Andy Lundell 💭 @apLundell@octodon.social

@cypnk "When you survive on subscriptions, you push to the front what sells the most. "

I think you're exactly wrong. You're describing a model that depends on hit-count. That's what they're moving AWAY from.

This "See Through Walls" device involves drilling through a wall and putting a wide-angle lens through. Being a dirty pervert was hard work back before they invented wifi-enabled security cameras disguised as smoke detectors.

(Men's Life Aug.1970)

@gargron

Webcomic RSS feeds are usually useless though.

In the glory days of RSS, the content was in the feed. Webcomic artists, insecure about their audience size, as artists often are, were the first to force you to click through.

There are a few that still put content in the feed, but they're the exception, not the rule.

Enjoying #SkyrimVR?

Remember: If you die in VR, you die in real life.

@enkiv2
I think we've lost the abbreviation "tech".

It now refers to internet based companies, like Facebook or Uber, most of which are entirely exploitative, and serve short-term Venture Capital investors instead of serving customers in any traditional sense.

I think if we want to talk about "Technology", we'll have to spell out the whole word.

@inurashii @caraellison

Of course not! Objects outside of our visible region have to be culled for performance reasons.

More #SkyrimVR Impressions :

* If I *have* to constantly carry an arrow in my primary hand when the bow is equipped, I wish I could use it as a crude stabby weapon. At *LEAST* for stuff like clearing spider-webs.

(I feel like this is the sort of thing they'd do if it was designed ground-up as a VR game.)

#SkyrimVR Impressions :
* You can tell it wasn't originally a VR game.
* It's still good enough that I'd probably love it if I hadn't already played Skyrim.
* The combat is disappointing if you've been spoiled by the fantastic and satisfying combat in "Gorn".
* "Dynamic Resolution" is a euphemism for "look really blurry"
* I never thought I cared about the dress-up aspect of the game, but not being able to see my own character bugs me.

Wow, #SkyrimVR is a lot more trippy than I expected it to be.

With a 3d printing pen and some wood-composite filament, you could do additive whittling. Turn a spoon back into a block of wood.

Looks like @panerabread is the latest company that should not be trusted with customer data.
Not only did they leak the data, they only PRETENDED to fix the security hole and thought nobody would notice it was still there.

https://medium.com/@djhoulihan/no-panera-bread-doesnt-take-security-seriously-bf078027f815

I guess you had to be there.

So, schools that are requiring clear backpacks, are they also banning things like binders and folders?

Because when I was in grade school, I'm pretty sure I could have hidden at least two handguns in my Trapper Keeper.

@LexYeen

Oh! I thought we were talking about reducing energy use for, you know, global warming or environmentalism, not for preparing for hurricanes or power-grid doomsday.

Sorry to have interrupted. Carry on.

@LexYeen

It's only "less power" after you get past the original energy debt spent in its original manufacturing, raw materials procurement, etc.

I'd love to know the math for that, but my instinct is that a solar usb isn't going to pay for itself.

I could be wrong, like I said, I don't know the math.

@LexYeen I'm not sure that would turn an energy profit over its lifetime when compared to the energy cost of owning another piece of manufactured goods.

Good if you do a lot of camping, though.

Penicillin mold is the greatest boon to civilization in all of history.

And I understand that in addition to giving us delicious blue cheese, it's also used for something in medicine.

@bradlibum You are aware of https://boardgamegeek.com/ ?

@vantablack
Just a little, though. Not too much.