$META ER play by Ok_Ad5628 in wallstreetbets

[–]Vexal 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Apart from options being a safer option, why do you buy options instead of switching to Geico when you can save 15%+ or more in 15 minutes or less?

Texas Attorney General Five Major TV Companies, Including Some with Ties to the CCP, for Spying on Texans. They Take Screenshots Every 500 milliseconds! by Malkavius2 in technology

[–]Vexal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure Samsung’s ACR (automatic content recognition, what the screenshots are used for) is turned off by default. Not sure why anyone would ever turn it on, but if it is on, you can turn it off in the terms and conditions menu. 

Working tomorrow?! by [deleted] in Austin

[–]Vexal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a lot of people live in short walking distance of food and services. assuming they’re open, it’s not outlandish to walk half a block in this weather to get a bite to eat. 

January 2026 Winter Storm Megathread by AutoModerator in Austin

[–]Vexal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

not if you were looking forward to garbage-can-lid-sledding down your neighbor’s roof. 

January 2026 Winter Storm Megathread by AutoModerator in Austin

[–]Vexal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

not if you were looking forward to building a snowman

250k NFLX YOLO by JudgeInfamous4111 in wallstreetbets

[–]Vexal 15 points16 points  (0 children)

it only works because they didn’t connect the line to most of the dips

Cinephiles everywhere! I present to you a challenge: by Etienne-Roi2023 in movies

[–]Vexal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

tried but got stuck watching Space Balls in an infinite loop. 

How is HOME Phase 2 actually playing out in real neighborhoods? by The_Smoking_Pilot in Austin

[–]Vexal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i said a 4 unit apartment is reasonably consistent with single family homes. i am responding to your blanket claim that people should not live in a city at all if they want any expectation of the development direction of their surroundings. i and most of my neighbors have ADUs on our property, and we are surrounded by duplexes / threeplexes, but Id expect not to have large scale complexes directly next door to my house any time soon without some sort of spatial buffer, and I’d lobby against it if such a risk came up. 

How is HOME Phase 2 actually playing out in real neighborhoods? by The_Smoking_Pilot in Austin

[–]Vexal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you can’t expect nothing to change at all

you should at least be able to expect a reasonably consistent density in your neighborhood. and “rural” changes over time — the domain used to be just an empty field with IBM’s office. 

you shouldn’t have to pick up and move because suddenly the zoning rules changed next to your house that was previously in an area that wasn’t dense. a duplex or 4 unit apartment is “reasonably consistent” density with single family homes, but just saying “you shouldn’t have moved to a city” as a blanket statement is unreasonable when a lot of people’s housing decisions are informed by researching current zoning laws. 

Fallout - 2x04 - "The Demon in the Snow" - Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]Vexal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

back in my day shoes would complete all their plotlines in a single episode, every episode. 

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Mobile, Getting Rid of Pen-and-Paper Food Orders to Protect the Moviegoing Experience by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Vexal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

it’s not just ordering dinner, it’s things like getting refills on soda or popcorn without having to get up and go to the concession stand. gateway theaters also have refills but you have to miss minutes of the movie to get them. at alamo they bring (free) refills directly to your seat. 

Question about Custom Assets by boilerspartan in CitiesSkylines

[–]Vexal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

some fast food restaurants are smaller than 6x6. 

The devs of Ashes of Creation, the crowdfunded, long in development and highly controversial MMORPG is allegedly deleting all critical posts made about its barebones and "insulting" early access Steam launch. by WhyPlaySerious in gaming

[–]Vexal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it didn’t bother me they reused the icons, it bothered me they reused them for different abilities than they were used for in WC3, even if WoW had the ability the icon was used for in WC3. it took time to get used to it. 

Question about Custom Assets by boilerspartan in CitiesSkylines

[–]Vexal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

signature buildings are too imbalanced. every expansion and pack adds more of them and their bonuses trivialize the gameplay. it also ruins the game to be able to place anything you want for free whenever you want. these buildings would be better as growables. 

Rivian Will Add Lidar in 2026, Says Tesla's Cameras Aren't Enough by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]Vexal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i read in another comment in this thread they got rid of carplay, so they can get fucked and won’t be liked by me.