BigPotato
@BigPotato@lemmy.world
- Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout 3 days ago:
They said 20 years ago. We literally had ‘use a paperclip to turn on the computer on the test bench’ as the standard practice. Designing things for people to do them wrong was very much not the style at the time.
- Comment on Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project' 3 days ago:
But the aliens were humans who came before/after you because humans made a thing that made them destroy the universe so everything is stuck in a time loop where humans have to… Stop other humans from fielding too many stars or else they figure out how to loop the star field again.
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 6 days ago:
That was just /r/subredditsimulator
- Comment on I got my hands on Shantae Risky Revolution. Where should I upload my checksum too? 1 week ago:
My order actually got delayed today by like two months, hilarious to hear yours made it!
- Comment on Trump tells Canadians to Elect the guy who'll make them the 51st State of US [Canadian elections today] 2 weeks ago:
No, it’s terrible. Your English is better than his. Just because there’s some sliver of sense doesn’t mean he even did it on purpose.
- Comment on Trump tells Canadians to Elect the guy who'll make them the 51st State of US [Canadian elections today] 2 weeks ago:
Commas can be used to identify parts of the sentence that can be cut out e.g. “… wisdom to cut your taxes in half … If Canada becomes the 51st state.”
Now, here, the comma was used for a list so it shouldn’t have been used that way but I’m sure his meth head brain probably got lost partway or the AI bot that mimics his speech patterns is just that dumb.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 2 weeks ago:
I think the only thing I remember about Reach is the last mission anyway but thanks for the heads up.
- Comment on How come id Software / Bethesda have never sued Bungie / Microsoft over the similarity between Doomguy and Master Chief? 2 weeks ago:
John Halo and the Marines are Marines and not Soldiers. Though, I’m not certain Halo ever shows a non-Navy Servicemember in 1-4.
- Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k 2 weeks ago:
Available as optional extras
- Comment on Ben Shapiro's sister 2 weeks ago:
This is terrifying to link to after what you just said
But they are great boobs and that’s what’s important. I do this not for me, but for us all.
- Comment on In heat 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, first part of any fresh Fox setup is changing the default search engine.
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 3 weeks ago:
Because I’ve been using it for over 20 years?
- Comment on I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement 3 weeks ago:
No, be that guy, correct incorrect information. Thank you.
- Comment on I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement 4 weeks ago:
While putting in a new generator is absolutely a better idea, that means it’s not the original car. Plenty of classic car (and computing and video game and music and any hobby) enthusiasts run original hardware on purpose. Where’s the fun in building an Apple IIe if you use a flash drive instead of the hard drive? Where’s the soul in listening to The Four Tops on a digital recording instead of the vinyl master? Why play Sega on a flash cart instead of the original cartridges? Why drive a classic Civic if you’re trying to drop a K20 in there?
New stuff is objectively better. A 4Cyl Mustang makes more power these days than a V8 from the 90s, more so for older models. You have to be a little irrational to put that amount of time into running something just because it’s older.
- Comment on Can't Afford A Nintendo Switch 2? Buy A Switch 1, Nintendo Says - Insider Gaming 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, Microsoft had a similar stance around the Xbox One timeframe! It worked out great for them.
Just don’t talk about it, Nintendo, that’s a better PR strategy.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
To be fair, a lot of those women were probably traumatized in the same wars their husbands were (for different reasons, obviously) so they probably trauma bonded.
- Comment on Are there really only a few New 3DS exclusive games? 1 month ago:
Yeah, but there’s only one handheld with DS/3DS emulation in mind and it’s not cheaper.
- Comment on This speaks for itself 2 months ago:
Also, it was definitely still colorful in, like, 2018. Don’t know why they picked 2009 as the year.
- Comment on It’s SSB, But Maybe Not Quite As You Know It 2 months ago:
I thought it was going to be Super Smash Brothers but I wasn’t totally surprised either way.
- Comment on This speaks for itself 2 months ago:
The Dallas Zoo McDonald’s was mildly famous, I’d guess regionally at worst only in Texas, as being a time capsule. It was wacky and zoo themed.
People used to rave about it. Now people complain about it. Likely, more people engaged it by driving by and saying “wait, is that a McDonald’s?” and corporate wasn’t having it.
- Comment on This speaks for itself 2 months ago:
Pretty sure that’s the Dallas one too.
- Comment on Hardcore gaming 2 months ago:
I can see bringing the Deck, like you might be sitting there for at least 24 hours, you don’t need to be sitting there holding their hand the whole time…
But the keyboard? The mouse? The HEADPHONES? It’s not like you’re in an extended stay. You’re getting that baby out and going. You don’t need all that.
- Comment on Bi-weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 5 months ago:
I thought Unbound was marginally better than Heat but almost every character in the game is completely grating. We’re running from the cops at 100mph, stop talking about your abusive childhood.
- Comment on Bi-weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 5 months ago:
Finally started Kingdom Come: Deliverance and I’m still very much in the “Learning to play, God this controls like a monkey on rollerblades with too many 'ludes in his system” level of skill…
But, aside from that, also playing Mutant Year Zero and Peglin.
- Comment on Watching passport bros get bodied by SEA women is a complete mood. Get rekt manlet. 5 months ago:
Alright Randy Newman, take out your insecurities on them.
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 6 months ago:
If we say that the accepted pronunciation of “X” is “ex” then we run into an even bigger problem than Prince’s logo.
“Ex” User says… Is this a former user of the website or current?
A user on the website “ex” is too long winded and sounds like I’m saying a hypothetical.
Users on “ex” - although shorter, X is a street name for ecstacy and user is sometimes used as shorthand for drug user (e.g. User and abuser) so why should we be listening to a cracked out party kid?
The golden ticket is “formerly Twitter” because we actually know what the fuck that one is.
I’m willing to bet there’s at least one X user on X right now.
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 6 months ago:
How long was Prince “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince”?
Yeah, the rest of his life.
Twitter probably will have the same laid upon it.
- Comment on YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index 6 months ago:
Look at it this way, BMI is a cross section of weight and height. I was considered “overweight” for ages because I just had tree trunk thighs from hiking and weightlifting. Like, less than 16% body fat but told I’m ‘overweight’ every time I got weighed.
The ruler was fucking wrong.
Nowadays, I’m much more of a fat fuck so the ruler is right now but only just so… I’m still under 25% when using hydrostatic!
- Comment on 3D Printable Subaru Impreza 22B 6 months ago:
Be nice if there was an easy way to just do this with any car. Like, I’m willing to get you could get a rough model with FreeCAD and some references but it’d be really cool to have a drive through laser scan or something.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
The whole road while taking a dash pic at 70mph.