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M0oP0o , to greentext in Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread
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“No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart…”

Hmmmm, I wonder if this is always true. Maybe somewhere there is someone who does not let such things stand.

grandkaiser ,

The wind howls through the empty parking lot as the dim streetlights flicker above interrupted by the faint screech of an unreturned cart, left abandoned in the cold silence, rolling aimlessly across the asphalt. A masked man steps out of the shadows…

“You think it’s nothing. A small act of carelessness, a moment of laziness. But that cart, left adrift, has a price. A price in scraped cars, twisted ankles, in the chaos that spreads like rot in the hearts of men. You see, I don’t care about your excuses. I don’t care if it’s raining, if you’re in a hurry. Order is what keeps us human. And you… you spit on it with every cart left behind.”

Knuckles crack in the darkness

“I’m the reckoning you never see coming. You think no one’s watching when you shove it into the next spot, but I’m always watching. Every cart out of place, every rule ignored, it leads to something darker, something worse. And that’s where I come in—to stop the small sins before they become something more.”

The masked man takes a step forward, his voice low and gravelly.

“I am Cart Noir, the last line of defense between order and chaos. You think it’s just a cart? It’s never just a cart.”

hate2bme ,

Cart Narcs

Saledovil ,

In Germany, shopping carts typically have a deposit system, where you have to insert an Euro into the cart to use it, which you get back when you return it. So that is basically a build in fine for not returning it.

Allero ,

Some people go as far as to use a tool similar to the one mounted on the front cart to extract their money and still not return the cart they took.

calcopiritus ,

In Spain we used to have the same system. However it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, most carts still have the euro slot, but they are not chained, so you don’t need to insert a coin.

13esq ,

They’ve started doing it in some places in America with quarters and it works. Turns out the price of laziness is 25¢ haha.

RegalPotoo ,
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In Germany (and other parts.od Europe as well to be fair) carts need you to put a coin in them to unchain them from their bay, which you get back when you chain them back up - so yeah, kinda, if you don’t put it back you loose your euro

M0oP0o ,
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Same in Canada, (I hate that I need a loonie to shop with dignity).

Even so, people still leave their carts around. And really that is even worse.

geelgroenebroccoli ,

Yeah check out the Cart Narcs on YouTube. Absolutely hilarious content.

ef9357 , to nostupidquestions in As a non-techie, where/how can I find out if software is safe?

Try virustotal.com. You can scan files and URLs.

c0smokram3r , to coffee in How much do y'all spend on coffee a month?
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$15-20 for 2.5lbs @ Costco of whatever looks good. They usually have some local stuff mixed in w the Kirkland stuff. I’m a aingle person using either percolator or cold brew so that bag will last me 1.5-2 months. ☕️🍩

wulf , to linux in What Linux distro surprised you the most?

Second impression of Garuda (Arch based). My first impression was the dragonized version, which is KDE with lots of mods to make it Mac like, but with extra window animations.

I like things simple, so when I tried Garuda again, I installed the Gnome version. Other than some weirdness getting my Nvidia card working with Wayland, it has run better than anything else on my laptop.

alcoholicorn , (edited ) to coffee in How much do y'all spend on coffee a month?

I buy 20 lb bags of green for 80-120 once a year or so, roast a batch once a week or so in a modified popcorn maker, and make espresso, pour over, or french press depending on how it turns out.

I probably don’t save any money when you calculate power, and even if I did, it would take a decade to pay for the grinder/espresso machine.

pixxelkick , to linux_gaming in Unique Linux gaming situation

Despite Steam being proprietary, Proton (it’s emulation system) is so profoundly stable I feel like it’s a necessary evil at this time.

I haven’t found a single “windows” game yet in my library that doesn’t work with steam

potentiallynotfelix OP ,

Thanks for the input, do you use the official steam client?

SolarPunker , to linux_gaming in Unique Linux gaming situation

Proton is Wine with prefixes, basically, you can use it without Steam on Lutris for example (Wine-GE suggested); also, emulation for old games isn’t so demanding, try different cores for RetroArch.

potentiallynotfelix OP ,

Proton is Wine with prefixes

Can you elaborate? Do you mean that it includes prefixes with it?

emulation for old games isn’t so demanding

By old, I meant 2010 to 2015, which is where my laptop reaches it’s limits. I’ve tried ps3 emulation and it couldn’t pull that off, and there is no emulator for 360 on linux(that I know of).

SolarPunker ,

If you want to learn more in depth about how Proton works I suggest you to ask here on [GloriousEggroll’s Discord](discord.gg/6y3BdzC.

For emulation, X360 and PS3 needs intense resources and their emulators may be in an early development state; look back to the previous generations, maybe with a cool megabezel shader on RA.

potentiallynotfelix OP ,

Thanks for the invite, I decided to have a squizz at the github, and saw that

RUNNING NON-STEAM GAMES WITH PROTON OUTSIDE OF STEAM IS NOT SUPPORTED. DO NOT ASK FOR HELP WITH THIS:

Do you think that Wine-GE might be better for GOG games? I remember Wine-GE working fine for me before.

imecth , (edited )

Wine-GE was abandoned for the new UMU-launcher. Lutris will use UMU if you target the GE-Proton (latest) version.

You can always use vanilla wine or wine staging too, make sure you install dxvk in the prefix though with winetricks.

potentiallynotfelix OP ,
SolarPunker , to linux in What Linux distro surprised you the most?

Void Linux, very clean and fast on old hardware.

kindenough , (edited ) to games in Is overwatch 2 really that bad?

Your time in this world is one of your most valuable assets. If a game is incredibly boring to you, you should put it down and play something else that you enjoy.

Tanoh ,

The same goes for pretty much everything in life, not just games. It might suck in the short term, but just don’t put up with friends/partners/jobs you don’t like. Make a change

m3t00 , to cat in Almost full loaf (Beri)
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zen loaf focus

MysticKetchup , to newcommunities in Board games (board games, card games, table top RPGs) related active communities promotion post

Posted in the fandom thread but MTGZone.com is around if you enjoy Magic the Gathering

!MTG - main community

!Spoilers - new card reveals

!art - MTG artwork

There are also format specific communities for Standard, Modern, Pauper, Commander, etc… but they don’t see as much use

aport , to coffee in How much do y'all spend on coffee a month?

I spend about $30/mo on whole beans from a local roaster. Cheap Hario hand grinder, French press. KISS

TriflingToad , to memes in Democrats be like

I saw a meme that was the trolly problem where voters could let the train continue and hit LGBT, racial minorites, [bunch of other stuff here], and Palestine (alluding to trump). or they could pull the lever and only hit Palestine and leave the other people alive (alluding to at the time Biden).

The bottom pannel was the voter saying “I refuse to participate in a broken system” as all the minorities got ran over by the train.

I_am_10_squirrels , to asklemmy in What are the best (free) math resources out there?

I studied engineering after failing high-school algebra, so I was also pretty behind.

Khan Academy is a great resource for everything from elementary algebra to calculus and linear algebra, all of which you’ll use.

Symbolab is great for figuring out tough homework problems.

YouTube is good for certain topics, and some may be able to explain how something applies to comp Sci.

Once you’re in, use office hours. Some places have free peer tutoring. Everywhere has tutors you can pay for.

butsbutts , to asklemmy in What books do you consider must reads?

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