Zonetrooper

Zonetrooper , 1 month ago

Sencha is an absolute beast! A gorgeous one, though.

Zonetrooper , 2 months ago

“Blame England” is basically the “Blame Canada!” of history discussions.

Zonetrooper , 2 months ago

Yawns are when your perfectly little cuddly ball of soft opens its mouth and reveals a dozen chisels of death.

(And then goes right back to being cute.)

Zonetrooper , 3 months ago

It’s called the double ear mutation! It’s a known recessive gene that appears in some cats.

Zonetrooper , 4 months ago

Gaming “journalism” can’t afford outright say “company deliberately tries to hide enshittification of their game” aloud. Might lose that access to selective early copies for review!

Zonetrooper , 4 months ago

Specifically talking about asphalt vs. concrete:

• Asphalt is relatively cheap vs. concrete. This is partly because asphalt is a whole lot easier to recycle than concrete, which is almost un-recyclable, but also because asphalt is a relatively “simple” material - it’s mostly petroleum byproducts and gravel.
• Concrete doesn’t grip very well, compared to the relatively textured surface of asphalt. Especially when wet! This is why you often see concrete formed with “ridges” or “bumps” cast into it. However…
• This also makes concrete noisier and bumpier to drive over, making drivers less happy. It’s why it’s often used for short, low-speed uses like driveways, parking lots, or side streets.

Just about the only thing concrete has going for it is it’s endurance, which it definitely wins handily.

Every few years another engineered road solution is conceived - I’ve seen variations that would use glass which could be ‘re-fused’, concepts for recycling plastic waste, and many more. Most of these run into the issue that they’re either less ‘grippy’, or that they simply cost more even accounting for the longer lifespan.

Zonetrooper , 4 months ago

I’m not honestly sure. Asphalt (or, more properly, asphalt and gravel as a mixture, which is what is mostly used as a road surface) and concrete both are pretty ‘hard’ materials.

Zonetrooper , 4 months ago

Like the other comment says, concrete is rocks of various sizes (called “aggregate”) mixed with a cement and other additives to change its particular properties.

The cement is the really important point, because once water is added to the cement, it undergoes a chemical reaction which hardens it. Saying cement “dries” isn’t quite correct - yes, it stops being wet, but some of the water actually ends up incorporated into the molecules of the final cement. This is also why cement is really hard to recycle - you have to undo that chemical reaction, as opposed to asphalt which stays the same material.

Fun fact: When concrete is mixed at a big plant, it begins curing immediately. Concrete being carried in those big mixer trucks needs to be delivered before it cures in the truck!

Zonetrooper , 5 months ago

Really glad I’m not the first to come here and say this. We’re “firing” programs now? Come on.

Zonetrooper , 6 months ago

I don’t know if it’s something about the genetic or just the coloring, but voids always look like they’re super fit.

Zonetrooper , 6 months ago

This is a big thing killing my interaction with Lemmy as well. I want to like it, but I drop into a discussion thread and the top-engaged/boosted comments are spicy and almost designed to promote maximum anger. And I feel like, “Do I really, really want to spend significant time writing out a deeper comment to engage with this community…?”

Zonetrooper , 7 months ago

Especially the politics on here. I’ve seen some wild takes going completely unquestioned.

Zonetrooper , 8 months ago

That is a good firm look of “Man, I want attention, but I am far too lazy to ask for it. So I’m just going to flop, because I know you’re a big sucker for it, aren’t you?”

Zonetrooper , 9 months ago

Floofy kitty? Black kitty? Check. Rolly kitty? Check!

This is a good kitty.

Zonetrooper , 9 months ago

Hate to tell you this, but ‘locking jaw’ in any breed is a myth. There’s no such thing; ‘lockjaw’ is a bacterial infection, but has no relationship to breed (and in any case, won’t result in the jaw locking only after a bite).

Source: thesmartcanine.com/pitbull-lockjaw/

Zonetrooper , 9 months ago

Tortoiseshell and calico? That’s a lot of cattitude in one house, man.

Zonetrooper , 10 months ago

c/worldbuilding

Thanks for the shoutout! It’s going to be a slow climb up, but I’m looking forwards to growing this place as well.

Zonetrooper , 11 months ago

Those’re some absolutely gorgeous floofs there. Especially the Ragdoll(?) - I have a soft spot for those!