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Romulus968

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Romulus968··on Delta Air Lines doesn’t want to call delta variant the ‘delta variant’
I don't blame them. I'm sure there are some dumbasses out there who already associate Delta variant with Delta Airlines.
Romulus968··on Heartbreaking stories of people who regret not getting a Covid-19 vaccine
Didn't we talk about this yesterday?

Willful ignorance != "Heartbreaking" or "Tragic".

"They’re filled with regret, death and acceptance. And they’re all centered around people who didn’t get vaccinated for some reason or another."

Aye, 99% of them didn't want to because they bought into bullshit on Facebook and YouTube. I have no sympathy left to give to these people. They made their beds, and now they must lie in them.

Romulus968··on Nirvana sued by the man who appeared on Nevermind’s album cover as a baby
He must be broke.
Romulus968··on OnlyFans drops planned porn ban
"ROM sites are still a ubiquitous problem for 20 year old consoles. Youtube, Spotify, Steam and Netflix made content easy to get. There's no equivalent for most ROMs, so they're still widely pirated."

The only example I can think of is Nintendo Online. You can play select NES and SNES games on the Switch with a N.O. subscription.

I collect ROMs, I've got damned near 4Tb worth. I collect for two reasons:

1. Archiving 2. Most of the "good" vintage games carry ridiculous prices. Games that had over 10 million copies pressed going for $100+. Even if we assume 1 million were destroyed, that's still 9 million copies floating about. Not exactly rare or worth $100.

Romulus968··on Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP addresses
1. I'd like to know the logic behind region locking

2. This will only drive more people to piracy.

Romulus968··on We’re Kidding Ourselves That Workers Perform Well from Home
Yet, ironically, time and time again, studies have shown that when allowed to work from home, most employee's productivity increases.
Romulus968··on User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment
That shit made my anxiety skyrocket.

Nice demonstration of the "Never do this shit" philosophy.

Romulus968··on Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive
Good god.
Romulus968··on Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive
Bradley sounds like a crotchety old asshole that would be happier if he'd get with the times and use an digital system instead of limiting customers to 3 items and not accepting paypal unless the total is over $50/
Romulus968··on Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you?
I took it personally because I have ADHD too.

"The meds don't make us super-human, they just let us be normal" - Bingo. Exactly.

Romulus968··on Manufacturing the Librem 5 USA Phone in the US
Yeah I definitely see the value in privacy and respect for the user, and Librem is king there, but that still doesn't justify a $2,000 price tag to me. I wouldn't pay $15,000 for a Ford Pinto because it has bulletproof windows.
Romulus968··on Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you?
I didn't know I had ADHD until I was 31. But goddamn when I found out what made me the way I was and was able to get help, my world changed. No longer did I question why I couldn't remember anything or stay focused for longer than 10 minutes. Why I loved my job but seemed to struggle with it.

I took the help, and I feel better for it.

You should at least let them run the tests. What do you have to lose?

Romulus968··on Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living at home
I'm in the labor force, but live at home. I can absolutely afford to purchase a home.

Why don't I?

Because I'm not spending $250,000+ on 1400sq ft. These types of articles make it seem like some huge mystery as to why society is the way it is today. It's no mystery. Houses cost to much and employers don't pay enough.

Romulus968··on Manufacturing the Librem 5 USA Phone in the US
This is really cool, but it's $2,000. The problem is the specs don't quite justify a $2,000 price tag. The iPhone 12 Pro Max is $1,099 for 256Gb model. The Librem 5 has 32Gb built in. Granted you can expand storage on the Librem 5, but that's added cost on top of the $2,000. There are other specs to compare, but storage is an easy target.

I think the project is awesome, and I'd be very inclined to purchase one, but I can't justify $2,000 for a comparatively subpar device.