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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would add Neil Newbon to the list that really stood out. I thought his acting through the end of Astarion’s quest line was the best in the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know people hate the idea of console exclusivity, but without it, that’s what really killed the Xbox for me. I’ve got a gaming PC and a PS5 (not Pro), and I could afford an Xbox Series X if I really wanted to. I simply don’t know of any games on the platform that I want and can’t get somewhere else.

  And that’s not coming from a reflexive Microsoft hater. I had an OG Xbox (and loved the old Duke controller), 360, and One S. I just barely played the latter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I wouldn’t suggest it be your only approach, but they do work in some cases. I’m poly and met one of my partners on OKCupid and another on Feeld.

  Dating profiles are like work resumes. They take work and refinement. Not getting responses? Try tweaking your profile and changing your profile pics. I find apps that don’t let you put more than a few minutes into your profile are a waste of time because you simply can’t figure out which profiles are real people and which are bots/scammers. I include everything in my profile that might be a common dealbreaker (poly, not religious, child-free, etc) so that anyone who swipes on me has already already filtered into a smaller and better-matched dating pool.

  The other thing that has worked for me is to not chat with a person online for longer than necessary. You need those Once I’m confident that the other person is real and that we have the potential for a connection, I ask if they want to have a quick vibe check meeting. 30-minutes to an hour max, typically over coffee, minimal pressure. Just get that first conversation over with. Let them know you’re a safe person first, then hopefully establish a connection, build up some flirty energy, and schedule a real date on the way out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Faculty, any day⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Wayne, I think we’ve established that “Ca-Caw Ca-Caw” and “Tookie Tookie” don’t work.’

  Ah, I’m glad I was reminded that this movie exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bruh, chill⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s heavily dependent on context. Oftentimes each person commenting in these threads has a different situation in their mind.

  If they’re on your ass on a multi-lane highway and there’s plenty of space for them to pass you AND you’re in the designated lane for slow traffic (eg, right-most lane in the US) then it’s not rude at all. Encourage them to get off your ass and in the meantime, you’re giving both of you more time to react in an emergency.

  If you’re on a two-lane road (ie, one lane per direction) I get wanting to slow down below the speed limit, but really, you don’t know whether that person has a friend bleeding out next to them while trying to get to a hospital, or maybe they are at the boiling point for a road-rage incident with a gun in the glovebox. I maintain a safe speed and if I get to a passing zone, I make a point to slow down for them to make an easier pass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, Steam wasn’t hacked, and your account details are safe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the main concern for periodic password changes is that most people won’t take the time to generate unique passwords each time. They will typically iterate a password over time, meaning a couple leaked passwords will narrow down guesswork to a trivial number of guesses and remove the benefit of the timed changes.

  NIST no longer recommends password expirations except for cases where it is believed that a breach occurred.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And the amount of money I spend on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games will be unchanged this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TFW you open a 160MB math textbook⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to love Mitch Hedberg… I still do, but I used to, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Pre-Order Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved Death Stranding, but anyone else feel like that guy putting on the bandana might have been Kojima making a little dig at David Hayter?

  The character design looks very reminiscent of the MGS Delta materials we’ve seen, and Hayter has been more open lately about how miffed he was when Kojima dumped him for Kiefer in MGS V. That coupled with how much promo work Hayter has been doing for Delta makes me think it wouldn’t be too surprising if Kojima was annoyed with him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lightning bugs!!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My mom grew up in an area of California with no fireflies. When she was a teenager, she went on a cross-country trip with a friend. In the mountains of North Carolina, they were driving along at night when some bugs hit the windshield of their car. They didn’t think much of it… until the bug guts started glowing. Then they screamed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes I don’t put the cart in the corral…

  I take it back into the store because it’s closer than the nearest corral. Or I take my bags out before I go into the parking lot and leave the cart in the lobby cart storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m completely self-taught when it comes to Linux, so I have some obvious gaps in my knowledge. I’ve looked for good write-ups on how Linux folders are intended for use and been unable to find a good resource. Thank you for sharing the official standard name. Reading up on it now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patch this Bish!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s crazy to me that people believe we were “intelligently designed” when our food hole and breathing hole are so close that we can only use one at a time, and that our waste dumping grounds are right next to the amusement park.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the amount of slop saying "wait till the end" is too damn high⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this some New Social Media platform problem I’m too elder millenial to understand?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I buy a game from GOG, it comes with the presumption that I will download the installer in a timely manner and store a copy on my local storage device. Assuming I have good backup practices, that’s really the end of the story. I can build a 100 new computers and install the game I bought on each one. GOG went bankrupt ten years ago? That’s a shame, but my installer works just as well as when they were kicking.

