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  1. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (February 2024) in ~tildes

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    He made the very popular 'Rif for reddit' (or 'Reddit is fun') app.

    He made the very popular 'Rif for reddit' (or 'Reddit is fun') app.

    16 votes

  2. Comment on Is anyone else here completely unable to imagine any faces? in ~talk

  3. Comment on Visiting New York City for the first time, advice and recommendations please! in ~travel

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    If you like Comedy I definitely recommend the Comedy Cellar, it's a really unique venue and a great laugh. Make sure to book in advance though, otherwise you have to go and hope they'll let you in...

    If you like Comedy I definitely recommend the Comedy Cellar, it's a really unique venue and a great laugh. Make sure to book in advance though, otherwise you have to go and hope they'll let you in as a stand-in (which is what I had to do...).

    As for viewing platforms, as well as the Rockefeller (as others have suggested), don't give One World Trade Center a miss either; my suggestion is to go up around sunset and stay through out - then you get a great view of the city both in light and at night. It's enclosed unlike some of the other viewing platforms in the city.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on How native English speakers can stop confusing everyone else in ~humanities.languages

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    Fascinating, I had no idea what the origin of that phrase was! For anyone else interested: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balls_to_the_wall

    Fascinating, I had no idea what the origin of that phrase was! For anyone else interested: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balls_to_the_wall

    4 votes

  5. Comment on What everyday things can you replace with a higher-quality alternative? in ~life

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    I'm not sure it's going to shift the centre of gravity enough to affect that.

    I'm not sure it's going to shift the centre of gravity enough to affect that.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What everyday things can you replace with a higher-quality alternative? in ~life

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    The height can be an issue if it makes the chair too high to comfortably work with your desk, but the accidental rolling, at least for me, is a non-issue.

    The height can be an issue if it makes the chair too high to comfortably work with your desk, but the accidental rolling, at least for me, is a non-issue.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on What everyday things can you replace with a higher-quality alternative? in ~life

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    Replacing the casters on your office chair with rollerblade casters is good, super low friction for moving and MUCH less destructive on hard floors.
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    Replacing the casters on your office chair with rollerblade casters is good, super low friction for moving and MUCH less destructive on hard floors.

    64 votes

  8. Comment on Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2023 - Results in ~sports.motorsports

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    I think it's all about expectations - take De Vries as an example - he wasn't terrible by any stretch, not a Lawson/Schumacher/Latifi crashing every other race, but he wasn't doing as well as his...

    I think it's all about expectations - take De Vries as an example - he wasn't terrible by any stretch, not a Lawson/Schumacher/Latifi crashing every other race, but he wasn't doing as well as his teammate even though the expectation was that he should be much better due to age and experience, so they dropped him fast. I think Perez is in a similar situation, he's doing 'fine' but RB are the best team right now and can have any driver they want, is 'fine' enough for them? Not saying I agree or anything but at the end of the day, the sport can be particularly cut throat when it comes to drivers, especially at the extremes.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2023 - Results in ~sports.motorsports

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    He’s not only being outperformed massively by his team mate, he’s also being outperformed by a lot of the rest of the field. He’s second in the drivers standings right now mainly by virtue of...

    He’s not only being outperformed massively by his team mate, he’s also being outperformed by a lot of the rest of the field. He’s second in the drivers standings right now mainly by virtue of having a good car at the start of the season when the rest of the field (mostly McLaren and Ferrari) were still sorting them selves out - he should be very worried about someone more capable taking his seat, being a safe pair of hands is probably not enough to hold onto a RB seat.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia in ~news

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    I guess I am a little surprised given that the coup was pretty successful and stopped for seemingly no reason, thought he might have struck a deal.

    I guess I am a little surprised given that the coup was pretty successful and stopped for seemingly no reason, thought he might have struck a deal.

    4 votes

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

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    750+ hours in Hunt now! Despite every round being very similar you rarely have the same game twice, and crytek are good at breathing new life into it with fairly frequent updates.

    750+ hours in Hunt now! Despite every round being very similar you rarely have the same game twice, and crytek are good at breathing new life into it with fairly frequent updates.

  13. Comment on The next Battlefield game will be a "reimagination of Battlefield as a truly connected ecosystem" in ~games

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    I wonder if they’re saying this now because Battlebit is so incredibly popular.

    I wonder if they’re saying this now because Battlebit is so incredibly popular.

    14 votes

  14. Comment on Good Omens: Season 2 | Official trailer in ~tv

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    It’s based on a plan for a second book that Gaiman and Pratchett never got a chance to write, so there’s hope!

    It’s based on a plan for a second book that Gaiman and Pratchett never got a chance to write, so there’s hope!

    1 vote

  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tv

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    From the looks of it this is going to be a direct sequel to rebels, so I think watching that would be a good idea. I actually just finished my first run through the clone wars and rebels to...

    From the looks of it this is going to be a direct sequel to rebels, so I think watching that would be a good idea. I actually just finished my first run through the clone wars and rebels to prepare for this show, and I’d recommend just watching Rebels fully, it’s a good show all things considered. Never had the highs of the later series of TCW but it’s more consistently good I would say.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Hypothetical time - let’s say Lewis Hamilton announces tomorrow he’s retiring after this year. Who gets that Mercedes seat? in ~sports.motorsports

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    Norris is exactly where my mind went too, they seem to prefer English drivers and it would be a ‘step up’, but he really does seem loyal to McLaren so I don’t know if he would.

    Norris is exactly where my mind went too, they seem to prefer English drivers and it would be a ‘step up’, but he really does seem loyal to McLaren so I don’t know if he would.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games

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    Agree with this, I actually didn’t play anything after Reach until I played through Infinite with some friends a few months ago. I remember finishing it and thinking “that’s it?”. The whole...

    Agree with this, I actually didn’t play anything after Reach until I played through Infinite with some friends a few months ago. I remember finishing it and thinking “that’s it?”. The whole campaign just felt like flashback and it was just missing the great story Ioved from the first 3 games (plus ODST and Reach).

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What have your experiences been with losing interest in video games as you get older? in ~games

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    For me a big turn off is story based games which are inexplicably open world. There are some exceptions (Spider-man) but games like ‘Control’ have no need to be open world! I don’t want to have to...

    For me a big turn off is story based games which are inexplicably open world. There are some exceptions (Spider-man) but games like ‘Control’ have no need to be open world! I don’t want to have to work out where to go next or hunt for collectibles, the story is interesting just let me experience it with some fun gameplay.

    Naturally this is different for RPGs And the like which benefit from being open.

    2 votes