AlexWIWA

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AlexWIWA,

For sure no disrespect to star trek fans. I’ve just never watched it. I don’t want to block the people I just want to filter out the memes I don’t understand.

AlexWIWA,

Yeah Reddit just sucks now. I don’t care much about karma, but it can be discouraging to type out a long answer to help someone and just get a downvote with no comment or anything. Over and over again.

The influx of people who don’t know how the site is supposed to work, on top of the usual toxicity, has just ruined it for me.

AlexWIWA,

Blinded?

But yes absolutely. I vividly remember the first time I saw that menu at a friend’s house. Actual core memory for me

AlexWIWA,

That’s fair. Hadn’t considered that

AlexWIWA,

Nope, I just don’t want the place overrun by people who are mostly just around to flame and insult.

Pick up moderating a few large subreddits and you’ll see what I mean. Even on a small sub like /r/Infiniti, I’ve seen a massive increase in people just being pricks, especially after a cross post. Smaller user base makes it less likely.

Like I said in another post, I don’t like using the word normie because it’s not actually descriptive of the behavior I’m talking about, but it’s the word the thread is using.

AlexWIWA,

My biggest issue is I always forget my good shit posts by the time I have time to post. Getting old sucks

AlexWIWA,

Then go use Reddit if you want all the normies around. There’s a site that already exists that meets your desires. I still use it for niche content, but there has been an undeniable increase in toxicity on Reddit as the user count has increased.

AlexWIWA,

Pun threads on Reddit are the worst. I thought they were funny and clever… In 2009…

AlexWIWA,

Yeah I wish I could silence the star trek instance. I don’t want to block them though, they’re nice people. I just have never watched star trek so I have no idea what any of their posts mean, so having them in my feed is not desirable.

Now I understand how my friends feel when I talk about Halo lore.

AlexWIWA,

Typical down vote and smarmy useless comments. Feels like you want to go back home.

AlexWIWA,

Gotta appeal to advertisers that want the normie eye balls.

I hate using the word normie, because these people truthfully haven’t done anything wrong. It’s the advertisers that follow them around like vampires that are the issue.

AlexWIWA,

Your grandstanding is cringe. This is a forum, not a political movement. If you want normie content then go back to Reddit. When I want normie content I’ll use TikTok.

AlexWIWA,

I’ve gone back to playing old games. It helps

AlexWIWA, (edited )

Anything that’s not serialized and recorded is basically impossible to find. If you have serial numbers then they can inform local pawn shops, but even then the shops probably aren’t checking serials for anything under $500.

And if the thief just sells it on craigslist then no one is checking serials.

AlexWIWA,

It can but it’s already a headache to get the tools running, and adding in the VM layer can add more headaches.

Usually the compatibility patches make the games work in the VM, but the map editors and modding tools had a lot of issues last time I tried.

The tooling around those games was incredibly barbones so there are probably a lot of hacks going on that the VM wasn’t properly stimulating.

AlexWIWA,

I don’t think you understand how zealous C&C fans are. Some of us have entire XP machines with CRT monitors just to play the game in its purest form. We’re about as culty as Linux.

But it’s also not just one program, it’s all the c&c games, their map editors, mod loaders, and any modding tools. World builder is just an example.

AlexWIWA,

Yeah the issue is the tools. They’re what I have a hard time with in the VMs. I have no idea why

AlexWIWA,

The simple solution here is to just move on and play a game that isn’t old enough to drink, lol.

AlexWIWA,

Because I need Windows to run old C&C games. Get Generals world builder working on Linux and I’ll delete my dual boot

AlexWIWA, (edited )

Only someone who has never worked for a large corporation could hold the belief that corporations are efficient at making their product.

They’re very efficient at funneling money to their executives and owners though.

AlexWIWA,

Are you on apartment internet by chance? You’ve probably got a double NAT. In which case you’ll need a server, outside the network, that can make a tunnel to your server.

AlexWIWA,

Especially given the demographic of Plex users. The likelihood of them jumping ship is much higher than regular streaming services.

Ultimately, VLC stream still exists for people to go back to

AlexWIWA, (edited )

How do I do thing that I do every day, but in this language I’m using today

Modding is definitely a nightmare though. One day I’m writing the latest python. The next I’m looking at some C library that was published half a decade before I was born and is for some reason deep in the bowels of the game engine I’m modding

AlexWIWA,

I still have to look up basic things even when I’m doing that, sadly.

Things like “how do I reverse an array?” Will always be in my Google history because I can’t remember “.reverse” exists.

Could I reimplement “.reverse” or just read the docs for an array? Yes. Will I? Never.

AlexWIWA,

Reader view is also a god send if you have ADHD or just struggle with attention span around electronics.

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