Grimpen

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Grimpen,

I’d be satisfied with 90% for a top tax bracket.

Problem is that once you are wealthy enough you can move around the world. Similar to how Microsoft Ireland is somehow where most of Microsoft’s profits occur. I think there is a big role for international treaties here.

Grimpen,

Fair enough, if the wealth isn’t benefiting anyone, than it’s exodus won’t hurt anyone.

Grimpen,

I’m pretty sure that the people that want to “fix” LGBTQ people with violence don’t differentiate between being forced to submit and be silent versus actually being converted/fixed/whatever. It doesn’t matter if you are satisfied with your role in the hierarchy, only that you submit.

Grimpen,

That is exactly the XKCD I pictured.

Grimpen,

I think Samsung subs in their own “Gallery” software on their phones. Other manufacturers may as well.

Grimpen,

Just finished the James Burke “Connections” reboot on Curiousity. It will probably be the last thing I watch as a subscriber.

The last few years have been nothing but price hikes, fragmentation, and reduced offerings among the streaming services.

I’ll pay for a seedbox again before I pay for another streaming service.

Grimpen,

It’s the exclusive deals that fuel the fragmentation. If you could watch the same content on any streaming service, you wouldn’t need to subscribe to a half dozen (or turn to piracy).

Of course that’s exactly why Netflix, Prime, Apple, et al started making their own exclusive content that they totally control.

Grimpen,

Correct. When people say “ChatGPT isn’t real AI” they mean it’s not AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). The term “Artificial Intelligence” has been the proper term for the study of machine learning since the 1956 Dartmouth Workshop.

It’s all AI, from the computer player in Battlechess to ChatGPT. It’s not all using the same techniques, or have the same capabilities.

mr_MADAFAKA, to Steamdeck

Top 20 games played on Steam Deck in the January 2024, sorted by playtime.

@steamdeck

Grimpen,

…and no one talks about Gen X.

Grimpen,

As a staunch critic of Hamas, and having been long dubious of UNRWA, I think having a smaller organization looking just after Palestinians as opposed to using the UNHCR was always kind of weird. Hearing overwrought pundits proclaiming how only the UNRWA can look after refugees, when the UNHCR is already running refugee services all over the world, including for Syrian refugees in Jordan seems nonsensical.

Why not just dissolve UNRWA and hand their responsibilities over to the UNHCR?

Grimpen,

But still, what is the difference between a Syrian refugee in Jordan being served by the UNHCR and a Palestinian refugee in Jordan being served by UNRWA?

Grimpen,

Same, fall is my favourite season (here in Canada). Sweater weather. You can always take a layer off (take off your sweater) or put a layer on (put on a jacket). Probably around 15°.

Grimpen,

I did have one of those, but it quickly gave way to the original CH Products Flightstick. Fond memories of Comanche: Maximum Overkill with the Flightstick’s throttle. Worked great for Earthsiege and Strike Force Centauri as well.

dosdays.co.uk/media/chproducts/flightstick_1.png

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Grimpen,

I’d be happy to have an “official” Mastodon instance. If individual politicians want to engage with their constituents, they can use any old Mastodon (or Lemmy, or whatever) instance. But having government agencies use a Mastodon instance for official communications would provide some insulation from the whims of capricious corporations.

Grimpen,

Thanks! Much more readable.

Grimpen,

#1, whatever is default. The main advantage of the terminal is that it’s just a terminal, fundamentally the same terminal since the dawn of computing.

Having said that, I do sometimes install a non-default terminal. I haven’t seen any of them mentioned:

cool-retro-termIt looks like an OG CRT! What other terminal emulator has this killer feature?

Byobu Technically a front end for tmux, but it gives some useful status info and multiple windows.

Grimpen,

I’d rather retain the monarchy without an actual monarch (like RL Gondor or something) than have a President.

Grimpen,

Thanks! I noticed a post on Reddit with one of these after posting this.

I’ve never seen one in the wild before, and I obviously haven’t spent too much in the Quicksilver shop. I did spend a bit more time on that planet looking for one (my permadeath run had more detours than is optimal) and never saw another.

Grimpen,

First computer was a Commodore Vic-20. Second was a Tandy 1000TX. I remember dialling into BBSes pre-internet, but not on the Vic-20 of course.

I can still remember the feeling of seeing my first computer in person. Even in the late seventies it was rare to see even things like Atari 2600’s. By the early eighties most of my friends had an Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision, Atari 400/800, Coleco Adam, Commodore Vic-20/64, Apple II, Tandy Coco, etc. By the late eighties most of the people I knew had PCs of some sort (Tandy 1000TX in my case), Atari ST, or Amiga. Modems were still rare. It was the nineties when modems and BBSes seemed to really explode, quickly displaced by the Internet. Granted I remember connecting to Gopher before I personally connected to BBSes.

I look back on how things changed from 1980 to 1989, and it seems so much more sweeping than 2010 to 2019.

Grimpen,

Stardew Valley stays on the list. I have it installed, but haven’t played it much on my deck (other than to test mods). I have met other people with Decks who mostly play SDV, and it is a classic.

Monster Hunter: World, played that. Played it with my eldest who also has a Steam Deck. Runs pretty well, but there’s a lot of text for smaller screens (and aging eyes).

Now Vampire Survivors, that game is great for the Steam Deck. Short, defined games. The sleep mode has never failed, and if it did, you are only loosing a ½ hour run at most.

Grimpen,

Rarely. It has failed once for V:S for me from my recollection, and that was months ago. With the frequent SteamOS updates, it is likely that whatever rate edge case that caused it to lock up on wake has been fixed.

Thinking about it, I can’t remember sleep/wake failing in a month or two…

Grimpen,

Oh yeah! CK2 enjoyed years of updates too. Of course Paradox is more DLC focused it seems. I think I still have $50 of Paradox DLC in my Steam Wishlist for EU4 and CK2. Similar stats probably for Truck Simulator, Train Simulator, and the various other simulator games out there.

Does it matter for “Labour of Love” if the upadtes are DLC or free? What does “Labour of Love” even mean as a category? Obviously if RDR2 can win, anyone can!

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