Just need another 21,000 people working on it
CurlyWurlies4All
If I can’t share a Curly Wurly then it’s not a revolution.
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Apparently, Giza had 20,000 laborers in addition to 16,000 support staff working on the pyramid over 20 to 30 years.
The California High Speed Rail is the only thing comparable in the USA and that has only required 15,000 jobs since 2015.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto Games@lemmy.world•What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?English4·7 days agoI discovered Prey (2017) a few years back. It is so my shit.
It’s probably the worst named game of all time. It’s essentially a sequel to System Shock 2 and Bioshock. Should have been called Xenoshock or something because it’s generic name is nothing like the really original game underneath.
You are fully in the driver’s seat, with a crazy amount of freedom in how you want to get from one section of the space station to the next.
The opening scene, once I discovered the reality behind the scenes, I was hooked.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto News@lemmy.world•Trump says the administration is working on a 'temporary pass' for immigrants in certain industriesEnglish7·7 days agoTech bros reinventing the train again
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto Games@lemmy.world•Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressmanEnglish1032·7 days agoThey targeted gamers.
Gamers.
We’re a group of people who will sit for hours, days, even weeks on end performing some of the hardest, most mentally demanding tasks. Over, and over, and over all for nothing more than a little digital token saying we did.
We’ll punish our selfs doing things others would consider torture, because we think it’s fun.
We’ll spend most if not all of our free time min maxing the stats of a fictional character all to draw out a single extra point of damage per second.
Many of us have made careers out of doing just these things: slogging through the grind, all day, the same quests over and over, hundreds of times to the point where we know evety little detail such that some have attained such gamer nirvana that they can literally play these games blindfolded.
Do these people have any idea how many controllers have been smashed, systems over heated, disks and carts destroyed 8n frustration? All to latter be referred to as bragging rights?
These people honestly think this is a battle they can win? They take our media? We’re already building a new one without them. They take our devs? Gamers aren’t shy about throwing their money else where, or even making the games our selves. They think calling us racist, mysoginistic, rape apologists is going to change us? We’ve been called worse things by prepubescent 10 year olds with a shitty head set. They picked a fight against a group that’s already grown desensitized to their strategies and methods. Who enjoy the battle of attrition they’ve threatened us with. Who take it as a challange when they tell us we no longer matter. Our obsession with proving we can after being told we can’t is so deeply ingrained from years of dealing with big brothers/sisters and friends laughing at how pathetic we used to be that proving you people wrong has become a very real need; a honed reflex.
Gamers are competative, hard core, by nature. We love a challange. The worst thing you did in all of this was to challange us. You’re not special, you’re not original, you’re not the first; this is just another boss fight.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•How do you treat cancer in the US? Asking out of curiosity but I want serious answers.English4·10 days agoThat’s monsterous.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto News@lemmy.world•Trump meets with Zelenskyy and says higher NATO defense spending may deter future Russian aggressionEnglish3·11 days agoHistorically, additional military spending has always correlated with less aggressive behaviour right? Right guys? Ṟ̸̡͝ì̶̪ğ̴͙̩h̷̺̣͑t̴̢̪̊? Ŕ̷̢̩̤̲̥̳͙̠̫̼̟̯͎́̈͒͛͌͒̍̋͋͝͠͝ͅi̵̢̛͖̘̪̠̝̘͑̽̿́͗͊̾͊̚͘̕͜͝ğ̷̳̤̤͚̼͙̞̥̄̑͘̚͜͝h̵̤͑̒̓̓̃͂̂̾͆̏̚͘̚͝ṭ̵͍̮͚͈͖͖̫̙͎͑͌̔̆̈́͗̑̔́̑̊̏͘͜͠͝?̶̙͎͇͒̄̄͐̎̀̓́̇̽͐̆͒̑̊̍??
Trying pivoting, you might see a solution.
I lived in a flat in London where the only window was filled with these glass bricks. I think I would have preferred a window.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto News@lemmy.world•Republicans can’t stop wasting money – they want to scrap USPS’ awesome EVsEnglish2·13 days agoOshkoshmigosh
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Fake dentist arrested after Googling how to do a root canal - DexertoEnglish2·13 days agoI get that reference
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto Technology@lemmy.world•Apple to Australians: You’re Too Stupid to Choose Your Own AppsEnglish15·17 days agoI am too stupid. This is true. Too stupid to buy an iPhone too.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto News@lemmy.world•Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgmentEnglish64·19 days agoIt’s already proven and decided. Not only was it proven. He’s continued to make the same claims post-judgement. Completely unrepentant.
It’s getting him to actually pay the penalties that’s turning out to be the difficult part.
He shifts assets to under his father’s name. He lies about the size of his assets. He makes side deals with external funders to outbid buyers and gift assets back to him. He’s just a bad dude.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Xbox 360/PS3/(to a lesser extent) Wii owners representEnglish1·1 month agoI’ve been refurbishing my PS3. It’s running like a dream.
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CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netto Technology@lemmy.ml•AI chatbot Grok can’t stop talking about 'white genocide', admits it's by designEnglish41·2 months agoYeah there are much more intelligent takes on this, but they’re arriving at similar conclusions.
https://www.404media.co/why-did-grok-start-talking-about-white-genocide/
Electrician. Everyone needs an electrician.
I like duck if it’s done properly, but eat kangaroo more often.