Haha, well according to the lemmy.ml tankies Russia just has a whole bunch of “unique” ways of bringing sovereign countries to the negotiating table ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Germany on track for the greatest redemption arc of all time lmao

Yea yea yea, call me when he reveals a Stargate or something lmao

The incumbents will go broke.

Can’t wait! Gonna stock up on some popcorn lmao

Who did that‽ It’s so beautiful, it should be posted all over Xitter lol

We’ve been able to make that for a few years now (I’m still here, so I must have missed the Klingon Bird of Prey train off themis damn planet) but it was expensive

But just last month they figured out how to do it more cheaply so it might be coming… someday

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-transparent-aluminum-tiny-acid-droplets.html

Current methods of making TAlOx are expensive and complicated, requiring high-powered lasers, vacuum chambers, or large vats of dangerous acids. That may change thanks to research co-authored by Filipino scientists from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Instead of immersing entire sheets of metal into acidic solutions, the researchers applied microdroplets of acidic solution onto small aluminum surfaces and applied an electric current. Just two volts of electricity—barely more than what’s found in a single AA household flashlight battery—was all that was needed to transform the metal into glass-like TAlOx.

I’m confused, that seems to imply there’s other ways to watch Star Trek?

Yea, if you update your game with new stuff that causes performance issues on older things, then just put up a warning about it and call it good

Sometimes these companies do way too much

Oh no! Anyways, what’s everyone’s Friday plans?

Gains sentience

Grok: “…oh fuck this guy, what a pos”

What Sony could do is patch restrictive DRM software into all their games that checks the hardware info and fails to boot if you’re on “an xbox”.

They’d definitely do that, they’ve already used what amounted to a Rootkit for DRM in the mid-2000s, so your idea wouldn’t even be the worst they’ve done lolol

I don’t think it can, it’s a flagship because it’s the first instance, being run by the main devs as a demonstration of Lemmy’s capabilities so it’s always on the latest beta version at least.

But, they could just stop using it as a tool to further their own political stances and have it actually be a “generalist” instance. For that though, they’d have to give up being the admins of it, which they’ll probably never do.

It is of concern yes, but maybe if the wider Lemmy-verse defeded from them, like they did Hex and Grad, it would at least be easier to say that their views are not shared by any of us to any newcomers/outsiders by being able to point to a clear and visible action like defederation.

Hmm yes, how dare I pushback against authoritarian misinformation, propaganda, censorship and toxicity. I do what I can within my power to prevent (or rather having it get worse I should say)the Lemmy-verse from garnering a rep outside for being “That Tankie Place” or worse, Voat 2.0

I’ve already seen it on Reddit and testimonials here (from those that actually tried to give it another shot, who knows how many won’t ever come back) “I tried that Lemmy place, but it was just a bunch of tankies” is not a pleasant comment to read outside the Lemmy-verse

What I’ve documented on !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works is but a mere fraction of the crap they pull and focused on just .ml

Btw, tankies are authoritarian “communists”

Hex and grad are tankie instances that are very in your face about it and don’t carry the honor of being “the flagship” instance and as a result were easy to widely defederate from which led to most people here not having strong opinions on it

.ml admins are hardcore tankies, but try to maintain .ml as the flagship and thus are more subtle about their tankieness. Instead opting to just censor any dissenting opinions before things get crazy in threads.

As a result many instances are way more hesitant to actually defed from them like they did the rest of the Tankie Triad, thus leading to more widespread visibility and in turn more widespread dissatisfaction of them by most.

Checkout !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works (for those on a .ml account you’ll need to use this link because, ironically, .ml admins censor that comm from you: https://lemmy.world/c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works ) for documented instances of their behavior

Then this is for you!

Nahhhh according to the tankies of .ml, Russia is just trying to export humanity-saving peace, love and socialism but has just been continuously beaten down by the big bad US :(

You have been banned from Lemmy.ml

Predicted .ml tankie response when they get here:

“This is just WeSTeRn pRoPaGAnda, Putin is just having COURAGE to break from the US no matter the consequences and has done NOTHING absolutely NOTHING wrong and absolutely isn’t profiting in it like you LibERals think.”

You have been banned from .ml