mudmaniac

@mudmaniac@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Asian Americans in the US more likely or less likely to get harassed by law enforcement compared to other racial groups?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I went thru immigration, I made small talk about what my college’s Football team was up to that year. I HATED football. But my roomie was a fan and he always gave me a tl;dr I could recite in under a minute.

  Holy hell I was always the fastest Asian guy thru foreign immigration at LAX.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Asian Americans in the US more likely or less likely to get harassed by law enforcement compared to other racial groups?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Me and my roommate in college come from Southeast Asia. I’m of Chinese descent with lighter skin and he is darker skinned, more indicative of Southeast Asian natives ie Indonesia, Thailand, Phillipines.

  We went to college in Texas. While he was out with a bunch of our fellow countrymen, they got stopped because the cops thought they were “behaving suspicious” while driving. But quite obviously it’s because they looked Mexican. While waiting for one cop to search the vehicle, my friend put his hands in his pockets, and the cops immediately had their hands on their pistol holsters. HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM.

  This was before 9/11. We both moved back home and found work here. Being a damn good engineer, he was given a contract job in Texas for a couple years, in the 2010s. He was asked by his bosses if he wanted to stay on for good, but he turned it down. Without elaborating, he told me, THINGS HAD GOTTEN WORSE.

  As for me? Nothing much, just was called a COMMIE and asked where my little red book was. I think now they would shoot me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Linux Mint hides and automates a little too much for my liking. Arch should be within my skill lvl but most days I don’t want to be tuning the suspension while the vehicle is moving. Endeavour seem the right cup of tea for someone who has grown up using DOS and terminals and still retains the ability to touch type at 50wpm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For a desktop PC I’m trying Endeavour OS. Feels quite good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m hopelessly addicted to gatcha. When I saw this I bought Balatro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SHAME.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Time for killer T cell completion: 10 days. Time for virus to turn your lungs into mush: 4 days.

  “Sure thing there buddy! Good luck! Mind if I borrow your lawn mower? I’ll get it back to you next time I see you!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft made me sign in on their Xbox Accessories app to update the firmware on my controller⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For earnest reasons? 8bitdo does firmware updates to improve stability and latency, and fix features broken when Xbox, or Nintendo update something on their consoles. All using a stand alone app that just phones home and downloads the latest firmware payload for ALL its controllers without any login.

  Microsoft however, may push some bullshit does nothing update simply to make you sign into their app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is overwatch 2 really that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Used to be that 5 out of 6 on the team could be dead but the 6th was a Mercy with her ult charged. She swoops in and pulls off a hail Mary 5 man resurrection that totally wrecks the opposing team.

  Or Lucio was able to speed rush an entire team onto point with a well times speed buff.

  Those kinds of whacky plays kept even the most skilled players on their toes.

  They patched all that out of the game in the first year or two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever wrote this headline has never encountered a passenger train before in their lives⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Apple Way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favorite controller?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love this little buddy too. So much so I replaced the ABXY silicon contact pad with replacements from their official website. I love that they sell spare parts, I hate that they gouge me on shipping. So I bought 6 ABXY and 6 crosspad and still have 5 each remaining.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most important map⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Much better than Nestle. Cornetto chocolate cone taste like Chocolate. Nestle chocolate taste like ice with a little milk colored brown.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I like this text. In which Lemmy community can I best share it ? Thanks.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Best to end it while you are still “Master of your Domain”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: the largest piracy community is blocked from lemmy.world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly its a major case of “But all my stuff is here”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All 50 states with the same naming convention as West Virginia⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Country Road… Take me home…

  To the place… I belong…

  …

  Fuck it I’m moving to Canada.