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vagrantprodigy,

Mine is that all of the Matrix films are very overrated.

vagrantprodigy,

When they came out

vagrantprodigy,

I’d love to see them make the books into a series of movies like with Sharpe or Hornblower.

This may seem kind of stupid but I am kind of stupid, is there a list somewhere of phrases that are stupid or insensitive racially or gender biased?

I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said “well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip.” And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say....

vagrantprodigy,

To be fair, in Florida at least it referred primarily to the whips used to drive cattle, not anything slavery related.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker

vagrantprodigy,

So true about the messaging issues. I had one woman get seriously pissed at me for asking a question about one of the interests in her bio. She said something to the effect of “Are you here to interrogate me or what?” I was just trying to start a conversation, but I quickly moved on, she clearly was crazy or stupid.

What are your experiences with polyamory, first or second hand?

I personally am in a phenomenally stable polyamorous relationship. I’ve been married to my wife for 12 years, and she has had the same boyfriend for about half of that time. It’s a really fulfilling arrangement for all of us in various ways. We’re all genuinely happy and satisfied. I’m kind of casually looking for a...

vagrantprodigy, (edited )

My wife and I are poly. Neither of us have found a long term person yet (Wife isn’t really looking because she is graysexual and doesn’t really want any additional deep emotional connections), but we’ve met a few great people who probably could have worked but for one or two incompatibilities. I’ve seen enough over the past two years to see that it definitely can work.

vagrantprodigy,

There are different terms inside of polyamory, but all of it falls into the polyamory bucket.

vagrantprodigy,

Poly was actually my wife’s idea for many of the reasons you list above. It’s not just sex though, my wife is also not a touchy feely person, and I am, as she calls me, a cuddle monster. Thankfully we are good at communicating and deeply love each other, and so were able to navigate all of this without arguing, yelling, etc…

vagrantprodigy,

Sanderson is the most overrated author of our time. Far too many people confuse volume with quality.

vagrantprodigy, (edited )

I also don’t get it. I find his writing style to be boring, and feels undeveloped, especially since I started as a child reading the classics. Maybe if he was my intro to books I’d feel differently. Same situation with JK Rowling as well, I just don’t get what everyone sees in her books compared to other fantasy novels.

vagrantprodigy,

It’s gotten a lot better over the past few years.

vagrantprodigy,

Kind of looks like she fell asleep watching a toddler, and it decided to cut her hair.

vagrantprodigy,

I was shocked to see it on some resumes recently. And these are for tech positions.

vagrantprodigy,

Breaking Bad was 10/10 the whole way through. Basically every other show has had bad episodes, bad plots, etc…

vagrantprodigy,

Agreed, it is an amazing follow up.

vagrantprodigy,

Not in many years.

vagrantprodigy,

I went out the doctor last week, and they not only didn’t offer it, they acted like I was insane for asking, and for wearing a mask into a building full of sick people. The medical profession in the US needs a major overhaul.

vagrantprodigy,

Yes, that’s life in the South sadly. I haven’t seen a doctor wear a mask in two years.

vagrantprodigy,

Working on both, but neither is fast. It took me 3 months to get into this doctor, only to find out they are a nut job.

vagrantprodigy,

His father was a Berber, and his mother was Roman if I’m not mistaken. Doesn’t sound like he was black.

vagrantprodigy,

It’s not just Roman history. It happened recently with the Cleopatra show. Some people can’t get their head around the idea that not all Africans are black.

vagrantprodigy,

I vote against my own interests nearly every election. I try to vote for what I think is best for the country as a whole, and if that is unclear, I try to think “What decision will my kid want me to have made looking back in 30 years?”

vagrantprodigy,

Even better is forcing changes every 30 or 60 days, and not allowing changes more than every week. Our users complain daily between those rules and the password requirements that they are too dumb to understand.

vagrantprodigy,

I’m aware. Apparently everyone who read my post has misread it. I’m saying that the requirements above are terrible, and they make my users complain constantly. Our security team constantly comes up with ways to increase security theater at the detriment of actual security.

vagrantprodigy,

Everywhere is expensive now. Sad reality.

vagrantprodigy,

I bought a house I didn’t really want recently because my rent had gone up 50% in the previous two years, and was going to go up another 10% if I renewed again. Prices are out of control.

