Case

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is north?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to ask my dad where we were on car trips.

  “Directly above the center of the earth.” Thanks asshole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As you are doing it you never realize⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You say that, but eventually CDs will stop being produced.

  Floppies still exist, but they are more and more difficult to find in the wild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, really the modern equivalent is throwing your phone at a hard surface.

  It certainly makes a statement. Fuck all of this to the point I’m going to sever contact with the world and throw away a ton of money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If an amateur mycologist picks and eats the wrong mushroom that an LLM said was fine to eat, is the LLM liable for the death legally and/or financially?

  I mean, I know better than to pick random mushrooms and eat them, but I don’t really care for mushrooms - though some have some delightful effects when metabolized, lol. The only ones of THOSE I tried, I knew who grew them, and saw the “operation,” and reviewed his sources before trying one.

  Call me paranoid, but I’m not blindly trusting a high school drop out to properly identify mushrooms when professionals make mistakes to the point where any mycologist will tell you, DON’T TRUST PICS OR THE INTERNET.

  It can be too difficult to tell from those sources, and I doubt the LLM and the human asking questions have the right wavelength of discussion to not produce misleading, if not entirely fabricated, results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I shave my head fairly routinely (damn genetics) and a bar of soap is generally fine for head, face, and body. Though if I’m growing my beard out past the “scruff” level my wife generally likes, I’ll apply some beard oil there.

  I have definitely used some “girly” body wash in a pinch though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Official" Russian Military game depicting invasion of Ukraine released on Steam as Yunarmy propaganda⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, the US put out the game America’s Army as a recruitment tool.

  Passably decent multiplayer shooter for its time. Good enough to kill some time with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favorite sport to watch or play?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Play: Hockey, at least in theory. I’m a lot older and more beat up than I was back then, lol.

  Watch: I guess hockey? I dunno, I enjoy going to games. I more watch because its on somewhere, or other people wanted to watch, or whatever. I don’t really watch sports on my own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨minor tomfoolery 🛻💨🎶⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anybody have a pic of the underside of a Cybertruck? Need to scope out a place with airflow but limited visibility.

  There is at least one asshole in my general area who needs a come-uppance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 dev calls Randy Pitchford's $80 Borderlands 4 comments "gross" because it implies the FPS is more important than "making it day to day"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I felt that way about CyberPunk 2077 and CDPR.

  CDPR hadn’t let me down. Yet. Ultimately, they redeemed themselves, sure, but at launch… whew, there were issues.

  Game companies CAN redeem themselves. Business wise though? Its hard to recoup that kind of shaken faith in investors, board members, etc; let alone the people you’re actually trying to sell to.

  There are so MANY fucking games out there these days, that I’ll look at something new, and decide I don’t like certain elements of the gameplay, and just move on.

  If a feature looks more frustrating than fun? I’m good, thanks.

  I’ve played hard games on the hardest setting for the challenge. I’ve also played “easy” just to get drunk and enjoy a story.

  If it isn’t fun though? Then what am I doing here?

  I already spend 8+ hours a day on the computer and hate it, but at least they pay me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They're unstoppable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Baldness can either cripple you, or make a man of you.

  Once you accept it. Rock it. Own it… well, IT at least doubles in size, results may vary.

  I will not be taking questions, please refer to the Mr. Sins. If he is not available, Sir Stewart will happy to demonstrate on your mother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My password is not accepted because it is too long⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I decided to be a smartass once and made a 63 character long password.

  It wasn’t too bad at a keyboard, though if you make a type you’re screwed.

  Trying to use my AD account to access admin tools on printer? I got it fixed, and immediately changed my password, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oof⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except, no?

  Medieval peasants had SOOO many holidays.

  It was a cheap way to keep them from violently revolting. Even then, it didn’t always work.

  Speaking of violent revolt against an oppressive system, where are we at?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget his choice in condiments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polar bears⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Worked in Yellowstone for a summer.

  Spent some time with the rangers. They got all sorts of questions…

  Like which handgun caliber would be best to defend oneself from a bear.

  Essentially, the ranger broke it down stating there was a weakness in the skull about the size of a bullet that you had to hit directly to have a chance of dropping a bear with a handgun. While its coming at you and pissed/hungry.

  So essentially, you’ve just pissed off the bear before it gets it claws on you.

  Well placed slugs from shotguns, rifle rounds, and preferably (according to the ranger in question) a tranquilizer to re-home the bear away from people. That being said, the bears are tracked to an extent and bears who show repeated behavior endangering themselves/tourists tend to be exterminated, sadly.

  Hand to claw combat? Human is going down.

  This is why in the past, when bears were hunted, they were hunted in their dens during hibernation - at the end of spears to keep that hungry bear as far away as possible from your soft easily rent flesh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They do this so you will stare at it and increase the accuracy of your aim⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen that, and variations.

  I’ve noticed house flys being more common than bees.

  That being said, I’d piss on a fly. A bee could sting me. Rightfully sting me, I might add.

  Someone pisses on me they have a good chance of being hit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had some, before I moved.

  Let me just say this, what came easy to young me in boy scouts… well, I’m just glad if I hit a safe area in the general direction I’m aiming.

  The other issues is as a boy I shot off the right of the riser on a longbow, and this was an off the left takedown (recurve) bow - still the amount I sucked surprised me a little, lol.

  So hopefully you have time to practice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Standard tRump supporter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it kind of is.

  Debtor’s prisons were never fair, but at least it usually involved adults who made their own choices.

  Kids can’t legally consent to anything - though I’m sure the republicans want to change that too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thinkpad for the win⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh shit, you just made me realize when I get my first pay check I should really invest in a decent UPS. I had to sell my old one before moving state lines to condense space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not your job⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep.

