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  • PS2 was definitely a huge jump to me, too

    The biggest detail for me being that characters blinked outside of cut scenes in higher resolution (for the time) games like The Bouncer.

    It stopped feeling like leaps after that. And even that, for me, felt more like polish.

    But I love the discussion and I like seeing where and how people draw the lines!

  • The water has waves!
  • It's hard to really describe to younger generations just what it was like.

    I'm an elder millennial (1984) and the changes to games within my lifetime has been breath taking and staggering.

    The first game I remember playing is River Raid on my brother's Atari. I was a vaguely plane shaped black block.

    A couple years later, I find myself playing Super Mario Bros. A few more and it's SMB3 and I'm holding a gameboy in my hands on the road trips to Florida to see my grandparents.

    Then the jump to SNES and Genesis. Seeing that depth and life seep into the characters... The music gaining in complexity...

    I even had a Sega CD and I remember how mind blowing it was when Sonic turned and ran towards the back to go through a loop instead of just side to side.

    Then for it was PS1 with Final Fantasy 7... Graphical cut scenes like moving works of art.

    After this point, yes there was still obvious and sometimes bigger jumps... But this is where it all was SO different each generation. Not just seeing extra small details and polishes. Large, discrete jumps forward

    I wish I could give my wonder to anyone who never got to experience it. It was an amazing time to live.

  • www.indy100.com Twilight zones discovered deep underground – and sceintists don't know what they are

    Some of the Earth’s most “extreme features” have been discovered deep, deep underground, and scientists can’t work out what they are.The mysterious zones have the power to slow down seismic waves by up to 50 per cent, yet experts don’t know what they’re made of or what role they play.These strange b...

    Twilight zones discovered deep underground – and sceintists don't know what they are

    The mysterious zones have the power to slow down seismic waves by up to 50 per cent, yet experts don’t know what they’re made of or what role they play.

    These strange black holes (figuratively speaking) are located within the Earth’s lower mantle – near the core – and are known as ultra-low velocity zones (ULVZs).

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    Scientists amazed at the discovery of an underwater road that points to a 7000-year-old city
  • And again, the information came from the University of Zadar, not of Bradford.

    https://www.facebook.com/unizd/posts/pfbid02sn75brvNKh4JPfReAgDDrvJ6B93tY6uoKwAd71FLKLBrSLZn3KatnbniwPapMUunl

    Here's a link to their facebook post where they told everyone about it.

    You can absolutely criticize the sensationalism of them using the word city in the good.is article and I agree. But to say that it is a "total fabrication" when there's roads, tools and signs of human habitation is a bit of a stretch.

  • Scientists amazed at the discovery of an underwater road that points to a 7000-year-old city
  • I only posted this in news. Not sure why you commented twice and both were basically saying the same thing.

    Directly from the article

    "To their astonishment, it was a 4 to 5-meter-deep structure offering clues to a settlement almost identical to the one in Soline. They also dug out several Neolithic artifacts such as flint blades, stone axes, and fragments of wood on this site."

    I'm not personally saying that one building is a city but it's a start.

    They never mention the university at Bradford, but speak of the university of Zadar, so I'm not really sure why you linked that article that is related but not the same.

  • www.universetoday.com Neutron Star Mergers Could Be Producing Quark Matter

    Neutron star collisions create a strange, dense "soup" of quarks and gluons in the aftermath of the smashup that scientists are studying.

    Neutron Star Mergers Could Be Producing Quark Matter

    When neutron stars dance together, the grand smash finale they experience might create the densest known form of matter known in the Universe. It’s called “quark matter, ” a highly weird combo of liberated quarks and gluons. It’s unclear if the stuff existed in their cores before the end of their dance. However, in the wild aftermath a neutron-star merger, the strange conditions could free quarks and gluons from protons and neutrons. That lets them move around freely in the aftermath. So, researchers want to know how freely they move and what conditions might impede their motion (or flow).

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    www.good.is Scientists amazed at the discovery of an underwater road that points to a 7000-year-old city

    The submerged Neolithic city most possibly belonged to the pre-historic remains of ancient Hvar civilization located in Croatia.

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    Sip, return, repeat’: US city tackles throwaway cup culture with first-of-its-kind system
    www.theguardian.com ‘Sip, return, repeat’: US city tackles throwaway cup culture with first-of-its-kind system

    From Starbucks to local cafes, Petaluma’s reusable cup project aims to cut down on rampant plastic waste

    ‘Sip, return, repeat’: US city tackles throwaway cup culture with first-of-its-kind system

    Instead of the single-use paper or plastic cups that Gearhard would usually line up for the barista slinging espresso, he’s passing over shiny new reusable cups that bear the slogan “Sip, Return, Repeat”. Customers who need their lattes to go can take the purple cups with them, then return them to one of 60 bins scattered across downtown Petaluma when they’ve finished. Each cup comes with a trackable QR code to help monitor results.

