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by squigz 11mo ago
??? In what way is GP being dismissive, or taking the "autism is my super power" position with that comment?
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by squigz 11mo ago
I guess I really wasn't clear enough. At no point was I entirely denying that some people go to physical stores to buy components. I was just countering the idea that a majority of people do so, as opposed to ordering online.
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by squigz 11mo ago
Not having same day delivery isn't really a dealbreaker for most people. Most people aren't like, "I need to upgrade my computer RIGHT NOW" And it is available in other countries.
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by squigz 11mo ago
What I find most interesting - and frustrating - about these sorts of takes is that these people are buying into a narrative the very people they are complaining about want them to believe.
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by squigz 11mo ago
I was questioning the assertion that a vast majority of gamers buy their components from physical stores as opposed to ordering online.
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by squigz 11mo ago
> I am guessing you purely stick to the mobile-phone/corpo-laptop crowd then ? Finding PC enthusiasts should not be that difficult. They are legions of them all over the world - not just in the developed nations. No. I'm a PC e
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by squigz 11mo ago
> Actually, his experience is the standard PC enthusiast experience for the vast majority of DIY'ers in many nations. I have to genuinely question this. I haven't heard of anyone I know buying PC components at a physical store
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by squigz 11mo ago
And MX-5 Cup is better than both!
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by squigz 11mo ago
> The reason these series always get compared is because Indy’s tight rules make it less compelling while F1’s more open rules make it less competitive. I'm new to racing, but can you elaborate on this? How are F1's rules &quot
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by squigz 11mo ago
Describing those 'ads' as "abusive" is quite a stretch. It's like going to the store page itself and complaining they're telling you about products they sell. Particularly when you can easily disable them. No o
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by squigz 11mo ago
Yeah, I get suspicious when schools say only minors can enroll there
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by squigz 11mo ago
> Windows is closing in on them: stricter kernel access (tougher time for anti-cheat) Why would Microsoft not work with leaders of a multi-billion dollar industry they benefit from to develop anti-cheats that work with whatever limitatio
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by squigz 11mo ago
I'm not going to get too far into this argument, 'cause... just no thanks, but I will say that one reason we don't assemble things like cars ourselves is... it's fucking hard. So are pretty much all the other examples yo
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by squigz 11mo ago
How is 3D printing supposed to help prevent this?
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by squigz 11mo ago
It's not the 2000s anymore - you don't have to run/rent "hardware" and worry about "connectivity" and whatnot. For most games that offer dedicated servers, there are services with easy to use panels with f
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by squigz 11mo ago
> Sure, but that's a trade-off everyone already enjoying the game might be fine with if it means a better experience. Does it mean a better experience though? This isn't like, a theoretical GP is talking about. We don't ha
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by squigz 11mo ago
Why not both? If you wanna matchmake, great, go ahead. If you want to run a private server, you can do that too.
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by squigz 11mo ago
You very, very quickly learn not to look like you use wall-hacks.
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by squigz 11mo ago
> Let's be real, what % people among those who game are interested in running their own game server? Let's put it differently: What % of people among those who program are interested in maintaining open source software? A very
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by squigz 11mo ago
> By the time you have to wait for someone to cheat just to ban a single user, the disruption is already done. Your 4v4 45min game is already disrupted and everyone has already wasted their time now that you have to kick someone. The dif
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by squigz 11mo ago
Lots of people play games while ignoring the achievements. Many people do - well, did - AoC while ignoring the leaderboard.
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by squigz 11mo ago
> By measuring it as a race, it becomes a race, and now the goal is the metric. It becomes a race when you start seeing it as a race :) One can just... ignore the leaderboard
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by squigz 11mo ago
It's really disheartening that the culture has changed so much someone would think doing AoC puzzles just for the fun of it is an unpopular stance :( Doing things for the fun of it, for curiosity's sake, for the thrill of solving
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by squigz 11mo ago
It's the way it should be, rather than glorifying criminals and giving them cool names
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by squigz 11mo ago
Maybe so. But between "people are stupid and that's why all these bad things are happening" and "people have complex motivations and rationals for doing what they do", I'm going to lean toward the latter, anecd
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by squigz 11mo ago
Mass surveillance of private messaging has been happening since day 1 at Facebook and them.
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by squigz 11mo ago
An angry, divided population is a lot easier to push to the extremes, enabling such legislation because people are so angry and divided and can't come to a reasonable compromise or solution. These things shouldn't move forward, in
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by squigz 11mo ago
> Sometimes, when we talk to people about problems, we're "giving them the problem", as in, we want them to tell us what to do about it, or to actually do something about it. They often can't or won't do that - i
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by squigz 11mo ago
It's easy to reach for the "people are stupid" argument. It's harder to ask, "Why are people still voting for this despite it seemingly being against their interests" But once you do start asking that question,
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by squigz 11mo ago
> We've gotten this far because we've been playing life on easy mode with a ridiculously nurturing planet and practically unlimited energy available under the ground, but we aren't smart enough or forward thinking enough t

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