That's not the Anarchy symbol. That's the button disable "Auto Start-Stop" in Ford & Dodge vehicles

Of course, you have freedom of choice. You can choose between eating a shit sandwich or a tube of tile grout compound.

I work in limestone quarries every day. The dust and grit gets everywhere, and almost every day I will get some in my mouth. Sometimes pieces that are about the size of a skittle somehow make it into my mouth (no. They do not taste like lime Skittles)

The taste isn't the problem, it's the gritty texture that makes it feel like you're grinding away at your teeth. The taste is similar to steak seasoning. I keep some unflavored gum with me and chew it when I get some in my mouth. This allows me to enjoy the salty/savory flavor while getting past the horrible texture. If only they made steak-flavored chewing gum.

How can you expect yourself to integrate well into any conversation when you're fixated on "well technically..."

If 99% of people colloquially agree that A = B, then it doesn't really matter if 'A' and 'B' are really the same thing if everybody knows what we're talking about. It's the most obnoxious shit when someone tries to argue in this way, and you're not convincing anybody or adding anything meaningful to the discussion.

I've had to take my PS2 controllers apart to clean them when I was like 11. Have some faith in yourself. At least they don't have the spring-triggers like the following generations, unless your aftermarket ones do.

Also, this soldering job would not be hard at all. It can be done with a $1 flea market iron. Could probably re-use the old solder if you're careful about it.

🅱️eptune!

I've bought pretty expensive equipment, tube amplifier, many fancy headphones, optical DACs. A library full of FLAC files. I even purchased a $500 portable DAP. I've never been able to reliably tell a difference between FLAC and 320k MP3 files. At this point, it really doesn't concern me anymore either, but I at least like to see my fancy tube amp light up.

I will say, though, $300 seems to be the sweet-spot for headphones for me.

I get what you're saying, but color is weird. There's a specific term to describe colors that come from light sources, and colors that are a result of an object absorbing light. Brown is more the result of a lack of color

Don't take my image too seriously, it's incredibly cherry-picked and not meant to serve as some sort of debate point. Although it does look like a very light shade of brown IRL...

What's your full setup? I've been running a 5 year old mid-tier AMD CPU, 16gb DDR4, and a 2080 super for the past several years on 1440p ultra-wide. I can get 60Hz at max settings on most AAA titles, and stable 100+Hz on moderate-high settings.

I don't plan on upgrading for a couple more years, and even then I'll probably keep my CPU until the mobo or CPU dies, just upgrading the GPU. I've never felt compelled to upgrade any other components. Hell, my PSU and original SSD are both almost 10 years old (yes I know I need to switch those out shortly)

But yeah if you're starting fresh, price to performance with consoles is always better. But it sounds like you've got set up already. I do totally agree with you on the GPU market, though. It's been ridiculous for years, I keep hoping for the market to settle some

I don't say this to promote fossil fuels whatsoever, but different fossil fuels are better or worse in different ways. Natural gas IIRC is one of the worst fossil fuels for greenhouse gas emissions short-term, especially with leaks and partially combusted fuel, but it dissipates much faster than the alternatives, with much lower CO2 emissions as well (something like 7 year half-life vs a thousand years). It's definitely not clean and comes with its own set of problems, but let's not assume all fossil fuels are created equal.

I am 100% for switching away from all fossil fuels, and I don't like natural gas being advertised as "clean", but I feel this is important to note.

I could see it being useful for dynamic, informative signs like you said in airports. Having transparency could be actually useful, maybe not just a total gimmick, in some areas I'm sure.

Or maybe it's just another useless, overpriced concept piece that we won't see for another 20 years

In my experience, the Mr. Clean ones hold up much better. Generic melamine sponges tear too easily.

But maybe I'm just getting the wrong generic ones. I've tried two or three different generic brands and they all sucked

I almost found this out the hard way. I think on the Cisco equipment, it's something like: Hold for 2 seconds to cycle power. Hold for 5 seconds to wipe config.

Our IT guy nearly had a heart attack when, over the phone, I asked if I should press the little "Reset" on the back.

Self-driving car:

"Oh, I need to wait for this other car to pass me before I merge lanes. I'll just wait :)"

"Oh, I need to wait for this other car to pass me before I merge lanes. I'll just wait :)"

"Oh no! I'm right between two lanes and I can't move because the other cars are in the way :')"

"I'll just wait here with my hazard lights on until traffic clears up :)"

I will not take the rage bait, thank you very much

Lost/reduced wages from time off work, and health insurance doesn't cover everything.

Cook your own dog? No child should ever have to do that. Dogs should be raw! And living!

If You're Armed At The Glenmont Metro Please Shoot Me

For this specifically, "Traitorous Critic Fallacy". More broadly, an Ad Hominem argument.

I used to get really bad ingrown toenails, I had a podiatrist cut about 1/4 of that toenail out so it can't grow back in that spot. I don't remember it being very expensive at all. But this was 10 years ago