In the 1950s, French men were incredibly sexist, and Bond had no use for women. LOL.
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“The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station. We had sampled almost everything else, and now— yes, it was time for a long snort of ether. And then do the next hundred miles in a horrible, slobbering sort of spastic stupor. The only way to keep alert on ether is to do up a lot of amyls—not all at once, but steadily, just enough to maintain the focus at ninety miles an hour through Barstow.”
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Not the only reason:
Casino Royale:
"‘First of all,’ and he inhaled a thick lungful of Caporal, ‘you will be pleased with your Number Two. She is very beautiful’ (Bond frowned), ‘very beautiful indeed.’ Satisfied with Bond’s reaction, Mathis continued: ‘She has black hair, blue eyes, and splendid … er … protuberances. Back and front,’ he added. ‘And she is a wireless expert which, though sexually less interesting, makes her a perfect employee of Radio Stentor and assistant to myself in my capacity as wireless salesman for this rich summer season down here.’ He grinned. ‘We are both staying in the hotel and my assistant will thus be on hand in case your new radio breaks down. All new machines, even French ones, are apt to have teething troubles in the first day or two. And occasionally at night,’ he added with an exaggerated wink.
Bond was not amused. ‘What the hell do they want to send me a woman for?’ he said bitterly. ‘Do they think this is a bloody picnic?’"
I just want to say how much I love Lemmy. Yes. Privateering. 😉 Although technically privateers were privately owned vessels operating under government sanction.
So think Gravy Seal boats capturing an oil tanker.
1·16 days agoThat’s fascinating, roughly contemporary with the Vulgate, but in Greek instead of Latin.
I was always told the Vulgate was the first to bring it all under a single language, but this could / should pre-date it by a few decades.
The Vulgate was comissioned in 382. Looks like Jerome used both the Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus as basis for the Vulgate.
The best one I’ve found is the New Jerusalem translation:
Here’s a comparison:
New Jerusalem Ezekiel 20:23-26
23 Once again, however, I pledged them my word that I would scatter them throughout the nations and disperse them in foreign countries,
24 because they had not followed my judgements but had rejected my laws and profaned my Sabbaths, their eyes being fastened on the foul idols of their ancestors.
25 And for this reason I gave them laws that were not good and judgements by which they could never live;
26 and I polluted them with their own offerings, making them sacrifice every first-born son in order to fill them with revulsion, so that they would know that I am Yahweh."
King James:
23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.
NIV:
23 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries,
24 because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents’ idols.
25 So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;
26 I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.’
1·23 days agoThe worst part is, late in the game they reveal a tunnel system… that does nothing. You can’t access it, it’s just two holes in the ground. LOL.
Still a delight to play!
Foodstuffs can be food or something with which to make food.
Flour is a foodstuff, because you can use it to make food.
Corn can be eaten or it can be processed to make other food.
Meats can be eaten directly or made into other things like stew.
4·24 days agoWell, not truly silent because they have a musical score, but two classics are:
Metropolis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)
Les Vampires (10 episodes):
4·26 days agoUntil someone has to go up to unplug it and plug it back in again. 😁
10·29 days agoI’d think, at least for the existing Steam Decks, it would involve some kind of internal modification as well since they don’t do charging like this.
59·1 month agoLooks like a standard bracket, it even has the slots ready to go!
We’ve survived another 308 days of Trump, which is a big deal. But I don’t see us being truly thankful until 11/23/2028 and even that is only a maybe.
I am! Thanks!
I asked Google: “book comparing and contrasting anarchism with communism” and it returned a list, it will be interesting to see if any of these are AI hallucinations:
Books and collections
Marxism, Anarchism, Communism: Marx, Karl: This collection includes fundamental texts from both ideologies.
Appears to be a real book, but it’s just a collection of:
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
The State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin
And then invites the reader to draw their own inferences.
Looks like all three are public domain:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23428
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/index.htmAlso in the search:
“Anarchism, Anarchist Communism, and The State: Three Essays”
Well, from the Steam Deck tech specs page:
Processor
6 nm AMD APU
CPU: Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32)
GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.6GHz (1.6 TFlops FP32) APU power: 4-15W
RAM 16 GB LPDDR5 on-board RAM (6400 MT/s quad 32-bit channels)
Then what we know about the Steam Machine, also from the tech specs page:
CPU Semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6C / 12T up to 4.8 GHz, 30W TDP
GPU Semi-Custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs 2.45GHz max sustained clock, 110W TDP
RAM 16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
See how they run on the Steam Deck and then consider the Steam Machine is apparently 6x more powerful.
Baldur’s Gate 3:
Clair Obscure:
Cyberpunk:
Jedi Fallen Order:
Jedi Survivor:
Transport Tycoon Deluxe:
I can see unplugging the Raspberry Pi in the bedroom and replacing it with the Steam Machine.
I mean, I find my Steam Deck powerful enough and this is, what, 6x over the Steam Deck?
Hope that dude was getting ganked in Arc Raiders later that night…
https://www.ign.com/articles/we-just-started-i-have-nothing-retired-pro-gamer-goes-viral-for-relentlessly-killing-casual-arc-raiders-players-but-is-it-griefing-or-just-fair-pvp