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

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    Good on you. My apologies if my comments were offensive. As a bonus, I'm just gonna share this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1kjzd7uug

    Good on you. My apologies if my comments were offensive.

    As a bonus, I'm just gonna share this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1kjzd7uug

  2. Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech

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    My pain point is people saying that Linux isn't ready for average users. When Windows 10 went EOL, rather than let my mom throw away a perfectly good computer, I put Linux Mint on her computer,...

    My pain point is people saying that Linux isn't ready for average users. When Windows 10 went EOL, rather than let my mom throw away a perfectly good computer, I put Linux Mint on her computer, put a Windows 10 theme on it and she hasn't had any questions for me other than once her Thunderbird email wasn't working, but it was just an issue with her ISP. If she can use Linux, anyone can. She's not a tech savvy person at all, and is retired just to paint a picture.

    Hell, my 2 kids aged 10 and 13 have never used anything other than Linux. They game, surf the web, watch Youtube, etc. In fact my 10 year old knows how to install things from Flathub, he knows how to run wine from the commandline (I didn't help him with that...he just looked it up.) I know there are still pain points, but I have to use Windows 11 for work...and trust me, there are way more painpoints.

    11 votes

  3. Comment on Software engineers / programmers: how’s it going? in ~comp

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    Having been laid off at the end of February, not great.

    Having been laid off at the end of February, not great.

    3 votes

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

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    How can you not just sit at the titlescreen and enjoy the song, Travelers? I would just let it run on loop over and over. Still makes me cry just thinking about it....

    How can you not just sit at the titlescreen and enjoy the song, Travelers?

    I would just let it run on loop over and over. Still makes me cry just thinking about it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1kjzd7uug

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

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    The Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Currently on book 2.

    The Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Currently on book 2.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant Evergrande sentenced to life in prison in ~finance

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    More CEOs should be in jail.

    More CEOs should be in jail.

    2 votes

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

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    Apologies if I you think I somehow spoiled a game that came out in 2019. I'm really not trying to be argumentative, but based on everything you learn in the game, I assumed pointing out that the...

    Apologies if I you think I somehow spoiled a game that came out in 2019. I'm really not trying to be argumentative, but based on everything you learn in the game, I assumed pointing out that the heat death of the universe happens in the game was not a problem.

    Also, Bruce Willis was dead the entire time. Haley Joel Osmet is the only person in that movie that talks to him.

  8. Comment on Google Assistant shutting down on Android and Wear OS in September in ~tech

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    When I was cooking dinner last night, I set a timer on my Google Home, and when it went off and I told it to stop the timer, it read me a fucking ad. We're so fucked.

    When I was cooking dinner last night, I set a timer on my Google Home, and when it went off and I told it to stop the timer, it read me a fucking ad. We're so fucked.

    5 votes

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

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    I recommended Outer Wilds to a co-worker, and he got angry after the game ended after 22 minutes and never played it again. I feel bad for him.

    I recommended Outer Wilds to a co-worker, and he got angry after the game ended after 22 minutes and never played it again. I feel bad for him.

    1 vote

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

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    It's the heat death of the universe. If you let the title screen just sit, all of the stars disappear. I don't know how much more explicit it could be.

    It's the heat death of the universe. If you let the title screen just sit, all of the stars disappear. I don't know how much more explicit it could be.

  11. Comment on Do you cook with cast iron? Is it the hassle everyone says it is? in ~food

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    I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, and my grandfather would go to muzzle loading competitions and it was common to make your own rounds by melting lead in a cast iron pan. It's probably not common...

    I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, and my grandfather would go to muzzle loading competitions and it was common to make your own rounds by melting lead in a cast iron pan. It's probably not common throughout the world, but it costs basically nothing to do a lead test on your cast iron that you thrift.

