CentipedeFarrier

@CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They still lock down features, as of like maybe 5 yrs ago. Idk about today specifically but I wouldn’t doubt it, if only because most people don’t realize that it’s locking something the OS can do by default.

  For example, if you have a major brand phone with OEM OS, on a plan in which you pay separately for the WiFi hotspot feature, even though it’s built into your operating system, hotspot is locked and you can’t access it.

  This is even true if you buy your own device, I discovered, and was very very very angry about. Enough that I switched providers, because fuck that nonsense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Instead of getting the tool designed specifically for the thing, just get a different tool that isn’t designed for the thing, and then learn to make really precise difficult cuts!”

  I come from cheese country, and genuinely, no, you are wrong. A sharper knife isn’t the problem, the surface area of the blade is the problem. Even an oiled ceramic knife doesn’t cut cleanly through many cheeses (ceramic is extremely sharp, oiling is to attempt to prevent buckling and breaking because the cheese sticks to the blade). A wire cheese slicer is consistent, and safe and easy enough for a child to use (I know because that was my first experience with one, around 5-6).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make me feel like a man⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perfect size for brats⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same in the regions of the US I’ve been to. Usually little cocktail weenies in pastry here, bacon wrapped is just called bacon wrapped, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it makes you feel better, the people who stick their arms in aren’t allergic to mosquito bites. Doesn’t bother them to get bit beyond the feeling of being bit.

  I mean I guess it could happen that they are just masochistic, but typically not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Similarly, granular audio options that separate dialogue from ambient from music from system sounds.

  I like having the background music very low, but not off, system sounds a bit above that, sound effects higher than system but lower than dialogue. And of course ambient sound levels really depend on the game and what kind of ambiance it has. Definitely don’t need my ears blown out just to hear dialogue.

  Same thing with granular contrast/gamma/etc. Don’t just provide a few preset options, especially if they can only be set before you start the game (also they should never only be set from the main menu, never). Let the player choose whatever they want on the fly. I love playing with everything bright so I can see wtf I’m doing, I don’t give half a shit if the devs think it should be so dark it’s not navigable. I disagree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Christina Chong Has a Wild Idea for a 'Doctor Who' and 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Crossover⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they ever identify species 8469 that the bird are afraid of (I think that’s the number, didn’t look it up)?

  I guess that’s maybe one thing they could do with it, if not..

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Christina Chong Has a Wild Idea for a 'Doctor Who' and 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Crossover⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But why though? What does this add to anything?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  looks like 2000-2001

  It’s… compelling in a really bad B-movie sort of way. Like the idea is great, and some of the scene design and concept is really cool, but it’s genuinely hard to watch in a lot of places between the acting (Cleo herself has a screaming habit, at least early on - I don’t recall if she grew out of it, and is dumb as shit imo) and that it’s clearly meant to be a sex-appeal-hook. Basically fishing for Xena fan crossover, but done so poorly it basically flopped.

  Fun to watch, but don’t expect too much :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only thing I can think of reading this is the Cleopatra 2525 intro theme

  And the futurama reference

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨✌️🌽✌️ ✊🌽✊ ✌️🌽✌️ ✊🌽✊⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the things to be annoyed about in this pic, I think the thing that gets me the most is that you still have to remove some of the husk. The whole point is to do less work? Too bad, do it anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition” or “God of War”?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I vote horizon forbidden west because the world is -so engaging- even more than the original imo. Even the side quest chains are beautiful and moving. They did a very good job with it.

  I haven’t played GoW though, so I’m definitely biased.