Wolf314159

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

Pie is just a sweet quiche with fewer eggs.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

First, 400 pounds is a pretty beefy fridge, most basic units are a lot lighter. 400 pounds is coincidentally the top end of the average weight search AI gave me too, the lower end being 200 pounds. I've moved a few fridges over the decades, they'd have been hard pressed to get a 400 pounder wedged in there like that.

Second, a fridge is mostly empty space. The weight is certainly not distributed throughout. If they put the heavy end (usually where the compressor is) hanging out the back, they probably wouldn't have made it very far anyway before the thing ejected itself. They are primarily difficult to move because they are bulky and lack safe handholds for lifting.

Third, police modifications adding weight would necessarily require modifications improving the suspension. It would be pretty bad design if putting three 200+ adults in the rear of a police wagon were enough to make the vehicle unsafe.

This is all a pretty dumb thing to argue about. After all, I agree that the cop in this case was an idiot. That's mostly because storing a fridge on its side is a dumb move, but also because I do actually believe that storing it as we see in the photo would be bad for the car too. Fridges have lots of sharp edges, plenty of opportunity to destroy the interior, shatter a window, or cause an accident. I just don't think weight or its distribution is the problem.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not complaining, just thought you knew something that I didn't. That's why I asked.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Ok, but I can also just choose the color directly and not set an image as a wallpaper. I appreciate your effort, but what is the advantage here to tiling a PNG?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

The first Addams Family movie starts with a Christmas scene and so is set during the Christmas season, but clearly has Halloween vibes throughout. The sequel, Addams Family Values, gets even weirder in this kind of holiday mashup vibe. The kids get sent off to a summer camp, where they are doing a thanksgiving play for some reason. So it's Halloween vibes throughout, with turkeys and pilgrims, but it takes place during the summer.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 7 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

At work, all black, because I prefer working in a darkened room and sometimes I need to use the laptop in sunny conditions full of glare. I have no need of any extra light getting blasted at me not directly related to something I'm working on. Also, I get a kick out of the "Why are your other monitors off?" comments. Also, IT tends to clutter my desktop with a bunch of shortcuts with a hodgepodge of icon styles, it's a lot easier to visually parse these on a black field.

At home, the media server is directly connected to a TV with HDMI and has a desktop environment. My distributions default wallpapers always come in two varieties, colorful or greyscale. The server automatically logs into a restricted user account for family access to Kodi, retro arch, web browsing, etc., which has the colorful wallpaper. If for some reason I need to get into the admin account with a GUI, the desktop wallpaper is grey. It's like an always-on simplified color coded whoami. Since I almost never interact with this machine except through ssh or the services it hosts, this is the most amount of ricing I'm willing to do.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

This gives me God Emperor of Dune vibes.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

More like big squirrels with civilization.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

It is amazing foundational science fiction story. Once you've read it, you'll see many of its ideas and themes in many other great works of science fiction literature. Perhaps the most recognizable is as the inspiration for the Ewoks from Star Wars. (In my personal opinion inspiration is a bit of a stretch, Ewoks are pretty much a direct copy.)

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's more like this...

Angel: "Push it over the edge and watch it fall."

Devil: "Drink from it after giving yourself a thorough self cleaning and leave the area before they notice."

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They should hide somewhere in the game itself the real credits of the people that spent significant effort to make the game. An Easter Egg if you will. Like just after defeating the dragon, you find a scroll in their horde with the real credits.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 8 points 2 weeks ago

Just another way to dehumanize.

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