We’ve all been there!

Better than over them, I suppose.

You know, I’m not sure whether to be insulted or flattered … But I don’t disagree.

All of my skills are devops or sysadmin related.

It’s been a while, but I used to regularly get emails inviting me to apply to be a Wendy’s manager. I doubt I would have been good at that.

I had forgotten about intentionally inducing crashes. Fun times.

I don’t know, I never comment on YouTube. However, it doesn’t seem like he posts on YouTube at all anymore. I’m not certain, but I think he might have refocused on his podcast.

So, all in all … Maybe?

We should form a best friends group.

I’ve actually tried to befriend three random people on lemmy. Two of them initially went well and chatted with me on Element / Matrix for a while, then stopped responding. One of them never responded to my initial invitation to be friends.

I would love to make friends here based on my philosophical alignment and shared interests with a lot of posters I see, but if I’m objectionable, I don’t want my lemmy legacy to be a series of failed friend requests.

You referenced CGP Grey and posted a sanitized link.

I am prepared to be best friends.

That sounds familiar.

A variation of this was demonstrated in the movie The One (at about 2:45 in that video)!

For some reason I thought it was in Fifth Element or Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, but it seems I misremembered.

I hate this functionality.

It’s pretty much my favorite so far.

Yes.

I like the steam deck and use it as a controller, but you could make the same argument about the switch. Regarding the switch, my answer would be that while it is a controller, it is - IMHO - a poorly designed and uncomfortable-to-use controller.

While you and I like the ergonomics of the deck, others may not. One can hardly blame those people for wanting something they feel more usable.

I always wanted to play that and even used to have the perfect setup for it (projector, big room, extensive seating) but never had the friends for it. I’m envious of your good fortune!

My wife has woken me up several times because I was saying “no no no no no no” in my sleep. It’s not loud enough to disturb anyone not in the room and I live in a pretty rural area anyway, so I’ve wondered in the past whether I did that with any regularity before I shared a bed with anyone.

The existence of rugged smart watches seems fairly likely, but I can’t comment on that.

However, I can tell you every smart watch I’ve ever owned (which admittedly isn’t that many) has some form of protective case available and replacing a case is a lot cheaper than replacing a smart watch. Example (no affiliation, just randomly selected):

https://www.amazon.com/Protector-Compatible-Scratch-Resistant-Flexible/dp/B0CSD5RM97/

Do note that this might interfere with some functionality of the watch. For example, I previously had a Fitbit Charge 2 (IIRC) which offers an ECG function. However, it relies on conductive pads on its body for that. All the cases I found blocked those pads which meant the scan wouldn’t work. Everything else worked fine, though.

Because, even if what you’re doing now is fine, moral and legal, it might not be perceived as that later, whether by your friends, neighbors or government. This has become especially relevant in recent years. Even if your own opinion shifts to match later trends, your past actions might hurt you.

You might be doing nothing wrong and still jeopardize your future self.

Three stories? You’re a brave soul.