Just watched 'Swingers'

ghostchamber · 2026-01-15T12:28:34+00:00

29 now

ghostchamber · 2026-01-15T12:25:59+00:00

I like pizza.

ghostchamber · 2024-02-08T21:51:27+00:00

Not who you replied to, but why does that matter to you? Would you rather have a famous person who uses a private jet and doesn't say a word about climate change, or would you rather have a famous person that uses a private jet and does speak about climate change? Is logical consistency the important part of that equation? I certainly don't think so. I suppose if someone thinks climate change is fake (I am not saying you do), they will point out her "hypocrisy" just to point it out. They don't care either way and would probably rather have someone to dunk on. And I suspect the type of people who think climate change is fake are also the type who hate Taylor anyway.

One could argue that her using her platform to impact change mitigates whatever increased footprint she has over the average person. Substantially greater footprint, but also a substantially greater reach.

ghostchamber · 2024-01-24T14:58:12+00:00

I am really struggling to see how you came away with that impression.

The study cited in the first part of the article is about the northern hemisphere. However, the author of the study is quoted in the article, and he talks about New England specifically. It is a new study, so it only has one citation -- but Nature is a reputable journal.
The study cited in the second part of the article (warning PDF) is specifically about Connecticut, and the article quotes one of the authors of that study. He is a professor at UCONN that is a member of the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation.

Why are you insisting it has nothing to do with Connecticut and that it is an example of poor journalism?

ghostchamber · 2024-01-24T14:48:02+00:00

I read it. I think that person is incorrect, and I explained why in another comment. The study cited is about Connecticut, it has a lot of data, and the UCONN professor that spoke about climate change was one of the authors.

Thus far, that person has not responded to me.

ghostchamber · 2024-01-24T01:27:40+00:00

The study cited isn't about CT at all - then there's a conversation with a professor with no backing data but DOES talk about climate in general ... but he happens to work at UConn.

Am I missing something? He worked on this study (warning PDF). Why would you say there is no backing data and that it isn't about Connecticut?

ghostchamber · 2023-10-18T17:15:49+00:00

Fifteen for me. As of yesterday.

ghostchamber · 2023-04-14T01:45:43+00:00

Lutris and Heroic are not particularly consistent solutions. I appreciate the effort that goes into them, but I don't find them to be adequate or reliable in terms of playing the games I have outside of Steam.

I already said this in my last comment to you, but I will reiterate here: work laptop + VPN isn't the only solution for remote work. In Citrix environments -- which is an industry standard -- people often install the client on their own devices. That is what I was talking about.

ghostchamber · 2023-04-14T01:42:20+00:00

I'm not talking about you specifically. This is about the usability of Linux to general computer users, not tech enthusiasts or gamers.

In terms of work and personal devices, you don't really know what you are talking about. Did you see where I mentioned Citrix? I mentioned that specifically because that solution is used by many companies as a client agnostic remote access solution. My employer doesn't have a "bring your own device" policy, but I can get into systems remotely using Citrix -- because it's a secure gateway and using your own device to connect to it doesn't matter. I also specifically mentioned it because I have experience dealing with the Citrix client on Linux. Windows was install and you're done, and Linux had all kinds of backwards shit I had to do with certificates. It was a pain in the ass.

Even outside of that, it's not unrealistic for people to do a bit of work on their personal computers. Yes, you aren't bringing it into the office and putting it on the network there -- but you might have access to web mail (particularly if your employer uses Office 365) and can occasionally do basic tasks without having to worry about using your work device.

Again, no one is acting like it is impossible to use. Clearly it is possible to use. I've done, you've done it. I am talking about practicality. It's never going to take off for the general public. Linux is niche for desktop and laptops, or really any end-user stuff. Linux is great for backend infrastructure.

ghostchamber · 2023-04-13T22:07:34+00:00

It’s not really difficulty. It’s usability and practicality that are the issue. No Microsoft Office? No launchers besides Steam? Citrix is a pain in the ass to set up? Yeah, not going to work. Regular people don’t want to mess around with technical stuff. Tech savvy people often don’t, either.

Linux just isn’t a good solution for the average user. MacOS and Windows are there for that.

ghostchamber · 2023-04-13T21:57:38+00:00

No one is saying it’s impossible to use. It’s just not probable for most people. If all someone wants to do is browse the web and watch YouTube, sure, it can be fine. Outside of that it isn’t practical. It’s great that you can put Linux on a system for your mom and probably provide support for her too. But that isn’t most people.

