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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Cura and a flash drive with my newer printer. But with my old printer that required being tethered (a Solidoodle2 from 2012) I was using MatterControl, as it was much easier and more reliable than Pronterface which came with the printer.

  Though, the old PC I was using struggled when I did anything else on it while it was running the printer. The print speed would actually slow down or occasionally stop when loading a heavy webpage in a browser, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  “Ribbed, for their pleasure.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A whole bunch of racing games are cheap at the moment, and there are so many that it's difficult to look through them all. What are your recommendations?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been having a blast playing Descenders. I also picked up Hot Wheels Unleashed to play with my Hot Wheels obsessed 4 yr old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamers have you ever been in a game competition or something similar?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Summer of 2005. Played one round of CS Source on stage at CPL. We lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Now you got me wondering if we can shoot the heat away from AI datacenters. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We have low regulations though. Which is why they do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OP cleans his fridge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was disgusted and really needed to know what this was. Since nobody seems to have answered I did a reverse image search:

  spoiler

  It’s a lash egg, laid by a chicken with an infection in its fallopian tubes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a more welcome addition that a stupid AI chatbot slop machine.

  But I would still like to see them release Proton Drive for Linux already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Steam Did Not Respond To Us": Collective Shout Defends Calling On Payment Processors To Ban Adult Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They probably are worried about litigation, and shareholder profits. It’s always about shareholder profits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, your company IT department probably blocked it with group policy. I suspect most companies will do so if they care about security.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saw this on r*ddit, had to share with my people⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  uh… Shatner is still alive…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saw this on r*ddit, had to share with my people⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  William Shatner

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨workflow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Off season farm workers, paid in beer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes sense with horseshoe theory. Red for authoritarians no matter left or right. Red is a warning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential | Proton⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We still don’t have Proton Drive on Linux, and they think we give a flying fuck about some god damn AI chatbot slop machine?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmm suppositories.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a guy I knew in college who insisted everyone call him “South.”

  “Put some South in yo mouth!” was his constant catchphrase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can fit 74 Germanys inside a Texas roundabout. The European mind cannot comprehend this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does everyone hate Income tax ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most Americans opt to have their employer take the taxes out and send them to the government for them. But its not required, we can choose to receive all of our pay and take responsibility for sending the government their cut ourselves. Its a PITA, but some opt to put their taxes in an account to earn interest for a year before paying the government. They view paying monthly as “giving the government a free loan.”

  When you have your employer do it for you, your pay stub breaks down the amount you started with and how much was taken out for each tax. We can see what we are paying in tax on every paycheck which is why so many Americans complain about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A very curious situation indeed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I’m going to live in a beekeeper suit treated with permethrin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pants⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Blue jeans on a white t-shirt, she’s killin’ me in that miniskirt.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought: Drova - Forsaken Kin Kamiko Spiritfarer Beseige

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨spicy one⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the holy sea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, my steam controller stopped working, and they don’t make them anymore. Yes, I know I could buy a used one on ebay but I’d rather have a new one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: study⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what they mean is that the plastic caps were scratched up in storage before being applied to the bottles, so plastic dust on the inside of the cap before it was installed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here's your first look at the rebooted Digg | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure I read the other day that it’s the original founders of Digg (Kevin Rose) who bought back the corpse and are leading this with VC funding.

  techcrunch.com/…/kevin-rose-and-alexis-ohanian-ac…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mood⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dale Gribble has entered the chat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed the hell out of that game. My only complaint was that the loot lacked variety, and it was a bit more on rails than what I think of as a proper open world RPG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t think of any that I wasn’t fully aware of the criticism.

  But I did play No Man’s Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, and Fallout 76 for hundreds of hours each right at launch and enjoyed every moment without significant issues, despite being fully aware of all the hate being thrown at them at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have used this you are immune to all disease.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In theory, if it worked correctly, it should be hygenic and better for the environment. But as other commenters have mentioned, in reality they get jammed alot and so the same wet section gets used over and over. Or the owners don’t actually wash the roll and it just gets respooled and put back when dry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have used this you are immune to all disease.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. It’s a reusable towel system for drying hands in a public bathroom. It’s basically a really long roll of cloth that is supposed to get pulled down as its used and goes down into another rolld and washed and put back. I haven’t seen one in a really long time.