imgur.com/gallery/its-... Thing is, we could have both. The greed of billionaires is infinite. But food? Each person needs 3 meals a day. Once u satisfy that... you don't need more. Do the same with housing, healthcare, education, rights & a few other things & we can go sit down. We don't need a lot

I'm stuck on #gamedev. I need to install the LAMP stack. I got Apache2 installed just fine. And I got MySQL installed while using Mint-Cinnamon. But now I'm using Q4OS, MySQL is refusing to install, insisting on me using MariaDB instead. Anyone with knowledge in #database or #linux know how to help?

I think I'll share a #recipe I did recently: Dehydrated cucumber chips Directions: Cut cucumbers into thin slices. Dehydrate at 130F for 8-10 hours Results: Totally awful. No taste, with the texture of plastic. Nobody likes them. Not even the guinea pig. Not even the dogs! Not recommended.

They even had to MAKE a scandal! They couldn't get over him wearing a tan suite!

I haven't posted in a while, but I have recently switched to using Linux (Mint-Cinnamon). It's been an experience, and some tasks can be nervous, but considering the way Microsoft is going, it's worth the effort. I have been a computer user for over 30 years now. My impressions of Linux at ->

Here's an idea: What if we convinced Trump that he has to fudge the stock market numbers before they plummet? The #economy is obviously going downhill, it's going to happen anyway; if he fudges the numbers, would the people in the stock market turn against Trump then? Still, just an idea...

I am to a part in #gamedev of Settlers & Warlords that always seems hard: Adding the ability to cut down trees. But the reason that it is hard is because the world generation regarding trees changes, each time I get to this point. So I have to code a new solution, instead of relying on old code. ->

Just another reason to ask: Why are we even paying taxes??

My #gamedev of Settlers & Warlords has hit a snag. I have structures that are waiting for work, and workers that have need work, but for some reason my code doesn't trigger the workers to start working anywhere. I don't know how to fix it. Doing this solo is rough. Would anyone want to help? ->

This #CharlieKirk thing is finally dying down, and I think I should say some things. First, I will never support the murder of anyone, even if that someone were advocating for violence. Trump & the GOP party are my enemies; they enact violence toward me & my community through their policies. ->

I'm trying to #gamedev my Settlers & Warlords game better this time. So I'm to the point where workers must find a tool before they can complete a job. What happens when there are no tools to do the job? The job is the next in line, searching again will give the same job back. So let's, instead, ->

They're starting to release names from the Epstein files. They're testing the waters! They want to see what happens when names are released. To see what consequences there will be. These are pedophiles. They think they can prey on children because their money will protect them. We need to call ->

I'm at a point in the #gamedev of my game where I can look at improving the saving & reloading process, without having a whole load of other complexities to worry about. I've decided to change how structures are saved; it would be easier if they were all in a separate table, instead of an extra ->

I got the right message! #indiedev #smallmoments ...yeah, I'm going to bed now

The news right now is that most of Trump's tariffs have been declared illegal by an appeals court, and should be stopped. Obviously, Trump isn't going to listen, and will still try to push the tariffs on us. But... is it really up to us anyway? Can we, instead, pressure companies to refuse to pay ->

Trump sends the National Guard to help fight violent crime in D.C., and they... have so little to do they're assigned to clean up trash. Us taxpayers are paying a million dollars a day for this nonsense imgur.com/gallery/trum...

Here's the thing about Copilot: It doesn't understand what a football play is. It doesn't understand anything about the content it provides. It merely looks at hundreds of images labeled 'football play' based on what it can find online, and generates something similar.

You know what's crazy? Our political debates should be about which candidate will best accomplish all these goals. Instead our choices are between who wants to support our efforts, or who wants to destroy everything in their reach because "Democrats will destroy the US!!"

Give me the Epstein Files or give me Trump's resignation If Trump leaves office - completely - then I will stop nagging him about the files. But until then...

Sooo, why is Trump meeting Putin in Alaska anyway? Instead of a normal place, like in D.C.?

At this point Cuomo has no good arguments left to be mayor, but he still thinks he's entitled to be, because... he's Cuomo. This is like elites thinking they should be in charge, because their family always has been. If Cuomo wins the election, we'll know he cheated. But he can't accept defeat.

Sooo, the FBI is admitting that Trump's name IS in the Epstein files now??

We have to understand the difference between broken & rigged. If it's broken, you help the guys in charge to make it work again. But if it's rigged, the only way to fix it is to remove those in charge. And they'll want you to believe it's broken not rigged, so you'll keep them in office.

I realized something the other day: There are all kinds of tasty foods at fairs and amusement parks; why not make them at home? What's stopping me? Only... I don't go to fairs often. I know they sell soft pretzels and funnel cakes (which I plan to make some). What other goodies do they sell there?

