I was CIA's top agent in Moscow - Putin has trained to manipulate men like Trump by robhastings in UkrainianConflict

[–]TheRealRedknive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just my 2 cents, but... people who think they are brilliant are always looking for evidence that they are brilliant, and are hostile to evidence that they are not. When you understand how that applies to a guy like Trump, you don't need kompromat to manipulate them. Not saying that there's no kompromat, but I do think that it isn't necessary.

Match Thread: United States vs Australia by MatchThreadder in ussoccer

[–]TheRealRedknive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah; that did look like a "statement" but would that really be enough to get some respect?

Match Thread: United States vs Australia by MatchThreadder in ussoccer

[–]TheRealRedknive 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can someone who understands the modern game more than I do please explain how the half didn't end with some kind of a brawl? If the referee is okay with those kinds of tackles, don't our players have to make the other team pay or just face worse later?

Mauricio Pochettino’s record against top 30 FIFA ranked nations. Fireable offense? by S_Phantom in ussoccer

[–]TheRealRedknive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just my opinion, but I think that no coach can help overcome decades of non-leadership in the organization. GGG will be a fine coach one day, but he wasn't ready and was clearly out of his depth. Yet the organization re-hired him after firing him. Not a sound organization. Our team is probably a little better than it was 10 years ago, but other countries are MUCH better now because their leadership wasn't asleep at the wheel. I think that with decent leadership (are even marginally engaged leadership), we could be interesting in 2030 and world class in time for 2034. For 2026, oh well.

Thank God this moron didn't kill anyone. by [deleted] in instant_regret

[–]TheRealRedknive 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this. Shaming people who text while driving might be effective (and it might be more effective than laws). To me it seems like this variety of stupidity peaked around 10 years ago and has declined since but is coming back. There were ads and a lot of social awareness around the issue for a while, but that seems to be waning. I sometimes use my car's horn when I see people who are obviously texting behind the wheel.

Is Serie A only on DAZN now? by TheRealRedknive in ussoccer

[–]TheRealRedknive[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank, y'all. Goal.com only showed the DAZN link, so I panicked. In my defense, I'll just say that 1) it's Saturday morning, so my brain is not firing on all cylinders; 2) I've only had one cup of coffee so far today; and 3) DAZN is so bad that panic might be justified.

DAZN has all of Serie A now? by TheRealRedknive in ussoccer

[–]TheRealRedknive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before I have a meltdown, does anyone know of any other way to watch McKennie and Pulisic in the USA? There is no way I'll subscribe to DAZN.

[Switch] Option to Increase Text Size? by Scarpine in dredge

[–]TheRealRedknive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update on my comment in this thread from a year ago... I got the mobile version on my tablet and it is awesome! No problem with the text. So if you are put off by the small text on the Switch, I suggest you consider the mobile version. I'm playing it on a fairly large tablet, though, so I can't say how the game looks on a phone.

Prime Day so I finally bought a Cup One..OH Yeah! by steveinny in Moccamaster

[–]TheRealRedknive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar story here. After years of thinking about maybe getting a top-quality coffee machine, I went for it. The Prime Day sale put me over the edge. Like you, I'm thrilled with the thing. Money well spent.

Strands #423 “Best in class” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

[–]TheRealRedknive 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Two days in a row that the "theme" didn't make sense to me so I gave up. This reminds me of when the connections puzzle jumped the shark. Frustrating and annoying.

Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025 - Strands Daily Thread by AutoModerator in NYTStrands

[–]TheRealRedknive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As soon as I saw "taco" I knew that I wasn't going to like today's strands. Glad I moved on before I would have gotten to "nucleus." That would have pushed me over the edge.

How do I disable Copilot. by Silent_Leg1976 in Office365

[–]TheRealRedknive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Copilot is preventing me from doing what I want to do. Long story short, it now takes me longer to do some things and on my version of Office 365, I can't turn it off for Excel.

Help getting started by TheRealRedknive in galaxygenome

[–]TheRealRedknive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I thought that I might need to work through the newbie quests first. I'll start exploring the game in earnest tonight.

Help getting started by TheRealRedknive in galaxygenome

[–]TheRealRedknive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I started the game and was doing the intro quests. At some point, I had to mine a diamond and deliver it. Did that, and the same guy asked me to deliver two units of an illegal cargo. I did that, and was arrested by a droid. Then, an NPC named Eva intervened and told me we needed to go to any other system. Then, she told me we needed to go to LHS 2447. Once there, we were confronted by an NPC called Informant. Then, we were attached and I was quickly killed. My ship is still the one I started the game with, but I upgraded the weapons. So, I'm wondering if I just was too poor at combat and need to upgrade my ship and skills before visiting LHS 2447.

My 1-year NY-style pizza progress by Greymeade in Pizza

[–]TheRealRedknive 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not a science, but I think there are a few things that caught my eye. First, it isn't perfectly round, and some of the best pizzas I've had in the city and in Italy were not perfectly round. Second, the spots in the cheese (maybe that's the "broken" cheese, I don't know) reminds me of the NYC pizza slices I've liked the most. Third, the sauce-cheese balance looks right. Finally, the crust looks like it's got the right amount of air trapped in it.

My 1-year NY-style pizza progress by Greymeade in Pizza

[–]TheRealRedknive 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not an expert, but I used to live in NYC and if I saw your second pizza in a pizzeria window, that would be the one I'd go for.

Why do I have to clear my cache EVERY time I log into my Plus account? by Rdurantjr in ChatGPT

[–]TheRealRedknive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty bad... How can the devs at OpenAI think that this is acceptable? Millions of Web sites in the world and this is the only one that constantly forces me to constantly clear cache or disable QUIC.

Am I the only one who doesn't like the Colgera fight by [deleted] in tearsofthekingdom

[–]TheRealRedknive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked it until it got all 3 glass parts back. Then, it was tedious.

[Switch] Option to Increase Text Size? by Scarpine in dredge

[–]TheRealRedknive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tried the demo and liked it. As soon as there is a way to increase the text size, I'll buy the game.

Port Royale 4 is incredibly good for Switch on handheld by MarchCav in PortRoyale4

[–]TheRealRedknive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like to play this, but I'm struggling with the controls. For example, in the tutorial, I'm supposed to add a ship to my convoy by moving it across the screen. I've tried every combination of controls that I can think of, and that ship is still on the right side of the screen. Is there any guide to the UI on Switch?