I found this game to be pretty mediocre overall.

The early-game motorcycle is not good. A big part of the game is upgrading your bike, and this is fine, but early game you’ve got a motorcycle that can’t outrun a dog, skids like you’re on black ice, and needs a fill up every three minutes. By the end of the game that bike is a joy to ride, but it’s weird to make a first impression like that.

The combat mechanics are good, but there’s the weird progression thing again where early weapons are stupidly bad. A single shot form an M4 was way more powerful than from an M14. If you’re like me, that’s annoying.

The zombies are what they get right. They’re fast and scary and they will destroy you. The hordes are challenging sandboxes of destruction that these developers nailed.

unless suicide counts as violence

What? Of course it does. Overcoming a bodies’ will to life is an inherently violent act. No amount of consent or dignity will change that. And the Scandinavian escape pods are hardly the norm. Both people I know ate pistols.

You say that like it’s a bad thing. I’m a total pepper head, but there are certain dishes where that cayenne vinegar is an essential flavor component.

You cheated not only the game, but yourself. You didn’t grow. You didn’t improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow victory. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It’s sad that you don’t know the difference.

I love novelty guns. It just drops all the pretense and admits that our culture sees these objects as toys.

This argument is 30years out of date. I haven’t installed antivirus software since WindowsXP. And I don’t think it was necessary for an experienced user then.

They must realize that only confirmation from a trusted authority could be real confirmation.

This is a neat observation because it’s ironic on it’s face. UFO people actively work to discredit institutions and authority. But you’re right, they are desperate for confirmation from the Pentagon, the Vatican, even something on official DMV letterhead would be a blockbuster event in UFO/conspiracy spaces.

There was a time when a Linux live CD could dominate a windows install like a porno. But then they started turning on full drive encryption and none of my tricks works anymore :(

There was a long time when a casual user would have been better off on Windows, but I don’t think that’s true anymore, at least not on every distro.

Just as you can use Windows for years and never need Group Policy or Regedit, you can do Linux just the same without terminal.

This is the area where I feel Linux has come the farthest since I became interested in it.

As a user, I hate when an OS gets in my way. Or insists that there is one right way to do something.

As the tech support guy in my family, I’m grateful that windows denies permission, has big guard rails, and forces you to do updates.

Of all the technological change I’ve lived to see, glue and tape have improved the most.

So they’re taking a shitty tech trend away from the few people who found it useful in order to push the new shitty tech trend.

Works every time for *.webp .

Had a buddy with an impressive vinyl collection and an audiophile setup. Awful taste in music, just dogshit.

The idea that Captain America is left is the funniest thing about this.

after contact, the company acknowledged the problem and removed the accounts

Meta is outsourcing content moderation to journalists.

Since this service is free, I expect Az is taxing the retailers somehow. Perhaps it’s something like the Honey scam.

I’ll bet you can’t pay with an Az giftcard or credit balance.

Some of the stuff in the freezer section is pretty high quality. I recently got a shrimp entree on sale that could easily pass for restaurant quality.

Also, don’t sleep on frozen vegetables. The quality is second only to fresh and you can also get “restaurant” versions covered in cheese, butter, and even roasted.