[-] stringere@leminal.space 117 points 6 months ago

Oh good, so Google has stopped all political donations and canceled all government contracts so they can stay out politics?

No? Ok fuck you.

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[-] stringere@leminal.space 54 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

He fired at a group of dudes in civilian clothes driving regular vehicles telling him they were cops. Guess what more than tripled from 2019 to 2021 and continues? Car jackings and armed car jackings.

They allege this was for a seatbelt. Weapons drawn for a simple traffic stop?

Plainclothes officers, especially, should not be approaching people with a weapon drawn.

[-] stringere@leminal.space 18 points 7 months ago

I was a flight attendant with TWA, so take this as what it is: advice from 20+ years ago.

If all the overhead bins are full they will gate check your bag; tag it, send it down the external stairs of the jetway, and it will go in the belly with the other checked luggage.

[-] stringere@leminal.space 13 points 7 months ago

You forgot groceries, mandatory insurance, and utilities...

[-] stringere@leminal.space 20 points 7 months ago

This just in: making the world a better place for a few at the expense of the many does not inspire people to want to bring new people into the world.

[-] stringere@leminal.space 13 points 7 months ago

Every sperm is sacred.

[-] stringere@leminal.space 23 points 7 months ago

I feel like these games don't reflect the number of people being hired for them. I'm not sure it should linearly scale (probably not), but they seem like they scale down rather than up with an increase in staff.

This is what happens when game studios are being run by people that only view video games as a means to generate money. They do not understand the industry or craft involved and will blindly apply whatever the newest MBA management strategy is the new hotness, throw money and headcount at projects. And cannot understand that more is usually not better when it comes to video game development.

[-] stringere@leminal.space 13 points 7 months ago

we are seeing multidimensional cross sections of them, which give them such an otherworldly appearance

Accurate or not I've always liked Vonnegut's description of the viewpoint from the 4th dimension to the 3rd:

“The creatures can see where each star has been and where it is going, so that the heavens are filled with rarefied, luminous spaghetti. And Tralfamadorians don’t see human beings as two-legged creatures, either. They see them as great millepedes—“with babies’ legs at one end and old people’s legs at the other,” says Billy Pilgrim.

  • Slautherhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
[-] stringere@leminal.space 12 points 8 months ago

Be well, friend.

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