Dick and I are heading to the strip club!
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Haha, this is just about the Charlotte airport…
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•How do you be aware of major issues in the world and locally without becoming deeply depressed and cynical?English
4·1 year agoLet someone curate your news for you and don’t doomscroll. I suggest PBS Newshour or one of the three major broadcast news programs.
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Question for those knowledgeable about alternative web protocols (gopher, gemini, etc): Would it be possible to create a tool that translates http sites to those formats, on demand?English
31·1 year agoHow do you think they would look? To get the news web page in your example, you are still going to have to have to render the page by running the client-side scripts required by modern websites and render some type of markup language for layout. It’s not like web pages are secretly sitting in pure text on a server somewhere…
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Question for those knowledgeable about alternative web protocols (gopher, gemini, etc): Would it be possible to create a tool that translates http sites to those formats, on demand?English
62·1 year agoYou are conflating content with delivery protocol. The websites would look the same regardless of protocol.
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What business plan seemed so dumb to you but actually worked out?English
5·1 year agoA. They were always more of a novelty gift rather than a child’s gift.
B. I was 12 when the trend hit and I had no desire to get one. Neither did my younger siblings.
C. N/A as my parents didn’t get me one.
D. The novelty of a gag gift that was pre-packaged.
E. That’s the million dollar question.
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What business plan seemed so dumb to you but actually worked out?English
55·1 year agoSomeone once made a mountain of cash selling pet rocks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Replay_Game There were 37 seconds left when it was overturned–not post game.
Ornithologists use the Merlin app.
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.English
1·2 years agoShe’s not there yet, voice, story, and world building : A+ Narrative : B-
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Science Memes@mander.xyz•I don't even know what this means but I'm just gonna leave it right hereEnglish
21·2 years agoI’m not saying she’s fast, but she gets around faster than a photon
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios sayEnglish
9·2 years agoThey will soon. I have no faith in their leadership.
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios sayEnglish
7·2 years agoHave they already turned over the IP addresses?
Computer simulations, like this one.
kometes@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?English
231·2 years agoWiki McWikface
Only if the tidal forces are large enough. For a small black hole, the tidal forces will kill you before you reach the EH.
See here for speculation on civilizations inside a massive black hole: https://www.academia.edu/10665641/Is_there_life_inside_black_holes
It’s entirely possible to live inside the event horizon. “Falling” is a problematic word.

“smallest”?