[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 187 points 1 year ago

I've got so many layers of adblock it's hard to know which one(s) are responsible for blocking the ads.

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Next time a crazed redneck stabs me in the head with a US flag, I'll make sure to put my helmet on first!

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Owning a car increases your chance of dying in a car accident too. Owning a table saw increases your chance of losing a finger. Owning a boat increases your chance of drowning. Etc.

Do I think people should be walking around with military-grade weapons? No. Do I think people should be allowed a shotgun to hunt with or whatever? Sure. Do I think there should be background checks and all that to help make sure they're used in a responsible manner? Hell yes. Do I wish guns had never been invented? Yes.

But come on. This guy apparently went room to room in his house and systematically murdered everyone in it. It wasn't an accident, which is what generally drives the statistic you mentioned. Who knows what was going through his mind at the time. But I'm guessing that, while the gun probably made the act easier, the gun wasn't the enabler nor catalyst here. Given what happened, I'm guessing he would have found another tool to use if he had no gun on hand. I'm not going to be morbid and name all the things within reach at the average house you could use to murder a 9 year old, but it's a lot of things.

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Fuck them for not even bothering to include two controllers in this purchase price. Those things are basic as can be; we're not talking dual-shock here. They had better be very cheap to buy.

Also, what's the point of including Combat if you've no ability to play against somebody?

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago

If this actually works, the next step will be abolishing the two-term limit. "Leave it to the will of the people to decide if they want a dictatorship."

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago

Is it? I don't remember seeing a guy running for Congress that promised he'd prevent huge corporations from running rough shod over everything.

People like saying stuff like "just vote better", but the fact is the vast majority of people that run for any office are pro-big business because that's their background and the lobbyists give them lots of money to get elected. Where's the anti-big business guy going to get his money to run? And without money, you sure aren't winning.

Through lobbying, corporations have us all by the balls. It doesn't matter what side of the isle you're on; both sides have basically been endorsed by big money.

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

The screenshot literally says "sponsored recommendation". Not sure how much more clear it can be that somebody paid money for that.

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 117 points 1 year ago

I feel like the people that perpetuate this meme have never used Arch. I've ran it on multiple computers for just over a decade and only once have I had an issue. And that one time, it was my fault. It's been the most solid OS I've used.

Meanwhile, my headless Ubuntu server couldn't do a dist-upgrade without shitting all over itself. I only ran Ubuntu because of the constant "never use Arch for servers" talk. I wish I had never listened to that. Everything I own runs Arch now and it's so nice.

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago

Did you know you can say cock on the Internet? Fuck, piss, shit, and cum too. What an amazing place this internet thing is!

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago

Yet another reason to never get into some rich guy's custom submarine.

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

Jpeg is already compressed, so compressing them again won't do anything but make it impossible for people to selectively download just the image/folder they desire.

Metadata on the other hand sounds like text files, which compress very well. Wether the space savings is worth it is hard to answer without more info. I'd personally lean towards not archiving it.

[-] TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

I don't agree with the punishment one bit.

But it was never about getting their money back. Instead they just wanted a life-ruining sentence and large number to give to the media to scare people into not fucking with Nintendo.

Nintendo knows they'll never see even one million of that 65. Hell, they'll probably never even make enough to cover the lawyer fees. They don't care as they're playing the long game. They're trying to prevent the next Bowser before it happens. Which won't work, but they'll never understand why.

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