Alto

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[–] Alto@kbin.social 52 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I apparently threw my glasses across the room in my sleep last night. Spent a solid 5 minutes going full on Velma mode looking for them.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Portal and Portal 2 are my go to tests for if a machine qualifies as "an computer". Basically, if it can run those, it's probably good enough to be grandmas facebook machine. Might have to toss an ssd into it (exactly what I did with an old core2duo hp pavilion), but generally I find it to be a good rule of thumb.

Plus it gives me an excuse to play Portal when I test a machine :P

[–] Alto@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Surprised no one has said it, but Minecraft. I love it as much now as I did when I was 12. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it, especially if you start playing with mods. Then there's servers such as Hypixel which for all intents and purposes are an entirely separate game in and of themselves.

I'm sure part of it is nostalgia, some of my fondest gaming memories were playing Minecraft with friends, but I still find it to be an excellent way to relax.

(Tangentially related, anyone else remember when waiting 3 months for 1.2.5 > 1.3 was an absurdly long update time for the game? Different times.)

[–] Alto@kbin.social 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

He's not being charged with the not paying his bills part, he's being charged with the committing fraud to be able to get that much server time part.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 46 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Turns out people that want to block access to information are generally shit people.

Who would've thunk?

[–] Alto@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Im sorry that you're so tolerant of bigotry. I can't help you

[–] Alto@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The founder/CEO actively donates to anti-LGBT organizations, including ones that support conversion therapy. The guy is an awful piece of shit, and any decent person should take whatever steps necessary to not support them.

Thankfully, that's as simple as not using Brave.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't put words in my mouth.

I'd also prefer companies have strict policies against that sort of thing, and if I found out a company was fostering a workplace where that awful view is acceptable, I would boycott them as well.

The founder generally receives the biggest piece of the pie. That's obviously a more significant thing. Frankly, I think you know this and are simply arguing in bad faith.

And get out of here with your purity test bullshit. Yeah, I personally go to some pretty extreme lengths to boycott companies. But that's nowhere near as important as the general spirit of being against bigotry and opposing it, violently if necessary, anywhere you see it.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

If you can't see why one would boycott a company with a loud and proudly bigoted founder, i don't know what the fuck to tell you other than you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

Get the actual fuck out of here with your both sides bullshit. Boycotting a company for being bigoted is not the same as boycotting a company because you yourself are a bigoted piece of shit.

E: sp

[–] Alto@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (9 children)

No way, really?!?!

I try to not reward companies that hire CEOs who actively support the extermination of gay people

[–] Alto@kbin.social 55 points 7 months ago (22 children)

Too bad brave's CEO is a giant bigoted piece of shit who I refuse to support.

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