[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

Since fin has already provided a decent answer, I'll just say never underestimate how much some people do with CLI. For those who've memorised every command they need CLI is quicker than a high DPI setting and a twitchy wrist on a mouse.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

What's the point? Anyone who's vaguely interested in it is going to know about it, and there's never going to be anything particularly game changing in a 20th iteration of a franchise. It's still CoD at the end of the day.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

There's nothing stopping you from making a boot key and messing with Linux or making a partition of your storage. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

That said, as someone who is also very visually inclined, I've tried a couple of different distros over the years and always bounced off. I kept encountering the dumbest little issues that most people didn't get, and it always required Terminal to fix. It's those moments when you get to learn how obtuse and unwelcoming some of the Linux community can be.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

The real surprise is some people were dumb enough to give over 2k

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Because Cpt JPG is the expert...

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Given the poor lighting, seeing her would be a start.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 65 points 3 days ago

"It's the pirates' fault because they prove we're full of shit"

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It doesn't even make much sense in the PC sphere either. It's physically possible but in regards to cost and performance, there's not much to gain from a yearly upgrade cycle.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Thank you. I provide links so infrequently I manage to forget the format by the next time I need it.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

https://lemmy.ca/c/buildapc

If local supplies are that limited, importing might be your only option short of catching a ferry to the mainland and stuffing a duffel bag with what you've been able to buy.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

As hinted at in the title, assuming the technology/means existed that could absorb energy fast enough, would it be possible to stop a star from going supernova, effectively "calming" it?

This is for a novel (not exactly a sci-fi one) but I'd like to keep in the realms of "technically possible".

Edit. Thank you to everyone for providing answers and specific thanks to @Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com @radix@lemmy.world and @Deestan@lemmy.world for the for the further reading/watching materials that have inspired a narrative solution that is kinda hand-wave-y but should be good enough to hold up to scrutiny until the moment someone with a PhD (or good enough knowledge) takes a closer look at a fictional word with a soft magic system and smashes the big ol' BS button which I think is about as much as fantasy novel writer can ask for.

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