PsylentKnight

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by PsylentKnight 3d ago
I’m looking for a TV and it seems like dumb ones simply aren’t available anymore Seems like the only options are: 1. Buy a smart TV and not connect it to the internet and/or physically neuter it by unplugging the Wifi/Bluetooth mo
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by PsylentKnight 7d ago
Is it that you’re holding back against weaker opponents, or that you’re more excited and engaged when you’re playing against someone that forces you closer to the edge of your ability?
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by PsylentKnight 27d ago
True. But I think you can agree that the (now) archaic language and cultural context that would have been common knowledge back then gives an extra layer of difficulty over the already poetic/literary nature of the work Watching Shakes
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by PsylentKnight 27d ago
Sure, but the archaic language can obscure the awesome idea. "Why are you Romeo?" may sound less poetic to modern ears, but isn't that how people back then would have parsed it - just as easily as everyday language, because
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by PsylentKnight 27d ago
I mean, even the most famous line in all of Shakespeare, "wherefore art thou Romeo" is frequently misunderstood because many people reasonably assume "wherefore" means something like "where". Yes, you can figur
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by PsylentKnight 27d ago
I have heard that Shakespeare is much easier and more enjoyable for non-English speakers, because they get modern translations and we do not Linguist John McWhorter says that Shakespeare is often an "the Emperor has no clothes" si
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by PsylentKnight 1mo ago
I think a lot of the reason this generation is starting to become very pro-train is because of how fucking awful airports are
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by PsylentKnight 1mo ago
> It's long been the case that the best way to learn something is to teach something Which is pretty unfortunate for those that want to learn. I used to enjoy writing documentation at work, it was my favorite part of the job. And it
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by PsylentKnight 1mo ago
Based on previous posts I've seen about this, IIRC the timing seems to imply that it has more to do with them being hammered with AI slop than it does with the Azure transition. Who really knows though
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by PsylentKnight 1mo ago
As someone who knows anything about Texas cities, I assure you that parking space is not an issue in Dallas
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
And animals have evolved perceptibly in my lifetime, they still don't believe in evolution. I grew up in a culture of Jesus Freaks. The way they place faith above evidence and logic is so disturbing and irritating to me
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
I think the counterargument would be that the web sucks in large part because of the way it’s been shaped by Google. Most of the hyperwordy blogspam is driven by sites trying to optimize their SEO for Google. So websites like Kagi could pot
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
Every time I resize my window now, the output is completely garbled. I often have to ask it to repeat itself just so I can see what it just said. This isn’t a new thing, but it feels like it’s gotten worse. This is on Windows
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
I agree that it’s a pretty different experience for fiction, where the subjective experience is everything and the narrator can color your experience a lot. For nonfiction, I think the two mediums are virtually the same depending on the den
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
It’s losing favor because it’s lacking in a lot of ways. The most exhorted virtue in the church is faith, which is just another word for irrationality. So the church often ends up in conflict with reality or even its own doctrine Its more d
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
Thats gonna be a no from me dog. I don’t expect anyone to read something I didn’t read myself
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
There was an official Kindle version, but they discontinued it as of a few years ago :(
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
I guess. If people really have so little ability to think for themselves then is democracy viable?
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by PsylentKnight 2mo ago
Trump voters voted for someone that has plainly been an egomaniac with no real plan since day one. They got what they voted for People had 10 years to see what Trump is. I wasn’t excited about Kamala but between the two, it was a very easy
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by PsylentKnight 3mo ago
Why not both? Yes, there are systemic issues in the US. But 70% of the US either voted for Trump or didn’t vote at all in 2024. (Let me pause to pre-empt any bothsideism by saying that I think that’s silly and I doubt you’ll change my mind
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by PsylentKnight 3mo ago
I came to mention the same game. I have many fond memories of playing co-op games on the Gamecube with my cousins back in the day (Mario Party, Shrek 2, Lego Star Wars… Pac-Man Fever). But Pac-Man Vs. was possibly my favorite. It had the no
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by PsylentKnight 3mo ago
Because people want/need accessible parks? Texas in particular has relatively very little parkland compared to its size, and its population-to-park ratio is getting increasingly out of whack
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by PsylentKnight 5mo ago
This sounds like the lump of labor fallacy It seems almost certain to me that AI is going to increase the surface area of what it’s possible for programs to do and therefore massively induce demand for more programs I think the part that re
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by PsylentKnight 5mo ago
How much coffee were you drinking before quitting? 3-6 months seems like a very long time. As far as I know, most withdrawal symptoms should end within 2 weeks, with the most intense symptoms ending within a few days
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by PsylentKnight 5mo ago
The problem is that all the infrastructure that cars need (roads, parking lots) makes everything WAY further apart. For example, downtown Houston is literally like 25% parking lots by area. And that's not even counting other car infras
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by PsylentKnight 5mo ago
> The technology is the same I mean sure, they both have engines and wheels, but they're already distinguishable in the eyes of the law. Commercial and personal vehicles are registered separately Anyway, I don't think anyone is
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by PsylentKnight 5mo ago
Troll post? You state that "other people's cars" facilitate thousands of aspects of modern living, then go on to talk about things that trucks do, not personal vehicles
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by PsylentKnight 5mo ago
I think you'd need to present some stats that compare how much the ultra-wealthy and normal people donate to altruistic causes (adjusted for income) to make that argument
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by PsylentKnight 7mo ago
My understanding is that Wikipedia receives more donations than they need, surely they have the resources to fix it themselves?
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by PsylentKnight 7mo ago
Having grown up deep in the Bible belt, I can say that there's often a lot of overlap between the Jesus people and the various -ists Bigotry has been a big part of the Moral Majority's platform for decades for a reason - it works

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