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PuddleOfKittens 2 points 2 days ago

I believe, there’s a way to gas pigs that just makes them sleepy and then pass out. I think, it was by using nitrogen. But yeah, that’s not commonly done.

IIRC, it's literally any other gas except CO2 - the human body detects suffocation not by the lack of oxygen in blood, but the presence of carbonic acid (which is acidic). Since every other gas doesn't create carbonic acid (except maybe some gases that contain carbon?), they all silently/painlessly kill.

Nitrogen, argon, or hydrogen would all work and be fairly cheap. Hydrogen would be explosively flammable though, so you could combine two steps into one!

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PuddleOfKittens 2 points 2 days ago

Experience is a real thing. the problem is that marketing wants to charge $1000 per coffee and need an excuse for the extra $995, and so they'll slap on a big "experience!" sign as justification, whether it's warranted or not.

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PuddleOfKittens 2 points 4 days ago

See also: 1984 out of 10, which is essentially a videogame wrapper around George Orwell's In Defence Of The Novel essay.

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PuddleOfKittens 3 points 5 days ago

Most of Nvidia's profit is by either marking IOUs as revenue, or by trading GPUs for stocks in allegedly-valuable AI companies. In either case, if all the AI companies go bankrupt, that 'profit' disappears like the mirage it is.

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PuddleOfKittens 1 point 5 days ago

It’s a trick question. That’s not in an amendment, it’s in Article 1. Copyrights, patents and in this case trademarks are more foundational to society than even free speech.

Not really. Article 1 provides a whitelist for things that the senate can regulate, which necessarily is just a big list of all sorts of crap.

And FWIW, trademarks are not remotely the same thing as copyrights or patents, no matter how much people conflate them via the term "intellectual property". Trademarks are about preventing fraud, while copyright/patents are about encouraging innovation. In fact, you could say the job of copyrights/patents is to:

promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

Trademarks are not about innovation of any sort, and are explicitly perpetual as long as the business is still using/enforcing them. This passage from Article 1 obviously doesn't apply to trademarks.

Now, trademarks are still in Article 1, probably, via the line that says "[congress shall have power] To Regulate Commerce". Which I will concede is part of Article 1. And by your own logic, regulating commerce is more foundational to society than Free Speech! As is punishing piracy on the High Seas, apparently.

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PuddleOfKittens 61 points 2 years ago

Ukraine has had a "no mercenaries" policy IIRC, if NK troops are seen as mercenaries then maybe it'll legitimize Ukraine shopping for manpower.

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PuddleOfKittens 51 points 9 months ago

Can cause physical harm

The irony is that they can't, but their greatest weapon is that the people they fight think they can, and flee without even trying. And this post is making the exact same mistake, while also assuming they're invincible. The answer to the post is the post. That or pointing to the post and laughing.

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PuddleOfKittens 49 points a year ago

This is bullshit. Roman public fountains and baths didn't require any sort of license, the fountains (which were used for fetching water for personal use) had priority over baths, bathing in fountains was strictly forbidden, and also why the fuck is he getting water directly from a cistern? Those aren't even publicly accessible.

Also, why bring an amphora instead of just a bucket?

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PuddleOfKittens 44 points a year ago

No feedback when hitting enemies, besides generic blood splashing and maybe a stumble

Way more health than is necessary or interesting on enemies

Combat system is mindless and boring

Quests are full of "go to this cookie-cutter dungeon, clear it out and bring me the MacGuffin at the end" on loop.

The game has lots of bugs that were in the previous 2 games, and were patched in the fan-patches of both the previous 2 games.

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PuddleOfKittens 43 points a month ago

To be fair, if you go out to a loud party you're not likely to meet many introverts there - they'll all be at home, unless their own extravert friend dragged them out to the party.

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PuddleOfKittens 42 points 2 years ago

Just like groceries don’t include tax in the advertised price.

Nah, that's just in America, because Americans are dumb. Tipping doesn't exist here BTW, because it's idiotic and why would we do that.

(if Americans aren't dumb, why did they vote for Trump twice?)

(I finally found an upside to the Trump presidency!)

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PuddleOfKittens 31 points a month ago

Possible candidate responses:

  1. Solves it (too smart for job)
  2. "That's bullshit, who needs this for a $14.50/hr job?" (too intolerant of bullshit for job)
  3. Tries to solve it but fails (lacks self-awareness for job)
  4. Knows they can't solve it so doesn't even try (too lazy for job)
  5. Doesn't understand the question/comprehend what a hypercube is (too dumb for job)
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PuddleOfKittens 29 points 4 months ago

30 seconds of sound when you're pooping on the toilet at work, is 30 seconds too much sound. Hypothetically speaking.

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PuddleOfKittens 27 points 5 months ago

If he were a Russian asset, he could end the war by lifting Russia's sanctions or refusing to impose or enforce "new" sanctions (new rules that close loopholes in the existing sanctions).

Trump isn't a Russian asset, he's just a shit president.

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PuddleOfKittens 25 points 4 months ago

Waiter! My steak is too juicy and my lobster too buttery!

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PuddleOfKittens 22 points 8 days ago
  1. Takes time, and probably more money than Iran would ask for in tolls.
  2. Still within drone range, so won't necessarily stop Iran
  3. Oil wells are within drone range, so even if shipping is solved Iran could still blow up oil production.
  4. Very expensive, especially if Iran folds in a month.
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PuddleOfKittens 19 points 2 months ago

Tl;Dr cats demand five-course meals.

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PuddleOfKittens 19 points a year ago

Adding to OP:

Framework: You are self-employed.

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PuddleOfKittens 15 points 2 years ago

Their engine is not hamstringing them. Plenty of good games have shipped with Gamebryo/Creation engine, without massive numbers of bugs.

The problem is that Bethesda doesn't give a shit about fixing anything - they ship bugs that have been in previous games, that users have outright identified and fixed for said previous games. They apply the exact same we-don't-give-a-shit attitude to their engine.

Also every engine is "20 years old", Source2 has some code from GoldSrc and Quake Engine, because if the code works perfectly then you don't just rewrite it for no reason. You rewrite parts of the engine - the parts that are holding you back in some way. And Bethesda has been modifying and extending their engine.

But, ignoring all of that, suppose the engine really was the issue: it takes 5ish years to write an engine from scratch. Starfield was in development for 8 years. Skyrim released 13 years ago. Skyrim also released 2 years ago, and a couple of times in between those periods too. Bethesda could have rewritten their entire engine from scratch if they wanted to, in that time.

The problem is that Bethesda just doesn't give a shit about quality, they chose their engine development choice by development choice. The problem is that Bethesda.

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PuddleOfKittens 15 points 2 months ago

One day, centurii-chan gonna be a ghostwriter for Oglaf.

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