scytale

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

Whataburger, but specifically the Sweet & Spicy Bacon Burger. Their regular burgers are pretty generic, but the one I mentioned is great. I don’t even buy it often anymore because you can buy their sauce that grocery store, so I sometimes make my own version at home.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 16 points 13 hours ago

We need to scale AI development!

Openweight models start growing

No, not like that!

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure either, as normalized definitions change over time (i.e. first/third world). I glanced at wikipedia and Singapore isn’t even considered part of the outer sphere there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglosphere.

I guess if you just go by the “countries where english is widely spoken” definition, then it fits. But even then, Hong Kong doesn’t really fit that. The Philippines also speaks English, moreso than Hong Kong, but I guess their public transportation build cost doesn’t meet the criteria for expensive.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 9 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Interesting how Singapore and Hong Kong are part of the list. Are they really considered part of the anglosphere? And yes, I know English is also spoken there.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Well that’s…embarrassing. I guess you can chalk it up to tech illiteracy.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 3 points 2 days ago

My local IMAX is still first-come-first-served and I hate it. Having to arrive up to 2 hours early (for premiere nights) and wait in line the entire time sucks. This is a true IMAX theater and not the liemax that AMC has.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s weird how he thinks the fediverse needs saving and takes it upon himself to be its savior. Feels like a messiah-complex.

And even then, he still could’ve gone and carved up what he would define a safe space by his standards. All he needed to do was be upfront about it. He can’t accept that people are mad not because he created a blacklist for users and instances he deems unsavory, but because he tried to hide it behind an app that is advertised as a generic front end for lemmy and is supposed to be useable for everyone. If he disclosed what he was doing behind the scenes, then people who don’t agree with his methods would just stop using it, exactly what he was telling people that you have the choice to not use it, when he was trying to defend what he did.

I mean, look at .world. They have defederated from a ton of stuff because of their policies, and they’re still doing fine because users are well aware of their stance.

The irony of trying to turn the fediverse into something it was created as an opposition of.

I remember I was one of the first people who provided feedback when it was first announced. I never got to using it because I browse mostly on desktop at it was designed for mobile (at least the time, I dunno what it looks like now).

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 4 points 3 days ago

I’ve only encountered cans with those a few times, and I just used a can opener on them.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Oh man, I thought for the longest time Skyscanner was a small independent project. Didn’t know Trip owns them.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The credit score is how financial institutions measure how good of a source of money to extract from you are. It penalizes you for actually being responsible with your money, because you’re not as valuable to them if they’re not earning interest from you.

Pissed me off when my score went down after paying off my car in less than 2 years. That’s when I learned the reality or what it actually is.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 2 points 4 days ago

I'm in the middle of Season 3 (The Vampire Lestat) and it's great. The style of S3 is way different than the first two because of the shift to Lestat as the main character. I personally think S3 is the best so far.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Didn't their drummer get into some controversy with his opinion on tips that the merch booth was getting? But yeah, that's the only negative news I heard about them lol

 

The 20th Anniversary remaster of Meshuggah's album Catch Thirtythree was just released today!

 

Also if anyone cares, Meshuggah are releasing a 30th anniversary remaster of Destroy Erase Imrove and Catch Thirty Three in July 2026. Catch 33 is my favorite album of theirs so I’m definitely watching out for it.

 

Hey everyone. So I live in an area that is mostly clay underneath the ground. To keep my foundation from shifting when it contracts during the dry months, I have to water it regularly. I have a soaker hose that runs around the house, placed 1 foot away from the foundation.

This creates a problem with mowing where I can't just let my robot mower (or my push mower) run freely because of the risk of the soaker hose getting caught up in the blades, which has already happened once when I accidentally mowed too close.

To resolve this, I want to kill the grass (using landscaping fabric) in the 1 foot space between the foundation and hose and replace it with something else so I don't need to bother manually trimming it. At the same time, I don't want to use organic stuff like mulch because underground termites also exist in my area and I don't want it to attract them close to the foundation.

A brief search pointed me to using gravel. However, the problem with stones (especially larger ones) is that they also trap moisture underneath them, and the dark and damp areas can also maybe attract termites. Reading a bit more, I think a good compromise would be smaller and uneven gravel/rocks, as more space between them means sunlight penetrates more and moisture gets dried up quickly. Is this a good solution?

 

Hey all. I'm looking into getting a small action cam type of camera. Primary purpose would be for travel and recording music playthrough videos at home. My wife would like something small and discreet that she can use to take short videos while traveling, but not make her look like an obnoxious vlogger. At the same time I'd like to use it in my home studio to make videos. Doesn't have to be 4k, 1080p would be fine if it doesn't meet the budget limit. I'm looking into something less than $200.

Anyone have suggestions?

 

No nuance and characters are saying the obvious stuff, because viewers are looking at another device while watching. We’re so cooked.

 

Disclaimer: The ham is just store-bought and warmed in the oven. I took the picture before pouring the sauce.

 

Just discovered these guys recently. My favorite thing about this is the bassist using a lefty bass and playing it right handed. lol

 

No official thread yet so I’m creating one.

It’s the start of the 2025 season!

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