Tomb of Maya city’s first king discovered – The History Blog
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"Archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first king of the Maya city-state of Caracol in Belize and founder of its royal dynasty. Dating to 350 A.D., it is the first identifiable ruler’s tomb ever found in Caracol."

#History #Archeology

Sex Fox Friday
The fox knows what she has, and she knows just how to use it. If one were to fear the tube fox they would have little awareness of how she controls the relationship. A few days of frequent visits and that fear will vanish. A few weeks of visits, then a gap of not visiting and she will be missed. At that point it's over, the fox will come back and have her romance.
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Fairy Friday
Beware the scheming and manipulative fairy. Her reserved attitude makes her seem more innocent but it's all an act. She purposefully refuses leadership as to not draw suspicion. Even when acting bratty, she's doing it with some intent to draw out a reaction. She knows how to play a human man, and it's far too late once you're in her sights.
youtube.com/watch?v=zvj52_KVaJ…

In this video, Ty Turner critiques author J.K. Rowling’s ongoing opposition to transgender rights, framing her actions as intentionally harmful and deeply political.

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

computer rant

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in reply to +bonifartius 𒂼𒄄

computer rant

electron has been a real problem wrt. wayland, or something.

though moving to flatpak just makes sense for most people. as a solo dev i am not at all percent interested in whatever bullshit bikeshedding 20+ linux distros have to get my package accepted.

to paraphrase deming, a slightly different building code in every state does more to damage mass production than a universal tariff

in reply to Q.U.I.N.N.

re: computer rant

@verita84 i have personally dealt with trying to do such a thing with some music software on void / alpine.

such issues i've run in to are things like
- we don't like how that project wrote their build scripts, please rewrite upstreams build scripts to appease us
- someone else is already working on that package (hasn't updated in months, no updates on approvals or rejection)
- we don't like the way you marked that CPU as a non-supported target, please change it to a case statement. update: unrelated maintainer doesn't like that you approved the case statement, please rewrite the script to use an if/else*
- no sorry that requires .NET which we will never approve because we don't approve of the bootstrap requirements of the C# compiler

* this is the issue where i started referring to all upstreams as bikeshedders because their change requirements were literally pointless

in reply to +bonifartius 𒂼𒄄

computer rant
@+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 Why? Because developers are lazy and don't want to have to compile and link for each platform just to save you convenience and memory. So flatpaks and snaps get around this by bundling libraries, then what version the system has on it natively becomes irrelevant, but this approach wastes your disk space, creates additional dependencies that can break your system, and defeats the purpose of linux shared libraries wasting memory.

I am mildly amused by this. So Taito made Touhou Spell Bubble, good game, problem being that it is only Touhou content. It probably didn't sell as well as an all rounder rhythm game. So now they're just outright copying and pasting the format they used for Spell Bubble and making it a new IP.
And I do mean copy and paste. The UI is practically the exact same as Spell Bubble's but without the Touhou paint. :cirno_laugh:

taito.co.jp/qqqbeats The site for the game.

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@Fou Η Ρωσία έχει τα όπλα για να μετατρέψει την Ουκρανία σε ραδιενεργό ερημιά. Δεν είναι στόχος του Πούτιν να το κάνει αυτό. Στόχος του Πούτιν είναι να σταματήσει τις διώξεις του ρωσικού λαού και να αποτρέψει την τοποθέτηση αμερικανικών πυραύλων στα σύνορά του.

Atlanta (USA): In solidarity with the movement to Stop Cop City and Defend Weelaunee Forest
We call on all people of good conscience to stand in solidarity with the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta.

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freedomnews.org.uk/2023/01/21/…
#Activism #Atlanta #climatebreakdown #copcity #DefendWeelauneeForest #Protest #Solidarity #StopCopCity #USA #WeelauneeForest

WHOA!

⚡️🇬🇧BREAKING (1/3) 🇵🇸🇬🇧 Unite the Union — the UK's largest private sector union — has voted overwhelmingly for an arms embargo on Israel and to "support members to refuse to build, handle or transport weapons destined for Israel".🧵

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#uk #manchester #liverpool #bristol
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine

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The greek disarmament.
The treaty specified the disarmament of EAM-ELAS, which, according to records, surrendered within the next few days or weeks 100 artillery pieces of various types, 81 heavy mortars, 138 light mortars, 419 machine guns, 1,412 submachine guns, 713 automatic rifles, 48,973 rifles and pistols, 57 antitank rifles and 17 radios.

[2]Ultimately, the promises enshrined in the Treaty of Varkiza were not upheld. The main problem was that the treaty gave amnesty only for political reasons, but many of the actions by communists during the Dekemvriana were viewed as nonpolitical. After the signing of the treaty, there was widespread persecution of communists and former EAM members and supporters over the next two years.[4] This period, immediately prior to the outbreak of the Greek Civil War, was known as the White Terror.

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i need help deciding on a punchline for the slavery video

"are you sick and tired of collecting creatures in your... creature, collection, game? are you sick of having access to, uh, viable work skills and... efficiency?

or are you someone like me, who longs for..."

  • the enlightened human resource management of the east india company (75%, 3 votes)
  • the halcyon days of gentleman agrarianism (0%, 0 votes)
  • the chivalric traditions of the antebellum south (25%, 1 vote)
4 voters. Poll end: 1 week ago

Yemen’s integrated stance with Gaza increases in value and authenticity — with its impressive million-man march that neither tired nor gave up, and with its escalating operations that broke the equations & never retreated or backed down.

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#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine

Thinking about the Israeli attack on Iran recently and I can't shake the fact that no one is talking about the US losing not just one, but two of its most advanced stealth fighter jets, the F35 lightning.

