RedEye9 wrote on Sep 27, 2023, 09:17:
I recently felt the need to level up on zeitgeist and watched Bodies Bodies Bodies,

Never heard of it previously. And after watching the trailer... frankly, the only reason I might have watched is if I knew there was gratuitous nudity in it..

ForgedReality wrote on Sep 27, 2023, 03:47:
Imagine seeing ads in 2023. Who doesn't use an ad blocker and ad-filtering DNS server these days?

Apparently most people, otherwise Google and Meta would have no income.

Huh, I never noticed disinformation on X. Oh right! I forgot -- I never read anything on X, because I can actually think...

I like the movie despite the fact it feels so very "Hollywood" to me. I never bothered to look up how it matched up with the reality, I assumed it was not very accurate.

I have been hearing the warnings about RF scanning for years. And yet, despite keeping my credit cards in a typical leather wallet it has yet to happen to me. Then again, I rarely go anywhere a pick pocket type would bother spending their time at. Anecdotal? Sure. If it ever happens to me, I'll let you know. *shrug*

Jivaro wrote on Sep 26, 2023, 00:58:
First, my wife left me.
Then my cat died.
Today, my mother passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack.

This may be the most inappropriate joke of all time...but at what point can I just write a country western song and be done with it?

First sorry to hear you are having such a bad year. That said...

Definitely not a good year, but definitely the basis of a country song -- if you had lost your pickup truck too, it would be a guaranteed hit. These types of things happen and how people deal with it varies as widely as people themselves do. My spin? Not much you could do about the cat or your mother, so grieve as appropriate and try to move on. As for the wife, just realize you are far from alone on that front, last I heard over 50% marriages (in the US) were ending in divorce. It is inevitable that people will change and that change is likely to put stress on such an intimate relationship. That any marriage lasts the couple's lifetime is amazing.

1badmf wrote on Sep 24, 2023, 16:57:
also, the miami dolphins wow. that nerd mcdaniels has them humming along like an elite madden player. hope there's no broncos fans here O.o

When I saw the 70-20 score I assumed it was a typo by the intern updating scores on the ESPN website -- it wasn't.

Glad the chute deployed. Looking forward to some interesting science.

I have been noticing my headline color changes from Classic Blue to New Blue occasionally. I have tried to determine any connection between my actions and when it changes but have not been able to find anything. Not a major issue or worry, but I thought I'd mention for two reasons 1) in case anyone is seeing this so they can know they are not insane 2) if so, alert the team for some possible trouble shooting when they are looking for something to do.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 23, 2023, 11:36:
Unity: "Hey, those Oracle guys sure seem to be successful. Let's copy them!"

Oh man... Oracle, don't get me started. F*ckers.

The Flying Penguin wrote on Sep 23, 2023, 10:29:
More galling is that, according to this dev, he and other 'high tier' devs were shown early versions of this new fee system for their feedback (under NDA, I presume). All of them informed Unity that it was a terrible idea and that there would be tremendous backlash, and Unity completely ignored them.

LOL, nice. So, they really are the idiots they appear to be, good to know.

Donkey_Punch wrote on Sep 22, 2023, 19:58:
If I was a developer I wouldn't trust them at all going forward.

To me, this is the big thing. Even if these changes are something you could live with who is to say they won't change their mind later and make it untenable for you...

Well, I figure capitalism falls under what I have decided to call the Churchill Rule. Which is to say, "Capitalism is the worst type of economic system humans have ever used, except for all the others."

Lulz. The end was almost like a comedy skit...

Beamer wrote on Sep 22, 2023, 11:01:
Who knows if these are real sales or paper sales to keep value up.

Yeah, this is one of the big problems with crypto, so much wash trading and other shenanigans...

jdreyer wrote on Sep 22, 2023, 06:30:
In fairness, in its native Japanese the title is only three characters.

Yeah, well when you have a written language with over 50,000 symbols...

Kosumo wrote on Sep 22, 2023, 04:40:
Games play so much better off HDD ok!

The worst thing about this is I can actually imagine someone saying it.

Welcome to late state capitalism, ain't it grand?

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 22, 2023, 02:29:
Y'all are assuming resources=inorganic material or something that we humans consider valuable. I never stated that.

Okay. So, the resource you are suggesting they could come here for is... what?

I was always amused by PIED -- Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction.