Here’s a cursed idea for capitalists: renting your online identity. You pay a subscription fee to keep your original username, or you get an ugly suffix. If a suffixless username becomes available, it is put on auction for the suffixed plebeians.
I take my shitposts very seriously.
Here’s a cursed idea for capitalists: renting your online identity. You pay a subscription fee to keep your original username, or you get an ugly suffix. If a suffixless username becomes available, it is put on auction for the suffixed plebeians.
It’s a reference to a line in a Stargate episode, uttered by a historian in reference to outdated medieval practices (specifically trepanning). If I have to make a point, it is that historical fiction about a specific time and culture should reflect the values and prejudices of the people and not be condemned for it.
That article reads like that other shitpiece that called Ghost of Tsushima racist for portraying Mongols as evil. Like, bruh. It wasn’t called “the dark ages” for a lack of sunlight.
Do the “yes, and” routine. You can’t deny that it happened, and deflecting blame (even if valid) will look like desperate damage control. Don’t bring up the topic, and if the others do, make them look weird for it.
Own it, otherwise you’ll be the person who got caught looking at femboys.
You can control how an embarrassing situation plays out. Take it from an expert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMij8LspzHk
Idolatry is one hell of a drug.
Not useless, but it can go bad much quicker. A few years ago I lost a rotary hoe because the engine had been damaged and the carburetor had gotten clogged. The fuel was less than a year old, but closer in color to cooking oil.
If gasoline sits in open air or a non-sealed container for a long time, its lighter fractions will eventually evaporate. The heavier fractions can cause blockages and misfires. It can still be used, but you have to dilute it with fresh gasoline. If it happens while inside an engine, the carburetor should be rinsed with fresh gasoline to remove clogs.
I don’t understand, please show me which part of this bike needs gasoline to function.
Some, but the output drops significantly. Solar panels like direct sunlight. Even a thin cloud layer can reduce the output just by both blocking and diffusing sunlight.
(The graphs are just for illustration, I have no context for them)
A car-sized EV’s convenience is wasteful when energy is scarce and other options are available.
Zombie flicks are not exactly known for their strict adherence to realism. Residential power would likely be the first to go, if only to reserve generator capacity and fuel for military, medical, and government facilities, and rich assholes’ mansions.
Maintaining the electric grid takes an incredible amount of work and the tight cooperation of all of its facilities. If one or several large generator were to shut down, it might cause a cascading collapse. Executing a black start is a massive challenge at the best of times, and probably impossible in a post-collapse society.
Clouds.
Without the power grid to back them up, solar panels are only as reliable as the weather. A week of overcast skies will drain everything you have in your batteries. No output during the night either. There’s also the problem of theft, vandalism, natural wear, and the difficulty of finding replacement parts.
If you have solar energy and a way to store it, it should be used for more vital applications, like lights, cooking, and refrigeration.
good in a zombie Apocalypse
…as a makeshift barricade when it inevitably runs out of juice. Perhaps as an explosive trap. You could strip it for parts and resources. But for transportation? Fuck no. A vehicle is only as reliable as its source of fuel. Keeping the electric grid alive would be impossible in a fallen society.
If you want reliable mobility in a zombie apocalypse, get on a bike.
I’m sure replacement units are in plentiful supply. Right?
It doesn’t exist. Nor does brown. It’s all just orange, but with extra context. Here is a video you should watch that will be exploring the color brown.
That bar is so low it’s practically a tripping hazard in hell.
“Deeply sorry” rings false when it is followed by all the reasons excuses why he shouldn’t face the consequences.
At least we get a 3.45% discount on subscription fees per day for a month once every four years.
A pencil writing on paper.
Assuming we’re talking about “anyone” including a post-collapse society or an alien race that never invented the floppy, and sufficiently advanced to competently use a computer. The most basic means of recording information is to use an implement to create marks on a surface. You can draw lines in the sand, or indentations on a clay tablet, or scratches on a lead sheet, or lines on a paper, the method usually involves a flat surface and a pointy object leaving visible lines. The symbolic representation of a pencil and paper is sufficiently generic that most people will associate it with committing information to a non-volatile medium.
@Crazyslinkz-ede64b01-9229-46f5-aadf-2eabe25e6245@lemmy.world just doesn’t roll off the tongue that easily.