Can you define “god” in this context? Does “god” imply a creator of human existence, or merely a being with abilities not understood or quantified by humans (think Q from Star Trek).

The latter isn’t necessarily a belief system in and of itself. It’s just the acknowledgement that “higher”, ascendent beings can exist because humans are not, necesssarily, the be-all-end-all sapient beings of the universe.

Problem: Receiving antennas can be geolocated using signal interference.

I’m not sure that’s what the wikipedia article says. It only seems to refer to this method being able to locate transmitting antennas (or “radio sources”). Something like an FM, AM, or shortwave radio antenna would not be able to be located by that radio simply listening to the airwaves passing through it; reception on those media is passive and doesn’t require the radio to broadcast any kind of signal.

Not an expert, but I am a licensed ham radio tech.

I just discovered WarioWare, Inc in the Switch’s Game Boy Advance collection. I didn’t expect to get sucked into these little minigames so quickly. The rapid-fire back-to-back format is really engaging some hyper-focus-y part of my brain.

Kinda frustrating at times, though, lol. Some of the games are really obtuse. It took me dozens of attempts at one of the trampoline games before I realized I’m controlling the trampoline, not the guy jumping on it.

Since when did porch monkey suddenly become a racial slur?

Kudos to Germany for pulling it off. Was also happy to see them mention

Last year […] the government began rolling out LibreOffice as the default office suite to replace Microsoft Office.

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About 10 years ago, I read “Creativity, Inc” by Edwin Catmull, co-founder of Pixar. It detailed the ideas and events that lead up to the advent of feature 3D animation and filmmaking. I found it to be an inspiring story that mixed a passion for computer science with the desire for compelling storytelling. I was independently studying animation at the time, and it definitely lit a fire in me, as it was written by and for computer nerds who would like to make art.

I’ve always been more technically-oriented than artistic, so it was nice to see a book written from a similar perspective. I spent most of my young adulthood working on my technical skills so I could get a decent job, but around the time I read this book, I actually started putting time into creative endeavours in my free time as well.

Or maybe if the clock is exactly an hour off, it’ll eventually be right when daylight saving time rolls around.

Yeah, I think I’ve only bought one or two PS5 exclusives since I got mine around October 2020. Demon Souls remake and Horizon Forbidden West (though the latter is now available on Steam).

That said, I still think I’ve gotten a good amount of value out of the console by reaping the Patient Gamer™ rewards by picking up many of the major PS3/PS4 titles during good sales. I didn’t play many video games during the PS3/PS4 era, so I missed out on quite a few major releases. I’ve accumulated a pretty great digital library with some fantastic games for a relatively small amount of money (which, like my Steam library, I’ve only actually played a fraction of).

As an aside, probably my favorite PS5 exclusive has just been the free Astro Bot game. The haptics in the DualSense controller are frankly cool as hell, and I hope more games utilize them going forward.

I know you asked for TV recommendations, but, if your friend is open to other ideas, they could also look into home theater projectors. I got a super cheap projector on sale a few years ago and being able to watch TV and movies on a 150 inch screen is absolutely bitchin’. I later upgraded to a higher quality projector cause the cheap one crapped out after about a year (and replacement bulbs were impossible to find due to the supply chain issues during early covid). Spent about the same amount on the high quality projector that I would have spent on a much smaller TV.

Though there’s obviously drawbacks to projectors:

• They generate a lot of heat. In the hottest months of the year, I don’t like turning it on
• You will initially blind yourself a lot by accidentally looking at it when it’s turned on. After blinding yourself a dozen or so times you’ll develop the muscle memory to avoid it.
• You gotta replace the bulbs periodically, but they last for thousands of hours. My current bulb has about 5000 hours on it and still doesn’t need to be replaced.
• Contrast is really weak compared to a TV. Need to close the curtains and not let sunlight into the room if you want to be able to see the picture clearly
• Need a big surface to project the picture onto, ideally a screen, but a blank wall works just fine.

When we moved into our house a few years ago, I saw there was an elevated alcove in the living room with a big, blank wall on the opposite side of the room. I knew right then that it would be perfect for a projector.

Movie night kicks ass. Every re-watch of Lord of the Rings is like watching it in the theater again. And Superbowl Sundays are epic on the big screen.

I have an Epson 2250 and it’s worked nicely these past few years.

My parents and all their friends used to use PTT with their Nextel phones. It was a super handy feature. I wonder why it fell out of style. Seemed more convenient and less tedious than a phone call for short communications.

Been playing Silksong a couple of hours each day since launch. It’s been a fantastic experience so far. Tough, but fair. Great pacing, which incentivizes getting good with the default moveset before expanding it with powerups.

Looking forward to putting some more time into this one over the next few weeks.

If you want a view to count you need to use an official client

I would think that parsing the website would count the same as any browser-based page load, since parsing the website requires first fetching the page (probably using something like wget or curl under the hood). I dunno if non-logged-in page loads are generally counted toward the overall view count on a given video, though.

And then locations and buildings come to fuck up that way of remembering it, because la biblioteca está allí, not la biblioteca es allí.

True that. I guess maybe it’s because a building’s location isn’t necessarily part of its essence. Or how it feels more natural with respect to a person, e.g.: “yo estoy en la biblioteca” makes sense cause a person moves from place to place. I guess technically buildings can be moved but it’s still a bit confusing.

Ahh. I knew about “estar” but I never knew that about “ser”. Very good to know!

Also, Spanish has two main verbs for “to be”. There’s “ser”, which is used for things that are inherent (e.g.: “Yo soy de Mexico” means “I am from Mexico”). But then there’s also “estar”, which is used for the current state of things, or a temporary status (e.g.: “Yo estoy enfermo” means “I am sick (in my current state)”).

Also, how can I get Lemmy to show codecommands formatting? I use Jerboa but don’t see a code block option.

For inline code like this, wrap the text in backticks `like this`.

For multi-line code, wrap the text in triple backticks ``` like this ```

Did you try running a scan for malware? I usually use ClamAV. It’s a simple, FOSS anti-virus scanner for Linux. Can run it from the terminal or install a version with a GUI if you’d prefer that.

Relying on flatpaks seems like a bad idea.

A more reasonable take might be: don’t install flatpaks willy-nilly without first verifying that they’re maintained by the original developers (or an authorized third party, which is sometimes the case). The same way I wouldn’t run apt install <package> without first checking the package info to ensure I’m installing a legit package (if I’m not already familiar with the specific package I’m installing).

I’ll have to check this out. Been looking for a way to manually adjust the speeds on my H100i liquid cooler’s fans. The default profile works fine on several different distros in my experience, but it’s nice to be able to crank the RPMs manually if the system is gonna be under heavy load for a while.