Rhaedas

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 2 hours ago

Procrastination: Yeah, but not today. Maybe tomorrow.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

Without a banana I have no idea of what might be true here.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 5 hours ago

As presented it is the more cheery side of cyberpunk. The others tend to creep in older tech tells (steam or other), and the ship doesn't look very shiny and new, so there's a taste of used there, even if it's not very old, like Star Wars tech always feels, even in the brighter parts (like on Coruscant). Definitely AI source, a human artist would have put details like wear marks, debris on the ground, little things to give an age feel.

I'm actually working on figuring out my own scifi tech as background material for a novel, and AI is not create at coming up with things visually. I've hammered out the ideas in text, but now I'm trying to find ways like Blender to bring them to life to better see it.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Arch is/was most mentioned, but most recommended? Not for new Linux users, even Arch users didn't do that.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 5 hours ago

Probably not for a long time, but they did pretend for a while.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 5 hours ago

Part of the loading process now. Sometimes I'll open a video at work and be reminded how having adblocking isn't a default thing.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, noticed that.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 60 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My first glance was at the bottom right, and literally said, "you son of a bitch."

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 points 21 hours ago

The only thing missing is water pooling up from the leaks.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

In the 70s it was D&D that was bringing about the end of civilization. It's always projection. Those kind of things are actually good outlets for stress, not causing mental illness.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io -1 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Unsold food that is given away creates a liability if it causes problems. Food banks are the middle man in that respect, where they can toss things that aren't going to stay good and provide for people with the rest. So here's where government, regulation, and socialism comes into play. Companies should be encouraged with money to do something other than toss that food. Better systems should be in place to move that food to the food bank. Better regulation there to make sure that the food is being examined well enough. More places for all this to happen.

This ignores fixing the real problem, profit driven consumption, societies where people aren't able to provide for themselves, etc.

So by itself you aren't going to get unsold food to the needy, the risk and cost is too great for companies.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I questioned the other suggests that it was retrofuturism, as I had a different picture of what that meant, but apparently that is a very broad category that it seems most futuristic fiction seems to fall in if it has anything we think of in the picture, like flying vehicles or modernistic buildings. Everything from cyberpunk (both positive and dystopian) to steampunk to dieselpunk fall under the name. So I would maybe further narrow this to cyberpunk, aka Bladerunner/The Expanse type? Hard to say the environmental/social feel from just this picture.

 

I have an older robot vacuum that has finally shown some age in its battery. The charger will charge for about 15 mins and then gets an error, but it's enough to do a decent vacuuming of the room if I charge then vacuum, then repeat once more. I can't leave it on the charger now due to the error repeating, so basically I run it dead until the next time.

So my question is, can I continue doing this since it works well enough, or is there potential problems/danger with the battery being at less capacity? I could buy a new battery, they aren't terrible in price, but if it works and is safe, why not continue what I'm doing until it completely gives out?

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