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Comment on Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair | Official trailer in ~tv
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
Narry Link ParentIn my country we tend to push a lot of the blame for poor health onto the individual, but so many Americans live in food deserts where fresh fruits and vegetables aren’t available. So many...In my country we tend to push a lot of the blame for poor health onto the individual, but so many Americans live in food deserts where fresh fruits and vegetables aren’t available. So many Americans don’t have access to even a safe walkable park let alone a proper gym with all the equipment that they need to properly exercise. So many Americans don’t have good healthcare insurance that would allow them to feel comfortable and confident about exercising, knowing that if they were to be hurt by the exercise itself that they could get treatment for it, and not lose their entire livelihood over it especially if they had to miss work for recovery. When we talk about systemic issues, this is the sort of thing that we mean.
How well does your country do on those metrics? Do you have good food available to everyone? Do you have safe affordable places where people can exercise? Is your healthcare good enough that if somebody was harmed by the exercise that they could get care without losing their livelihood? If they had to take time off of work, would they be protected by the social safety nets in place in your society? I’m not making any accusations here, I’m just curious.
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
Narry LinkThe so-called sin of empathy, I guess. I don’t like to see others in needless pain, and I was not raised by ghouls that think that pain brings us closer to God, though I was raised in an...The so-called sin of empathy, I guess. I don’t like to see others in needless pain, and I was not raised by ghouls that think that pain brings us closer to God, though I was raised in an evangelical Christian church.
I don’t buy into the ideologies at the core of modern conservatism. The more I stand fast and stick to my guns, the more I’m seen as a radical. I just don’t want people to suffer when we have the means to help them. Anything less than helping every person we can is unacceptable. And that makes me a radical, I guess.
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Comment on Does anyone have any Nebula recommendations? I've just signed up! in ~tv
Narry LinkI think everybody else has covered the majority of what I would recommend, so I’m going to step outside of those recommendations and recommend the following recommendations (I do recommend these):...I think everybody else has covered the majority of what I would recommend, so I’m going to step outside of those recommendations and recommend the following recommendations (I do recommend these):
Sarah Z
She does primarily pop culture deep dives (and I do mean deep dives) and her mug of tea is always precariously close to being spilled so you might spend more time watching the mug wondering if she’s about to spill piping hot tea on herself (a wonderful metaphor in my opinion.)For a good introduction to her stuff, I would recommend her video on cheating in chess.
Extra History
A channel about history. It is technically often about the violence and whatnot that you mention not being interested in, but it is usually very old violence that informs today’s society.Extra Credits
A long running series on video games that’s more about the meta of game creation than anything else. Extra History is produced by the same crew, but Extra Credits is the first project.Extra Mythology
If you like their style and takes on video games and history, you might appreciate their takes on Mythology.Austin McConnell
He’s an essayist who’s been all over the place with what’s he covers, mostly whatever interests him at the time, which is usually forgotten media. Lately he’s been talking about his heart surgery and his ongoing projects to take forgotten public domain chargers and give them his own spin.That’s all for now, I’ll come back with more when I’ve got some more time.
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Comment on Alternative news source recommendations in ~news
Narry LinkProPublica. To give you an idea, as of this writing the top five stories are about: CFPB winding down under Trump means that credit bureaus like Experian, and TransUnion (Equifax is also...ProPublica. To give you an idea, as of this writing the top five stories are about:
- CFPB winding down under Trump means that credit bureaus like Experian, and TransUnion (Equifax is also mentioned) are being less diligent about removing fraudulent debt
- One school district in New Mexico is being overly punitive towards native students.
- A young man promised his dying mother he’d keep his family healthy, but it’s hard to do in his town Albany, GA.
- New York AG is investigating a predatory doctor.
- ProPublica won a lawsuit in regards to accessing Navy court records.
They’re investigative journalism and they tend to do an excellent job bringing receipts.
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
Narry LinkNeovim, Emacs, Sublime (paid but has an eternal trial period that pops up to remind you to pay now and again) and VSCodium (an open source version of VSCode that removes a lot of bloat and...Neovim, Emacs, Sublime (paid but has an eternal trial period that pops up to remind you to pay now and again) and VSCodium (an open source version of VSCode that removes a lot of bloat and telemetry from VSCode) are the usual suspects that I see mentioned. Helix is a newer one that I appreciate.
Honestly though, I don’t do much coding these days, so I scrape by with micro editor in my terminal. I think I’d probably either learn Helix better or settle on some configuration of Neovim and use that if I ever got the notion to do something more robust than tinker with custom tools and scripts for my own personal use.