Gamers who have gamed for a long time

do you find it difficult to get into games? I’ve got Epic Games and Steam Games libraries chock-full of classic top-tier games along with many other newer games like Stray or 2077, and a bunch of indie titles. I just can’t be bothered to download and install them, much less try to get into the characters and storylines. Used...

vagrantprodigy,

Trying a new game often feels like work as I get older. I find myself going back to the things I know already rather than new stuff.

vagrantprodigy,

I was in favor of using the gallows they brought to the capital for them

vagrantprodigy,

CK3 was the last straw for me. It’s been years, and the DLC released is both expensive and lacking in the mechanics of CK2.

vagrantprodigy,

That’s disappointing. I can’t wait to see how Musk attempts to screw with everyone once all major companies are using his “open” standard.

Well, Cities: Skylines 2 is here, and it's another broken game release.

I don’t really understand how people make the review threads, but we’re sitting at a 77 on OpenCritic right now. Many were worried about game performance after the recommended specs were released, but it looks like it’s even worse than we expected. It sounds like the game is mostly a solid release except for the...

vagrantprodigy,

It feels like every Paradox sequel is worse than the previous game lately. CK3 is garbage compared to CK2 for instance, even after years of DLC.

vagrantprodigy,

Responses like these are what gives FOSS and Linux a bad name. Please stop being a giant douche.

vagrantprodigy,

I’ve bought sub $500 laptops several times in the last 6 years or so, and they were all great. Lenovo puts (or at least used to put) out Ideapads with Ryzen processors that are crazy cheap, and fairly upgradable.

vagrantprodigy,

Honestly Baldurs Gate 3 is what really makes it look bad. Playing Starfield after playing that highlights all of the shallowness in Starfield.

vagrantprodigy,

Every decent pen I’ve ever owned has just vanished. Glad I don’t really need them anymore, so I can avoid buying the cheapest ones possible.

New Orleans officials seek to build a freshwater pipeline as saltwater wedge inches closer (www.cnn.com)

Water barges and salt-filtering reverse osmosis units will not be enough to prevent saltwater from contaminating New Orleans’ largest water facility, officials said at city council meeting on Wednesday. Instead, a pipeline will be needed to deliver freshwater from upstream — not just for New Orleans, but likely for...

vagrantprodigy,

New Orleans should be abandoned for many reasons. This is just the latest. Ideally the government would have resettled people after Katrina and declared everywhere that flooded to be unbuildable.

vagrantprodigy,

I live in the middle of nowhere in the Southeast, and apparently my area has a score of 12.

vagrantprodigy,

I also use Lithium.

vagrantprodigy,

Yeah, not sure how it took this to get people to finally cancel.

What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)

I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well....

vagrantprodigy,

Have you tried Findroid?

vagrantprodigy,

Exactly. They should take this as the warning it is, and start work on moving to an engine not run by morons.

vagrantprodigy,

Kind of. In the past investors were willing to be more patient, and company values were artificially high, because they were based on potential profits rather than actual profits. That’s shifting a bit as interest rates go up.

vagrantprodigy,

I have it. It makes eating at Chipotle impossible.

vagrantprodigy,

I’ve had great luck with xfs and zfs, but btrfs has lost data for me more than once.

vagrantprodigy,

I can get a decent windows or linux laptop for like $500. Each of the last two I got were in the $400 range, and they are still in use 3 and 5 years later. Plus I can easily upgrade the ram and ssd on those to further extend the lifespan.

vagrantprodigy,

The issue isn’t the ending itself, it’s how they got there. They rushed the ending, and as a result it made no sense.

vagrantprodigy,

Last 4 seasons you mean.

vagrantprodigy,

The US public largely uses SMS still.

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