I’m sure this is common knowledge but Lyon’s worker uprising in the 19th century is the origin of the word ‘sabotage’. The workers were protesting against semi-automated loom weaving machines that used punch cards like primitive computers. When the managers weren’t looking the workers would through their shoes (which were called “sabos”) into the mechanism to break it.

Just got back from a holiday in Lyon. Super interesting place! I got the impression that the quality of life was good for the locals. Met a bunch of friendly Lyonnaise at a music festival and they were extremely generous sharing their party supplies.

Edit: I believe Lyon workers movement were also originators of slogans like “workers of the world unite”

Thanks for explaining

Do we need experts to tell us what the average enthusiastic gamer has been saying for years?

NixOS sounds like ansible in OS form and that has never seemed appealing. Happy to hear why my impression is wrong though!

You need to check PorntonDB

I’m somewhat proud my generation is actively seeking out parody porn. Those videos tend to be higher budget and more sex positive (less gonzo misogyny).

Edit: well, should caveat that by saying relatively less misogynist

This is the monkey’s paw Year of the Linux desktop. I know we’re wankers but didn’t need reminding!

I got the light version of this as a joke birthday present. It plugs into a USB slot and makes an anemic light source. Haven’t used it much in summer but it might have some limited utility in winter.

Nabbed: Ninja Gaiden Collection, Auto Modellista, DOA6

Bonus game: Not really on sale (10% off) but Burggeist after seeing it in the new Iron Pineapple video. I’m a sucker for games inspired by Team Ico.

mpv is worth a shout out as well

I suppose people wear extreme styles to get attention and it is working for her

I also found it underwhelming which is a shame because I generally love Obsidian RPGs. They did a much better job with Avowed recently in my opinion.

As much as I dislike the way people use words like “destroys” and “slams” to describe a dispute between two people, that burn was very funny.

I wanted to imply that some places wouldn’t be reduced to Renaissance levels of technological advancement. There’s a middle ground between things being fine and a year zero event.

Edit: Like the examples I gave earlier of Australia and Indonesia will be literally uninhabitable by humans. I don’t see how places that are still habitable lose all their progress and become like Mad Max. Or at least I don’t think that necessarily follows as a logical conclusion from the fact that global warming is happening.

Edit 2: A global year zero event is one of the possible outcomes but I don’t think it’s the most likely one. There’s always a temptation for people to want to imagine that they are “the last generation”, you see it throughout history. This temptation seems to come from people having a hard time conceiving of society progressing after they have died. It’s like an egotistical impulse to believe that the world can’t continue after you die.

I don’t think any of that disproves my assertion that global warming won’t affect every country equally. It’s demonstably true that places like Australia and Indonesia are going to feel the effects worse.

I’m not saying some countries will be unaffected, just that the impact will initially be concentrated in certain places.

The effects of global warming will be catastrophic but it won’t affect all countries equally.

Couldn’t they have given the liver to someone who was less of an idiot?

That’s the one! Funny store about the name - it’s a recursive condiment.

Edit: sorry for inbox spam btw, lemmy.world having outages

Let me interject for a moment. What you’ve referred to as “butter” is actually “I can’t believe it’s not/butter”. Have a pleasant day!

To be honest even matrix has too many features for me as a discord alternative. I’ve got my IRC channels that I’m keen on and I hang out on those every day.

Realise I’m probably unusual for being happy with 90s tech though!