Good points, indeed

Maybe? But mouths heal so damn fast - and getting hot coffee on a wound sounds nasty

It’s deep down in the throat/belly not up near the mouth, from what little experience I’ve had (have managed it, but didn’t really learn)

Amen!

Well, there was that time they included a rootkit in their audio CDs (this went on for a couple of years. Wikipedia)

Really? Wow…

…guilty as charged

Holy shit, you’re a madman

The demo scene was always technically amazing

…how did I fail to see that coming?

Respect though - the world needs more eaters

Thanks for ‘coming out’ about it. Without doxing yourself too heavily, would you mind to share more about the industry in particular or measurement of these practises? Dip you know if it was common (and when was this?)

I know for sure that we can’t trust companies to act in our best interests (if anything, its a hostile relationship), but I guess I’m curious about your inside perspective. Has that jaded you much at all?

Funny the fictions we contrive for ourselves in our own heads.

There’s a real need to get ones world view/beliefs and the insecurities and inner critics in line in order to survive it seems.

That’s my latest conclusion, anyway. Distraction and drinking haven’t really helped. Shocking, I know…

What were the useful scenarios, if you don’t mind?

Sorry, I was must continuing the joke.

I’m not judging, I know the pain

Nah, it’s not a programming language.

It’s a tool for degenerates (said the kid who grew up rotting his brain with vbscript)

Knowing Aussies, the comments on this posting would be a great read.

It’s coming up in an odd way in the mountain biking community, where they talk about min-maxing.

The idea is minimum budget, maximum effect for that expense (what’s the best I can do with the bike I’ve got, rather than going the ‘full midlife crisis’/orthodontist approach of spending $15-25k on what’s basically the latest handbag bike).

Yes, floor time and getting into their world is real currency!

Show them tricks, teach them Rubik’s cubes or something. Kids love learning and novelty (not lectures: show, don’t tell!)

Even if it’s just grabbing a broom, holding it up and spinning around and getting dizzy - good, clean fun (until you throw up on them)

I go clientless with GOG, too - but their download speed was atrocious every time I tried. Steam nails that, unfortunately…

Infuriatingly, steams constant updates and massive start up delays (we have multiple users with different accounts) straight up sucks - we’d be better off suffering the one-off download delays, really.

Cloud saves are amazing, but I try and launch stuff not through steam as its just a slow, bloated old mess I can’t stand dealing with (I’m also quite OK with migrating data around computers and keeping it stored safely)