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- Comment on Anon tries programming in Java 1 week ago:
In my experience, this kind of sentiment is what marks someone as a seasoned professional. When you finally see that all tools are flawed and deserving of some negative remark for a bone-headed misfeature or three, you’ve arrived. Carry on.
- Comment on fuckery 1 week ago:
So, “what in the isomorphic fuck” covers all the bases?
- Comment on Anon falls through the cracks 1 week ago:
Or just get a second job and wait for the first one’s paychecks to stop rolling in.
- Comment on Anon falls through the cracks 1 week ago:
Don’t worry Anon, I’m sure it’ll work out.
- Comment on Withdrawal is going to make people go mad 1 week ago:
Maybe? We also import a shed-load of tobacco. Combined, that’s not gonna be pretty.
- Comment on Withdrawal is going to make people go mad 1 week ago:
The syrup helps the little corns slide down better.
Also: I can’t feel my toes but I’m sure that’s unrelated.
- Comment on Withdrawal is going to make people go mad 1 week ago:
Rabbit hole time.
Apparently, caffeine in soft drinks is synthetic. I thought they just used caffeine that is extracted from decaffeinating coffee beans - not so. Also it’s not produced in the US (anymore), and we mostly import it from China.
Neat part is: it doesn’t look all that complicated to synthesize and requires some common-ish organic compounds and solvents to make. As a bonus, the raw synthetic stuff “the raw synthetic caffeine often glows - a bluish phosphorence”. If anyone is on his Patreon, please give NileRed a nudge to give this a shot; I think it would be right up his alley.
So we can get by without coffee, but short of running your own chemistry lab, it’s going to be a bit before industry can ramp up production of the synthetic stuff. Meanwhile, caffeinated beverages across the board would be more expensive were synthetic caffeine a part of any tariff scheme.
More here:
- Comment on Anons discuss PC vs console gaming 1 week ago:
That’s incredible. I happen to use a Logitech thumb-ball mouse, so I’m quite familiar with the concept. Never thought to use a conventional mouse upside down though; that’s incredibly resourceful.
I don’t know if you or anyone else here needs to see this, but this reminds me of Ben Heckendorn who makes custom accessibility controlers. He’s also known for a bunch of stuff, including Bill Paxton Pinball, the Hand-held 2600, podcasts, YT videos, and more junk on his site.
- Comment on Anons discuss PC vs console gaming 1 week ago:
Honestly, it really depends on the game and what control scheme it was designed for.
Controllers are absolutely dog crap at RTS, and anything else that is heavily GUI based. Controller mouse emulation is zero fun, and some games really need more shortcuts than controller buttons will allow. Highly competitive FPS games need fast mouse response as you observed, but there’s plenty of other FPS titles that are good enough on controller (e.g. Halo).
At the same time, keyboard keys have a different response and feel than controller buttons. Fighting, platforming, and other games make excellent use of what controllers have to offer.
A good example of what I’m talking about is comparing Diablo 2 to Diablo 3. The latter is a dream to play with a controller, and the game mechanics have been streamlined pretty much for that. Meanwhile, Diablo 2 absolutely requires mouse and keyboard to be playable.
- Comment on Creamy Cartilage 1 week ago:
Oh wow. Congrats… I guess? Glad that your wife has access to good care for that condition.
I’ve been in the ER for something that… well I won’t say, but it was of interest to the attending folks. Next thing I knew, there were two grad students in tow, eager to learn stuff that you only usually see in a textbook. I recall feeling strangely proud, and more proud than embarrassed (oddly enough). It was a weird experience.
- Comment on Creamy Cartilage 1 week ago:
So… this sent me down a little rabbit hole. I just want to advise you all, fellow lemmings, to be good to your back from here on out.
www.umms.org/ummc/…/lumbar-herniated-disc
As the annulus weakens, at some point you may lift something or bend in such a way that you cause too much pressure across the disc. The weakened disc ruptures while you are doing something that five years earlier would not have caused a problem. Such is the aging process of the spine.
- Comment on Tiger Predators 2 weeks ago:
That makes sense. Tigers are just big cats - they’re all kinda jerks to each other (let alone other animals), but I suppose that comes with being an apex predator.
- Comment on Hmmmm 5 weeks ago:
As a (perhaps unintentional) slip, “an insensitive” works rather well here. Gatekeeping your field in a forum of open(ish)^1^ information exchange is just categorically “not nice”.
Personally, I would have opted for a portmanteau like “incentsitive”.
^1^ - Paywalls notwithstanding.
