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I've noticed that trend, especially with high-volume posters

Some things are posted with substance and other times it's just a link to a pic of a random artefact in a museum. Ok, it's cool looking but is it significant? Not that that matters but if you're going to post something at least include why. Other than "I hit random"

Because grey is a fantastic color, and grey hair is just another color to dye it. Plenty of people dye their hair natural colors, too, not just to cover up greys

And plenty of people with grey/white hair enjoy and love it

I still have it around somewhere in hopes I can fix it

When I got it, my family said it didn't work, it had some weird error. I charged it and turned it on so they were like "sure you can have it"

It was my first smartphone,. actually, and I used it for quite a while until it died again. I don't remember the error, but it was basically bricked and I couldn't factory reset it via the phone menu. I had a very young child and trying to figure out the android sdk for a computer to fiddle that out was too taxing for me

I really liked that phone for sure. I'm sure it's a lot of nostalgia, but I miss the older simpler phones. Much easier to handle, too.

I've currently just been using every couple generations of the Xa model. This one's a pixel 7a, last was a 4a which the child has now. It's got severe battery life issues after that update recently but I haven't looked into it too hard. Been wanting to look for some alternatives and I'm leaning towards something unconventional, at least by today's standards. I checked out that phone and it really looks good, both aesthetically and specs wise

I had a Nexus that I got as a hand me down. It had a ball with customizable colors

The next one I had after that had an led you could customize for different types of notifications

Oh I made another comment but this was what I was talking about! I was talking to my partner about it last night after watching the CES video. I couldn't remember the name but this is exactly it

I said it was "Rock Pops" because i think that's great

I watched a video about the worst of CES. I was kind of amused that some of the winners of worst-of weren't even new ideas

There was a candy I remember that from a long time ago, idk 2000ish? It was a lollipop you bit down on and you could hear music played through your teeth. I never tried it but it was sold where I worked

Another idea, the worst of the worst, was the smart fridge. I remember from business classes I took many years ago used that as an example of innovation. Or a "smart" microwave. You let it know what ingredients you have, for example by scanning the barcode, so it can recommend recipes or alert you when something is running low

The rendition of those ideas at the CES were so out of touch

Definitely, but they (my family member) did well for themselves and their family. They moved between big name studios but have found a comfortable career not tied to any big name studio

I haven't kept in close contact with them but it's pretty fun hearing about, or even playing, games they've worked on (every once in a while I check up on what they've done)

They eventually got into the sound side of things and occasionally would do recordings when family got together. One time in particular I remember, we went on a walk and they brought recording equipment. Recorded the ambient sounds while we were on the trail. Sometimes we'd be talking and other times we were walking in silence. Recording us approaching and departing; the sounds of our footsteps on different terrain: gravel, dirt, grass, pavement. Got some closeups of a small creek that ran next to the trail. Would record the sounds of a field of wild grass, or a stand of trees. I wonder if anything they recorded ended up in some game.. That would be pretty dope

Tl;Dr What I can say is, they genuinely loved their job no matter which shitty big name they worked under. And they got to do some genuinely fun things in the pursuit of bettering their work

Sorry for the wall of text, idk I just haven't really had somewhere to share that. I've never heard someone mention infinity ward , like literally ever. Any time I've said the name I've been met with blanks stares until I say "Call of Duty"

I have a family member who worked for IW on CoD but left shortly after the merger when they saw the writing on the wall. Granted they left for a company just as bad ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

To be fair..

I did the thing where I signed up and got the app and promptly never used it

I don't particularly like short form content (at all) but I was hoping that there'd be some relevant connection between the platforms

And when I've tried it numerous times I'll let them walk me through the process while I browse the internet for a couple minutes while I "wait for the light to turn green"

Nope, it's still flashing yellow, like it has been, and has been after the last couple resets of everything between me and the wall

Oh you'll send a technician out? Thx.

Here's the link to the site:

I haven't poked around yet

Edit: there's nothing else really, unless there's some hidden urls

It's hard to get over "that". It feels good but vulnerable to let yourself out. But literally no one cares

https://youtu.be/iHLUIDXmF7c

This scene has resonated with me for a while and I love it and embrace it