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  1. Comment on You're running for office on a somewhat petty, yet univerally-understood single issue. What is it? in ~talk

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    I do love rebasing. The only thing I love more than rebasing is when my non-git-guru team members know what the fuck is going on...

    I do love rebasing. The only thing I love more than rebasing is when my non-git-guru team members know what the fuck is going on...

    2 votes

  2. Comment on You're running for office on a somewhat petty, yet univerally-understood single issue. What is it? in ~talk

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    You're going to scare off as many software developers as you attract with your word choice of "rebase"!

    You're going to scare off as many software developers as you attract with your word choice of "rebase"!

    9 votes

  3. Comment on UK music festival The Great Escape has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with a country which allows “barbaric” whaling in ~music

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    The criticism of whaling doesn't have anything to do with sustainability, as far as I know. It's unacceptable to kill whales. It doesn't matter what culture you are. You're still just a human.

    The criticism of whaling doesn't have anything to do with sustainability, as far as I know. It's unacceptable to kill whales. It doesn't matter what culture you are. You're still just a human.

    13 votes

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

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    If you want a bit more quality of life at the expense (IMO) of the graphics, you could try Pokemon Alpha Sapphire / Omega Ruby; they are remakes of Sapphire and Ruby for the 3DS. (Granted the art...

    If you want a bit more quality of life at the expense (IMO) of the graphics, you could try Pokemon Alpha Sapphire / Omega Ruby; they are remakes of Sapphire and Ruby for the 3DS. (Granted the art direction got a lot worse, and those fucking games are still somehow $40).

    2 votes

  5. Comment on The Minimal Phone in ~tech

  6. Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VII | Gameplay reveal trailer in ~games

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    Pacing and multiplayer being a non-interactive, boring boat race... And pricing and DLC-ification... And performance, once there are more than a couple hundred discrete units spawned in the...

    Pacing and multiplayer being a non-interactive, boring boat race...

    And pricing and DLC-ification...

    And performance, once there are more than a couple hundred discrete units spawned in the game...

    At least the gameplay is fun... kinda...

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Burners eat big losses in desperate race to sell unwanted Burning Man tickets in ~arts

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    My home regional has been going on 20 years now and I've been to I think 8 of them. I've never had any temptation to go to the thing in the desert, though.

    My home regional has been going on 20 years now and I've been to I think 8 of them. I've never had any temptation to go to the thing in the desert, though.

    9 votes

  8. Comment on Why does "Everything Everywhere All at Once" repulse me so much? in ~movies

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    If you literally haven't even seen the movie, why are you having any feelings about it whatsoever other than either curiosity or non-curiosity? Why are you developing these thoughts and feelings,...

    If you literally haven't even seen the movie, why are you having any feelings about it whatsoever other than either curiosity or non-curiosity? Why are you developing these thoughts and feelings, that literally aren't based on anything except passing perceptions, secondhand accounts, and advertising, by writing them down? You could just watch the movie, or you could stop thinking about it?

    57 votes

  9. Comment on Why does "Everything Everywhere All at Once" repulse me so much? in ~movies

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    "Hype backlash." I "hated the Beatles" for a long time when I was an angsty teen, until the day I got around to actually sitting down and listening to them.

    "Hype backlash." I "hated the Beatles" for a long time when I was an angsty teen, until the day I got around to actually sitting down and listening to them.

    27 votes

  10. Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman in ~books

  11. Comment on Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow in ~games

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    For me, Braid is absolutely a classic; one of the most classic, visually and audially beautiful games ever. It's just that, for me, it isn't all that replayable. An anniversary edition isn't worth...

    For me, Braid is absolutely a classic; one of the most classic, visually and audially beautiful games ever. It's just that, for me, it isn't all that replayable. An anniversary edition isn't worth $20 to me because I would probably not turn it on. Also, like, $20 is real money; I think I paid less than that for the original dang game.

    27 votes

  12. Comment on Introducing the Light Phone III in ~tech

  13. Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir in ~books

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    I see this criticism from time to time and it really doesn't ring true for me. The characters have a sense of humor in common (childish but hilarious) in common, and they're both 30-something...

    Like, Weir pretty much re-used the same main character from The Martian.

    I see this criticism from time to time and it really doesn't ring true for me. The characters have a sense of humor in common (childish but hilarious) in common, and they're both 30-something white cis American men, but that's pretty much it, no? It's the situation that they find themselves in that is, although when you get down to reading, The Martian is a hard sci-fi novel and Project Hail Mary is more like pulp (a term I use in the most loving possible way).

    2 votes

  14. Comment on The Steam Summer Sale 2024 is live (runs June 27 - July 11) in ~games

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    Honestly I'm normally 100% on board for any "piracy with cause" scenario but Steam's services, mainly the Linux support via Proton, and cloud save syncing, really have me relying heavily on their...

    Honestly I'm normally 100% on board for any "piracy with cause" scenario but Steam's services, mainly the Linux support via Proton, and cloud save syncing, really have me relying heavily on their service. I LOVE GOG.com, but I'm not playing GOG.com games on my Deck or even my dang desktop all that often (despite Minigalaxy).

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Introducing the Light Phone III in ~tech

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    I think the security advantage of 2FA is simply that the 2FA can't be leaked because it rotates every 15s, not that it's from a second device.

    So you lose any security benefits thereof.

    I think the security advantage of 2FA is simply that the 2FA can't be leaked because it rotates every 15s, not that it's from a second device.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Introducing the Light Phone III in ~tech

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    Yeah, I think you're right. I was just pointing out that it's not necessarily necessary to generate those tokens with a smartphone; there are desktop software solutions for that.

    Yeah, I think you're right. I was just pointing out that it's not necessarily necessary to generate those tokens with a smartphone; there are desktop software solutions for that.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Introducing the Light Phone III in ~tech

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    I'm guessing not, but various services support generating these tokens. 1Password (although not free) can do so, as can Bitwarden's premium service.

    I'm guessing not, but various services support generating these tokens. 1Password (although not free) can do so, as can Bitwarden's premium service.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Pride Month at Tildes: #4 - What's something you wish more people understood? in ~lgbt

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    Thanks for the nice advice about how I should act while visiting your web site. To repeat myself, I don't have anything more to add about this topic.

    Thanks for the nice advice about how I should act while visiting your web site. To repeat myself, I don't have anything more to add about this topic.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Pride Month at Tildes: #4 - What's something you wish more people understood? in ~lgbt

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    Nope, I have no horse in the race of that person's gender theory. I was just asking a question.

    You want them to agree with you, but they don’t have to. Especially not on this particular post.

    Nope, I have no horse in the race of that person's gender theory. I was just asking a question.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Pride Month at Tildes: #4 - What's something you wish more people understood? in ~lgbt

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    You're generously re-assembling the person's point into a logically defensible one, but that is not what they said. But I'm not the gender logic police, so I'll leave it at that.

    The person you replied to isn't demanding that everyone treat gender and sexuality as intrinsically linked, but expressing frustration at the opposite extreme -- the idea that they cannot be linked.

    You're generously re-assembling the person's point into a logically defensible one, but that is not what they said. But I'm not the gender logic police, so I'll leave it at that.

    2 votes