SolSerkonos

@SolSerkonos@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds on a ridiculous job performance metric at tech companies and the prominent figure responsible for it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t trying to suggest that it would be impossible- it’s obviously not. Just that it would be a difficult adjustment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds on a ridiculous job performance metric at tech companies and the prominent figure responsible for it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, Japanese is written right to left, top to bottom. Traditionally, at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds on a ridiculous job performance metric at tech companies and the prominent figure responsible for it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine trying to read that tho. Suddenly English is formatted vertically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there an actual picture of Mohamed or painting that we can view? Without pissing off all of Islam?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a very interesting read, thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just didn’t realize the distinction. TIL, thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you explain what you mean? I never played TA, but being able to queue commands is pretty common in RTS games. Did TA have some kind of system to further facilitate that, or was it just taken to an extreme?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British plugs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And off of them if you fuck up, I’d imagine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British plugs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lovely, I’m glad there’s more than one of these hellplants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British plugs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  An actual answer: you very quickly learn to pull in a way that prevents your fingers from slipping onto the prongs

  …Do you, though? Because this thread is the first time I’ve considered this as a problem- which I agree it could be better designed in general but especially for child safety purposes- and I’ve been around American plugs my entire life. I’ve never been shocked, unless we’re counting the time I grabbed an electric fence because I was an idiot teenager being goaded by other idiot teenagers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British plugs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always heard them called sand spurs, and they’re the devil. Nothing in nature needs to be that sharp, ffs.

  At least chestnuts have the decency to be really localized and large, despite being spikey balls of evil. These little fuckers are miniature, everywhere, and can hide in carpet for a solid six months before you notice them the one time you decide to go barefoot.

  I’m so glad we don’t have these where I live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the time, Marilyn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s exactly my point, though. I don’t know their marriage, I’m not their friend. What they have going on isn’t my business. I don’t know if Jackie Kennedy even wants me to be offended on her behalf, or if she’s perfectly happy being his wife while he goes full on fuckboy.

  Maybe he’s cheating, maybe they have an open marriage, maybe he’s not built for monogamy and she’s fine with that because she gets to be first lady. It’s not my business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the time, Marilyn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true- hypocrisy is a bad look.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the time, Marilyn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just don’t care, personally. Infidelity is the kind of thing that makes me go, “that’s kinda not cool, but you do you.”

  I don’t know what JFK and Jackie had going on- maybe they had screaming fights on the regular over it, or maybe they were both explicitly on board with him fooling around. Their marriage ain’t my business.

  As long as everyone involved is of age and consenting, I largely don’t care who politicians are fucking past the memes being funny occasionally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨forbidden dots⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, shit. You’ve got me there ngl.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨forbidden dots⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  People always talking about how extremely hot metal looks tasty.

  I’m an amateur blacksmith. Glowing metal looks like pain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capcom doubles down on its decision to go pay-per-view during the Street Fighter League despite the fact that nobody really likes it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rainbow Six Siege has had a pretty strong competitive scene for pretty much the entirety of it’s lifespan- it’s definitely fluctuated a bit in popularity, but every Invitational has had the same prize pool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best general ebook reader for Android?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha, I didn’t remember what I used so I grabbed my phone to try Librera FD, and realized I already use it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG asking for more donations from gamers with the new GOG Patrons program⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a weird limitation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Existential Questions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The answer is always ’no’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THEY'RE EVOLVING⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m ngl I also got told that and believed it. I don’t really feel very gullible since I’ve never actually been stung by one? Even destroying their nests doesn’t seem to make them aggressive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lara Croft is a Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not parody, but still amusing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lara Croft is a Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve discovered ludonarrative dissonance!

  I’ve always thought it was funny how fast she goes from crying over a deer she had to kill to remorseless murdering machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨proof of wormholes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody would’ve heard paracetamol, but you’d probably get some hits with acetaminophen. Not a lot, to be clear, but some.