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  • The depth of the stupidity of that is incredible to me.

    You even get invaded by NPCs with “forbidden words” in their names. Checking whether you own game violates your criteria should be sanity check number one.

    Invaded by Recusant Tanith’s Knight! -> works, it’s an NPC

    Invaded by Recusant Dark K***ht Richter! -> Ugh.

    And since those people keep their names like that, presumably they can’t even tell that their name is being ruined by the game. An extra layer of stupidity.

    At least with stupid chat moderation, you can see your messages, so you know how your messages are being ruined and you can adapt to it.



  • Eiri@lemmy.worldtoGreentext@sh.itjust.worksAnon sees ghosts
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    20 days ago

    Whoa, my optometrist told me that’s what they are and now I’m really disappointed.

    Considering their shape and what you said about them being impossible to observe in visible light… I guess those branch-like pieces are cell organelle fragments instead?

    Dang, and here I was excited to be seeing molecules.


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    Those are so cool. They’re the only way (I know of) that you can see molecules with your naked eye. Actual molecules! That’s practically at the level of atoms, and you can see that microscopic stuff!

    **Edit: they are not, in fact, molecules. See replies for more info. **

    Also red blood cells. It’s pretty cool that if you stare at the sky (not the sun; please not the sun) you can sometimes see red blood cells move in the back of your eye. Single cells! Amazing.


  • They are a lot more obvious if you look at bright surfaces, such as the sky, so one factor may be that you’re not outside as much.

    I don’t think they’re supposed to go away; rather the contrary, but who knows.

    One thing I do know though: if the amount increases noticeably, it could be a sign of something bad, so get that checked out.



  • Eiri@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlCosts Less? When That Happened?
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    21 days ago

    You know, it’s not always, but apple does sell things that are price-competitive with similarly performing competing products.

    Some iterations of the Mac Mini have been hard to beat with a tiny PC with similar performance.

    The M1 MacBooks had some surprisingly cheap options for the relatively premium laptops they were.

    Samsung’s Ultra phones tend to cost more or less the same as the Apple Pro Max phones.

    The main difference is sometimes just that Apple doesn’t make low-end or low-mid-range, or sometimes not even anything below “relatively high-end”, products in a particular category.



  • My company used to allow it, but then it became clear people were doing too many dumb things with their work computers to control them normally. For example, some people would explicitly turn their PCs off without updating the OS every Friday and were nearly a year out of date.

    That, plus other security concerns I don’t remember surrounding the tightening of our policies for security certifications required to net a very demanding client, made it so that we needed to institute mobile device management (MDM) for everything.

    We went with Microsoft’s version because there were some crucial things I forgot that only it could do. But it didn’t support Linux.

    So our few people using Linux had to choose between Windows and Mac OS.





  • One problem with almonds is that they can’t grow just anywhere.

    It’s often grown in regions where water is already an issue, with pretty significant irrigation, with significant environmental consequences.

    Meanwhile, it is possible to raise cows in a humid climate where water isn’t a major issue. Though it’s also totally possible to feed them alfalfa grown with water from the Colorado River, which is way way worse than anything else.

    I’m not saying there aren’t any problems with cow milk at all. There absolutely are, and overall I’m pretty sure it’s worse than any other option.

    But personally, especially considering I like the taste of the vast majority of dairy alternatives anyway, getting one with a lower environmental impact compared to other alternatives is a factor in my decision.