[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 weeks ago

Steam Deck is held back by the perception of mobile gaming. Many don't know how powerful it is, so it competes with the Switch more than PS5.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago

That old version "Gros Michel" is what artificial banana flavour is based on. Bananas used to taste like that. The newer "Cavendish" variety is firmer and lasts longer, but doesn't have the same flavour. It seems like both are being wiped out by disease though, yay monoculture.

Cavendish seem to be especially vulnerable because they're all clones. They don't produce viable seeds, so they're grafted to new plants.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 30 points 7 months ago

Better than pavement. Of course some native grasses would be better, but this is still an improvement.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago

There are probably a few handfuls of other parasites that would count too.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 year ago

We really should rename botanical berries to something else.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 year ago

Algae and plankton. It also obviously takes longer than a few minutes, like at least an hour.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This reminds me of some maps by Andy Woodruff.

They weren't made to find long lines, and picking out a single line can be a tad difficult, but it's very interesting nonetheless.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 years ago

It almost makes me think the higher ups got paid to kill Unity. All the C-suite got golden parachutes if they kill the project now.

Then I remember OGL and the fat lack of competition they had, and remember C-suite often don't know what they're actually in charge of. Malice vs stupidity and such.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 years ago

There are lots of reasons for using a smartphone beyond avoiding engaging in conversation though. Looking things up, sharing contact info, planning another date, paying for the meal/event, even going to a movie can almost require an app.

I'm not saying these would be the majority of the time or anything, but not using your phone whatsoever is more of a limitation than you'd think.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago

And I will continue to assail your hill with; wet is a property that water has.

Wet is simply the surface tension balance of a substance. If a fluid sticks to somthing, it is wet. You can wet your brush, yes, but also wet a soldering iron, or wet every surface with superfluid. Wet refers to the conducting of fluid, capillary action, all the effects of surface tension adhering to something.

How wetting a substance is of another substance is usually measured by the angle a droplet makes upon contact. More sticky (adhesive) and less blobby (cohesive) means more wetting. Cohesion being simply self-adhesion means any fluid with surface tension necessarily totally wets itself, otherwise it's a gas. And since water is a cohesive liquid (with a rather strong surface tension), it is by definition wet.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago

It doesn't matter what the intent is here, the headline is misleading, which is poor journalist integrity. Both malice and ignorance can sink a ship.

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