mercano

@mercano@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro, we in an IHOP pancake mix⁩ ⁨⁨53⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Happy Father’s Day!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[politics] ya but, at least Juneteenth still lives! herp-a-derp!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Now we have two summer holidays

  And that’s a bad thing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tidy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s an Iranian Water Pipe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of cringe at suggesting this, but Genshin Impact is if Breath of the Wild used a gatcha payment model instead of $60 up front.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do unannounced games keep “leaking” through Korea’s rating site? It turns out there’s a legal issue that makes it almost impossible to avoid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you think you’re on the borderline between the local equivalents of M and T, and are willing to revise your content to get a more marketable rating, maybe you submit early? I know that’s a thing for movies in the US, as PG-13 movies can attract a broader audience than R. If the ratings board isn’t looking at the final product, though, can they rate it correctly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨there's a Costco at the other end⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, that’s now a cooling pond for a data center.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨d wha⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AI doesn’t see a word as a sequence of letters, they just see it as a pointer to an entry in Words table.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🫡🫡🫡⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They both have a habit of misgendering people. At least the Sontarans do it because they’re a single-gender spices, rather than spite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Fellow of the Ring

  The Tower

  (Sadly, The Return of the King is already singular.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Diamond is Forever

  You Only Love Once

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Octopussy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This post is An All Time High.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Land where⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Russian capsules launch from the Kazack steppe. In the event of a launch abort, like there was in October 2018, you need to have a capsule that can land on land.

  American capsules launch from Florida and fly over the ocean. In the event of an abort, they need to be able to land at sea.

  They both took their abort modes and just made it the standard way to land after a mission.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 miles over the speed limit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In Vermont, at least, there’s a second clue: Standard license plates are green with white print. State cops have dark green plates with yellow writing; town owned vehicles, including police cars, have red & white plates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I guess it's better than XP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL OS/2 has finally been retired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd listen to that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “The Internet wants us to start a podcast so they can listen to us heckle people.”

  “That’s because at our age, no one wants to WATCH us do anything.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i guess lunar eclipse got an update too..⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Discworld have nutters who insist the world is spherical?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An FU to the CBS execs that canceled him for political expediency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam does have an option to hide all of your activity in a certain game, but not to cherry pick certain achievements. I think it’s so you don’t have to broadcast your 235 hours spent 100%ing Kink Simulator to your entire friends list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is exactly why games have achievements for things like making it through the tutorial, completing Act II, or beating the final boss. It lets devs know how far players get through their games before loosing interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interview: ‘Star Trek Voyager: Across the Universe’ Developer On Giving Players “The Weight Of Command”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen in the trailers that the

  Tap for spoiler

  Tuvix

  Scenario is in the game. I’m curious if the developers will have any way to generate statistics about which way players make that decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To demonstrate that people will argue about anything, here's a picture of a ladybug.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you just assume that bug’s gender?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not that limit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a ChatGPT kind of answer. A pattern is recognized, but the meaning isn’t understood.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Form over function⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll need a lucite engine block to show off your shiny new pistons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get that silicussy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  API call girl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids would encourage parents to get gas here so they could see the dinosaurs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The curvy Coke bottle with a screw top also dates this to the mid 90’s or later. Before then, Coke came in a straight sided plastic screw top bottle. The classic curved glass bottles had the pry-off metal bottle caps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨genius⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is called the Jesus nut. It holds the main rotor onto the helicopter. It doesn’t have any redundancy, so if it fails, you’re going to be meeting Jesus in moments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AGDQ 2026 Schedule⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Mario 64 70 Star, 70 Person Relay doesn’t sound like a competitive category, but does sound like fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T2 butter mold⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know now why you fry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spoiler alert⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I imagine mathematicians...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, that’s how we wound up with reverse Polish notation.

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