Gigasser

joined 1 year ago
[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Support GOG! Fuck DRM! Own your shit!

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

It would be nice to implement stuff like one of the voting systems under the broader ranked choice voting umbrella first before getting rid of the electoral college.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 55 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Tbf, she says she supports ending the filibuster. Whether or not she can do it or convince enough senators to do so is another thing entirely.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Might be able to do that by extending the responsibilities of the secret service for such things. Or having the NSA on top of that shit.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if someone here is willing to create some account on there and start archiving what he says.

 

I wonder if there can be made a cryptocurrency that locksdown mining during winter and summer months in order to put less stress on grids around the world as well as be more climate friendly?

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is not exactly the case. "It can be used for combat" does not necessarily mean "it's the best/ideal/ready for combat". I would stress readily that if you are in the west, Judo and or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are good for grappling arts. For striking arts Muay Thai is great! Some alternatives are sanda or dutch kickboxing. Though I'm not too sure on availability of Sanda schools in the west. If you really want to go the Chinese martial arts route, Choy Li Fut is a good style, and has supposedly gone toe to toe with Muay Thai on a few occasions.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, I think scale is typically what determines strength of control upon individuals. Cults are smaller and thus any charismatic cult leader can exert greater control on his small flock. The larger your religion gets though, the less likely the leader himself can micromanage and exert control, thus leading to the delegation of responsibilities and power.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's good as a form of physical meditation. Supposedly some speculate taichi may have been a training art for actual practical grappling arts like shuai jiao.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I think the "bulletproof" claims are vastly over hyped. It can block 9mm and that's about it. Rifle rounds can easily penetrate it lol.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

The anvil, can make a lot of stuff with it. You can even use it to make fire, striking a piece of iron until it's hot enough to light a forge or small fire. Older copies of the Machinery's handbook(the machinist's Bible) have a few things on blacksmithing.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Or shit, make your own instance and have your own mods lol.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably means it's spreading in the community over there from human to human contact. Not good to say the least. I'd say stock up on toilet paper lol.

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