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Comment on Xbox confirms 'Project Helix', its next-gen console that will also play PC games in ~games
Narry Link ParentTo be honest, Microsoft has been trying to push Xbox away from being tied to a console for the better part of a decade. Mostly I couch my “predictions” in terms of being unsure because, you know,...To be honest, Microsoft has been trying to push Xbox away from being tied to a console for the better part of a decade. Mostly I couch my “predictions” in terms of being unsure because, you know, anything can change. Things that I was sure would or wouldn’t never happen do and don’t happen all the time. But this has seemed like something that’s been on the horizon for a while, and I don’t think anybody truly thinks I’m that crazy for making the prediction.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
Narry Link ParentI saw I think maybe the first two or three episodes? I’m not sure. I just remember a big fight in a warehouse and like a pile of zombies or something.I saw I think maybe the first two or three episodes? I’m not sure. I just remember a big fight in a warehouse and like a pile of zombies or something.
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Comment on Xbox confirms 'Project Helix', its next-gen console that will also play PC games in ~games
Narry LinkThey call it a console but it smells like the bridge to “just buy a PC with Windows” to me. Just based on my read of the room. But I’m on record making the wild prediction that Xbox wanted an...They call it a console but it smells like the bridge to “just buy a PC with Windows” to me. Just based on my read of the room. But I’m on record making the wild prediction that Xbox wanted an off-ramp from the console production market.
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Comment on Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability in ~tech
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Comment on Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability in ~tech
Narry Link ParentTrue… but respect doesn’t feed my cat, unfortunately.True… but respect doesn’t feed my cat, unfortunately.
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Comment on Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability in ~tech
Narry Link ParentYes. I mention the MacBook Neo in the comment. I’m sure it’s been tagged as noise by now. Edit: looking at it again, no this was a comment about the Lenovo, but I brought up the MacBook as well.Yes. I mention the MacBook Neo in the comment. I’m sure it’s been tagged as noise by now.
Edit: looking at it again, no this was a comment about the Lenovo, but I brought up the MacBook as well.
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Comment on Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability in ~tech
Narry LinkJust in time for Windows to become an AI Slop Nightmare. Somehow I doubt IT's going to let me install Linux. I wonder if I can convince them to let me get a MacBook Neo... nah, probably now. We're...Just in time for Windows to become an AI Slop Nightmare. Somehow I doubt IT's going to let me install Linux. I wonder if I can convince them to let me get a MacBook Neo... nah, probably now. We're probably on The Good Ship Microslop until it vanishes beneath the waves.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
Narry Link ParentI’ve got Delicious in Dungeon started, but I haven’t spent much time trying to watch anything lately. I made of mistake of trying to watch it in French first (to practice my French listening) but...I’ve got Delicious in Dungeon started, but I haven’t spent much time trying to watch anything lately. I made of mistake of trying to watch it in French first (to practice my French listening) but I need to restart it in English.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
Narry Link ParentYeah, Dan Da Dan I had to hold my nose for a lot of it, but once Grandma Seiko shows up it's a lot more watchable if for no other reason than she's the funniest character on the show. It's one of...Yeah, Dan Da Dan I had to hold my nose for a lot of it, but once Grandma Seiko shows up it's a lot more watchable if for no other reason than she's the funniest character on the show. It's one of those shows that should've had a lot of bounce-off for me but had enough interesting secondary and tertiary characters that I kept watching.
The Fable happens to hit a particular niche for me, and I put it on the same level as other favorites like Grosse Pointe Blank, 2 Days in the Valley, Johnny Mnemonic, the TV show Barry, Pulp Fiction (Jules & Verne's story specifically, I mostly don't care about the rest), Collateral, In Bruges, Reservoir Dogs, Nobody, John Wick, Casino, The Irishman, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, The Departed, The Untouchables, Cop Land, No Country For Old Men, Heat, The Town, Layer Cake, Logan Lucky... I don't know why but I enjoy movies centering hitmen, criminals, heists. It's all my favorite stuff. Probably why I love GTA4 and GTA5 so dang much, too. I don't think any of them are good people, but the stories are fascinating.
Edit to add: oh yeah, I love independent detectives like Monk, Columbo, Poker Face, Murder She Wrote...
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
Narry Link ParentThere were three events that occurred around 2003 to 2005 that just made me go "nah, I'm done" and I ditched anime for around 5 years after that. First was Fullmetal Alchemist. My favorite...There were three events that occurred around 2003 to 2005 that just made me go "nah, I'm done" and I ditched anime for around 5 years after that.
