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Alto , 2 months ago to memes in go get your eyes checked

I apparently threw my glasses across the room in my sleep last night. Spent a solid 5 minutes going full on Velma mode looking for them.

Alto , 2 months ago to linux in I've never played games. Suggest a couple of addictive games I can play on Linux

Portal and Portal 2 are my go to tests for if a machine qualifies as "an computer". Basically, if it can run those, it's probably good enough to be grandmas facebook machine. Might have to toss an ssd into it (exactly what I did with an old core2duo hp pavilion), but generally I find it to be a good rule of thumb.

Plus it gives me an excuse to play Portal when I test a machine :P

Alto , 2 months ago to linux in I've never played games. Suggest a couple of addictive games I can play on Linux

Surprised no one has said it, but Minecraft. I love it as much now as I did when I was 12. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it, especially if you start playing with mods. Then there's servers such as Hypixel which for all intents and purposes are an entirely separate game in and of themselves.

I'm sure part of it is nostalgia, some of my fondest gaming memories were playing Minecraft with friends, but I still find it to be an excellent way to relax.

(Tangentially related, anyone else remember when waiting 3 months for 1.2.5 > 1.3 was an absurdly long update time for the game? Different times.)

Alto , 2 months ago to mildlyinteresting in Individually-wrapped bacon slices for sale in a hardware store

Next time you fry up some bacon, put just a little bit of brown sugar on it. Doesn't take much. I rarely make it because I wouldn't be able to control myself if I didn't limit it to special occasions.

Alto , 2 months ago to technology in Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M

He's not being charged with the not paying his bills part, he's being charged with the committing fraud to be able to get that much server time part.

Alto , 2 months ago to world in Iran says it gave warning before attacking Israel. US says that's not true

In terms of escalation? Obama absolutely was not better.

Obviously in the vast majority of other ways he was, but let's not pretend that Obama didn't have the option of ending the forever war instead of quadrupling down with the surge

Alto , 2 months ago to world in Iran says it gave warning before attacking Israel. US says that's not true

If you think that's even remotely comparable to a state actor directly and purposefully targeting an embassy, I've got a bridge to sell ya

Alto , 2 months ago to world in Iran says it gave warning before attacking Israel. US says that's not true

Ah yes, the famously anti-escalation Obama.

Alto , 2 months ago to news in These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state

To be entirely fair, I'd say attempting a coup is a couple orders of magnitude worse than sex scandals.

Alto , 2 months ago to world in Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House

Homie go check my history, you'll see I am far from a fan of Israel and the IDF

Alto , 2 months ago to world in Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House

Yup. I've seen a disturbing amount of people pretending Iran are the good guys just because Israel are also the bad guys, as if it's impossible for multiple sides in a conflict to be awful

Alto , 2 months ago to android in Small phone lovers... our era is not over. Yesterday I discovered the Unihertz Jelly Star. I fell in love. I will be reporting back.

That would likely be why they specified North America

Alto , 2 months ago to android in Small phone lovers... our era is not over. Yesterday I discovered the Unihertz Jelly Star. I fell in love. I will be reporting back.

Can't say they'd work 100% on this phone, but there are apps that allow you to switch your audio input/output that may help

Alto , 2 months ago to world in An astronaut is landing on the moon. For the first time, it won't be an American

Yeah, I have a flaming hatred for those that cheer on fascism. You probably should too.

Alto , 2 months ago to world in Vatican calls gender fluidity and surrogacy threats to human dignity

The issue is ensuring its clearly not coerced, which is effectively impossible in practice. Unfortunately it's one of those things where once you allow people to be paid for it, it's gets really, really dark, really, really quickly.