Badabinski

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[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 6 points 1 day ago

Android similarly makes it easy. If I just press and hold on ?, I get options for ¿ and ‽. Seems like mobile devices have worked out more convenient UIs for this type of thing.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago

I always have a terminal open in the workspace on my other monitor so it's just interr <super-;>

wait, that makes me sound like an absolute fucking nutcase lol. I typed that first sentence completely unironically and only realized how absurd it was afterwards. It's faster than the whole "type the Unicode point value" thing, but I should probably start using compose key instead.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 21 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I fukken love me an interrobang. I have a shell alias on my computers that copies one of those bad boys into my clipboard so I can more easily display my shocked puzzlement. It's very useful when dealing with msft products, especially Azure.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 2 days ago

Yep, or when you're doing EMDR and you open your eyes and your therapist is crying. That's how you know you've hit the good shit 👉😎👉

Thankfully, that only happened once. It honestly made me feel better, it was incredibly validating.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

Just wanna give a big ol' +1 to The Body Keeps The Score. My partner read it and it was a game changer for her.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This headline is... well, not great. Here's the entire quote from Larian Studios' publishing director:

The last notable game on their platform was arguably Far Cry 6 in 2021. The Crew, Mirage and Avatar came in 2023 and didn’t perform, so you can assume subscriptions were at a lull when PoP released by 2024. Which means people wouldn’t be launching their store all too much.

If it had released on Steam not only would it have been a market success, but there would likely be a sequel because the team are so strong. It’s such a broken strategy. The hardest thing is to make a 85+ game — it is much, much easier to release one. It just shouldn’t be done as it was. If the statement “gamers should get used to not owning their games” is true because of a specific release strategy (sub above sales), then the statement “developers must get used to not having jobs if they make a critically acclaimed game” (platform strategy above title sales) is also true, and that just isn’t sensible — even from a business perspective.

I dunno. That's hopefully less misleading and confusing? The article really doesn't bring much to the table imo.

Anyways, fuck Ubisoft.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

God, I hated this book when I read it in high school. I avoided Victorian-era literature for so long because of it.

I doubt I had the emotional maturity to get much out of it back then. I'd probably have a better time now, but I have a grudge at this point and I'm gonna stick with it, dammit.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 20 points 1 week ago

Man, that's cool! Concrete is a heck of a lot cheaper than epoxy granite resin and is perfectly suitable for a low-precision tool like this lathe.

I do hope that he finds a way to shield those bearings. You really don't want metal chips or sawdust making its way in there. Any damage they sustain will cause runout, which will lead to increased chatter and parts that are out of spec. Plus, a matching pair of tapered roller bearings can be quite expensive!

EDIT: to be clear, I mean no disrespect when I say low-precision. Not every lathe needs to have slides and handwheels. I have a little Sherline lathe that I've used like this in the past (using gravers, not tools in a tool holder). It's great to quickly turn something or to put nice decorative details on a part. Precision is possible with a lathe like this, but it requires fairly strenuous effort.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

Based off of your comment history, it seeeeems like you live in the US, although I could deffo be wrong. That's where I live, so I may have good news. It's illegal to sell tritium products in the US, but it's not illegal to buy it as an individual. There's a Taiwanese company that sells all kinds of cool little tritium widgets: https://www.mixglo.com/

that's where I got my vial from. It wasn't cheap for what it is, but I think it's cool.

edit: looks like they also ship to Canada if you live there. I've no idea what the laws are up there, but I'm assuming it's legal if they're willing to ship.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

God, what a wonderful thread that was. I've decided to follow and star @mizu@lemmy.world so I can follow up on their future exploits.

Sadly, it doesn't appear that they've posted in quite some time. Hopefully they'll come out of hiding one day and ask more ridiculous questions.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have a little tritium vial on my keys because I am a clumsy oaf with ADHD and the little greeny glow has been useful a couple of times. It's great when I'm out at night and my keys yeet themselves out of my pocket and land in the darkest possible area.

I mostly got it because it's cool though. Radioluminescence is fukken rad!

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 20 points 2 weeks ago

I could not have imagined a more fitting name if I had been writing this whole episode as a work or fiction. The world can be so fucking delightful at small scales sometimes.

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