DeaconBlue's recent activity
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Comment on Looking for some video game suggestions based off some specific parameters in ~games
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Comment on Looking for some video game suggestions based off some specific parameters in ~games
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe demo is out though as I understand it, so they can try it out and see if they like it.The demo is out though as I understand it, so they can try it out and see if they like it.
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Comment on Looking for some video game suggestions based off some specific parameters in ~games
DeaconBlue LinkSomething Tetris-adjacent would be Lumines Arise Made by the same makers of Tetris Effect. Very pretty game with a good soundtrack that I cannot play or I will never be able to sleep.Something Tetris-adjacent would be Lumines Arise
Made by the same makers of Tetris Effect. Very pretty game with a good soundtrack that I cannot play or I will never be able to sleep.
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Comment on Noncompete ban abandoned by Donald Trump's US Federal Trade Commission in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentIf the goal is to extract the trade secret, and we are already accepting that laws are being violated, why would the competing company bother hiring the person rather than just paying them to hand...If the goal is to extract the trade secret, and we are already accepting that laws are being violated, why would the competing company bother hiring the person rather than just paying them to hand over the secrets?
The line of reasoning makes no sense.
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Comment on Noncompete ban abandoned by Donald Trump's US Federal Trade Commission in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentThere are separate laws about trade secrets. A noncompete has nothing to do with trade secrets, only making it easier for a company to own a person.There are separate laws about trade secrets. A noncompete has nothing to do with trade secrets, only making it easier for a company to own a person.
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
DeaconBlue (edited )Link ParentThe content of the food is not the concern. The concern is with the concept of a [adjective] Blizzard not qualifying as a Blizzard, despite being in the Blizzard section of the menu separated in...The content of the food is not the concern. The concern is with the concept of a [adjective] Blizzard not qualifying as a Blizzard, despite being in the Blizzard section of the menu separated in the same way that a "candy creation" or "signature creation" are.
https://www.dairyqueen.com/en-us/menu/treats/blizzard-treats/
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
DeaconBlue Link ParentYou can burn with them then!You can burn with them then!
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
DeaconBlue LinkDairy Queen. Around five years ago I had two coupons from some local fundraiser. One was for buy one get one free Blizzard. One was for a buy one get one free Royal Treat. I attempted to use...Dairy Queen.
Around five years ago I had two coupons from some local fundraiser. One was for buy one get one free Blizzard. One was for a buy one get one free Royal Treat.
I attempted to use either (or both) of them to order a buy one get one free Royal Blizzard, which was like a Blizzard with extra toppings or something. They claimed that a Royal Blizzard qualified as neither a Royal Treat nor a Blizzard and would not honor either coupon. I have not and will not step on any property occupied by them since.
Super Wash (car wash franchise)
They ran a radio commercial around 13 years ago that had an ambulance siren in it, causing several occasions of distracted driving trying to find and react to the source of the siren only to realize that it was on the radio.
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Comment on The evidence that AI is destroying jobs for young people just got stronger in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentYeah, but good luck getting through the AI filters that Human Resources is using to get that interview. We get 500 applicants for junior positions and the only ones that make it to my desk are the...The trick is sussing out those independent thinkers. But that's what interviews are for, anyway!
Yeah, but good luck getting through the AI filters that Human Resources is using to get that interview. We get 500 applicants for junior positions and the only ones that make it to my desk are the most middle-of-the-road applicants I have ever met.
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Comment on Kazeta: Retro 90s style gaming operating system in ~games
DeaconBlue Link ParentI think the opposite would happen. If a game was frustrating (usually for non difficulty issues) in ye olde cartridge days, the game just never made it back into rotation. Games with long...I think the opposite would happen. If a game was frustrating (usually for non difficulty issues) in ye olde cartridge days, the game just never made it back into rotation.
Games with long unskippable cutscenes (especially intro) or any game that experienced a crash or whatever was just put toward the back of the drawer and only pulled back out 20 years later.
I doubt that difficulty of game is a big factor in the gaming population with the wherewithal to set up the system in question. The people setting this up know their gaming habits and the kind of games they like, it isn't a grab bag.
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Comment on Duty-free no more: Parcels worth under $800 no longer qualify for a US tariff exemption in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentGonna have to disagree with you pretty hard here. People with kids and jobs use hobbies as a small reprieve from the pile of shit that is day to day life. Losing one of the few vices that people...Gonna have to disagree with you pretty hard here. People with kids and jobs use hobbies as a small reprieve from the pile of shit that is day to day life.
