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  1. Comment on No comply: private equity and skateboarding, or how private equity is gutting skateboard culture in ~finance

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    Wow, can't wait to read this tonight although it will likely be a pretty sad read. However, I recently listened to this interesting talk between Chad Muska and Tony Hawk regarding the current...

    Wow, can't wait to read this tonight although it will likely be a pretty sad read.

    However, I recently listened to this interesting talk between Chad Muska and Tony Hawk regarding the current state and trends of skateboarding.

    https://youtu.be/qc1floDCEsg?si=wt_EYeuLXYop7bA8&t=2764

    3 votes

  2. Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk

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    I only know what GIS is from my wife screaming at ArcGIS all day while working remotely. Super interesting though.

    I only know what GIS is from my wife screaming at ArcGIS all day while working remotely.

    Super interesting though.

    9 votes

  4. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    This is how I felt as well. I enjoyed it and it felt to be headed in the right direction but the small tight maps made everything so chaotic. Hoping they are just saving the best for the release....

    This is how I felt as well. I enjoyed it and it felt to be headed in the right direction but the small tight maps made everything so chaotic. Hoping they are just saving the best for the release.

    While playing it I couldn't help but wish I was playing Squad or Hell Let Loose instead.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Such a magical game. Easily GOTY for me.

    Such a magical game. Easily GOTY for me.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    If we are able to get enough interest, we should do a race one night on one of the platforms. It's always such a blast.

    If we are able to get enough interest, we should do a race one night on one of the platforms. It's always such a blast.

  7. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    So awesome to hear this! I have more time than I'd like to admit on iRacing and the community is major part of that. If you guys ever have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out. Made my day.

    So awesome to hear this! I have more time than I'd like to admit on iRacing and the community is major part of that. If you guys ever have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out. Made my day.

  10. Comment on What was your first programming language, what languages do you know now, and what tips do you have for those trying to learn any of those? in ~comp

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    Likely Applescript ActionScript Javascript Took a C++ class in high school

    Likely

    • Applescript
    • ActionScript
    • Javascript
    • Took a C++ class in high school

  11. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Currently reading Demon Copperfield and can't put it down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Copperhead

    Currently reading Demon Copperfield and can't put it down.

    Demon Copperhead is a 2022 novel by Barbara Kingsolver. It was a co-recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and won the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction. Kingsolver was inspired by the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.[1][2] While Kingsolver's novel is similarly about a boy born into poverty, Demon Copperhead is set in Appalachia and explores contemporary issues.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Copperhead

    1 vote

  12. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~sports.american_football

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    My team as of week 1 | 12-team auction PPR: Deshaun Watson (QB) Bijan Robinson (RB) Rachaad White (RB) Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR) Jaylen Waddle (WR) Chigoziem Okonkwo (TE) Zay Flowers (Flex) Broncos...

    My team as of week 1 | 12-team auction PPR:

    • Deshaun Watson (QB)
    • Bijan Robinson (RB)
    • Rachaad White (RB)
    • Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR)
    • Jaylen Waddle (WR)
    • Chigoziem Okonkwo (TE)
    • Zay Flowers (Flex)
    • Broncos D/ST (D)
    • Cameron Dicker (K)

    Bench:

    • Jordan Addison (WR)
    • Greg Dulcich (TE)
    • De'Von Achane (RB)
    • Brock Purdy (QB)
    • Kenneth Gainwell (RB)
    • Jayden Reed (WR)
    • Rashee Rice (WR)

    I'm content with everything but my RB2 and TE at this point. Looking to make a move or run to the waiver wire.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Wikipedia is an MMORPG in ~games

  17. Comment on Maybe we should talk about the weather in ~talk

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    I'm in Fort Collins and it's raining ash and has been very dark all day. It looks post-apocalyptic right now. We were out covering the garden for the snow while ash covered us.

    I'm in Fort Collins and it's raining ash and has been very dark all day. It looks post-apocalyptic right now. We were out covering the garden for the snow while ash covered us.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Looking for programming/software book recommendations in ~books

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    Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture: The Making of Prince of Persia: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution:

    Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture:

    Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to produce the most notoriously successful game franchises in history—Doom and Quake— until the games they made tore them apart. This is a story of friendship and betrayal, commerce and artistry—a powerful and compassionate account of what it's like to be young, driven, and wildly creative.

    The Making of Prince of Persia:

    Before Prince of Persia was a best-selling video game franchise and a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by one person, Jordan Mechner. Mechner's candid and revealing journals from the time capture his journey from his parents' basement to the forefront of the fast-growing 1980s video game industry... and the creative, technical and personal struggles that brought the prince into being and ultimately into the homes of millions of people worldwide.

    Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution:

    A mere fifteen years ago, computer nerds were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would never resonate with the mainstream. That was before one pioneering work documented the underground computer revolution that was about to change our world forever. With groundbreaking profiles of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, and more, Steven Levy's Hackers brilliantly captured a seminal moment when the risk-takers and explorers were poised to conquer twentieth-century America's last great frontier. And in the Internet age, the hacker ethic-first espoused here-is alive and well.

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Looking for albums that are both beautiful and melancholic in ~music

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    Fantastic list!! Sigur Ros - Untitled is my go-to sleep music. It’s a rotation of that, Brian Enos music made for airports, and Explosions in the Sky.

    Fantastic list!! Sigur Ros - Untitled is my go-to sleep music. It’s a rotation of that, Brian Enos music made for airports, and Explosions in the Sky.

    3 votes