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- Comment on You can only bring back one. Which do you choose? 5 days ago:
An obligatory “Fuck Blockbuster:” They sucked compared to the local rental shops.
- Comment on If you have cut off mainstream music streaming, how do you discover new music or artists and songs like what you're listening frequently? 2 weeks ago:
Listenbrainz is an open-source alternative to Last.fm: listenbrainz.org
But I’ve used Last.fm for 20 years so I definitely recommend it.
- Comment on How to get rid of swollen batteries? 3 weeks ago:
Start with your city and parish, do either of them run a household hazardous waste recycling center? These places will take chemicals, batteries and other dangerous materials so they don’t end up in the landfill. Sherveport is hosting a dropoff day on July 26: www.shreveportgreen.org/community-garden-2-2-1
Also look and see if any local recycling centers will take them. We also have electronic/e-waste collectors in my area.
- Comment on Is it weird I sleep with an old blanket I've had since I was a young girl? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve kept a blanket for 20 years. I remember when I bought it at a department store with my mom before I went off to college. It’s the perfect thickness and texture for me to sleep with. The nostalgia is an added bonus for a really comfortable blanket.
- Comment on Time has to be a flat circle there is no other explanation 4 weeks ago:
Apple in 2001:
- Comment on Which actor did not have a single bad film? 3 months ago:
Gene Hackman had a pretty good run
- Comment on Which actor did not have a single bad film? 3 months ago:
A shame too because it was such a waste to use Walken and Duran Duran in such a crappy movie.
- Comment on Definitly not a virus 3 months ago:
Do a barrel roll!
- Comment on Thinkpad for the win 3 months ago:
That’s Apple engineering for you: 60 percent of the time it works every time. I grew up with Apple products and the company’s history is lined with head-scratching design choices. It’s been like that since the Lisa.
I like repairable, self-built desktop PCs myself. But for work, the MacBook has been a tank.
- Comment on Thinkpad for the win 3 months ago:
My MacBook survived after I left it on top of my car as I drove off. It was flung off into a pedestrian area at the first intersection and has a nice dent on the corner.
- Comment on Solar noon is the only real noon 4 months ago:
Daylight savings time moves the clock to match sunrise and the time we wake up.
I live in the northern hemisphere and the days are shorter in the winter. The sunrise is 8 a.m. on the shortest day (December 21), while sunrise on the longest day (June 21) is 5:45 a.m.
If I’m a farmer and I get up for my chores at 5 a.m. everyday, it’s nice and sunny in the warmer months. By the time it’s October, I wake up well before the sun so I might as well wait another hour. Lots of people had the same idea. Eventually everyone agreed on a day, called it daylight savings time and figured moving the clocks by one hour was simple enough.
But now it’s the 21st century, we have atomic clocks and most people live in the city but it’s hard to break tradition.
- Comment on 1987 4 months ago:
Yup! Or more specifically, “noon dinner.”
It might be a Midwest farming thing where there are multiple snack times between chores outside. Two generations ago, my family had a quick 5 a.m. breakfast and lunch (or second breakfast) in the morning These weren’t full meals in the traditional sense. Dinner meant coming in and sitting at the table for a prepared meal. Otherwise it was just stopping in the house for a small bite and a drink.
In the afternoon, they had tea time at 3 p.m. (black tea with snack cakes or open-face sandwiches). By evening, there’d be a last big meal (supper) before going to bed.
It was super confusing for me being the first generation that didn’t grow up on the farm.
- Comment on 1987 4 months ago:
Wait until you have family that say that daily meals are chronologically “breakfast, dinner, and supper.”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Mario 3
Chrono Trigger
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
I consider these my top 3 not because they’re the best, but what they meant to me when they released. Each game was so important to me when they came out. Mario 3 and Sonic were so influential because of the gameplay and presentation. Chrono Trigger was my first JRPG and was the first game soundtrack I became obsessed with.
There are a lot more but others include Halo 2, Unreal Tournament, Team Fortress 2, StarCraft, Age of Empires II, SimCity 2000, Link’s Awakening, Wind Waker, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, and Metroid Prime.
