rustydrd

@rustydrd@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably, but if it turns out on the higher end of that, say 0.8%, then that’s also not nothing, considering that it’s the result of firing one (1) dude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the way he does it is basically how everyone did it even 10 years ago. The tools were mostly the same then as they are now, with the exception of AI and the fact that handwriting wasn’t as big a thing anymore when today’s undergrads were in school. If you have a fluid and moderately quick handwriting, paper notes will typically be easier to take and more useful for revising the material later on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if LGBT adopts a white and grey striped flag to replace the rainbow? Then Florida would have to abolish crosswalks entirely.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like a dead coral reef.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨5 tomatoes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cousin Merle’s (including toenails).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨badass⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  𝕰𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖘𝖕𝖔𝖔𝖓.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wrong Groomers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, in Persona 5 (third from the left), you play as a high-school student, and your first boss fight is against a volleyball coach, who sexually harasses one of the students. Meanwhile, your romance options include 1) a goth doctor, 2) an alcoholic reporter, 3) a fortune teller working in a red light district, and 4) your homeroom teacher whose secret side hustle is for a sexy maid service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“The Bark Defense: A 99.999% Successful Method for Keeping Emily Safe from Strangers and Garbage Trucks”⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering his lack of opposable thumbs, I’m impressed with Champ’s graph-drawing skills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or Library Genesis⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand why you’re getting downvoted. You’re not wrong. Sci-Hub focuses on academic journal articles, which are a pretty novel phenomenon. The first journal was created in the 17th century, and journals didn’t become the primary medium for publications until well into the 19th century. I wouldn’t say academia is “biased” per se, but it’s true that the academic publishing business is heavily dominated by western companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or Library Genesis⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to comment that Library Genesis went offline earlier this year, but I’m very happy to see that I’m wrong and it seems to be back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best Co-Op Games?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My girlfriend and I play (mostly local) co-op sometimes. Some games that we enjoyed so far were (local unless otherwise indicated):

  • Divinity: Original Sin 2
  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Portal 2
  • Diablo 3
  • It Takes Two
  • A Way Out
  • Minecraft (online)
  • Stardew Valley (online, may also work locally now)
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evolution: 🖕⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine working in a retirement home and one day one if the residents tells yoz “I am taking part in this clinical trial” only to come back as Doctor fucking Octopus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got a six-pack for me and the boys⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  but i guess the 6 pack is the price of 5 cans?

  That’s a standard method for hiding a price increase. You start with a pack of 6 priced at $5.99. You then run a “5+1” campaign advertising this special deal at just $5.49. Great value! Finally, you end the campaign and set the new price at $5.49 × (6/5) = $6.59. Doing it this way reduces profit for the duration of the campaign, but customers won’t be as angry as with a straight increase, because the actual increase in this method is the $5.49 for the 5+1, which doesn’t “feel” like an increase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can see the confusion tbh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it was 60 originally but the teacher then decided to remove/not grade some part of the exam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Even after 20 years, I still cry’: the enduring brilliance of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently replayed FFX and couldn’t agree more. Loved every second of it, and it’s still my favorite FF of all time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Fistful Of Yankees, an RTS x tactics hybrid with base building, with a spaghetti western setting, released on steam.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget Ennio Morricone and his musical genius. Many of the most iconic scores in Western films are his compositions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Prepare to get hundreds of multiple-paragraph replies. If there’s one thing Germans love, then it’s telling non-Germans about Germany.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is exactly what copper would say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Germany, they’re literally stealing the overhead lines off of the train tracks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 393 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, I remember asking you whether you’d play it like 2-3 weeks ago, and here you go. I look forward to your updates as you go through this game!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of AI is technologically interesting and has tons of potential, but this kind of chatbot and image/video generation stuff we got now is just dumb.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Imma upvote this so hard, it’ll turn your opinion popular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Damm WaterCatholics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I can read some of these letters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Angry Man⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Good

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Angry Man⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  NGL, I read this and thought “the vector???”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨beaver girls rise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Ay gurl, are you a centipede? Coz those legs don’t quit!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation 6 Console And New PS6 Handheld ‘Canis’ Specs Leak, It’s Claimed - Insider Gaming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you talking about? There’s a new remake or remaster every other day!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but do you organize the audio files when you make changes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Old Testament shit. Sinners BEWARE!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus: Take that, sinner! *shoots French beam*

  Sinner: Uit wraak zal ik nu alleen maar meer zondigen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Octopath Traveler 0 – Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have not played 2 yet but plan to when I can catch a decent sale. From what I read, the writing is better and there also seem to be some QoL features might help with the pacing of the dialogue and cutscenes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Octopath Traveler 0 – Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I feel you. I did finish the game and enjoyed it overall, but the dialogue and writing was jarring. I’m not sure what exactly it was, but I was particularly annoyed by the writing being cliché lots of times and the dialogue in the cutscenes being soooo slow (overused animations, dramatic pauses in every sentence, …).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 376 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the vibe is different, but both are excellent in their own way. Part 2 is a more complex piece of story telling , and it does some things I had not expected from a game and that make it more (emotionally) challenging but also unique in terms of the experience. I personally found it really impressive.