jimmux

@jimmux@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You don't even need the other 4 points. You're fine.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  My therapist specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, so we started out by trying to identifying things in my life that I was overreacting to. It turned out I was dealing with Real Shit, and remarkably chill under the circumstances. We had to abandon the CBT approach.

  That was still helpful though. By asking the question, it validated my behaviour, so I didn’t doubt myself as much going forward. It helped me make some big life changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bacon⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would anyone want something that provides the olfactory promise of bacon, but never delivers actual bacon?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Contents of Queen's Purse⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  She doesn’t spend the cash. It’s her ID card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Throw down your sword, surrender! Give Him your life or you will die!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Now I want to know why Sabaton hasn’t done a song about the Emu War.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Red Rover, to you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it could get rough. The problem was mainly one kid who wanted to spear tackle everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Red Rover, to you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Early 90’s. It started out as tag, but we thought tackling would be more fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Red Rover, to you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I went to school in a few towns, but I only recall playing this in Armidale, NSW.

  Everyone runs across the field together, while one person tries to tag as many people as they can. If you’re tagged then you are also a tagger in the next round. Repeat until one person is left, who starts the next game.

  We were actually banned from playing this because we preferred to tackle instead of tagging. Nobody got seriously hurt, but the teachers thought it was only a matter of time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you imagine if MS did say something, and Trump immediately decided to replace all their products in government with Apple alternatives? You know he would.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That at least serves a purpose. Or we could use the Shavian characters and slowly transition to a phonetic writing system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I tire of this life⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen stingrays absolutely gorge themselves during a big crab moult. I think I’d rather be a ray.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When a humble bard Graced a ride along⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The trailer for season 4 just released was the nail in the coffin. Liam Hemsworth is doing his best, but there’s no way Henry Cavill would have uttered the line, “Let’s fuckin’ go.” The writing is so bad he couldn’t save it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Losers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know how every bully has spineless little hangers-on who cheer on the abuse but are too cowardly to participate directly? This is them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The sleeper has awakened⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  David Lynch’s attempt at Dune.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who got raptured today?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It sucks that the beams were calibrated for the average human body weight 2000 years ago. Apparently they weren’t kidding when they made gluttony a sin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Netflix is the only one I have left now, and that’s only because I share the account with multiple people, so it’s more like 1/4 of a subscription. If I cancelled they would end up with more subscribers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Nutella waffle place has the weirdest name.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to work near a Nut Shack.

  It was impossible to not read their sign as Nut Sack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that you mention it, this seems most likely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would actually like to know what he was leading to with that question. Is the implication that gangs have an overrepresentation of trans people? Or that gang violence doesn’t count for some reason?

  I guess we’ll never know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 408 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw people asking for ships you can walk around in for a long time now, but I never saw the appeal. With this update, I get it. These ships really feel like our own, and they didn’t hold back the creative potential. I’m already building a flying restaurant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nooo my genderinos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “I’m a charm in the streets, and a strange in the sheets.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Losing my resolve⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Soon we’ll have generative AI that extrapolates the rest of the meeting, and that skip key will work. Very poorly, but someone will do it.

  Then everyone will log in to meetings, say hi, skip to the end, ask for a generated summary, log out. And nothing of value will be lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broccoli Blooms⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The broccoli and broccolini in my garden have grown so big it’s hard to keep up. This means I’ll sometimes eat bits that have begun flowering. I haven’t noticed much difference in the taste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Angry Man⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Beat me to it. In the same spirit of collective animal nouns, then:

  Married to the Kangaroo

  Fish of Rock

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Angry Man⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Secret of evermore has some gigeresque visuals. I should probably attempt to finish the game but here are some screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a very basic story with a self-insert character, probably intended for a younger audience. That worked very well for me at the time. I think it was my first RPG so I really enjoyed getting lost in those environments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Secret of evermore has some gigeresque visuals. I should probably attempt to finish the game but here are some screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always wondered why Secret of Mana gets the attention, and Evermore is largely forgotten. It has a doggy companion!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that you mention it, the projection is unusual. Is this the map they use in Texas to make it look bigger?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My work right now is evaluating AI models, but outside work I don’t use them at all. I’m so conditioned to finding flaws that my trust level is rock bottom.

  I’m also very aware of how easy it is to mentally disengage. When everything appears correct at a glance, your mind has no reason to question it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RPGs that are optionally pacifist?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, in a setting like Night City, beating people unconscious to spare their life practically makes you a saint.

  If you really want to ease your conscience, I don’t think they ever explain how non-lethal weapon mods work. You can head-cannon that your assault rifle is loaded with nanites that safely shut down enemy cyberware if you want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RPGs that are optionally pacifist?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe it’s possible in Cyberpunk 2077. Blunt weapons are non-fatal, other weapons can be modified to be non-fatal, stealth is usually an option, and you can even remotely disable enemies if your hacking skill is high enough.

  There are sections you can’t do alone, so you might need to be proactive about neutralising enemies before your companion does.