This jet cost trillions to develop, billions to maintain, and was largely sold as our only choice for air superiority fighter to counter china.

And Iran sent two of them down in flames.

in reply to Caleb James DeLisle

Looks like all of his 3d print designs are on github:
github.com/kachurovskiy/modula…

Lathes typically have a shitload of cast iron, not because they need to be that strong, but because they can't tolerate even a thousandth of an inch of flex. But concrete is very good at resisting flex and you can cast it in your garage.

A big challenge is the center line of the spindle needs to be aligned with the ways, very well. But I think it should be possible to lay them on epoxy and then align them before it hardens...

in reply to Caleb James DeLisle

I'm starting to think concrete is a completely under-appreciated material.

I was thinking about building a vacuum/pressure chamber for drying and pressure-treating wood. I thought I'd need to get a large high strength steel tank, but in reality I could probably just pour it from concrete and only use metal hinges and gaskets at the door...

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in reply to Wolf480pl

Hmm, I think that for vacuum operation, you need to make sure you vibrate out any possible air bubbles, very well, because bubbles might compromise the concrete when subjected to vacuum.

Also a long curing time is pretty much mandatory for something subjected to such harsh conditions.

Any off-gassing from the concrete shouldn't really matter because you're actively pumping air out of the container all of the time while the wood is boiling off moisture.

I think my main concern is porosity, and it might not be possible to do pressure and vacuum in the same chamber. Under vacuum, you can coat the outside with epoxy and it will suck in to the concrete and create a strong structure. Under pressure, you could try to do the same on the inside, but concrete tensile strength is not awesome, and any epoxy painted on the outside is going to want to delaminate if the concrete is porous and being pressurized from inside...

But more globally speaking, I think concrete should be regarded as a resin with especially good compressive strength.

in reply to Caleb James DeLisle

@Java @EvolLove
I've had this idea for working with 3D prints, but it could also work well with concrete in that you line the exterior with aluminum foil or the interior, and that is very gas impermeable.

You could also, by putting bars around the edge and then wrapping wire and tightening it, reinforce the structure and create a compression on the exterior structure for a pressure tank. Like a grain silo.

in reply to Soul Dessin

Think about one of these things making the rebar for small intricate concrete castings made in 3d printed molds...

There's no die, it's just CNC programming, and the cost for a company with one of those machines to make you a custom object out of wire is whatever it takes them to validate your CNC program and put it into their machine.

in reply to Soul Dessin

I'm thinking you form the wire and print a multi-part mold, then you assemble the mold with the wire in it (part of the mold needs to hold the wire, that part the wire will not be covered by concrete, you just plan for it).

Then you caulk the gaps in the mold sections and apply vacuum to the top of the mold and open the bottom of the mold to a vat of concrete to suck it in.

Release vacuum, collapsing any bubbles inside of the mold, then wait for it to cure, disassemble the mold, and saw off the parts where concrete flowed in at the bottom and out at the top...

Who likes puzzles?

Here are some from the 3M company in the 1970's you can print.

archive.org/details/3-m-paper-…

Every time I see people talk about 2hu gacha I remember I played LostWord and Spell Bubble at the same time and the circumstances of both games Yukari fights were a cute contrast.

Lost Word Yukari: "The other worlds are going to be more dangerous than this one was so I will put you through one last test."

Spell Bubble Reimu: [talking to the others about Yukari] "Oh, I recognize THAT tone of voice. Don't let her give you trouble. She is just sour that we solved the incident and she did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help."

"Humanitarian zones" - the new euphemism for concentration camps

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in reply to Syphilia Morgenstierne

This is how #zioNaZis (and americans) treat what humanitarian means for them. todon.nl/@prolrage/11466929269…


The same play every fucking day. Americans gave the name of "aid distribution centers" while they built traps of death for the starving population of #Gaza.

"Al-Shifa Hospital reports 5 killed and several wounded after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid in the Al-Sudaniya area, northwest of Gaza City."


I would like to recommend this movie to you which on the surface is a fantasy horror movie but I like the hidden ethics where it's about the pharmaceutical industry and who has access to medicine: themoviedb.org/movie/1153714-d…


#movie #Hollywood #entertainment #BIGpharma #medicine #ethics #fantasy #horror #unicorn #economy #capitalism #money #finance #moral #cinema #politics #health

in reply to baskin 🇵🇸

Αν δεν υπήρχαν οι "σκουρόχρωμοι" - μέσα σ' αυτούς συμπεριλαμβάνονται κι οι έλληνες κι ας λένε ότι θέλουν τα καθάρματα της αστικής τάξης - δεν θα δούλευε τίποτα στην Ευρώπη εδώ και 30 χρόνια.
Τώρα που η ευρώπη (η αστική της τάξη δηλαδή) θέλει να βγάζει λεφτά χωρίς κόπο (βλέπε χωρίς επενδύσεις σε νέες τεχνολογίες κλπ - γερμανικό μοντέλο) απλά προσπαθούν να πείσουν ότι τα "ξένα" χέρια δεν είναι αναγκαία. Η Διαμαντοπούλου και όλο το ελληναριό της αστικής τάξης δεν έχει ιδέα πως χτίστηκαν οι ισχυρές οικονομίες του βορρά. Όπως επίσης (λόγω διατήρησης των συμφερόντων της τάξης τους) δεν ξέρουν πως να αξιοποιήσουν την εργατική τάξη της χώρας ΚΑΙ τους μετανάστες μαζί. Έχουν στα χέρια τους χρυσό και παράγουν σκατά.
(Θου κύριε να σκεφτόμαστε εμείς πως θα μας εκμεταλλεύονταν καλύτερα αυτά τα κυκλώματα των παιδοβιαστών. Όλο μια παράνοια.)