SnotFlickerman

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.

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

When GabeN dies, shit gonna hit the fan.

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

Yeah, the OG Steam Deck video before it even released made very clear that the original run was made with self-tapping screws, which meant that disassembly and re-assembly was always going to result in a less firm and tight re-assembly because the holes have already been tapped once.

It was honestly my personal biggest complaint considering it seemed otherwise like they were aiming to support self-repair. Very refreshing to see they changed tack to a costlier option for the sake of their customers. Very true, companies rarely do this out of the goodness of their hearts, and Valve is an unusual company.

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

lol if only.

We’re sleepwalking into fascism.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to news in When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him

I’ve believed it before he ever became President.

He practically bellowed it from the rooftops with his praise of foreign dictators, which he did even before he was President of the USA.

You could tell how much he relished being the “boss” who could fire anyone on The Apprentice. He gets off on the whole idea of complete control.

He has always been depraved and acted as rules don’t apply to him. He’s been a poster boy for fascism his whole life while flouting the fucking legal system.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to technology in SanDisk Refutes Claim That Faulty Hardware is to Blame for SSD Failures | PetaPixel

I was always suspicious of SanDisk to begin with. I’d had loads of bad USB thumbsticks from them in the past 15 years.

This… just doesn’t seem that far fetched for them. They never seemed like a truly quality brand, but maybe that’s just me.

But yeah, it pretty much solidifies my stance of skipping over SanDisk.

Samsung is indeed preferable, overall. I quite like their speedy USB 3.0 slim thumbsticks.

I’ll take Crucial for SSDs if I can’t get my hands on a Samsung, but SanDisk is right out. They’re somehow even worse than Kingston.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to technology in SanDisk Refutes Claim That Faulty Hardware is to Blame for SSD Failures | PetaPixel

I’m a simple man, I see a The Jerk reference, I upvote.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to technology in SanDisk Refutes Claim That Faulty Hardware is to Blame for SSD Failures | PetaPixel

Of course they do, because even if they know based on their internal testing that its a hardware issue, they are going to fight tooth and nail against a recall or doing anything to help the consumers affected. They will never publicly admit wrongdoing. It will likely take a class action lawsuit where they will settle without admitting wrongdoing and each person affected gets a buck fiddy for their troubles. (They will settle because going to court and dealing with discovery means they would be caught knowing this was a problem and hiding it anyway.)

Why? Because capitalists gonna capitalist. They want none of the risk associated with profit and all the profit associated with risk. They want to have their cake and eat it, too.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to technology in Nothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCS

Sunbird is closed source so you just have to take their word for it when they say they don’t store messages or credentials. How the fuck could you know if they’re lying or not? You can’t because it’s closed source.

As much as I have issues with the similar Beeper, at least Beeper is open sourcing their bridges.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to memes in Take my strong hand!

If it wasn’t for Handsome Boy Modeling School, I’d still have sixty dollars.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to memes in Rollin'! Rollin'! Rollin'!

goodboomerhumor vibes.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to memes in Take my strong hand!

Ah, Chris Elliott, my muse.

https://i.giphy.com/media/LkfxpKQRmitgRmGKKz/giphy.webp

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to risa in That'd last a day, maybe two...

Dead Man will always be my favorite (still love seeing Gary Farmer in stuff), but I have a soft spot for Jarmusch’s more experimental stuff, which has been more of his recent stuff.

I’m not even sure The Dead Don’t Die is experimental as much as it is satirical. It was a fun little romp, though.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to risa in That'd last a day, maybe two...

Underrated film, Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee & Cigarettes

My favorite part will always be the short that started it all, Coffee & Cigarettes: Somewhere in California with Iggy Pop and Tom Waits.

I wonder if it’s Janeway’s favorite film.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to memes in Calculus? Nah, bro, that's easy stuff

Steve Martin understood this.