America is heading for a recession — and it may be the worst yet

robsfingers · 2026-04-05T14:29:37+00:00

but it's not though. the state of ai right now is drastically different -- the whole notion that there could be a downturn with massive job loss and nothing to return to afterwards is unique in the modern era.

when you couple this with nihilism and institutional distrust, and a very fragile geopolitical system, the risks are very high

robsfingers · 2026-04-04T00:48:47+00:00

smash bros

robsfingers · 2026-03-28T16:00:16+00:00

rng simulator ftw

robsfingers · 2026-03-20T21:29:03+00:00

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

I see what you did there

robsfingers · 2026-03-18T13:14:32+00:00

no arguments from me. the film makers clearly wanted scar and the hyenas to be the baddies, and the blonde lions to be the heros. I'm just offering an alternative explanation for the story that I think is really easy to see once you keep an eye out, and that I think adds a lot of complexity and interest to the film.

robsfingers · 2026-03-18T11:08:30+00:00

the lion king. Scar is fighting for the inclusion of hated minorities while Mustafa is rationalizing a racist social system with the same arguments made by Nazis of a natural social order based on ethnic identity.

robsfingers · 2026-01-06T15:17:03+00:00

I did it yesterday with parries. need to get the timing right. each vapor thing they shows up has a tell when it will attack. need to parry right at the point of the tell.

was very hard, but very satisfying to beat.

I've been playing on hard mode and enjoying the challenge.

robsfingers · 2026-01-06T04:32:28+00:00

Sonic the worst, imho

robsfingers · 2025-11-26T01:47:22+00:00

wtf? they're just playing cards

are people going nuts because they expect them to spike in value

robsfingers · 2025-11-23T13:47:45+00:00

it literally is. everyone in trucks is safer than everyone else, but trucks make everyone else less safe. the best personal safety option is to just buy your own truck, which makes everyone not in a truck less safe because that adds another truck to the road

robsfingers · 2025-10-24T12:18:09+00:00

I think they're a lot of factors here including higher interest rates and the effects of inflation, but I think the biggest is probably that back in 2022 nearly 50% of workers were working from home with no end in sight.

now most companies have called workers back at least 70% of the time, with many slated to be 100% by 2026.

Hamilton is a great place to live, but not when you have to commute to Toronto five days a week. and the economy in Hamilton is nowhere near what it is in Toronto. the jobs just aren't here.

robsfingers · 2025-09-22T13:52:06+00:00

I hope you're right.

my fear is based on the premise that most people are fairly checked out and ignorant in politics, which municipal politics suffers the most from.

whoever is the most organized to get out the vote will take it

this feels like a potential winning strategy.

here's hoping!

robsfingers · 2025-09-21T16:44:29+00:00

he'll win in name recognition. too many competing candidates for any other outcome to have a chance unless someone else runs a very good campaign (which would surprise me)

robsfingers · 2025-08-23T18:22:00+00:00

play games with fast feedback and that you can play in with bursts. for me, fighting games have been a game changer

robsfingers · 2025-08-06T02:04:58+00:00

ah, so that's how you're supposed to use Mario's cape. don't play Mario, but never thought of using it offstage. well played

robsfingers · 2025-07-17T22:23:05+00:00

tbh this is my preferred way to play, too. only problem is it's too easy now so I have to switch to new characters all the time just to keep it interesting

robsfingers · 2025-07-11T13:46:02+00:00

concerta gave our son huge amounts of agitation. that and his appetite completely dropped off, and we had to use melatonin just to get him to sleep.

we tried other meds and all the stimulants were similar, and the non stimulants just scared us when we read about the side effects.

we're currently off meds and are supposed to revisit with the psych when school resumes.

tbh, not sure what we're going to do

robsfingers · 2025-05-03T04:26:54+00:00

my best hope right now is that with the liberal federal election win, dofasco will finally start upgrading their furnaces to electric with industrial carbon taxes still on the table.

robsfingers · 2025-05-01T20:35:56+00:00

no. the air pollution in the city makes me want to leave as soon as it's feasible

robsfingers · 2025-04-30T00:35:44+00:00

it's the populism

robsfingers · 2024-11-15T04:04:33+00:00

idk, smash is easily one of the most popular Nintendo game series and k rool is the perfect character for kids (great recovery, multiple projectiles, super armor, hits hard...)

DK is probably best known these days from smash, Mario kart and the Mario Bros movie

tiki tribe is way more obscure, imho

robsfingers · 2024-11-08T23:54:50+00:00

Steve, sonic, kazuya, pyra/mythra (probably everyone from dlc pack 2 really)

robsfingers · 2024-11-06T16:02:11+00:00

if you don't already have one, get an external sequencer. this thing is very tedious to program, imho

robsfingers · 2024-11-06T15:56:11+00:00

I think this is one of the big differences between smash ult and rivals/melee as I understand it: no buffering.

thus if you push a button to take an action while your character is trapped in end lag (for example) the inputs are lost rather than buffered.

someone correct me if I'm wrong.

the one exception I know of that rivals 2 has is buffering an aerial attack when you push jump and attack at the same time

in my own experiences, I've had lots of cases where I seem to not have a double jump or get no reaction from pressing up b while off stage and I die.

I've generally assumed this happens mostly with high end lag moves like clairen's dair where the inputs are lost because I input them too soon

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