  12. Comment on The cast of "The Pitt" will do a live table reading of the first broadcast episode of "Star Trek" to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary and benefit the Writers' Guild Foundation in ~tv

  13. Comment on Google Assistant shutting down on Android and Wear OS in September in ~tech

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    I have a Google Home that I got when it first launched. I was super excited about hooking it up to my SmartThings devices to be able to set the AC temp, turn lights on and off, etc. Fast forward...

    I have a Google Home that I got when it first launched. I was super excited about hooking it up to my SmartThings devices to be able to set the AC temp, turn lights on and off, etc. Fast forward to today, I've ripped all the SmartThings devices out of my house because Samsung ruined it, and all I use my Google Home for is to play music in my kitchen while I cook meals. I was shocked when one day it had the normal female voice that it had always had, to the next day when it had a weird deep voiced male voice.

    "Ok Google, play music by NOFX."
    Barry White voice: "Sure...playing music by NOFX."

    The Google Home is currently resting at the bottom of my pond. Stop ruining all of the software that we use!

    4 votes

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

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    You'll find out after playing for 22 minutes.

    You'll find out after playing for 22 minutes.

    2 votes

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

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    I played through it when my youngest son was too young to actually make progress in the game, and so he'd watch me play it at night after work. In addition to the Outer Wilds being one of the best...

    I played through it when my youngest son was too young to actually make progress in the game, and so he'd watch me play it at night after work. In addition to the Outer Wilds being one of the best games ever made, I'll forever treasure my son and I bonding over the experience. He was so into the lore of the game. He'd draw pictures of the Timber Hearthians, and talk non-stop about the end of the universe. I'll never live it down. Enjoy your play through. It's a once in a lifetime game.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Do you cook with cast iron? Is it the hassle everyone says it is? in ~food

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    In the area's where you can get a cast iron skillet at a thrift store, I'd bet the odds are high. My grandfather used to melt lead in a skillet to make bullets. It's not as uncommon as you might...

    In the area's where you can get a cast iron skillet at a thrift store, I'd bet the odds are high. My grandfather used to melt lead in a skillet to make bullets. It's not as uncommon as you might think.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Do you cook with cast iron? Is it the hassle everyone says it is? in ~food

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    Pro tip: if you get your cast iron at a thrift shop, test it for lead. These are often used to melt lead in, and you definitely don't want to cook food in one that's been exposed to lead.

    Pro tip: if you get your cast iron at a thrift shop, test it for lead. These are often used to melt lead in, and you definitely don't want to cook food in one that's been exposed to lead.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life.home_improvement

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    If you take one of the screws out, most Ace Hardware (if you're in the US) stores have a screw fitting guide on top of where the drawers of screws are that you can use to help you pick out a...

    If you take one of the screws out, most Ace Hardware (if you're in the US) stores have a screw fitting guide on top of where the drawers of screws are that you can use to help you pick out a replacement.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health

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    Fair point. I was thinking of a CBS Sunday Morning segment where they talked about traffic deaths in the US increasing steadily since 2007, and they mainly attributed it to SUVs and trucks, but...

    Fair point. I was thinking of a CBS Sunday Morning segment where they talked about traffic deaths in the US increasing steadily since 2007, and they mainly attributed it to SUVs and trucks, but then at the very last second mentioned that the iPhone was introduced in 2007. I had not considered traffic deaths in other countries.

    Update: I found the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0f20nBR3RI

    2 votes

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

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    I was enjoying playing Arc Raiders, but they updated their anti-cheat implementation to use Denuvo, and now it marks every Linux device as running "disallowed tools" including the Steam Deck. It...

    I was enjoying playing Arc Raiders, but they updated their anti-cheat implementation to use Denuvo, and now it marks every Linux device as running "disallowed tools" including the Steam Deck. It has been rolled out over several months, and they somehow neglected that 5% of Steam users run Linux. Last night I kept getting disconnected because of this. According to their official patch notes, they're aware of this, but haven't been able to roll out a fix.

    I used to love playing Rocket League, but once they got acquired by Epic and rolled out EAC, the game would no longer work on Linux. Running anti-cheat software at ring 0 is just unacceptable.