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- Comment on faen 2 hours ago:
Yeah I only learned it verbally hanging out with the Norwegian family of a friend of mine. I didn’t speak much but I learned to understand quite a bit just from hanging out at their house all the time. And that was in the late 80s. I think I did okay. 😎
- Comment on Little miracles 3 hours ago:
What was the shirt?
- Comment on Weapons trafficking 7 hours ago:
My elementary school childhood home, the fuse box was over the bathtub. And although they didn’t completely make it a shower, it did have a removable shower head on a hose mounted down low so you could use it to rinse your hair etc. You had to be really careful where you sprayed it though.
- Comment on faen 1 day ago:
Jeg snakke ikke Norsk.
- Comment on Something something far-left 1 week ago:
Okay. How close are we to that? How about giving a huge bump to minimum wage and tying increases to inflation, now? Even the Dems aren’t running on this.
- Comment on Something something far-left 1 week ago:
It’s already been built wrong, and redoing those places will take decades and will cost trillions. They have been adding little token projects here or there, but our zoning still doesn’t even require sidewalks or bike lanes for new construction. So honestly we’re generations from it at the pace we’re moving. We could pay living wages now though.
- Comment on Something something far-left 1 week ago:
I know a lot of people around here aren’t a fan of cars, but minimum wage workers need to be able to afford one. And even used cars have gotten crazy expensive. Even if you can find a cheap used shit box it’ll need expensive repairs quickly.
I know there are places where this isn’t true, but where I live, if you don’t have a car, you can’t get to work, the grocery store, or anywhere really. If you try to ride a bike, you will die. If you try to ride an escooter you’ll get ticketed for riding it in the driving lane, and even if it were legal it wouldn’t be an option in the winter when they don’t even clear the whole road of snow and ice. People go homeless before they give up having a car.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 2 weeks ago:
Old nonprofit, old files, continuously maintained for about 30 years now. Tiny staff, not many resources to work on migrating the files. It’s just not a missional priority.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 2 weeks ago:
I’ve never used 365. I use a 2019 purchased version. I refuse to pay subscriptions. But my job has a lot of graphics that were created and are still updated in publisher. I’m sure I can find an alternative, but recreating hundreds of files will be terrible, and it will likely all fall on me. And that’s only like 5% of my job.
- Comment on Easy sell 2 weeks ago:
I guess if you’re playing in a completely dark room, sometimes it’s nice to be able to see the keys by being backlit. I can type the alphabet stuff without looking easily, and most game control keys, but sometimes there are keys you don’t use very often where you kind of want to look to see if you’re hitting the right key. Having a pure white backlight isn’t always great in the dark, and having a bright rainbow isn’t always great either. Having the colors match the color scheme of what’s on your screen, again, completely unnecessary, but I can still see my keys and it matches the vibe. I’ve also only used it a handful of times.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 2 weeks ago:
Microsoft Access and Publisher, the Adobe suite, VR. That’s just the tip of the iceberg of why I can’t completely abandon Windows, yet. I do have a handful of older PCs running Mint though, and I’ll be switching over more. But not all of them.
- Comment on Easy sell 2 weeks ago:
Because they can? It’s kinda cool if you’re in a dark or dimly lit room. Obviously unnecessary. I have used it a few times on my desktop but most of my favorite games don’t have it supported. I also use a gaming laptop for my work because I do some video editing and it overall has good specs. But I don’t even have the RGB turned on for it, it’s just a work laptop to me.
- Comment on Another essential book in your library 2 weeks ago:
Finally, an actual shitpost.
- Comment on Easy sell 2 weeks ago:
If you have a keyboard that works with a major manufacturer’s software, some games have themed color schemes that change in-game to match the game scene you’re in.
- Comment on RIP obsolete tech 2 weeks ago:
I’ve never had a Blu-ray player and at this point I expect I never will.
- Comment on RIP obsolete tech 2 weeks ago:
I still have a big stack of blank CDs and DVDs. I burned a DVD late last year. I don’t think I’ve hit my last time yet. But maybe.
- Comment on Generational differences 3 weeks ago:
Gen x my weed was brown from a brick and mostly seeds and stems.
- Comment on A completely useful compulsion I have. 3 weeks ago:
I have! I’d have to buy three of them though just to cook a small breakfast for the people sleeping in my house tonight. I’m usually making breakfast for six.
- Comment on That's only fair 3 weeks ago:
I’ve already had a vasectomy. You don’t have to cut them all the way off.
- Comment on A completely useful compulsion I have. 3 weeks ago:
I’ve never seen a pack smaller than 2x3. I buy at least two dozen a week.
- Comment on At least 4,500 Americans per year die from hydroxyl acid exposure 3 weeks ago:
Nice story bro.
- Comment on Oblivion remake is... really making it apparent how outdated Bethesda is in its approach to making games 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ll definitely buy it, but I’m a patient gamer. It needs to be really cheap on a steam sale. I’ve played the original. I can wait.
- Comment on Choose a number, 1-5! 4 weeks ago:
I hate all of them but many people seem to like number two, but that is decisively the worst. I literally just bought twelve forks from a discontinued line because I had a few of them and they are the best forks ever. There are few things better than a great fork.
- Comment on Ingenuity 4 weeks ago:
I close the door when I’m using the toilet.
- Comment on TIL about dating 4 weeks ago:
Spring is very unpredictable in many places. Could be freezing, could be hot. Could have terrible damaging storms. Maybe all three in the same day. I’d go with October 2nd.
- Comment on floats away in disgust 4 weeks ago:
Not only is it AI, but also floating away in disgust is actually a reaction.
- Comment on I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device gatekeeps my gender 5 weeks ago:
Yeah that makes sense, I doubt they’re designed to handle the weight of a grown man, even a fit one.
- Comment on I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device gatekeeps my gender 5 weeks ago:
That’s what I was going to say. Kids shoes are cheaper.
I’m 5’10" with a size 14 shoe, and it’s frustrating because they stop making half sizes above 12 which means it’s often difficult to find a good fitting shoe. I also have a 6’5" wingspan so shirts always either have too short of sleeves, or they are way too long on the torso.
- Comment on In heat 5 weeks ago:
I was okay with keyword results. If you knew what you were dealing with in the search engine, you could usually find what you were looking for.
- Comment on In heat 5 weeks ago:
It been a downhill slope that just keeps getting steeper. They’re basically falling off a cliff right now, and their parachute is improving AI.