[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Put some dang standard labels on the function keys.

F1 = Help

F2 = Rename

F3 = Search

F4 = Close

F5 = Refresh

F6-F10 = Decorative

F11 = Full screen

F12 = Goto definition

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

I mean the conspiracy theory side of it is questionable but the basic facts are true:

  1. Wikipedia has a policy against non-notable things. They were always embarrassed by the fact that every detailed version of every Pokemon had its own page, whereas the pages for important historical events were stubs. The WP:Notability standard has been the bane of every garage band and open-source game and DVD extra that was booted off the site because trivia cannot meaningfully be checked, trivia that otherwise allows hoax articles to live on.

  2. Jimbo Wales decided to profit off of the desire to create fan-encyclopedias or even complete nonsense (like, for example, Penny Arcade's Elemenstor Saga wiki, which details the history of a novel series and anime and cardgame that never existed) by creating Wikia, the for-profit Wikipedia that had no standards about what you could put on it besides legality. Just create your own Wikia and run it with an iron fist.

Now, the question is whether he did (1) in order to drive profitable users to (2). That's where the conspiracy question lives. And I tend to assume good faith. People's morals erode over time, not all at once. Since both (1) and (2) are totally legitimate, but profit motive encourages the millimetre-by-millimetre enshittification of Wikia into the horrible thing it is today.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just let people buy the same stuff people take for prescriptions, at the same prices they would pay if they were uninsured.

If you're uninsured, a month's supply of cheap ADHD stimulant meds is like $40, and that's for somebody taking it daily not recreationally. Fancy patented stuff like Vyvanse costs like 10X more but there you're paying for timed consistent long-term release, which isn't exactly a huge concern for recreational use.

"I wanna buy some ritalin"

"Do you have a prescription?"

"No."

"Can I see some ID?"

"Okay."

"Okay. That'll be $40. Since you've never taken this before we strongly recommend you take your first hit now and sit in that chair for 40 minutes so we can make sure you don't OD and die. Fill out this consent form, watch this video, and give me another $40 for this one-time onboarding."

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Has anybody actually successfully produced a proper firearm with a 3D printer? Like, one that doesn't melt after firing a shot? Who are these people who've created this nonsensical panic?

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Note on the players involved here:

Alvin Tedjo, the guy pushing for this upzoning, ran for leader of the Ontario Liberal party as a minor also-ran against Del Duca and Coteau in 2020. I do wonder if the Ontario Liberals wouldn't have been re-minivanned with his presence.

Also, the mayor of Mississauga, Bonnie Crombie, is the front-runner in the current leadership race of the Ontario Liberals.

She did not show up for this vote.

In a statement to CBC News Thursday, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie said Ontario's approach to housing needs an overhaul, which is "why I support implementing all 74 recommendations in the Housing Affordability Taskforce.

Under her leadership, the city of Mississauga released documents loudly lambasting the HATF recommendations she champions in this article, and she personally campaigned against them:

https://twitter.com/BonnieCrombie/status/1507080290602299392

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

How do people not have an "are we the baddies" moment after saying stuff like this?

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Jabber has been an available standard for over 20 years. Google jumped onto it and then jumped off in their infamous cycle of ADHD on the subject of instant messaging. They have nobody to blame but themselves for the "green speech bubbles" problem -- they could have a lot more credibility here.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

And your children's underwear.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Their view is that children are their property.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think last year's inflation spike demonstrates that "2.5% per year regardless of your carrying costs or maintenance costs changing due to interest rates and inflation" is not modest. A reasonable rent control policy would let landlords gradually adapt to market realities without giving them the power to gouge or de-facto evict tenants with sudden rent spikes.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

There is no grind. Parts sell for 100% value, and even the training missions give you valuable parts, so with no grinding I'm pretty much at exactly the mech I wanted from all the parts available.

The game is difficult, but it's rewarding about it. The fights are hard but also fun and interesting and the game gives you tons of interesting parts to try loadouts.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Give us an HD remake of Twisted Metal 2.

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