flynnguy

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[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not really pro-china on much of anything but I agree with them on this. Trump's tariff's are bullshit and he should be called out on them.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

Most (all?) of the board game manufacturing is done in China. The equipment to make the boards is all made in China. Even if manufacturers wanted to manufacture in the US or elsewhere, they would have to import the equipment in from China which would be subject to tariffs and be a significant up front cost.

A lot of manufacturers have come out and said this will be bad for the industry as a whole. Underdog games is already having layoffs, Final Frontier Games is shutting down and is blaming CMON as the final nail in the coffin. I don't think they were doing well in the first place but I'm sure tariffs didn't help.

Sleeve Kings has an interesting article on the tariffs which claim 70% of their business is US based and 100% of their manufacturing is done in China. Their tariffs went from 0% in December to currently 104%. Stonemaier games has a good article called The Math of Tariffs which outlines a lot of issues. Cephalofair Games has a good article on backerkit titled Tariffs & Tabletop.

There's so many articles like this, I could go on but I think you get the point. The US is a huge market and costs in the US are going to rise or people aren't even going to try. A lot of board games are already expensive, slap a tariff on them and they are out of reach for a lot of people and they will look elsewhere. And all this is just on manufacturing, this isn't even starting on what's going on with local retailers.

This will also affect people outside of the US because the US is such a huge market. I think initially you might see shipments destined for the US go elsewhere to avoid the tariffs but then things will start to dry up.

I hope these tariffs go away but if they don't, I think you'll see the used market increase. Personally I have a big wall of shame so I have a bunch of games I've never played so sitting out the next 4 years shouldn't be a problem for me but I don't think I'll like what happens on the other side of things.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

There's a whole darknet diaries episode 153: Bike Index where he basically talks about stolen bikes being sold on Facebook and Facebook doesn't seem to care. They can't get the facebook pages shut down and this guy continues to sell stolen bikes on Facebook.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 59 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This is sure to help food prices go down! /s

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He flared the wrong way... he was supposed to bring the nose of the plane up, but he got it confused with the wing.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago

Tori Amos commented on the allegations:

And if the allegations are true, that’s not the Neil that I knew, that’s not the friend that I knew, nor a friend that I ever want to know. So in some ways it’s a heartbreaking grief. I never saw that side of Neil. Neither did my crew. And my crew has seen a lot.

Gaiman is the godfather to one of her kids and apparently she was pretty close to him. If she didn't know, I feel like Terry Pratchett wouldn't have known either. This isn't like with Epstein where association implies knowledge of what was going on. After reading all that I have on the allegations, I'm comfortable believing that Pratchett wouldn't have known anything about the alleged sexual assault and if he knew anything, it was that Gaiman was known to sleep around... consensually... with adults. (Because apparently this seems to be known among people close to him... including that he and Palmer allegedly had an open marriage)

So unless further info comes out that indicates otherwise, I will continue to enjoy Pratchett's works.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago

Freeze your grapes... wash them and pull them off the stem and lay them on a baking sheed in the freezer. Grapes will last longer and they taste good frozen.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

https://www.seriouseats.com/pressure-cooker-chicken-stock-recipe

tl;dr: 45min on high, let natural release, skim off fat. When it's done I just strain it and then let it cool and then freeze it.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Also a pressure cooker works really well for making stock.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 35 points 9 months ago (4 children)

One time I went to buy a power tool that was on sale at Home Depot. I did the self checkout and the sale did not ring up correctly. I got one of the employees attention and they just told me there was nothing they could do, whatever it rings up as is the price and they can't change it. No amount of pointing at the massive sale sign would change that.

So I put it back and bought it from an online site that was having the same sale. Fuck Home Depot... Since then I go out of my way to not shop there.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Same with firefox

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