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dan1101 ,

This could be super fun if they get a little gritty with it.

dan1101 ,

Guna don’t scare me but people using guns recklessly or maliciously do.

dan1101 ,

Burt Macklin, FBI.

After searing inflation, "American workers are getting ahead," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says (www.cbsnews.com)

As of the end of 2023, the typical U.S. worker could afford the same goods and services as in 2019, prior to the pandemic, and had an additional $1,400 to spend or save per year, according to a January analysis by Treasury officials....

dan1101 ,

Groceries, property taxes, insurance, restaurants, electricity, it’s all going up.

dan1101 ,

They do good with spacecraft though.

dan1101 ,

I like the guy that reviews the taverns in Skyrim.

Waymo issued a recall after two robotaxis crashed into the same pickup truck (www.engadget.com)

Last year, two Waymo robotaxis in Phoenix “made contact” with the same pickup truck that was in the midst of being towed, which prompted the Alphabet subsidiary to issue a recall on its vehicles’ software. A “recall” in this case meant rolling out a software update after investigating the issue and determining its root...

dan1101 ,

Billionaires get to alpha test their software on public roads and everyone is at risk.

dan1101 ,

So if you got Win11 to install on an “unsupported” CPU it might not boot now?

Backward compatibility is a big selling point for me. It bugged me for years when Windows got rid of 16-bit compatibility.

Looking forward to Linux instead of Windows 11/12, I know it will be a learning curve but Linux is getting better and easier.

dan1101 ,

I just run Files and the Downloads folder is listed there under Categories.

dan1101 ,

As far as I know Files was preinstalled on my Moto G phone.

dan1101 ,

I’m tired of playing the debloat game, especially with the frequency of Windows updates that undo and add things.

dan1101 ,

Same. This seems to be getting more common with various media and products. Too many choices which is a good thing for consumers but not good for publishers.

dan1101 ,

Read about Three Kings, great concept even if it’s all BS. There is a subreddit about it.

dan1101 ,

Too many mediocre or outright terrible games being released. On average graphics have gotten much better but gameplay has gotten worse with busy HUDs and lootboxes and live service.

dan1101 ,

Squeak! Squeak!! Squeak I tell you!

Florida man seriously injured and unable to speak after encounter with police, daughter says after her father was falsely accused of stealing a banana (wiredposts.com)

A woman in Florida says her 55-year-old “medically fragile” father was falsely accused of theft at a Florida grocery store last week and then seriously injured in a violent encounter with police. Now, she says, he is hospitalized and has lost the ability to speak.

dan1101 ,

Many cashiers can’t do math tho, and if you ask them to they think you’re trying to scam them.

I think the fact that this guy had a medical flareup that the potassium in the bananas would help will help him in court, if he would even be able to go to court.

dan1101 ,

Even if they had guns, it’s a constitutional right. I’ve never understood the obsession with reporting when guns are found. Around 45% of US households have a gun, does that mean that 45% of Americans are criminals in the eyes of the law?! Actually probably.

dan1101 ,

You could ask the followup question “So you personally tasted an orange and it was sour?”

dan1101 ,

Glass bottles and only for use in emergency situations.

dan1101 ,

Don’t escape, exploit. Hacks, cheat codes.

dan1101 ,

Handed to random person standing near sidewalk.

dan1101 ,

They don’t always make it easy though. I’m not signing up for Patreon just to donate a one time amount.

dan1101 ,

Direct PayPal is my preference, but I know PayPal does dumb things with people’s money sometimes.

dan1101 ,

I wonder what percentage stake that will give them. Tencent owns 40% of Epic.

dan1101 ,

Somebody did something about all the extended warranty calls, but yeah I’m still skeptical.

During election time there are a lot of motivated irrational people out there who are determined to have their candidate win by any means necessary since the other side is so corrupt and are already probably playing the same tricks they want to play.

dan1101 ,

www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/…/70532675007/

FCC issued a $300,000,000 fine to auto warranty robocallers. Damn!

McDonald's stock price drops after CEO promises affordability during latest earnings call (abcnews.go.com)

Quick and cheap are two of the first words that come to mind when thinking about fast food. But some McDonald’s customers have criticized the restaurant giant over recent higher menu prices, prompting the CEO to address the issue of affordability during the company’s latest earning call....

dan1101 ,

Weak sales because people don’t want to spend so much money for often mediocre food. They don’t even have the grilled chicken any more.

dan1101 ,

Seems like a great idea to me.