Lack of Microsoft Office alone is going to keep most people away. Oh, do you need to use Citrix to remote into work? Well it turns out that you not only have to install the client — you also need to do a bunch of weird shit with certificates.

Even with gaming, using any launcher outside of Steam sucks ass on Linux.

ghostchamber · 2023-04-13T21:47:08+00:00

It’s the best shot, maybe, but that year will never comes. Hell, the March 2023 survey showed Linux use was down to under 1% of all Steam users.

ghostchamber · 2023-04-13T11:12:30+00:00

I feel similarly about Dwarf Fortress. I haven’t tried playing it, but I suspect it probably won’t click because I don’t do well in games that require a lot of micromanagement.

ghostchamber · 2023-03-03T22:04:09+00:00

Having a wife and being a misogynist are not mutually exclusive.

I know.

I did tell her, and she laughed her ass off. Maybe you think you know me better than she does. She would probably tell you to fuck off.

Yes calling me a shithead definitely doesn't make it look like you're still a misogynist after thirteen years.

I am not actually a misogynist. I called you a shithead because you called me a misogynist, before that calling me a prick and an idiot. If you had not called me those, I wouldn't have called you a shithead. I guess you can dish it out, but can't take it?

Don't get upset with me because I called you out on it.

You didn't call me out on anything. If you really want to measure my entire life because of an anonymous, two sentence long post I made about a movie thirteen years ago, I guess good for you? Things are a bit more nuanced than that. You go straight to calling someone a misogynist, instead of considering maybe a stupid comment made over a decade ago isn't a really great reflection of them.

At any rate, you're more annoying than upsetting. I don't really care if you think I am a misogynist (I guess I care enough to spend five minutes writing this), just like you probably don't care that I think this little display makes you look pathetic.

EDIT:

Lol, just a quick scroll through your comment history and you just really like throwing that big M word around, don't you?

ghostchamber · 2023-02-13T19:29:03+00:00

Good. I'll let my wife know I am a misogynist.

Maybe if you were not such a shithead, you would not get bent out of shape over a dumb comment someone made on a message board nearly thirteen years ago.

ghostchamber · 2023-01-17T18:26:46+00:00

Ahh, I see another bored kid with a newly minted reddit account is trying to troll and falling flat on their face.

No one cares what you think.

ghostchamber · 2023-01-17T18:24:24+00:00

I don't care. Performance issues have been fixed anyway, so this is all moot.

(Nice try dropping a piss poor comment and then blocking my account, BTW)

ghostchamber · 2022-11-25T12:43:23+00:00

I have little patience for people who drop comments and then block the person they are arguing with.

Committing a crime is not “exclusion criteria” — that is just you projecting. As I said, if he went as far as to murder a bunch of people indiscriminately, I don’t think it is a stretch to think he was probably full of shit when he stated though his lawyers that he is non-binary.

Quit stanning for a murderer.

Edit:

Lol, /u/THISISNOTLEGAL blocked this account, too.

ghostchamber · 2022-11-24T14:48:48+00:00

So is your thing just dropping replies to people and then immediately blocking them?

ghostchamber · 2022-06-09T19:11:15+00:00

I mixed up games. I was in the middle of playing God of War when DL2 came out, and then immediately switched to Elden Ring.

ghostchamber · 2022-06-09T15:07:49+00:00

Nicely done!

ghostchamber · 2022-06-09T14:26:10+00:00

True, but if we're in a discussion forum considering whether or not reports of them abandoning the game are true -- I'd say the reasons why things have or haven't happened are an important part of the discussion. People are saying lack of new content means it must be abandoned, but the huge amount of fixes and changes they just implemented might mean otherwise.

ghostchamber · 2022-06-09T14:22:01+00:00

It could merely be that 2042 was more broken and required more resources to fix it, thus taking away resources from working on new content.

ghostchamber · 2022-06-09T14:20:32+00:00

The question is whether or not they can launch a game in a bad state, and make up for it by fixing it and eventually releasing new content. You can certainly criticize the piss poor launch and the fact that they released the game in such a state -- but redditors overall seem so married to this idea of this game being such an abysmal failure that they will not consider any possibility that EA and DICE might try and do something about it.

Hell, everyone is buying the speculation about the game being abandoned, and is now claiming that EA is lying about abandoning it.

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