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  • Stream fatigue? Americans spent 23% less on streaming services in 2024, study finds

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  • People also have less disposable income. It's easy to be lazy and keep a streaming service or two going that you're not really using when money is flowing. When you have to cinch the belt, you tend to remember that you can cancel at any time and just jump from one service to another.

    Assuming you don't have more... piratic tendencies.

  • One dead after Tesla Cybertruck catches fire outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas

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  • A picture from this ABC article shows gas cans, camping stove cans, and fireworks in the back of the truck. The truck battery somehow survived.

  • Batman is a MENACE!

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  • Hmm, I dunno. I see a distinct lack of bat nipples in this costume

  • the amount of slop saying "wait till the end" is too damn high

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  • Is this some New Social Media platform problem I'm too elder millenial to understand?

  • GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”

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  • When I buy a game from GOG, it comes with the presumption that I will download the installer in a timely manner and store a copy on my local storage device. Assuming I have good backup practices, that's really the end of the story. I can build a 100 new computers and install the game I bought on each one. GOG went bankrupt ten years ago? That's a shame, but my installer works just as well as when they were kicking.

    When I "buy a game" on Steam, I technically get an installer, but Steam isn't going to help me keep it. Those 100 new computers are going to download that installer a 100 times. And if the 51st install comes around and Steam isn't around anymore? Or Steam decides not enough people play this game anymore and it no longer makes financial sense to host the installer? Well, at that point I guess I'll just regret not buying the game on GOG.

  • What is our guaranteed tear jerker movie or scene?

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  • Man, worst second date ever. Had no idea what I was walking into in that theater

  • Capcom’s Strategy to Reactivate Dormant Game Franchises | Retro Gaming News 24/7

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  • Hmm. I generally got my fill of JRPGs back in the PSX era and don't play them anymore, but I would strongly consider making an exception for a new Breath of Fire game. BoF3 was my intro into the genre. Lots of fond memories.

  • Day 156 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

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  • State of Decay is one of my guilty pleasure series. I know it's got its faults, but I keep going back to it once every couple years or so.

    The standard difficulty just nails that dopamine cycle of grinding and reward, until you've got a thriving community that can hold off all threats until the resources in the map are totally depleted and it's time to move on.

    I could probably get a bit better at the game and tackle the harder modes, but that would up the stress factor and make me more likely to put it back down faster.

    I'm glad Microsoft is dropping their internal releases on competing platforms now, because otherwise I'd probably never play the upcoming third one as a Linux and PS5 player.

  • What is winter like where you live?

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  • Yeah, mid-south. It's been a few years since we got more than a dusting. We've had freezing temps a few times so far this year, but nothing that lined up with precipitation.

  • r(ul)etro

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  • I was going to quibble with you regarding the OG Xbox and PS2, but then I looked up their release dates. I feel so goddamn old.

  • More Americans are taking the train than ever

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  • I took a train trip from Raleigh to DC earlier this year. It worked okay, but had big delays in both directions, and the seats were only a little bit bigger than economy flight seats, not super comfortable for 6'2" me. The Wifi was also out for most of the trip and that route takes you through a whole lot of cellular dead zones. Still hard to argue with a $105 round trip ticket though.

    My understanding of the scheduling issues is that freight rail companies break regulation by overloading their trains and jumping the line over passenger rail.. Amtrak has been lobbying for the government to enforce existing laws to prevent it. I doubt that the incoming administration will do much to alleviate those pains though.

  • Do you have some non-US shows to recommend?

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  • Deadloch is a great Australian show about a murder in a rural town that was recently taken over by lesbian entrepreneurs and turned into an LGBT-friendly tourist destination. Bit of Mare of Eastown vibes, but more humor.

  • Do you have some non-US shows to recommend?

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  • I enjoyed it but I did have to stop mid way through season 3 because it just got too damn, well... dark.

  • Valve now sell refurbished Steam Deck OLED models [512GiB at $439]

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  • Electronics have lifespans. With refurbished parts, it's hard to tell if you're buying something that someone else whoopsie-bought and sent right back, or waited until a day before the end of the return period before sending back. And that return period might be long if they had an extended warranty through the manufacturer.

    I'm generally pretty comfortable diagnosing hardware failures and isolating components, but so many electronics are a massive headache to break down and service, you often have to toss them as soon as one crucial component fails. For those, I'd rather spend a bit more and improve my chances of getting the most lifespan out of the whole.

    For the Steam Deck, if I didn't already have a good desktop PC and wanted to get into PC gaming, I would be happy to spend the full price on a new OLED. Just having it for travel and light usage around the house, I don't mind holding out for a better price breakdown.

    And this is of course also assuming that the refurbishing process is on the up-and-up. That's not always the case

  • Valve now sell refurbished Steam Deck OLED models [512GiB at $439]

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  • Ooh. Normally I stay away from refurbished hardware, but the Steam Deck has really good repairability reviews. The base OLED price is just a bit higher than what I would want to spend, so I'll really have to consider this.

  • TIL that if you search "thank my driver" on the Amazon app, you can give your most recent Amazon driver a $5 tip at no cost to you. This is a limited time promotion.

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  • If you have an Echo device, you can also ask Alexa to "thank my driver" and it will apply it to the most recent order on your account. Just did it for an order that came in on Monday and Alexa gave me the $5 spiel.

  • Why are Republicans struggling in Swing State Elections?

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  • Can't comment on the rest, but the NC gubernatorial race is pretty obvious. The GOP nominated an anti-trans blowhard who turned out to also be crooked, perverted, racist, and pro-slavery. He was trailing in the polls before the CNN piece about him.

    The GOP basically set out to find just how low they could go with a candidate and finally found the bar. Black Nazis are apparently that bar.

  • James. Fucking. Holden

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  • We don't deserve Shohreh OR Chrissy. Such a great character and actress to bring her to life.

  • Social Media Users Remind Trump He Also Pardoned a Family Member — And Then Made Him an Ambassador

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  • I'm sure the This you? meme is going to get plenty of play through the next administration.