exoplanetary

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[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

One of my best instances of this was when I pronounced “ricochet” as “rich-oh-chett” (rhymes with Boba Fett) as a kid. Never gonna live that one down.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Spent like 80 hours in the last two weeks playing Space Exploration. Send help

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Came here to say this. I was super surprised when I first found out that this came from Spy Kids.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I installed one when I made my first Linux PC last month in case I needed to use Windows for anything that wouldn’t work fine enough on Linux.

One month later and I still haven’t used it for anything. I think I may have underestimated how fleshed out the Linux ecosystem is these days.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It’s mostly just a stereotype. I know plenty of young white femboys who use Windows, and I’m a Linux user who is young and white but definitely not a femboy. I would say 90% of Linux users probably know how to program though.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Just made the switch at the end of December alongside making my new PC. Feels very refreshing to actually be in control of my own computer. I’ve barely run into any issues gaming either, which is a welcome surprise - Proton remains one of the best things Valve has ever done.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Man, I’d kill for a 3 day work week. I’m on a 9-80 schedule but also have to go into the office (1hr each way) 2 days a week, so I end up spending around 10 hours per day on avg Mon-Thurs and it’s absolutely miserable.

Even just a 32 hour 4-day work week would be life changing. As is, I feel like I’m just wasting time half the time i spend working because I’m so burnt out that I’m not as productive as I would be otherwise.

Good for you though. Glad to hear some employers are trying out something more conducive to how human beings actually function.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Hard agree. The whole “bigger responsibility justifies bigger paycheck” idea is bullshit when the executives are far more willing to save their own asses by fucking over employees than take a pay cut and only be able to afford 19 yachts this year.

One executive making $50m/yr is equivalent to 500 employees making $100k/yr (a fairly decent salary). Is the work they do 500x more valuable than an average employee? Strongly doubt it. The whole system’s fucking ridiculous and it absolutely disproportionally screws over the average person.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

This game looks absolutely incredible. I’m not going to pre-order under any circumstances (been there, done that with these guys, lmao) but I firmly believe HG are capable of sticking the landing if they try, and if it’s all it’s cracked up to be at launch I’ll be playing the shit out of it.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

If I was told I had to work 70 hours per week I’d quit on the spot.

This guy is fucking insane.

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I feel ya. I've got the same thing. Luckily I'm still young and don't have kids so I can at least adjust my schedule consistently, but man it sucks having to get up at 6 am on the weekends. The real frustrating bit is that I could totally get up 2 hours later if only I could WFH consistently. But corporate doesn't like remote work so I have to go into the office at least 2 days a week to sit at a computer all day and program. Wonderful world we live in

[–] exoplanetary@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

American here. Yeah, chips/crisps are sold in restaurants. They’re usually bagged too lmao. Like the restaurant just got them from the supermarket.

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