Way back when I decided to dye my hair black, that song helped me choose which kind of black.
neidu4
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neidu4@piefed.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which day of the week do you celebrate, and why?English
3·1 day agoI actually like Mondays. I work from home, and that’s when I get to have the house by myself.
A clown with bangs… how do you like my haircut? And does this nose make my nose look big?
Sounds like something shoutcast can do.
Remember the time before apple acted as if they invented audio streaming and built a walled garden of podcasts? We had shoutcasts long before podcasts.
neidu4@piefed.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•I have an opportunity to study abroad in Budapest, Hungary for a semester. Should I take it?English
17·2 days agoCame here to say this. Plus, Budapest is a pretty cool city. Had the pleasure of spending a few weeks there in 2003
neidu4@piefed.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the most horribly aged comedy film of the 2000's?English
3·2 days agoI vaguely recall enough to confirm it. Yeah, that didn’t age well. “Men can’t be raped, bro”
neidu4@piefed.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the most horribly aged comedy film of the 2000's?English
2·2 days agoThat movie was so forgettable… remind me what she did again?
Trust me, it takes A LOT of time. I’ve been playing for around a decade, I’m ELO 1400ish, and I still consider myself a nooblet.
The problem with chess is that it’s an ancient game where anything you might try has already been done by someone. Randomly move a horsey, and a skilled opponent will recognize it as either a blunder, or part of a well known strategy. “Ha, I can see you’re trying to play a Venetian Sodomy Gambit, but I already anticipated this, so by moving this pawn you fell for my Cleveland Steamer Trap. Eat shit, noob. Mate in 61 moves!”
Chess is truly an unforgiving game to 99.999% of us.
You will never master it. I sure as hell never will. But as long as we’re having fun, that’s all that matters.
Now, with that out of the way, I find that most people stagnate at around 700 ELO, because that’s about when the common opener traps stop working. A little beyond that level, and countering them is not only easy, but punishing them is expected. And to move past this level, a basic theory knowledge of the game is important: Learn an opener, and then master that. Not the entire game, just the opener sequence of your choice.
Once you’re able to arrive at midgame without already being behind, you can start developing your more generalized skillset.
My suggestions is that you learn King’s Indian Attack (as white) and Purc Defense (as black). They’re very similar, and they put you in an easily defensible position, and it works against pretty much any opener your opponent might try.
neidu4@piefed.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Would life be different in the world if we kept the League of Nation's instead of adopting the UN?English
6·2 days agoDoubt it. LoN was pretty much UN but with a lot fewer members and even less teeth
I stock to brain based. I have a system that makes it easy for me to remember which password is for where. Step one is to use passphrases instead of password. Obligatory reference: xkcd correct horse battery staple
Whatever I put in the fridge. I work from home, and I enjoy cooking, so the cantina at work is great.
neidu4@piefed.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What song was bigger than the movie it was in?English
15·6 days agoAce Ventura teams up with the cop from The Fugitive, so Iceman has to team up with that guy from NCIS:LA to defeat them
neidu4@piefed.socialOPto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is gender affirming care for cis people a thing?English
4·6 days agoThank you for this. I still have many questions but at least they’re fewer now.
Also, “smuggling raisins around” is a new favorite term of mine
neidu4@piefed.socialto
Comic Strips@lemmy.world•Having a good partner [PizzaCake]English
83·6 days agoI remember seeing here on Lemmy a while back that a good boyfriend/girlfriend is a best friend where there is also an erotic angle.
neidu4@piefed.socialOPto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is gender affirming care for cis people a thing?English
1·6 days agoThis too sounds like “gender affirming self care”
neidu4@piefed.socialto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How do you write a drug cartel in a military thriller storyEnglish
1·6 days agoThe cartel? Anything they can get their hands on really, with a strong preference for the top shelf gear of their opposing army. You can see this in videos of people accidentally encountering cartel members: There’s a lot of similarities with normal militaries, but with a few more grenade launchers and heavy machine guns than what one would normally expect.
As an example: I’m an OK machine gunner (or, at least, I used to be decades ago), and while my preferred machine gun (Rheinmetall MG3) is probably not top shelf anymore, I’ve trained more in tactics with that gun than some cartel member has with whatever fully decked out kit they were given. My job wasn’t intimidation. My job wasn’t cartel security. My job wasn’t keeping track of people straying into our territory. My job was to be the best machine gunner I could be with the hardware that was standardized for my role. And I spent almost all day every day training with that as a premise.
I am of course not saying that I’m better than cartel members but they have other responsibilities too, whereas my focus was on one thing only, and the reast of the squad practiced our roles together extensively.
To approach the subject from a different angle: Let’s say you have someone under you, employed to ha dle territorial security- You supply them with the best that your contacts can provide for whatever money you can spare. And in Mexico (which I assume is a reasonable location for your story), this would probably mean an HMG akin to what the US army would use; M249
neidu4@piefed.socialOPto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is gender affirming care for cis people a thing?English
2·6 days agoGlad it works for you. Remote tele health is an actual doctor, right? As in, all the credentials, just not in-person appointment? That makes it immediately more legit than the banner ads I saw on shad6 websites eons ago…
neidu4@piefed.socialOPto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is gender affirming care for cis people a thing?English
1·6 days agoYeah, I think wishy washy “too careful” language is annoying to everyone involved in the conversation. Overly vague language instead of just using the correct syntax serves nobody.
I don’t remember the context or the exact question, but I do remember saying at some point, on the topic of gender and sexuality, something along the lines of “I was born with a penis, I like it that way, and I enjoy inserting it into opposite genitalia”. I found that to be the easiest way of clarification. To my defense, this was before I learned what “cisgendered” meant and I just wanted to make sure there was no ambiguity. This was in 2010 or thereabouts.
neidu4@piefed.socialOPto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is gender affirming care for cis people a thing?English
6·6 days agoI have some many questions… feel free to answer as many as you want, if any at all:
- Where does the breast tissue come from?
- How does one sculpt a nipple?
- Are they as sensitive as before? I mean, on the receiving end of stimuli, does it feel like an organically grown whole grain breast, or is it more like… uh… elbow skin? I have no idea how the neuroplastics would work…
- Does having breast cancer on one side automatically increase the chances of cancer on the other side? I would think symmetry isn’t a given?
- Were you allowed to choose size and shape? (If so, did you go for the tried and true original, or somethingelse entirely?)
- Hope you’re doing well today. Not a question, I just wanted to say (write) it. Live long and prosper.
Sorry for the stupid questions, but of all places I feel this is a safe space for them…


He’s already annoyed by humans referencing eating pussy