radix

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Most of the people in power today seemingly got their start before 1988, so this checks out: they never did "hand it over to us."

[–] radix@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Might be too late. They changed the policy a few years ago when they introduced mod packs. They didn't want entire packs to fail if one person pulled their mod, so total deletion was disabled.

Folks can still hide their mods and make new individual downloads impossible, but it's still there in the background.

(All this is from memory. I hope I'm wrong)

[–] radix@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ha, T1 is so outdated, his team doesn't even know it's an existing slow standard.

It's like naming your new gold-plated "luxury" car brand "Horse & Buggy."

[–] radix@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

This is the answer. I would put the 'nuclear death in a bottle' type sauces on everything in my 20s. Switched to more normal hot sauce in my 30s. Since 40, even that has to be done in moderation. My fridge is full of hot sauces gifted to me that I won't touch, but the extended family still thinks I like.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (4 children)

As soon as I graduated, 'too many people are fighting for IT jobs, depressing salaries, meanwhile we're paying plumbers $100/hour.'

That was 2001. Almost 25 years later, I recently paid a plumber $300/hour.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
[–] radix@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've always maintained that the first was a fine game that was tanked by the price. It was priced to drive gamepass subs, not sell the game. At $35-40, it would have been received much better, imo. Years later, now that it's more appropriately priced, it seems to be more well-reviewed.

Unfortunately the second is going down the same path. It may take 5+ years for the game to be appreciated to its fullest (assuming no glaring issues), through no fault of the devs.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was when I grew up there. 80s-90s.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is why subject matter experts matter. Support for the vague idea of "deport people here illegally" is pretty high, but any specific method of actually doing it is much more unpopular. Media is essential in getting that distinction out to the laypeople, but they've largely failed.

And I'd argue that it's not just immigration where this disconnect exists. Lots of policies have broad support until you start talking about specifics. People just want to "get things done" but the "how" is either boring or unsavory.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You can handle what you can handle, and trying to drink from the firehose will only burn you out. Be as active in your community as you can, when you can, then take a break when you need to. Your own mental health matters, too.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Can't be. I was born in the 70s and I'm only what the fuck?

 

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[Steam] Metro 2033 Redux (store.steampowered.com)
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