wombatula

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[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Observe the ketchup marks on the peep, now look at the indent in the ketchup. They clearly took a bite, THEN dipped it in the ketchup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6yQOs93Cgg

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Rattlesnake in the wild, thanks to an insane ex-military Scout leader I had that was trying to prove a point to us (his Scout troop).

It was actually a lot better than I expected, but I wouldn't recommend it for a number of (hopefully) obvious reasons.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

What about TNG: Encounter At Farpoint aka the first appearance of Q?

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Controversial? You are literally the first person I've ever heard say that.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Considering that it was more concentrated, and also more thoroughly destroyed in a single act, potentially yes. Unfortunately we don't really know what was contained in the BHoW, but that could be said for the LoA as well so that's a moot point.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Sorry to be the one to break this to whoever still believes this:

The main myths surrounding the Great Library of Alexandria are that 1) it was just one enormous library 2) containing a half-million or more scrolls full of ancient knowledge that was 3) sensationally destroyed in a senseless act of vandalism.

Problem is, there's no hard evidence to substantiate any of that nonsense. There are so many fantasy accounts of the “Great Library,” its founding, its contents and its destruction that we today really do not know how much of it is true and how much is revisionist bullshit. But we're pretty sure most of it is revisionist bullshit.

It's more likely that the “Great Library of Alexandria" was actually comprised of two or three (or maybe more) small “libraries,” which were just limited collections of scrolls and reading rooms associated with various Greek temples. These were all part of the larger Mouseion (a scholarly Greek institution honoring the 9 goddesses of the Arts, aka the Muses), which had branches all over the Greek world at the time, all the way back to Athens.

The Greeks were also famous for making multiple, multiple handwritten copies of any literature they encountered, such that the scroll collections at Alexandria probably existed as duplicate copies elsewhere all across the Greek world. So, it would be virtually impossible to destroy the collected knowledge of the Ancient World by simply destroying one “library" in one city.

Furthermore, the alleged fiery destruction of the “Great Library” has undoubtedly been blown out of proportion for millennia, right up to the present, by opinionated pseudo-historians attempting to assign blame for one heinous act that may not have even happened. The fact is that nobody knows how the Great Library (or several small reading rooms) of Alexandria came to an end. Very likely, it met the common fate of most libraries throughout history…a gradual decline of interest and eventual extinction due to lack of funding.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

No it's from an El-P song! @4:18

spoiler/s

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No see, it's radically self-correcting... once it is no longer habitable by the organisms causing the change, it will cool down quite a bit actually.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uh... you know he was a Canadian right?

James Montgomery Doohan (/ˈduːən/; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor and author, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise was one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, and inspired many fans to pursue careers in engineering and other technical fields.[1] He also made contributions behind the scenes, such as the initial development of the Klingon and Vulcan languages. Prior to his acting career, Doohan served in the 14th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thanks! I should note, I did use Ubuntu for a few years quite a while ago, so not quite a beginner but still gonna have to relearn a lot of things.

 

I know the "best linux for gaming" is probably one of the most common questions, but I have heard that some distro can have issues with some hardware, I have a crappy old PC with an integrated radeon R7, which distro would you recommend?

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

This looks like the meth-head's shed full of stolen bicycles you find in every bad neighbourhood.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love how the other races don't trust Humans, because we are always in "mating season" and they lose their minds during theirs, so assume we are always loopy because of ours.

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