Darth_Brooks_II t1_j7svh6y wrote on February 9, 2023 at 3:57 AM

Reply to TIL Friedrich Glasl created a model of conflict escalation. He explains why some people act solution-oriented in conflicts, some want to win and others just want to harm the other person or side. by don_mantequilla

Ant Man is already at the "I don't have to beat you, we just both need to lose" stage.

Darth_Brooks_II t1_j66zopm wrote on January 28, 2023 at 3:54 AM

Reply to TIL about the Kyujo Incident that occurred on Aug 14, 1945 where several Japanese officers occupied the Japanese Imperial Palace in an attempted coup of the Emperor to prevent him from surrendering to the Allies. They murdered several people and when their plot failed, they committed suicide. by ClownfishSoup

I wonder how they would have reacted to a chance to see how post war Japan would eventually thrive.

Darth_Brooks_II t1_j5n3i11 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 4:07 AM

Reply to TIL that at its peak, GEOS (Commodore 64 productivity software resembling Windows/Office and MacOS) was the third-most-popular microcomputer operating system in the world in terms of units shipped, trailing only MS-DOS and Mac OS by Profile_Salty

After porting the image to an Amiga and then further I still have at least one image saved somewhere drawn with Geopaint. It was amazing what could be squeezed out of a C64.