Gimp is really just a rare/archaic ableist slur anyway - like to refer to someone with a limp or otherwise a leg/lack of a leg that impedes their gait. I’ve never heard it used in my life.

I’ve only heard it used that way once in my life. When I was in high school (about 20 years ago), I hurt my leg while playing basketball and was on crutches for a few weeks. This one kid in one of my classes constantly referred to me as “gimp” throughout my recovery.

In addition to Fedidb, there’s also Fediverse Observer’s statistics page: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats

Looks like a custom WP theme called “vc9100” or “vc9100s” based on the CSS/JS modules being loaded

I can’t agree with the description “PizzaCake for men”. I read PizzaCake as well and the similarities to Penny Arcade are surface level at best. The comics about parenting are similar insofar as many comics about parenting are relaying an experience that many people can relate to, but outside of that, I would say Penny Arcade’s comedic range is far broader than PizzaCake’s. And I don’t mean that as an insult to PizzaCake; PizzaCake just tends to focus primarily on parenting and politics while Penny Arcade covers a much wider berth of topics (in addition to just having many comics be glorified shitposts carried by erudite prose).

Frankly, my biggest criticism of PizzaCake is that when they do choose to make political comics, they’re typically really unfunny. They’re just blunt statements about Republicans being stupid/evil/hypocrites/etc with no real setup or punchline. I enjoy bashing conservatives as much as the next guy, but I can’t consider PizzaCake’s political comics to be funny or insightful. They’re mostly just variations on this:

I agree with the other comments here saying the comic just might not be your cup of tea, which is totally fine.

But since you’re asking for people to share their favorites, I’ll share some of mine here. I think it’s a fun comic, but they’ve also been making comics consistently since 1998 and they can’t all be zingers. Most of my favorites tend to be on the absurd side, leaning on the characters’ respective weird idiosyncrasies or their #relatable moments with getting older and having kids.

• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/03/26/space-is-still-the-place
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/i-hope-you-like-text
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/01/02/side-effects-may-include
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2016/02/08/decrepitude
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2017/08/02/the-age-of-gabriel
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/04/11/he-who-fights-with-nerds
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2017/07/31/the-seventh-axis
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2015/12/18/i-am-not-your-father
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/10/06/behold
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/11/25/retales-part-one
• https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/05/26/the-unhorse

I’ll probably edit this comment to add more later cause I know I’m forgetting some bangers.

There’s only 1 Caesar

Not necessarily. I originally thought the phrase “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s” from the Bible referred to Julius Caesar, but apparently it refers to Tiberius.

Though in modern times “Caesar” almost ubiquitously is referencing Julius

Nice! We also have birds who choose our house as a nesting spot every year. We have 3 nests that barn swallows reclaim every Spring. They set up shop about two weeks ago so we’ll probably see some baby birds popping up before too long.

Perhaps I misunderstood the author’s intent. Though even if their position is that the red team and blue team will be on a more even playing field when both have access to AI tools, I’m not sure I can agree with that assessment. The asymmetrical nature of offense and defense isn’t fundamentally changed by the advent of AI tools. While the current slate of AI tools may be uniquely more useful for finding and patching bugs, I can’t imagine a future in which AI tools aren’t also being tailored for exploiting and penetrating. The red team isn’t just going to sit around and not adapt the available toolset to favor their use cases as well.

Much like the arms race between anti-virus development and virus development, there will be defensive AI development and offensive AI development. Similar to what we’ve already seen with the arms race between LLMs and software that can detect if something was written by an LLM.

This fluff piece has quite the pie-in-the-sky attitude toward the blue-teaming applications of AI.

Some commentators predict that future AI models will unearth entirely new forms of vulnerabilities that defy our current comprehension, but we don’t think so.

How reassuring.

The defects are finite, and we are entering a world where we can finally find them all.

Could’ve said the same thing when enterprise anti-malware came onto the scene decades ago, but the reality was it was just another vector for the arms race between the red team and the blue team. The author seems to put a lot of stock in the whole “the blue team has access to these AI tools that the red team doesn’t currently have access to” argument, which kinda ignores the fact that that reality is simply not going to last.

I could be wrong, but any article suggesting “zero-days are numbered” doesn’t pass the smell test.

Can you cite a source for this? I cannot find any reference to Conway Twitty ever coming out as gay.

why would palp take on an apprentice who is older then him?

Why would he care? Dooku was a means to an end, like all Sith apprentices. Palpatine could care less if Dooku kicks the bucket from old age after learning the ways of the Dark Side as long as Dooku helped Palpatine achieve his goals. Though given Palpatine’s clairvoyance, he probably knew Dooku wouldn’t die of old age. Most Sith don’t.

That’s crazy. Glad everyone was okay.

Feels like I haven’t seen a hot air balloon in over a decade. I used to see them all the time out in my neck of the woods.

The stark contrast between the “scénario optimiste” and “scénario pessimiste” feels like they really didn’t want to suggest French would decline in use.

“Absolute worst case scenario? French sees an extremely minimal decline over the next 30 years. Virtually zero change. Best case scenario? TO THE MOOOOOOOOOON! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀”

I got a lot of downvotes for suggesting that English will not forever be the world’s lingua franca.

I thought it was common knowledge that French would eventually surpass English (or even Mandarin) in terms of total users.

Perhaps you were downvoted for suggesting that one projection by one research group is both “common knowledge” and constitutes a scientific consensus when it is neither. A more accurate and honest title for your post would be, “YSK: The French language is projected by some research groups to be the world’s most widely spoken language in the world by 2050”

The most widely used language in 2050 could be Pig Latin for all I know. But I wouldn’t read one paper arguing as much and treat it like it’s the gospel.

What makes us say he was a “long closeted gay man”? Other than rocking the same haircut as Liberace

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I love a good black bean burger. It has such a nice flavor profile that’s clearly not trying to be a beef substitute. Load it up with lettuce, tomato, pickles, cheese, hot sauce, any condiments or toppings you like on a sandwich.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup is always a winner during the colder months.

Can’t go wrong with a big tray of roasted veggies. Chop up some potatoes, broccoli, brussel sprouts, carrots, etc. Drizzle of olive oil, lightly salt and pepper, throw it in the oven, bon appétit.

A PB&J or a PB & Banana is a solid go-to.

A basic quiche is mainly eggs, spinach, and cheese.

Ramen and other pasta dishes that don’t require meat. Some pasta, tomato sauce, cheese, and seasonings can go a long way. Fettuccine alfredo is another good one.

As long as it’s not slathered in honey, it’s probably pretty tasty. I’ve had steak with a drizzle of sweet glaze before and the flavors can complement one another nicely

This, and standardizing what “this Thursday” and “next Thursday” mean. These terms have become functionally useless (to me) because of how they’re used differently by different people. Whenever someone uses these terms to try to intimate a particular date to me, I just ask for the exact calendar date rather than the day of the week to avoid ambiguity.

Yes, I’m an American. Are you speaking from personal experience, or going off of what you see online? Because the horror stories you see online are not representative of the whole of society. The scary and outlandish stories make headlines and get shared around by people. Nobody shares links to videos or writes articles about “Father goes to park with kids, everybody is chill and nobody panics”.