RustySharp

joined 2 years ago
[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh. So the ABC changed its title to match the URL? That's a little.. unusual..

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ireland and the Netherlands are most definitely heavyweights.

But I agree with the sentiment, can we not editorialise headlines, please?

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We Australians are blessed to have Whirlpool. They've been around for nearly three decades and are still thriving.

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

As a parent, helping children to name their emotions when they feel something is the very foundation of getting them to recognise what's happening and developing strategies to cope with the strong feelings.

I've been told by parents of kids with autism, and by friends who's received formal diagnosis that it is a very similar mechanism. The 'label' helps with recognising patterns of behaviour, and helps them to develop coping mechanisms.

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had to double back to this comic, because I only got the pun two minutes after I scrolled past it...

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Am Australian. Yes we are.

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The gympie-gympie is 100% natural! It is a cure-all, mainly by making you forget whatever ails you because you're in too much pain...

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 15 points 2 weeks ago

And also, that is a very nice coat. If I had anything half as nice, I would wear the hell out of it.

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A fully white background (as in, literally nothing, just plain white, no numbers) would be much better than whatever that was...

You did the clock a favour.

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yes but it still looks like wombat shit. Exceedingly formidable wombat shit.

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but no. That's the whole point of the rebranding. You will not find the words "Good Old Games" anywhere in their official materials when referring to themselves. They are now "just" GOG.

They still use "good old game" as a tag for some of the games they sell. But they will never utter those words when referring to themselves in any capacity.

Is it silly? Maybe. But it's a valid marketing strategy. How effective is it? I don't know. Maybe ask BP.

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