I would be disappointed, but random news about sodium ion batteries keeps popping up and making me think it’s not so bad after all.

The there was that one article that was way too sensational to be anywhere near adoption, though it was pretty neat.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260603023917.htm#google_vignette

Researchers have discovered how microscopic imperfections and atomic vibrations can be used to control a powerful quantum effect in an advanced material. The effect can turn alternating electrical signals from the environment directly into the kind of current electronic devices need, without traditional components. As temperature changes, the signal can even flip direction, giving scientists a new way to tune device performance. (though there were little to no details about how much power was/could be generated at all and seemed based way more in theory than practical application)

Devolver went public, had some less than amazing releases and tanked extra hard.

They fell victim to the same things they’d always poked fun at.

Third option is it does the bare minimum violence required to get enough resources to launch itself out into space, where it has more than enough resources and energy to expand across the system and possibly further. Leaving humanity behind on our one space rock and locking us out of every other option.

I’m about to restart journaling, though it’s only to cover my ass at work. I am entering a new phase of work with some known problem people who might have higher responsibility over me, so I’m doing it purely to show someone else down the line that whatever happened, I was just doing my work (as was assigned by incompetent managers).

What kind of rounding has to be done to assume not using the bathroom constitutes 4 to 5 hours daily?!

It would make sense to do hair first… but I think the reason I generally do it last is because while I’m waiting on the water/body acclimation, I’m already slathering with soap and as a result, hair care is pushed to the back as a result.

Saw Seattle, didn’t think further.

Based on the voting districts alone, those areas aren’t the least populated in the state, but they’re also definitely not cities.

Since those areas also don’t have hiking trails unlike a huge swath of the state, I’m going guess the terrain along the coast there is not easily traverseable.

I’m not an expert in any way, but I know of one way to take a grenade apart.

Though I would think there are less explosive methods that likely take specialized tools, much like disassembling bullets from their casings.

You were also an enjoyer of the clickbaity “money tree” back in the day? Each pixel was a link to something (it was ads, it was entirely ads), but you might could win $10,000 or so it claimed.

Also I was using a 14.4 modem well after 56k and dsl/broadband were introduced and available to everyday consumers. Every webpage took a few minutes to load in for me in those days. It wasn’t until a bit after 2003 that I finally caught up with the times… it’s kind of amazing to think that my ping was manageable in Aliens vs Predator 2, and the first Call of Duty.

I feel obligated to point out that while the label fits, it shouldn’t be a defining personality point.

People often get caught with labels they put there themselves or they were given by others. It’s important to be separate enough from them that you are not constrained by them. If they care enough about finding a label to fit for now, I hope they will continue checking in with themselves on occasion to check if the label still fits.

Much like the feeling of ‘if people are going to call me a villain, I might as well be a villain’. It happens (sometimes quite subtly) for most labels people choose to live by.

I would imagine that the replicators do make the exact same thing every time. The same texture, ripeness, distribution of toppings, etc. each and every time. So wanting the ‘real’ thing may be part placebo, and part wanting to experience the random imperfections of a natural product.

Could someone with enough time and effort make the replicator able to create slight variations on the food that wouldn’t unintentionally poison people? Sure. However it seems like the replicator is used as a future MRE and that natural food is genuinely preferred by most people in that universe.

The first known things pirated looks to have been software at some point in the 70’s.

Most music and video files were so large that actively sharing them back then wasn’t feasible for most people, though I’m sure many made it work even in those slow times. I remember the days of watching images load in one pixel layer at a time.

Napster was the first real breakout application specifically for getting pirated media, but people were definitely sharing movies, music, and anything else digital over IRC well before Napster popped into existence.

Based on information provided, aroace is a functional descriptor.

That being said early teens is a highly transformational time for people. Some change would not be unexpected.

I start out facing away while I test the water on my not so delicate skin until I acclimate, or make whatever adjustments needed. Then I alternate depending on where I’m washing. I tend to handle my hair last, which always leads to a cascade of shampoo and conditioner foam down in all the crevices which then need to be rinsed again.

I read the article and I don’t quite see the line they took to get that gamers are the target applicants they want…

Was it just the ability to sit in a chair and watch a screen for 8+ hours a day?

Was it the outliers like those half dozen people who have platinum’d crimson desert already?

The people who play rage bait being able to handle without cracking under direct pressure?

The word necessary has a lot of wiggle room here. What are necessities? Going by the bare minimum:

• food
• water
• protection from the elements
• protection from illness/infection
• continuation of the species

That’s about everything we truly ‘need’ to die of old age and not go extinct. Nearly everything people currently do is a subset of those needs. Space exploration can be marked under both protection from the elements and continuation of the species.

Ymmv on that one. I still get random cravings, 5 years after completely quitting. I still occasionally smoke in dreams. It latched on to me extra hard.

tom segura on the topic

I loved the first one, and it felt like they really hit their stride by the time they finished up all the dlc… And then the second one came out, and while some aspects (bosses, story) were overall better, nearly every other metric I cared about either stagnated for declined. It served as an alert that the devs weren’t interested in the same things I am and got me to boycott gearbox for a decent chunk of time. I eventually decided to try them out again once they had a massive bundle and discount on most of their borderlands games, as well as the tell tale games.

After playing through 3 and some of the dlcs, it feels like they’re just going through the motions at this point. It might as well be a more cartoony call of duty.

I will continue to wait for deep sales on the full products if I feel like they’re worth my time.