And which is the non-pretend money again?

There was a period when it was fun, but as the price dropped and sales became more frequent, the average age dropped into the low teens, and the shooter crowd showed up with all their Nazi BS. Also, cheaters. On a whitelist server, I’m sure the game itself could still be a lot of fun. 

The idea is to have fewer police and use police for fewer situations. If the goal is greater order and safety, paramilitary response units are not the best answer in the majority of situations where they are currently used. Police are an instrument of violence that needs to have a much smaller role in our society.

I feel like “car model awareness outreach” is not going to make the top 8 or 80 list of needed reforms. Granted, I do feel like my overall situational awareness is somewhat impaired now that I’m less aware of car models. Growing up around mechanics, I picked up all that knowledge passively as a kid and teenager, but…

I’m just digging into old favorites. Currently on my first Rimworld game (that went anywhere) in a year or so.

I will use my Vive for 2-4 days every 4 or 5 months, then let it resume collecting dust. That being the case, chances are I have to run room setup every time, and I just have to strap a thing to my head and put things in my ears and make it play nice with my glasses, or have relatively fresh contacts in and do…

I sat on a jury for a fraud case where Chinese investors were suing a US house flipper who sold them “investment properties” sight unseen with the promise that they would return rent, and I think everyone on that jury had the same feeling: fuck everyone involved. Fuck the plaintiffs, fuck the defendants, and fuck both…

Habit and nostalgia are a tough monkey to shake off your back.

Wish I had thought to start it before work. I probably won’t even play tonight, and I’m tempted to pause the download and fire up Netflix.

I’m gonna cut you some slack, because it’s gotta be hard to form coherent opinions with that jet engine roar just above your head every moment of every day. 

I’ve had to move things off my 1TB SSD for a while now to install new games. Time to get a bigger one. But then of course I could also use a new <every component>.

I’m still avoiding the Epic store - Satisfactory was tempting, but not enough for me to install yet another game store, and one of questionable parentage. This game looks right up my alley, though.

If you prefer Constitutional rule to Bible law, maybe stop using the term “unborn.” It’s not just nonsense; it’s propaganda for restricting women’s rights (in this case, literally imprisoning a woman over the results of her pregnancy) and opportunities.

Every time you use the oxymoron “unborn baby,” you’re helping the theocrats draw the lines on the playing field. If you quote someone using the term, especially in repeated variations as the officer did, you need to point out that they are engaging in propaganda to promote a conformist social agenda, not take their…

My issue with ThinkGeek has always been the dollar store quality of the vast majority of their stuff, especially at the prices they charge. I like the concept of a lot of their stuff, but it’s generally chintzy looking and destined to break in a week.

My issue with ThinkGeek has always been the dollar store quality of the vast majority of their stuff, especially at…

get a little high

You are just coming across as someone with an axe to grind. Thermal runaway is not exactly common, whereas batteries potentially subject to it are very common. What makes a battery harder to shield from puncture than a probably larger volume tub of combustible fluid, which is also circulating through the machine?

So are you trying to make the case that a battery is a greater fire hazard than a tank of gasoline?

Steam did let me buy it, and it’s good stuff. Don’t know how often I’ll pick it up, but it’s definitely worth the price of admission.

I clicked “Add to Cart” and the Steam store shit the bed. It’s still spitting out errors half an hour later.