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Comment on Which challenging book was worth the effort for you? in ~books
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Comment on What is one of the coolest museums you've visited? in ~travel
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentI love quirkly little museums about some random topic. Of course the Smithsonian museums are incredible, but what about the Georgia Rural Telephone Museum in Leesburgh, GA?I love quirkly little museums about some random topic. Of course the Smithsonian museums are incredible, but what about the Georgia Rural Telephone Museum in Leesburgh, GA?
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Comment on Are there certain conditions where an "Exemplary" label does not show? in ~tildes
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentDunno about moocow, but the deimos has definitely taken away site features when people have used them in ways he didn't like. For exampleDunno about moocow, but the deimos has definitely taken away site features when people have used them in ways he didn't like.
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Comment on ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ helmer Michael Sarnoski to direct adaptation of popular video game ‘Death Stranding’ for A24 and Kojima Productions in ~movies
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentMaybe the problem was that I didn't stick with it long enough to get out of the tutorial area, but honestly the game just seemed to really want to waste my time. I've had a lot of issues playing...Maybe the problem was that I didn't stick with it long enough to get out of the tutorial area, but honestly the game just seemed to really want to waste my time. I've had a lot of issues playing games that have very long cutscenes or tons of dialogue as I've gotten older and busier - I tend to want games that get to the damn point. Hemingway not Faulkner, if that makes any sense.
Also, "Die Hardman" was objectively funny and made me laugh, but the tone of the game was so serious that I just couldn't get a handle on what the hell it was going for, lol.
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Comment on ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ helmer Michael Sarnoski to direct adaptation of popular video game ‘Death Stranding’ for A24 and Kojima Productions in ~movies
TheRtRevKaiser (edited )Link ParentI could not stand this game. I got 2 or 3 hours in and if I had to guess, probably half or more of that time involved the most clumsily written, batshit crazy cutscenes I've ever seen. I really...I could not stand this game. I got 2 or 3 hours in and if I had to guess, probably half or more of that time involved the most clumsily written, batshit crazy cutscenes I've ever seen. I really wanted to like it. I like weird, atmospheric shit. But apparently I'm just not really on board with Kojima's brand of crazy any more.
On the other hand, I do actually feel like a film version of this could be a lot better. It'll be filtered through a director and presumably some less unhinged scriptwriters, and honestly the part of the game I played seemed to be halfway to a movie anyway.
Edit: I just realized this comment might come across as kind of hostile, so I apologize if that's the case 😅. I just really didn't get Death Stranding.
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Comment on This Hawaiian island's 'freakosystems' are a signal of what will be coming to many more ecosystems thanks to human interference in ~enviro
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentIt's so weird that you can't search the symbols and I've run into that issue more than once. As for the gif search, I'm glad it exists because I use signal on desktop fairly frequently and it...It's so weird that you can't search the symbols and I've run into that issue more than once.
As for the gif search, I'm glad it exists because I use signal on desktop fairly frequently and it doesn't have a gif selector, so I'm about to use the windows one.
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Comment on Igorrr - ADHD (2025) in ~music
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentYeah, I mean this is just kind of how Igorrr is. It's definitely not for everyone, lol.Yeah, I mean this is just kind of how Igorrr is. It's definitely not for everyone, lol.
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Comment on Firefox now supports native vertical tabs in 136.0 release in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThe UX for dragging a tab over another to create a group feels a little less smooth than in Chrome. It helps a little if you edit the browser.tabs.groups.dragOverDelayMS to be shorter than the...The UX for dragging a tab over another to create a group feels a little less smooth than in Chrome. It helps a little if you edit the browser.tabs.groups.dragOverDelayMS to be shorter than the current 240ms, but it still feels a little fussy, I'm not sure what it is. Sometimes the tabs will be overlapping and it just won't trigger creating a group, and that seems to be a little worse in vertical tabs just because the target is smaller. But its a new feature, to be fair, so I'm sure some tweaks will be needed.
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Comment on Firefox now supports native vertical tabs in 136.0 release in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentI was able to go to about:config and set browser.tabs.groups.enabled to True and get them working. I also turned browser.tabs.groups.dragOverDelayMS to 120ms which is about half of the default,...I was able to go to about:config and set browser.tabs.groups.enabled to True and get them working. I also turned browser.tabs.groups.dragOverDelayMS to 120ms which is about half of the default, because it felt too sluggish at 240. I might wind up dropping it even lower.
