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- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 12 hours ago:
No, that’s wrong.
The “less than” vs “fewer than” rule isn’t about whether you know the exact number - it’s about countable vs uncountable nouns.
Video game copies are countable, so it’s traditionally “fewer than 1,000 units” regardless of whether you know the precise number sold.
That said, it’s been misused so much that it’s become more flexible, and “less than” with numbers is widely accepted now.
Don’t take my word for it, Google it.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 4 days ago:
Fewer than. *
- Comment on 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know 1 month ago:
If you dig you can find this on Amazon. I’ve been buying from Amazon since 1995 and the last time I looked my purchases were somewhere around $260,000. And that was before covid.
- Comment on oh no 6 months ago:
Microbiology is one of the few professions that motivates you to wash your hands before you go to the bathroom.
- Comment on Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old? 6 months ago:
I’m 60 now and am literally a Boomer; fast food has definitely gotten worse. Especially in the last 10 years or so. The foods and processes have been tweaked and tuned to the point that the value of the food hovers just barely above the price and not a tick more.
Health concerns also play a role. McDonald’s fries are a good example. When I was young they were cooked in beef tallow and they were so good they would roll your eyes back in your head in in ecstacy (not kidding). They switched to vegetable oil due to health concerns over saturated fats and they’ve just never been the same.
- Comment on Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’ 6 months ago:
It’s useful for my firmware development, but it’s a tool like any other. Pros and cons.
- Comment on Should you trust that doctor? 7 months ago:
I’m just happy to see someone remembers the Spin Doctors.
- Comment on xkcd #2992: UK Coal 7 months ago:
Islay Scotland has burned a shitton of peat over the last couple of centuries to make malt whisky and it’s very small. Wonder how much if their elevation they’ve burned?