I guess the logic is that it’s a subsystem of Windows for the purpose of running Linux apps.

Agree though that it’s a confusing name. I remember thinking the same thing about Windows Subsystem for Android (the compatibility layer to run Android apps in Windows)

I am not PugJesus but maybe I can fill in context.

Odysseus: Legendary hero of The Odyssey by Homer. Odysseus famously lied to a cyclops who had captured him to make the cyclops believe that his name was “Nobody”, and so when Odysseus took an opportunity to blind the cyclops and escape, the cyclops could only say “Nobody did this/Nobody is escaping” or something to that effect when he went to get help, which went ignored.

Orpheus: Another Greco-Roman mythological figure, a musician who was skilled at playing a lyre. In one myth, his wife Eurydice died, and so he set off to the underworld to find her soul and bring her back to life. He visited Hades and played some tunes, and Hades was impressed enough to strike a bargain that he would be able to retrieve her soul and guide her back to the world of the living as long as he swore not to look at her until they arrived. Things went well enough basically right up until the very end when he had one moment of doubt and looked back at her, at which point she vanished back to the depths of the underworld forever.

“Liar” = Odysseus, “Lyre” = Orpheus

“Looking back (Orpheus), Nobody (Odysseus) found this funny.”

Found the full statue if anyone else was curious what the whole thing looked like:

Lemmy is also primarily used by super nerds who don’t care about sportsball. Not enough normies here compared to Reddit.

I like Only Yesterday. There’s just something appealing about getting away from a stifling job in the city and just going out to live in the country for fun, even if just for a week.

Palestinian philosopher and writer Edward Said was also famously in favor of a one-state solution which granted equal rights to Palestinians.

I think that is honestly the only way forward, but feel like it will take extended intervention by a foreign government or international organization to enforce. And I am guessing that really means extended at this point.

Firewall issue perhaps?

I have some links fail to load while I’m at work unless I use a VPN. Should do all browsing at work from VPN, to be honest.

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Douse it in herbs and lemon, fantastic dish.

It’s unchanged, even now.

It took me a few tries, but the format that was recommended to me by SoleInvictus in this comment appeared to work.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/14390647

Ironically it doesn’t work as well in my own app because the app keeps trying to change the formatting to its own syntax, but it seems to work for the most people of all spoiler options.

No arguments here. I used to love Geoguessr when it was 100% free, but have never once paid for it since they switched to a subscription model. I just blame Google more than Geoguessr is all.

Depending on who you ask, a lot. Or very little.

For me today, though, it was the large downtime earlier. It’s big by Fediverse standards, microscopic by Reddit standards, and as-is it struggles to keep stable uptime some days.

The only thing that would have me worried, even given these examples, is the fact that the current supreme court seems to enjoy wiping their ass with precedent.

They haven’t been afraid to dismiss older rulings, or to say that this time is somehow different than before because it’d be more convenient.

Absolutely. But that’s just my preference.

Mandalorian is really just a spaghetti western with a Star Wars skin. It has cool moments, but also doesn’t take itself too seriously, a mix of action and comedy, and though the individual episode plots are contrived, they know the more important things is really just spending time with the characters. But if you don’t like the characters, then the whole thing kinda falls apart, like what happened with the boring Boba Fett spinoff.

Andor is a spy drama which goes all in on the gravity of its plot. It’s not lighthearted, doesn’t have goofy moments or mascot characters, and despite taking place immediately before the original trilogy, it’s not riding the coattails of nostalgia. An almost 100% human cast with no helmets or painted skin also makes it easier for the quality of acting to really shine on the screen.

Merely being different doesn’t inherently make one better than the other, but what makes Andor stand apart for me at least is that it is the only Star Wars property I know of that was not at all made for children. Not that it’s crass or gory or full of profanity, but it tackles topics like fascism and genocide that could never be as thoroughly explored in any other Star Wars property intended for children.

Sous vide was a game changer for me. I don’t use mine often but break it out when I want to convince people I am not terrible at cooking.

Just wish that it wasn’t necessary to use so much plastic for it. If there was any sort of plant-based film that food could be sealed in instead, it’d be perfect.

Sometimes. Probably should more often, but when you cook something enough times to know when it’s done, it makes it a bit redundant.

My understanding is that Google charges for use of their API. The game could switch to a traditional flat price model, but the moment they stop making enough in sales to pay Google for API access, the entire game is dead for everyone.

The subscription sucks but it’s basically a requirement to continue running. Would be nice if there was any sort of open map standard with even half the street view data Google has so they wouldn’t need Google at all.

Thanks, I actually went out of my way to look up the native Lemmy markdown format for spoilers because I was worried the one I was used to using wasn’t universal, but I guess the opposite ended up being the case. I’ll try to fix it.

Out of curiosity, have you seen Andor at all?

I won’t push you to watch Star Wars since it seems like you’ve landed where you have for good reason, but if in the event you were looking to give any piece of Star Wars media another chance, Andor is the one I’d choose.