Yeah 1896 was pretty bad for computer games in general. And computers.

I recall they accidentally went live with them and they appeared on everyone’s maps for [some time less than an hour, I don’t remember]. They then abruptly disappeared.

This aspect of gaming really annoys me. I’m old enough to have played games for months or years because I just enjoyed playing the game. This notion of unlocking shit, seasons, cosmetics etc, whilst fun to be rewarded for, should be a minor reason for playing a game. Once I’ve unlocked everything in Helldivers I’m likely to continue playing regardless because I find it fun - to the point where I’m not sure exactly what everyone is complaining about. So they unbalanced a weapon to make it a shadow of its former self, just use something else you sook. The tiny attention span of people these days does my head in.

At least be consistent with it too! I don’t know what it’s like in the States but internationally we don’t get 7/16" bolts or whatever, we get 10-gauge or 8-gauge etc. What the fuck does that mean?? And wiring too: no 8mm wire, no no let’s have 6AWG. Jesus christ it’s like they enjoy making life difficult.

True! We used to use pounds, shillings, pence as our currency and I’m very glad I never needed to deal with that shit.

I’m really hoping Quiet Game is a Bluey reference.

I get SO frustrated when I see a date like 4/3/2024 and have to spend time trying to figure out if it’s the 4th of March, or if some US company wrote the software I’m using and it has defaulted to silly format.

But… but they did put the two cuts of the movies in the same box. I have them. Each box has two discs: the original and the special edition. Unfortunately there are things I like about both, so I need to make my own third super cut.

Atlas held up the sky, so his existential crisis should last too long.

Let me guess: which channels you have access to depend on your subscription level? Fuck these jerks.

Alternatively, the same measurement is 752.5mm / 4 = 188.1mm, to a practical number of significant figures. No convertions between feet and inches (or ridiculous fractions of inches), and only one calculation.

Woodworking, sure. You have a piece of wood 2’ 5 5/8“ long that you need to cut into quarters. Can you calculate that in your head? Metric is SOOOO much easier.

The Maxx, yes. Great comic, good cartoon too. Damn it now I have to go and read it again.