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I found a new entry for the bucket list: ass plasma!
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Steam@programming.dev•A new class-action lawsuit filed by two "gamers" accuses Valve and Microsoft of colluding in an anticompetitive cartel to inflate PC game prices and stifle market competition.
1·2 months agoYeah, I agree it’s not ideal. But under capitalism I think Gabe is about the best we could hope for.
Maybe he will find a worthy hier, or perhaps everything will go to shit. We will see.
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Steam@programming.dev•A new class-action lawsuit filed by two "gamers" accuses Valve and Microsoft of colluding in an anticompetitive cartel to inflate PC game prices and stifle market competition.
142·2 months agoThis is propoganda. Valve is a privately-owned company, and therefore not a lackey of the olgiarcs, that’s why they are being attacked. Valve is good at business and listens to it’s customers, and Microsoft can go fuck itself sideways.
Valve’s policy is not anti-competitive. If you want to offer your game somewhere other than steam for whatever price you like, you are free to do so. If you use the steam platform to offer the game, then Steam requires you to not offer it for a lower price elsewhere AT THE SAME TIME.
That is not a monopoly, that is a clause of business contract. If a company doesn’t want to do business with valve, then they don’t have to. The 30% fee is large, but the value that comes with is massive.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the number one problem you are facing?
7·2 months agoCapitalism
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why are so many people still fine with using "The C Word" despite it being officially a derogatory slur towards women?
8·2 months agoThis. Exactly this. Thank you.
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Linux@programming.dev•Linux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematic
5·2 months agoThe author is not in favor of DRM or age verification on linux. They are simply pointing out the implications of the proposed exemptions. The real problem is that these sort of invasions of privacy are being considered AT ALL. Nomatter how they are implemented, they will be horrible for everyone except big brother.
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•What Does Royal Honey Do Sexually? My Experience and QuestionsEnglish
12·2 months agoThis is a meme community. You will probably have better luck at asklemmy or one of the other advice communities.
That being said, I highly doubt that consuming royal honey will affect your sex life. This reeks of snake oil.
But it’s obviously a joke. (at least to me)
That means that the text in no way represents anyone’s opinion, it’s sole purpose is entertainment. If anything, it’s a jab at the people that claim to do things because of the idiotic and meaningless “alpha” label, not an endorsement of sloth.
I believe this is what the old folks refer to as a “joke”.
It is an ancient form of communication, the goal of which is to induce laughter in the recipients. Factual accuracy is often not a concern, and in fact many jokes lack peer review of any kind.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•How likely is it that there's an animal on earth that's smarter than human beings in key areas?
28·3 months agoChimpanzees are considerably better than us at short-term memory.
No, it’s fedora.
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digitalescapetools@sh.itjust.works•StartOS – Turn any device into a private self-hosted server (run your own cloud, apps & services)English
2·3 months agoThis looks really nice! I’m a few weeks into my first debian homeserver, and so far I am enjoying the tinkering and customization, but boy does this look like less of a headache.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•People with bad/no hearing, can you "hear" yourself chewing when you eat?
281·3 months agoI’m not deaf, but just in case you don’t get an answer that stems from personal experience:
Your hearing loss in the one ear is (I’m assuming) caused by the ear canal being blocked. Your sensory organ still hears you chewing because the sound is transferred through the bones of your skull to your ear.
A deaf person has a different problem: their sensory organ is damaged or missing, so it doesn’t matter where the sound comes from, they don’t hear it.
By all psychologists?
I agree that there is some stupid stuff being done in the name of science, 100%. But the discipline isn’t really the deciding factor imho.
If you are interested, here is sabine explaining how academic is fundamentally broken.
The cannabis plant when left to itself doesn’t create much THC (which is what gets you high), but it is very useful for making rope and clothing, as well as oil and other products. Only when you make sure that you only have female plants (and take care of them in a certain way) do they produce lots of THC.
So just because the plant is growing somewhere doesn’t mean that someone is smoking it.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Should "soft science" be considered real science?
32·3 months agoAbsolutely, yes.
The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge through careful observation, rigorous skepticism, hypothesis testing, and experimental validation.
Any observable phenomenon should be studied using the scientific method. The alternatives are superstition or ignorance.
Psychology is a good example. It has been limited by our technology and our morals. The human brain is extremely complicated, and we cannot just disrupt peoples lives to create ideal testing conditions. But that doesn’t mean that psychology is not science. It just means that it has unique challenges.
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Houseplants@mander.xyz•What are we doing wrong with our rubber plant?English
5·4 months agoThis can happen just because of lack of sunlight. This happens to mine every fall/winter when I bring it in from living on the patio. Did you recently move it to a place with less sunlight?
That being said, when was the last time you gave it fertilizer? And how often do you water it?


First off, you are not pathetic, the world is depressing. And just having the intent to do this is a great start. Be kind to yourself, no one else can do that for you.
The first thing to do is forget all of those grand ideas about having a giant garden with all sorts of produce. Even if that is your end goal, don’t think about that! It will only demotivate you, because it seems so far away from where you are now.
The second thing to do is go to your local library and get some books about gardening. The simpler the better, is they have gardening books for kids then start with those.
Read those books. Take some easy examples, like herbs, lettuce, or garlic. Start small, and don’t overdo yourself. Try to enjoy what you are doing, and stay with the present task. Don’t push yourself immediately to do more.
Let that enjoyment be your guide. If you can focus on feeling good about what you are doing, then the rest will come without effort.