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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

I wish every one of these investors a huge payday. Just sucks who they will be paying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

I really enjoyed the first game, not AAA new game price enjoyment though. I mean, I got as much fun out of it while playing as I have anything else, it just wasn’t as rich and deep as a fallout game. I give it a pass since it’s establishing a new universe but as much as I liked it, it’s most certainly a blue light special fallout clone.

So, asking inflated AAA prices seems, somewhat short sighted. I’d absolutely pay what I did for the first game, 80 bucks is a hard no for me though. I might buy it when it’s cheaper, but by then I’ll likely have seen enough clips, read enough reviews and gotten busy enough to just forget about it.

Bummer.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Been saying that we’re headed for balkanization since the clown won his first term. Not seeing any reason to change that prediction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My career has been in building infrastructure for internet services. I got into this line of work because I felt like it was democratizing knowledge and bringing people together. The way it’s instead gone, I regret being part of it, and I wish I would have gone into another line of work.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It sucks because it’s beginning to feel like a life wasted. I got in early, my career pre-dates the 1st .com crash. My first browser was Mosaic, then shortly became Netscape with the big pulsating “N” animation.

I LOVED the early internet. I loved the personal sites, webrings, IRC and newsgroups. I remember the first time I spoke with someone on the other side of the world (hello to my Canberra friend, it’s me, your midwestern buddy). I felt part of something that was new and exciting and fun.

Then ads came and it’s just gone to shit ever since. To the point where I now hate being online, all my shit is selfhosted and I barely interact with anything besides lemmy and mastodon (they still feel like the actual internet).

I used to be slightly disappointed my kids didn’t turn out as nerdy as me. Now I am just thrilled that I was able to be a cautionary tale for them.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

Come on, this is the perfect reply. Well done.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That looks like my play through of a fallout game. For some reason it amuses me to no end to make a random, huge pile of found alcohol, in game.

I’m humbled by this man doing it in real life.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Well said, I had the exact same thought experience, and I am at the exact same conclusion.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I know expensive, shitty healthcare in the USA is a stereotype, but in my experience it's also largely true

I had a brain injury from a bicycle accident. The fact that my health has bounced back, but my finances likely never will, tells me everything I need to know about our system. One injury, and I now have a lifetime of bills to pay off. I guess it makes sense in some sick way, I do owe them my life, but man, they don’t let me forget (even if my broken brain tries).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

When exactly did society decide to give the dumbest people on earth, all the money?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t know why people think rules still apply. They might say something but they came out 9-0 against him and he still claims a unanimous victory and the courts, media and American public all just shrug.

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