moakley
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- Comment on Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve. 21 hours ago:
I think we just need to revise the laws to say that a cop’s testimony doesn’t have any more weight than anyone else’s testimony unless it’s backed up by their bodycam.
Taking cops at their word made sense when we didn’t have this technology. It doesn’t make sense anymore.
- Comment on Yet everyone swears they existed 22 hours ago:
It’s been almost 25 years, and 9/11 jokes still aren’t funny.
- Comment on Tetris Variations 3 days ago:
Depends on how strict we’re being with “version of Tetris”. If we’re talking loosely about falling block puzzle games, then my favorite one is Attactics. It’s part of UFO50.
Instead of four-block clusters, Attactics uses individual blocks that represent different types of troops, each one with a unique ability. And instead of falling from the top of the screen towards the bottom, they move from the left of the screen towards the right. And instead of forming complete lines in order to score points, they clash against the enemy’s troops and attempt to make it to their fortress on the other side of the map.
Looking at Attactics on its own, it looks like a fast-paced simplified strategy game. But when you get your hands on the game, it becomes clear that it shares a lot in common with Tetris.
- Comment on US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations 5 days ago:
My wife and I just had a baby on Friday. When we were asked about vaccines we made it clear where we stood and basically summed it up as: “we want him to have all the vaccines he’d have gotten three years ago.” The nurse seemed to appreciate that sentiment.
I just hope that hospitals choose to follow the science. Maybe they don’t need a government mandate. Obviously these changes aren’t helping anyone and are only harmful, but hopefully the harm isn’t as bad as it could be.
- Comment on De-Escalating Social Media 5 days ago:
It seems like it should be unnecessary, like we already have ways of conveying this sentiment, so why have a button with such a narrow function?
But on the other hand, making it normal for people to admit their mistakes online? That would be a huge step forward. And if there’s a button there for it, it would get used.
- Comment on We say things like "time is money" but really the most valuable thing you have (and which everyone covets) is your attention. 1 week ago:
Then why are they still paying me for it?
- Comment on You can checkout, but you can never checkin. You will only ever check in, or check-in 1 week ago:
Exactly. I also try only to do verbs, although occasionally I verb nouns.
Regardless, the counter you check out at is the checkout counter, while the counter you check in at is the check-in counter. So OP does still have a point.
- Comment on Caramelize me, baby 2 weeks ago:
Remember, it takes at least 45 minutes to caramelize an onion. Anything less and you’re just cooking it.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 2 weeks ago:
I’m usually too lazy when it comes to canceling things, but I canceled Game Pass right away. $30 per month is just offensive.
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 3 weeks ago:
Tried that. During the last step it switches back to mobile mode and gives a 404 error.
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 3 weeks ago:
Sorry, I meant mobile browser. I don’t use a PC.
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 3 weeks ago:
I tried switching to desktop mode on my phone and it switched back to mobile during the last step and gave me a 404 error. I don’t use a PC.
So oh well.
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 3 weeks ago:
Figured I’d sign up to preserve my username just in case, but it doesn’t work without an app. Oh well.
These sites are supposed to be gateways to the internet. Why the fuck would you put that in any app other than a browser?
- Comment on Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround 3 weeks ago:
Some were, some weren’t. I was thrilled.
And then the hate grew to the point where it was a meme, where everyone “knew” that Anthem was bad, even people who hadn’t played it. Then it was over.
- Comment on Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround 3 weeks ago:
I played it at launch. It worked fine for me.
But yeah, some players had technical issues that were quickly patched. That’s how launches work nowadays. The reaction seems justified in a vacuum, but if you compare it to how glitches affect the scores of other games, it’s weird.
Cyberpunk 2077 still got good scores despite major technical issues that took a lot longer than a week or two to fix.
I can go buy the re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-release of Skyrim and still encounter the same game-breaking bugs that I encountered fifteen years ago.
So I still feel like Anthem got treated unfairly here. If it was some bland, unimaginative game that didn’t do anything else well, sure, I get why they wouldn’t pull their punches. But again, the gameplay was immaculate. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better game treated worse.
- Comment on Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround 3 weeks ago:
Honestly Anthem was so fucking good. It’s a victim of the internet hate machine.
My hobby is video games, but some people’s hobby is hating things, and those people decided that Anthem was the next thing to hate. The hate was insanely disproportionate to the actual problems that Anthem had.
The endgame grind needed some work, but that’s always the case with a live service game. Comparing it to Destiny, which had been out for five years at that point, there wasn’t a lot of content. Comparing it to video games in general, it was fine. Easily worth the cost of a new game.
Graphics-wise? Top notch, triple-A.
And as far as gameplay, the actual most important part of a game? Anthem was a fucking masterpiece. The combat was fun and varied. Classes were distinct.
And the traversal was the best I’ve ever played. Soaring through the air like Iron Man and dipping into a waterfall so my suit doesn’t overheat is one of the video game highlights of my life.
But the internet ruined it. The same outrage machine that was built to respond to things like “a sense of pride and accomplishment” was turned on Anthem, not because it was that bad, but because there wasn’t anything else particularly hate-worthy that week.
- Comment on we need more users 3 weeks ago:
Alright, I’ll make more content. Give me a month or two. I’m slow at drawing.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Right. It’s provocative because incel shit is widely disliked. We’re saying the same thing.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Can you explain the joke?
- Comment on The forbidden fourth leche 4 weeks ago:
To be even more specific, it’s a Mexican dessert made of sponge cake, soaked in a mixture of three milks. Wet cake may not sound appetizing, but it’s absolutely delicious.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Why are you defending incel shit?
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Don’t take my comment so seriously.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
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Pervasive sense of victimhood.
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Criticizing women. Not that women should be free from criticism, but take this exact same meme without the “what hypocrisy” at the end. Is it less funny? Is that adding anything other than pathos for incels reading it?
There’s also the comment section. At the time I commented, two of the ten top level comments were saying to insult the woman’s vagina, and they were both upvoted. That kind of masturbatory five-minutes-of-hate directed at a hypothetical woman is pure incel shit.
She’s not real. This didn’t happen. That means whatever emotional reaction they’re having was just inside them waiting to come out. Incel shit.
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- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Ugh. Ugh to this post, and ugh to the comment section.
I thought we left this incel shit behind on reddit.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Honestly frozen can be fine. My kids love frozen broccoli and cauliflower. You still have to prepare it right though.
But I’m pretty sure even the frozen veggies are better now than they were back then.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
In the 80s my family still got most of our vegetables from cans. It was bad.
- Comment on My culture also loves music, dancing and telling stories 1 month ago:
But one of the things Russian troll farms are paid to do is spread general anti-American sentiment. I’m not trying to explain away the comments; I’m describing a real thing that happens.
- Comment on My culture also loves music, dancing and telling stories 1 month ago:
I appreciate your perspective.
I’ll do you one better and say that a lot of times it comes from chronically online Americans who got their opinion from said Europeans. And at least some of the time it’s from third world bots whose marching orders are to spread any and every kind of anti-American sentiment.
Lately I just prefer to put the opposing idea out into the aether rather than try to dig into a whole online argument… thing.
- Comment on My culture also loves music, dancing and telling stories 1 month ago:
There are large sections of the US that don’t have consistent access to great food, so crappy fast food is what they get.
Then there are other parts of the US where the fast food is amazing. Also the other food.
- Comment on You could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time. 1 month ago:
It’s ok to just not be that into gaming anymore. But if you are looking for a game to get into, they’re out there.