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New comment by awelxtr in "A visual history of the safety pin"

awelxtr — Wed, 14 May 2025 08:51:25 +0000

In Castilian Spanish it's called "imperdible" which means unlossable/unmissable, which results in the ironic occurrence of finding a lost one or losing yours.

New comment by awelxtr in "Casio has released a ring in the form of its iconic watch"

awelxtr — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 16:37:24 +0000

> The ring watch’s screen even has a light, and an alarm function that will flash the display instead of playing an audible sound

That is a bit... Underwhelming isn't it?

New comment by awelxtr in "Rogue Legacy code is now source available"

awelxtr — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:07:50 +0000

It started the trend of adding tons of incremental permanent power increasing microunlocks to games with roguelike elements that I don't like because it encourages farming instead of learning the game. Specially at the beginning where you know you are not gonna win, not because you don't know the game, but because there is an artificial wall blocking the way until you spend x hours grinding the metacurrency.

New comment by awelxtr in "Rogue Legacy code is now source available"

awelxtr — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:03:31 +0000

This is what id software did with doom and see how it ended

hint: extremely well

New comment by awelxtr in "Tiered support is an anti-pattern (2013)"

awelxtr — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:04:51 +0000

One thing is customer support and the other is user support. There is few to none of the latter.

Regarding the former, my company pays for google workspace and an agent happily answered our questions about the recent less secure apps password phasing out process.

New comment by awelxtr in "Apple's A18 Pro chip in iPhone 16 Pro has faster CPU than 6GHz Intel i9-14900K"

awelxtr — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:50:24 +0000

Is that a real catch, though? The intel chip requires good cooling too to perform well, doesn't it?

Maybe is the Apple's chip more limited in multithread tasks vs Intel's one

New comment by awelxtr in "Be a thermostat, not a thermometer (2023)"

awelxtr — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:50:43 +0000

I had selfsteem problems growing up derived from my narcissistic mother.

What am I then? Autistic or psycopath?

New comment by awelxtr in "Be a thermostat, not a thermometer (2023)"

awelxtr — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:58:11 +0000

> stating the obvious

If interpersonal relationships were obvious we would not need abuse laws nor CPS.

New comment by awelxtr in "Be a thermostat, not a thermometer (2023)"

awelxtr — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:56:37 +0000

Most self-help is easy to write and difficult to apply, specially if it's written in a generic matter like in a book or in a blog post.

This doesn't mean it can't be helpful. I know because some self help knowledge in the past has helped me.

New comment by awelxtr in "Godot founders had desperately hoped Unity wouldn't 'blow up'"

awelxtr — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 06:43:18 +0000

No, they aren't. French puts the stress generally at the end of the word (vs languages like Spanish where the stress varies but is fixed and can't be used by the speaker to emphasize anything)

New comment by awelxtr in "Mobile phones not linked to brain cancer, biggest study to date finds"

awelxtr — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:25:46 +0000

It's not about the wavelength, it's about the power.

I use shorter or higher wavelengths (depends on the channel in question) to cook my food every day but my phone sure doesn't emit 700W

New comment by awelxtr in "Company Says It Uses Your Phones Mic to Serve Ads for Facebook, Google, etc."

awelxtr — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:41:59 +0000

Samsung phones with android 14 do have the dot for the mic and camera usage, too

New comment by awelxtr in "Wells Fargo worker found dead at her desk four days after clocking in"

awelxtr — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:54:36 +0000

They weren't found until Tuesday afternoon.

Two full workdays in the office with no colaboration

New comment by awelxtr in "Is running a more efficient way to travel than walking?"

awelxtr — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:29:47 +0000

Betteridge's Law of Headlines

New comment by awelxtr in "Gear Acquisition Syndrome"

awelxtr — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:37:30 +0000

Chinese retroconsoles aren't that expensive but some "collectors" have a serious case of GAS

If you dont believe me check r/SBCgaming

New comment by awelxtr in "The secret of Minecraft (2014)"

awelxtr — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:09:37 +0000

With games there less negative repercussions if you fail. Like none.

New comment by awelxtr in "'The new normal': work from home is here to stay, US data shows"

awelxtr — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 17:08:56 +0000

I was able to build some relationships going to Lindy Hop dancing however the pandemic struck and it was difficult mantaining them

New comment by awelxtr in "Nokia 6600 vs. Samsung S24 Ultra"

awelxtr — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 08:47:27 +0000

Isn't it exactly what they are saying?

New comment by awelxtr in "Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe"

awelxtr — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 21:58:28 +0000

I love Anki, but it is a tough sell to Apple users because it costs 20 frigging bucks where on other OSs is free

New comment by awelxtr in "The loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player"

awelxtr — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:35:16 +0000

In Spain 60% of companies don't survive the 5 year mark [1]. That's what I think when people say that making a company is hard.

[1] https://www.eleconomista.es/economia/noticias/12101579/01/23...