Kabuto with an everstone, no evolution needed

Lots of stuff. History in general; DIY stuff, mainly with recycling; uncommon programming languages (the stuff that tends to get less than 5% usage on SO developer surveys, such as Nim, Zig, Elixir, LISP, Vlang, FORTH); 3d modelling; astronomy; understanding different cultures (which is kinda an offshoot from history, I guess); drawing; games (video and board); writing fiction

J as in Jragon

Looking like Anya on the 3rd frame

The article is worth a read. Gonna put some quotes here

You have the option to have your journal analysed by “Minds comments”. (...) Or you can ask it to create a “voice” based on a person you admire.
I try a more unhinged mind: Donald Trump. Strangely, the app latches on to a passage concerning a visit to my hairdresser, who has been doing my hair for more than 30 years. “This reflects a strong sense of loyalty and consistency, much like Trump’s emphasis on long-term relationships and loyalty in his communications.”

Also

At times it’s like the world’s most sycophantic echo, repeating back to you exactly what you’ve said in barely paraphrased words. And it has zero capacity to grasp the hierarchy of people or events. “Oh, this is like what happened with J,” it gushes, in response to an entry about a profound conversation I’d had with S, one of my oldest friends. Who on earth is J? I check back. A random woman at the gym who’d complimented me on my new trainers.

100% artificial, 0% intelligent 🤣

I definitely feel some discomfort when Mindsera nudges me into committing to some tedious life admin chores via a series of questions to identify why I’m feeling overwhelmed. I don’t do the tasks, but then feel sheepish about logging in the next day. I fear being judged, which is ridiculous.

Over time, I start to notice something more worrying. I am subconsciously comparing the behaviour of loved ones with Mindsera. I feel resentful when a friend fails to remember the details of something I’d only recently told him about, then find myself withdrawing to the reliable comfort of my journal. I wonder if the consistency, and illusion of always-available attention could start to create unrealistic expectations of human relationships, particularly in vulnerable individuals.

Emphasis mine on the last one. This is already a problem with everyone having a phone. A lot of people expect you to answer everything within the minute.

Furious, I type back. “I’ve only been telling you about all this for the past 60 days!”
The next response is even worse. “Narrator is defensive and critical.”
What the actual? Too late, I realise my account has defaulted back to the free version.
After 123 entries containing 62,700 words, the truth is the app was only interested in one thing – my money. I log out and say buona sera to Mindsera for the final time.

It unironically sounds like the free version would work better in keeping people's feet on the ground.

I shall bring horses to the Americas in the year 1011 AD. With any luck, the black plague will get around them anyway, but they'll recover in time for the yuropeean arrival

Americas had only corn and llamas so the development was slower there

The Americas also had varieties of squash, beans, amaranth, potato and several other crops that could be cultivated, stored and eaten. A lot of those fell out of favor because of colonialism. The lack of animal traction made the european style of farming a lot more labor intensive, but a number of native american communities simply didn't need them.

Outside of Central America and the Andean side of South America, there were no "great powers", but hundreds of small, independent groups. It's a lot easier to deal with a village that cannot call for reinforcements than a city that can. Even then, Europeans weren't stupid and knew that they needed to ally with locals, which was key to their success.

When Europeans came with horses, wearing armor and armed with iron swords and cannons the natives were simply unable to confront them in battle.

Which is why they quickly learned they had to use guerilla tactics. Also, in the denser forests of Central and South Americas, cannons were usually too much of a hassle to haul and would often be more of a psychological effect than anything, since you can't aim for shit when you can barely see 100yd in front of you due to vegetation.

Step-incest pornography and that which depicts performers as children is abhorrent.
Alongside banning strangulation in pornography which the government previously announced, tackling this vile content will make our country a safer place for women and children and shows the UK can lead the world in tackling violence against women and girls

That's it folks, step incest is violence against women and girls. Next up, in order to further protect them, they'll be prohibited from going outside without a man by their side.

Whoever asked "What's next, BDSM?" - guess what

The government has already made porn that shows women being choked illegal, after a review found videos like these had helped normalise it in real life.

The only silver lining in this whole thing is still only in "planning"

Ministers are also planning to make tech bosses personally liable if their platforms do not remove intimate pictures of people that are posted without consent.

Unlike royal incest, porn incest won't breed itself into a genetic deadend

Why did they pick Shakira and not Adele for a gazelle? The rhyme was right there!

Nuclear propulsion, like Project Orion, would probably make it more likely they'd manage to get out of orbit. No idea on the math here, tho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29

Back when I used spotify, it was exclusively via desktop browser with ublock, never had an ad load