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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ah, it's so nice to have baseball back. Miss you O'Neill, the Cardinals entire outfield is on the IL.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

It's a bit more than that with Kitfox involved, but I don't see why that makes him wrong. Greed kills a ton of creativity in games. Not just layoffs but over aggressive monetization and fear of innovation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'm okay with it. My problem with Disco is how high stakes breathless it is all the time, visiting the timeline with a lower stakes Academy lens could be cool. Being far future means it won't be a TOS/TNG cameo fest (SNW's biggest flaw) and I wouldn't mind being able to do some actual character development on Tilly / other Disco crew if they weren't just constantly in mortal danger.

Of course it'll probably end up being flashy bullshit again, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

For music I'm just sick of the apps streaming super compressed crap. It sounds like 192kbps MP3 sometimes and you can definitely tell the difference. Setup Airsonic and never looked back, although still have YT music for the fam and finding new music. It is a bit of hassle, but it's worth it and a FLAC collection feels way smaller than it did 10-20 years ago (both in terms of disk and home streaming bandwidth).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

This isn't a benchmark of those systems, it's showing that the code didn't regress on either hardware set with some anecdotal data. It makes sense they're not like for like.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

That was a bit of a deep cut for me, but TIL.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Spiderman could web the falling person from above like a bungee cord, or even catch them in a safety net style web.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Non-existent is probably hyperbole, but I think it's pretty reasonable to feel that way after your kids have grown and you realize you never made the time to really focus on them. Even if you have a nominal relationship later, it's as an adult, it's only certain times a year, it's focused on the grandkids etc.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

I am about 80% through it as an audiobook (waiting for it to come back from the library) and I agree. Great to listen to him, tons of non Trek info I didn't know that is still quite interesting.

Not the best husband to be sure, but I do like that he's pretty up front about it. Seems like his first marriage was effectively over as soon as he found American success and his wife (understandably) didn't want to abandon her own career in the UK. Hard to listen to Capt. Picard be unfaithful (with Vash no less!) but I felt for him more than most egomaniac rock stars who fuck anything that moves.

EDIT: Also loved how he hates Thatcher for demolishing all of the programs he used to get trained as an actor coming from a poor background. There was a lot of mutual aid in his early life that seems non-existent today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you haven't read Patrick Stewart's autobiography that just came out, Making it So, you should. Or, even better, listen to him read it in an audiobook.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

You lift the mask off the Military, and it's Imperialism. Lift the mask again and it's Capitalism.

"And I'm getting away with it too, despite you meddling kids!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Totally agree. Rather see big divisions than no leagues.

Love the idea of having a couple more teams though.

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