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@Shlomo @HoroTheWhiteWolf It's because every port on the east coast is on strike and shortages of things are coming. Dumbasses don't realize the US is a net exporter of toilet paper tho so there won't be a shortage
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People are fucking stupid and don't realize it's made in the US
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The ruling class is warning people not to drink raw milk because it has bird flu in it. For those not paying real close attention to the bird flu plandemic, this was always going to happen.
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2024/10/rulers-warn-against-drinking-raw-milk.html
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The International Crisis Summit descended on Tokyo last week to warn about the new “replicon” self-amplifying mRNA vaccines that are about to be unleashed like a third atomic bomb upon the population of Japan.
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/10/japan-rising.html
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Collapsing bridges, buckling roads, overheated railways, deteriorating power lines, contaminated water lines, outdated public transportation, overtaxed power grids and more. America is falling apart.
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/10/america-is-falling-apart-our-national-priorities-are-in-dire-need-of-restructuring.html
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#c - what if everything was a pointer
#lisp - what if everything was a linked list
#haskell - what if everything was a pure function
#forth - what if everything was a stack
#lua - what if everything was a hash map
#erlang - what if everything was immutable
#prolog - what if everything was a pattern to match
#java - what if everything was a class
#rust - what if everything was a memory allocation problem
#golang - what if everything != nil
#javascript - what if everything was everything

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inb4 "voting doesn't matter" but i won't vote for anyone if their platform includes anything about israel other than not engaging in any sort of relationship with them whatsoever.

i just hate how the us has to get involved in everyone else's fucking business when we have more than enough problems on our own soil. problems that, if addressed, would do far more good than giving weapons to people to destroy each other with.

So every fall, for whatever reason, I have some random urge to play Chrono Trigger, despite never playing the game before. Maybe it's because I watched ProJared's review during that time years ago. Also, my older brother emulated that game during his teenage years and I remember it being fall at the time. But I decided to play it for the first time and I have some thoughts that I NEVER see anyone talk about.

For one, it's possible to move around when NPCs are talking (outside of cutscenes). I find it jarring and confusing and even then, you still have to press A to advance the dialogue.

The other point I want to bring up is that I find the whole trial part when you are accused of kidnapping the princess absolute bullshit. First off, why should anyone be accused of theft when eating a chicken on a table IN A FESTIVAL? People leave free food on tables during those events. Second, it makes perfect sense to pick up a drop item after someone falls BEFORE checking to see if they're okay, just so the item isn't picked up by someone who could steal it. The whole trial thing is another one of those tests where you are supposed to defy all gamer instincts. It reminds me of that part of CaveStory where you have to ignore Professor Booster after he falls down a pit. At least the prison escape isn't some bullshit stealth mission.

Other than that, I think the game is pretty good so far. As much as I dismiss people's claims that the 16-bit era being a golden age as just nostalgia, maybe they aren't wrong after all.

But Phantasy Star IV is still the best 16-bit RPG. I'm sorry.

Besides Liberland and Somaliland, does anyone know of any micronation that isn't just some LARP?

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Did you wish to preserve as much privacy online as humanly possible, but have been stifled by Google's blockade of invidious to access YouTube indirectly? Despite the blockade at least one instance was prepared for the attack on privacy and still works: invidious.nerdvpn.de/ ... I have no association with the instance, but if you wish to use it you can set your redirect plug-in to utilize it under settings > Add your favorite instances. Apparently they're using residential IPs via one of the decentralized VPN solutions to evade the blockade of invidious instances.

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Switch to drinking from a copper cup for the benefits. Fill it up overnight and drink up.

Why is it hard to find these to buy?...

Now you know why...

gamedev 

Finally added something that I should've added at the start: a debug menu. I don't know why I keep on putting off doing this. Debug menus are so useful, but up until now, I was debugging levels by modifying save files instead.

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Brian Merchant summarizes his reasoning for why the Generative AI hype is now beginning to implode.

"One persisting headache will be generative AI being wielded as job automation technology. It’s going to remain as a threat to artists and creatives because it really can cheaply pump out derivative images and text. The tech companies may lean further into enterprise use cases, insisting it can generate efficiencies if employees are properly trained to use it, for a while yet. It will be used to flood social media with dumb and occasionally disorienting images. And the AI companies may increasingly lean on winning military and government contracts, where a lack of results can be better obfuscated or at least play out over a longer period. So for all those concerned with the deleterious impacts of generative AI, we’re definitely not out of the woods yet."

(Original title: The great degeneration: Is this the beginning of the end of the AI boom?)

bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-gr

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October could be one of the most tumultuous months that we have seen in a really long time. Here are some things to look out for.
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/09/3-major-problems-which-are-looming-over-the-u-s-as-the-month-of-october-begins.html
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