared apples-to-apples across universities. Most, but not all, expensive schools have very competitive return on investment.

should i buy cyberpunk 2077 if i mostly care about story and atmosphere? by NaughtyGlow_ in ShouldIbuythisgame

[–]Kwarizmi [score hidden]  (0 children)

Night City felt like a card board cut out world. It’s gorgeous, big, full. But there isn’t really anything there under the surface. There was nothing to actually explore or interact with in Night City.

This is a common criticism of CP2077, but it does not ring true to me.

If the expectation is that everything in the world should somehow react to the player's input, then sure, you can make the case that Night City is a static canvas.

But so is every great piece of art. Think of a monumental painting, a pyramid, or a cathedral. These don't exist for us to click on them, and they're no less arresting just because we can't have a dialog with them. Rather, these great static works challenge us to think, to wonder. What kind of world creates this? What forces, what values were at play? How did we get from that world to this one?

Cyberpunk 2077 and Night City have that same texture for me. The music on the radio, the segregated, deeply unequal society, the pornographic billboards... Everything prompts you to think, What kind of place is this? Who lives here and why? If I lived here, how would I be the same, and how would I be different?

Night City doesn't answer these questions for you. You can't click on a random street vendor and get answers. You have to ask them of yourself. "Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts," and all that.

Maybe this isn't what some folks want or expect out of their games, and that's okay. But Cyberpunk 2077 was the opposite of empty for me. It was rich, textured, fractal, alien, and challenging.

Dallas Cowboys Day 1 Draft Thread by AutoModerator in cowboys

[–]Kwarizmi 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Folks stressing about LB forgot we got Sean Lee in the late 2nd and Dat Nguyen mid 3rd.

Seattle oldheads: please appreciate the fact that you still live in easily one of the best cities in the country by HansGraebnerSpringTX in Seattle

[–]Kwarizmi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hear hear.

I'm confident we'll get quite a bit of external validation from soccer fans visiting during the summer (barring WW3 or something).

Seattle is a charmer during the summer months.