That’s old, but how many here recall the old car radios where you manually set a station preset by pulling the selector out, then pushing it back in? I can’t even find a picture of one because of the age and trying to find the right search words.

I wouldn’t classify how it worked as simple though, still seemed like magic.

Yay, I can only say one of them applies. The Electric Company was awesome. Did have a bit at Pong, but only the 2600 version, which I think was after the initial.

And yes, I had a few of the water things in my day. They always eventually leaked.

Is the environment that a launcher like Lutris creates for Wine exclusive, or could I move to a different type, such as Bottles, and still find the installed program I use and its data? I got the impression it just set up Wine for specific needs, and it’s actual Wine doing the work, right?

I’m using it for Scrivener, btw.

I had tried to just use Wine alone and fix the settings myself, but it took me running across Lutris to get things functional. I don’t want do that trial and error again.

A number of weeks ago I noted that one app I use through Lutris for the various settings needed had stopped loading. So I did a lot of looking around to figure out what was going on (didn’t know it was Lutris, I searched mention of issues with the app, with Wine, etc.)

Finally ran across a bug report in the Lutris github that sounded like my problem. And part of it was how slow some updates filter out, so I ended up doing an uninstall from the manager and manually forcing an update. And all is good now.

I wonder if the bug was AI driven (don’t even recall what it was, it was a small update that broke things for some people).

Great to know I should probably expect more fires later. I probably need to see if I can make this app run on my own in Wine. A shame, it’s working fine as is. But I need to be ready.

Why DID is the correct phrasing? And there were reasons then. More bad than good, but that’s the advantage of being first, then biggest.

Why trust them now? It’s not trust when it’s what’s embedded everywhere, required by most large companies. The licensing that was Microsoft’s key into everything became dependency. And dependencies can be broken, but that takes time and effort. There’s been movement…

If they keep doing this Co-pilot shit, they’ll be helping the cause.

I feel the pain anytime I look at a video outside of my browser. So if it becomes where I can’t find a workaround, then I’ll just have to go elsewhere. And there will be other places. There are other places, it’s just hard to get people to not go to or be on the big one. Push people hard enough, they’ll leave.

Dilated pupils mean that either they’re cute and about to chase down that toy you’re waving around… or if you’re prey-sized, you’re dead.

Deep Thought: “LOL”

“AI slop” or just “slop” has already broadened its definition to mean anything you don’t like or agree with. Think of it as the modern “r/thathappened” or “photoshopped”.

Still pretty remarkable, just that they were so much bigger before. The wild thing is learning that most of the land east of them to the coast is sediment from their erosion. It makes sense once you think about it, but imagine the amount of time to do that.

It’s not directly a con. It’s actual returns, and god damn they get a lot. Whether it’s worth it to try and get a net profit of anything is another thing. It can happen, but it’s probably low.

Also, a great Climate Town on the very subject.

“Table salt?”

“No.” Drops dead of poisoning.

Is this one of those things Lucas had put in the script but someone wiser changed and didn’t tell him?

One of my favorite Red Letter Media quotes referring to the opening of Star Wars:

“We know everything we need to know just by the visuals. Rebels. Empire. We got a sense of how small and ill-equipped the rebels are and how large and powerful the Empire is. The low angle implies dominance, and the length of the Star Destroyer implies the Long Reach of the Empire. This shot says everything we need to know without saying one word. In fact, this is so genius, I have a feeling that George Lucas had nothing to do with it and probably fought against putting it in the movie.”

I love how people fight over what’s the better editor. I just use whatever makes sense for the time, and it’s not always the same one. But if you’re happy with just one of them and can make it work for you in any situation, then you do you. That’s the point of Linux, or so I thought.

My canon belief is that Leia had a sense there was a connection to Luke (that she references to “always knowing”, which can mean a lot more than just about Luke) after she heard his calling out to her from Cloud CIty. This would be long after both kisses, and both of them were pretty innocent within context anyway.

As for Anakin, he was the most powerful at that point. We see this by the measurements (yeah, I hate that Lucas defined what was meant to be mystical), we see this by the later results in him matching up with other more experienced Jedi, and we see him as a severely crippled Vader who is still devastating to anyone. Anakin weakness wasn’t his abilities, but his lack of patience and control, thanks to maybe his age if Yoda was right, but the lack of the Council aiding what training could be done, and also fueling his fears and anger later.

Luke could be more powerful. We never see his peak level except in cases like in The Mandalorian. That Luke is Anakin-level but with control of his actions.

It’s billions all the way down. Untouchable and unusable for us commons.

Are you talking about the billions in military spending unaccounted for that were starting to make news a few days before, and no one heard about after? Or a different billions? Either one could be a right answer.

False. The Bush Admin wasn’t competent enough to plan a self-attack. They just managed to jump on a crisis (caused by their own ineptness) and use it to their benefit. And everyone went along with it for fear of being called a traitor.

Doesn’t change the point. This Admin is far dumber and more evil because of what they’ve been doing, and the latest is just more of that.

Wow, a whole 0.02%? Better buy now at the low point.

The plants will die long before that. Is there a plant abuse hotline?