Alexander The 1st

He/him. I had a little over 9K things to talk about before...and I've probably got over 9K things to talk about now.

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2024-08-31 22:23:48

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@npub1rv4…ft5j Ah, but have you ever played it on a woodworking router while *in* a Gravitron?

2024-08-18 04:49:52

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@npub1rv4…ft5j Wait, how do you go back to slide 0? Or are the numbers not slide numbers?

2024-08-16 07:18:33

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@npub1c4s…aqv4 I mean, even as a guy, being told that there is a specific dress code kind of feels like Big Fashion trying to sell a specific type of clothing that wouldn't be worn otherwise.

2024-04-01 21:41:13

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@npub1rv4…ft5j That's certainly one way to do DRM.
"Don't copy that floppy, but if you do, make sure you're also copying the 97618 other floppies that came with it."

2024-03-17 00:20:22

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@npub178r…qekt @npub16ad…u0sv @npub1vep…qc0f @npub1ckm…gutz I mean, you guys did it once - doing it again can't be *that* hard!
(Though at the expense of missing the point of your statement - you could try stratifying your elections so that they don't all end up on the same day. There are 12 months in a year - you can have 4 states for each month do their election separately from the presidential/representative/senate elections, and still call it "Election Year.".)

2024-02-24 01:45:00

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@npub178r…qekt How often do you find yourself needing newer gear that you don't already have for a set of images you wanted to make?

2024-02-21 20:55:00

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@npub1jeq…jglm With the reference to poutine, while we do have it here, does make me think Montreal is playing Vancouver here.

2024-01-29 00:19:50

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@npub1a24…etnp @npub18p5…0hjx Perhaps? Didn't get that far, was mostly off put by his initial statements of "Something fishy going on around the station here" at the beginning of the video - and unsure where the relevant part kicks in -, but that sounds like it could be considered defamation.
He was calling them out as sketchy even before we had any reason to believe that they were in fact doing anything but standing there.

2024-01-28 00:26:05

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd I mean, the problem is the qty that are kept open for rent.
There's a supply issue, not a demand issue. Landlords hold on to places and do not let go.
The economy in general is starting to receed a bit, but it's always been bad for rent here.

2024-01-28 00:21:58

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd Well apparently Toronto is much cheaper than where I live - ( https://www.zumper.com/apartments-for-rent/vancouver-bc/under-600 ) - there's literally one example listed at $750...and it turns out to not be there, but at the *far* end of the GVRD.

2024-01-28 00:02:32

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd I did a check online, and...I'm only seeing one that was $275 for a one room shared in a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom place, and the address is "Undisclosed".
Everything else is still $900/month, for a room.
( https://www.zillow.com/manhattan-new-york-ny/cheap-apartments/?searchQueryState=%7B%22pagination%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22mapBounds%22%3A%7B%22west%22%3A-74.047237%2C%22east%22%3A-73.910408%2C%22south%22%3A40.683935%2C%22north%22%3A40.877483%7D%2C%22regionSelection%22%3A%5B%7B%22regionId%22%3A12530%2C%22regionType%22%3A17%7D%5D%2C%22filterState%22%3A%7B%22sort%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3A%22paymenta%22%7D%2C%22fr%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22fsba%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fsbo%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22nc%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22cmsn%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22auc%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fore%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22sf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22tow%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22mf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22land%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22manu%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22r4r%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%7D%7D )

2024-01-27 23:54:49

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd ...Out of curiosity, what do you mean in price range in Manhattan?
In Vancouver here, the $1100 I pay per month is considered cheap, and at the far end of the transit system, around Langley, rent goes for $650, if you can get a grandfathered discount from a previous tenant from like a decade ago.
(CDN prices there.)

2024-01-27 23:40:46

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd I admitted I was wrong about the numbers - but I was also intentionally inflating the numbers in the calculation to make my point. $10 is not the unit cost of cereal and milk for breakfast for a meal. It's near restaurant cost.
I recognize it's not anywhere near as strong a point as I originally thought, but regardless - food is a thing that if you don't have, you die. It *should* cost more than rent on that basis alone.

2024-01-27 23:37:04

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd It's 0 bedrooms - the place I put my bed is in the same room as my kitchen, the same room as the entranceway, the same room has direct access to the building's hallway.
Literally the only separated room I have is the bathroom. And my landlord is in a different country most of the time, and has her own apartment. And another one she rents out. So...I'm not taking up space she didn't already have more than enough of.
And there aren't many variable sized places.

