I've been here, hiked on that exact path. The canyon is gorgeous, the whole thing is windswept such that you can see different eras of erosion on the surface of the rocks. On the main path, you can view dwellings in the distance on slopes that seem impossible to traverse. It's a beautiful place and a testament to Native American resourcefulness. Pretty close to the Barringer crater too.

Obviously it's higher. If it was any lower, they would've made a huge announcement out of it to prove they're better than the competition.

The thumbnail very briefly had me convinced that Trump developed the ability to cast fireballs

This is the first time they've been caught. It would be naive to think this is the only time this has happened. No doubt they've scrubbed data of bad actors on their side many times without anyone knowing.

Carrier pigeons didn't have government backdoors. Maybe we ought to go back to them

I don't believe so, I think it has to do more with seeing something novel that you don't get to see every day. Like, not many people have the means to fill a house with elephant toothpaste, so when someone does that it makes for a pretty entertaining video.

One half-baked concession to the poor doesn't imply their party platform is about improving the lives of poor people.

I ate the hell out of this onion ngl

The southpaws will rise again!

First thing I thought of lmao

I wonder if there's a market here. I feel like a company that cleans up AI bullshit would make bank lol

I love this idea, but the main obstacle this has to overcome is the voter's knowledge of the issues and any given candidate stances on them. If we implemented this in the US, I feel like most people would still simply delegate all their votes to one candidate or all candidates of a particular party. It's a lot of information for a working person to keep track of. Any idea on how to overcome this with paper ballots? Or are computerized ballots with all relevant information embedded within the way to go?

Minecraft. Started playing in 2011 and have played off and on every year since then. It's now really popular again, but I distinctly remember around 2017-18 it became suddenly uncool to play. When I would be in a VC with friends while playing it, they would ride my ass for it. The ~10 year nostalgia/hype cycle is coming full circle lol

Why do they exclusively only cancel good shows (Mindhunter, Inside Job, now this) and keep up actual garbage?? I don't think Netflix has made a wise business decision ever, the only reason they're successful is because they were the first. They're lucky Blockbuster didn't buy them.

I'm a pretty conservative game purchaser. I've never paid over $40 for a game (including games on sale) because there are so, so many amazing indie games on Steam that charge so little for many hours of fun.

When I see a AAA game come out, I know it's going to be profit-driven, uninspired, and rushed because it exists solely for the purpose of making money for a large corp. For that reason (among others), I avoid them altogether because I know my dollar goes way further going toward an independent developer who makes games for passion (and only sometimes for money). The passion always shines through in their work, unlike passionless AAA games.

Exactly right. Prompt ""engineering"" is the same as calling the guy at Subway making a sub a "sandwich engineer." It dilutes the value of jobs where people actually engineer things.

If abject racism is Republicans' best criticism of Mamdani's policies, then that bodes really well for his platform.

Yeah I don't blame you, Apple is incredibly good at that. It's what made me drag my feet for years but eventually the built-up frustration pushed me to act lol

I hear that. I was an Apple user for years and years but the only reason I stuck their phones for so long was the fact that I jailbroke them to maintain control over my own devices. Jailbreaking has been getting clunkier, less useful, and way less stable so I was frustrated enough to look for an alternative.

I know you're not looking for alternatives (and I apologize for the unsolicited recommendation), but if you ever do, keep GrapheneOS on your radar. As far as I know, it's one of the only non-Apple routes to a free (control-wise) phone that isn't dependent on integration with a giant tech corporation.

No no no, don't pin this on us. We didn't choose this bullshit. I can about guarantee you no American on Lemmy voted red. We're victims in this just as much as anyone else is. It's exhausting seeing people blame all Americans for the actions of idiotic red voters. Half this country is on your side. Blaming us only further alienates us and sows division. So don't "you guys" us. Allow me to reiterate: we didn't want this.