
It is going to turn stormier in the UK this week as Storm Éowyn moves in from the Atlantic.

Relevant XKCD https://xkcd.com/2501/
As in, it was a different actor playing Kovacs in the second series? Wouldn't it have been more weird for him to have found an exactly similar sleeve on a totally unrelated world?
Of course it should have felt like exactly the same person in a different skin - if that's not true blame the acting and directing!
A fucking depraved dirty sex act, you'd feel shame even googling
Only if you're doing it right!
So much for the view that trans people would not be impacted by this ruling, it was a clarification and they were covered elsewhere in the law
Satire article? Please tell me that's a satire article?
In the film "Mars Attacks" there's a scene where the US president, country under attack, takes a call from the French president who thinks he's negotiated a peace deal with the Martian ambassador.
The US president wearily says "Maurice, get out of the room, get out now" and then there's a scene with the Martians attacking the French cabinet and the Eiffel Tower
I'm reminded of that scene when people think they can honestly negotiate with these guys
I read your comment straight after this post went up and although I didn't understand it, I didn't comment as I thought I might have missed something.
Checking back a few days later, I'd like to say that this interaction here is why I enjoy Lemmy over old Reddit or Twitter or similar. Thank you for engaging in the conversation and admitting that your initial take was a misread rather then deleting your post.
Seven ospreys diving in tight formation
I did my part.
Starship troopers.gif
The Breturn?
Hang on, more of an unnecessary economic error than Liz Truss?! That's impressive "hold my beer" territory
Does proton have a photos solution?
So soon?
One day left, what are the scores on the doors?
For some reason I pictured you living in Vatican City with this comment
Tbf, the status site linked in the sidebar said that it was down, I just had nowhere to go to find out why!
I was wondering exactly this - there's no place to go and chat about where the instance has gone because when it goes down, so does our access everywhere.
To check that the Turkish election is free and fair right? Right?
Anakin_and_Padme.meme
Sobering, for sure
Guess who forgot to score his loaf
I'm thinking this should be marked NSFW...
Back action brings up keyboard
This just started happening today so probably something I've changed in the settings but I don't know what. Whenever I take a "back" action, the phone keyboard pops up. This is true if I swipe on my phone (system default action), or press back in the top left of the screen.
I've tried toggling the swipe to go back in the settings but it doesn't seem to impact this one.
Any ideas gratefully received, it's quite annoying
So you're telling me to stay in and make Eowyn memes all weekend?
It is going to turn stormier in the UK this week as Storm Éowyn moves in from the Atlantic.
Well okay then
We were made for these times
I know this community is not strongly in use but... I find the linked letter to be helpful to me when times out in the world get difficult. It's odd, because the message is quite religious and I'm staunchly agnostic.
Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope.
It always works for me, hopefully it might work for someone else out there.
Sourdough ciabatta rolls
Okay so I totally failed to put the dough in the fridge overnight, these might not quite be as intended but they're okay!
Be still my beating tastebuds
How low on avocado do you need to be to not be allowed to say that it's guac? 3.5% will certainly do it.
Does anyone else find that 4G+ on O2 is awful?
I'm not 5G enabled yet so theoretically 4G+ should be my fastest connection speed. However, on O2 I find that it's effectively the same as having no connection at all, and often end up shifting down to 3G just to get some connection.
This can't be right, I feel like I've forgotten a setting or something! Has anyone managed to figure it out, or maybe first does anyone else have the same issue?
Accident on motorway - what's the protocol?
I was driving round the M25 and there was an accident in front of me, I could still get round so I slowed down, put hazards on but drove past and carried on my way.
What's the actual protocol in those situations? I could see all the airbags were deployed, there's nothing I could do for the people inside and for sure getting out on a motorway is a bad idea.
But I feel like I should have done something different. Can anyone with knowledge enlighten me?
LOL? lol
My son asked me if I would play league of legends with him, so tried it for the first time. So much going on!
Firstly, how does anyone zero in on what hero they want to play, there are so many of them! I feel like it would take a year just to play enough to decide.
Secondly, the purchase UI seems to have been designed to ensure that a new player can never understand it. I'm sure like all things it becomes clear over time but jeez, did a professional team really work on that thing?
Anyway, 2 defeats from 2 games so far, I write to you from the lobby waiting for the third!
When the marketing director wants it to look "techie"
Don't tell me that's going to parse in a CLI
Feddit UK and Meta
Seeing as this conversation is going on everywhere right now, what's the approach to Meta going to be here on UK? Personally I'm all for defederation as soon as possible, what does everyone else think?
Playing engineer, ranking more slowly
I started playing at the weekend with my teenagers, we've agreed to only play DRG when we're together so no-one goes off ranking up too fast which is what happened when we played Valorant.
We've selected classes somewhat randomly, I'm playing engineer, they are driller and gunner.
After about 3 or 4 missions they've got to rank 4 and I'm still on 3. I feel like they're getting more kills because they have more killy weapons (waaagh), is that what the rank system is based on?
If so, have I chosen a class which is slower going or gets better late game? Or, does it not really matter as much as I think? I can see that ranking up means better upgrades, presumably therefore more kills so it could be a feedback loop.
Overall we've found it to be great fun as well as a kind of chaotic, screaming mess!
Totally missed starter Saturday. Here's Doris today
Fed yesterday, 2 hours at room temp and then in the fridge. She's actually got a bit bigger than I would like already so maybe straight in the fridge next time?
Which to buy? Steam question
When I go on to Steam there's a heap of different versions of DRG: vanilla, Dwarven Legacy, Master Edition, Deluxe Edition.
I don't want to over buy a new game but at the same time, dislike not being able to do stuff because it's in a DLC.
What does the hive mind recommend?
What's the age cut off for socially acceptable gaming
So, hear me out.
I'm a 47 year old guy and I'm not ashamed to say that I enjoy video games. I always have, from playing Head over Heels on a Speccy +2 to ESO and Valorant on my self built PC.
Due to various life circumstances, I'm also on the dating scene and to most women I meet, around my age, video games are anathema. When I say that I like them it's usually meet with an "oh dear" or a "my son would probably love to talk to you about them, I find them really boring"
I have two boys, both teenagers, both play all the time and sometimes we all play together (although they are better as they have more time to apply to games). Their friends are amazed that I will talk about games with them, that I know someone about games and that I play games. None of their parents want to talk with them about what is effectively their main hobby that they do all the time (big sad).
So the question, there must be some sort of cut off age at which video games are no longer an acceptable pastime. Is
Don't want to cause controversy with my first post here but is this the end of the world?
Why would I want my tea to taste like toast and jam?
My boys got me a starter off eBay for my birthday
Not sure how much the seller understands about the process!