Vodulas

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[–] Vodulas 1 points 15 hours ago

In that case my original advice might be the best. Try doing some of you other hobbies, and then re-evaluate after a couple weeks. I'm guessing you are not in the US, but the weather is getting better in the northern hemisphere. Try finding something to do that gets you out of the house. If you still want to play games later, you'll find the time

[–] Vodulas 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I go through waves. Sometimes I don't want to play games at all, and during those times I do some of my other hobbies/activities. Summer especially I spend a lot of time outside. I would advise against spending money to try and fix what just might be a temporary thing. Not to say you shouldn't buy a SteamDeck if you want one outside of the fatigue, just don't let that be the only reason.

How long have you been working a day job? It might just be a period of adjustment. School life vs work life is a lot different, so it takes time to adjust for most people. Also, if you work from home, that may also be a factor. If so, try not working where you game if possible. That was a huge thing for me.

[–] Vodulas 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol, I just watched a Climate Town video about that show. Also a good watch

[–] Vodulas 2 points 1 day ago

Apologies if I come off as upset, I am not. I don't feel I was even a target of those comments. I was just pointing out that some of those folks might have come out swinging due to the perceived tone of the original comment, and calling other people names does not help that situation. My real hope was that they would be a little more careful with their words since tone hard to convey in text, and using words associated with people that more often then not are not acting in good faith can convey either aggressiveness or just outright trolling

[–] Vodulas 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Use of the word "trigger" is the key part here. It is most often used by right wingers just trying to piss people off ("triggering the libs"). Starting off with that and then commenting on how people are "sanctimonious" for expressing valid opinions are what tell me you were less than open to an actual conversation. It has nothing to do do with the post itself (though I tend to agree she really doesn't say anything of value) and more to do with how you are going about interacting with people like a right wing troll. Hell even in this comment you end with a common right wing dismissive phrase (virtue signalling) that, again, tells other people you don't want a conversation

[–] Vodulas 2 points 2 days ago

African Jackals are closest based on what I have seen. Dire wolves and north American canids might share a common ancestor, though

[–] Vodulas 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Not only that, but grey wolves aren't even the closest related existing species, and some scientists that work at Colossal wrote the study saying as much. If you want to call it a new species, sure, I could see it, but a dire wolf it is not

[–] Vodulas 5 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Now look at the comments in here, a bunch of sanctimonious people with too much appreciation for their own thoughts and a lack of any semblance of basic behaviour.

Is there a word for a sentence that does the same thing it describes?

There is no reason to denigrate people because they don't agree with you or don't like the nature of LLMs/generative algorithms. It really feels like you came looking for a fight ("I know the title will trigger people") and trying to dismiss folks that point out this does not fix the fundamental problems with LLMs

[–] Vodulas 1 points 1 week ago

Unless you already have a ready made supply of books, magazines, newspapers, poems and recipes to hand

Libraries are a thing and they have all that and more. No smartphone needed for a library card

[–] Vodulas 1 points 1 week ago

How is From going downhill?

[–] Vodulas 6 points 1 week ago

Or Sceptre if you want a non-smart TV.

[–] Vodulas 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It might be anti intellectualism in me

Ah, ok, well I see we are done here.

Have a good one

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submitted 1 month ago by Vodulas to c/animals
 

Hey y'all. My partner and I recently had an unexpected demolition in the first floor if our house and realized that we can probably leave room to run water lines for a CatGenie litterbox during the rebuild. Have any of you used them, and if so, are they worth it? We've had litter robot 3s for a few years and are less than impressed with the build quality, so just thinking about upgrading.

 

Is it possible to have a "style guide" for posting YouTube links? Usually there is just the title of the video and the generic YouTube blurb, and most of the time the title only vaguely tells you what the video is about. It would nice if in the description we could have folks post the length, the name of the creator, and a brief description of the video. If the creator has one, great, use that. If not, just a quick 1 or 2 sentence synopsis. I think this would help engagement for those posts a lot and just create better quality posts for video content. I know I don't watch or comment on any video post that just has a title.

 

Archive version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240726142307/https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-dolphin-search-history/

It has been so great to see how horrible Vance is as a VP pick. I would hazard a guess that nobody else would say yes to Trump after he was willing to sacrifice Pence.

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submitted 8 months ago by Vodulas to c/animals
 

We went camping for the first time since getting the twin pomskis. They did so good! The fluffier pomski (Bliss) and the little havapoo (Poppy) were in a heated competition for who could bring home more of the forest floor.

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submitted 9 months ago by Vodulas to c/animals
 

It is a very hot weekend here in Seattle, but we got some disc golf in before it was miserable

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Satisfactory Announcement (www.youtube.com)
submitted 9 months ago by Vodulas to c/gaming
 

I am very excited for the 1.0 release! My friends and I are currently playing a multiplayer game in Update 8, and we are so close to finishing all the space elevator parts for the first time.

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Maker Community (self.support)
submitted 9 months ago by Vodulas to c/support
 

I don't know if there is enough interest, but is it possible to get a maker community created? Some things like 3d printing don't always quite fit into DIY or Creative.

 

Ford and GM are probably regretting that switch to NACS...

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submitted 1 year ago by Vodulas to c/diy
 

We finished the last piece of the cat path I posted about earlier! This one goes from the laundry room, to the stairwell, and then into the guest bedroom on the upper floor (yes, I know the carpet needs replaced in that closet). They are already using them and seem to love the new path already.

https://imgur.com/a/QExCWgN

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Vodulas to c/diy
 

My partner and I have been talking about making some cat paths in our house since long before we owned our house. We recently got 2 new dogs, so now it is a high priority project. The first step was putting up some shelves in the hallway and making a portal from the hallway to the bedroom closet (you can see it just above the tent). The surround for the portal is this 3D printed tunnel

https://www.printables.com/model/3068-cat-door

The next project is going to be putting a portal from the spare bedroom into the stairwell so they can go up and down floors without the dogs being in the way

https://i.imgur.com/rxI55E4.jpg

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submitted 1 year ago by Vodulas to c/diy
 

I am stripping and re-sealing a corner shower stall, and am having a hell of time removing all the old caulk. I also discovered the previous homeowners decided to just caulk over the previous caulk that was on there, so I am removing 2 or 3 layers depending on the location. It was leaking in the spots that had 3 layers so I think they just added more caulk to "fix" leaks. I have the chemical caulk remover, and that certainly helps, but it still is taking a metric fuck-ton of manual labor. Any tricks/suggestions for removal of very old caulk? I am about to throw a scotch brite on a palm sander and go to town.

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