  When I “buy a game” on Steam, I technically get an installer, but Steam isn’t going to help me keep it. Those 100 new computers are going to download that installer a 100 times. And if the 51st install comes around and Steam isn’t around anymore? Or Steam decides not enough people play this game anymore and it no longer makes financial sense to host the installer? Well, at that point I guess I’ll just regret not buying the game on GOG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 156 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  State of Decay is one of my guilty pleasure series. I know it’s got its faults, but I keep going back to it once every couple years or so.

  The standard difficulty just nails that dopamine cycle of grinding and reward, until you’ve got a thriving community that can hold off all threats until the resources in the map are totally depleted and it’s time to move on.

  I could probably get a bit better at the game and tackle the harder modes, but that would up the stress factor and make me more likely to put it back down faster.

  I’m glad Microsoft is dropping their internal releases on competing platforms now, because otherwise I’d probably never play the upcoming third one as a Linux and PS5 player.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Republicans struggling in Swing State Elections?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t comment on the rest, but the NC gubernatorial race is pretty obvious. The GOP nominated an anti-trans blowhard who turned out to also be crooked, perverted, racist, and pro-slavery. He was trailing in the polls before the CNN piece about him.

  The GOP basically set out to find just how low they could go with a candidate and finally found the bar. Black Nazis are apparently that bar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is non-sexual masochism a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, as someone who has been to a number of kink events, I’ll ask, what would you consider sexual? I’ve seen people go heavy into sub space with zero genital stimulation. The subs I see generally play naked, but it’s more about the psychological aspect of being exposed/removing barriers rather than tittilation.

  Whether those subs would argue their experience was sexual or not? I think that really depends on the sub.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remembering the Corrupted Blood incident: That time WoW was overrun by a virtual plague now referenced by Covid-19 researchers⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Corrupted Blood taught us that we needed to add the vital “I’m a malicious/selfish asshole” variable to our calculations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll take two Pedros with a side of Henry⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is Pedro Pascal generally pretty jacked? I remember him looking buff for Game of Thrones and he’s probably getting into Marvel fit for the F4 movie, but it seems like he leans more towards trim or dad bod, depending on the role. I’m thinking of Last of Us or maybe the second Kingsman movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sega sell off studio behind Endless Legend and Humankind as part of "restructuring" - but it goes to the original owners⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like a good move for everyone. If you like the Civ series and have wondered if there was a decent fantasy or sci-fi version, Endless Legend and Endless Space 1 or 2 have you covered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s Crowds Are Dwindling as His Campaign Winds Down | The former president likes to talk about the attendance at his rallies, but empty seats and early exits have grown more common.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That pic was taken at the Dorton arena in Raleigh. I used to go there as a kid to watch minor league hockey games. Now it’s used for livestock shows and the like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Todd Phillips: Movie Theaters Should Ban Commercials Before Films⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think he’s complaining about movie trailers. He’s talking about the Coca Cola and 12 year old M&Ms advertisements that run for 10 minutes BEFORE the theater plug and trailers start.

  When I went to see Deadpool and Wolverine, I think the projector fucked up and we had to watch the ad loop twice. When the movie finally started 25 minutes late, people cheered just to see the Marvel logo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The PS3 also had damn few games to play at launch. If it wasn’t for Sony’s decision to ship it with a BD-ROM drive it probably would have been a total flop. Home theater nerds saved the PS3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Elder Scrolls 6 doomed to fail? I can't see how it will work⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Outer Worlds is way closer to a Fallout spiritual sequel (or beat Starfield to the punch) than an Elder Scrolls game.

  Did they ever fix the reputation system? I managed to instantly piss off an entire city while I was in the middle of it because I accumulated one too many “We don’t like you” points in the middle of a quest. Completely ruined my immersion and was a hard stop for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An important update on Concord⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also don’t buy his take that the game started development in 2016, this is what was big culturally in 2016, and the team just retreated into a bunker until launch and didn’t have any way to course correct.

  That’s not how game development works. I guarantee the headcount for this project didn’t peak in 2016 and stay steady. This was a low-priority item on a few people’s kanban boards for a couple years, probably had multiple starts, dead-ends, and reinventions.

  I have to think Sony saw the writing on the wall, pushed the project out the door because they didn’t think it would get any better barring significant reinvestment, and braced for the impact. I credit them just a tiny bit for not writing it off on their taxes and canning the project like Hollywood has been doing lately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well THAT'S super helpful! 🤦⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine 12 2-liters of soda. It’s a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have downvote arrows in either my browser or Jerboa on Android.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair points, but I can’t participate in this thread because I’m on an instance that doesn’t allow down votes. The up vote solution is at least a bit more inclusive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actors demand action over 'disgusting' video game sex scenes⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think many adult games can afford mocap though. Typically the adult content is purely animated models.