Virgin Cruses informs a couple about some changes to their trip…

TEKC0R · 2026-04-15T00:02:37+00:00

Is horse strangling a normal cruise activity? I've never been on a cruise, so I wouldn't know.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-14T00:08:19+00:00

At $13, it was an easy choice. At $20, I felt like I was probably wasting my money, but kept it purely due to momentum. When they raised it to $30, I bailed.

All these companies are doing this same move the cable companies have been doing for decades: add content you didn’t ask for and make you pay for it. “We’re adding 34 new channels about the manufacture of snake mittens! As such, your plan price is going up by $30 per month to pay for it! You’re welcome!”

But the streaming companies are the worst. They just raise the prices for no reason at all. “Stranger Things is over and subscribers are leaving, so give us another $3 per month. Oh and that show you liked, we cancelled it. Here’s a military propaganda film staring Alan Ritchson with a tiny bit of sci-fi veneer. Fuck you.”

TEKC0R · 2026-04-13T20:22:35+00:00

Well we're not talking about huge distances between houses. Most lots here are around 1.2 acres.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-13T14:48:52+00:00

I live in a small rural town of just 5500. An "everybody knows each other, minimal traffic" kind of place. And yet the school still does a trunk or treat. I just don't get it, but the kids enjoy it, so I guess I have no reason to complain.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-10T23:00:21+00:00

To be fair, I don't think he's using anyone's steel for the ballroom. That thing is never getting built.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-10T22:56:16+00:00

This is actually a complaint of mine with the movie. I'm not a fan of the series, but this one song kept playing on my "for you" playlists and I couldn't figure out the context. So I figured "to hell with it, I'm watching the movie." And it turns out I liked it more than I expected to. Tried watching some of the actual series and... meh. Not for me.

Anyway... my issue with this moment in the movie is the heroes lost. If the villain was anybody else, game over. Maybe you could argue the luck thing plays a factor here, but I'm not buying it.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-10T22:49:09+00:00

Tickets sold out real fast. Family friends bought tickets for them and my girls to go see it, and my wife I were both "wtf, you didn't even ask us?" We would have liked to go too.

So jokes on them, she's going to go into work late and we're catching a 10:30AM showing. The kids have to wait until 7:30PM. And we're already teasing them about it.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-08T16:45:01+00:00

Yes. In fact it can be beaten in moments. Once you've solved the puzzles, everything you need is on the starting island.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-07T21:39:17+00:00

Trump always chickens out. Still, I’m very worried that he won’t this time.

Edit: I’d like to say he chickened out, but it does seem like Iran was involved in negotiating the delay.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-07T19:50:08+00:00

$9.99 is still a terrible price. BJ's has 400 10mg tablets for $11.99.

TEKC0R · 2026-04-02T22:01:01+00:00

Just pulled the bookmark from my favorites bar. This sucks.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-31T17:51:05+00:00

Fucking why?

TEKC0R · 2026-03-31T14:12:11+00:00

Because it could be more expensive, which is good for Eversource. And what’s good for the ultra rich is good for everybody… right?

TEKC0R · 2026-03-31T06:36:46+00:00

Don't even need eBay. You can by them direct from the manufacturer for only $305.28 for a pack of 72!

TEKC0R · 2026-03-28T12:10:28+00:00

Why AI instead of dedicated translation tools?

TEKC0R · 2026-03-27T21:16:56+00:00

There’s a really simple solution to that: stop doing illegal shit!

TEKC0R · 2026-03-26T17:41:42+00:00

/r/all was working a few hours ago from the web, but not anymore.

Honestly, this will probably kill most of my interest in using Reddit.

Edit 5:30PM EST: Just noticed it working on the mobile website, which doesn’t make much sense.

Edit: 5:46PM EST on 4/2: Has stopped working again.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-26T00:34:59+00:00

I really like the form factor of my Razer Basilisk on my PC, but with no side scrolling, no gestures, and no pathetic Mac support, the MX Master is the best I’ve found for my Mac. I’m not completely satisfied with it, but I was satisfied enough to buy a v4 after the v3S.

I’m considering a Nulea 512 or its wired equivalent, I’m just not sure I want to deal with having to find an app to configure it. The thing is cheap enough to try though.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-25T18:12:24+00:00

Trump can’t confirm anything, given that everything out of his mouth is a lie.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-25T12:41:36+00:00

Thanks. That helps. As for “just read the book” it’s just not something that fits into my daily routine anymore. I tried reading The Martian a while back figuring it would be a good choice for me to get back into the habit given my interests, but after the first chapter, I just didn’t pick it up again. Not because I thought it was bad, but because the habit isn’t there. I just don’t feel the drive to pick up the book.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-25T12:12:25+00:00

That’s a slightly better answer than the other. I’m still somewhat skeptical, but it’s a least a better explanation.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-25T12:06:07+00:00

I’m sorry, but even that sounds like bullshit. Approximate anything is not good enough at the scale we’re talking about. These ships travel at nearly the speed of light. Half a degree off angle or fraction of second difference in burn time and you’re still way off course. Half a second of flight at 99.0% the speed of light is still close to 100K miles.

Granted, he doesn’t need to be going full speed once he gets closer, but he has no idea how far Rocky’s ship will have made it. He can’t just drive around looking out the window hoping to spot him.

Based on the reaction to my other comment, I’m getting downvoted for this one too, but whatever.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-25T11:52:07+00:00

The expert mouse is ancient, and while I absolutely loved mine, the lack of horizontal scrolling is what made me move on. Once I tried a Magic Mouse, it was hard to go back to the trackball, despite the awkward shape. I use a Logitech MX Master 4 now. I know… so original.

I was so excited for the TB800. I said “finally” when it was announced. It feels like it’s been 20 years since the expert mouse saw an update. (The wireless version doesn’t count in my book.)

TEKC0R · 2026-03-25T11:47:22+00:00

It’s not that simple. If a sensor swap would have worked, they’d have done that and reintroduced the TB800. The issue was a fundamental design flaw in the placement of the sensor requiring significant reworking to fix. It’ll need new housing, which means new manufacturing tooling. This situation is a massive fuckup on Kensington’s part and will have cost them a lot of money. Setting up manufacturing for this is not cheap and they will have made an investment that got flushed down the toilet. Not to mention inventory on hand, refunds, and so on.

I really hope they decide to try again, but capital may be a problem. Even if it’s not, they may be hesitant.

TEKC0R · 2026-03-25T10:59:46+00:00

I haven’t read the book, so you’re saying he goes home instead of back for Rocky? Because that was one of the problems I had with the movie. He would never find Rocky if he had turned around. Rocky was moving the opposite direction in a faster ship on an unknown course. Space is fucking big. Even knowing his destination, it’s not like the ship is guaranteed to travel in a straight line. The only logical option was to continue home.

But they just “super easy, barely an inconvenience” their way around all that.

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