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- Comment on why not all laptops and PCs charging/working via usb c yet,instead of whatever bs charger they make? 14 hours ago:
I have a not-that-old work laptop with a single usb-c charge port (for the dock) and the connection sucks. Thankfully that one also has a barrel port for power only.
I hate that my new one is usb-c only. I’m moving between locations often enough that long-term durability is a concern having to plug/unplug that one all the time. I’d much rather it was an extra few mm thicker and have a charge port I’ll never have to worry about.
- Comment on Cows are magnetic and it's about time we accepted that 6 days ago:
Have you ever magnetically levitated a cow? If not, then however magnetic they are, it’s less magnetic than frogs.
- Comment on Slingshot is a nice detail 😁 1 week ago:
She’s hot, but there’s just too much pressure to make it work.
- Comment on A Utah city is removing raised traffic-calming measures on a busy road after backlash from residents 1 week ago:
Citation? All I can find is that they ended mandates in April 2021, but nothing about a ban.
- Comment on Video games are losing the "attention war" to gambling, porn, and crypto, according to industry report 1 week ago:
This article should be Exhibit A in any class on “correlation does not imply causation.”
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Gambling was made more accessible in the US because of a SCOTUS case in 2018. Starting later that year, Delaware became the 2nd state to allow sports betting (after Nevada). The list of states allowing access to online sports betting keeps growing, with Missouri the latest to join less than 3 months ago. 39 states now have gambling in some form, with 7 more considering legislation in the next year or two.
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Gaming revenue took off in 2020-2021 because more people were spending all day at home. It has since flattened, or slightly declined as a) pandemic-era games that were written and designed in those tough circumstances turned out poorly. b) gaming company execs thought the gravy train would never end, so set projections too high. c) acquisitions and mergers due to a combination of a) and b) meant massive layoffs and low-effort slop. d) VCs bought up the shells of former successes and accelerated c). Oh look:
A new report by Epyllion, a gaming industry advisory company headed by venture capitalist and market guru
These two things have nothing to do with one another, besides coincidentally happening at roughly the same time.
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- Comment on Multiplayer car games? 2 weeks ago:
Wreckfest 2 is in early access, if that counts as upcoming. Same developer as Flatout 2, so it should feel similar, just more modern.
- Comment on What's with companies naming things "MyNoun"? 3 weeks ago:
Remember a few years back when all new companies were just normal words with (all/most of) the vowels removed?
It’s all fads. Creativity requires more risk than the current environment is willing to accept. So you just do whatever everyone else is doing and call it revolutionary anyway.
- Comment on Overbearing datetime pickers 4 weeks ago:
And they always include the newest year, just in case a 5-week-old is using the website.
- Comment on Games that have now or will be turned 40, 30, 20 and 10 years old as of 2026 4 weeks ago:
The original Japanese release of The Legend of Zelda was February 21, 1986, making it 40 in just under three weeks.
North American and European releases were in the summer and fall of 1987, though.
- Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets? 4 weeks ago:
I did a pretty extreme weight loss a few years back, and in two months, I lost 20 pounds.
Even that was a bit more than is recommended without strict medical supervision. Two pounds per week is kind of the upper bound of “normal” weight loss. Don’t attempt more without a very, very good reason, and an even better doctor.
- Comment on What would you do if you knew your neighbor was an ICE/DHS agent? 4 weeks ago:
Whatever I would do, I most certainly wouldn’t post it on the internet.
- Comment on How do I keep a brand new one of these mats from wanting to keep curling up on the ends? 4 weeks ago:
You can’t attach it to the floor, but can you use some good double-sided tape or super glue to attach small steel weights to the underside of the corners?
Any home improvement store should have some flat bar. 1/8" or about 3mm should be flat enough to avoid a tripping hazard, but check local regs for commercial properties.
- Comment on How/why does Microsoft teams exist? 5 weeks ago:
There is no market Microsoft won’t half-ass* their way into.
* Purely as an expression. Teams is nowhere near usable enough to give it that much credit.
- Comment on Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975? 1 month ago:
I wonder if they could have been inspired by the writings (and some illustrations) of HP Lovecraft? I’m no lore expert there, but a Beholder wouldn’t be out of place by the side of some of the others.
