BigPotato

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Goes both ways, buy the homies a gift.

  Also, know their birthdays and things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I have games on my wishlist from 2015. Almost a decade at this point.

  My wishlist exists more to let Internet friends know what to get me when they feel like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨political debate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, apparently HR has some issues with “I would slice a Nazis head off for free, don’t even ask me what I’d pay to do it.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Senators Press Amazon’s Bezos on Unfair Scheduling Practices Hurting Workers: Amazon’s “just-in-time” scheduling leaves hourly workers with volatile schedules, uncertain paychecks⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, my thought exactly, I doubt Wawa has a fancy term for it but it’s better than all your staff coming in or calling on Thursday to see if next week’s schedule is posted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He died doing what he loved.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s ‘humane’ to shoot the deer in the heart! You’re not supposed to give the deer a rectal exam with them!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank G*d I grew up in the 90s. Everything is woke now. Smh my head⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it’s an Office reference first and foremost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had someone say “Well, yours doesn’t do ads” and, in the year of 5 manufacturers pumping out 10 different SKUs a year, we had the same model phone.

  I said “Yours doesn’t have to, if you set it up that way.”

  The answer? “Well, c’mon, play the video.”

  Like, yeah, let’s just brush past the… What? Five or six tap solution? And before anyone asks, not a romantic opening. Generally people don’t make passes at bridge trolls who evangelize for open source software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use Firefox Mobile to watch YouTube.

  Ad blocking through uBO and can enable playing with locked screen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley will be getting another update after all⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam, Switch, GOG - I even buy it for my friends!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From Snoop Dogg to Lap Dogg⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Killing people is fine but you realize a ton of early hip-hop and West Coast rap was explicitly about not loving the homies, right? Even Superman didn’t get a pass on Rapper’s Delight…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there many controllers with the ability to physically swap out the ABXY layout between Xbox/PC and Nintendo layout?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s weird but they are all different. I’ve never had an issue where I see an Xbox X and hit the PS X. Normally if a game wants X(PS Flavour) the X itself is blue, potentially with a black circle around it. If a game shows you an X(Xbox Flavour) it shows a blue circle with a different blue X inside. Nintendo generally just shows a top button glyph or if they do show the X it’s usually monochrome, except for Americana flavoured SNES which was just top purple and since GC had the vertical kidney bean X… Well, Nintendo only recently became a problem I suppose.

  So, basically, the in-game glyphs do differentiate themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Stellantis is a Dutch group. If we head to Michigan and get the CEO, they’ll just appoint a new one… Unless you’re suggesting the Americans invade the Netherlands…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I did play a bunch of BFV but I wouldn’t say I liked it more than 1942. My time spent on BFV was mostly mucking about with friends which was probably the ideal way to play that one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  BF3 was certainly really good but maybe I can show my age by saying 1942 and Vietnam were at the very least the start of the plateau, if not the real peak.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Count yourself lucky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Plenty of dudes did both. A furry is the guy who designed pilots cooling systems for their suits…

  Because he made it for a fur suit first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG.com gives away free horny games to protest credit card company censorship⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s Postal 2 - I think an early day of the week like day 2. Having to go to the mall and wait in line.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RPGs that are optionally pacifist?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Twin Snakes was an MGS1 remake - MGS2 was never on the GC but Substance was it’s first console release on Xbox to my knowledge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I trust my family. Trust them enough that they have the passcode to my phone and can easily open it at any time.

  But I’m not sharing location. How will I sneak out to buy gifts if they get a notification when I leave work? Nope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Employers do NOT verify your total work history unless you're applying for a government position.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It also takes resources to onboard a new employee and you don’t want to spend that on someone who is gonna bounce in six months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what timeline is this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I never thought I’d die side by side with an annoying orange.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a Russian pls confirm⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically, “Shut your dick hole,” correct?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From my reading of the article, that was a hypothetical. Not to say it hasn’t happened multiple times but I’m pretty sure that “may” was doing some heavy lifting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Limited Run has asked Nintendo to pull Gex Trilogy from the eShop as it doesn’t work on Switch 2⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, a necessary warning about the water at Jerry Garcia’s house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sad thing to be, nonsensical thing to want to be" 💔🥀💔🥀⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually joke “The Polish in me knows how to drink, the Irish in me doesn’t know how to stop.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Engineer creates first custom motherboard for 1990s PlayStation console⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell yeah. Always good to hear.

  That said, I need a PSOne ODE. My stack of PS1s still run fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I said “I sent a video recording of this a month ago and received confirmation. Do you not have that?” and got back “I never got that.”

  “Alright, got it. Thankfully it’s not my problem anymore but you know where yours is.” and left it at that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazing.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I once had a broken headlight and also broke pockets, so I grabbed some packing tape and made a new one. I was at an AutoZone and the guy looked at my car, looked at me and said “that won’t last past the first storm” to which my response was “it’s held up for three months. I’ll take my chances.” and it held up until the seals on the transmission blew out after driving it across the country again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Official" Russian Military game depicting invasion of Ukraine released on Steam as Yunarmy propaganda⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not going to find a weapons maker with an unproblematic background (part of the problem with sourcing arms for your SRA meetup) but IMI certainly has a bad one.

  They’ve also got a number of totally iconic weapons though. Separate the art from the artist and all that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am not a builder… but that does not seem right⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Use stud finder /beep move it two inches /still beep/ move it further /still beep/ move it again /still beep/. “Stud finder must be broken” Get another stud finder /still beep but the whole section again/ “I need to know what’s behind this wall before I just bolt this TV to this fucking thing” /cut away the drywall/ “I better make this look like something stupid for fake Internet points…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steamdeck or....⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone with a primarily physical Switch library and more than 100 Switch games, the Switch cartridges aren’t even satisfying to put in and harder to store or display than consoles of old.

  Even the 3DS just feels easier and more substantial. So, despite the Deck’s lack of a cartridge slot, I don’t even think the Deck really loses.