AmazingAwesomator

@AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A tale of two shires⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  the first “R” is silent in worcester. ye olde english strikes again!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  company ruins life of employee: stonk

  employee ruin company: immediate imprisonment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human geography⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i was so confused when i visited a friend in kentucky and they were talking about the lightning bugs and how pretty they are.

  they were dumbfounded when i had never heard of them; they talked for the rest of the day about how much awe i would he in once i saw them.

  … they were fireflies. i had to pretend like it was the most amazing thing i had ever seen because i told them i hadnt even heard of them before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that didn't work out as planned⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  good point; i was thinking school bus. he could also have a stable job ensuring everyone has transportation in his community. still kinda hot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that didn't work out as planned⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  so he has a stable job that helps children (and by proxy their families) with daily life. that sounds pretty hot to me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Master of Orion 2
  Lords of the Realm 2
  Caesar 3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windows⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  if a game company doesnt support me, then i dont support the game company.

  fomo is hard to get over at first, but after missing out and realizing its nbd you will realize that companies attempting to enforce behavior you disagree with will no longer be able to hold you hostage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The glasses let users listen to music, take photos or videos, and ask Meta AI questions…

  so… there is no benefit to wearing them.

  i would love a new technology that does something groundbreaking (though only if it has an open source equivalent; im not buying anything from facebook), but this doesnt seem like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  this is heartwarming - the spanish inquisition refers to the checkout counter as a person <3

  welcome to living, computers. your friends, the spanish inquisition

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warner Bros. Games is working on another live-service game, despite Suicide Squad flop⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  dear warner brothers games,

  what is the end of life plan for this game?

  sincerely, everyone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did you decide what you generally wanted to do with your life?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  through k-12 i wanted to be a pilot because my grandfather flew a plane as a hobby.

  in college, i bounced between pilot, music composition, auto mechanics, musical theatre.

  dropped out of college and did hairnet & nametag jobs for a while and asked my uncle to get me a gig as an associate PA for movies (but he wouldnt even return my call).

  a friend of mine worked for a video game company and said he’d hire me to be on the phones because i just needed work, so i decided to do that for a year or two…

  i worked at that company for 14 years moving from customer service to QA to software engineering. now working as a software engineer for a boring non-game company.

  its not necessarily what i want to do, but it pays the bills and i dont mind being bored with it for another 23ish years until i retire.

  #adulthood :/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's got the morbs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i got the morbs.

  i got the monster morbs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the story in your field? Here's mine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  aaahhh, someone else in QA, i see. hello! : D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨im frend :(⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  dont know if there is that kind of social system on lemmy, but feel free to message me - i could go for a chat : D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨im frend :(⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  seems like this was the perfect opportunity to make a new friend <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to play games from GOG and Epic Games on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  lutris definitely takes the cake when it comes to customizability, but i consider it a bit hard on the UX… especially for new users.

  i always recommend Heroic first, and if there are problems then one can use lutris (or bottles in really bad situations) as a backup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ~1,900 jobs today, even. :/

  gotta make sure phil spencer gets his bonus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincerely, your literally poorest europoor.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  from the poorest euro poor… who probably has free healthcare and a safety net D :

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA CEO Andrew Wilson got a nice pay bump last year, while the company's workers earned less on average⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i also heard about this cool new thing. its blue…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  its prenatal, not pre-covid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using Signal groups for activism⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  use signal to safely organize, but remember to faraday cage your phone before you leave. no proof that you were there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Order of magnitude is a hell of a drug⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  honestly, my rust comment was mostly a joke; rust is great for it, but its readability is really bad. i’m not a huge fan of writing/reading it, just using it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Order of magnitude is a hell of a drug⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  [glares in rust]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Order of magnitude is a hell of a drug⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  as an engineer, a lot of languages (even proprietary ones) have a built-in constant pi variable because it is so ubiquitous - its easier and more readable to use pi than 3…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  usually a band plays for ~30-45m - enjoying music time - and ~15m-1h (depending on the setup for that night) of downtime for chatting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  as one with limited mobility, i have made friends at the local, extremely small, music venue. tickets at the door are $20, beer is cheap, and everyone is super friendly.

  because its a small place, the owner lets me take a chair with me when i am going to one of the stages that has no seating (i use a cane; its hard to stand for long periods). i usually sit next to the merch tables, and the friends of the bands usually strike up conversation.

  this is a suuuuuper small place. it has 2-3 stages (depending on the night), but they are really close together, so only one band at a time can play (two stages are outside because the building is so small). even if its not music, go to really small local places that get decent crowds - they are a lot more personable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please Don't Preorder This...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  there isnt a limited stock; these are digital goods. there is no point in preordering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is that the moon? Or just some light that lights this dead end street?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  that is no moon…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who are you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i’m the person that understands the conflict of interest between companies and the creation of their own expiration dates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft starts testing  ‘Hey, Copilot!’ in Windows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  can we change its name to “why the fuck would microsoft…”

  every time i complain aloud while on my work computer i’ll get answers