Losing one of the few vices that people with kids and jobs have, and telling them "good, now you have time to spend more time fighting your friends and family" is a weird stance.
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Comment on Survey results on books that people identify as shaping their life/personality after reading them in high school in ~books
DeaconBlue Link ParentI would wager that it is indicative of none of the above. Those books are just the school curriculum, so that is what have been read the most and have had the most opportunity to impact the reader.I would wager that it is indicative of none of the above. Those books are just the school curriculum, so that is what have been read the most and have had the most opportunity to impact the reader.
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Comment on Should C be mandatory learning for career developers? in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentI didn't say "vibe coding" You can know C# and algorithms just fine without delving into low level programming.I didn't say "vibe coding"
You can know C# and algorithms just fine without delving into low level programming.
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Comment on Should C be mandatory learning for career developers? in ~comp
DeaconBlue LinkI would argue that most developers don't need to know what the computer does at a deeper level. I do know C. I know it well enough that I have made pretty significant ROM hacks and am making a...I would argue that most developers don't need to know what the computer does at a deeper level.
I do know C. I know it well enough that I have made pretty significant ROM hacks and am making a game engine for myself in it. It has not had any significant changes to how I approach my day to day job because my day to day job works on far more layers of abstraction.
As a counter example, every day I work with API calls over the internet. I do not know at any kind of intimate level how networking actually works. I have a vague concept that I need to send a request to some server somewhere and a bunch of magic black boxes and wires in the middle take my request and get it there for me. Knowing how those black boxes work might be interesting for some people, but the intimate knowledge doesn't change how those people send requests at their day job.
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Comment on The unforgivable sin of Ms Rachel. The biggest threat to Western Civilization: compassion. Makes perfect sense. in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe really right wing ones don't send the kids to pre-school (or public school in general if they can manage). The middle right parents at my kid's school kind of encourage more "you had it first,...The really right wing ones don't send the kids to pre-school (or public school in general if they can manage).
The middle right parents at my kid's school kind of encourage more "you had it first, they need to ask you and you don't have to share if you don't want to" over "share the toys with other kids and find a way to play with the toys together". They tend to keep this consistent when their kid wants to play with a toy another kid has - "they had it first, ask them if you can play with it".
This is extremely difficult to explain to the kids when there is a conflict and the two adults are encouraging opposite behavior.
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Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkI am pretty weak on the phone side of tech. What does this mean for something like Graphene? Does their fork (or whatever) of the Android system have the ability to turn this off, or would it be...I am pretty weak on the phone side of tech. What does this mean for something like Graphene? Does their fork (or whatever) of the Android system have the ability to turn this off, or would it be baked in further down in the system's guts to the point that it would be hard to bypass?
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Comment on What are the standards for a good father/husband? in ~life.men
DeaconBlue Link ParentThere is something to be said for the usual distribution of chores on this front. I do the cooking and my wife usually does the dishes. She also has very-important-to-her rules on how the...I've seen posts about households where the husband is "willing" to help but has to be explicitly asked every time, like programming a robot.
There is something to be said for the usual distribution of chores on this front. I do the cooking and my wife usually does the dishes. She also has very-important-to-her rules on how the dishwasher is loaded that I do not understand despite being married for like a decade now and trying several configurations. I am willing to do the dishes but, yeah, she has to ask me to do it and sign a waiver that she is okay with them coming out clean even if it isn't the correct configuration.
Otherwise I agree, if you have the wherewithal to go do a thing and the thing needs done, go do the thing.
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Comment on Always invest in good tires in ~transport
DeaconBlue LinkSorry, what? 50 MPG in a two ton pickup? I am not buying this.Sorry, what?
50 MPG in a two ton pickup? I am not buying this.
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Comment on Peacemaker season 2 opens by retconning Zack Snyder's Justice League out of existence in ~tv
DeaconBlue Link ParentWhat would the ideal title be in this scenario? "Peacemaker season 2 spoiler"? Is this a case where it should be on the user to ignore tags that they don't want to see or discuss?What would the ideal title be in this scenario? "Peacemaker season 2 spoiler"?
Is this a case where it should be on the user to ignore tags that they don't want to see or discuss?
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Comment on Thoughts on wallpaper? in ~life.home_improvement
DeaconBlue Link ParentYeah, we used one. It worked decently in one room but was less than useless in two other rooms. I don't know if that was because of the backing material on the wall or the adhesives that were used.Yeah, we used one. It worked decently in one room but was less than useless in two other rooms. I don't know if that was because of the backing material on the wall or the adhesives that were used.
Ah dang, I misunderstood how the demo was set up!