This comes across as absolutely bizarre to me. It’s a for-profit company that is owned by CD Projekt.

If it was an actual foundation it would be different, but “donating” your money so one of the most profitable game companies can make more money seems like a weird thing to do.

The Video Game History Foundation has existed for close to nine years and is actually a non-profit.

I agree with this, except I thought “indie” was the one that made the most sense until now.

Hollywood redefined “independent” to mean “anything outside of the major studio system,” which has made less and less sense as time goes on.

Seems like it was about time for the video game industry to redefine words too!

It’s interesting because the meaning of the word “independent” is shifting for games, in the same way it shifted for Hollywood movies.

Essentially one guy made Stardew Valley, and funded it himself. Most of the development of Clair Obscur was funded by a publisher, Kepler Interactive.

So… for games “independent” now means “not funded by one of the major game studios.” Not really “independent” as it used to mean. That’s too bad.

I have always related to this Isaac Asimov quote from 1980:

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

Being vaccinated for life from measles is awesome! I’d get another shot literally right now if it meant not having to worry about this stupid shit.

Enjoy the fear of catching measles because you’re not vaccinated!

Slightly different gameplay but I do still want to play Transport Fever 2 sometimes, even though I’ve played Transport Tycoon/OpenTTD for decades at this point.

I could see good attention to detail being a draw.

Do you have to do it?

I would hope not, that would definitely be a deal-breaker for me.

Ancient Roman builders were “hot-mixing,” which means that they dumped volcanic ash and powdered quicklime together dry, then added water later, triggering a chemical reaction that cooked the mixture from the inside.

the heat unlocked chemical pathways impossible with the standard method of “slaking” lime first — “slaking” being the process where the lime is first mixed with water before it’s poured out.

The hot-mixing method has faster setting times, and most importantly, creates something called a lime clast, which are little white chunks of minerals common in ancient Roman concrete that was at one point thought to be a sign of poor mixing but is now being viewed as the key to its absurd durability. These lime clasts effectively give ancient Roman concrete a self-healing ability that can keep it going for generations.

Very interesting!

I have been using Kindle for a while due to convenience, and I’ve been using the Bookerly font.

Great question though, I like seeing the options.

I didn’t realize the drum set originated in the U.S. but it makes sense with jazz.

And I believe the electric guitar as well! George Beauchamp, along with Adolph Rickenbacker developed the first electromagnetic pickups.

Another unrelated U.S. one that comes to mind is the sousaphone

Adolf Hitler was the man of the year in 1938.

Instead of a conventional portrait, the cover was an illustration by Rudolph von Ripper entitled ‘From the unholy organist, a hymn of hate’.

Stalin in 1939 and 1942.

There are a lot of lame ones, now that I look.

Richard Nixon in 1971 and 1972, the latter of which he shared with Henry Kissinger.

Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979. Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1983. George H.W. Bush in 1990.

Ted Turner in 1991. Sure, Time.

Newt Gingrich?!

The article doesn’t seem to say how many are produced.

“Selling out” is kind of meaningless unless you say how many are produced.

The Enzo Ferrari sold out too.

Objection your honor! Pigs are not only ham, they have many culinary uses

For real!

I’ve been reading books about politics in the 1990s, and the National Rifle Association convinced millions of people that if Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, all of their guns would be taken away.

This “slippery slope” thinking led directly to both the Waco siege in early 1993 and the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

Wait, was the oil tanker transporting illegal drugs? I thought it was about drugs.

It’s partly because of how much different software is used during the different steps. There are many attack vectors.

Here’s the actual study in IEEE Access for more info!

The consumer reports article also mentions Tesla introduced multiple new models during the testing time frame and their older vehicles fared much better.

This is how it always works. Unless you’re Jeep and always make bad cars.

Tech news sites know what people will engage with, though! At least Techspot actually mentioned the details.

Fresh milk! Imagine all the stuff you could make with that much fresh milk in the 18th century.

Eight cows that are being milked right now.

What a boon!

Same, I am filtering all of lemmy.world and I’ve never once regretted it.

This is actually the first post I’ve even seen talking about it.

Fuck me, I did not know that!

In 1927, Trump was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration, but there is no conclusive evidence that he supported the organization.

Oh sure, just at a Klan rally as a social call.

And yep, according to the details on Twitter, Donald confirmed it and then said “nah, must have been another Fred Trump who lived at that same address.”