- Comment on LinkedIn homepage swaps the "sign in" and "create account" buttons depending on whether you're a new or returning visitor 1 month ago:
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind.
- Comment on What would happen to a werewolf in space? 1 month ago:
The ISS orbits at about 400km. The distance to the moon is about 385,000km. From the moon, and especially the sun, the Earth and ISS are basically in the same place, so the phase of the moon doesn’t appreciably change in low earth orbit.
A werewolf on Europa (and others) could be in a full moon much more often. Even on the side facing away from the sun, it may still have plenty of light due to the reflection from Jupiter.
Maybe they would have to hide away from society once per month whenever they turn into a human monster?
- Comment on Why are there so many Christmas songs, yet hardly any New Year's ones? 2 months ago:
And gym memberships.
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 2 months ago:
77 - Iridium is a satellite communications company.
- Comment on After Apple originally announced the first version of Halo in 1999, Xbox apparently called Bungie and said "'Steve Jobs can't have that. We're going to buy you.'" 2 months ago:
The Pippin 2.
- Comment on What OS does the Batcomputer use? 3 months ago:
I imagine at least one modern version of the origin of the Wayne family fortune is through the tech industry. So clearly it would run Wayne-dows.
- Comment on Regulations restricting pay disclosure? 3 months ago:
Some states have required that job postings must include a pay range for the job in question, so since the company won’t post the range, they refuse to hire in those states.
Not a lawyer, but this sounds shady as hell. Also probably not illegal, since they are specifically avoiding the places where it IS illegal.
There are all sorts of (backwards, ignorant) reasons why they may not want to disclose the pay rate, but it immediately puts me into the worst assumption that it’s some sort of bait and switch scam. They can “unofficially” tell you what some people make, or what the mean earnings are (inflated due to a few high earners), to get you in the door, but most people won’t touch that. Like MLM job where you’re responsible for getting your own business. Or where you get a minimum wage base salary and a few people get huge commissions, but most barely scrape by.
- Comment on Anon sees through the lies 3 months ago:
Water: good
Hyperhydration: exists
The dose makes the poison.
- Comment on Anon travels overseas 3 months ago:
It helps when everywhere in that mile radius (and more) is considered walking distance in much of Europe, but Americans would rather drive.
- Comment on Anon escapes from work 4 months ago:
Like the first death in Cube (gore).
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- Comment on How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue? 4 months ago:
There are different answers depending on the end goal.
Mere survival: Isolated human populations have been bottlenecked to as few as a few hundred individuals and survived, IIRC.
A quick search says biologists like to see 25+ breeding pairs to maintain an animal species (if I’m reading that correctly). So 50-100 seems like pretty close to the minimum.
Long-term colony building with full genetic diversity needs a lot more: At least one estimate is as high as 40,000 people. The high number is for Earth-like diversity in the population, and with no need for any overarching breeding program, so it’s really kind of an outlier scenario. That 40k figure can be pared down significantly if you have strict protocols, or accept some loss of diversity.
So anywhere from 50 people to 40,000 people, but the end result will look wildly different at the extremes.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Seize all electronic devices and scan for logged-in accounts, cookies, browsing history, etc.
Depending on the severity of the crime (if NSA gets involved, for instance) there are ways to defeat Tor, anyway. They have historically maintained backdoors (technical and human) into most telecom networks, and can always “ask” ISPs for a ton of information on a suspect.
- Comment on photopea.com now locks out users blocking ads 4 months ago:
If something was previously the right tool for the job, then, despite no apparent changes in the behavior of the user, is intentionally broken by the creator of the tool and is no longer suitable - that is absolutely, 100% worth complaining about.
IMHO.
- Comment on Should 21-23-year-olds be allowed to date older people? 5 months ago:
Who are you delegating to “disallow” such a thing? Like a law?
- Comment on On Jeopardy, does getting the Who/What/Where/When/Why part of the response necessary? 5 months ago:
I can’t speak for the official rules, but I swear I’ve heard “What is…” in times when that’s not the most appropriate response.
It sure feels like “in the form of a question” is more important than if the question itself makes grammatical sense.