First was Fullmetal Alchemist. My favorite character was killed (a certain Lt. Colonel) and then The Godforsaken Chimera just depressed me too much to push on.
Second was Naruto taking a pause for some long race thing they did because the manga needed to catch up to the anime somewhere around 140-150 episodes into the show. I never got back to it after that filler arc, I just lost all steam and have never been able to pick it up again.
Third was watching Bleach. I was really into the substitute Reaper story line, and then they introduced the main villain and the big stakes and immediately it wasn't fun anymore.
The first anime I watched again was some of season one of Tiger & Bunny in like 2011, but when they revealed Blue Rose it made me not only lose all interest in anime, it made me cancel my streaming service which I think was Hulu at the time.
I didn't try any anime again until One-Punch Man season 1 in 2015, which I loved. But season 2 turned me off so bad I didn't try again until last year, where I watched Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (I was better prepared this time), Trigun Stampede, Dan Da Dan, and The Fable. That's about it.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
Narry LinkAnime. It’s not that I won’t watch it, it’s that it must be exceptional for me to spend any time watching it, and almost no anime meets the minimum criteria for a watch. It has to meet three main...Anime. It’s not that I won’t watch it, it’s that it must be exceptional for me to spend any time watching it, and almost no anime meets the minimum criteria for a watch. It has to meet three main requirements.
The main criteria is that the explanation of the plot summary can’t make me cringe. What makes me cringe? Most anime plots. To give you an idea, I have watched all the way through three shows in the past two years: The Fable, Dan Da Dan, and the last season of The Devil is a Part-Timer, which I originally watched when it was released, then like nine years later when they finished it.
I’ve genuinely tried to watch so many other anime that have been critically acclaimed and highly recommended, and none of them have hooked me. I can’t explain it, but it’s one of those “when I like it, I like it and when I don’t, I don’t.”
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Comment on What’s your preferred work monitor setup? in ~comp
Narry LinkRight now my setup is basically three monitors: First is an ultra wide 32” LG running at 75Hz hooked to my Mac via Thunderbolt, my gaming PC via DisplayPort, and my work computer via HDMI. I use...Right now my setup is basically three monitors:
First is an ultra wide 32” LG running at 75Hz hooked to my Mac via Thunderbolt, my gaming PC via DisplayPort, and my work computer via HDMI. I use my monitor’s input toggle to swap between them based on what I’m doing.
Second is a cheap 1080P 32” HD TV hooked to my Mac via HDMI as a secondary monitor and positioned directly above it on a dual monitor pole that clamps to my desk that is dearly love to be rid of.
Third is a cultiva duplicate of the other TV and placed to my left that holds my Apple TV, my Xbox, my Switch, and my BluRay player.
What I’d ultimately love to do is to connect all of my computers and my media stuff into one single monitor, and be able to bring them up as windows on my Mac, or my Linux. The capture card I have now is USB-C based and simply far too weak to handle that. I’m thinking that my gaming rig and a proper card will have to be the real solution.
Right now that’s not feasible with my budget of zero dollars, so I’m planning a consolidation where I move my gaming and movie setup to the main input on my second TV above my main TV, and stop using it as a second monitor for my Mac as I’m not really making good use of it that way, and I’m not really enjoying having to fully turn sideways to play video games.
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Comment on Color game — how well can you remember colors? | Dialed in ~games
Narry Link45.10 on my first try. I’m red/green color vision deficient and I’m working on an iPhone with a really high quality monitor, but not color corrected for my vision. I’m very surprised that I did so...45.10 on my first try. I’m red/green color vision deficient and I’m working on an iPhone with a really high quality monitor, but not color corrected for my vision. I’m very surprised that I did so well.
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Comment on Motorola and GrapheneOS Foundation partnership announced in ~tech
Narry Link ParentI would like a realistic, third option that is not tied to Sony. I myself am an Apple user (currently dictating this to my iPhone right now) and I would love the opportunity to exit the platform....I would like a realistic, third option that is not tied to Sony. I myself am an Apple user (currently dictating this to my iPhone right now) and I would love the opportunity to exit the platform. But the only other platform I like in desktop computing is Linux. I would also love it if my phone ran a less Google centric version of Linux.
(As an aside, I don’t appreciate that I have to mispronounce Linux as “lie-nucks” rather than “len-ucks” to get my speech to text to properly write the correct word. After thirty years, I’m tired of helping Apple wreck a nice beach. iykyk)
Cautiously optimistic about this one myself. I need to dive back into my rewatch of Malcolm in the Middle (I stopped I think around season two last time. Might as well start from scratch.)