Cytobit

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[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So poker isn't gambling? Ok.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hasn't pretty much every period piece ever produced been criticized through the lens of historical accuracy?

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Add to the list "Deactivate Steam overlay". That had fixed multiple games for me in the past.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as "simian" or "ape-like" by Marcellin Boule and Arthur Keith.

So yeah, about 100 years for the caveman meme.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveman

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 25 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

As a fellow lake-user, I'm appalled.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

In states like Florida and California, all of the coastal beaches are public property by law. It is illegal for a private landowner to claim part of the beach.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Turnabout is fair play 🤷

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 23 points 2 weeks ago

The GOP is widely regarded as the party of homophobia. So it's ironic that a Republican candidate would act this way.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The numbers on the clock have no effect on the amount of daylight.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

xAI repeatedly refused to help cops or NCMEC identify the user

Well, of course xAI refused to help. It's not like they are one of the victims here, they are accomplices to the crime.

 

A Pyrrhic victory is a victory gained at such a cost to the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. The phrase references a statement attributed to Pyrrhus of Epirus. After his victory against the Romans in the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, Plutarch reports that Pyrrhus exclaimed "One more victory over the Romans and we are completely done for!"

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