2024-01-27 23:28:59

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd Ah, I'll admit I forgot it was times 3 initially, but that's still $10 a meal, which is a lot on its own.
That's expensive, even for something you need to eat to live.
1/3 the total cost is still really expensive for food (Most meals aren't anywhere near as expensive as $10 in my experience.).
And again - this is for "Roof and walls, and access to plumbing.".
That's still really expensive for the utility it provides, considering it's idle otherwise.

2024-01-27 23:23:54

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd "Look how big your house is" - I can stand from one end of it and look at the other end, and see all of it. It's not a multi-story studio apartment. And I'm *missing a bedroom*.
Oh, and this doesn't include utilities, so this is before resources I consume.
And it's not like I can't use some of the space to "Cheapen it out" - this is how it came.
And yet I pay monthly for...a thing that was going to be there anyways. There no manufacturing cost anymore.

2024-01-27 23:10:21

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd Food has utility that you also need every day, but even at $10 a meal, that only comes up to ~310 a month.
To reach the amount I'm paying for rent, every meal I'd be eating would be more than* $30. That's ~5 avocado toasts...per meal, every meal.
That's a cost that would indicate that the "Thing you need" is being charged at luxury pricing, despite not being a luxury, but a thing people need.
There's no reason rent needs to be so high, anywhere.

2024-01-27 23:01:04

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd I'm saying that the sheer cost of the renting of an apartment is really, really high, relative to any other thing one could reasonably buy to get to the amount one spends on rent.
And it's a monthly expenditure.
Hypothetically we can add it up and find that, in a year and 3 months, and...that money is enough to buy a small used sailing yacht (Apparently they can sell for $15K...or less.).

2024-01-27 22:56:38

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd It would be stupid, I agree - but it's luxury to be able to *afford* them.
I'm paying my landlord, in rent, enough for her to buy 2 PS5s a month...for being able to live in a 0 bedroom place. How does that not seem wasteful luxury to be able to afford that place, because quite literally that is what my landlord can charge for my place.
I'm saying that living with my parents rent free and then doing that is equivalent in cost. Per month. To live in a room.

2024-01-27 22:41:27

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd More than one a month?
It gives off "Kid drove a Porsche into a ditch, and their parents bought them another one" level of luxury.
For perhaps a more clear way to put it - this guy [ https://youtu.be/ifAm3Vp0JnU?si=EdI_uvcv8c6XH23N ] (For the purposes of the skit) is more "Fiscally responsible" than people who live in my city for 2-3 months, or the apartment my parents rent to people...for 5 months.

2024-01-27 22:33:28

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd (The reason it gets on my nerves is that there's pretty much *no* reason to buy more than one of those items for the entire lifespan of the console [7-10 years] for personal use, and it would constitue the most reckless spending spree that comes to mind.
It's not how people spend their money, even enthusiasts within the field. But it is how we spend our rent, because...?)

2024-01-27 22:30:50

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd I mean, I'm not looking to move myself - I do know that others have significantly more costs incurred.
Because the issue isn't as big an issue for me - but my sister, her husband, and their toddler now live in a 2 bedroom a bit closer to the downtown of the city...and they pay ~5-6 PS5 Slim Digitals a month..
"Reasonable for the area" or not, it...gets on my nerves when people say that the homeless or others just need to have better spending habits.

2024-01-27 22:20:48

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd (Oh, to clarify, my studio was double the listed price of the Slim PS5 Digital listed above. And it would've been higher had we not got a rent freeze 3 years ago - technically 5, but only enforced 3 years ago.).

2024-01-27 22:19:11

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd Are those the places that are often described as shoeboxes, sometimes not having a dedicated bathroom or kitchen?
Because somehow I got those in mine, and space is somehow a thing I'm not short on for my price.
(Also, my prices are in CDN, for comparison.)
I'd add one contention for Manhattan - are we talking 1 hour outside but within public transit access? That's what the places I'm mentioning have.

2024-01-27 21:56:18

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd The PS5 Slim Digital costs $579.99.
And to be clear, where I live, we recently invoked a rent freeze, so without it, in the last couple of years, it could've been more.
Like, gone up to 3 PS5 Slim Digital consoles' worth.

2024-01-27 21:48:01

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd The cheapest rent in my city that I've heard cited is my studio apartment (0 bedroom), and it...is about 2 Slim PS5s worth a month.
My parents own a place and rent their basement, an hour and a half away on public transit, for around the cost of 1 Slim PS5 a month.
Rent is so high, I can compare it *literal luxury items.*

2024-01-27 21:30:59

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1tq4…dklr @npub1esn…jpyd If this were true, people wouldn't be trying to rent in apartments in cities, and simply go for the places "1 hour or so commute of their jobs".
Those areas are *also* cities, packed just as tightly, with people holding unused homes to an aggressive rental pricing, let alone buying pricing.

