Mercuri

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[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

The hard disk is made with discs.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Remember when Sony laid off a ton of Bungie employees? Talk about a series of bad decisions.

At least they're giving refunds.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Saved me a click

And just in case... /s

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Nah, seems to be an episode of The Boys with a mute character who uses sign language. So she signs i"I hate you" in a scene and it gets subtitled. But it doesn't use the normal CC code as it's a special case. And the code is buggy so it's really easy for the subtitle to not clear off the screen and since it isn't the normal subtitle/CC system it can't be controlled that way. Fun times!

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

There's a number of reasons for this like the electoral college and voter suppression.

The electoral college basically means that all of a states votes go to the winner of that state. If you're casting a minority vote in that state it's very easy for it to not affect the outcome in any way, unlike if the winner was determined by popular vote where every vote mattered. This is also why we see presidents elected even though they receive less votes, which further undermines the system.

Then there is rampant voter suppression, usually in Republican controlled areas. There is a strong correlation between more people voting and Democrats getting elected so Republicans try to make it as difficult as possible for people to vote, especially people who are likely to vote Democrat. So they pass voter ID laws, restrict mail-in voting, close polling places and shorten polling hours. In these areas people might have to spend hours traveling to a polling place only to stand in line for more hours before they can cast their vote.

Add in that voting takes place on a work day when it should probably be a national holiday, the two party system, and other stuff and it's easy for people to feel lukewarm about voting.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Article says that it's basically the equivalent of getting an image of a bottle cap on the surface of the moon from earth. At that kind of resolution the wavelength of light actually becomes a limiting factor. They're using shorter wavelengths to get higher resolution.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

The Fifth Element. I had NO idea what the movie was about when my cousin brought me to the theater. My nerd brain was like, "Is this a quest to find boron or something?" Became one of my all-time favorite movies.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They have this weird idea that life is a zero sum game so that if someone else gains something, they will lose something. Republicans usually dig into this with fear-mongering about how Democrats want them to pay for abortions and Trans-gender surgeries or how their Healthcare will be worse.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Hate to be that guy but they never were and shouldn't be used for bullet wounds. They were originally made to stop minor bleeding, though.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Omg that was such a good watch. Thanks for sharing.

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 126 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It's actually stated on the TSA website that frozen liquids are permitted. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/ice

[–] Mercuri@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I know exactly. I started getting into music creation with a DAW and wanted a good drums plugin. Toontrack Superior Drums claims to be the industry standard but I couldn't use their trial without a credit card. Addictive Drums 2, their closest competitor, actually had a free trial. Guess which one I ended up buying after trying it out for a couple months?

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