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  1. Comment on Do you prefer chunky or smooth peanut butter? in ~food

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    I think it was more of "we don't care about anything except the golf course" - just nobody felt a need to spend the money on anything other than "crackers, spreads, and some fridges for drinks"

    I think it was more of "we don't care about anything except the golf course" - just nobody felt a need to spend the money on anything other than "crackers, spreads, and some fridges for drinks"

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Do you prefer chunky or smooth peanut butter? in ~food

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    Nope! Enjoy your can of Coke and cheese and crackers, then get back on the course. There was a full restaurant with fancy food in the clubhouse for after the round, but the halfway refreshments...

    Nope! Enjoy your can of Coke and cheese and crackers, then get back on the course.

    There was a full restaurant with fancy food in the clubhouse for after the round, but the halfway refreshments were as bare-bones as they could be

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Do you prefer chunky or smooth peanut butter? in ~food

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    Crunchy natural PB for spreading on bread and eating. Cheap smooth PB for one specific purpose - when I was growing up, I worked as a golf caddy over the summer. The course I worked at was...

    Crunchy natural PB for spreading on bread and eating.

    Cheap smooth PB for one specific purpose - when I was growing up, I worked as a golf caddy over the summer. The course I worked at was incredibly wealthy and exclusive, but was also super bare-bones for non-golf-things. When stopping for a break halfway through the round, the only refreshments available were coolers of pop to drink and Saltine crackers to eat, with your choice of cheese or peanut butter as a spread. Because of the timing of the round, there were plenty of days where "Saltines with peanut butter" was my entire lunch, and I can still absolutely demolish a stack of crackers when I'm hungry.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on GameStop preparing offer for eBay (gifted link) in ~games

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    Are they going to be picking up TCGPlayer too? When eBay bought them, it already made things worse there. I don't know if GameStop would be any better in that regard.

    Are they going to be picking up TCGPlayer too? When eBay bought them, it already made things worse there. I don't know if GameStop would be any better in that regard.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Disney reportedly keen on buying Fortnite developer Epic Games in ~games

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    There's always a bigger fish. Makes me think of the internal memos that came out during Epic v. Google where some Google execs were throwing around "could we just buy Epic?" as a possible solution...

    There's always a bigger fish.

    Makes me think of the internal memos that came out during Epic v. Google where some Google execs were throwing around "could we just buy Epic?" as a possible solution to the app store conflicts.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on New accounts on Hacker News ten times more likely to use em-dashes in ~tech

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    Don't forget the rampant bigotry to go along with the AI-bro-ness!

    Don't forget the rampant bigotry to go along with the AI-bro-ness!

    17 votes

  7. Comment on Nova Launcher: An update in ~tech

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    I moved from Nova to Lawnchair with my last device upgrade and I've been very happy with it.

    I moved from Nova to Lawnchair with my last device upgrade and I've been very happy with it.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Reversing the technical interview in ~comp

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    Kyle does so much great work. As someone who's been working with various distributed database systems at work, the Jepsen tests are both invaluable research and also satisfying takedowns of...

    Kyle does so much great work. As someone who's been working with various distributed database systems at work, the Jepsen tests are both invaluable research and also satisfying takedowns of overly-bold claims about DB reliability. Then for something completely different, his article A Satisfactory Way of Building was a perfect distillation of a lot of my thought process for playing, uh, Satisfactory.

    Plus, I really appreciate his willingness to publicly stick with a "weird" part of his lifestyle (leather) in a time when it'd be all too tempting to minimize any possible target on yourself.

    7 votes

  9. Comment on Order of the Sinking Star | Official announcement trailer in ~games

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    This Bsky thread from yesterday doesn't have full receipts for everything, but has an overview of the Sokoban variant games that Blow used for his new game (with full permission, it would seem)...

    This Bsky thread from yesterday doesn't have full receipts for everything, but has an overview of the Sokoban variant games that Blow used for his new game (with full permission, it would seem) and also a TLDR of his latest attitudes:

    He’s adversarial to people talking about privilege and representation, is dismissive of diversity efforts, has dabbled in covid trutherism, and is pro-MAGA.
    Jon in February called [Trump] "the best President we have had in my entire life".