Keep in mind, the people manning Alligator Alcatraz aren't going to see prisoners as people. They're not gonna do anything even if the entire jail gets sick. When they start dying, they'll say "oh well" and just get rid of the body.

This has been shared before, but it's worth posting. Think of all the opportunities our country has missed, just because the rich people want to keep us trapped in this rat race

I've been writing a story lately. It's actually kinda fun. It's like an elaborate picture, made with words; if one part isn't all that great or doesn't fit the flow, you can just rewrite it. I'm enjoying having two characters plot their way through a conversation. It doesn't always end ->

We need MORE of this! We need people demanding that businesses and local agencies to ban all ICE from their property. We KNOW they are breaking the law and violating human rights. There is no qualifier for 'with liberty and justice for all'

Fun fact: Nobody can break the laws of physics. They can only break our understanding of the laws of physics. I thought of this on my way to work today, and thought I'd share

Maybe I should run for president, with the attitude of "I'm gonna fix the economy! *5 minutes later* You know what? John here knows a LOT more about economics than I do. I'll just follow his advice"

Decided to look up how bunker-buster bombs work science.howstuffworks.com/bunker-buste... So, it's really a flying artillery barrel, and fires 1 shot point-blank into the ground!

A state senator in Minnesota was murdered, and far-right channels start stirring up misinformation just hours after. imgur.com/gallery/far-... All I can think is, how dare they? Someone was murdered, and they're okay with this? That spreading lies to fit their politics is more important than life?

I like this. And he's right: Trump has already lost. Trump has not won America, because he never won the people. #nokings

From the pictures of Trump's birthday parade that I've seen, he got a very dismal turnout. Someone needs to ask Trump straight up: Do you want to have big cheering crowds at his parade next year? Or do you want to continue on this path toward fascism. You can't have both. #protest #parade

So much for freedom of speech, right??

⚠️”I live here! I live here!” LAPD shot (rubber bullet) a woman point blank who was trying to ask when she could get into her apartment. An anti-ICE protester came to her aid and both were threatened as she tried to help the victim. #LA #ICEProtests #PoliceBrutality 🎥 @labyrinthlore

Ya know, the #IceProtests in LA are really reminding me of the BLM protests in 2020. You got protesters trying to protest peacefully, police & NG are being witnessed escalating tensions for no reason, while right-wing media is spinning it like the protesters are burning the whole city to the ground

For anyone in the Louisville, KY area, there's a protest going on today #laprotest #iceraids We should all stand with the people of LA

I've been playing a new game: It's a marble maze ball. It's a wild kind of challenge where a minor mistake can cost you a whole run & certain spots require finding the right strategy. This maze ball has 3 buttons you can press to move whole rigs about; block falls, fill in paths... its lots of fun

Finally had someone try out my current #gamedev version of Settlers & Warlords. The most obvious take-away is that it needs a tutorial; I already planned to have one, but even now the game is hurting without it. Guess I'll need to get that set up before anything else now. The challenge with ->

I finally have some #gamedev progress on moving dirt. A worker can fully empty out one tile, and fill in another. I haven't even started working on worker pathfinding up & down levels, though. There's still a ways to go with this

I found this the other day imgur.com/gallery/howe... I think we should be following our representatives in this manner, all the time. But instead of a couple reporters, it should be crowds of protesters. We need to keep pressure on these people, showing them the crowds of people they can piss off ->

I'd like to say that I've been working on #gamedev of making slopes in my Settlers & Warlords game, but... I haven't. I'm rather stuck on it, honestly My plan was to mark tiles as half or fully filled, and dynamically decide how to render it from there by looking at all the neighboring tiles. ->

Well... I beat the final boss in Final Fantasy 1. And all I think now is... now what? It was my first attempt at fighting the boss. By the time I could reach him comfortably, I had the means to defeat him. But it was either defeat him this time, or try to run (which could fail), leaving me to die

I've been reading Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. There's a part where two characters head back to Russia because a brother had lost his arm. This was during a Russian revolution during WWI; bad times for princes. A mob came to the house, and the brother tried to calm them, while the ->

No, this isn't about being petty. They are replacing FBI officers with Trump loyalists. We are watching the FBI become compromised. #politics

Maybe Amazon should ask the White House if they should re-phrase it as 'money given to Trump' or something? I'd like to see their response from that one! #politics

"Democracy is not what we have, it's what we do" It's not an object; they CANNOT take it away from us. #politics

I've gotten back into reading a series on r/hfy called First Contact. The first story is here www.reddit.com/r/HFY/commen... It starts from humble beginnings, but grows into a real epic journey, with an author writing at an insane pace, stretching into so many aspects of humanity. I recommend it