Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
7hr ago
What model and what'd it run you? I've been considering one now that I'm working from home more.
Mantergeistmann
8hr ago
Wishing you were independently wealthy so you could take a year off and just play games.
Mantergeistmann
8hr ago
Yes, absolutely agreed.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
I used to order food about once a week when I was at university. Typically pizza or chinese.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Cruises. The whole set-up seems wildly unpleasant, particularly if I'm going to have spend my time on a boat cooped up with other people who wanted to go on a cruise.
It's basically a resort where you get to wake up somewhere new every day.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Even if you work on the 50th floor of mega corp office building then going to get your coffee at Starbucks on the ground floor is still a 20ish minute adventure versus whatever office pot or espresso machine in the office.
Sometimes you just need an excuse to get out of the office and take a walk, and sadly, in a lot of workplaces "I'm going out to grab a coffee" is more acceptable than "I'm taking a stroll to clear my head." Same thing as having a smoke break, really, but for non-smokers.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
De gustibus non est disputandum. I love matcha, personally, in basically any form -- lattes, shortbread, cheesecake...
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Little Women remake
Based on my limited knowledge of Emma Watson, she seems like a... less than stellar choice for that, just from a "personal view fit" level.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Olive oil.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
"if they're guilty, throw the book at them"
Isn’t that the judge's job to decide, anyway? I know juries can sometimes recommend, but it's ultimately the jury that decides guilt, and the judge that decides the sentence.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
That's one thing I really hate about what the playoff is doing to college football. As bad as the BCS system was, it meant that an awful lot of teams who weren’t the best could end a season on a massive high note.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
It also teaches how to be a graceful loser, which is rather important, and I mean that completely unsarcastically.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
I was playing Meccha Chameleon with my wife and some friends the other day on a public server and there was some rando who just kept saying it over and over nonstop in voice chat and not even in a remotely funny way.
It's good to see that the youth are carrying on the old traditions from Counter-Strike and Halo.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Man, if I knew a place to find a decent greatcoat for a reasonable price, I absolutely would. (Hats are no concern -- I used to drink near a very good hat factory).
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
It makes sense that of all the top institutions, it's Vanderbilt that'd release this. They've made a deliberate effort over the past years to stand out from other august institutions of higher learning in this regard, and have actually been trying to encourage free speech and outreach between political affiliations. I also recall them taking a pretty hard stance against some pro-Palestinian students during the protests, helped in part by said (rather unsympathetic) students shoving a security guard and complaining they weren’t being allowed doordash deliveries during their sit-in/occupation of an (under refurbishment) admin building.
I can't say how well their Dialogue Vanderbilt initiative and free speech commitment are going in practice, but I know it's ruffled some of the usual feathers, which is probably a good sign.
Pretty proud of my alma mater here for at least trying instead of doubling down on "we don't hate conservatives, but if we did they'd deserve it".
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Emulators
It's been a long time since I've emulated anything. Hell, I don't even think I have a torrent client installed on any of my machines these days. How, ah, concerned should one be about malware and such when it comes to ROMs these days?
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
I think it’s fair to say soccer is an inferior sport
I'll bite: how're you defining "inferior"?
Mantergeistmann
6d ago
I suppose it depends on the wording of the announcement. "There might be a loophole thst allows me to legally stab you; you stay right there while I double-check with my lawyer and sharpen my knife" I would think could be considered a legal threat, but I am of course no lawyer.
Mantergeistmann
7d ago
"Here's what having my avant garde performance art being accused of AI usage taught me about B2B sales!"
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
Cultural/religious prohibition against manual labor (of certain types) being performed by machines?
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
Well, as long as they're not shooting the bigfoots, whatever they're doing is probably legal.
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
For men it’s probably something video game related: guilds with up to thousands of players, clans with dozens, or some large joint Minecraft projects, etc.
Sports fandom? Tailgating, making big ol' tifos, that sort of thing?
Mantergeistmann
8d ago
Man, how does one get hired by a think tank? It's always seemed like the ideal job to me.
Mantergeistmann
9d ago
Ah, the ol' "Avocado Toast" argument again?
The FIRE link mentions that, actually. Last time Fighting Words was upheld, the words were "god damned racketeer" and "damned fascist". Somehow, I doubt there's much overlap between "people who want slurs included as Fighting Words" and "people who want 'fascist' to be a Fighting Word."
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