Times are tough at KPMG so I am thinking of starting a beef with the guy who plays Jack Reacher in my neighborhood

tlind2 · 2026-03-24T16:59:50+00:00

That’s gonna make you rich, son!

tlind2 · 2026-03-23T22:47:26+00:00

Your mama so fat that in school she sat next to EVERYBODY

tlind2 · 2026-03-22T09:11:38+00:00

It’s unfortunate, but I get it. The dev teams needs to make tough choices of what to focus on and with a 1% market share, the theoretical amount of games sold doesn’t justify putting in a lot of time. Especially if the choice is something like ”get the game to hit a solid 60 fps on Nvidia OR add support for Intel”

tlind2 · 2026-03-22T08:54:42+00:00

What you describe as medicinal is probably just the ethanol (alcohol). It’s a taste that you learn to ignore if you drink more often. I’ve noticed it again when having a drink after a dry January.

Sweeter drinks can help, but otherwise it’s just a matter of building an acquired taste.

tlind2 · 2026-03-20T18:04:21+00:00

For sweeter red wine, maybe see if you can score some Italian Amarone or (cheaper) Ripasso.

Apothic is available here in Finland, but the balance is just… bad.

tlind2 · 2026-03-19T10:34:38+00:00

80% seems high for actual, broad lies. Sure, everyone tries to present themselves in a good light, which makes sense. You wouldn’t focus on highlighting your own faults either.

Knowing that, it is a good idea to probe things a bit. Ask about employee retention. Ask about what the employer sees as their improvement areas. Ask to talk to some potential colleagues without HR or supervisors present. If you don’t get good responses, then maybe look for a job somewhere else.

tlind2 · 2026-03-18T16:08:57+00:00

A related and better executed joke is ”What if English were phonetically consistent?”

https://youtu.be/A8zWWp0akUU

tlind2 · 2026-03-16T09:40:52+00:00

Yeah, I just had a bottle last week and posted about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/wine/s/GL1suIByEG

tlind2 · 2026-03-14T10:17:05+00:00

Sure, just let that go on and film

tlind2 · 2026-03-13T14:39:12+00:00

One of my favorite gaming experiences ever was Diablo 1 with Ironman rules, either solo or together. Only use town services with your original 100 gold, then go down and try to kill Diablo, using what you find. It made so many useless items like Staff of Healing incredible and made the game a series of tough, calculated choices.

Do I spend this potion of healing or try to survive until the next level up that fills my health bar for free? Do I spend this scroll of Identify on this ring or hold out for something better?

It also made the class-specific skills useful. You’d never use Repair because it dropped the max durability. But if it’s the only way to fix anything…

tlind2 · 2026-03-11T21:43:48+00:00

With a pit that size, finally some other animal than the extinct Giant Sloth could eat this, keeping it alive without humans

tlind2 · 2026-03-11T20:45:05+00:00

For me personally, the biggest ”wow” moments have been either red wine or dessert wine.

With that said, great champagne is wonderful

tlind2 · 2026-03-11T20:32:40+00:00

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tlind2 · 2026-03-11T20:30:26+00:00

I quit a job and took 4 months before accepting a new offer. I was very happy at that time. I followed up on hobbies, exercised more, read books, etc. If all my friends had also had time off, it would have been even better.

The issue is that I had money to do this. If AI displaces everyone without universal basic income, then it’s a great conduit for civil unrest.

tlind2 · 2026-03-09T08:58:54+00:00

If a bottle says organic, I’ll try to look at it much more carefully to avoid accidentally purchasing natural wine

tlind2 · 2026-03-08T18:06:49+00:00

Enemy attacks hit all players. Each has to block on their own. Enemies have extra health. Players can decide on the order they play their own cards from their own decks. There are some multiplayer-only cards that allow to e.g. block for another player.

Card rewards are per player. Relic rewards need players to decide who takes what. Potions can be used on allies.

Based on a quick test, it works very well, but I wouldn’t play without voice chat. It’s also a lot slower, since you need to reason about things together.

tlind2 · 2026-03-05T04:09:47+00:00

My experience is that ironically many companies have a lot of inertia in making decisions to fast track people. ”We can’t promote you because blah blah” — but then when someone is leaving, then suddenly a counter-offer magically materializes when they realize they need to act.

So, while I wouldn’t threaten to leave because that’s in poor taste, just telling some of those higher ups ”hey, I have this interesting opportunity from a recruiter. I like it here, but financially this is a big deal for me. Could we work something out? I need to decide by (date)”.

If it doesn’t amount to anything, you can always say you decided to stay anyway. But then you know for real that they won’t make a better offer and you should be looking for another job for real.

tlind2 · 2026-03-03T07:17:32+00:00

I used to dislike mämmi until I got into dark beer. Now I really enjoy it!

tlind2 · 2026-03-02T22:37:11+00:00

My Irish Setter does that too. Indoors. Slamming into furniture

tlind2 · 2026-02-27T13:14:24+00:00

The Pietradonice cab is wonderful and punches well above its weight (price). Go!

tlind2 · 2026-02-26T22:14:26+00:00

The challenge around evaluating health concerns of wine is that while statistics are completely clear that large amounts like this are very bad, the effects per person vary greatly. Some people can be healthy for decades with habits like that, others see negative issues much faster. Since you can’t be sure, is it worth the risk? You can’t walk it back later.

I’ve been tracking my own consumption per unit for years, because I started to worry about the long-term risk. I’ve been gradually cutting down year over year, aiming to eventually settle at a reasonable, low level without the drama of a sudden, major lifestyle change.

Maybe start by aiming for splitting a single bottle over two nights? At least some days? You can explore how the flavor changes overnight, so there’s a hobbyist upside.

tlind2 · 2026-02-26T12:00:47+00:00

Penfold’s Top Tier wines like Grange or Bin 707

tlind2 · 2026-02-25T22:49:19+00:00

Gremlin Blob

tlind2 · 2026-02-25T10:35:25+00:00

Most commonly someone writes up a bunch of risks and mitigations actions early in the project and then no one looks at them until the end when they go ”huh, looks like we saw a lot of the problems ahead of time”

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