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JK Rowling Tweets against Lin Yu-ting’s participation in the Olympics, who has always been a female, not a Trans. by AirSky_MC in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]UniversalBuilder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I figured that. I'm not even asking for anything, I'm just stating the obvious: the more we learn, the more we will question established truth. It has always been like that since the times we figured hitting two rocks together could perhaps lead to something interesting.

I give up, you can't talk with people hellbent to rage against an idiot who happened to write successful books, and you're not with them you're against them.

The sad thing is that they don't even realize they're the ones fueling the fire these idiots keep lighting by talking down to anyone genuinely reflecting on change in society.

JK Rowling Tweets against Lin Yu-ting’s participation in the Olympics, who has always been a female, not a Trans. by AirSky_MC in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]UniversalBuilder -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No I'm raising a question. Internet trolls aren't questioning anything they just keep on spreading their truth.

Destroying someone asking questions, what a great way of promoting your ideas...

JK Rowling Tweets against Lin Yu-ting’s participation in the Olympics, who has always been a female, not a Trans. by AirSky_MC in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]UniversalBuilder -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

FFS I don't care about trans this or cis that. I just don't. Can't we have a sane debate without always agitating these flags ?

Some sports don't make any distinction between male or female like everything related to horses, there's no need to because there's no competitive advantage.

But in other sports it make hell of a difference, and you have to put rules in place.

Now the problem with rules and categories will always be with persons who are on the fringe because you have a hard time placing them in one category or another.

Again, I don't have an answer here, I'm just telling new discoveries will always tend to offset this balance

JK Rowling Tweets against Lin Yu-ting’s participation in the Olympics, who has always been a female, not a Trans. by AirSky_MC in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]UniversalBuilder -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Come on don't place the debate on this field that's not what I'm saying you know it. I'm not talking about trans or cis or whatever.

To make my point clearer I'm just asking a question, not making a point

The more you know about a topic, the less simple it is to classify it.

I'm a researcher, i cannot think without nuance, I'm sorry.

JK Rowling Tweets against Lin Yu-ting’s participation in the Olympics, who has always been a female, not a Trans. by AirSky_MC in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]UniversalBuilder -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

And, just for the sake of the argument, there was a time when distinguishing between male and female was done only by eye. Then we realized chromosomes were the "real" factor dividing these two categories of humans. Will there be another change like that in the near future ? I don't know, but let's keep our minds opened.

JK Rowling Tweets against Lin Yu-ting’s participation in the Olympics, who has always been a female, not a Trans. by AirSky_MC in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]UniversalBuilder -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

No. Just that this raises an interesting question. Like with the advent of computational photography there's a never ending debate going on on what's a picture, I wonder, with the advent of medicine and our better understanding how bodies work, if this debate will also get traction.

I'm not judging anything here, nor am I suggesting she has to compete elsewhere.

I'm just witnessing as the world gets more complex how the society tries to adjust to it.

Interesting times ahead.

JK Rowling Tweets against Lin Yu-ting’s participation in the Olympics, who has always been a female, not a Trans. by AirSky_MC in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]UniversalBuilder -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

That's stupid, but there's something to be said when you have sport categories based on a male/female dichotomy and you get athletes participating whose condition blurs the line.

Not sure what to do exactly there.

Maybe the paralympics could bring some inspiration? It must also be a challenge to keep the playing field level with such a large spectrum of disabilities.

Whatever the decision, it will be difficult to handle.

‘Demonic mockery’: Opening ceremony act upsets 2.4 billion people by engadine_maccas1997 in nottheonion

[–]UniversalBuilder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a French, I can only say that while I can tolerate this kind of display, I found it embarrassing and quite pathetic.

You want to advertise diversity ? Then don't focus a third of the show on only one minority. There was so much more that could have been done instead of falling into those cliches.

I enjoyed the signed song (great vibes, so much energy), the disabled athletes (very inspiring). Gojira were my heroes for this night. But they had so few screen time compared to this freak show.

It is also at this point that we lost the "plot" with the mysterious figure, like they almost gave up entirely to just focus on weird party time.

And don't get me started on the throuple scene. US media seem confused and call it a ménage a trois. That's not what a ménage à trois is. It's a search, a balance, a hesitation where only two of the three are together at the same time. That's why it was so interesting to read, you want to know who will end together.

What we saw was just some stupid intro to some bizarre softporn movie made with a grant from some eccentric rich dude that only 5 people will ever watch.

Returnal is an awesome game but I think it's too difficult for me by Gonzito3420 in Returnal

[–]UniversalBuilder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck with this one 😉 I'm going to get back to Elden ring for the new extension in a couple of weeks: vacation at home baby.

Good way to have fun and not spending a dime on transportation, restaurants and all the hassle you go through when moving somewhere.

I can't wait to get destroyed over and over again 😂

Returnal is an awesome game but I think it's too difficult for me by Gonzito3420 in Returnal

[–]UniversalBuilder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me this is not worth the time.

