dan1101

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I live in a rural area and I'm sort of a NIMBY. I live in my area because there are forests and fields and nature. I didn't build a house, I bought one built in the 1970s. I don't think everything needs to be growing all the time, new houses are being built on every road around here and what was a nice rural area is gradually becoming the same Walmart and McDonalds suburbs as you see all across the USA. If I wanted to live in suburbs it would have been easy to move to suburbs.

The board of supervisors here is always saying "We need more jobs and we need more growth." Ironic because the majority of them are developers, and my property taxes have gone up over 12% each of the past 3 years.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

This is equally true with visual media

Yes, the style of graphics to me is more important than things like motion blur and god rays.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

MS seems to be more of a user data and subscription company now.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Something like their Surface tablets turned into a gaming machine would be interesting. But they probably wouldn't be priced competitively.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

Yes, they are way too corporate and out of touch.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Some sort of linked car-train lane that your car could use self-driving software to enter and leave would be an interesting concept. Like HOV but everyone is linked at the same speed.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah but I'm trying to GO smoothly and courteously. Somewhere up ahead someone (or many someones) is stopping or merging badly or doing something else stupid to create these phantom traffic jams.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

To me the recording and mastering makes more difference than the fidelity or absolute quality. I consider myself lucky that my ears aren't that discerning.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

In my downloads folder I have an invoice from 2022. In my utilities folder I actually have old DOS executables from 1985.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are they bombing civilian targets in Moscow or strategic targets?

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

Can't win when you're arguing with people who already made their minds up.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For starters:

Arrest Putin and all his enablers.

Stop all hostilities with Ukraine.

Return all prisoners.

Help rebuild Ukraine.

Develop Russia into what it can be. It's the largest country in the world, lots of land and resources. Build it up responsibly and sustainably.

Recognize the positive achievements of Russia while trying to avoid past mistakes.

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