yardratianSoma

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[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

everything you say is true.

But thinking that cities will redesign their streets without public pressure? I doubt it.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

comparison is the thief of joy

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Just a hunch, since technological advancements seem to hit the public realm much faster in places like China, in the cities especially. I don't know what the laws are like there, but I've heard rumors that there is less government regulations for technologies that can benefit the general public, like drones and automated metros. Oh yeah, and how could I forget about the robots they show off at conventions, to take the place of receptionists and other customer-facing positions.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Minecraft is the ~~most popular~~ best selling game of all time, and the single-player mode is still being updated. Granted, many people play on multiplayer servers, but still.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At the very least, you can still pirate it and play cracked multiplayer with friends.

I made the mistake of buying the game year ago, and bought a bunch of DLC at 50% or greater sales, and now the sunken cost fallacy has taken hold on me, and I still want to buy more . . . . (at least I'm broke so I can't right now hehehaha)

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Overcooked, Liars Bar, Ready or Not, Schedule 1, Elden Ring, Jackbox, etc . . . . . All work great as multiplayer titles on linux. There's a great trove of fun games that don't require kernel level anticheat because the the community of players isn't as toxic.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

it'll definitely get the greenlight in countries like China before anywhere in the west, I believe

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh no worries, I am writing a Cisco networking exam in about a month, so I've actually studied subnets and addressing a good amount, but I don't mind the refresher!

I was just speaking more generally, in terms of programming, where integers and strings are different data types, yet you can store numbers as a string, which I always found interesting.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

interesting . . In my head, I think of ip addresses like just decimal values or integers separated by periods, but clearly a decimal value isn't processed as such by a computer. To think that IP addresses are simply strings is pretty interesting to my amateur mind, because for all my life I thought of them as technical computer jargon that isn't the same as what I used to think strings were: words!

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Okay, I'm learning networking but have no idea what this means

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've switched to OpenTracks, and short of the (imo) needless social media functions, it's great!

 

I let my folks know that I'm getting rid of my drivers licence, because I don't plan on driving for at least the next 5 years.

My parents then said things like, "you're moving backwards in life", or "what will you do if you need to transport someone in an emergency?", to which I responded, "Taxi, or ambulance".

Am I a fool? Should I retain my licence for emergencies? I'm broke ATM, but should start working again soon, and my licence is expiring in a few weeks (and my wallet fell in a river a week ago, so I don't have the card anyways, not even kidding), so I'd rather not pay the $90 to keep it, if I don't have to.

What about you? Do you still keep a license handy for situations, or no? Is living car and license free possible in Canada?

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