  I work in IT, if I’m on a call or actively working a ticket that I can finish and just ran out of time? I’ll stay, happily, and finish it.

  I’ll help cover vacations, and if I like the company, other people calling in to an extent.

  The longest stretch I worked was when I was much younger (and dumber). Retail, before the holidays. There were a variety of contributing factors at work, but in the end I worked 22 days in a row, most often 12+ hours a day. The OT pay was nice, don’t get me wrong, but I quickly learned that my time and well being are worth more than most employers can offer, even with OT adjustments.

  I slept over 24 hours straight, and my body hurt ALL over for two weeks. That was with a wonderful girlfriend at the time who knew her way around a massage, and was happy to do so when asked - and I needed it then, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If a four person table has three Nazis sitting at it, and a fourth person sits down with them, there are four Nazis at the table.

  Accordingly, if a public figure makes a Nazi salute (several times) in a public live recording, they are a Nazi.

  If it walks like a duck, etc.

  They may not claim Nazism, but fascism is fascism whatever flag you wave. The individual motivators behind it are not relevant.

  Both my grandfathers are rolling over in their graves as I watch fascism goose step into America.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What advice would you give to your younger self?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re bipolar, you just hide it well.

  Get your meds sorted before college or you’re gonna wind up dropping out.

  Also, its a seizure disorder, it just doesn’t present typically; and its medication resistant. Keep trying. That alone is gonna set you back about 10 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the endgame when the rich have all the money?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget, those of us who “produce” aren’t even a consideration.

  The working class will starve. We’re already working on it with inflation, but managing to keep enough calories coming in.

  Soon, the billionaires will have no labor to produce food, and no labor to stock food, and no labor to handle their banal shit.

  Then, they will hunt us for sport. Or, more likely, a few class traitors will hunt and butcher us while they go hungry and the billionaires eat of our flesh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m on W11 with my daily driver.

  I don’t like it. I didn’t like it from the start.

  So why?

  Because W10 will hit EOL sooner than later; and I have to support that shit professionally.

  Doesn’t matter that no one is testing or building applications for W11, no security patches mean any employer worth their salt will switch over to W11, despite not having the infrastructure to do it.

  Admin VS IT. I’m nearly 40, and that story is older than I am.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Longtime buddy of mine just got a gaming PC. What games would make up a good "welcome to PC" care package?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d also add a lifetime subscription to Nexus, that alone can add so much life to so many games. Hell, if I’m checking out a game, I see what kind of mod support it has first.

  Or do they not offer that anymore?

  I think I got it way back when for $50 or so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Player two has entered the lobby⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A bit between friends is different.

  Fuck, I was a skater in school. I threw myself down a two story half pipe in a warehouse every weekend. I had bruises on top of bruises.

  Pain wasn’t new to me, cause man, I fucking sucked on a skateboard.

  Let me put it this way, the kid I gave a broken nose to was a wanna-be MS13 member at the time. Ran into him after high school - guess who was a member? I’m glad I had friends with me, and we outnumbered his crew. They backed down. I don’t know what they had, but we all carried knives - and at the time - were ready to use them. My late teen years were a little wild. He recognized me, and called them to back off.

  I guess getting the cops involved over a pool table in a bowling alley would have fucked up their bigger plans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Player two has entered the lobby⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not wrong.

  A school year of bullying stopped by a decisive punch?

  Clearly both are the same. Not one kid being tormented to the point of violence in self defense because they couldn’t fucking breathe anymore, over the whole school year. Not something the teachers, our so called care takers, could have nipped in the bud a LONG time ago. No, clearly, both kids are violent offenders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Player two has entered the lobby⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m aware, I didn’t feel the need to reference the game series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Player two has entered the lobby⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Going postal” was a thing.

  It was a thing before Columbine, cause man, I remember the talks at school about that.

  The class was brought out, we sat under a tree, and were allowed to talk about our feelings.

  One of my bullies looked me dead in the eye, and said something along the lines of “Its always the quiet ones.”

  I’m surprised I didn’t have to talk to anyone after looking him dead in the eye back and replying “Yeah, it is.” Just letting it hang in the air.

  I will say, he no longer bullied me after that.

  That’s ok, I had another bully who learned the hard way that if pushed far enough, I would break bones if provoked enough. Last day of school that year. He clotheslined me and put me in a choke hold when I was running a football, you know, playing like a kid on the last day of school. He still had a hold as we got up, him behind me. When my vision started to dim, I stomped the arch of his foot (multiple fractures, lot of bones there) to get out, then turned and broke his nose with one punch.

  It all stopped after that.

  Because my teachers were aware of the bullying (thanks for stopping it, assholes) I didn’t get in any trouble. This was at the beginning of zero tolerance talks. It was a policy the next school year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think being left-handed gives any unique qualities or advantages compares to other right handed?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Realistically, I found left handed opponents to be more difficult to compete against.

  It took me longer to learn their body movements that would indicate a strike, and where they are aiming. It wast just less intuitive.

  Also, fencing a little person was a somewhat unique experience. Totally threw me off my game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do gangs "jump in" new recruits? Or is that just for movies and tv shows? If so why do they do that kinda seems anti productive.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not clinical, but I worked in medical IT off and on.

  The shit I would hear from clinical staff.

  Had a senior surgeon call me because his application was frozen. Cool, cool, lets get that going - wait - you’re what - palpating a child’s heart to keep it beating in rhythm? There are back ups upon back ups for anything IT related in that scenario. Don’t call your overnight helpdesk with that shit, have your nurse write it down on paper. Fuck.

  Most traumatic IT call I’ve ever had. Didn’t even care to solve his IT issue, just focused on patient care. My 20 something ass with a few years behind the desk told him to focus on the patient’s LIFE first and foremost, we can talk later.

  Always great for an interview question though - how do you respond under stress? Well, lol…