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Chad Chadder and Chaddest in c/usa@lemmy.ml
[–] 14 points 2 days ago

It's pretty funny seeing mainstream media posting this picture with the obvious expectation that people would dunk on them... and instead getting flooded by comments celebrating them.

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    One 'absolutely prolific' male bird is keeping his species alive in the U.K. in c/news@hexbear.net
    [–] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    What's nifty about sexual reproduction is that the male and female halves of the chromosomes get halved and randomly allocated in the next generation. The first generation will be half genes from the single male, but the next generation will only be 1/4, and so on. The gene pool is truly shared between males and females of the species, it's not like every subsequent member will be half genes from the one male.

    This is actually what makes sexual reproduction worth the hassle. It allows for rapid recovery from major genetic bottlenecks like this, which are more common than you might think.

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    • Is the Prolewiki Library the only project that works on modernizing old theory texts on the internet? in c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
    Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors in c/news@hexbear.net
    Nebula Sans in c/technology@hexbear.net
    [–] 7 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I love monospaced fonts, especially because I spend so much time in spreadsheets and on technical documentation. It's unfortunate that the most common public domain monospaced font (Courier) is genuinely less readable than a lot of other stuff.

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    • Nebula Sans in c/technology@hexbear.net
    Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies aged 80 in c/news@hexbear.net
    Man arrested near US Capitol after driving from California with a guillotine in his truckbed | CNN Politics in c/news@hexbear.net
    US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list, lifting major investment obstacle in c/news@hexbear.net
    [–] 7 points 4 days ago

    It's funny how, even in the case where "the people" rise up and overthrow the government (as the USA requested), the relief from economic warfare happens only at a glacial pace.

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    Games you were utterly terrified of as a kid in c/games@hexbear.net
    [–] 5 points 5 days ago

    I thought "oh my god, is the rest of the game going to be this horrific nightmarescape"? I almost didn't want to play it anymore after that... I felt so much relief when I walked out to Hyrule field and it brightened up again.

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    • RIP Dolly Parton in c/main@hexbear.net
    YouTube Premium is getting yet another price hike for users across the globe in c/technology@hexbear.net
    [–] 8 points 5 days ago*

    I mainly watched on my smart tv, so I paid for years just to get rid of ads there. Plus, it gave you access to some premium content, and I kept access to the gazillions of playlists that I already had (those are hard to access on NewPipe). The price got insane, though, and the ads are intolerable so I just stopped watching youtube.

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    My car got totalled (hexbear.net)
     

    My car just got totalled by a minor fender bender that apparently would cost more than the value of the car to repair. The tow truck is loading it up right now to haul it away to the junkyard (ridiculous, it's completely drivable, the lights all work and everything). Getting a cash payout, since the other driver was a dumbass who drove into me while I was stopped.

    In a bit of serenidipidous timing, I'm moving into the core urban area of a big city next week, and so... I'm going car-free. Bike bus and walk, every day. Work is a relaxing bus ride or ambitious bike ride away. Daycare is a couple blocks away, so Little Beaver can walk with us to school every day. Cool shit everywhere nearby. My friends already live in the area, cuz it's a dope place to live. Already talked to more neighbors than I did in my old neighborhood, because this is an actual community of people instead of a bunch of islands surrounded by car moats.

    Fuck that car. My life is already cooler without it.

    arm-L sicko-biker arm-R

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    Free Software Games for LAN parties? (hexbear.net)
     

    I want to host some LAN parties this winter, and am looking for some Free Software Games that would be a fun time. We already play some Counterstrike and StarCraft 2, but I want to expand into some actual Free games. Windows compatibility is a must, MacOS compatibility is desirable!

    The two on my radar are:

    • Hedgewars, which seems like a strong candidate. We played a ton of Worms 2 in the 90s
    • 0 A.D., since we're already fans of RTS games.

    But I know there must be some wacky ones out there which would be suitable for 30 minutes of pick up play.

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    Minneapolis cannot proceed with 2040 Plan, court rules (www.startribune.com)
     

    The 2040 plan is mainly an ending of single-family zoning. Anecdotally, I've seen a lot more apartments going up around the Twin Cities in the last few years. The Frey regime are neoliberal ghouls, and this is a classic YIMBY approach to tackling housing shortages. The opponents of this plan are somehow even worse, an astroturfed army of KKKarens.

    Choice quote: "Residents of color already face significant barriers to home ownership, which would have been exacerbated under the plan as a result of reduced access to and availability of single family properties," said activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, a member of the plaintiffs' legal team, in a statement calling Tuesday's ruling a "major victory."

    What are the Hexbear thoughts on this whole situation?

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