BenLeMan

@BenLeMan@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolute Units⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Prevent predation? Seems like the orcas didn’t get the memo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It is what it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm going insane⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But you can’t kiss a duck on the lips from the word go. Just ask Neil Degrasse Tyson.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This man is a parody of himself⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what happens when you forget but keep trying and then make a new post about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Effort require Effort⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what doesn’t take effort? Writing stupid list like that for other people to follow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Academic writing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  French scholars are famous for their mastery of obscurantism. That’s what this is called.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Malk?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  *skellington

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good game soundtracks?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lucas Pope is a genius.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Funny bad games reviews⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I (occasionally) like the frantic style of Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s Zero Punctuation game reviews. Together with the wacky animations, they’re quite something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good game soundtracks?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My favorite soundtrack ever, of course, is that of The Secret of Monkey Island (MT-32) by Michael Land. A lot of nostalgia there.

  I also very much like the soundtrack to Dune by Stephane Picq. There’s an edition that combines the Adlib, Adlib Gold, and MT-32 versions which is “chef’s kiss”. Alternatively, I can recommend the Space Opera edition.

  Strike Commander by Nenad Vugrinec on MT-32 is also great.

  For chiptunes, I really liked Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 by Alex Mauer.

  Or, for a real classic, Earthbound by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka.

  Yes, I have a bit of a thing for retro sounds. 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ceci n'est pas une pipe⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Upvote for unexpected Magritte quote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, Evil Bert is American, so you’re not far off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And guess who’s going to be entering the coming war on this gentleman’s side soon? Congrats!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The taste of 🦅🇺🇲 Freedom 🇺🇸🦅⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ach, my arteries!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do many search engines seem to ignore operators (e.g. exact phrases, term exclusions, OR, etc.)? Is there a good reason for having a dumb 1997-level search logic that I'm not seeing?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Guys, please. The solution to Google reinterpreting your search queries has been around for years, and it is called VERBATIM SEARCH. (Search options: All results -> Verbatim). Voila, welcome back to 1997.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too late⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I treated every undergrad paper like a dissertation. Didn’t work out all that well. My grades were excellent, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pure poetry⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Me, too. The thumbnail in conjunction with my tired eyes didn’t help. 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best indie games you've ever played?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Return of the Obra Dinn. City Game Studio. Until the Last Plane and Full Metal Sergeant (by the same dev).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was actually just thinking they should do this as an interim solution and then make optimized LODs to replace the automatic ones with. In fact, perhaps that would have been the thing to do instead of making advance apologies. Slightly suboptimal image quality at release would probably have been more tolerable than heinously bad performance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Peasant Life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a growing amount of people (sic) who are unaware of the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. Just watch any YouTube video that happens to involve quantities of any kind. “Amount” has become the standard term. And it’s similar with “less”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Peasant Life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  *fewer holidays

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Maps partners with TfL to prioritize safer cycling routes in London⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a great change which I would love to see implemented everywhere. I just hate having to bike near heavy traffic.