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  • It was branded Rockman EXE in Japan, and NT Warrior (i.e. Net Warrior) in the US anime, only. The "network" refers to the internet and the internet of things heavily featured in the games, in which you battle viruses; hence "Battle Network."

  • The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose
  • Key quote:

    To say that “political violence” has “no place” in a society organized by political violence at home and abroad is to acquiesce to the normalization of that violence, so long as it is state and capitalist monopolized.

  • [SPOILERS - DISCUSSION] Season 1 (Series 14) Episode 9: Empire of Death
  • A lot of my feelings got summed up here: basically, the episode had a lot of momentum and incoherence. Beyond that,

    • Having just watched "Pyramids of Mars," I'm puzzled Davis revived this villain, and that the impatient Sutekh acquired the patience to wait centuries (millennia?) to complete his plan.
    • I love the Memory TARDIS!
    • I thought 15 was supposed to be the "healed" doctor.
    • Davies is playing with the idea of concepts, perception, memory and faith influencing reality; but the handwavy, cursory explanations for how it all works makes it impossible to anticipate events or solutions to the challenges thr Doctor faces, which limits how the viewer can interact with the story and how engaged I feel. (E.g. when the Doctor says "there's nothing I can do" we just have to take him at his word, until it turns out all he had to do was leash Sutekh and drag him into the time vortex, and likely could have from the very start, given how Sutekh was restraining himself even before they discovered Ruby's mother. So the show becomes less of a thought exercise, more of waiting for the Doctor and plot to strikefamiliar chords.)
    • This isn't Davies' best work, but I'm hoping he's getting back into his groove. Either way, I'm hyped for Moffat's upcoming special!
  • Yo dawg, I heard you liked computers...
  • 3 sticks of RAM...

  • WIP Wednesday
  • I feel like I know that map... Zelda?

  • Odo flavored.
  • The original, Blue Raspberry.

  • What did you do to survive the night of/after a breakup?
  • As a highly sensitive person, what I've learned for me is:

    1. It takes time - years, even - to understand what happened, and why. Which means there's nothing productive to be done except avoid things you'd regret. Be your best self, even if it's hard as hell. If you care about this person, give them the space they evidently need; and leave the door open to reconnecting later in until you've decided, with a clear head and understanding why, that you'll never eant them in your life.
    2. Prioritize caring for your basic mental and physical needs by getting enough sleep, food, exercise, and time outdoors.
    3. Treat yourself like you're sick with the flu or a cold. Get rest if you can. Find ways to relax. Give yourself time to heal. Mindless things like TV or videogames can be good. Socializing is also good.
    4. Partners can ground us; make us feel secure, taken care of, connected to our world, full of purpose and value, etc. In the long term, without them, you need to re-ground and find things that give you those feelings. I had to come up with a list of things that make me feel connected and worthwhile, then take steps to engage in those. It included creative hobbies and dedicating time to good friends. Finding "myself" and things that felt meaningful took work: self-reflection and journaling, forcing myself to do hobbies until I enjoyed them, and becoming inspired by good art (TV, music) I love. Often our roots are in our upbringing, so it can be good to reconnect with things we loved. Once you have a life without your ex, you don't need them. You don't need any partner as much, for that matter, because what sustains you is more within your power and identity. And that's how future relationships can be made safer, and heartbreak survivable.
  • How do you improve your "pattern application" knowledge?
  • I loved my course on patterns. It was tough, but I now regularly feel like I can apply mastery of this tricky subject to my software projects. The course used a variety of techniques:

    • Read the seminal Design Patterns book by Gamma et al., for an overview of the concepts.
    • Every week, we'd incorporate three patterns into a preexisting XML processor project. My final one had like 25 patterns, which was challenging to keep working amidst refactoring. (You don't have to do them cumulatively, but I enjoyed it.)
    • We'd have to ask pattern-specific questions of our classmates in forum threads; and occasionally we'd be assigned to answer some.
    • We each wrote up our own pattern. (I designed one based on my experiences handling data exchange between web apps and clients.)