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Comment on Amy Hakanson shows us the sixteen stringed, thirty-nine keyed nyckelharpa in ~music
TheRtRevKaiser LinkI've been subscribed to Rob since the early days, and this series of videos has been one of my favorites. It's so fun to see Rob exploring unusual or unfamiliar instruments and watching him try to...I've been subscribed to Rob since the early days, and this series of videos has been one of my favorites. It's so fun to see Rob exploring unusual or unfamiliar instruments and watching him try to wrap his head around them, while also getting to see someone who is a passionate expert on the instrument get to show off the their expertise.
My first exposure to the Nyckelharpa was a Trondheim Solistene album "In Folk Style" that was featured on NPR years ago, and I thought it was such a beautiful instrument then. It's cool to see Rob discovering it.
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Comment on Firefox now supports native vertical tabs in 136.0 release in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser LinkThey're also adding tab groups in 137 which is one of the major features that I've really felt was missing. I'm stoked about that, I don't really like the UX of any of the extensions that offered...They're also adding tab groups in 137 which is one of the major features that I've really felt was missing. I'm stoked about that, I don't really like the UX of any of the extensions that offered tab groups - they're just generally clunky or take up additional screen real-estate.
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Comment on US Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing in ~society
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentAgreed, it's an obvious attempt to play on the readers' emotions.Agreed, it's an obvious attempt to play on the readers' emotions.
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Comment on US Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing in ~society
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentI don't think there's anything to be gained from villainizing the kids, but you're spot on about how the media has framed Thompson. Very little about the...what, thousands? tens of thousands? of...I don't think there's anything to be gained from villainizing the kids, but you're spot on about how the media has framed Thompson. Very little about the...what, thousands? tens of thousands? of people who died or suffered financial ruin as a direct results of UHC's policies under his oversight, but stories almost always mention his kids.
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Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentApparently Lao Gan Ma is just the best known brand that sells chili crisp, but I thought the same thing until today.Apparently Lao Gan Ma is just the best known brand that sells chili crisp, but I thought the same thing until today.
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Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentI'm mostly with you on the driving - in general my reaction on the road is to slow down and leave space. It does irritate me when people do things like wait until the last possible moment to...I'm mostly with you on the driving - in general my reaction on the road is to slow down and leave space. It does irritate me when people do things like wait until the last possible moment to merge, or when people pass on the shoulder to try and get ahead when there's stopped traffic, but the reason it frustrates me is just that it makes everything worse for other people, I don't really care that much about whether it slows me down - I'm going to get there when I get there.
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Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThe one we've been getting most of the time is Lao Gan Ma which I think is the most common brand. I haven't really noticed any major differences the few times we've gotten others, though, we...The one we've been getting most of the time is Lao Gan Ma which I think is the most common brand. I haven't really noticed any major differences the few times we've gotten others, though, we mostly just stick with that brand because you can get it in a huge-ass jar, lol.
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Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentMy wife and I used to go through phases of putting TC on everything until we would get tired of it and move on to something else for a while. Then, a few months later we'd rediscover it and the...My wife and I used to go through phases of putting TC on everything until we would get tired of it and move on to something else for a while. Then, a few months later we'd rediscover it and the whole thing would start again. We've gotten a little less likely to go on tears like this since we had kids (although we got really into chili crisp a while back, and I got obsessed with Kewpie mayo) but we pretty much always have a couple of shakers of TC on hand. It's so good on so many things!
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Comment on An engineer says he’s found a way to overcome Earth’s gravity in ~space
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentHmm, thanks. The Popular Mechanics article didn't make that clear at all.Hmm, thanks. The Popular Mechanics article didn't make that clear at all.
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Comment on An engineer says he’s found a way to overcome Earth’s gravity in ~space
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentI don't think this is an EmDrive, unless I'm badly misreading the article. The article talks about the EmDrive a lot, as an example of a claimed propellant-less drive that turned out to be "bunk"...I don't think this is an EmDrive, unless I'm badly misreading the article. The article talks about the EmDrive a lot, as an example of a claimed propellant-less drive that turned out to be "bunk" but I don't think this is the same thing, although I think it's fair to say that it faces a lot of the same problems as far as needing to be reproduced.
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Comment on Megathread for Elon Musk and the US Department of Government Efficiency - second thread in ~society
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThis feels like a big deal to me and it's a little scary how muted the reaction to this statement seems to be. I don't know what to do with myself today...This feels like a big deal to me and it's a little scary how muted the reaction to this statement seems to be. I don't know what to do with myself today...
I didn't have too much trouble with Gardens of the Moon, because there are enough characters and concepts that you clearly don't have the full background on that I was able to just kind of let the vibe of the book carry me through the end. Later books definitely rely on you understanding the world and characters a little better (or maybe that was just my expectation of myself) and got a little more difficult for me to push through, though.