it caused the death of my favorite singer-songwriter

r.i.p. Ritsuko Okazaki

Update: the city of Plantation has just added an event!

Project: City of Plantation note: only covers Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am

Again, note that the project covers the whole month, even though the special event is on a particular day.

Oh, you might already know this but I just wanted to mention that there’s City Nature Challenge in May, which is also a BioBlitz run in a bunch of different places (similar to the Parks for Pollinators event in that regard).

Yeah, there’s a variety of BioBlitz events; this one just happens to be one of the bigger sets of events.

And thanks for the extra info!

oh yeah i forgot about the Metal Slug games! haven’t played them yet though.

oh snap, this is actually legit good

Yeah, N64/PS1 era was when the industry started pushing 3D games hard, and it really feels like the beginning of the modern era to me too.

well i guess you’ve told the world where the bodies are buried :P

We gotta step up our game, over here in North America!

I wonder if the appeal in this regard may be similar to that of Bofuri, which also has a premise wherein the main character is ridiculously overpowered. In Bofuri, this is played for laughs, with the main character gaining an increasing collection of ridiculously overpowered abilities and everyone else generally going “WTF” at this.

Yeah, this seems like a partial solution which is not very broadly viable on its own, but can still have niche applications.

Also, pardon me for bringing up the topic of violence, but I was thinking about what electronics might have particularly short lifespans and I thought of the circuitry of kamikaze drones and missiles used in military conflicts. It’d be a curious but potentially relevant way for defense industries to be more environmentally friendly in at least some way (and it’s not like weapons production is going to stop anytime soon, regardless of moral questions).

You’re definitely right to point out that the other components are much more concerning from a pollution standpoint. Still, though, I think this improvement is certainly better than nothing. And it might be part of a more broadly applicable change in the future.

I think 37°C is 98.6°F, i.e. normal human body temperature. This is, somehow, hotter. But the sea being even near this temperature is…a problem.

I think this area is relatively shallow so it can get hotter than the bulk of the seawater in deeper parts, but these are still crazy high temperatures…

For what it’s worth, according to Google Maps, that’s probably not much of a beach spot; forests (presumably mangrove forests) seem to line much of the land on the edge of Manatee Bay.

I’ve generally found that avoiding the biggest crowds seems to also avoid some (though not all) of the worst behavior. More specialized subreddits, communities, and magazines tend to be more chill, and also more focused on their topics.

It’s arguably so easy to “farm karma” that I accidentally did it for a while. Just kept posting silly puns to reply to stuff people post on the Florida Man subreddit.

Reddit karma ain’t worth much at all.

On one hand downvotes are an expression of negativity, but on the other hand downvotes are an outlet for negativity.

Meanwhile, I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why a bunch of the top comments here got like one downvote each, lol.

Honestly I don’t think an algorithm needs to work very hard to “be mean” like that. Sure, you can purposely put people with clashing views in each other sight on a place where people go to hang out and have fun. But you don’t even need to go do that on purpose. To some extent, people naturally produce more “engagement” with stuff that’s controversial/argumentative.

Imagine if I were to walk past you and say some completely innocent comment. Now imagine I were to walk past you and insult your favorite movie/show/song/game/whatever. You’d be far more likely to respond in the latter case.

So, as people respond, more activity is generated, and that makes the post “hotter”. Simply boost what’s hot, and you have a veritable litany of controversy.

Well, $250, but yeah. The law wasn’t prepared for people being this obnoxious.

nods Fair enough.