- Comment on Vintage 5 weeks ago:
As true now as ever.
- Comment on Horrors We've Unleashed 5 weeks ago:
The only good bug is a dead bug.
- Comment on Why don't we have cool vending machines in the US? 5 weeks ago:
Too bad. … Hello there!
- Comment on Ok boomer 1 month ago:
For me it’s the damn scale under the bag, and how long the kiosk takes to register the weight of the last scanned item. Then the system “unlocks” and lets me scan another item. This system slows me down to the speed of the worst clerk in the store.
- Comment on Hey, a nickel... 1 month ago:
Maybe? I think that’s open to interpretation. IMO, only the devs at Bethesda can make that call.
Me? I’m not going to hold onto the opinion that it’s game-breaking so strongly. After all, if you’re having fun, what’s the problem?
- Comment on Hey, a nickel... 1 month ago:
Well, it’s a shitpost so: Hacks and exploits. But since it’s Skyrim, probably just exploits.
- Comment on Thanks, Logan. 1 month ago:
True, but it’s clearly no Powerthirst.
- Comment on Thanks, Logan. 1 month ago:
Oh, is that what this is? Here I was thinking they “shipped Amazon Prime” to people and thought “well that’s bad grammar but… what did they actually ship using Prime?”
And yeah, fuck that guy.
- Comment on Octopus 1 month ago:
Username checks out.
- Comment on Octopus 1 month ago:
Not just porn, but classic art by a famous artist. Check out Hokusai’s “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife.”
- Comment on Missed Connection 1 month ago:
I recently spotted one that had this two-tone paint: copper and purple. I couldn’t decide if it was an improvement or not.
- Comment on Gender 1 month ago:
That’s a “lawful evil” move if I’ve ever seen one. I like it.
- Comment on Anon recommends a cast iron pan 1 month ago:
Deep scratches are one major concern/gripe I have with glass cooktops, hence why my skillet goes nowhere near it. Scratches can introduce weak points that can nucleate a fracture.
glassdoctor.com/…/why-did-my-glass-top-stove-crac…
When dragged across the glass surface, rough pots and pans create micro-scratches. When they accumulate over time, they can weaken the integrity of the glass to the point of cracking.
- Comment on Anon recommends a cast iron pan 1 month ago:
Here’s the thing: I’m a klutz, and do not always watch my hands (damn ADHD). So this whole thread is semi-rational at best. Still, I’m certain that I’m the guy that would drop it one or more inches onto the cooktop by accident. I honestly don’t know how resilient these things are, but I’m not about to find out.
That said, I looked up some numbers for weights and well, it’s really not too different from a full pasta pot. I may just have to work up the courage. Thanks.
- Comment on Anon recommends a cast iron pan 1 month ago:
My biggest gripe with Teflon, after the whole PFAS problem, is that you have to baby it. I never was able to find a plastic spatula that worked well for any application. At worst, some are so darn floppy it’s like trying to flip an fried egg with another fried egg. Not to mention, the leading edge would eventually melt and deform sending plastic shreds everywhere over time.
The things you can do cooking-wise with metal tooling just get you more control and better results. Any pan/pot that lets you do that is going to help your overall cooking experience. Plus, even if you don’t go carbon steel or iron - say, stainless or even glass - de-glazing the pan with some water and heat from the range can make short work of cleaning.
One last point to this rant: your favorite cooking shows are lying to you softly. Your cookware are tools - they’re gonna get fucked up. Used things eventually get scratched, stained, singed, dented, and that’s okay; I promise you they’re not unsanitary because they’re in this state. Those stainless pans with mirror-perfect surfaces, or carbon steel skillets with that pristine golden hue, they’re new; you usually see new product on camera thanks to sponsors and the general optics of the thing. Teflon pans hold out this false promise of pristine cook surfaces that just aren’t realistic. And in practice, even those awful things do not go the distance. So yeah, reject modernity and all that. You’ll be okay.
- Comment on Anon recommends a cast iron pan 1 month ago:
I’m with you 100%.
I’ll add that I rarely use my cast iron in the kitchen, preferring to use it on camping trips or the grill. Why? The sheer heft of the thing could accidentally cause my glass cooktop some trouble. For those occasions, I reach for my well-seasoned carbon steel pans: much lighter with most of the same non-stick situation as the iron skillet.
- Comment on Sample Text 1 month ago:
I think this meme template is a bit like The Aristocrats; many tellings but it’s all the same joke. In this case, I think almost any destination text would work and would have it’s own “ew” factor, some worse than others.