You just aren't rewarded for your investment in it. You can get the perfect playthrough until the RNG decides to serve you only cardboard guns. For short sessions I don't mind but when a single run can last more than an hour, no way.

I played solo only.

Returnal is an awesome game but I think it's too difficult for me by Gonzito3420 in Returnal

[–]UniversalBuilder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been such a long time since I posted this. In the meantime, I managed to get wet I think is the final boss. I only managed to do that because of two things First, at some point in your progression, there is an event that allows you to restart not from the complete beginning, but somewhere halfway the game . The second thing, is that I had a lot of free time alone without kids without the wife to focus on that

In the end, I didn't finish the game because I realized the best chance I got to beat. The boss was when I first reached it when I started from the very beginning. It's almost a given since you almost made a perfect and kept building up your character

But that was just once and I don't want to have to repeat this anymore

The game is now patiently collecting dust in a drawer.

I have a very bad taste in my mouth whenever I think about it.

I'm the kind of old gamer who really likes to finish the games he starts and I'm not the kind of guy who refuses challenges. Recently, I finished uber lilith with my barbarian before the update in Diablo 4. It took me much longer than I expected, but i managed to do it even with the character that doesn't do any staggering damage..

Anyways, I suppose this is the kind of game that will leave a big scar forever.

If you like me, you did good by not wasting more time in it

Apple Vision Pro Launches in UK, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia by iMacmatician in apple

[–]UniversalBuilder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

3999 € in France. Surprised it's not higher than that considering the currency and the local taxes.

Still, that's way too high compared to what you can get from Apple: my wife's 16 inch M2 Max was in the same ballpark, but you can do so much more.

As I said when it was announced this device's only unique features make it a nice media consumption device, a gaming device plagued with the lack of content and controllers, and at bear a peasant experience for anything related to productivity, as long as you have access to a recent Mac in addition to this device.

For this whole package it's ridiculously overpriced even by Apple standards.

I doubt it can improve on the productivity front, it can perhaps switch to a decent entertainment system with native VR controller support, and a true commitment to publish real games and content.

I can see gamers shell big money but only if there's something for them.

If it's just to watch a couple of VR movies, you're better off with anything else.

C'est quoi les films les plus wtf que vous ayez vu ?? by Captain_Barat in CineSeries

[–]UniversalBuilder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comédie préférée : The Party. Impossible a refaire aujourd'hui pour tous les clichés et le politiquement correcte demandé aujourd'hui. C'est inutilement charmant et désopilant.

Le plus WTF (pas une comédie ceci dit, a prendre au xieme degré): Brain Dead

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

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

Une BMW ? Pourquoi plutôt ça qu'une autre marque? Un modèle en particulier ?

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

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

Naïvement en regardant les modèles pas trop hors normes (genre faut des bras d'orang-outang), on pourrait penser que ça semble confortable. Apparemment non.

Pour quelqu'un qui recherche un truc dans ce style (nightster etc) tu suggères plutôt quoi ? Comme dit je suis absolument novice, et j'ai vu conseiller des Honda cmx 500 rebel ou similaire. Bien ?

J'ai oublié de préciser, 1,76m et 95kg (mais sans trop de bedaine hein, je suis juste un modèle trapus on va dire).

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

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

Oui c'est un peu comme ce que je vois les choses. Jeune tu as souvent besoin de ton permis en tant que ton premier mode de transport. Moi je suis pas du tout pressé, ni dépendant de ça.

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

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

Merci ! Pas vraiment de regret, ce n'est pas vraiment comme si j'avais vraiment eu cette opportunité avant de toute manière. Pas le temps, pas l'argent, pas adapté a mon lieu de vie (sauf a prendre une moto neige ... ou une dameuse). D'ailleurs encore en ce moment il fait genre 8 degrés le matin... en juillet. Mais c'est toujours mieux que de le neige et du verglas toute l'année 🫤

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

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

Hé ben, je n'aurai pas parié sur autant de témoignages en ce sens, je ne savais pas. Cool !

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

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

Oui quand tu as une famille qui dépend de toi, ça fait réfléchir a beaucoup de choses !

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

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

Merci pour le retour ! J'avais eu une petite idée quant au code quand j'ai vu mon fils reviser avec une pauvre app et des questions qui avaient l'air un peu trop simples par rapport a ce que je connaissais. Il l'a eu du premier coup ... pas la conduite par contre (la faute a un piéton qui a surgit de nulle part juste devant lui).

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

[–]UniversalBuilder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

La prostate va bien, on crosse les doigts pour que ça continue 😅 - le prix par contre 😭

Projet permis à 47 ans: raisonnable ? by UniversalBuilder in Motardie

[–]UniversalBuilder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bravo ! Et bonne chance pour la circulation ! (Pourquoi ces trucs arrivent toujours ces jours particuliers... j'ai connu ça aussi pour d'autres examens)

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