lordnikon
@lordnikon@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why are ghosts never racist? 3 minutes ago:
I like to think they observe and change with the times. Kind of grow in death.
- Comment on Why can computers, like even very old laptops can seemingly get OS updates forever, while mobile devices hardly get a few years of updates before getting stuck out of date? 2 days ago:
Because they are incentivizing us to buy new phones. It’s not a technical reason it’s a capitalism reason.
- Comment on How do I start a crypto wallet 2 days ago:
Oh so it’s guess there is at least one stupid question. The only way to make money with crypto is to scam people by rug pulling. So the real question you are asking is how do I scam people for a secondary income.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike 2 days ago:
I agree on GoG, buying physical only gets you the broken unpatched game they shipped. Steam i feel okay with since they are a private company and not all their games are DRMed and it’s clearly marked if they are.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 2 days ago:
Thanks you, this is a great idea, I really like this one. I am concerned though that my crutches would limit my improv versatility.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike 3 days ago:
It’s more the trend of i have seen in the tech space of a deal too good to be true. A tech company taking a loss to gain marketshare and drive out competition on price or flat out buy them then when they have cornered the market drive up the price for insane profits and customers have no choice because you effectively become the platform.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike 4 days ago:
Yeah I agree with you on thinking of it as a new game fly. The problem I have is MS’s plan is to make gamers comfortable with only renting games by making it cheap then when there is no other option. They jack up the price.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike 4 days ago:
You will own nothing and love it
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
This is very cool. I think I have seen some people that do this at the Scarborough Ren Fair down here.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
Thanks dude, i will im used to the overtly hostile people. It’s the people that don’t even realize they do it that kills me. Because that’s not them being assholes that’s the systematic bias built by our society as a whole.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
Oh that’s cool i guess i didn’t think of it as live music only. I was picturing a place where they blast a DJ or playlist way to loud between bands playing.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
Yeah it’s a good plan if you can do it. But with moving around allot I don’t really have those old friends in the area. It’s regretful now but as a teen and up to my early twenties. I was of a mind set I’m just going to move in a few years anyway might as well stick to myself. I was that kid in high-school that just did his work didn’t bother anyone. Then just disappeared without you really noticing him. You might have asked to barrow a pen in class.
- Comment on Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest Performances 4 days ago:
I love the idea of Garak reading that and being disgusted at being called part of the military. The obsidian order looks down on the military as Guileless Brutes.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
That’s interesting how do you get to know people? Doesn’t the music make it hard to hear people? I feel like in that scenario i would go listen to music and have a good time but would still be alone in a crowd.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
Yeah i so get you dude. It’s funny you bring up being British. I’m half English and have the same problem when I go to cons. Like I went to the local Vintage Computer Festival South West. People were nice but just could never get anyone make the jump to genuine connection.
Being on crutches I think puts it on hard mode. As people ether consciously or unconsciously just don’t want to deal with disabled people. I feel that is less an issue in the UK but in the states most people are down right hostile sometimes to disabled people.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
Yeah unfortunately most of my interests are stuff that are done solo. Im also not sure if those interests became my interests because i have been solo most of my life. Moved around allot as a kid. That’s why I want to bridge out to new things.
- Linux
- Comic books
- Reading novels
- Electronic Engineering
- Video Games
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 days ago:
This one is interesting as don’t you need friends already to play?
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- Comment on Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments? 4 days ago:
See this is good stuff and I try the asking questions about them even though I have not mastered not sounding like an interrogation. My biggest struggle is the how to kick off the conversation with a stranger without seeming creepy or imposing in their bubble.
How do you figure out if someone wants to chat? This can be even harder if the other party is a woman. As we all know what hell they go through and I’m not talking about wanting to chat with them to pick them up but just make new friends.
- Comment on How to buy a twin flat sheet for the bottom 6 days ago:
I even pulled my tag off my mattress. Im still keeping an eye out for warrent.
- Comment on Should I apologize to this person? 1 week ago:
The answer to this could be just write a letter like a real one on paper. Say your peace, send it and if they reach out after great. If they throw it in the trash, well you made the effort and can put it behind you.
- Comment on How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years? 1 week ago:
I hear you and if you keep up with the free games from gog epic and prime gaming giveaways. It never stops growing.
- Comment on How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years? 1 week ago:
Yeah i have 4 categories in steam
- Beaten - games I have completed
- want to complete - my real backlog
- can never complete - for games that don’t have a real end like mmos or multi-player only games.
- Dead Games - for games that no longer work anymore because the publisher shut down the servers. This is a reminder to not buy these kind of games in the future.
I also add non steam games like Playstation and Switch games as shortcuts to a desktop files named after the game that point to nothing. Then add it to the categories to track.
- Comment on Why do americans assume they invented the internet? 1 week ago:
DARPA invented TCP/IP and AT&T, IBM and DEC were the first to implement it as a standard. The world wide web was developed in the UK though.
- Comment on Michael B. Jordan Did the Impossible — In an era of mounting crises, the "Sinners" star got people off their couches and into cinemas for an original film 2 weeks ago:
It’s almost like if you have a director and star that have a had a string of good movies. People will show up to the next one regardless if it’s a franchise or not.
- Comment on Am I weird for avoiding flying on prop planes, and only fly on jets? 2 weeks ago:
I mean that style of plane is better for the environment. I would understand a small like 4 seat prop plane. But jets have no better chance of staying aloft than an ATR-72. As long as they are maintained at the same level as the jet.
- Comment on Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not? 2 weeks ago:
Yum tasty cardboard is back on the menu. /s
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
They are ment to listen to the people in their state and put forth bills or amendments to bills to help the people of their state they represents.
What really happens is they enrich themselves with insider trading and do stunts to keep their name in the headlines even if it hurts people they represent. The reason this works is journalism is effectively broken where it’s all about sensationalism vs actual truth. So they more crazy the stunt the more your name is out there.
They put forward amendments and bills that were written for them by corporations that donate to their campaigns / lobby=bribe.
The reason it works is the vast majority of people ether vote because their party affiliation is wrapped up their personal identity or vote for the name they last heard. Also the vast majority of people don’t vote at all. So they are not incentivized to actually represent.
- Comment on Shout Studios have uploaded What We Left Behind to YouTube. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah Terry Matalas has gone on record that he was more concerned about how to get from one reference and cameo and how much of a struggle it was to craft a story around that.
- Comment on Shout Studios have uploaded What We Left Behind to YouTube. 2 weeks ago:
Or beter yet having a new story with new characters. So the universe doesn’t feel liked it can fit in a small living room in a NYC apartment.