nickhammes

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[–] nickhammes 31 points 1 day ago

I like the idea that Fuentes saw a coincidence, decided to play it up, by cosplaying as a dude with a crossbow who was actually in his neighborhood, standing threateningly on his own porch, to play a victim because he didn't get to be one in real life.

Even if it didn't transpire that way, it's funny how it totally fits.

[–] nickhammes 25 points 3 days ago

Faster than gigabit, but not 2.5 gigabit. Your cables likely support the speed, just your ports and switching hardware are capped at gigabit.

It's not extremely expensive, but unless you move around a lot of big files, you're probably getting very diminished returns, even spending less than twice as much for 2.5x speeds.

[–] nickhammes 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even being born into it, it feels weird. I'll stand politely when the national anthem is played at a sporting event, because that feels only slightly odd. But the pledge of allegiance always gave me straight cult vibes, no thanks.

I've seen multiple groups of Australians treat their national anthem with mild irreverence, which feels so much healthier.

[–] nickhammes 36 points 1 week ago (9 children)

A liberal who realized something was wrong is something a lot of leftists once were. Accepting him should come from a place of empathy.

[–] nickhammes 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The report exists, but it has so many errors, misinterpreting its own data to bend to the conclusions its authors decided they wanted to find, lots of cherry picking, and ignoring any fact inconvenient to its conclusions.

Imagine a paper that concludes that dowsing or homeopathy is good science. It's about that accurate.

[–] nickhammes 3 points 1 week ago

More of an inverse causation, but the helpfulness of certain autistic traits in scientific fields does mean that in a sense, autism causes vaccines.

[–] nickhammes 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is extremely cool, thanks for sharing! It's now on my Steam wishlist

[–] nickhammes 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would happily shell out $60ea for remasters of RA2 and Generals. Improved graphics, proper modem compatibility (64 bit, Proton, ARM chips), maybe a modern vs original balance mode? I'd be happy as a clam.

Renegade had some interesting gameplay ideas as a shooter, and a new C&C FPS has so much story potential. It's a shame they cancelled the one, but a future release still has that potential. If they do it.

[–] nickhammes 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Command & Conquer series as a whole, no releases in 4 years, the last new release was a mobile game in 2018, and the last proper new entry was 2012.

The fan community has (at least) two really high quality mods still undergoing active development, with an actual release in the last two years. Giving this series the Sonic Mania treatment would be incredible, and probably make EA a lot of money, but also is very unlike their usual business practices.

[–] nickhammes 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's really not. Even if a camera observing him counts as a person, you could protect yourself, but stopping him from destroying your house frequently would be much harder. The stress and negative effects on your quality of life are too much. Not even close to worthwhile.

[–] nickhammes 48 points 3 weeks ago

Sue the HOA too, seek a permanent injunction requiring them to get permission from the court before towing, and forcing them to adopt rules changes. Prevent them from doing it again.

[–] nickhammes 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Fewer than you think, I'd bet.

This person clearly likes hot sauce, and buys a lot of it. Maybe they just buy literally everything, but maybe they're more selective. I'd bet some of them are fermented, and some are lighter on the vinegar taste, even if they water it down a bit to focus on the pepper flavor. It isn't that hard to make even a cheap sauce not taste too overwhelmingly of vinegar

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