Kristell

Honestly, I don’t even code much, and I didn’t at all when I downloaded emacs, but it’s so damn useful that it stays open any time my PC is on. Only time I close it is to make sure that my files stay synced when I leave my laptop on, and do something on my desktop.

Y’know, given… gestures vaguely, I think that’s not an anarchism problem.

Less surprising the more you know about autism, really

Literally the first day. First thing another student said to me, actually: “Why’re you so white?” Next is the same year, I got in trouble because another kid ran in front of me while I was rolling down a hill

I’ve been playing the sims series since I was about the same age, sims 1 in… 2002? Though I haven’t played it much. The fact that TS4 has been out for that long… Geez. So The Sims series as a whole. Would recommend at least giving S1 a shot if you haven’t, it’s fun in a charming kinda way. I’ve also played a lot of the sims games. All of the main PC ones, The Sims on ps1, The Urbz, Sims 2 on the PS2/GBA/PSP (all VERY different games to each other), sims Unleashed on the PSP, freeplay, the weird mobile app… Yeah. I’d also recommend checking out all of The Sims 2 console ports, because they’re all weird as hell, and the stories in them are hilarious, and they’re all very different to each other, so it’s worth trying all of them if you end up liking one of them.

If we mean same game the whole time, RuneScape. I started in 2007, and have played on and off since, though I haven’t been back since they cancelled pride last year, and don’t plan to go back.

If we mean hours, either Mabinogi or Wurm Online. Mabi is a close second for how long I’ve played (started 2010), and I’ve probably got similar hour counts in Mabi as Wurm, I just can’t confirm Mabi’s playtime. I’ve got… 4500 hours ish in Wurm?

Not anymore, but when collars were first added to clothing it was for comfort. It was in the mid 1400s, and clergy wore really stiff tunics with high necks, so they started wearing collared shirts underneath them for comfort. Shirts were also exclusively undergarments at the time.

After those came the big ruffly Elizabethan collars for wealth/status symbols, then detachable collars (shirts were still underwear!), and then WWI happened, and soldiers were issued soft shirts instead of stiff outer clothes as outerwear since it was more practical. That then leads us to the collared shirts of today because that preference came to civilian life from the war.

Oh that’s gross as shit. Seems they have a general BYOD plan, but I guess that only applies if they have that model of phone.

Didn’t even realize that could be an issue, given I’ve used a PinePhone of all things on my carrier and it worked as fine as one could expect mobile Linux to work

Yeah, I’ve tried finding alternatives, because having a second phone number was helpful, but… Nothin’. It’s still the fake phone number I give out to companies to stop them spamming my phone though

I’ve mostly used new budget phones, personally. My current phone is the most expensive one I’ve owned, and it was $400 xD I probably should do used more, but phones do usually last me a while, and I normally use a wallet case so they’re fairly well protected against drops

I haven’t heard of a carrier that doesn’t, at least personally. Then again, I’ve mostly used smaller carriers. Republic Wireless, FreedomPop, Mint, etc. I did use TMo for a while on a prepaid plan up until I got tired of the texting not working half the time

Huh, I’d never actually noticed they were higher price. Most of the time I’m buying the phone from the manufacturer’s website, and I at least didn’t see carrier locked phones on Motorola’s website when I got my last phone. Does make sense, though, given carriers will hope to subsidize some of the cost of the phone through the plan itself

Kinda depends. If you buy the phone outright it’s usually pretty similar in price, but most people finance, and then it is cheaper to buy separately because interest hits like a truck :D

I know a lot of people who can’t necessarily afford $200 minimum to drop on a phone, though, and that’s for one that really starts to struggle after 2 years to do anything other than the most basic call/text functionality

A 36 year old is supposed to act however they want xD There are some expectations about maturity in certain areas (knowing how to handle money, being better with social situations, etc), but stuff like posting online? My girlfriend has 2 Tumblr blogs because she kept hitting the limit of 50 queued posts a day, and she’s 40. Boyfriend spends a lot of his time playing video games, and smoking, also 40. I’m 30, and spend a lot of my time playing video games, and on Lemmy/Friendica/general web stuff. Hell, other person in my life (same age as me) has bags decked out in sanrio stuff, with cutesy stickers on every electronic device they own. I know people in their 50s, and 60s who do all this same stuff, too.

I have a couple ideas on what happens with that, though:

Idea 1: I think it’s partly perspective. When you’re 18 5 years feels like forever. You were 13 then! At 23 you’ll be old as shit compared to now! (Not really, you change a lot less per year as an adult than as a child, and teen).

Idea 2: Different, but still perspective. My parents felt young as shit (my parents were 18, and 19 when I was born) to me because I wasn’t raised by them. When I turned 20 my uncle, who would have been ~40, felt more like an older peer than a grown-up. Why? I wasn’t raised by my parents! My grandma would have been 45 when I was born, and my great grandma (her mom) would have been 61. They’re who raised me. I always felt I saw the adults around me as younger than all of my peers did, likely partly due to that. “The teacher’s not old, my grand aunt still gets out there and mows an entire acre of grass every week, and she’s 50! The teacher’s not old at 28. That’s my mom’s age, and she’s still basically a teenager!” sort of thinking.

You kinda just… Never stop feeling like a teenager, in a way? You change a lot, you mature, you get jobs, etc. But I don’t feel particularly “different” to how I did when I was 15. I still feel like me, just now I think 15 year old me was an idiot, one of my joints hurts sometimes, and I have carpal tunnel. You don’t really feel old until your age starts making a noticeable dent in what you can do, which might be at 40, but might not be until 70.

As a reminder to everyone:

If you can afford it, you can 100% just… Buy a phone online and use it with your carrier. Make sure it’s carrier unlocked, but yeah. All but one of my phones (bought in an emergency) was bought this way, and I’ve been through… 5 or 6? carriers and never had an issue

This, though if you start it start kinda slow. 1tbsp per day for a week, up it to 2, then 3. I tried starting at 3 and it had some wild symptoms (most people just get gassy/bloated though)

I’m not sure if bluetooth hacking is enough of a concern to be a problem? I’ve never heard of any major cases of it, and of all things, I doubt a music player would be a high enough value target for them to bother with? Could do something meant to spread to other devices, sure, but… I doubt the risk is high enough to be a primary concern.

Semi-related, but I did learn something: The modern name for MP3 players is DAP (Digital Audio Player), which can help with searching for them.

Work/Life balance for me. I want a better position insofar that it’ll let me home more

That… Is a fair point, yeah. The older software you want to run, the more complicated it ends up getting, either through VMs or software emulation.

For GTA:SA specifically it has a gold rating for version 1, and bronze for version 2 on the WINE app database, so it would actually run through Linux, probably with some tinkering. Not sure if there are differences between the PC and PS2 versions, but if there aren’t then you could always run the PS2 version through an emulator as well.

It’s opt-out. The default experience of DDG is with AI. They have a subdomain without AI, and you can disable it on the main domain.

Opt-in would be if it were disabled by default on the main domain, and they had a subdomain for AI.

I mostly drink hot, but that’s more a matter of convenience than anything. Hot coffee can be ready now, where if I want coffee cold I want coldbrew, which takes hours.

Also drinking hot drinks on a hot day is pretty normal in certain parts of the world, with some science to back up why; they make you sweat, which cools you off. It’s especially nice when you’re wearing a long sleeve shirt made of light fabric, hence the traditional clothing of a lot of desert nations.

Functionally, though, if you’re in a climate controlled building, who cares. Doesn’t matter if it’s -15 outside if it’s 20 inside. Take it how you like KT xD