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    • Researchers have just found evidence of “dark electrons”—electrons you can’t see using spectroscopy—in solid materials.
    • By analyzing the electrons in palladium diselenide, the team was able to find states that functionally cancel each other out, blocking the electrons in those “dark states” from view.
    • The scientists believe this behavior is likely to be found across many other substances as well, and could help explain why some superconductors behave in unexpected ways.
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    Can THC Turn Back The Clock? Cannabis Reverses Brain Aging, Boosts Mental Capacity, New Study Suggests
    www.benzinga.com THC Reverses Aging, Boosts Mental Capacity, New Study Suggests

    THC brain aging reversal: New study reveals how low-dose THC can enhance cognitive function and reverse aging in the elderly. Read now!

    THC Reverses Aging, Boosts Mental Capacity, New Study Suggests

    Initially, THC boosted brain metabolism and synaptic protein levels, indicative of heightened cognitive processes. Subsequently, it shifted towards reducing metabolic activities in the body akin to the effects seen with caloric restriction or intensive exercise, known for their anti-aging benefits.

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    New virus that causes ‘staggering disease’ discovered in US - and it can kill pet cats and those in the wild
    www.independent.co.uk New virus discovered in US that can kill pet cats and those in the wild

    First case found in female mountain lion in Colorado last May

    The American Veterinary Medical Association said symptoms to watch for include a staggering gait, the inability to retract claws, extreme sensitivity to touch, tremors, and seizures. The illness usually lasts for a few days to a few weeks, but can also linger for more than a year.

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    Morphing spray-on gel gives buildings long-lasting wildfire protection
    newatlas.com Wildfire survival: Morphing aerogel could be key to saving structures

    A serendipitous discovery at Stanford revealed the properties of a material that changes form when exposed to flame. The finding holds promise for a spray coating that could protect homes from fire over four times as long as current solutions.

    The researchers also say that current fire-resisting gels dry out and become useless about 45 minutes after being applied. With their new material however, because the silica aerogel stays behind until it is washed away, the coating could be applied well in advance of an approaching wildfire while still providing protection when the flames arrive

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    Scientists Develop World’s Fastest Microscope — It’s So Fast It Can Capture Electrons Moving
    www.zmescience.com Scientists Develop World's Fastest Microscope — It's So Fast It Can Capture Electrons Moving

    The new microscope captures the fleeting motions of electrons with unprecedented precision, revealing the hidden dynamics of the subatomic world.

    Scientists Develop World's Fastest Microscope — It's So Fast It Can Capture Electrons Moving

    Their attosecond system involves a powerful laser split into two components: a fast electron pulse and two ultrashort light pulses. The first light pulse, called the pump pulse, energizes a sample, triggering electron movement or other rapid changes. The second pulse, known as the optical gating pulse, creates a brief window to generate a single attosecond electron pulse. The timing of this gating pulse determines the image resolution. By precisely synchronizing these pulses, researchers can control when the electron pulses probe the sample, allowing them to observe ultrafast atomic-level processes.

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    New Jersey @lemmy.world karashta @lemm.ee
    New policy will change how N.J. police respond to some mental health calls
    www.cbsnews.com New policy will change how New Jersey police respond to some mental health calls

    A new statewide policy will require all police departments in New Jersey to coordinate with mental health professionals when they're responding to a call for a barricaded person.

    New policy will change how New Jersey police respond to some mental health calls
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    arstechnica.com Astronomers think they’ve found a plausible explanation of the Wow! signal

    Magnetars could zap clouds of atomic hydrogen, producing focused microwave beams.

    Astronomers think they’ve found a plausible explanation of the Wow! signal
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    What would you like to change about Lemmy culture?
  • I always find it interesting how they largely just seem to have switched dogmatic stances from some religion to atheism.

    The real logical stance is "I do not know if this is true or not because it is unprovable".

    They look down on true believers while being true believers in atheism themselves.

  • the debt
  • The other person who responded to me made a very all written post but it gets a core assumption completely wrong.

    They seemed to think that tax revenue in some way has to happen for spending to happen. That's why they think GDP has anything to do with our ability to service debt. But the federal government creates money ex nihilo.

    Money has to be created before it can be destroyed through taxation. Spending and back stopping creation of money by private banks through the reserve system comes first. You can't destroy something you haven't created.

    It's sad, really. Economists and politicians have blinded everyone with what I think of as "the money delusion".

    It doesn't matter if the money can be "gathered up" to be spent on things we need. We do not rely on the money of the wealthy. What matters is actual, real resources and services we can provide.

    The national "debt" is a misnomer. That's the amount of dollars left in circulation that have not been destroyed through taxation, as well as the "dollars" that pay interest which we call bonds.

    I'm glad to see at least a handful of other people who understand. Fight the good fight, fellow human.

  • What's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?
  • As someone with decision paralysis and executive dysfunction issues, this is true for me. I'm probably more than capable of using it for a daily driver but there are 5000 flavors and I will likely never be able to make a solid choice until one is obviously vastly superior in some way I need.

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