[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Face it, they can do whatever they want with your computer and you’re powerless to stop them.

Not my computer. They can't do shit if it's not installed.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

“The incident is widely characterized by critics as an example of ~~mishandled~~ manhandled customer service.”

Just a typo.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I really like Marion G. Harmon’s Wearing the Cape series for this. Hero teams are governmentally regulated, and state or federally mandated, and have to work with local authorities whenever possible, often acting as first responders specifically regarding super villain events. They’re required to plan and mitigate collateral damage. Heroing is literally their job and they have standard and on-call hours, as well as patrols and the like.

Socially heroes and villains are treated kind of like celebrities, and there are sort of unwritten rules about no killing, and no going after civilian identities or people’s families outside of costume as that’s grounds for both villains and heroes to look the other way regarding the aforementioned “No killing” rule.

With the knowledge that villains are hard to impossible to fully stop, emphasis exists on imprisonment and rehabilitation, and over the course of the series some villains and heroes end up changing sides.

There’s one hero in the series who is a federal agent with the ability to replicate clones of himself and is embedded in most hero teams, as well as being secret service, generalized security, and informant as all clones have the knowledge of the rest. Nobody he works with outside of the President of the U.S. even knows how many of him are out there.

On top of this, besides the typical hero teams, there are more “B grade” teams that are not specifically super heroes but act as emergency responders and construction crews for both hero events and fights as well as generalized incidents, and things like heroes without borders that act as global humanitarian aid on a volunteer basis, similar to Doctors Without Borders.

Vigilantes are frowned upon, and can end up liable for crimes as they’re not sanctioned to use their powers to fight.

It’s a very interesting series, and deals with a lot of “real world” consequences of super heroics, including long term injury and death, PTSD and other trauma, and the impact of things like super powered terrorism and extremist groups, as well as anti-super sentiment.

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Besides that series, I’d also recommend the web serial “Worm” by Wildbow (John McCrae), but that one’s a doozy, both in terms of content (it only goes from bad to worse and things never really get better) and length (it’s absurdly long, maybe equivalent in length to 15-20 full length novels, broken up into fairly long chapters and sections).

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

For instance, you can’t factory reset an iPhone without connecting it to either an OSX computer, or a PC running their special program.

This is patently untrue. Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset iPhone. You have the option from there to wipe all data, do a full factory reset, or transfer the phone's data to another device.

I've no idea where you're getting your info from.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Last time I worked fast food, my manager was a cokehead and didn't care if anyone took extra free food for their lunch break. She also let people place orders near end of shift as "oops" meals and take home whatever food they wanted so long as it wasn't insane (anything up to like $15-$20 was fine, mind you this was like 2001 so that was a decent amount at McD's).

Times have changed.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

These days it's actually the screech of the yellow bellied, tail tucked misogynist.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Generally underscore _ works best for this, and should be viable for both OSes.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Amazon based search results integrated in the Unity dash beg to differ. Canonical has a history of being shitty.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

I have full faith in Tactical Adventures. Solasta is the closest translation of tabletop D&D to CRPG ever made IMO. All they need is a better than indie budget and permissions to use the full license and content instead of just the SRD.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nah, I bought it because there wasn’t going to be a better deal, I did my research for weeks and months prior and that 0% popped up in the middle of reviewing options.

I think they tried the push because it was the last day I could get it before the deal expired. The zero % financing was via the manufacturer, not dealership.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Just use OSCAR to get the data locally from the SD card.

https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/

Learn more about the machine and do your own management as well. It’s very easy to get into the machine settings to control your air flow, temperature settings, and so on. Take the time to learn what the data from the machine means.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Presumably because the saline quantities were tracked and documented just like the fentanyl was. Tap water isn't a medical supply. Still completely fucking heinous either way.

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Such iconic music. This version is great to rock out to.

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This is one of my favorite games of all time, and this song in particular always leaves me feeling interesting emotions. I love how it starts out sounding tense with the drums and staccato strings before bursting into the main melody, feels so uplifting. Soaring indeed.

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This whole soundtrack is a banger, but I especially love this one. Those strings around the 1:20 mark.. just... 🤌 so good.

Seriously too, if you haven't played this game, do it. It's basically Ace Combat but with much of the Ace Combat jank and anime removed.

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Probably not a popular game being a licensed title, but I've always enjoyed it, and the first stage track is a jam.

This one's by Iku Mizutani; absolute legend who also composed for incredible NES titles like Shatterhand and Shadow of the Ninja (they're also ridiculously good).

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This whole OST is outstanding. Dale North is just fantastic.

Shuu's Spire in particular is great, it's my favorite track on the album.

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On the Gweeen!!!

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One of the only tracks on this OST that I like much more than the Japanese version. The VRC6 chip was pretty cool, but this track was a bit overdone in the original game.

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You just need one to go skydiving more than once.

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