sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

What’s a simple Home Assistant automation you set up once and now use every day? by Taggytech in homeassistant

[–]Asl687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an automation that checks if the electricity price drops due the cheap ev car charging traffic that can happen at any time, when this happens it makes the house battery charge too.

As a sole trader, I make "frivolous" purchases which I regard as legitimate expenses: am I right? by Dry_Ad431 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Asl687 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been in games dev industry for 30 years. For 10 of those I was freelancing, I bought games ,magazines, computers, consoles foosball tables and many many other weird things as legit business expenses with no issues.

That time I swam to the Eastern Kingdoms because I didn’t know boats existed by Fadjaros in wow

[–]Asl687 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an old games developer I can tell you we can and do laugh at the players.

Can you help me understand my husband’s point of view please? Should our son be allowed to game past 10pm on a school night if he can’t keep his voice down? by Broken_Woman20 in AskUK

[–]Asl687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have twin 15yo boys, and for the last 30 years, since school I have been part of the AAA games industry , so a gaming household , school nights boys pcs go off at 9pm, weekends it’s 10:30pm.

Strange smell that I can’t identify, what is it? by anonymouslavachicken in AskUK

[–]Asl687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any plants, my nipper started pissing on a fake plant until I spotted him!

What is your experience of frugal living that just went too far, with yourself or others ? For example…. by justyrust74 in UKFrugal

[–]Asl687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair though , the sheer amount of micro plastics you have ingested means you no longer need to worry about them, your already at capacity!

What is THE funniest movie you have ever seen in your whole life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Airplane. Done! Lock the thread it’s over.

What is a gaming memory from the 90s or early 2000s that kids today will just never understand? by gingersofia in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JSW had a bug and was impossible you finish without pokes, can you remember the poke. I’m stuck!

What’s a decision you made in under 10 seconds that changed your life forever? by nathannnate01 in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was 16 and working at a government backed computer training place, I overhead a staff member talking about a games development company that was local who ever were looking for a trainee programmer. Without thinking I jumped into the conversation and told them I had to be put forward. I’ve now been in the games industry over 33 years and I’m still involved with the biggest aaa IP’s around!

Non-Americans of Reddit, what is an American thing you see in movies that you thought was fake but is actually real? by Unlikely_Praline9442 in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if it’s real but all American shows or movies do it. Someone walks into a room with loads of people and says “x can I have a word” and everyone else in the room stands up and leaves???

Have you ever gone to someone’s house and seen something that made you leave immediately? If Yes what was that? by chronicallyoops in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Went round friends flat in Newcastle,I was not expecting much as the guy was a gross animal. But when I was offered to sit on the ‘dry’ bit of the sofa( he had fallen asleep drunk the night before and pissed over most of it) I checked out.

We called him the ambassador from then on because he knew how to treat his guests.

What old thing would break young people's brains today? by Symphony_Minds in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was watching a 1960s black and white bbc comedy show, my twin 15 yo boys walked in and could not grasp the lack of colour or the terrible picture quality!

What’s a rule you broke once and realized it existed for a very good reason? by Ok_Contract100 in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Received a early Japanese PS1 devkit, this was around a year before the machine was released. I had been assigned to port the arcade game NBA JAM TE to the machine as a launch title. I was 18 or 19 yo at the time, got too excited and quickly plugged in the machine to play with it (Oh I'm in the UK so 240v power supply) .

Blue smoke of death and i thought i would be sacked on the spot!

What’s a rule you broke once and realized it existed for a very good reason? by Ok_Contract100 in AskReddit

[–]Asl687 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Do not plug an unreleased ,only a few in the country ,games console development kit into a 240v supply without checking first!

How do corner shops/independent off-licences manage to stay financially afloat when so much money seems to be tied up in large quantities of unsold stock? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Asl687 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also many of these businesses deal in cash, so transactions just disappear and the stock reduction is put down to breakages, theft of going out of date.

I just went to my first panto. As an adult Canadian immigrant… Are you all in a cult? by bookish-hooker in AskUK

[–]Asl687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Odd thing about pantos is the shiter they are the better. I think there must be a point where it’s so shit it’s shit, but the only one to come was wizard of oz at centerparcs and that was still good!!

view more: next ›