[–] 17 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Also, I've been noticing more and more APIs are adopting a policy where they get rid of any unused credits that you've paid for at the end of the month, creating a 'use it or lose it' FOMO mentality.

All very normal and sane.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Linus: Now, I want to give Linux the fairest chance possible - That's why I'm going to fresh install it blind during a 10,000 person LAN party, in the worst networking nightmare scenario possible

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Okay, here is what I believe:

    I believe landing on the moon and a live video broadcast from the moon are two extremely different things.

    I think they did have actors on a soundstage pantomime to the live audio being piped from the moon. Just cuts down on so many variables, and the stakes were too high for the broadcast to be a technical disaster.

    I think that even despite that, the moon landing is still one of the greatest achievements of humanity.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    My very armchair general-ish educated guess:

    If they have an HE round loaded, a shot might damage or activate the shell's very sensitive front facing fuse, causing it to immediately explode and also cause any other readied shells near the loader to explode, virtually guaranteeing the tank crew's death.

    Other shell types, they have thick and inert ballistic cap that is propelled with enough velocity to shred armor. Basically an oversized bullet themselves. A pistol round would not go through the ballistic cap, only crumple and deform it. But there may be a chance it would make the shell misfire and damage the barrel when the tank crew attempts to fire.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago*

    Odds are if you are dirt poor Republican you are much more likely to be shuffled into a sweatshop to sew socks than take advantage of anything that's going on here.

    Cheap socks imported from China are 148% more expensive, you're still nowhere near having the capital to own a single thing in your life, the rich are only going to get richer, and those socks ain't going to make themselves

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  • My hopes for DLC (lemmy.world)
     

    So with the success of Baldur's Gate 3 DLC is pretty much inevitable. Here is my unsolicited fantasy scenario for what that would look like 🙏

    Spring, summer, and fall:

    An origins pack that would have one pre-made character and one custom character origin like The Dark Urge. The premade would have a new meaty questline and can double as a new companion when not selected of course, and even if you don't buy the DLC the base game's map will still have new locations related to those questlines added with a free update. And there would be a slew of new cosmetics for character creation themed around the new custom character origin.

    Suggested retail price: $9.99.

    November - December:

    A big ol' 30-hour-long proper expansion with the same quality as Witcher 3: Blood and Wine.

    Suggested retail price: $24.99.

    18 new origins and three expansions or bust!

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