swordgeek

joined 2 years ago
[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Go to a female stylist. Problem solved.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Pure clickbait. No date, no milestones, just a rumour that some coding may be happening.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Stop giving credence to the indulgent rants of self-interested billionaire fascists.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Sorry to say, I don't believe a word of it.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Punitive damages can be awarded for bad-faith bargaining, which definitely seems to be the case here.

It's a stretch perhaps, but that's what I think would be reasonable.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

Probably not really feasible - it will require constant connection to a back-end server to play or some bullshit like that.

But even if you can, that's not the answer. The proper action is to deny them entirely. Don't play the game, don't play PUBG, don't do anything that expands their reach, money or not.

They need to suffer with NOBODY playing this game. They need to suffer by people deleting their Battlegrounds accounts. Software piracy is what makes games legendary.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 47 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Oooh, there's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

$250M PLUS legal costs PLUS $250M in punitive fees. That should hurt them a bit.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 days ago

We have a plan to deal with this.

Step #1 is to let one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gasses destroy itself in a civil war.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Gen X weighing in. That'll only last you so long, then your body starts to rebel no matter what.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 days ago

It depends on who "we" are.

If you're in the US, then bad news buttercup - you're already under the thumb of a ruthless insane dictator, and the economy is the last of your worries.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, also the NBC coverage still has Bob Roll. UGH!!! That's just a personal thing, but GOOD GOD I HATE LISTENING TO HIM BUTCHER NAMES!!! If I hear "Jonas Vingegoo" one more time, I may have to blow up my computer.

I miss Paul Sherwin so much. He and Liggett had a charm together that Roll could never hope for.

I know, not your problem. Just...ugh. Why did NBC choose him?

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess I’ve just given up and assume everyone would just cut us off. I’ve really only seen negativity twords the US, so that colors my view. There’s also my buddy from Japan who advised me to say I was Canadian when traveling internationally due to the negativity he’s seen directed at the US when he’s traveling Asia and Europe.

Speaking as a Canadian, your friend from Japan can fuck right off.

Even the good people from the US (and there absolutely are some - some of my dearest friends are from SoCal) are not Canadian, and either (a) can't pull it off, or (b) skew the rest of the world's view of Canadians.

So please don't.

 

Google Contacts, like most of their products, keeps changing and getting worse. Somewhere along the way it deleted all of the street address information from my contacts!

Ideally looking for a tool that checks these boxes:

  • Open-source
  • Android, Web, and (if necessary) Linux and Windows clients
  • Stores contact info locally (i.e. self-hosted)
  • Stores contact info securely (encrypted)
  • Can store in a cloud location (e.g. Sync, Dropbox)

It seems like a tall order, but KeePass has managed to do that with their password vault, so why not contact info?

Any success stories out there?

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
 

Well, kinda.

Have two computers - my main one which has a failing internal drive (doesn't contain crucial stuff) and an old Linux machine which...has a failing internal drive.

Took them both out of their corners and blew the dust out - so much dust! Reseated the cables, moved some things around, and plugged 'em back in.

The main computer has the same problem as before, so I'm recovering as much data as I can before swapping out the dead drive.

The Linux computer won't even power on now. Gonna have to look at that this weekend.

EDIT: The Linux machine is back. Turns out the power plug I used for the internal drive is...questionable. Grabbed a different one and it came up fine. Well, fine to the point of recovery at least.

 

Openly sold in ads posted on LinkedIn, X, Adobe and Indian e-commerce sites, before many taken down

 

The official provider is once again Flobikes - as shitty of a company as ever existed.

Even if they weren't so terrible, they charge $210/year, and that's the minimum subscription window.

So VPNs? Restreaming? Or do we just ignore the greatest bike race on earth again?

 

My mom died last month, and we've been cleaning out her suite. After an initial cleanup and an estate sale, we're packing the rest up for donation. Today four of us moved most of the furniture out and got almost everything packed.

Tomorrow, we'll hopefully get the rest done before my wife and I start the 3 hour drive home.

 

Canada should ‘move on’ from Trump’s 51st state remarks, says Pete Hoekstra

 

Canada should ‘move on’ from Trump’s 51st state remarks, says Pete Hoekstra

 

I'm looking to get some custom-molded ear plugs to block wind noise while riding on the highway.

Two Canadian companies were at the last motorcycle show: "Safe & Sound" out of Sherwood Park, AB; and "HearSmart Solutions" out of Surrey, BC.

Both look good, but I'm wondering if anyone has experience with or recommendations for either company. Or another option, for that matter.

Whatcha got for me, Lemmy?

 

In Canada at least, Melitta coffee filters are manufactured in the US.

Technivorm are made in The Netherlands.

 

Seriously, do it. Go get your Jack (bleah), your Aviation gin, your California wines, whatever you want.

Every store with those items on the shelf has already bought the products from AGLC. They can't ship it back, and they can't recover their costs except through sales.

The AGLC is no longer buying booze from the US, which means every bottle available is money already sunk - and for small stores, it can be a lot of money.

So go to your local shop, buy what you want, and tell the owner that you know it's not on them to throw away their purchased inventory.

 

So I've got a Ducky One RGB Tenkeyless keyboard, and the doubleshot caps are pretty much worn out. (the homing bars on F and J are undetectable by feel).

I'm looking for a pudding version of the same. Namely:

  • OEM profile
  • 87 key ANSII TKL layout
  • double-shot PBT
  • black-capped pudding
  • Works with Cherry switches (cherry red, FWIW)

As an added bonus, I'd like to replace the Windows key with something fun - maybe Tux the penguin or Lemmy the lemming, a motorcycle, something other than "We are the Microsoft Borg."

Best I can find so far is the enormous (145 key?!) set from Ducky, which is out of stock everywhere.

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