With all the bad stuff happening in the world like politics war racism homophobia etc. What is some good news that isI happening that we don't read or see about?
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    Oh dear someone has had a tantrum and resorted to shouting and ad hominiums.

    I know solar is good and sounds like it works well for you in your part of the world. My only point is that it's not going to solve climate change like you make out.

    I don't play Fortnite or Rocket League lmao.

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    Borderlands and Full Metal Furies spring to mind.

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  • What is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?
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    Always appreciated the levels of drawl it takes to squeeze this into one.

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  • With all the bad stuff happening in the world like politics war racism homophobia etc. What is some good news that isI happening that we don't read or see about?
  • Redacted Redacted 2w ago 100%

    Yes they are the leaders in solar which is they are a good example... If the rest of the world was going at thier pace (it's not) it still wouldn't be fast enough.

    Then we've got the degradation to worry about so the panels will all need regularly replacing whilst silver, gold and rare earth metals run out.

    Rolling out that infrastructure is not likely to be smooth whilst most countries will be busy footing bills for the ongoing extreme weather. Not to mention the other potential blockers like wars, pandemics and lack of political will.

    That last line sounds boundlessly optimistic and condescending in equal measures. Magic is real lol please. Of course I know sunlight comes from the sky and electricity can be used to play games consoles.

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  • What's an obscure song you like?
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    Not massively into D&B but this is one of my favourites:

    Keeno (feat. Rou Reynolds) - Shelter From The Storm

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  • I bet God agrees.
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    I hadn't really noticed this, perhaps in hindsight you're correct. Can you be more specific?

    Gareth in The Office was pervy/racist who pretty much needed the abuse to prevent him making other's lives hell.

    With Maggie in Extras I saw it as a best friend banter type thing. The piss taking was done in private and came across in jest.

    If you're referring to Karl Pilkington, I think he new what he signed up for, was playing an exaggerated version of himself for comedic effect and made a lot of money in doing so.

    When Derek came out I couldn't get past the obvious, pretty much where I stopped following his material.

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  • Extreme wildfires are here to stay. Can human beings really fight them?
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    Fight? Sure.

    Succeed without significant loss of life and infrastructure? Doubt.

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  • I bet God agrees.
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    Pets are usually provided with everything they ever need by their owners so they have little reason to show their brutal side.

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  • I bet God agrees.
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    Still a strange take IMO.

    Bad individual human behaviour often pales into insignificance when contrasted with wild animal behaviour.

    Unless you count the ongoing ecocide we as a collective are in the midst of enacting...

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  • I bet God agrees.
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    As a massive fan of his older work, I was disappointed to see he has since turned his hand to creating transphobic jokes in his more recent material.

    Also find it a bit weird that he consistently proclaims how much he loves animals more than most humans.

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  • Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace
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    I thought "cakewalk" was a clever American amalgamation of "a piece of cake" and "a walk in the park".

    Turns out it's actually related to slavery, so probably doesn't count.

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  • As a Brit. I see nothing wrong here
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    Chuck some cheese sauce on that cauliflower, add some stuffing and we're getting there...

    Suddenly this hummus I'm eating for lunch doesn't quite cut the mustard. Actually on that note, include some mustard in the cauliflower cheese pls.

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  • Consciousness is the only thing in the universe that cannot be an illusion
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    But then you're just pushing the unknown/undefined part to "feels like".

    We cannot define it properly so we can't discuss it formally or make assertions like it's the only thing in the universe that is not an illusion.

    You could assert "Cogito, ergo sum." but that's kind of been done before.

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  • What movie would have ended at the beginning if the people in it acted like normal people?
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    Seems pretty realistic to me if Covid is anything to go by...

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  • DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns"
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    Anecdotally Fifa (EA FC or whatever they're calling it now) would have to be up there. Hadn't played it in years but gave it a go last season as it was free on Game Pass.

    They've combined the addictiveness of card collecting with loot box mechanics, FOMO and moving the goalposts (pun intended) to get the best players. The gameplay also seemed pretty rigged to prevent grinding rewards out.

    Then when the new game is out, rather than dishing out all the rewards to those still playing it instead becomes infeasible to unlock any more decent players so you're pretty much stuck with what you have.

    Even if you pay full price for the next game you'll have to use low stat players as they only seem to start releasing decent ones half way through the season.

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  • As a Brit. I see nothing wrong here
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    Oblivious fact: Me

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  • As a Brit. I see nothing wrong here
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    Fun fact: Roasting meat alone does not a Sunday roast make.

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  • As a Brit. I see nothing wrong here
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    Stops carving the Sunday roast and holds off putting the apple crumble in the oven...

    But we are one of the most multicultural societies in the world and have long since adopted everyone else's cuisines.

    By this logic the Japanese don't have curries and the Americans don't have pizza, or any other food for that matter.

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  • What hip-hop song do you think demonstrates the most impressive artistic talent and why? (pls provide link)
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    Wow didn't expect to see Akala already posted here.

    This is the correct answer although I think Fire in the Booth Part 4 might even eclipse Part 1 in terms of talent.

    Second place for me would be Lowkey. For message Soundtrack to the Struggle 2, for pure ability has to be The Return of Lowkey... Genius bars like a laptop shop.

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  • I've bounced between Lemmy apps and have found Connect to be the best so far. I particularly like the swipe actions as they free up screen space for content. However I cannot find a way to downvote via swiping. Is the feature not available at present or is it hidden away somewhere in the settings?

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    https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/Documents/PipelinePaper.2023.07.05.pdf

    This factors in some feedback loops which most sudies to date have ignored. Note, that it excludes extra warming caused by all the additional water vapour in the air. For context, studies suggest that the largest extinction event in Earth's history (so far), the Late Permian Extinction Event, saw temperature rises of around 8°C.

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    The game is currently updating (earlier than usual I believe) and Man Utd official website accidently leaked the week of 3rd July. The website does not typically go live on a Monday so my guess would be prices being dripped out on Twitter towards the end of this working week with the game launching Tuesday 4th July. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was around 2pm on a Tuesday last year.

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    Check your emails, seems like they might be looking for feedback as to what new features to implement for future seasons.

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    I thought it would be good to get a pre-season price prediction thread going ahead of the 2023/2024 season. I will attempt to list all teams and players. Please upvote prices that you think are sensible. If the price doesn't already exist, submit a comment in response to the the player's name with your predicted value. If it gets traction, this post could serve as an early indicator for potential bargains once the official price list is announced.

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    The Starfield preview got me hyped enough to finally cash in a big chunk of my points that I've been accumulating since the Series X was released. If anyone doesn't use [Microsoft Rewards](https://rewards.bing.com) I strongly recommend signing up. It doesn't take much effort to build them up. They are slowly nerfing the program so might as well take advantage while it lasts.

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    NoScript Add-on
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/

    NoScript add-on is great for disabling any scripts running on a page. The user can view the domains the scripts are running from and enable them individually. At first it breaks every web page you visit but after a little time white-listing everything runs fine and it makes for much cleaner browsing.

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    cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/13640 > Post your teams for the upcoming 23/24 season here for community feedback. > > Please provide comments on at least one other post to help get the community going.

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