MrPoopyButthole

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

100% Has happened many times. Often those things are later re-discovered. But who knows?

How many reporters around the world have had a car spontaneously explode, or suffered sudden-onset jumpeez near a window?

How many scientists and researchers have had significant breakthroughs or discoveries about hazards of waste or energy efficiency, only for their work to suddenly be labeled falsified and personal reputations dragged through the mud?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So what, you can just teleport back!

Easily made up for by the ability to cut transportation time from tardiness.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (13 children)

The Logitech G604 has been my champion

https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036534033-Getting-Started-G604

It's immediate predecessor definitely felt more rugged, in terms of build quality, but it's still the only mouse I can use.

At first the price will probably be listed high, but they go on sale all the time. I gotten mine and its previous model somewhere between $40-$60.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/615496/logitech-g-g604-lightspeed-wireless-gaming-mouse

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love it when companies think the (often invented) number of pirated copies has any meaningful correlation to lost revenue.

My girlfriend and I have one Nintendo Switch. We share it. But the only modern Nintendo games I play are the Legend of Zelda series. Since Breath of the Wild, when a new one came out, we'd buy it right away, and then I'd end up placing a copy on my PC to play so we could play together.

If Nintendo thinks I'm gonna buy a game twice just to play at the same time as my partner, when we only have the one console, think again. If Nintendo thinks someone who only likes one game is gonna buy a whole second console, they're out of their minds.

What I do own is a Steam Deck, because Steam is a platform first and I can play my games on my fancy PC at home and on multiple devices. My Steam Deck can even play non-steam games great too!

The second Nintendo makes a PC store that let's me play their games on my other hardware, I'll start buying that second copy of all our games solely for the convenience of it. Until then they can suck an egg.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Depends on length. Fun fact: in most Spanish-speaking countries, only the first letter of the first word is capitalized for things like movie titles and posters. Learning that really made me think twice about how trigger-happy I get with capitalization.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I always felt like Flowers For Algernon was such a compelling book and the only movie i know of is one of the worst things I've ever seen. You would think it was a comedy based on that movie.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Damn, even after his sick new sneaker line?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Robin Williams had a degenerative neurological disorder and didn't want to live through the decline. Common misconception as media speculation was "funny man sad" long before the family shared any details.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Steven Universe makes it look so easy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd have to agree that anger isn't usually it's own emotion, it's a specific expression of fear or sadness. There are always exceptions I think, but usually there's more to it.

My favorite thing is to express those things through humor. It's not for everybody. If you're not funny enough you can just sound like an idiot or an asshole, as I can. Other times it enables you to attack the root of the problem in a digestible way that doesn't make a person feel attacked.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I keep thinking how great it would be if the federal government made a central server system to access digital content for free via taxes.

All public domain and publicly funded research and content, all in one place. Could also host owned content for people/entities and pay out royalties automatically based on consumption.

There are ways to make this fairly affordable to everyone via taxes, but maybe the big opportunity is it could also allow companies to train AI on all the data for a fat, but fair subscription. The value of that could easily pay for enough to shrink any tax costs for the public.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

I hope they both go down when Team Rocket hears about this

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