    Together, this taught us

    • How the patterns could concretely look in practice.
    • Pros, cons, and other considerations for each.
    • Similaraties, differences, and nuances. (We'd joke that everything was the Template pattern if you squinted.)
    • The impact of modifications to the patterns.
    • How to recognize, create, hone, collaborate on, and share patterns.

    I appreciate this approach because patterns are an inherently fuzzy subject.

  • How do you improve your "pattern application" knowledge?
  • It's more like languages evolved to incorporate the most common idioms and patterns of their ancestors. ASM abstracted common binary sequences. C abstracted common ASM control structures and call stacks. Java leaned hard on object orientation to enable compositional and inheritence-based patterns widely used in C and early OO languages. Python baselines a lot of those patterns, and makes things like the Null Object pattern unnecessary.

  • Just another day of saving the bees.
  • Don't bee that way!

  • Online Ratings Are Broken | Companies aren’t asking for your feedback. They’re begging you for data.
  • The implication of "leave a review!" is they want info on quality to improve service; the twist is they don't care about that, just getting information about you for ad targeting.

  • Show your rubber duck debugging ducks
  • A cluster duck, if you will.

  • What is your favorite Ghost type Pokémon?
  • Shout out to Chandelure! (But secretly, Drifblim's my favorite too!)

  • Really enjoying this game! What do you think of my party so far, I just beat misty
  • Good team for that gym, and should help get you to the next! I typically try to catch "em all and play with the ones I like best. It's fun to change things up once in a while. But one of the great things about this game is you can play different ways. If you really don't want to change your team, you can grind and level them up until they win!

  • Is going up loading previously loaded posts in the feed in card mode jittery for anyone?
  • May have to do with images loading and causing cards' height to suddenly change and push down the content beneath it.

  • Lasagna or Doom Level?
  • Pretty sure the bottom right is Pizza the Hutt.

  • Should there be an actual equivalent to r/AskReddit in here?
  • Some servers have a c/NoStupidQuestions

  • ITAP of a restaurant in Rome
  • Shit, I was just about to say "I think I've been there!"

  • Is it possible not to use the in-app browser?
  • The setting hasn't been working everywhere for me. (Might have been improved with the latest release, but not sure and kinda hard to test with all the crashing...)

  • www.bbc.co.uk Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin claims control of major Russian city Rostov-on-Don

    Yevgeny Prigozhin claims his Wagner forces have seized "all military facilities" in Rostov-on-Don.

    A related article indicates Prigozhin claims this is not a coup; that his claims of being shelled by Russia haven't been substantiated; that he also criticized Putin a day ago.

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    Logitech fails to honor it's warranties

    I bought my Logitech G533 a year and a half ago. Had decent reviews, and I got it new for a reasonable price on eBay. Two days ago, the mic broke, and I discovered it's a known issue (Reddit link) since 5 years ago. But, I thought, clearly this would be covered by its two-year warranty! Doesn't even require a receipt if you just need a replacement! So naturally the rep says:

    1. The warranty applies from date of manufacturer unless you have a receipt to prove date of purchase.
    2. They won't accept a receipt from eBay, as eBay's not a licensed reseller, and they consider the new, in box item "second hand."
    3. They'd love to help me, but there's simply nothing they can do 🙂

    Yes, fucking emoji and all. So I'm typing up a complaint to my state consumer protection agency and spreading the word not to trust Logitech more than you can throw them.

    Is this standard? Probably. Should it be? Hell no.

    At this point, might try to repair it myself; but I'll likely be out another $100 for my second headset in as many years.

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    Do other people think "Tyrannosaurus!" soon as they read the name Mastodon?

    And is it too much to ask the fediverse to contain a pterodactyl, triceratops, and saber tooth tiger themed apps?

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    SNOOcalypse - document, discuss, and promote the downfall of Reddit. @lemmy.ml NaN @lemmy.world
    www.forbes.com Reddit CEO Pushes Back Against Blackout—Will Consider Letting Users Vote Out Moderators

    Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is looking to put an end to the site’s blackout.

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