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- Comment on How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life? 53 minutes ago:
“But I haven’t seen you in over a decade!”
I said, SAME. OLD!
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 8 hours ago:
Unfortunately, I use some software that’s Windows-only, and can’t be bothered to set up a VM or anything
- Comment on Found money. What do? 1 day ago:
$100 could be a week of grocery money too. $50 for a frugal individual, even.
- Comment on European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation. 2 days ago:
I imagine it’s easier to catch uploaders than viewers.
It’s also probably more impactful to go for the big “power producers” simultaneously and quickly before word gets out and people start locking things down.
- Comment on First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80 2 days ago:
Canadian here: What’s the difference? /s
- Comment on Bernstein Posits That A 10 Percent Baseline US Tariff On Raw Semiconductors Is "Not Going To Do All That Much," But PCs, Servers, And Smartphones Are About To Get Pricier By ~40 Percent 2 days ago:
Not sure how related it is, but in Canada, I’m seeing HDD and SSD prices generally being “on sale” for the regular prices from last year (same specs and everything!)
- Comment on Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too) 3 days ago:
I don’t drive. Where I live, you can really only “not drive” in cities. And even then, it can be hard at times.
At the same time, I live within reasonable commuting distance of multiple friends and family members. I can walk to a few of them. I don’t need to be closer to my community.
I might want to retire someplace quieter, but I like being able to hop on a train or a bus to get to somewhere fun, or to be able to walk across the street to a store if I need something. Heck, I can even easily get takeout if I don’t feel like cooking – I don’t even need delivery.
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 4 days ago:
Yeah, and bathroom suggests that there are baths or places for bathing.
Water closet really is the right thing to call it!
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 4 days ago:
Yup. I use whatever feels best, which is usually American words, British spelling (except for the -ze instead of -se for words that end in a “z” sound).
Also, there are our own Canadianisms, like “washroom”.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
200,000,000 KRW is something like $200,000, to give some context to others.
- Comment on Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned. 1 week ago:
Why is there a comma in the, title?
- Comment on Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned. 1 week ago:
…did you think there were perfect people in the White House before this? Or at any point in your life? Haha
(Maybe as a child would that make sense…)
- Comment on Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned. 1 week ago:
Only just today?
- Comment on AI Programming Assistant Tells User to Stop Being Lazy and Learn to Code 1 week ago:
Now it’s just going for those sr dev roles…
- Comment on PS2 Memory Cards 1 week ago:
The PS2’s memory cards really felt like the future to me because they had SO MUCH space.
Of course, on-console storage was the ACTUAL future, which proves yet again that the 3DO was ahead of its time. But anyway…
The PS2 memory cards had so much space that I think I only ever needed two for me and my brother. Probably didn’t even need to delete any saves. We had tons of PS1 and DC memory cards, because they’d get full so quickly
- Comment on YSK: That nazis Don't Actually Believe in Free Speech 3 weeks ago:
Nazism has went from being about being against Jews to being a Republican who loves Israel.
It sounds ironic, but that’s only if you adhere to an almost caricature-like (or surface-level) view of what a Nazi is.
Of course, it’s better to refer to them as Fascists – that’s the more accurate term that fully refers to both of those groups. It’s just that “Nazi” is the more recognizable term to the layperson.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
For me? Shaving makes me feel like I’m putting effort into that area, and I just like how everything feels when it’s smoother.
For my partners? I don’t like getting hair in my mouth. Lol
- Comment on Even as a collector, I've never laid my hands on one of these. 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, SC3 was made by different people, and SCO was made by other different people and was a bit of a series reboot.
For Star Control 2, I’d recommend Mega Mod. Tons of graphical updates, QoL features, and is completely free (of course!)
- Comment on What is the minimum number of words needed to communicate 4 weeks ago:
The minimal amount of words to communicate is 0.
If you want to be functional in a new country, you’d need to figure out what kinds of things you want to say and how functional you want to be.
- Comment on Even as a collector, I've never laid my hands on one of these. 4 weeks ago:
I think playing Star Control II on 3DO might have defined who I am as a gamer, and I highly recommend playing subsequent rereleases (it was PC only without 3DO!)
I’m sure you’re aware that the original developers are working on a sequel after all these years!
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 4 weeks ago:
I have another friend who could imagine dating a woman and also didn’t find them attractive. She was straight.
I could imagine being a bumblebee, but that doesn’t mean I have any intention of transforming into one or anything! Haha
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 4 weeks ago:
What’s the desire to date women, then?
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 4 weeks ago:
It just looks so sleek. For me, it was the future of gaming.
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 4 weeks ago:
Sounds similar to the 3DO’s situation!
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 4 weeks ago:
The Dreamcast is up there too imo!
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 4 weeks ago:
This one looks a little naked. Needs more “High Definition Graphics” or whatever it says
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 4 weeks ago:
If you aren’t attracted to them but you want to date them, what would you end up doing that you wouldn’t do with a friend?
- Be in an exclusive relationship that doesn’t involve sexual activity?
- Get jealous if they hang out with or say they love anyone else?
- Engage in sexual activity but not enjoy it?
- Comment on The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences 5 weeks ago:
Time flows like a river, and fruit flies like a banana.
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 5 weeks ago:
Back in the day, people hated Intellisense/auto-complete.
And back in the older day, people hated IDEs for coding.
And back in the even older day, people hated computers for games.
There’ll always be people who hate new technology, especially if it makes something easier that they used to have to do “the hard way”.
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 5 weeks ago:
I remember we used to refer to enemy logic as AI. The 4 Pac-Man ghosts each had different “AI”. The AI of the enemies in this FPS sucks. This kind of stuff, lol
