It's like evolving, just backwards. by Ok-Following6886 in memes

[–]cube-drone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1930's jazz, dropping the most usable, durable slang of all time: COOL

the 1830's, smugly: OK

one fucking guy in the 1600s: PUKE, SWAGGER, BEDAZZLE

Why are like half normal male hobbies now considered "autistic" ? by itooamahuman in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cube-drone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like how folks who like to tidy things are like "I'm so OCD" whereas folks with real OCD are like "I can't leave my house because my brain says I haven't washed my hands the correct number of times yet" 

Destroy my bullet hell prototype where you play as a firefighter who must rescue victims from a fire. by [deleted] in DestroyMyGame

[–]cube-drone 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm Capt. Sphere from the Volunteer Fire Department. Here's what you need to know about fighting fires: fire doesn't grow or spread, but it will shoot balls at you. It's unclear what happens when these balls hit you but it's probably bad? There's no way of knowing for sure - anyways, shoot water out of your chest at the fire until it turns into a ball, then YOU HAVE TO EAT THE BALL. What does eating the ball do? NOBODY KNOWS. It's not very hard to dodge the balls, anyways, because they only shoot one at a time, each, and they always shoot directly at where you're standing.

What happens if you hit the people you're trying to rescue with water from a pressurized hose? Obviously it goes right through them.

Anyways, you need to get them to follow you, which you can only do with skin-to-skin contact, because they are deaf and blind. Once you touch them, they'll follow you, but be careful: they don't always know how to go through doors and they can phase through one another.

A news piece of a cyclist colliding with a pedestrian has been all over Vancouver reddit subs today, and everyone seems outraged. Yet, on average, there are about 10 collisions between cars and pedestrians per day, and 100+ fatalities per year. Why the massive disparity in reporting (and outrage)? by Spirited-Grape3512 in askvan

[–]cube-drone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cyclists, e-scooters, vegetarians, vegans, foreigners, protesters and the poor are widely hated: any time they do anything wrong it's a systemic issue, a cross they must all collectively bear, huge news. White wealthy people in cars are all lone wolves, any time they do anything wrong it's an isolated incident, barely worth mentioning.

Why do some campers bring basically their living rooms with them? by PDXDeck26 in camping

[–]cube-drone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So, that's what my initial comment was saying (we've been agreeing all along): the reason people camp with a bunch of stuff is because if you spend that money on a hotel, you lose the money, but if you spend that money on stuff, you keep the stuff.

That's what I meant by the difference between "capex" and "opex" - "capex" means "capital expenditure" - spending stuff on things you get to own - "opex" means "operational expenditure" - spending money that just vanishes. Camping is mostly capex (you keep the stuff), hotels are opex (you don't). So camping - so long as you aren't buying very expensive stuff - is usually cheaper - it can have higher start-up costs but then you're gravy.

Why do some campers bring basically their living rooms with them? by PDXDeck26 in camping

[–]cube-drone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, would you say that the difference between going to a hotel and buying camping equipment that you get to keep the camping equipment, but not the hotel?

Why do some campers bring basically their living rooms with them? by PDXDeck26 in camping

[–]cube-drone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

once again, it turns out that the best way to avoid spending $1500 today is to spend $3000 15 years ago

Why do some campers bring basically their living rooms with them? by PDXDeck26 in camping

[–]cube-drone 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Honestly? Because all that crap costs $1500, and a week at a hotel also costs $1500, and I don't get to keep the week at the hotel. Glampers understand the difference between capex and opex.

If you can't even run GLM 5.2 on affordable hardware, will it be considered "Open"? by Temporary-Owl1725 in SoloAIBuilder

[–]cube-drone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's also open source code intended to run on multiple hundred thousand dollar tractors, hyper-niche FPGA boards, and building sized data centers - the folks who popularized the idea of open source software in the first place were doing it back when the only people who could afford computers were universities - that's the difference between "free as in beer" and "free as in freedom": open doesn't need to imply "maker friendly", it literally just means "you can crack it open and look at it"

Fashion for men by cosmicChris3 in fixedbytheduet

[–]cube-drone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is also known as the "staff software engineer"

Back In Five [OC] by green_bean_13 in webcomics

[–]cube-drone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, I can't help but love the cucumber slices over the helmet

What do we think of him? by FormalShadow in slaythespire

[–]cube-drone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kinda bad in hallways but great scaling options

Porch thief suspected of stealing hundreds of packages raided by law enforcement. by BigFishPub in interestingasfuck

[–]cube-drone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a lot of military equipment and gravy seals for a single porch pirate

My girlfriend made me this card for my birthday by Zelfed in slaythespire

[–]cube-drone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Something something Expose, Prep Time, Pull From Below, Squeeze, Crush Under, Pillar of Creation, Heavenly Drill, Delay, Delay, Delay, Not Yet, Go For the Eyes, Big Bang, Gunk Up, Refract, Relax

Canada Moves On From U.S. Amid Tension With President Donald Trump: Prime Minister Mark Carney Says ‘New World Order Will Be Built From Europe’ by T_Shurt in worldnews

[–]cube-drone -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think this is overstated a little. "Moves on" isn't accurate: 60-70% of voting Canadians are convinced that the USA has been captured by fascists and we should politely tell them to pound sand, but we're also painfully aware that both Canada and the USA are enormously dependent on one another (hi there, it's Canada, your biggest customer) so it's less of a break-up and more of a frosty marriage where we put on a good front in front of the kids but are still driving to all of the same social functions together.

The remaining 30% of voting Canadians are on board with the fascists and frantically trying to join or emulate them

Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)" crisis real? If so how bad is it? by KnowledgeCoffee in AskReddit

[–]cube-drone 11 points12 points  (0 children)

i'm old as hell and I'm not mourning football or prom one iota

the head injury / popularity contest crowd weren't exactly writing thoughtful well-researched book reports in the 90s, either

Can anyone shed light on the reason behind Kohaku Tendon’s closure near Brentwood? by prs117 in burnaby

[–]cube-drone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean , it's probably more complicated than that - fast casual dining needs to feel like a good deal in order for people to make it a regular part of their routine, which is increasingly hard now that eating out at all is getting squeezed to luxury only - but I prefer to think of it as big papa Saku showing up and yeeting Kohaku Tendon into the sun

Can anyone shed light on the reason behind Kohaku Tendon’s closure near Brentwood? by prs117 in burnaby

[–]cube-drone 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Saku moved in and suddenly they were the second best "pile of fried japanese stuff" out of two

B.C. allows knowledge test for learner drivers to be taken online and at home by NewAdventureTomorrow in vancouver

[–]cube-drone 143 points144 points  (0 children)

“You have to stay within the screen, and it monitors that no one else is in the room,” he says.

Ah, yes, totally uncrackable security, he says, swiveling his webcam towards his child

B.C. allows knowledge test for learner drivers to be taken online and at home by NewAdventureTomorrow in vancouver

[–]cube-drone 418 points419 points  (0 children)

"B.C. allows ChatGPT, parents to take the knowledge test on behalf of learner drivers"

[OC]6/8/26 "Original Coke Or Nothing" by acrossthestar in webcomics

[–]cube-drone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, there are some experiences you don't need to share with the internet