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  1. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    In the past steam (on my computer) would not even let me download an unsupported title.

    In the past steam (on my computer) would not even let me download an unsupported title.

  2. Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games

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    What level does it end at?

    What level does it end at?

    4 votes

  3. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    When using Steam on Linux or steamdeck... Settings > Steam Play > Enable Steam Play for all other titles. What it does is try get steam to try to play unsupported games and most of the time it...

    When using Steam on Linux or steamdeck... Settings > Steam Play > Enable Steam Play for all other titles.

    What it does is try get steam to try to play unsupported games and most of the time it works flawlessly. I've been trying to jam it into every discussion where someone is looking to switch to Linux and wants to game. It should be enabled by default or steam should ask you on first launch.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

  5. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

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    I hate trolls but it has been working well for the right for the last decade. As far as reaction to Newsom; reddit seems to love the guy but outside of that I have basically no exposure to him....

    does trolling work as a political strategy? He seems to think so, but why?

    I see lots of criticism of Newsom and little praise, which suggests that it doesn’t work very well

    I hate trolls but it has been working well for the right for the last decade. As far as reaction to Newsom; reddit seems to love the guy but outside of that I have basically no exposure to him.

    Regardless, I don't know if I'd so much call this trolling and more him raising a pretty good point (and it's well discussed in the other comment chain). The right has a bunch of good (I mean... popular I guess) male role models while the left basically doesn't.

    The right has been waging an all out culture war for over a decade and the left has been failing at it at best and at worst has been funnelling young white men into the right's arms.

    @CannibalisticApple says it best in that the left's messaging for young men boils down to "don't be an asshole". Shit... I say that exact thing a lot when I talk to other men about social issues. Some on the right have apparently been saying now that empathy is a sin. Maybe that's the answer... teach empathy as a thing to do instead of telling people to not do a thing (don't be an asshole).

    11 votes

  6. Comment on SpaceX's Starship completes successful test flight after a year of mishaps in ~space

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    She has spouted some serious nonsense before as well. I can't find it right now but she was saying they were going to do starship for point to point travel.

    She has spouted some serious nonsense before as well. I can't find it right now but she was saying they were going to do starship for point to point travel.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks in ~games

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    Reading the title comparing this to the steamdeck I kind of assumed it was a steamdeck successor, but no its some sort of desktop/console... The steamdeck is great but I WOULD REALLY HOPE that a...

    Reading the title comparing this to the steamdeck I kind of assumed it was a steamdeck successor, but no its some sort of desktop/console... The steamdeck is great but I WOULD REALLY HOPE that a non portable device would have at least 2x the processing power.

    13 votes

  8. Comment on Always invest in good tires in ~transport

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    Michelin X-Ice (I'm assuming thats what you had) are my FAVORITE winter tires and I will pay the extra money for them whenever I can, but GOOD winter tires are not good in summer; there are too...

    Michelin were double the price and I couldn’t justify it because the wet stopping grade was the same as the Kumho 4 seasons tires I ended up buying for half the price. I don’t have to deal with snow so 4 seasons is more than fine.

    Michelin X-Ice (I'm assuming thats what you had) are my FAVORITE winter tires and I will pay the extra money for them whenever I can, but GOOD winter tires are not good in summer; there are too many trade offs. If you don't have winter conditions then you would be paying a lot of extra money for a tire that's worse in summer or mild conditions.

  9. Comment on Always invest in good tires in ~transport

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    Sell the other vehicle, buy winter tires. Depending on where you live though I guess....

    Or maybe I can just....park it over winter and only drive the Chevy I like less.

    Sell the other vehicle, buy winter tires. Depending on where you live though I guess....

  10. Comment on Always invest in good tires in ~transport

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    Real winters are likely a lot better than an all weather tire. I haven't used them so I'm not sure, but what I HAVE used are mediocre winter tires vs good winter tires and the difference is...

    Real winters are likely a lot better than an all weather tire. I haven't used them so I'm not sure, but what I HAVE used are mediocre winter tires vs good winter tires and the difference is substantial.

    I think driving to the conditions is something people really need to be reminded of.

    Ya... AND good tires!

  11. Comment on How many remakes have ever actually lived up to or surpassed the original? in ~movies

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    I think the Total Recall remake left the ending less ambiguous but that's going off what others said... I couldn't finish the remake.

