leaky_shower_thought
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- Comment on Google Will Track Your Location ‘Every 15 Minutes’—‘Even With GPS Disabled’ 5 weeks ago:
They’re tracking the phone for its safety, guys. what will happen if the phone gets lost or something.
~/s~
- Comment on Does anyone watch Google, Microsoft, etc the way Cop Watch watches cops? 1 month ago:
sorry, i also didn’t get anything close.
best i can do is bbb.
eff, as has been suggested, is also doing great things, but they’re not specifically the watchdog.
- Comment on How do I know if a medical issue should be addressed by a Clinic Visit, Urgent Care, or the Emergency Room? 1 month ago:
i tend to use the pain scale to give me a hint on decisions like this. so i guess the first question to ask before the pain scale is “am i in a state of shock?”
note: i am not in any medical field nor had intensive training.
- Comment on how do I accept that a doctor earns more than double what I do? 2 months ago:
you can customize the serenity prayer as a form of mantra if it fits you more.
i use it as a constant reminder that life is what we make it to be.
- Comment on Any good games that break the mold 2 months ago:
chronoark lets you die and counts your deaths for you.
anything agatha christie/ hercule poirot is light detective work (good for kids and or newbies) with optional handholding
i remember there’s some good mystery modules with neverwinter nights
morrowind quests don’t coddle at all. they all look like journal entries.
- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 2 months ago:
aside from great comments here, trump is associated with some religious imagery of having wings. even i can’t believe that flies.
nothing goes as tunnel vision as blind faith.
- Comment on We need more games like The Stanley Parable, so I'm making one! Please share ideas and suggestions about what you want to see in this type of game! 2 months ago:
the part i like the most with the stanley parable is how the narrator (lines and voice acting) has handled each game route.
i feel there’s a mix of excitement and teasing there that makes you follow his lead.
also to add is the clarity of the voice. i didn’t need subs when i played the game.
- Comment on Reddit CEO teases AI search features and paid subreddits 3 months ago:
I think he already got pay-to-search and AI-infiltrated subreddits.
He’s just trying new combos.
- Comment on what is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc? 3 months ago:
just a naming trend. it will phase out given some time.
- Comment on Help me out here 4 months ago:
There’s one in the Austin Powers movies with a funny scottish accent.
I don’t think he’s not a gamer tho. “Dead sexy” funny guy nonetheless.
- Comment on Would it be possible to run two OSs simultaneously by hibernating one of the OSs? 4 months ago:
in theory, I think you would also need a shared component that enforces the alternating “rules” that both OS understands.
that component also needs to be always awake so it will facilitate hand overs like an OS of OSes.
- Comment on Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions? 5 months ago:
there is no to-ask-or-not,
just questions which are treated as they are.
- Comment on 'Everyone in the world needs to see this': An Israeli army drone pursued four unarmed youth civilians attempting to reach their destroyed homes and killed them with missiles 7 months ago:
said one writer and analyst. “This is unreal.”
Wro…
x platform
I understand. I, too, have doubts. Have a nice day.
- Comment on Does more knowledge/awareness have a tendency to reduce enthusiasm for some subjects/activities? 7 months ago:
For me it’s per activity and how you get your fun from it.
Like for example, in a game of hide and seek, the fun part is exploring and finding where people hid, if you already know that then it is not fun anymore. This kind of activity lines the same as with reading books or watching a movie.
On cooking, it is a different kind of fun because the more you know, the more you can apply. Medicine people have the same tendencies as well as athletes for these.
There’s also the type of fun you get with jokes, or for music.
Other people’s mileage may vary as each have their own approaches to different activities.
- Comment on bioluminescence 7 months ago:
this reminded me of the clock girls story, “radium girls”, I think.
but since bioluminescence is powered differently, it’s a way better approach than artificial splashes of paint.
- Comment on Hunger 7 months ago:
Pavlov wouldn’t need a dog for this.
just look at those smiles at food commercials.
- Comment on Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models 8 months ago:
A redditor bot is a viable example of a forum member bot.
IMO, I don’t think it can drive topics, but it could make things controversial.
- Comment on How can a ugly and short guy compensate for his looks? 8 months ago:
so the next best thing is to never give up.
you’ll find the one that can see you over those imperfections!
- Comment on How can a ugly and short guy compensate for his looks? 8 months ago:
There’s a lot of preferences out there. Most try to chase unicorns but each of them have their own phases.
I think you can compensate it by not giving up, or just know when your time to chase unicorns is over.
- Comment on Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show 8 months ago:
Hey Sugar, which of these pics have traffic lights on them?
bots gotta help each other
- Comment on More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices 9 months ago:
the hard drive portion feels more expected because there’s moving parts in there.
with SSDs and USB sticks it’s more chanced because we can’t see the insides before buying.
maybe it’s time for a clear/neon- plastic comeback but this time with usb sticks?
- Comment on More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices 9 months ago:
Data recovery firm CBL reports that memory chips in the most recent microSD cards and USB sticks are perhaps the most unreliable.
Homer: “the most unreliable so far”
- Comment on We Finally Know How Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years 9 months ago:
i thought they finally caught on with the blood sacrifices~
- Comment on Why does this even exist? 9 months ago:
some people take their canning process to the extremes.
as an aside, I’ve never seen a canned pickle product. I guess they stopped at chicken.
- Comment on Why were online subscriptions once rare, but now they are everywhere? 9 months ago:
imo, the subscription style is the evolution of “planned obsolescence”.
people are willing to give money if the goods have an expiration. so instead of the goods expiring, the concept of validity of the goods now expire. same money, but saves on making different goods altogether.
- Comment on Games that force you to make hard choices 9 months ago:
speaking of blowing minds, there’s that quest about witches in the forest.
I thought I’d be fighting with super natural and magic but it became another magical thing altogether.
- Comment on Games that force you to make hard choices 9 months ago:
I agree the consequences can be baffling, but sometimes it can be straight up funny overblown too.
I think the inspiration to this is the butterfly effect and how the main’s decision can cause (huge) side effects but somewhat not to what he wanted.
- Comment on Games that force you to make hard choices 9 months ago:
fate/ stay night and other visual novels fit this category. steins gate is also a notable one.
somnium files have a lighter version in terms of gravity of decisions.
you can kill people in morrowind and oblivion.
a good bethesda-like game that comes to mind is kingdom come: deliverance
- Comment on Is there a term for someone that likes other people to smell their farts? 10 months ago:
a psychopath
- Comment on Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma 10 months ago:
good call for CMA.
I would think what’s going to happen there is Adobe will acquire figma and either keep the IP so their CS product will get the monopoly.
Ooorrr~ keep the brand but also get the monopoly.
