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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm kinda sad to see it enshittify, for gamers and for those who find it fits their actual collaboration use case, but I also really hate the number forum-format communities that Discord has displaced or prevented from coalescing. Discoverability on Discord is terrible, as is having help available long term, as well as older advice and other content that helps newbies get the culture of a community. Even where the functionality exists, the general "real time" transitory feel of it reduces the quality of content and encourages people to be dicks, since it will all scroll by or be forgotten (if streaming) in a few moments anyway.

Horses for courses, and my old-ass X-ennial self thinks Discord has been pressed into service on a lot of courses where it's terrible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ha! I used it TWICE!

Also, to OP, that definitely wouldn't have come OEM on a PC that shipped with Win 98.

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

Mine are the remnants of a vacuum cleaner power cord. There's a lot of copper there, and a lot of rubber between them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

This all feels a lot like any low- or mid-range CAD suite that gets acquired by Autodesk, Siemens, or PTC. Promise enough to avoid a revolt, but start eroding with the next release.

The educational licensing for lock-in is also par for the course. It can be done well (Rhino 3D is legendary for letting small-shop designers use their cheap edu license forever, even commercially), but generally it's just there to maintain the supply of baby drafters and get subscriptions from employers.

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

Well, those are standard MX compatible switches. No big deal to find keycaps, but selection of numpad-only sets is more limited. Any idea what you want, style wise? Do you only want GMK or Signature Plastics or Drop, or are random sets and clones from Amazon/AliExpress okay?

Some of the higher end stuff will sell numpad only, generally for way less than the base kit (to wit...), but a really cheap set will cost the same for the full set, or even potentially a good bit less if you go bargain hunting and aren't picky.

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

Anything that results in less Dabo Swinney in the world is probably not entirely bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Twice that I recall, both while at least mildly ill. Once, in law school, I was late to class and had an assigned seat in the middle of a row, so I was not keen to draw further attention to myself, but I had a rumbly tummy and the bowel wants what it wants. Eventually, despite what felt to me like truly heroic efforts, I did in fact excuse myself, only to find that floor's bathroom was closed. going down a flight of stairs does things to your regular clenching pressure, and by the time I made it to the toilet, "slug of poo" had made its way into my boxers. Damage to the undies was surprisingly mild, but I went ahead and called it a day for the rest of my classes, as I had skipped many times for far less legitimate reasons.

The other time I was just home with the shits and didn't quite make it once. Afterwards I moved my "I'm sick" nest a lot closer to the bathroom for the rest of the day.

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

Any tips on the offending glasses? I live in the path of totality, and I don't want to blind my kid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because I can? LOL.

I do try to make to make boards with layouts that are slightly unique from anything I could buy, just to lie to myself and pretend that I "have to" make them. Latest kick, which simplifies construction in a couple of ways, is making boards that have no key wider than 1.75 "regular" ones. Means I have more real estate to play with and don't need the notoriously noisy "stabilizer" hardware.

The kind of soldering you do with a handwire is also sort of relaxing, like tying fishing flies, except you burn your finger every once in a while.

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

Yes, that's probably about perfect. There are a few human deaths, occasionally with a fair amount of blood, though it's fairly stylized, and part of the lore involves the banal commonness of resurrection spells, so I doubt it would be too traumatizing for a teen. The rest of the gore is non-humans and often almost more like a particularly unflinching cooking show.

There's only a little bit of "nudity," and it's thoroughly PG-13. Then the character interactions and themes are pretty gentle overall, though I guess there's some realpolitik trouble brewing with some of the supporting characters.

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

Well put, and you have a well-chosen user name. :-)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, it was in that exact sweet spot where it was good enough and popular enough that it got to tell its story, but not of such broad appeal that they got pressured to keep it going. I'm sure the theology and philsophy don't hold up, but it was funny and smart and heartfelt and I loved the entire run.

ESPECIALLY being from Jacksonville. :-)

 
 
 

Bob and Steve from the Big Ten Show are back to gloat as their conference demonstrates that it is clearly better than the SEC in all facets of the game.

 
 
 

None of that is on-brand for Star Wars in any way. Yes, yes, "it's a setting," but it's also a style and a tone. Andor was pushing it a little, but fundamentally it was about finding hope and meaning, and being something better than your darkest temptations want you to be. Or, barring that, about sacrifice. I can handle some nuance, but there is nothing interesting to me about the hows and whys of an awful person's efforts to do awful things, or just being scared and seeing death for its own sake.

 

Mizzou coach Eli Drinkwitz and Ohio State coach Ryan Day were on the same team when discussing potential changes to college football's busiest month.

 

Apparently the white sands of the Florida panhandle are 100% salt.

The lawsuit was filed soon after in Leon County Circuit Court, claiming the ACC has mismanaged its media rights and is imposing “draconian” exit fees.

 
 

It suffers from much of the same stilted dialogue, unnatural editing choices, chemistry-less acting, and violating of the "show don't tell" principle as AOTC. We were just ready for it, looking forward to certain plot events, and denouement is going to be more satisfying than the middle chapter. There are also a few very moving visual sequences.

Oh, also throw in the fact that George just decided to retcon entire interpersonal relationships from the OT and further shrink the universe by having Yoda and Chewie be old Army buds. Then, let's also not forget that Padme's entire subplot ended up on the cutting room floor.

Finally, and in conclusion, Buzz droids are very stupid, and The Twilight Zone did it better.

Twice.

 
 
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