I’m sure the Unseen University would have a reality altering war amongst the faculty just to figure out what wishes to ask the genie for.

It’s so bad that I screenshot it to send to a friend rather than just save it. That’s so many more clicks!

I would immediately name mine BMO.

Not to discount the evil of targeting workers who used the leave they literally are entitled to, but it’s also SO lazy to use an AI to generate a list of what’s essentially just a RETURN statement from a payroll database. Boo on both counts!

After reading the link, it looks like it’s not a free product, they’re mostly trying to smooth out surprise traffic increases from generating unexpectedly high bills.

notoriously common stupid way of thinking

Why are you being rude to somebody you’re trying to convince to put in extra effort to switch services?

I would argue both points.

First, most phones have at least 20GB, which is a LOT of music storage if you’re using 320vbr compression, and if you’re an audiophile who absolutely positively must have flac for everything, you’re already going to be familiar enough with storage to know what size microSD card to get. Add in a synced dropbox/gdrive/nextcloud/whatever folder, and you don’t even have to manually plug it in to transfer files anymore, so space is kind if irrelevant.

Second, most people who are mobile are going to be listening with bluetooth headphones, and those who aren’t can still use a USB-C to jack adapter, which are pretty inexpensive and ubiquitous now, have passthrough charging solved, etc. For the audiophiles, there are very good USB-C DACs out now.

I guess I’m just confused about where this device fits into my life. If I’m mobile, it’s extra stuff to carry that duplicates functions I already have on me. If I’m home, I have fixed audio equipment that is way more versatile.

What’s the benefit of this device when you can just put your audio files directly on your phone or laptop already?

What qualifies as “damaging noise”? Asking because I have a neighbor who has the loudest damn leaf blower of all time.

Please, I ride loud motorcycles for attention from men, as is tradition.

You don’t have to like everything. PA is so cynical, it’s really not everybody’s style. That said, I really like this one because before Warhammer got popular, this kind of conversation definitely happened among the World of Warcraft communities: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/i-hope-you-like-text

Tycho’s elitist overreaction is just so classic gatekeeping behavior, especially from that era. To me it’s funny because he’s right, but he’s such an asshole about it, and he doesn’t really teach Gabe anything, just freaks him out.

Are they gonna stop dragging anchor through reefs?

Bubbles are read top to bottom (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑)

What is the last KDE you tried? Plasma is SO good, right out of the box.

“I give you happy poopy time!”

Oh man, old school Compiz with the wobbly windows and a million other tricks absolutely blew my mind. Magic rainbow spark particles when I minimize a window? Yes please! Fire trail that follows the cursor? No problem!