[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Special election operation

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

I can't imagine waiting in a queue to play a single player game.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Whoops, accidentally bumped into your bikes as I walked down the sidewalk they were parked on!

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Apparently airlines can leave you inside a plane sitting on the tarmac 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international flights. I think those numbers are ridiculously high, especially if it's 100 degrees and the plane has no AC.

https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/tarmac-delays

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Tom Scott, he has done a video every week for like 10 years. Sort of a science travel adventure nerd. His videos are generally short and interesting.

Veritasum - Science guy with some interesting topics

Donut Media - If you like cars, they do some interesting and funny things while not being complete asshats.

The Proper People - Abandoned places, nice videos and respectful exploration.

Cash Jordan - Gives tours of NYC apartments from tiny studio apartments up to multi-million dollar penthouses.

Geography Geek - A lot of interesting geography-related facts.

Knob Feel - Short and sweet reviews of various knobs.

Vice Grip Garage - If you are interested in how old cars are repaired and have lots of time, he has many ~1.5 hour videos of dragging old cars out of the bushes that haven't ran for 20 years, getting them mostly running, and driving them home.

Polyphonic - Interesting video essays about various music and musical artists.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Probably not a bad idea. Google used to be full of tech nerds but it gets more corporate and bland all the time.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

They wanted me to know I owe them $74.10. I received that letter instead a final bill confirming I canceled my account on June 13. I was waiting until I got my final bill to just pay them one final time and be done with them.

Long answer, the reason I only want to pay one final time is because it's an old MCI long distance account, Verizon bought them about 5 years ago and it was a shitshow and hasn't changed one bit. They even still have the same recording from 5 years ago saying they were bought by Verizon. I can't pay my bill or manage my account online, my particular account doesn't work with that for some arcane reason and they aren't doing new accounts. Talking to rep usually takes 15-30 minutes on hold, if their phone system doesn't hang up on me. I was able to auto-pay by credit card for years but then I got a new card and their system to accept a new credit card was broken for weeks and every time I called I had to wait on hold for 15-30 minutes only to be told it's still broken. They let you pay by card over the phone but then charge you a $5 fee to do that. Still better than writing a check, I hate checks. I tried my bank's billpay but MCI/Verizon didn't process the payments and sent me late notices, so I gave up on that after 2-3 months. So yeah they are a ridiculous company.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Also "Sensitive info", what is that? Fingerprints, social security number, and penis size?

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Third-person shooters suck. The character model gets in the way of seeing and I don't need to see the super tacticool costumes. And the more decent third-person shooters switch to first-person for aiming down the sights anyway.

Cards in video games suck. Unless it's simulating a real card game. Otherwise we don't need powerup cards and such, use some other mechanic. My level 89 death knight doesn't need to be pulling cards out of his pockets.

Motion blur, vignetting, depth of field, lens flare, none of these should be the default. Show me the game world clearly.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Ok top seller by revenue, that makes a bit more sense because a lot of games will be selling for under $10. But still that's impressive and bodes well for Linux gaming.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It doesn't have to be profitable. Especially for people that already have computers running 24/7 and good Internet, a Lenny server is just another process they run on their machine. Admin/mod duties would probably be the hardest part.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Judging by other high-profile people who do something that people don't like, he's probably getting a fair amount of death threats so is feeling the hostility. Not sure why he thinks the average employee would be targeted though.

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