grahamja

@grahamja@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no need for my Kindle services anymore. I bought books there for how easy it was to put on my electronic devices, and to easily make back up copies for later. If I can’t downloaf and reformat the e-book to easily make a physical copy I don’t want it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks like it’s for people who want a a retro cyber deck device, but don’t have the ability or willingness to make their own. It’s just a toy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gundam Assemble: New Gundam tabletop miniatures game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was already using the gundam artifact models in 40k. I’m excited for Bandai to make more miniatures around the same scale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solution for the Trolley Problem⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the oldest memes I know, and the first thought I had after reading OP’s post. A great way to maximize the horror and ruin OP’s plan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit CEO teases AI search features and paid subreddits⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fixing reddit search? Just insert a 2021 google search bar on old.reddit. I just saved you millions you dingus. Thank goodness Aaron Swartz doesn’t have to see what happened to his joint venture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit brings back its old award system — ‘we messed up’⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I went to Digg yesterday, it looks like the MSN start page full of terrible probably automatically generated articles. Shame reddit didn’t have the same amount of people jump ship like when everyone left Digg 4.0.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rabbit R1 is Just an Android App⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t these people just pitch wild ideas constantly knowing it won’t work in the hopes they can live off of someone’s venture capital until they can end up with better jobs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft CEO defends Skull and Bones’ $70 price despite its live service leanings, calls it ‘quadruple-A’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Halo 3, Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Mass Effect 2 were all triple A games. Whatever this game is that they are trying to peddle, is not better than any of the previous games I listed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A platform with no issues⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss mIRC, maybe it is time to take a look back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wizards of the Coast denies, then confirms, that Magic: The Gathering promo art features AI elements | When will companies learn?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think all of the card games with random pulls are a bit of a ripoff.

  The RPG crowd is the lead in pirating or flat out making their own rules and barely spending money. They just need rules and dice. You need a small group, and there really aren’t tournaments so you can play it however you want.

  Table top war gaming in the middle is being filled with indy 3d printed miniatures and home made rules that can take over local scenes pretty easily. 40k still dominates the space, only because most people act like its the only game (it is by far the most common already) and you can buy the minis from most any hobby store. The tournaments are huge, and sometimes the biggest tournaments even dictate the rules just as much as the game seller and most people want to play “tournament legal” armies only.

  MTG and other card games are the only thing keeping most hobby stores alive and prints money. it is entirely on for whatever reason, people just want to buy another booster. It is as bad as gambling if not worse, you don’t even know what you are buying. It should be even easier to pirate and print your own resources to play card games but somehow it is a huge money maker because as always, people flock to the largest group of gamers in their space.

  Indy RPG and Skirmish tabletop games make boat loads of money for small groups of people and it is easy for them to run circles around larger game manufacturers. Things like 40k and MTG where there is such a huge following of people who might not necessarily care and just want to go to massive tournaments it is much harder to challenge those established followings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cox deletes ‘Active Listening’ ad pitch after boasting that it eavesdrops though our phones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I dont add it to the wifi or drop a cat 5 cable to it and my smart phone will still see it in the house and ask if I want the two devices to connect. I miss when TVs were a bit thicker and easier to take apart so you could easily take out the wifi and Bluetooth cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GIS nerds be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Download the surveyed water data, turn the layer on, profit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Superb survival city-builder Against the Storm is finally finished and released⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s English, there are no rules. Call the cops, no one cares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Massive Study Finds a Link Between Commuting And Poor Mental Health⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Carpooling with work mates is really fun, it would be a lot better if we would have had a train or bus though. Tough luck in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandfathered YouTube Premium users will see price increase in January⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss Google play, I used to actually buy music that way. I just kind of find MP3s now…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heat pumps can't take the cold? Nordics debunk the myth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The home is a container for heat. If it is a poorly insulated container the heat pump does not put out enough BTUs to keep the house warm because the heat is escaping faster than it can be generated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Space is starting to look like the better mining operation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I also am under the assumption that no material exists that could be stacked tall enough to build a space elevator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Techies are paying $700 a month for tiny bed ‘pods’ in downtown San Francisco⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t it be incredible if smaller tech companies spread out a bit? There are plenty of small towns in America that could use any form of industry to keep them alive.