danisth

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Any GW 1 fans here? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by danisth@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
 

I’m hyped for the reforged release so I can chill and play on my steam deck. I played a ton back in the day, and have checked back in over time (most recent was 5 years ago), and excited to see there’s new interest.

I doubt there’s enough of us to form a guild, but I’ll be on in the evenings PST if anyone wants to join! Ign: Eskarina W

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I was going to say that it didn't sound like an IoT issue. I do think modern appliances have way too much computer in them because they are prone to failure, and as soon as the OEM stops making the board from your specific machine, you're basically fucked when it comes to repairs.

When my samsung range died I found a guy halfway across the country on some appliance forum that specialized in repairing their boards and it bought me an extra 4 years, but then some other chip failed.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 41 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I’d say more important is the fact that a community will exist around it. For the SteamDeck you have no idea how much easier it is to find answers to very specific problems simply because the exact same hardware is being run by millions of people.

Also for similar reasons, some developers will optimize for the hardware.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Isn't Bluey more like 2-8 year olds? (not sure if the distinction matters.)

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

More like “love requires the premium subscription, do you even care about your mom?”

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

And being run by a person who, despite many flaws, has chosen not to chase infinite growth and has not taken his company public. Imo this has protect led them from the worst of enshittification (for now).

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah I really notice it if I get a run in before an early morning meeting. Does wonders for my mood generally too.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I get out for a run most days, pretty proud that I make a point of fitting it in.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah this isn’t a libertarian moment. This is just a dumb socialite wanting to be close to the levers of power/influence. Obviously not good for Chomsky fans, but it doesn’t say anything about his political stance. Most people have already seen the cracks in his ideology anyways .

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I need an email, dm me and I’ll send one your way. IME torrent leech doesn’t have way more content, but what they have will be faster and more reliable.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Devastating, kill your heroes etc. Chungking Express is my #1 movie of all time. All my love goes to the writer and actors.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I find YouTube chefs to be the most reliable for accessible recipes, and a video walk through can be helpful. Brian Langerstrom is my go to.

[–] danisth@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah I’m about the same. I have a SD but it’s in docked mode 90% of the time, and I’d love something with a bit more juice, so the cube looks perfect. I’ll probably sell the SD when this drops to ease the blow. While I obviously love that the cube will function as a full computer, in a LTT video on it he brought up an important point that they can’t let game sales subsidize the price, because there’d be nothing stopping a company with no intention of buying games from scooping up thousands of subsidized computers. So the price point might scare me away.

 

I'll admit that I have a fondness for personality tests. I find them interesting, but I have no delusions about their ability to contribute to any meaningful analysis of one's life. That said, I don't think it's helpful to compare a system that is based on when you are born, to one that is based on answers to a variety of questions about how you would respond to different scenarios. The ways these tests are used by employers is exploitative, but that doesn't mean that there aren't interesting things to glean from categorizing trends in how people respond to these questions.

Astrology is uninteresting because it lacks even this barest of links to what you might be experiencing as an individual, but personality tests at least try to group you with like-minded groups. There are so many valid criticisms of personality tests, but at least they try, whereas astrology is lazy in so many ways.

anyways if you can't tell I'm an INTP and therefore always trying to understand things at a deeper level and probably better than you and or bad at communicating or something.

 

I'm AMAB cishet, but I've been struggling with understanding my gender vs my sex. I'm very comfortable with my body, including by sexual characteristics, but have never felt a strong affinity to the male gender. Is there a term for this? Everything I look up includes some kind of body dysphoria, which is not something I relate to.

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