2023-11-13 07:28:40

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@npub1c4s…aqv4 Which keys?

2023-10-31 10:53:14

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@npub1k4q…3lsq I'm kind of disappointed that "U rated" means "Universal", and not "Unrated".
That would've been rather comedic of a response.

2023-10-08 08:06:04

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@npub14k2…ed68 @npub16zu…a0qn @npub16nf…q6as Paid subscription is kind of where it kills itself off though; a search engine is an entry point to *other* websites, which might have its own subscription/payment requirements...and all of this is delivered over a network that requires *someone* to pay the cost of getting the intranet to be able to access the internet.

2023-10-04 03:25:07

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 The university standard for specific, one-way archiving of data last I was there was called "Final_Final_Final_V2".

2023-10-02 19:39:22

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@npub1jeq…jglm I mean, this doesn't seem *that* different from the idea of catgirls.

2023-09-29 19:10:32

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1qld…3r2n ...So the core is that he doesn't critically think about sci-fi, not that the sci-fi was read.
I'm reminded of Starship Troopers - the book was, as I understand, heavily fascist, and the movie was intended to be a satire of fascist propaganda. As people have since noted, it apparently took a while for it to be identified as such, but... apparently the movie writer had critically thought about the book they were translating to film.

2023-09-27 05:58:27

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@npub1jeq…jglm Right; but I think notably, none of these games garnered a whole lot of clones or likes or sequels, or even spiritual sequels.
Nobody is making Halo Wars/Army Men: RTS-likes like people made Doom-likes on PC, nor are the developers pulling a 007 Goldeneye -> Perfect Dark trajectory.
Even ignoring the following of Medal of Honor/Call Of Duty/etc. on later consoles.

2023-09-27 05:49:28

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@npub1jeq…jglm Even XBox was awkward - I'm reminded of the Halo Wars RTS game I played briefly on the 360, and...it still showed why RTS games aren't common on consoles.

2023-09-11 19:36:34

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@npub1ddp…2tax @npub1t22…3ddy There's a distinct difference with those though; that was, as I understand, on the land in question - this would be targeting devices that *pass through* the airspace above, and don't perpetually maintain contact for only the military purposes.
It wouldn't be like taking power plants because they provide power to the military, it would be like targeting an arms manufacturer in a different country because they supplied some arms to the country at war with them.

2023-09-11 19:21:39

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@npub1ddp…2tax @npub1t22…3ddy Net Neutrality is based on the premise that an ISP should not discriminate against traffic, but this is the first case of a violation of the principle in respect to *war*...and it begs the question of if Russia has used the same satellite network for handling their comms or tech in the war.
Imagine if during the War On Terror era, AT&T blocked drone signals for Afghanistan drone strikes. That's the level of principle they're violating here.

2023-09-11 19:16:27

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@npub1ddp…2tax @npub1t22…3ddy Destroying the drones? That's par for the course.
Destroying the satellites? That's both very unscaleable, and...more akin to sinking merchant ships transporting munition to another country via subs (Historically, a bad idea).

2023-09-04 10:11:45

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@npub1k4q…3lsq I agree with Bud, with one additional thing to add; if there was someone else officially named Howard, the teacher is going to need some way to distinguish between who they're asking; and they're going to let both of them decide how that pans out.
Even if there were two "Buddy", one would likely end up being "Bud" with the other going with "Buddy"...by virtue of duplicate names.

2023-09-01 18:52:46

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@npub1h2n…nx0j So what you're saying is that a Generation Ship could survive with 1280 people on board?

2023-08-15 23:30:23

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@npub1xsy…cevg Darth Maul.
There's a decent chance it'll be a good description of what they do.

2023-07-15 00:18:37

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@npub1k4q…3lsq #FirstThought: Landlords: The Ticketmaster of housing.

2023-07-04 01:17:16

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@npub18gc…v7cg @npub1znz…8l64 Honestly, their claim of removing legacy APIs reminds me of when Blizzard made Warcraft 3 Reforged and *forced* Warcraft 3 Classic users to upgrade, despite it essentially being a downgrade for a lot of people who still wanted to play Warcraft 3 Classic.

2023-06-30 02:40:03

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@npub1znz…8l64 Well, presumably for the first draft, that is.
Gamedev just adds the editing phase every compile step. :p

2023-05-12 19:18:36

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@npub178r…qekt @npub1rkj…ufed I'm disappointed that nobody *did* just loudly and visibly boo during the initial showing as a result, or whenever they were live.
Sure, you're likely to be interrupted and taken off set, but if your other option is to watch Trump, I don't see why that wasn't a better outcome.