[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've played Dwarf Fortress (since 0.31). I'm not in the least bit suprised. It is seriously addictive.

As for myself I've had way too many "I'll just...." then "oh damn it's 3am again".

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

That's because the cat's name is "6 ice cold beers".

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Another splendd Kapwng cartoon.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 69 points 4 days ago

Quite right too. The most important factor for me when buying a computer is that the sales droid is in an office. All those CPU, RAM and disk numbers are secondary to that.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 42 points 5 days ago

A friend persuaded me to go on a date with a girl I wasn't particularly into. We went for a meal, then she wanted to go clubbing. But I'm not into that either, so she broke down in tears. I was pretty sure I hadn't said anything that bad, but then the story came out: her ex-partner had the same first name and job as me, and the meal and clubbing were his favourite things, but he'd been found dead in another country with his common law wife and kids, and the similarity to me was effectively his coming back from the dead to be with her again.

No there wasn't a second date. I haven't seen her since either. Neither have I taken dating advice off that friend since, although we are still friends.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 50 points 1 week ago

But you DO have a PhD. Claiming it is somehow not valid is a criticism of the establishment that awarded it to you. You're just suffering from impostor syndrome, that's all.

Also, no employer will consider someone fresh out of education, even someone with a PhD, to have vast quantitites of useful real-world experience, so even declaring a PhD won't see you land your first job with the expectations that you'll ace every bit of it from day one.

It's good that you realise you know nothing. That is both accurate and useful. But don't take it too far. What your PhD proves is that you have an ability to learn, understand and communicate, and THAT is what employers are looking for.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 76 points 1 month ago

Fmovies? Never heard of... wait, sorry, what I meant to say was OH NO!!! Not Fmovies!!! Guess I'm going to have to buy everything now!!!!!11!1

Arr.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 48 points 3 months ago

Heh, I wonder how the ml tankies are spinning this one and what browser they're going to use instead of Nazifox or whatever stupid name they're using for it now.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 57 points 5 months ago

Yes OK, but apart from all that, what has Biden ever done?

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 121 points 5 months ago

Brit here. It's great to be part of a country that brings so much joy to so many people.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 84 points 11 months ago

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[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 84 points 1 year ago
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This relates to the BBC article [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66596790] which states "the UK should pay $24tn (£18.8tn) for its slavery involvement in 14 countries".

The UK abolished slavery in 1833. That's 190 years ago. So nobody alive today has a slave, and nobody alive today was a slave.

Dividing £18tn by the number of UK taxpayers (31.6m) gives £569 each. Why do I, who have never owned a slave, have to give £569 to someone who similarly is not a slave?

When I've paid my £569 is that the end of the matter forever or will it just open the floodgates of other similar claims?

Isn't this just a country that isn't doing too well, looking at the UK doing reasonably well (cost of living crisis excluded of course), and saying "oh there's this historical thing that affects nobody alive today but you still have to give us trillions of Sterling"?

Shouldn't payment of reparations be limited to those who still benefit from the slave trade today, and paid to those who still suffer from it?

(Please don't flame me. This is NSQ. I genuinely don't know why this is something I should have to pay. I agree slavery is terrible and condemn it in all its forms, and we were right to abolish it.)

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