SnotFlickerman

SnotFlickerman , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 months ago (edited 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 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 , 9 months ago to memes in Rollin'! Rollin'! Rollin'!

goodboomerhumor vibes.