Skip Navigation
InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)FA
Farvana @lemmygrad.ml
Posts 2
Comments 36
Writers’ strike wins gains in tentative agreement
  • Initially, pretty poor. ND Stevenson was a webcomic artist. The show was remade in order to reclaim a shitty toy commercial and make it into an examination of identity and self-worth, against a backdrop of (cartoonish) empire.

    Look, if you write off the whole industry, you create a massive cultural gulf between yourself and everyone who watches anything. Meanwhile, movies like Snowpiercer or Sorry To Bother You manage to speak to people you would never dream of reaching out to.

  • ‘Get Americans More Angry at Each Other’ the Goal of CCP Propaganda, Disinformation Campaigns in US, Expert Says
  • I think the scariest thing is that it isn't a disinformation campaign. Disinformation and propaganda are part of partisan politics (for instance, Republicans still think Joe Biden wanted to defend the police and Democrats still think there's a pee tape). Just stating true facts is enough to get people arguing.

    If we would just accept facts we didn't like, a lot of these foreign actors would have a lot less power.

  • Experience with heartbreak?
  • I'm sorry this is so hard. My experience was: recovery takes roughly 1/2 the length of the relationship

    From what you wrote here, you have a lot of work to do before you're a good partner. You really need to be able to stand by yourself fully before you can stand with somebody. You have good qualities: take the time to find them and nurture them.

  • knowledge should be free
  • Messaged!

    I'm well aware of the racket. I recently returned to college after 15 years of working, and I knew back then how the racket worked. It's only gotten worse. The extra injury is that one of these texts is for an introductory course that goes into less detail than any decent youtube series. I understand most people won't be going into a course of study after a decade of personal interest in the subject, but even freshman students in a STEM subject shouldn't be this ignorant. Looking ahead at the syllabus and powerpoints, I learned all of this in middle school.

  • Favorite albums?
  • Slowdive self-titled is perfect. Isaiah Rashad's Cilvia Demo. OM's Conference of the Birds.

    I can sing every word of Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Company. If you think you're not into country, give that album a listen.

  • Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left
  • No, what they proved is it's hard as fuck to go from zero industry to the most industry when most of the world's wealthy want you to fail. Famine was and is a real societal threat and we forget that it happened regularly not that long ago.

  • knowledge should be free
  • Yes, I'm a student, studying in a rigorous environmental field. I'm being as vague as I can be! There's a few reference copies available of my physics text, but none to take home. I want a copy for homework problems. I can scan the pages with those problems, at least... I live an hour drive from campus, though, so I would like to not be out of luck if I miss a problem or two.

    I was able to find one textbook thanks to suggestions here, so thank you for saving me $250 (more like not giving the exploitative textbook industry a quarter grand)!

  • knowledge should be free

    But college textbooks are absurdly expensive. Can anyone point me to some options for digital textbooks that don't have stupid drm?

    9
    Fstoppers on YouTube: Printer Ink, It's a SCAM
  • I have this same model. It's fantastic. The color isn't perfectly spot-on, but the contrast is there and it works. I've printed off a half dozen print-and-play games as well as three Netrunner sets with clear, legible results.