Posts by ZDL@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AtN13LHlWs3Eyx6uLA by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-04-22T03:29:35Z
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@olav @yogthos Oh, you're one of those, are you.Yes. There are some ghost cities that were built that people decided not to move to. (So much for your "control" of an economy! Must be one of those Schroedinger Controls.)But note: they built them. There's housing for about 50-60 million people in surplus in China.How's the housing situation in your country? (Hint: absolutely fucking shitty.) Which do you think is better? A surplus or a shortage? (Hint: the former.)Specks and beams.
(DIR) Post #AtN13N7ugTMIgyW4GG by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-04-23T02:15:49Z
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@yogthos They've been doing a lot of coping since 2010 at least. I think Americans need to actually leave their country and see other places because their notions of how things work and look outside of the USA needs some radical adjustment if they want to survive as anything of influence.
(DIR) Post #AtN13OEKa65Q7AWhu4 by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-04-23T03:22:50Z
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@yogthos And vice versa.A lot of people here have almost delusional ideas of life in the USA based on the sunny view given by entities like Voice of America or assorted movies. It's good for them to hear unfiltered American voices back.
(DIR) Post #AtZOWQLp6QXCHBv4m8 by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-04-29T02:57:53Z
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@futurebird @benroyce @Simplicator @nonehitwonder Yep. Voting is the *bare minimum* of democracy. If your democracy is only doing its bare minimum, it's not a meaningful democracy.Surprise! It turns out that fighting off fascists and corporatists (apologies for repeating myself) is *work*. And it's work that, if you don't do it, gets you fascists and corporatists (there I go again!).
(DIR) Post #AtvHx2LvpYhpL7T3Fg by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-05-09T16:27:58Z
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@stux Wait, so a *cop* was accusing bylaw enforcement of being on a power trip!?
(DIR) Post #AuGmjddRTBYeSdi1cu by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-05-20T01:21:49Z
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@stux The same way, Dildo Don Jr., that your family missed the clear signs of dementia in your father. And is still missing them.
(DIR) Post #AuHqUCxIyYI6LXrEAK by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-05-20T03:32:16Z
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@yogthos The "poet" is 苏东坡 (Su Dongpo) and is a famous statesman, essayist, and poet of the Song Dynasty. The self-serving poem he wrote was:八风吹不动，端坐紫金莲The eight winds cannot move me, I sit firmly on the golden lotus.(rough translation)The friend was 佛印禅师 (Chan/Zen Master Foyin). And he didn't write 放屁 (fart) on the poem, but merely replied with that.The rest is correct (but it was a river, not a lake).It is generally considered "apocryphal but enlightening" in Chan stories.
(DIR) Post #AuUPyJ8de7p8bMQQ0e by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-05-26T12:11:18Z
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@yogthos These are SF's. And believe it or not, they're actually copying a bunch of local "last mile" delivery agents which have been trialling self-driving delivery vehicles for at least a year here in Wuhan. (SF is one of those rare logistics firms that handles its own "last mile".)They have LIDAR of course because they don't have utter fucking morons making the engineering decisions.
(DIR) Post #AuUPyLduKq1aMv4Q1g by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-05-26T13:59:03Z
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@yogthos It really was a bit of culture shock when I went back to Canada over the summer of '24. I had to adjust SO MUCH, like actually lugging around large amounts of metal (coins) because the payment systems are so old-fashioned.
(DIR) Post #AuahNY0fowKI7aGZ4S by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-05-29T13:21:44Z
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@yogthos Now for the fun part.This is the *third* Chinese commercial enterprise that has made such a test and succeeded.Third.1. LandSpace in September 2024.2. iSpace in March 2025.3. Sepoch in May 2025.Three companies now have performed trials of RLVs and iSpace plans to have a full-sized system tested in December of this year.
(DIR) Post #Avfd9Jz9ojt5XPNbnM by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-06-30T22:54:14Z
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@stux At Cannes you say? It would be a pity if it had limpet mines attached to it below the waterline and suddenly exploded, wouldn't it?
(DIR) Post #AwpGUcvcEHcyVUJBUe by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-08-04T12:19:35Z
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@futurebird I've heard of something called "Revolt" but when I tried it out it was kinda ... empty.
(DIR) Post #AxjOE7rDf7sRzheOrw by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-08-31T01:51:30Z
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@Phosphenes @etchedpixels @Lana @raccoon Brainstorming other greases to use.I thought it was pretty obvious.
(DIR) Post #Axsen6ftOm8u9Ph5ii by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-09-05T00:57:50Z
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#TIL about #Quechua (perhaps more correctly #Runasimi). I mean I knew about it beforehand—I'm not a complete ignoramus!—but there was a feature of the #language I was 100% unaware of before today: #evidentiality.Encoded in the very GRAMMAR of the language is "show your source". Statements are direct knowledge/committment, indirect/inferred knowledge, or hearsay. BAKED INTO THE GRAMMAR!Most anglophone political memes would be grammatically incorrect in Quechua/Runasimi!
(DIR) Post #Ayx1PSkFlGnSfuGRoO by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-10-07T01:52:29Z
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@futurebird @zeldman Just for reference, always pronounce "ChatGPT" as if you were French.Cat I Farted.
(DIR) Post #AzvHoB1G9foMovm6yG by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-11-05T03:38:56Z
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@ricci See, it's days like this where I wish I hadn't already boycotted all US properties.
(DIR) Post #B08253f82uWaSsVWyG by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-11-11T07:13:57Z
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@ricci You mean things like that group of gamers who gathered to play card, board, or role-playing games once a week? Or quilting circles? Or neighbourhood book clubs (a.k.a. the excuse for getting toasted on wine every Tuesday night)? Or children just having unstructured play with each other? Or ...
(DIR) Post #B0GDT1CVHwSqE6iwr2 by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-11-15T05:59:09Z
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@futurebird Quite the coincidence. I just posted this today: https://mstdn.social/@ZDL/115551832262266891How do these make you feel?
(DIR) Post #B1et1OHiyHlrAUijgW by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-12-27T01:30:00Z
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@futurebird I'll try this with songs from a single band.1. Baba O'Riley (from Who's Next)2. The Rock (from Quadrophenia)3. Squeeze Box (from The Who By Numbers)
(DIR) Post #B1f3br1iaPn0HBG9x2 by ZDL@mstdn.social
2025-12-27T03:28:42Z
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@lowqualityfacts Yep. And the scary part is there's not that many pandas. These things are irritable eating machines.