GrindingGears

@GrindingGears@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 29th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I just polished off South Park: The Fractured But Whole. I’m a huge South Park fan, was a day 1 buyer of the Stick of Truth, and went out of my way (on my honeymoon of all things) to buy this game the day it came out. We got home a couple weeks later, I played it for a couple days, got stuck not too far into it, and abandoned it.

  Sometime over the past year or so, I saw it in the Nintendo Switch store for cheap, and thought I’d give it a go again. Picked it back up about a week and a half ago on our Switch 2, and just went crazy with it. It’s as good as Stick of Truth, it’s just a bit more of a slow burn at the beginning. Wouldn’t recommend it on the Switch 2 though, it really chugged in a lot of spots. Not sure if that was the game or the console’s fault.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first basic income for workers impacted by AI has begun sending out $1,000 monthly payments⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  2026’s version of greenwashing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s shitty. We are pretty big cucks up here for that sort of stuff too. Our telecommunications companies pretty much run our country, so it’s only a matter of time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I noticed both yesterday mine is actually working again. I’m in Canada if that makes any difference. But it’s definitely haunting.

  Honestly even ignoring all this for a second, I fucking hate those eero routers. OMFG. They have turned me into a slobbering ragging lunatic on more than one occasion. I just fucking hate routers as a whole, they’ve always been demon devices, but these ones especially can fucking blow up anytime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that what the fuck is causing that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally the best thing that people worldwide can do, is throw their smartphones in the garbage can. Go back to a flip phone, if you must. The timeline sucks, the world sucks, and the common denominator in what’s causing everything to spiral, is what’s in your pocket. Seriously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's literally science⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember when I was a teenager and those things were all the rage (mid 90s). I wanted one just because they were alternative.

  Fast forward a whole bunch of years and I’m pilfering the supply closet at work, and happen to stumble upon a slightly dusty, but functional and genuine OG Microsoft split keyboard. So of course I just had to.

  Let’s just say that keyboard is back collecting dust in that exact same spot. The ergos of it were okish, like your hand naturally rests like that. But even just that little difference of layout messed my muscle memory up way too much. And you are right, hitting some of the function keys was too alien.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tumbler Ridge Shooter Created Mall Shooting Simulator in Roblox⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that this is normal behaviour, and I mean fuck Roblox, as we all know it’s a scuzzy predatory breeding ground. But this constant narrative that video games, or music, or other types of media mediums are to blame after events like this is exhausting. It’s mental.fucking.illness thats to blame here. End of story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next generation Xbox may launch in 2027⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You aren’t getting a processor, graphics card, a motherboard, case and that ram for $699 right now, though. That’s my point. It’s more than double the cost, if not maybe even triple right now. Do you actually get double or triple the value then? Touche on the steam savings (you could even argue pirating - not condoning but just saying it’s an option, to get those savings), but are you going to actually close the gap? PC games tend to be more demanding too, plus as a PC gamer I often find games need a lot more time for optimization and need tinkering, whereas with a console they just sort of work. There’s pros and cons to each for sure, but I’m of the opinion that right now I’m more heavily on the side of the console, at least from a $ value perspective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Next generation Xbox may launch in 2027⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You might need something to happen in the PC world for this to happen. Right now you are looking at about 5 to 6x the purchase price for a PC vs a console. Not saying I disagree with the sentiment, I get it. But I’m also sick of Nvidia and AMD who are also pretty gross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok so, as someone who lives in a different country, should immediately incur what would probably be about a $30k loss because of this? Because of Internet outrage, for a purchase I made, during a time that it looked like Donald Trump was maybe going to jail, and when the CEO of a car company was at that point making public claims that Trump confused him and he didn’t like him?

  I mean yeah since, the guys a donkey. I’m not buying another one. They haven’t seen a cent from me since all this went down.

  But I’m also not incurring a loss like this, because of the trash United States. The US has been full of enslaving white trash since like what, 1776? What’s really changed here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So someone who owns a Tesla supports him automatically?

  I mean if we are painting with this brush, are you also going after people who own Fords and GMs? Because they are kissing the ring pretty hard too…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore (video) (enshittification of computer repair)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have pretty much the same ram in mine, and I think I put 128gb worth of it in there for less than this (if that’s priced in USD)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like I tell everyone else that gets harassed, sexually or non-sexually: go tell a lawyer, not HR.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend is buying a new PC and he is deciding between air cooler and AIO, which should be get?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a little out of the loop these days, and I’m not sure this applies to the newer x3d chips, so grain of salt. But I have a 5800x3d, and took the time to undervolt it (each core separately) after getting it, and it runs a whole bunch cooler without losing any performance. I have AIO on mine, but it’s generally overkill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨get it Mildred⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Old ladies just have absolutely zero filter, especially grandmas. They can be the sweetest old ladies, yet they ain’t having any of your shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Case for a Public Social Media Platform [33:27]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yet there’s like 14 people here on the fediverse, where this issues been largely solved.

  It’s growing, and I don’t really want the herds and their mindrot either, but it’s the way of the future. Look at the god damn situation we find ourselves in, for example. That’s almost solely to be blamed on social media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m nostalgic for it, but at the same time, I’d be nostalgic for 3.5 seconds if I used one again. People tend to forget how frustrating those devices could be too. I had several iterations of the blackberry, and everyone of them came with a lot of quirks that modern phones just don’t have. Sure, I sort of miss the tactile feel of buttons, but it was also a lot of work punching out long emails on them, and pocket lint did a real number on those things too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m of the opposite opinion. I’m tired of dashboards just absolutely smothered in Technicoloured buttons. I much prefer the touchscreen where everything is centralized. I find it less distracting, personally.

  Cars are a very intimate personal thing though, and I understand others frustrations with it. Guess I’m the outlier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster of 2025: Endless subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My garage door keeps trying to sell me a subscription so it will work with my car. My garage door! Where does it end!?!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s what we all want. Id be front of line for what you described too.

  I’m really paying close attention to those Telo Trucks, but they are a long way from market (if they make it, we’ve been here before, so many times now).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox banned in Russia for hosting LGBTQ+ content⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really struggling to think of if this is a bad thing, in actuality. I mean the premise, obviously yikes, but this inadvertently also might be the best thing Russia has done for their youth in years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And actually as a correction, I think it was Love Connection and Married with Children when that commercial was on, and not the Simpsons. Regardless, Frankie and Johnny are internationally immortal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is, and the funny thing is, I’m actually Canadian. That commercial used to be on during the Simpsons, it was an affiliate channel they used to broadcast into Canada.

  Although I did happen to visit NOLA a couple of years ago for work, and had a great time. I even thought of Frankie and Johnny and was prepared to go, as I figured my sister would get a kick out of a selfie in front of the store. Unfortunately I found out it wasn’t there anymore :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like the special man says:

  Lettahaveeeeeem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokemon Legends: Z-A || Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So it’s a piece of shit for sure?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨negativity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You present a valid argument.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨negativity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. But I tear into them like a degenerate, not totally proportioned quarters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨negativity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s up with those pancake cutting lines? Who cuts a pancake into quarters? Is this normal? Am I the abnormal one for not doing this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is now blocking NSFW updates for published adult-only games, according to a raunchy RPG developer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At some point even visa is going to back off though. I wonder how much money goes through Steam? Maybe if them and some other orgs band together and say fine, we won’t accept Visa or MasterCard at all then, there’s going to be some hell to pay. This can go both ways. Lots of third parties would be caught in the crossfire too, like order payment processors.