    I think the Total Recall remake left the ending less ambiguous but that's going off what others said... I couldn't finish the remake.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech

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    Ignoring privacy... I don't see graphene as being better than regular android. One of the big benefits to me is not having any AI bullshit or assistants.

    Ignoring privacy... I don't see graphene as being better than regular android. One of the big benefits to me is not having any AI bullshit or assistants.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on A contentious book argues that endless oil revenue and a sovereign wealth fund are making Norway increasingly bloated, unproductive and unhealthy in ~finance

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    1 million per mile used to be the rough estimate for regular freight rail... that figure is AT LEAST 20 years old though. Today I think its more like 5-12 million/mile in Canada. That's a really...

    1 million per mile used to be the rough estimate for regular freight rail... that figure is AT LEAST 20 years old though. Today I think its more like 5-12 million/mile in Canada. That's a really large ballpark but I don't see project costs that often and some of the ones I've seen have been really expensive due to the cost of doing tons of earth moving (or dealing with a swamp) and productivity being impacted by the project being next to the regular main line.

    I would kind of assume that high speed rail would cost a lot more than freight lines but I guess it depends on what "high speed" means. Higher speed tracks are going to need more ground work to keep curves and stuff to a minimum, they often have elevated sections so that you don't have car crossings, they may have more tunnels instead of going around hills (to reduce curves), and the entire thing will have to be fenced off (minimal cost I guess comparatively).

    All that said... I agree that 300 mill/km sounds steep unless theyre cherry picking the most expensive couple of km's in the project.

    Side note, one thing that catches my eye on that site is that the cost breakdown mentions using 100 pound rail (100 pound/foot). I think my company mostly moved to 136 pound rail for main lines (maybe 134? IDK 130 something).

    6 votes

  14. Comment on Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say in ~health

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    Also they're what we call "forever" nanobots so its more of a recurring subscription than a one time thing.

    Also they're what we call "forever" nanobots so its more of a recurring subscription than a one time thing.

    7 votes

  15. Comment on US will begin charging some tourists a $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ in ~travel

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    To be honest I didn't read down far enough to see that it applied to work/education visas. The title and the first half the article only discussed tourists.

    To be honest I didn't read down far enough to see that it applied to work/education visas. The title and the first half the article only discussed tourists.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on How is Linux these days? in ~comp

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    I find libre office (calc specifically) to be kind of laggy on the Mac so I end up just using excel on it instead. Calc works fine on my Linux machines though... is this just me?

    All the same software I run on the Mac, GIMP, Libre Office, Firefox, my KeePass databases work just fine. It's like a home from home.

    I find libre office (calc specifically) to be kind of laggy on the Mac so I end up just using excel on it instead. Calc works fine on my Linux machines though... is this just me?

    1 vote

  17. Comment on US will begin charging some tourists a $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ in ~travel

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    Interesting point but "may potentially reimburse" is pretty weak language for getting your money back, also $250 is a pretty low amount to act as a deterrent to people causing any sort of issues.

    Interesting point but "may potentially reimburse" is pretty weak language for getting your money back, also $250 is a pretty low amount to act as a deterrent to people causing any sort of issues.

    12 votes

  18. Comment on An “anti-government militia” called ‘Veterans on Patrol’ is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars because they believe the radars control the weather in ~society

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    I found this funny and had a laugh... but its not funny at all... it's very serious and it may cause a lot of harm by degrading the ability to forecast storms. I guess I have that reaction because...

    I found this funny and had a laugh... but its not funny at all... it's very serious and it may cause a lot of harm by degrading the ability to forecast storms.

    I guess I have that reaction because it feels like a silly parody.

    8 votes

  19. Comment on US Senate passes Donald Trump’s megabill after pulling all-nighter in ~society

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    Thats usually just handled by the staff though. I doubt they leave much of a paper trail. FWIW people I know who used to get a lot of cash tips said they would claim some of it on taxes so that it...

    That said to be fair, there are large operations that still collect cash tips and distribute them after tracking, which does get reported on taxes. I suspect that kind of operation will care, but I'm suspicious it'll actually affect much.

    Thats usually just handled by the staff though. I doubt they leave much of a paper trail.

    FWIW people I know who used to get a lot of cash tips said they would claim some of it on taxes so that it wasn't as suspicious as having NO cash tips.

    14 votes

  20. Comment on ‘Star Wars’ “looks terrible” in screening of long lost original 1977 version in ~movies