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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I would add Neil Newbon to the list that really stood out. I thought his acting through the end of Astarion’s quest line was the best in the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I know people hate the idea of console exclusivity, but without it, that’s what really killed the Xbox for me. I’ve got a gaming PC and a PS5 (not Pro), and I could afford an Xbox Series X if I really wanted to. I simply don’t know of any games on the platform that I want and can’t get somewhere else.

  And that’s not coming from a reflexive Microsoft hater. I had an OG Xbox (and loved the old Duke controller), 360, and One S. I just barely played the latter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I wouldn’t suggest it be your only approach, but they do work in some cases. I’m poly and met one of my partners on OKCupid and another on Feeld.

  Dating profiles are like work resumes. They take work and refinement. Not getting responses? Try tweaking your profile and changing your profile pics. I find apps that don’t let you put more than a few minutes into your profile are a waste of time because you simply can’t figure out which profiles are real people and which are bots/scammers. I include everything in my profile that might be a common dealbreaker (poly, not religious, child-free, etc) so that anyone who swipes on me has already already filtered into a smaller and better-matched dating pool.

  The other thing that has worked for me is to not chat with a person online for longer than necessary. You need those Once I’m confident that the other person is real and that we have the potential for a connection, I ask if they want to have a quick vibe check meeting. 30-minutes to an hour max, typically over coffee, minimal pressure. Just get that first conversation over with. Let them know you’re a safe person first, then hopefully establish a connection, build up some flirty energy, and schedule a real date on the way out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If we’re following the spirit of the original subreddit, YSK was intended for useful, static information. Like, “YSK sucking snake venom out of a wound isn’t effective” etc. It’s not meant for topical content like this, especially news articles with editorial post titles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, Steam wasn’t hacked, and your account details are safe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the main concern for periodic password changes is that most people won’t take the time to generate unique passwords each time. They will typically iterate a password over time, meaning a couple leaked passwords will narrow down guesswork to a trivial number of guesses and remove the benefit of the timed changes.

  NIST no longer recommends password expirations except for cases where it is believed that a breach occurred.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And the amount of money I spend on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games will be unchanged this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Pre-Order Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved Death Stranding, but anyone else feel like that guy putting on the bandana might have been Kojima making a little dig at David Hayter?

  The character design looks very reminiscent of the MGS Delta materials we’ve seen, and Hayter has been more open lately about how miffed he was when Kojima dumped him for Kiefer in MGS V. That coupled with how much promo work Hayter has been doing for Delta makes me think it wouldn’t be too surprising if Kojima was annoyed with him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This speaks for itself⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never seen a McDonalds that looks like the top pic. I remember plenty with play spaces, but they weren’t visible from outside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a far cry from this guy’s situation, but I think I had five or six bitcoin back when I was mining in the early days. I cashed out when they were maybe $40-50 each towards a new GPU.

  Sure, I could go nuts thinking about what I would do with the money now, but if I hadn’t sold at that rate, I probably would have sold at $100, or $200, or…

  There’s no way in hell I would have had the discipline to “hodl” to this point, so I just get on with my life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patch this Bish!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s crazy to me that people believe we were “intelligently designed” when our food hole and breathing hole are so close that we can only use one at a time, and that our waste dumping grounds are right next to the amusement park.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remembering the Corrupted Blood incident: That time WoW was overrun by a virtual plague now referenced by Covid-19 researchers⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Corrupted Blood taught us that we needed to add the vital “I’m a malicious/selfish asshole” variable to our calculations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sega sell off studio behind Endless Legend and Humankind as part of "restructuring" - but it goes to the original owners⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like a good move for everyone. If you like the Civ series and have wondered if there was a decent fantasy or sci-fi version, Endless Legend and Endless Space 1 or 2 have you covered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Single Cloud Compromise Can Feed an Army of AI Sex Bots⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to believe that whomever it was who coined the term “sex bot” would be very disappointed to see how the term is being used today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The PS3 also had damn few games to play at launch. If it wasn’t for Sony’s decision to ship it with a BD-ROM drive it probably would have been a total flop. Home theater nerds saved the PS3.