Sordid

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

They don't, though. I don't think I've ever had a USB port wear out from use on any peripheral with a removable cable, so if Apple is facing those kinds of issues, it's not because of stupid users, it's because Apple cheaped out on the build quality of the USB port.

As for Bentley versus Honda reliability, Honda's warranty claim rate is apparently about 2%. I can't find actual warranty claim statistics for Bentley specifically, only for VW as a whole, but according to this, 93% of Bentley owners have to take their car in for unscheduled repairs every year. Which is pretty insane. So yeah. Luxury brands are expensive because their primary purpose is to show off wealth, not because they're any better than mass-produced consumer stuff. Often quite the opposite. Who knew.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If that were the case, every other computer peripheral manufacturer would use a similar design or face similar warranty claim issues. Which they don't. So nah, that ain't it, chief.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

"Well of course I know him. He's me."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Depends. Do I need to win or is a draw an acceptable outcome? If it's the latter, the blue whale. What's it gonna do, beach itself?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

it’s considered common knowledge that you can’t

I've never heard that before. What I have heard several times is that text is not static, so if you read something, look away, and then read it again, it'll say something different. That I can corroborate, along with the idea that this is how you realize you're in a dream and induce lucid dreaming.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As does Steam and Epic and every other digital store ever created.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Replaying old games that I have fond memories of. We're in an incredible renaissance of classic games getting source ports or updates that bring them up to modern standards, and I'm loving it. Daggerfall, Blade of Darkness, Jagged Alliance 2, Morrowind, Jedi Knight, Caesar 3... I'm sure I'm forgetting ~~some~~ many. They let me forget the present and pretend that I'm back in simpler, happier times, at least for a little while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's extremely generous! Can I have Vane, please? I love games where you play a bird.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Worse, we're throwing piles of money at them.