-Sent from my Teslaphone

dan1101 ,

Doubt. But while they’re at it how about some limits on how much a property assessment can increase each year? My house has gone up 10 to 15% for the last 3 years, which causes property taxes to go up, which causes my mortgage to go up. I’m paying $200 per month more than I was in 2020.

Taylor Swift launches legal broadside at a college student who tracks private jets via public data (www.seattletimes.com)

In late December, Swift’s camp hit Jack Sweeney, a junior studying information technology at the University of Central Florida, with a cease-and-desist letter that blamed his automated tracking of her private jet for tipping off stalkers as to her location. In the letter, attorneys from the law firm Venable accused Sweeney of...

dan1101 ,

Yeah and how many different ways would a stalker have to find a famous person. She goes to concerts and events all the time, the stalkers know where those places are.

dan1101 ,

Well yeah, but on Steam and without tricks like launchers and DRM.

dan1101 ,

I don’t know why it works but it’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=16y1AkoZkmQ

dan1101 ,

More historically-themed disco, nice!

dan1101 ,

Pacific Drive had one of the most atmospheric intros I’ve seen since Half Life. It loses a little once you start scavenging and crafting and get your HUD, but still a unique game. Like a cross between My Summer Car and STALKER.

dan1101 ,

That wasn’t clear to me either, I will try it again.

dan1101 ,

I had no idea. The people working on Proton are wicked smart.

dan1101 ,

I had a game watch around 5th grade. It was LCD and had a tiny little joystick at the bottom of the screen. It would play imitations of games like Pac Man and Space Invaders. Apparently I wasn’t ghosty enough because it got confiscated pretty quickly.

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At some point in your childhood you and your friends went outside to play one last time, but you never knew it. /credit to @showerthoughts

dan1101 ,

I don’t know why that is the saddest thing in the world but it somehow is.

dan1101 ,

I think it’s more like “We are aware of it” and also unspoken “we are investigating legal action.”

dan1101 ,

You think they didn’t make sure the game was square?

The developers of the game? I’d give it a 50/50 shot, how many times do people get so enthusiastic about something that they are more worried about doing it rather then whether they should be doing it? Maybe they are Pokemon fans that saw a big market and weren’t happy with the quality or output of Pokemon games. The company that made the game is called Pocket Pair and seems to only have 3 games:

Palworld (2024) Craftopia (2020) Overdungeon (2018)

If nothing else the creatures are very similar and it’s impossible to know how a court would rule on that. The line between infringement and non-infringement can be blurry and hopefully Pocket Pair is prepared to defend their content.

dan1101 , (edited )

It’s already happening!

I have others I would like to change, like potatoes. Where does the e come from, how about potatos?

And handful, it should be a simple compound word, where does the other l go?

Seeking: Kid-friendly Adventure/Exploration Games (PC)

My daughter (4) is very into exploring cities, homes and villages in Skyrim, feeding aliens in No Man’s Sky, and cleaning houses in House Flipper. She gets annoyed in games like House Flipper because she can’t leave the property to explore all of the visible houses on the block. I’d like to find other PC games that are...

dan1101 ,

Minecraft, if you play online and enter a server like Cubecraft the default lobby is very kid friendly and has a large interesting map to explore. And of course the game itself has tons of single player content and you can build your own stuff in survival or creative modes.

Try Grand Theft Auto 5 and see what you think. If you don’t actually do any missions it’s really a very nice and alive world to explore. The pedestrians make some rude comments though.

Also Arma 3, the base map is a sandbox of a real life island with most buildings enterable, and no people or traffic or anything offensive by default. You can enter the editor, place a civilian player and some vehicles, and explore the island completely peacefully. There are also lots of mod maps some are very good.

If only driving around is acceptable then the Forza Horiizon games are great for driving around.

dan1101 ,

I don’t know, I used to let my young niece play GTA 4 at least, supervised the whole time of course. The rule was you could drive around until you crashed or hit someone, then we switched players. Generally there is no trouble unless you make trouble. The pedestrians can make rude comments but having the volume low solves most of that.

dan1101 ,

You don’t have to do any of that, but just walking around you will get attacked by all manner of creatures so I would take Witcher 3 off the list on that basis.

dan1101 ,

I would assume they tested it, I’d have to try it to really know. Either way it’s an interesting idea, an integrated keyboard on my Steam Deck would often be handy.

dan1101 ,

I would buy a modern phone like the Droid 4 right now.

dan1101 ,

Loose in the parking lot is bad to me because one good gust of wind can make the cart roll into a vehicle.

dan1101 ,

It’s not your fault it’s the customers who don’t put their carts back combined with those of us who care about our cars.

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