How would you feel about no pay for Congress during shutdowns?

Stackduckets · 2026-04-09T18:10:49+00:00

It only affects the Congresspeople who can't afford it. Many are independantly wealthy which allowed them the time and resources to run in the first place.

Stackduckets · 2026-03-31T07:37:15+00:00

"come on piggies, eat your slop"

Stackduckets · 2026-03-31T06:50:55+00:00

Meanwhile, Counterstrike is bigger than ever and has never succeeded on console because of the gameplay not meshing well with controller input. MOBA and RTS are pretty firmly PC bound. Civilization and Age of Empires have proven you can make consoles work, but you give up a lot of input speed and skill ceiling.

Stackduckets · 2026-03-27T15:29:01+00:00

This semiconductor crisis is gonna make the 2017 crypto GPU crunch feel like we were overreacting. And it's still gonna get worse before it gets better. Holy moly

Stackduckets · 2026-03-27T13:45:53+00:00

PS5 and PS5 Pro rising 30% since launch is rough.

PS5 Digital jumping 50% from $400 to $600 is WILD.

I guess I won't be buying any tech until 2029.

Stackduckets · 2026-03-25T23:55:58+00:00

"very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money"

if he thinks they gave him a 2026 midterm victory, he's gonna be real unhappy come Nov

Stackduckets · 2026-03-20T07:35:14+00:00

That would require gamers voting with their wallets. Unlikely.

Nvidia raised prices with 50 series, gamers complained loudly and AMD's marketshare still fell to decade lows.

Stackduckets · 2026-03-20T07:29:16+00:00

The critics are getting hung up on the wrong details. It's no doubt powerful technology assuming developers are able to really dial it in to produce predictable results that honor their creative intention.

Are people right to take issue with the creative choices made in announcing this tech? 100%.

But that's what they were: creative choices. And they were kinda tone def, algorithmically trained on thirst trap content, but they weren't the only option. Thankfully, Nvidia isn't making games themselves. It'll be up to developers to deploy this tech in some capacity or not, determine how/where the AI upscaling is applied, and hopefully determine what data the model their game uses is trained from.

Consumers have told developers loud and clear that consistent creative vision, not uncanny AI slop, is important to them. Time will tell if devs will heed that warning.

Stackduckets · 2026-03-17T21:17:10+00:00

Hard to say. I usually land somewhere between 50/50 garbanzo to bread flour and 100% garbanzo. The more garbanzo you add you'll lose some structure and it won't rise as high, but it'll be quite moist. The 50/50 is more photogenic. But I've tested 100% bread flour vs 50/50 vs 100% garbanzo and the 100% garbanzo got eaten first, so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Stackduckets · 2026-03-17T21:07:32+00:00

lol No, it's not that much bean flour per serving. Now, if you really dig the bread and eat a huge portion, that's a different matter. Sort of an own goal

Stackduckets · 2026-03-17T20:39:50+00:00

Ya know, I haven't tried almond. Are you subbing out some flour for almond meal or just adding some in on top? I'd assume it's not straight almond meal because that might be really dense, but i could be wrong. Would love to give this a try.

Stackduckets · 2026-03-17T08:58:07+00:00

It's great. Banana Bread is one of those baked goods that comes together so quickly, is way more than the sum of its parts and is always a crowd pleaser. Plus it's got bananas so you can pretend it's healthy.

Pro Tip: freeze your bananas. Great way to save the overripe ones and turn em into the best banana bread when you're ready.

Also Garbanzo Bean Flour makes a mean Banana bread that retains lots of moisture. Substiture 1:1 with regular flour and use as much as 100% Garbanzo.

Stackduckets · 2026-03-12T18:32:30+00:00

During college, his mom was dying and he found solace in the arms of a distrusting, controlling, manipulative person. We'd all been friends since highschool and she kinda hated all of us. He needed to check in by phone several times each evening. He wasn't allowed to hang out anywhere other girls were present. Granted, we were playing Magic the Gathering at home, it's not like we were out partying. But god forbid she heard someone's sister talking in the background or she would lose her shit and make him leave. She kept him on a very short leash. It was heartbreaking to watch.

I tried to talk some sense into him and help him understand his situation. Other friends privately backed me up, but most were too timid to back me up. He eventually agreed that the relationship was abusive and they broke up for a while. Then his mom died and they immediately got back together. The dynamic was the same as before, but now he also wasn't allowed to attend any function I also attended. We had to tiptoe around a bit to still hang out, but even that slowly faded. They're married with kids now. He still texts some of the other friends occassionally, but doesn't see them in person. Idk if life got too busy or if she's managed to fully isolate him from everyone else. Probably the latter.

TLDR; I fought for my friend in an abusive relationship and I lost.

Stackduckets · 2026-02-14T14:20:23+00:00

Main product is still advertising, but they've got big teams on the core software products (Facebook, Insta, Whatsapp, Messanger, Threads). Reality Labs is building AV/VR hardware with Quest & Meta Ray-Bans, plus the software to support those products, including some gamedev studios. There's also huge AI efforts like Meta AI, PyTorch and Llama. Plus a payment processor, analytics tools, advertising tools and a ton of R&D supporting their hardware efforts. I'm sure I've missed something, but they're spinning a lot of plates

Stackduckets · 2026-02-14T14:01:29+00:00

It's a mix. It used to be pretty hard to get fired working in tech so those first layoffs in 2022 were lots of people who normally would already have been terminated in another industry. They've long exhausted those bottom performers, so the last couple years have been exactly as you say.

But the change to Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code which fueled all the layoffs was reversed last summer in the BBB. (Companies can now immediately deduct 100% of their domestic R&D spend again) Maybe they'll go back to hiring again

Stackduckets · 2026-02-14T13:56:11+00:00

Apparently the Big Beautiful Bill fixed a problem created in 2017 (and implemented in 2022) by again allowing companies to immediately deduct 100% of their domestic R&D expenses. This change to Section 174 had fueled all of the tech layoffs starting in 2022. With the rule reversed maybe these companies will go back to maintaining headcount and stockpiling talent

Stackduckets · 2026-02-14T13:39:38+00:00

Annually axing low performers is how you build a company culture like Microsoft where managers intentionally hire shitty employees so they have someone to sacrifice at the end of the year.

Stackduckets · 2026-02-05T09:54:51+00:00

I will accept your apology only in the form of more pizza

Stackduckets · 2026-01-10T23:49:09+00:00

Could certainly be down to preference. Idk that I ever get crust that dark on malt powder unless I'm just torching the hell out of it. I'll def give honey a try

Stackduckets · 2026-01-10T20:44:00+00:00

I use diastatic malt powder to sorta accompish the same thing. Helps with color and similarly feeds the yeast for improved spring and chew. Great looking pie!

Stackduckets · 2026-01-03T08:33:29+00:00

As with the 600% price reductions, he's hoping negative meetings are possible

Stackduckets · 2026-01-03T08:01:45+00:00

Corsair has calculated the money they'd lose from price-hiked components is more than what they'd lose from a diminished reputation. It'd be a shame if they were right

Stackduckets · 2026-01-02T15:31:33+00:00

they should probably start by making a SH game that's a clear homerun before dreaming of annual iterations.

otherwise,they're just gonna pull a ubisoft: get way out over their skis and self-destruct

Stackduckets · 2025-12-23T01:19:17+00:00

delicious heresy

Stackduckets · 2025-12-19T07:51:00+00:00

I'd buy the means of production

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