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Rhaedas

@ Rhaedas @fedia.io

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There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

  • reminder to (test your) backup

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  • Narrator: The fire detector in fact did not work.

    There's more than one kind of backup in life, check them all.

  • Magic Socks

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  • I've been in some craft shops before that sold all sorts of crystals and other knick-knacks, and while I would never believe they have some magical power, there were some pretty cool things. The prices though... not that they were overpriced really, just that I couldn't afford them. :D

    I got a meteorite for last Christmas that I keep on my desk. Technically it's just a little lump of pitted metal, one of hundreds of thousands sold. But it's neat to look at and think about sometimes.

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  • They watch out after their own kind.

  • The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel

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  • Two easy ones:

    No 9-11. There would have eventually been an attempt somehow, hell, maybe it would have been worse, like a dirty bomb. But the ball wouldn't have been dropped on staying alert. Climate activism. Still think it was far too late even by 2000 to prevent the worst that's coming (which tells you were I think we are now), but at least Gore knew the science and would have tried to change something.

    Still would have had our problems, but it's such a different path, it's hard to say what would have still happened.

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  • So what about the renaming of Office to Co-pilot? Microsoft is so confused. Or truly trying to make 2026 the year of Linux.

  • Trump supporters burn MAGA hats after president's AI Jesus post and pope attack

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  • There are lots of problems, but some are more dependent on the others, so pick your battles. There are also predicaments. Whether or not the biggest problems are really that is debatable. But have to start somewhere.

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  • This isn't the first one made of him. So it took a few to push people over.

    A reminder that it isn't Trump, but the ones who support him that are the problem, and there are so many of them. And even they are also just a symptom of a deeper illness. A self-perpetuating one.

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  • It's easy marketing. Convenient situation, taboo, but not too taboo. The line always seems to be "but you're my stepsister" "yeah, STEPsister, not real". So it's wrong, but not that wrong. The multiple people scenario is just ramping the taboo up, but not worrying about relationships after the video. Real polygamy is complicated and probably not as successful as porn depicts it. (and that's ignoring the step situation altogether)

    I say probably only because I'm sure there are some out there that work. But to have three or more people in a long-term working relationship without costs has to be rare. Just having something like a work relationship between a few people can be touchy, and that's without feelings and sex involved.

  • Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreement

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  • This is the real problem. Enablers. He doesn't have to stay in power.

  • Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreement

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  • He's embarrassing Kim Jong Un.

  • Fox News doc says not enough ’15 to 19′ year-olds are having kids: ‘The fertility is down’

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  • Not an expert, but that would depend on the location, probably. Smaller game, certainly, but not everyone had large animals roaming around. Likewise, there were probably people who hunted and didn't gather that much because there simply wasn't that type of plant around.

    But the point made still stands: modern life is not something natural to our evolution.

  • Why I always keep doing it...

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  • Far worse, and this applies to more than programming. If something is broken, I want it to be consistent. Don't fix yourself, or sort of work but have a different effect. Break, and give me something to figure out, damn it.

  • Why I always keep doing it...

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  • I feel called out. I'm not sure which way I'd go.

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  • I agree on a boundary, but it shouldn't be marriage. It should be whenever it feels like the right time with that person. That's the problem with the "saving yourself for marriage", it's a solid line, where a sexual relationship should be something you both gradually go into together. Every couple will have different needs, different timelines where this works. It isn't based on a wedding day and a night to consummate the deal. I don't find that romantic at all if the couple hasn't been together before, it feels forced. And like others have mentioned, what if you get that far and something doesn't click? A sexual relationship that doesn't work out is awkward enough, but at least it doesn't have lots of legal bindings to deal with too.

  • Why don't spaceships rotate to cause artificial gravity?

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  • It helps reduce the problems mentioned if you lessen the target goal. We don't need 1 G of force just like we don't need a full 1 atm or pressure or 80% of nitrogen mix in the air to breathe. Less gravity force, less RPMs for the same diameter.

    But scale is still the better option, making something a few kilometers wide and with only 0.7 G means less stress, less effects from the rotation, etc. That's still in the category of megastructures though, so while not impossible to build, not going to happen at our current level.

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  • One way to look at it is that you're known and predictable, and sometimes comfort and security win. If you can't be the wild and eclectic person she wants, maybe it's not the best match?

  • 'Iran won' after they 'rope-a-doped' Trump: MS NOW analyst

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  • What, the right turn around and blame the current left administration for something that the right had caused before? Why, that never happ... okay, that's what always happens.

  • Find the cat!

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  • Side note: What a wonderful natural yard. They obviously love it that way. Also, never thought of that color as cameo, but it works.

  • Stuck in the middle with you

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  • *Don't Look Up