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Order of the Sinking Star | Official announcement trailer in ~games

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    It's a real shame - both Braid and especially The Witness are high up on my all-time favorites list. Blow used to just be ornery about technology (in a way that was at least academically...

    It's a real shame - both Braid and especially The Witness are high up on my all-time favorites list. Blow used to just be ornery about technology (in a way that was at least academically interesting), but he's moved on from there to outright bigotry. This will be a skip from me.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech

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    Because it's run by bigots - it'd be my #1 pick if it weren't for that.

    Because it's run by bigots - it'd be my #1 pick if it weren't for that.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech

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    I've been looking at swapping DEs to something new and Wayland-native (and not Hyprland) for a bit now, and I'm even on System76 hardware (an Oryx laptop from 3 years back), so maybe it's time to...

    I've been looking at swapping DEs to something new and Wayland-native (and not Hyprland) for a bit now, and I'm even on System76 hardware (an Oryx laptop from 3 years back), so maybe it's time to give COSMIC a try.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Advice/Suggestions on headphones or earbuds while listening to voices in the same room in ~tech

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    Seconding this rec - I've used two very-similar models including my current K712s. I have a different AKG model with closed backs that I use while working from home because I prefer the isolation...

    Seconding this rec - I've used two very-similar models including my current K712s. I have a different AKG model with closed backs that I use while working from home because I prefer the isolation in that scenario, but when I'm gaming or casually hanging out online, the K712s let through enough background that I can respond to conversation, listen for my dog, or hear someone knocking at the door.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on ‘Wicked: For Good’ opening to $150m; records broken for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jon M. Chu, Broadway musical feature take and more in ~movies

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    I'll second the discussion that has occurred down-thread but give the Les Mis movie two points of credit where it's due: Anne Hathaway's performance of I Dreamed A Dream was absolutely top-notch -...

    I'll second the discussion that has occurred down-thread but give the Les Mis movie two points of credit where it's due:

    • Anne Hathaway's performance of I Dreamed A Dream was absolutely top-notch - one of the best I've seen.
    • Having the Bishop join with Fantine and Eponine to welcome Valjean after his death was a perfect capstone and it's something that I think live stagings should adopt as well.
    4 votes

  15. Comment on ‘Wicked: For Good’ opening to $150m; records broken for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jon M. Chu, Broadway musical feature take and more in ~movies

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    In my mind, that's an unfortunate sign

    I enjoyed this about as much as I liked the Les Mis movie from 2013ish

    In my mind, that's an unfortunate sign

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Of Oz The Wizard - An alphabetized movie in ~movies

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    If sci-fi is more your speed, you can watch ARST ARSW as well

    If sci-fi is more your speed, you can watch ARST ARSW as well

    8 votes

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

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    a) For his UK (and maybe Aus?) paperback releases, the Stormlight books actually are split into two volumes each, solely because it's much easier to find a bookbinder willing to print them at that...

    a) For his UK (and maybe Aus?) paperback releases, the Stormlight books actually are split into two volumes each, solely because it's much easier to find a bookbinder willing to print them at that size.

    b) If you do decide to jump into the world of Sanderson, I'll give a quick plug for my podcast - it's called There's Always Another Podcast (this is funny (hopefully) if you've read Mistborn) and it's my sister and I - both dedicated Sanderson fans - introducing two of our friends to the Cosmere.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on NBA's Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier among dozens arrested in illegal gambling probe in ~sports.basketball

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    It's almost like the legalization and relentless promotion of sports gambling has been a terrible, terrible idea that never should have happened.

    It's almost like the legalization and relentless promotion of sports gambling has been a terrible, terrible idea that never should have happened.

    14 votes

  19. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

  20. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    One of my pre-decided "true fuck-you money" ideas is to fund big-budget movie adaptations of media properties I like, with me getting the final say on authenticity/changes because I'm the one...

    One of my pre-decided "true fuck-you money" ideas is to fund big-budget movie adaptations of media properties I like, with me getting the final say on authenticity/changes because I'm the one writing the check. First on the list is Mass Effect because I have to get there before the actual adaptation gets made (sorry folks, you're getting FemShep with a Shakarian romance), then after that is Animorphs ('90s period piece a la Stranger Things and the '80s, probably R-rated on violence and gore alone, no aging-up of the main cast)

    26 votes