anything “back in the day” just means before tech

Define “tech”.

Fire is technology. Written language is technology. The magnetic compass is technology. Sailing ships are technology.

It’s not about “blame”. Such thinking is unnecessarily adversarial.

The point is that the question as it was asked is not really answerable in this format, because it is too broad and the answer is complicated.

I think it has more to do with representation of the character in visual media (comic books, television, movies). Showing the character from the side is better than showing just their feet. Also, flying sideways is visually distinct from simply jumping upward, which is important when you’re trying to show the action in the context of two or three comic frames.

Also, that’s how Superman took off, so that’s how a lot of superheroes designed after him took off.

Every single generative model in existence was produced by stealing the work of artists for training data.

There is no nuance to this. Never mind the argument about generative AI taking away potential future work from artists. The training of these models is theft now. To use these models is to be complicit in the theft.

Edit: the people who downvote this while making no counterargument are doing so because they wish to remain in denial, so that they do not have to admit to themselves that they are complicit in the theft.

Every single generative model in existence was produced by stealing the work of artists for training data.

There is no nuance to this. Never mind the argument about generative AI taking away potential future work from artists. The training of these models is theft now. To use these models is to be complicit in the theft.

Edit: the people who downvote this while making no counterargument are doing so because they wish to remain in denial, so that they do not have to admit to themselves that they are complicit in the theft.

This is wasp propaganda.

It’s about fucking time someone did.

Kristen Welker has more balls than half the rest of the media put together.

Stupid, sexy Spyro

Ah, but if it’s bad enough the Internet will remember it forever:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(García_Martínez_and_Giménez)

I hope you’re not judging Tom on his perspectives on bookshelves?

choco upgrade all

Not a built-in, of course, but chocolatey gets you Linux-like package manager behavior on Windows. With it you can run headless software installs and automatically update software. It’s great for remote/VM management.

It is much, much safer and simpler to generate hydrogen near where you’re going to use it, and to do so near the time you intend to use it rather than try to store it for long periods of time.

If you were planning to buy any electronic devices soon, do it now and be satisfied with the specs for the next 2 years.

Um… but you said:

“There is nothing broad about their questions”

The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation

And, if your curiosity goes beyond that basic explanation, check out this NASA page on rocket launches:

Chapter 14: Launch

If a spacecraft is launched from a site near Earth’s equator, it can take optimum advantage of the Earth’s substantial rotational speed. Sitting on the launch pad near the equator, it is already moving at a speed of over 1650 km per hour relative to Earth’s center. This can be applied to the speed required to orbit the Earth (approximately 28,000 km per hour).

Getting into orbit doesn’t just require overcoming the force of gravity pulling down. In order to stay up, you basically have to put yourself on a path that allows you to go around the Earth faster (or as fast as) you fall back towards it. When your movement around the Earth is balanced with the rate that you’re falling, you are in orbit. This means you have to go really fucking fast, not just up but sideways.

Maybe if we keep hitting it more money will fall out