Hard truth? Reddit conditioned me to NOT participate.

Nearly time I wanted to discuss something or ask something important to me, my posts were deleted by mods. The few times posts would stay was because they were meme shitposts of easily digestible image content: scroll and move along. Any actual discussion was verboten.

/r/mk mods were particularly awful. Fuck those guys.

I'm in the industry, at least in the US, and this is not technically accurate... especially not using the language and common understanding of the layperson.

Anything in particular? I'm not great at understanding things that aren't said.

FYI: this is a speculative article; they are guessing and don't know how it will work, so there are no real details.

Bad take.

I'll remind you that Steam needs SOME competition in order to actually get better, and I can't think of anyone else able to do it (Microsoft has kinda already tried and failed). Remember when Steam suddenly addressed long-standing issues with the client and storefront a couple years ago? That was because the EGS appeared.

I'll also remind young folks that the Internet was extremely negative regarding steam when it was new. Yes, I've been on Steam for 20+ years.

Tldr: EGS is fine. Relax.

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Why not put down mulch and native perennials? Skip fussy turf grass altogether.

I was actually strongly considering a zenphone 10 until this announcement. Now I'm wary that the already-short software support will be even shorter.

This is kinda wild. If "basically any action you take" is really real, I bet I had an average of 100 api calls per day. The only way I'd take less than 20 actions/day is if I used it for <30 minutes/day.

Disposal and/or treatment of waste. Unless its "waste-to-energy"---in which case you'd use that terminology, but you'd never call either "recycling."

World of Warcraft. 2005 was a hell of a time for that game.

Because calling it CS4 would mean admitting they made a "3".

I loved that sub!!

Hmmm. I own it but haven't ever played it. Are there bad controls or other bugs or quirks with the original... You know, something that would justify a remake?

Honestly, getting that way about A LOT of games this year. I played Starfield on game pass, got my fix in about 8 hours, and haven't played since.

"Sleep Timer" by CARECON GmbH. Its indispensable for adding a generic sleep timer to any audio or video that does not have such a feature.

Yep. Calling it now: dude is gay.

Which is fine, or would be fine, except for the hypocrisy.

Curious what you decide. I feel trapped. My Gmail has been my primary account for almost 20 years. With that kind of longevity, switching would be extremely disruptive.

See... I think it's kind of a bad game for all the same reasons.

I think I bounce pretty hard off the stated intent to make the player feel the suffering of living through war. I'm not going to play a game that intentionally sets me up to fail.

I mean, before Gmail, I had a new email address every 2-3 years. I've had Gmail for what, almost 20 years? That's not what I'd define as "ephemeral."

I'm thinking of it like the micro plastics that were purposely added to bath wash and soap, and now are banned for use in that purpose. I'm not entirely sure I understand the logic behind why those are (justifiably) banned, but microfiber cloths are not.

My stupid question is because I haven't seen any other news articles specifically talking about microfiber and its contribution to micro plastics.

Because most are filthy rich well in excess of the salary, and so this scheme would be an actual punishment, while not depriving those few who actually need their congressional salary to live.

So, I actually read the article. It sounds like they could or should work, in theory, but because of fraud and/or marketplace incompetence, they do not. I bring this up only because I don't think the discussion on the topic has been nuanced enough to distinguish between idea and implementation.

Which comes first, the comment or the content?

I'm happy to comment, but (1) it takes a lot of effort to make a good comment, and I'm not sure I regularly have meaningful things to contribute, and (2) many posts are retread memes, reposts, or iterations on slow-moving US political nonsense, and as such not worthy of commenting, and (3) new newsworthy posts are rare.

This is when I browse everything. It's even worse in my subscribed communities.

Uncertain software support is why I picked a P8p over that device, even when I prefer it's hardware over the P8p.

Dude doesn't care about anything but himself. Everyone should know that already, by now, but it's still a good reminder when he says something, anything: it's just words and he doesn't care about that.

CFATS is important and should be renewed, but the wheels haven't fallen off... Yet. Most companies/ facilities expect it to be renewed and so are continuing their programs. The real issues will pop up in 12+ months if it's still not renewed then.

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But almost no one would buy it if it looked all clumped up like that in the package in the store.

What do you do that you carry special pliers every day?

I think you run into this problem anywhere in the country. We were recommended our solar company by our neighbor, who had a good experience. They finally finished our job, and mechanically, they did a fine job. But their interpersonal interactions were mostly bad, and my wife would vehemently not recommend them to anyone else. Seems like it's going to be a crapshoot. Good luck

Unfortunately, this new plan seems like it'll increase my payments from about $200/mo to over $900/mo. The calculator says the $900/mo plan comes with an offer of $0 in forgiveness (and says so directly). Even if I keep the $200/mo plan and won't be fully paid off until 2046 or something (vs 2027 at $900/mo), it still offers me $0 in forgiveness.

I still have $36k in loans and have been paying them off since 2005. I've already paid more than I've owed, due to interest. I used to be poor, but not really anymore; that kinda happens over 20 years. I suppose I can be happy everyone else, but this doesn't mean squat for folks like me.

I mean, I interpreted that as acknowledgement that Lemmy is still 1% the size of Reddit, for example.

I can tell you've never tried to get people to participate in a voluntary action like this. 65-70% participation is fantastic. The only way to significantly improve that is to make it mandatory. You still won't improve the quality of the outcome, though. People forced to vote will protest vote, like a write in for Mickey Mouse or intentionally voting for the "worst" candidate.

This here is the best comment to address the OP question. Just to be clear, I 100% agree: every job, every field is just held together by duct tape and bubble gum.

I don't think so.

My in laws are very technologically illiterate. I bet they have never opened word pad except accidentally... but I guarantee they know what "Word" is and think "word pad" is just some nerdy tech person word for the software they know.

I bet the number of people who both rely on word pad and who don't know about any other free alternatives is so very low.

I've never heard of this. Interesting!

Do you mean Vine? I can tell you a few things about that.

Which one? I use "White Noise" by TMSOFT. It's UI is from 5-7 years ago, but it still works really well. It's mostly a background noise maker--and has lots of variety--rather than strictly white noise.

I mean, I'd rather have my parents around in my life and my children's, than have their money.

Yes. Cyberpunk and I were oil and water when it was first released. The 2.0 patch made it a different game, and for some magical reason, I jive with it now. It's one of the best realized worlds. I just finished my first playthrough and I'll buy the DLC and play again soon!

Yeah, I'm not defending any cheese choice; everyone can do themselves. I was just remarking that food appearance heavily influences sales, and everyone is susceptible to that bias.