I just upgraded from an over 10 year old Samsung S8 to a pixel 10.

I prefer the old phone. There are maybe two features on the pixel that are an improvement, otherwise, I’d rather have the S8.

Hey, don’t be so hard on them! At least the Nazi in the 40s showed their face.

Been playing Bass on Rocksmith 2014 for about 5 years.

I just recently bought my first “real” Bass, and am in top 10 on most easy and medium versions of the songs. #1 on more than a few.

Never play without the game so while I feel like I can jam, I don’t consider myself a musician.

Is this going to get rid of leveled enemies and weapons? No? Then Ubi remains on my do not buy list.

Well, I’ve heard if you spin it backwards you can hear satanic messages

So specific uncommon words like “wordage”

AI bot! We have an AI bot over here!

Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time …

And Jan 6th was a peaceful protest.

Get the fuck out of here, we’ve all seen the videos.

Anyone who claimed Ashley Babbit was a hero damned well better be falling over themselves condemning ICE shooting Renee Good.

But no, they are calling it domestic terrorism.

Fuck every single one of these assholes.

I’m considered an expert in my field, and with almost 20 years experience I tried what you are suggesting.

The thing all us tech geeks forget about when starting a business, is all the stuff that actually goes into the running a business part of it.

You want to focus on the work, but there are bills, invoices, client and project management, etc.

I had clients, I had projects, but I didn’t have nearly enough time in the day to handle all of it.

Then clients started paying late, causing all kinds of fees to stack up. So even when I had time to do the work, I was distracted and nothing got done the way I wanted.

I tried hiring an admin, but it was too little too late. In the end I went back to being the in house guy at a large company, where I get to focus on the stuff I am good at and enjoy.

I’m not saying don’t do it, I’m saying be very very aware about all the other elements before going off on your own.

Bonfire from Dark Souls, because you don’t want to lose your soul by failing to save progress.

At one of the no kings rallies, I feel something hit me in the back. Turn around to see a small girl running over to get the large Styrofoam sign that the wind had blown out of her hands.

She looks up saying “I’m sorry!”.

“It’s ok, I’m not a space shuttle, I can survive being hit by a foam block”.

Crickets.

Been shaving my head with shortest guard since I joined the military in '96. Haven’t paid for a hair cut since. I’ll let it grow out until it annoys me and / or starts to look too shaggy.

For small projects, I’ll use csv files for my data.

It’s much faster for me to prototype concepts in simple text files than designing and building a database.

Once the project matures or scales large enough, I’ve usually reached the point I’m going to rewrite it from scratch “the right way”, so will build a database if it makes sense.

Maybe one in twenty projects reach the point it’s worth moving.

You don’t quit skating cause you got old, you got old cause you quit skating.

I don’t know about San Andreas, but the GTA III co op mod was something pretty special. It took the other players coordinates and assigned them to your last vehicle, which didn’t despawn.

There were no on foot player characters, but you could drive around together in a game with absolutely no multiplayer or online elements at all.

Just turned 50 and still ride a skateboard.

Landing on the Mun was the first time I’ve ever jumped out of my chair and done a victory dance while gaming.

All of these are great picks. I’ll add:

“It had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong.”

No, not in the sense you mean, it’s a 5 door hatch back. The gold standard was always “Can it fit a sheet of plywood?”, and no not a chance.

With the roof rack it can carry whatever ,including the giant tree that fell on it five years ago that makes me not care if I carry anything on it.

If you have the money, buy the all wheel drive Volvo wagon, it’s what I’m looking at next.

2014 Subaru Impreza sport wagon and I couldn’t be happier.

Had to basically replace the entire tans at 80k miles this year, but otherwise bullet proof.

Well, got back 4 more and you are pre OBD2 and modern emissions sure, but now you’re dealing with a technically ‘classic’ car and the rust, wear and tear, and parts availability issues that come w it.

2014 - 2018 will get you a modern car without a touch screen or Internet connection, which is what I’m really after.

Physical controls I can use with my eyes on the road, and not a subscription to worry about.