stringere
@stringere@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Too many non-working holidays in America. 3 days ago:
We have fewer holidays than medieval peasants. Economic historians vary between 150 and 250 work days vs 261 for a Mon-Fri job.
- Comment on Trump, Who Has Likened Himself to a King, Bristles at ‘No Kings’ Protests 1 week ago:
Many years ago I was part of a team that put a cream cheese machine online for the first time. I didn’t know what would follow.
- Comment on Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’ 2 weeks ago:
Try Language Transfer. It’s a very different approach from rote memorization.
- Comment on Guess I'm on the right track 😌 2 weeks ago:
The moniker Tankie is a reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre because of their minimalizing or outright denials regarding the incident.
- Comment on Talented child artist 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t 10 a little old to be coloring on walls? My kids stopped doing that by 6. Not trying to say I’m some kind of super dad, I’m far from perfect, but 10 seems a little old to still be coloring on walls.
- Comment on why does alcohol stop my back pain but medicine doesn't? 3 weeks ago:
GIBoard
You got me looking at these. Then I started looking around. Is there a reason to get one of the ~200 USD balance boards over a 20 USD wobble board? Other than durability, I guess.
- Comment on Company agrees to 4-day week at full pay—worker reveals dramatic result 3 weeks ago:
Plumber fixes the issue. Image
- Comment on Anon discovers cigarettes 3 weeks ago:
Well done, I know that feeling even though I’m only on my 2nd year without cigarettes after smoking for 30 years.
- Comment on After saying negative reviews 'might just cause our death' and 'we've got a few months left in the oven', No Rest for the Wicked CEO claims he never said they were in 'immediate financial danger' 5 weeks ago:
I loved the Ori games and No Rest for the Wicked was shaping up to be a great game. Hoping my refund request to Steam wallet goes through; 67 hours played. I included in my refund request that I want to take that money and use it to support a studio that isn’t run by an asshole (but worded gooder).
- Comment on After saying negative reviews 'might just cause our death' and 'we've got a few months left in the oven', No Rest for the Wicked CEO claims he never said they were in 'immediate financial danger' 5 weeks ago:
Well that sucks. I was really liking this game but I’m not supporting trash people with my money. Sucks for the developers working there. Refund requested and review with reasoning posted.
I was unaware that Thomas Mahler was such a goon, bad boss, and puts out misleading press to bolster sales. I have requested a refund and will not be supporting anything he is involved in going forward.
After saying negative reviews ‘might just cause our death’ and ‘we’ve got a few months left in the oven’, No Rest for the Wicked CEO claims he never said they were in ‘immediate financial danger’ - pcgamer.com/…/after-saying-negative-reviews-might…
Ori Studio Head Says Review Bombing Might Force Studio Closure, Then Takes It All Back - kotaku.com/ori-moon-studios-no-rest-for-the-wicke…
Moon Studios Creative Director Thomas Mahler Criticizes Cancel Culture and Media Bias - noisypixel.net/thomas-mahler-cancel-culture-woke-…
Despite its beautiful Ori games, Moon Studios is called an ‘oppressive’ place to work - venturebeat.com/…/despite-its-beautiful-ori-games… Posted May 15.
- Comment on Blankets are always good 5 weeks ago:
Just don’t accept blankets from Colonel Henry Bouquet.
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 1 month ago:
I’m still stuck in Horace! Such a great game.
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 1 month ago:
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an excellent followup to Blind Forest.
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 1 month ago:
Reminds me of the famous koan:
Before enlightenment; chop wood and carry water After enlightenment; chop wood and carry water
Be mindful in your daily activities.
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 1 month ago:
See the other comment for a variation of the story.
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 1 month ago:
In another telling of the story he arrives to find his meager shack ransacked by the thief and writes a koan with a broken piece of charcoal on a torn piece of parchment:
He left it right there In the window The moon
That’s translated and also my memory from a book I read 20 years ago. Do not take this as historically or literarily accurate.
- Comment on Anon studies Buddhism 1 month ago:
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.”
The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.
Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.”
- Comment on Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑 2 months ago:
No but the dolphins said “thanks for all the fish” before they leave.
- Comment on Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑 2 months ago:
The mouse’s design specifically excluded any artists’ signatures.
- Comment on Comedian Russell Brand charged with rape 2 months ago:
My first thought was “again?”.
Might be the same incident we’re confused by:
- Comment on Recommendations for privacy-focused, open-source alternatives to corporate apps 2 months ago:
Coworker shared this with me. Keeping it going.
- Comment on Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias 3 months ago:
How timely a comment.
I just got pop_os up and running to replace windows 11 on my alienware aurora. Still working on a sound issue in Helldivers 2 but overall has been a smooth transition.
- Comment on Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias 3 months ago:
Ori and the Will o’ the Wisps is an amazing sequel, just as beautiful and just as smooth to play.
Moon Studios also has a new project, No Rest for the Wicked. It is very different from the Ori games but just as well crafted.
- Comment on Speaking honestly, what has to happen for you personally to take to the street in protest of the current administration. 4 months ago:
- Comment on Anon becomes a shrimp farmer 4 months ago:
You should extract trace elements, then you can literally make gold from shit.
- Comment on Anon becomes a shrimp farmer 4 months ago:
you wouldn’t download a shrimp
- Comment on Anon becomes a shrimp farmer 4 months ago:
Shrimps is bugs
- Comment on Is anyone planning on doing anything about trump creating a concentration camp at guantanamo bay? 4 months ago:
I’m almost as disappointed in the rest of the world not standing up to the USA as I am disappointed in my fellow citizens’ abdication of social and civic responsibility, common decency, and basic humanity.
- Comment on Anon watches The Terminator 4 months ago:
Yes, both sides require wedge issues to perpetuate a two party system in which neither has to enact the will of the people if they can campaign on divisive issues that effectovely change nothing.
I did not say both parties were the same.
Republicans are actively marching towards oligarchy, autocracy, and evil.
Democrats have shown they are too cowardly to rock the boat and fight back. As the opposition party they have shown their true colors: ameaningless foil beholden to the same wealthy donor class as those they purport to oppose.
- Comment on Anon watches The Terminator 4 months ago:
Republicans and Democrats. They both require wedge issues to keep us divided and easily steered.
