thisisbutaname

China is definitely pushing on renewables and battery tech, and that’s good.

It must be said it’s not purely done out of concern for the planet, there’s lots of strategic thinking about it regarding energy independence given that China imports a lot of oil.

That’s what I find infuriating. The green transition is underway despite the opposition of many in various governments. Imagine what could be done with some real political will behind it

Been there, done that

It’s a war. Factories get destroyed, skilled workers die. There’s no way China invades and chip production continues without a hitch all the way through. Even in the best case scenario I expect years of lowered outputs.

I don’t know what they’ll do, if anything. But what they’ll have to do, if they want to mend all the strained and broken relationships, it’s a whole fucking lot.

I mean a big mea culpa, true and long term changes to how the country is run, and probably lots and lots of concessions.

A digital Hormuz

Even if there is, they’d just dig dig dig

It’s not really about the alcohol content per se.

The issue is getting young and impressionable children used to the idea of drinking beer.

N/A is allowed up to 0.5% alcohol, 0.0% contains none.

There’s a difference between non-alcoholic (or alcohol-free) and 0.0% alcohol (like it appears in the poster). The former allows for up to 0.5% ABV, while the latter means absolutely no alcohol whatsoever.

Still I don’t think it’s a good idea to get children used to the idea of drinking alcoholic beverages.

There used to be candy that looked like cigarettes and soft drinks made to look like a champagne bottles, and at some point we decided that was not a good idea.

I drink and I smoke, but I also think it’s not a good idea to get children used to those things. You can drink responsibly but there’s no quantity of alcohol that does zero damage, and the less we get young people used to them the better.

-Syu is the default for yay, you can omit it

It works for shitting, not sure if the same applies here but it’s possible

defecation duration is constant across many animal species – around 12 seconds (plus or minus 7 seconds) – even though the volume varies greatly

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-physics-of-poop/

Especially not on fossil fuels!

I don’t feel that this matters much.

As something that uses statistics to generate its output, AI creates stuff that’s average, and so appealing to the masses. It’s not much different from mediocre books churned out by publishers chasing sales instead of art.

It’s the McDonald’s of art. Is it ok? Sure. Will it change your life? No fucking way.

I used to break my install quite often but it’s been a while since I’ve done that

Speaking of games, if you like strategy give Battle for Wesnoth a try

I bet someone will 3D print an attachment that could fit a USB CD/DVD player and clip to the Machine

Why would I want that?