Bookmeat
"What ails the bald truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, and never caressing."
"The two elements, of untruth and of beauty, are both important, and perhaps equally."
"No normal human being wants to hear the truth ... [Truth speakers] are hated for it while they live, and when they die they are swiftly forgotten."
"The more simple-minded the individual, indeed, the greater his need of poetry [stories], and hence the more steady his demand for it."
-- Henry Louis Mencken
With respect to politicians, I think the successful ones tell good stories.
Duh.
Is that supposed to be alphabetical?
There are so many features that could be enabled with more powerful compute. Of the top of my head are things like improved physics simulations and clipping geometry (e.g. weapons clipping through models or characters). More detailed hit boxes. Etc
This is only a problem when there are three media companies.
Science is the process of getting things a little less wrong.
Good. Fuck Russia.
Who do you think put it there? 🤔
Yes, and the church went nuts displaying the "Holy Relic" that was his supposed foreskin for many, many years, in many churches... At the same time. It got so out of control that people started to wonder why the church was so obsessed with Jesus's dick. So the Pope finally got a clue, commanded a stop to the practice, and threatened to excommunicate anyone who spoke about it afterward. Ah, Christianity. Good times.