SnotFlickerman

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Do you have a fire extinguisher on hand?

I was in the middle of a city with a fully staffed and non-volunteer set of firefighters with four full size fire trucks and about eight other smaller vehicles for firefighting. It was staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

But yes, you’re correct, would be a bad plan if I lived out in the boonies.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to news in "They tortured him"; police used Taser on special needs teen for breaking window before shooting him

This just in: Cops turn out to be violent thugs attracted to a job where they face no consequences for being violent thugs.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Do you have a fire extinguisher on hand?

As I pointed out in another comment, leaving them untouched and not turning them over to get the dust inside the can moving around and not stuck settled at the bottom is a real issue. To “test” them you basically ensure that the pressure is still where it needs to be and turn them over to get stuff unstuck from the bottom. That’s all I was referring to.

The fact that no one has touched them in two and a half years leads me to believe that all the dust is settled at the bottom of the extinguisher, and when an emergency arises, they won’t function properly.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Do you have a fire extinguisher on hand?

I have lived in my apartment for two and a half years, and I’ve not seen someone come to test or check on the Fire Extinguishers once.

I personally wouldn’t trust them to work in a pinch, which is why I have my own. Hopefully your apartment managers are more diligent.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Do you have a fire extinguisher on hand?

The safest I ever felt was when I lived across the street from the local Fire Department. If I ever had a fire (I never did while I lived there) I could have ran across the street and screamed and pointed at my place in under the time it would take to make a 911 call.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Do you have a fire extinguisher on hand?

I have one rated for grease fires in the kitchen and one rated for Magic Computer Smoke next to the electronics.

(I live in a small apartment, so two is probably already overkill).

Also, second pro-tip from a Firefighter friend: Regularly pick up your Fire Extinguisher and flip it upside down and tap the bottom like you’re trying to get ketchup out of a glass bottle. Often the “dust” inside the extinguisher can settle for too long and when you go to use it… nothing comes out because it is all compacted on the bottom of the Extinguisher. So occasionally making sure everything is loose and ready to go is key. He suggested to me every few months to do it.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to risa in What was your name again?

She lookin pretty Sus coming out of that air vent.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to gaming in Rant: Valve's new Steam Deck screws speak volumes about their ethos.

I wonder how much of Newell’s past at Microsoft helped with that? He helped produce the first three versions of Windows.

While Windows works wildly differently these days and the last one he worked on was Windows 3.0 (maybe 3.1?) and a massive amount of stuff has changed in how Operating Systems work since then.

However, I do wonder if his familiarity with the old systems helped at all.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to risa in The finest organic suspension ever devised FTW!

I mean… Coffee is the love of her life.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to gaming in Rant: Valve's new Steam Deck screws speak volumes about their ethos.

They literally already did that with the SteamDeck, it’s absolutely groundbreaking. They created a whole new product category, but it took years of planning and patience and watching the market. It happened with prototypes like the Steam Controller, the Steam Link, and the original vision for Steam Boxes, as well as the nearly decade of work they’ve done on Proton to get Windows games to run well in Linux. It didn’t happen with a “stupid crazy idea” that they said “fuck it, go with it.” It started with a smart idea, well executed, over a long period of time, with many bumps in the road on the way to success.

Steam Boxes were originally announced in 2012, this is the result of a full decade of work.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to aboringdystopia in Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge or freezer amid rising bills | UK cost of living crisis | The Guardian

I mean, what do people expect?

The most popular books to come out of the UK in the last thirty years were a fucking Tory wet dream where slaves literally want to be slaves and only a perfect special completely average white boy born to provenance can save the world. The author would go on to be one of the biggest TERFs alive.

The popularity of Harry fucking Potter still screams that people love Tory horseshit.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to news in Trump Amplifies Call for "Citizens Arrest" of Judge and Prosecutor in New York Civil Case

This is literally why China adopted a social credit system, which penalizes spitting in general but also includes spitting on rules.

Not saying it is the best solution, just saying it exists.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to gaming in Rant: Valve's new Steam Deck screws speak volumes about their ethos.

Almost definitely. When they did the initial release, it could have easily been a flop, and if it was a flop, it would have been pointless to have gone in planning to repair and sell refurbished units. Now that sales are showing its a hit, they are taking the time to invest in changes for more long-term support.

Self-tapping screws made sense for a product in an entirely new product category without knowledge if it would be successful or not. Torx screws that slide into metal threads makes a lot more sense for what is expected to be a product with long shelf-life.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to gaming in Rant: Valve's new Steam Deck screws speak volumes about their ethos.

Dear God. Because Nepotism has worked out so well so many times in the past. /s

Just shut down the company now, Gabe.

From an interview with his son:

“If it’s one thing I’d like to see Valve do, it’s push it with more their ideas,” he said. "The people there are the smartest I’ve ever met, the hardest working, the most inspiring. The culture at Valve is a very good one but they’ve kind of found this point where they’re a working machine. And that’s good, but I think they should reach out and do something scary. Do something that they don’t know what the outcome is going to be.

“They make incredibly smart decisions, but sometimes you have to do something stupid. Sometimes you have to have a stupid crazy idea and say ‘fuck it’, go with it. Valve has a mindbogglingly enormous amount of resources at their back, and I hope they find the courage to throw it at something new. I want to see them push the envelope again.”

Yeah this chucklefuck is going to break shit day one, guaranteed.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to gaming in Rant: Valve's new Steam Deck screws speak volumes about their ethos.

But it only works as long as the replacement for Gabe Newell has the exact same ethos about the business. Changing hands always risks changing how things function at a company. Unless Newell has been practically grooming a successor for years, it’s very likely that a replacement will want to “shake things up.”

When Newell retires/passes, things will change. Time will tell if it will be for the better or the worse.