dan1101

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

Ok so they didn’t think the son had an heir but he actually did, I still am not sure that the son’s sexual orientation is that important in a story about Batman to elementary school kids.

dan1101 OP , 10 months ago to nostupidquestions in What does cigarette smoking do for people?

I guess cell phones can substitute for that now to an extent.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

This is a weird headline. Ok the guy really is a Batman researcher. I’m not sure why it was so important to mention that the Batman co-creator’s son was gay though, unless that was somehow relevant to the creation process or his life experience or something.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What was the highest mountain you ever climbed and how was the experience?

All the way from bottom to top while hiking, the highest was probably Old Rag Mountain in Virginia. About 900 meters (2952 feet) at the top. Trail is moderate incline with a little rock scrambling at the top. Big boulders at the top to lounge on and great views. It used to be fairly obscure and you wouldn’t see many people but now it became popular with the Northern VA/DC/MD crowd and it got so crowded you have to pay a fee and I believe make a reservation to climb it now.

I have also climbed straight up a wild mountain with no trails in Grant County, West Virginia. It’s about 700 meters (2296 feet.) We crossed a river and went straight up, using trees to pull ourselves up the steep slope for most of the way. I’m not sure what the mountain is called, but it is rocky at the top and has a great view of a campground below.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in Biden to announce first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention

Maybe not encourage guns to be sold to cartels, unlike the ATF Fast and Furious program. It was supposed to track firearms going south, but just lost them.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to moviesandtv in Is "True Detective" season 2 bad, or just bad compared to season 1?

I found season 2 very memorable but season 1 was much better. Season 3 was quite good too.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to technology in Why do you hate Microsoft?

The set the standards, and then break them. They have been doing this since early versions of Office.

They don’t finish porting old applets to new Windows before they release another new Windows.

They unfairly use their market position to push their products and services. Edge, Onedrive, Teams, etc.

Windows Updates, need I continue?

dan1101 , 10 months ago to games in Grand Theft Auto 5 turns 10 years old

I need to finish that some day. I loved it at first, in fact I still love the gameplay and map. But the storylines just didn’t grab me. Michael is a dick with an asshole family, Franklin is a good dude but a dumbass, and Trevor well anyone who does business with him should not expect good results.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to nostupidquestions in How hard can you concentrate?

That depends entirely on how interested I am.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in BBC News - Trump abortion backlash spotlights a Republican balancing act

I suspect he’s pro abortion because he doesn’t want a bunch of illegitimate children from his affairs.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to games in Microsoft's next-generation Xbox pitched as a "cloud hybrid" console

First thing I’ve heard about it and…pass

dan1101 , 10 months ago to technology in Our cloud exit has already yielded $1m/year in savings

That’s true, back in the 1970s and 1980s IBM locked companies in with mainframes and PCs were their way out.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in Starfield is the latest game to be boycotted by conservatives. This time because of pronouns

I wonder if they realize you can name a male character a female name and that there are same-sex relationships. Of course that is all optional, but don’t let that stop a good outrage. In fact the pronoun thing is nothing unless you deliberately change from the defaults.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to games in Is there a way to cap frame rate on UE4 game through ini file?

I’m not sure, but if you have an Nvidia card you can limit FPS in Nvidia Control Panel. I did that for Starfield so I didn’t get the frequent 25-60 FPS swings.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to asklemmy in How to learn to play drums?

I would suggest midrange or used equipment in good condition, that way you get the advantage of quality without the high price.