The patent for using silver iodide was made in 1976 by Bernard Vonnegut and Henry Chessin , based upon work that had been going on since 1946 by Vincent Schaefer and Irving Langmuir.
“Common agents include silver iodide, potassium iodide, and dry ice, with hygroscopic materials like table salt gaining popularity due to their ability to attract moisture.”
So you’re just wrong. Flat out wrong.
Yes, “chem trails” aren’t real. But weather modification absolutely is and you can read government pages detailing the programs since the 60’s. We ABSOLUTELY have been putting chemicals in the atmosphere to attempt weather alteration.
Whether this is a good or bad thing is not my point. My point is all these bullshit articles attacking a strawman that doesn’t exist. These programs do exist. Conflating them with the chemtrail conspiracy is bullshit tho.
Here’s a government website detailing Santa Barbara, California’s cloud seeding program that has existed since the 80’s
Cloud Seeding (Precipitation Enhancement) | Santa Barbara County, CA - https://www.countyofsb.org/2548/Cloud-Seeding-Precipitation-Enhancement
This is what those laws are targeting, not “every planes condensation trail is actually a secret government device spewing mind control chemicals”. Stop calling it “chemtrails” when the very real “weather modification” programs are right there.
Somehow I doubt you’d have trouble finding something to say…
Honestly, I care a dick load more about Myanmar and enabling genocide than “but think of the children!”. That’s one of the laziest and most misued calls to action and at this point, I honestly dgaf when I hear it. It’s just propaganda at this point.
Don’t be so quick to stereotype us. You’re insulting those of use who do pay attention.
So you get racist af to prove your point? Fuck off twat and stop being a bitch. It’s not unreasonable to put money into your hobby. That’s what you do. You buy a game here and there, and you upgrade your hardware.
What you don’t do is bitch and moan that you can’t keep up when the effort to do so isn’t that much and at the end of the day, no one owes you AAA games. Cry harder. It’s shit like this that makes gamers look like entitled bitches. You have it vastly better than any other time and you still take most of your time to bitch and moan.
A 4TB HDD currently costs more than it did a decade ago.
What the fuck are you on? That’s RAM that’s currently skyrocketing because of AI, you dipshit. I just bought a 12 TB HDD for $250. Memory is the cheapest it’s ever been and has always been on a downward decline like that. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Nah, it’s just not 1995 anymore. I was around for those times bro. I know what computer tech used to be. I know what it is now. I’ve seen the progression. And yes, if you only have a 500GB hard drive today, you’re the equivalent of someone trying use floppy disks.
Sucks to be told you fell behind, but guess what, you did! Just like 5 GB used to be enough, then 50, then 100… Guess what, you want all those fancy videos and cutscenes and graphics? Oh shit, they take space. Omg.
Sorry you’re trying to game in modern times with an Atari, but again, that’s a you problem. Maybe get a job and buy an SSD. Seriously, Samsung evo SSD 1tb are $90 right now. You’re telling me you can afford $40-70 games, but can’t buy a hard drive? Like seriously? You also try to play golf with old pieces of rebar and complain that it doesn’t work either?
Bunch of entitled people bitching that they’re owed something. You’re a consumer. They don’t owe you shit. Don’t like it, don’t buy it. Vote with your wallets like we tried to tell you decades ago.
Cool, wanna go through the list of modern games and see their file sizes? COD is somewhere around 300GB. Anything AAA is usually 80-100gb.
If all you have is a system capable of playing indie games, don’t shit on those of use who actually put effort into our hobby. A 1tb SSD is ~$90. It’s not some crazy ask. If you can’t do that, fine. But don’t drag the rest of us down with you.
It was for HDDs, literally helping you people who refuse to advance. It was progress in the sense that it allowed you to play on your outdated system. They could have just told you to fuck off from the get go.
It’s 2025. If all you have is a 400GB hd, that’s a you problem. Sure, that was a big number over a decade ago, but that number is nothing now. Same energy as complaining that it takes too many floppy drives to store your files. Like you think it makes it sound like a huge number when you phrase it as 30% and all it shows is you have an outdated rig and are mad that progress moved on without you.
I run a cheaper Bee-Link mini PC for mine with a USB connected hard drive array. They really don’t need much power. Storage is your biggest issue(I’m up to ~40TB)
And then wait till you find out a bunch of pepper varieties are just “this other pepper but roasted”
This one. When not being actively puffed, the ember disappears into the ash.
The bottle of red food dye, and drops of the food dye on the plate, is literally in the picture.
Right? And even if we’re talking about China tea sets and doilies, were talking what, like 1950’s-1970’s? So like, your grandparents? You’re amazed that something your grandparents and maybe parents did is still known? And comparing that to the Wild West and stage coaches?
Sounds like something a kid with no context would think up.
A random tweet with no further proof or examples? I’m sure it’s totally 100% legit and not just ragebait because rockstar is popular(rightfully so) to hate on right now.
What do you expect to solve with this comment? It’s just an attack wrapped in smugness. You’re not going to gain anyone you didn’t already have on your side with this attack. Be part of the solution, not more of the problem.
For me it suffered from “show, don’t tell” problems. There are numerous weeks long skips between scenes and you’re just supposed to understand that Joel and Ellie became close during that time. But as a player, you’re basically being asked to babysit someone you’ve known for 10 minutes. It was basically one long escort mission and the “OMG SO AMAZING SCENE” is… giraffes walking by. Like really? That’s what it takes to wow people? Some giraffes walking outside the building???
The world was a generic apocalypse setting, the “story” can be described in a few bullet points, and the big “emotional gut punch” at the end is so cliche.
I’ll die on the hill that it didn’t do a single groundbreaking thing. Nothing about the game wasn’t already done before and better. It’s the equivalent of a summer blockbuster movie: a fun mindless take on an idea but otherwise generic.
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Seriously, I’m so sick of articles posted in this community always having this bias. “It doesn’t get adopted cus people are stupid”. No there are actual reasons, but painting it as “the other side is just lazy/dumb” makes you look like an ass. This isn’t a community to talk about climate change, this is a community to feel self righteous. The amount of misinformation that gets posted in this community is insane.