nicole_express

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by nicole_express 8mo ago
A big part of my annoyance is that in the past, something like Phantasy Star Fukkokuban would not really be worth lying about; people need a reason to lie.
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by nicole_express 8mo ago
The sites that are most valuable to preserve are likely the same ones that are most likely to put up barriers to archiving
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by nicole_express 8mo ago
Extremely shameful of Ars Technica; I used to consider them a decent news source and my estimation of them has gone down quite a bit.
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Story Follows Function: Mahjong Daireikai(nicole.express)
1 points by nicole_express 8mo ago|0 comments
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by nicole_express 9mo ago
One thing I'm curious about here is moderation; you are outsourcing it to Bluesky to a degree, but I assume you'd want a way to remove posts you don't want to reproduce on your blog beyond hoping that Bluesky management bans
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by nicole_express 9mo ago
The big thing that holds me off from playing in person is scoring; for the life of me I really struggle with the fu calculation. I guess the solution to that is only win big hands, but that's its own problem :)
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by nicole_express 9mo ago
Fair enough, I guess I'm assuming too much knowledge-- a supergun is just a device designed to take a JAMMA arcade connector and provide everything an arcade cabinet would do for a home setup. (i.e., provide video output, some sort of
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by nicole_express 9mo ago
Looking at dry pasta from Europe and the US, they seem pretty much the same, except the US pasta is more likely to use enriched flour; not sure what makes that less healthy. Bread varies a lot and yeah we have some terrible breads, I don&
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by nicole_express 9mo ago
It's actually the opposite-- New Coke came out after Diet Coke, and was more-or-less Diet Coke with sugar (HFCS, whatever) instead of aspartame. But yeah it's definitely not the same as classic Coke. Also gets rid of the coca extr
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Playing Arcade Mahjong at Home? Or is it just a Mirage?(nicole.express)
22 points by nicole_express 9mo ago|11 comments
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by nicole_express 10mo ago
Nothing about unfair competition is mentioned in the press release, so I can only assume this wasn't a significant factor in the competition authority's decision. Unfortunately, I can't read Italian, so I'm not sure if t
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by nicole_express 10mo ago
I'm so glad they're protecting us from Apple (checking document) making it too hard to collect personal data for advertising. Thanks, Italy
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by nicole_express 10mo ago
The big problem I have with HTMX is the same one I have with React server components and similar concepts; I really like being able to just serve static files. Plus the clear separation of server and client really makes reasoning about a lo
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by nicole_express 10mo ago
I mean, I kind of disagree with the assumption that bright colors immediately mean horrible; especially when we're comparing to a dirty ruin of a mosaic for the "real" color. That's probably gotten less saturated over ti
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by nicole_express 10mo ago
> Written out? Or just not written in? There's a big difference. Almost everyone isn't written into history. But nobody cares about the white men who aren't written in because the people who are were also white men. I mean
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by nicole_express 10mo ago
I wonder if this is a regional issue; didn't do anything of the sort for me and people I know in Massachusetts, but there the Affordable Care Act wasn't that different than the existing "Romneycare" state regulation. In
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
See I'd say the definition of censorship is saying a word is bad and preventing you from saying it , even if you disagree. And git isn't preventing you from having a master branch. In fact, they're providing instructions for
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
Changing defaults is an interesting definition of censorship. It's not like you can't configure it to still use a master branch if you want to.
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
Engine pylons are actually usually designed to fail in a particular way to ensure the separation happens as safely as possible; obviously that didn't happen here, which will probably be something the NTSB will have to investigate why.
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
People fought interstate highway construction too. In some cases, they were right; people in the Boston area are generally pretty happy the pushback against the Inner Belt that would've demolished half of Cambridge was successful.
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
You can basically form a corporate entity with a nominal Delaware office, but it doesn't need to give any details about where the actual work takes place, yeah.
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
Honestly I'd rather just not have coins at that point, rather than try to push $1 and $2 coins. Then I can just carry my wallet for bills and not have to worry about keeping track of coins separately. Gotta do something to make the $2
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
I mean, "right" is a social construct. It is likely more effective ad targeting, but European law outlaws this despite that, because they believe it is better social policy, decided through the democratic process. Like, if it was
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
English has certainly diverged quite a lot, but there are other ways it stayed the same and German diverged; for example, the infamous "th" sounds were at one time common to all Germanic speakers, but was lost among mainland Germa
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
Trump's definitely referring to the United States with his pointless renaming attempt because it's singular and not plural, but I'd be careful accusing him of thinking about anything. I doubt he does that very often. I gues
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by nicole_express 11mo ago
In the United States, "North America" and "South America" are generally treated as separate continents, so therefore as a whole are called "the Americas". This frees up the singular "America" to refer
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by nicole_express 1y ago
The current administration has taken, shall we say, a broad approach to what they consider "in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws", this clause is suddenly interpreted very differently than in past administrations despi
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by nicole_express 1y ago
We're going to see more ridiculous overreach like this as alternatives to meat consumption get more popular. (I say ridiculous because no one is getting confused by "veggie-burger")
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by nicole_express 1y ago
> You have the freedom of choice to use an old IPhone with an old Lightning cable, since they are "superior" to USB-C, and old IPhones are apparently of such high quality. It's so bizarre to act like this is a crazy thing
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by nicole_express 1y ago
The OSSC Pro is actually one of my go-to in my workspace setup. Big fan of it, highly recommend. A problem here is that it doesn't have composite input like you'd need for the Apple II. So you'd need a Koryuu or the add-on I

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