Piatro
@Piatro@programming.dev
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
There’s probably a correlation between people who are aware enough of reddit’s practices and policies to want to switch to Lemmy and people who are engaged in or by political discussion.
- Comment on The XCOM Complete Humble Bundle is an awesome deal 3 weeks ago:
I can’t even beat regular-length war. Damn snake lady and her BS action economy…
- Comment on John Lithgow Says He Was Surprised by Backlash Over Joining ‘Harry Potter’ Series 3 weeks ago:
It’s up to you. You’re allowed to read/play/watch whatever you want, don’t let us internet weirdos (who might not even be real people) dissuade you. My wife loves harry potter but hates Rowling’s politics. That’s ok. You don’t have to justify your actions to anyone, least of all internet strangers! If you want a justification to play the game, as others have said, she’s already made her money from the game and won’t make more directly from you playing it, so she doesn’t benefit. Also, by a few accounts I’ve heard it’s a pretty mediocre game, so don’t feel like you’re missing out if you decide not to!
- Comment on John Lithgow Says He Was Surprised by Backlash Over Joining ‘Harry Potter’ Series 3 weeks ago:
The game wasn’t lynched though, it sold phenomenally well despite the commentary. There aren’t enough people paying attention to her statements to be in a position to make a conscious choice about her one way or the other. Most people just see harry potter and go “cool, new harry potter thing, I liked that as a kid/like it now, let’s give it a shot”. If it does get brought up in conversation I still find people are surprised when I say I don’t buy or participate in harry potter stuff because they genuinely don’t know, or think its massively overblown (coverage of her statements, not necessarily the content of them). We’re in a corner of a tiny pocket of the internet, even on Reddit.
TLDR This will make HBO tonnes of money from people who don’t care or don’t know about Rowling’s obsession with trans people, just like every other HP side project.
- Comment on Gaming has a polarization problem 2 months ago:
Only heard a couple people talk about it online (that I trust to be reasonable) and they basically said it was fine but didn’t blow them away. And that’s fine but it makes for boring “cOnTeNt”.
- Comment on UK: Rooftop solar could reduce energy bill for the country's poorest families by almost a quarter, study says 2 months ago:
Yeah this is basically the argument for universal basic income, on top of eliminating poverty.
- Comment on UK: Rooftop solar could reduce energy bill for the country's poorest families by almost a quarter, study says 3 months ago:
I’m all for supporting low-to-middle incomes but it’s still a huge investment for those not in (or just outside) that bracket. I can’t spend 10k now to see the return in 20 years, assuming the rates stay decent. It’s not practical.
- Comment on Not enough teachers, children turned away: Schools 'can't cope' with population boom 3 months ago:
Ah yes, it’s the immigrants’ fault that education has been underfunded for years and teaching is such a woefully underpaid career. Definitely the immigrants’ fault. No no don’t look at the last 14 years of Tory rule that included austerity!
- Comment on Silent Hill 2 remake's narrative designer thinks one of the advantages to horror is that it's cheaper 5 months ago:
Yeah it certainly is a hell of a lot cheaper if you’re copying an existing game scene for scene…
- Comment on Two in five not saving enough in pension for even basic retirement 9 months ago:
Yes I should have said “employed full-time” probably. This also doesn’t account for the self-employed who have to manage it themselves too rather than having their employer do it.
- Comment on Two in five not saving enough in pension for even basic retirement 9 months ago:
If you’re British and employed your employer is legally required to provide a private pension I believe. You also get a state pension if you’ve been paying national insurance (most people will get this taken out of pay cheques before you ever see the money, same as income tax). Some employers offer “matching contributions” up to a certain amount. For example if you decide you want to send £100 per month into your private pension, your employer will also do the same, so your pension gets £200. These contributions are tax free so it’s a tax-efficient way to save money when compared to privately investing where you’d have to invest from your income, which has already been taxed and then potentially have to pay capital gains tax on profits.