You were also an enjoyer of the clickbaity “money tree” back in the day? Each pixel was a link to something (it was ads, it was entirely ads), but you might could win $10,000 or so it claimed.

Also I was using a 14.4 modem well after 56k and dsl/broadband were introduced and available to everyday consumers. Every webpage took a few minutes to load in for me in those days. It wasn’t until a bit after 2003 that I finally caught up with the times… it’s kind of amazing to think that my ping was manageable in Aliens vs Predator 2, and the first Call of Duty.

I feel obligated to point out that while the label fits, it shouldn’t be a defining personality point.

People often get caught with labels they put there themselves or they were given by others. It’s important to be separate enough from them that you are not constrained by them. If they care enough about finding a label to fit for now, I hope they will continue checking in with themselves on occasion to check if the label still fits.

Much like the feeling of ‘if people are going to call me a villain, I might as well be a villain’. It happens (sometimes quite subtly) for most labels people choose to live by.

I would imagine that the replicators do make the exact same thing every time. The same texture, ripeness, distribution of toppings, etc. each and every time. So wanting the ‘real’ thing may be part placebo, and part wanting to experience the random imperfections of a natural product.

Could someone with enough time and effort make the replicator able to create slight variations on the food that wouldn’t unintentionally poison people? Sure. However it seems like the replicator is used as a future MRE and that natural food is genuinely preferred by most people in that universe.

The first known things pirated looks to have been software at some point in the 70’s.

Most music and video files were so large that actively sharing them back then wasn’t feasible for most people, though I’m sure many made it work even in those slow times. I remember the days of watching images load in one pixel layer at a time.

Napster was the first real breakout application specifically for getting pirated media, but people were definitely sharing movies, music, and anything else digital over IRC well before Napster popped into existence.

Based on information provided, aroace is a functional descriptor.

That being said early teens is a highly transformational time for people. Some change would not be unexpected.

I start out facing away while I test the water on my not so delicate skin until I acclimate, or make whatever adjustments needed. Then I alternate depending on where I’m washing. I tend to handle my hair last, which always leads to a cascade of shampoo and conditioner foam down in all the crevices which then need to be rinsed again.

I read the article and I don’t quite see the line they took to get that gamers are the target applicants they want…

Was it just the ability to sit in a chair and watch a screen for 8+ hours a day?

Was it the outliers like those half dozen people who have platinum’d crimson desert already?

The people who play rage bait being able to handle without cracking under direct pressure?

If it wasn’t something people sought it wouldn’t be produced. I can’t say I care at all about what people are into as long as it involves consenting adults. I don’t know why anyone feels the need to attempt control over something they don’t like if it’s not harmful. And I don’t perceive skewing societal norms in entertainment as harmful. Addiction is an entire other issue that doesn’t pertain to this specific plot line.

Is love to sit in on an interview for his next job.

The word necessary has a lot of wiggle room here. What are necessities? Going by the bare minimum:

• food
• water
• protection from the elements
• protection from illness/infection
• continuation of the species

That’s about everything we truly ‘need’ to die of old age and not go extinct. Nearly everything people currently do is a subset of those needs. Space exploration can be marked under both protection from the elements and continuation of the species.

The Emeritus cycle of cards are hilariously commander friendly. This one pairs exceptionally well in a blink deck.

Xsplit is a video mixer, which has been kind of shut out by the free and accessible OBS that most streamers use these days. I haven’t looked in on it in so long that I have no idea what they could possibly be bringing to the table for their subscription based service that the free options aren’t already doing.

Ymmv on that one. I still get random cravings, 5 years after completely quitting. I still occasionally smoke in dreams. It latched on to me extra hard.

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Today was a good day.

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I loved the first one, and it felt like they really hit their stride by the time they finished up all the dlc… And then the second one came out, and while some aspects (bosses, story) were overall better, nearly every other metric I cared about either stagnated for declined. It served as an alert that the devs weren’t interested in the same things I am and got me to boycott gearbox for a decent chunk of time. I eventually decided to try them out again once they had a massive bundle and discount on most of their borderlands games, as well as the tell tale games.

After playing through 3 and some of the dlcs, it feels like they’re just going through the motions at this point. It might as well be a more cartoony call of duty.

I will continue to wait for deep sales on the full products if I feel like they’re worth my time.

Spotify specific:

Use the free service to listen to new stuff in order to find groups you like. For the sub cost you can buy an album per month and have it forever. I work in areas that don’t have great data connections, so having a local copy keeps the jams going without interruption or ads.

I just don’t finish most open world games. I go out, explore, find my own story, and enjoy. Nothing wrong with it.

There are more SCP-001 proposals than I knew about. I thought there were 3 or 4… There are dozens and I haven’t checked most of them. I will report back later. Much later.

I get the anime is going to shortcut things that don’t particularly matter overall… but boy oh boy do some of those shortcuts diminish the side characters down to caricatures.