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I’m old and 80s hair bands were my real first step into music. I still love that shit and will seek out bands I never heard back in the day.

Dokken is one band that I WANT to love, but I just don’t. A few songs here and there. Talented for sure. But I think it’s mostly that Don’s melodies just don’t land for me. Like I just watched that video and I couldn’t hum you a single bar.

Undoubtedly, I’ll be listen to Dokken all weekend trying to convince myself again.

Your last comment must be about the “Outside seeding” section of the ratio guide?

I guess it depends on the individual’s attitude toward the entire idea of sharing. To me, I can improve my ratio on a private tracker while further benefitting the whole by continuing to seed what I download on the public tracker. If I’m already seeding the files for one tracker, why wouldn’t I just keep the other one active?

If the attitude is I will download this from the public tracker, stop the torrent immediately, and then seed for my ratio… That’s the kind of person a private tracker probably doesn’t want and maybe won’t last anyway.

A customer also has to activate Free Roll, which leaves the vehicle in Neutral without applying the parking brake.

Oh good, they came up with a stupid new term for something that people know, understand, has been around for well over 50 years.

Incredible work. Can’t wait to dive in.

Sorry, I know I shouldn’t, but I need to clarify. Are you saying that Michael Jackson was killed because he was exposing pedophiles?

Mostly music for me. 35ish years of CD purchases, modest vinyl collection. Bootlegs (though digital these days).

Some books, mostly just favorite authors/franchises.

I also have a decent enough GameCube collection.

While I can’t relate to the money aspect, I too am extremely conservative with potion use in games!

Right. The point isn’t to challenge themselves. The point is to kill.

Edit: obviously this is not the sole reason people hunt. Talking specifically about those who feel the need to over equip.

IDK. I’ve been married to a former coworker for 25 years and things are going okay.

Work is a huge part of people’s lives and where adults tend to meet new people. I understand why you’d say it, but I just don’t think disqualifying anyone you work with as a potential partner is practical or even a great idea.

ON THE OTHER HAND… I did move to another state with a woman I worked with and that ended after just a couple of months when she started seeing another coworker.

So maybe you have a point.

It was the best of times, it was the w… nope. Just the best.

Back in the olden times, before the WWW came along and the internet exploded, you’d fire up your modem and dial into other computers. Bulletin Board Systems.

They would typically host some local forums, files to download, private messaging, and some online games. Larger ones might have a chat room. As time went on, networked forums got popular. Mostly text interfaces, but ANSI graphics and menus were common.

It was really the best.

Setting one up to be accessible via telnet is a fun little project. Install a couple of doors (games) like Legend of the Red Dragon, Pimp Wars, Usurper and just have fun.

Down and South are not the same thing.

You could run a BBS! Synchronet and Enigma both have Docker images available.

It’s really the epitome of a pointless endeavor, but it also gives you an entirely new kind of system to learn, tinker with, and customize.

Way up heah in Maine, bub.

It was always “nitch” to me growing up in New England. Then I thought people were getting fancy and mispronouncing it as the internet rose. Then last year I found out that I am the idiot and “neesh” is the proper way.

But I still have a hard time saying it and not feeling pompous.

Agree. Sometimes I click on Reddit threads in my search results. I’ve had to use WhatsApp recently to stay in touch with my dad. I keep Meta accounts so that I can (very rarely) keep up with family.

None of them are things I use daily or post to (other than WhatsApp convo). The accounts have been pretty well dead for at least the last 3 years.

I host my own services, including a Mastodon instance. I talk up fediverse alternatives and FOSS apps…but I can’t even get my mom to understand that she doesn’t need to bring an SD card to Walmart to get photos. I’m certainly not going to push her to Signal or Matrix just to talk to me.

Whatsapp is a platform, not just a replacement messaging app. You can look someone up by phone of Facebook too, but that doesn’t mean you can choose how to message them or that they could receive a message without using the platform. Or maybe I’m not quite getting what you’re saying.

Shit drives me nuts. I work for a service delivery organization and the last few years have seen us adopting a new platform that likes to talk up automation and efficiencies. Making things work is my job, but I don’t hesitate to tell folks that while we can help improve and change the jobs they do, they still have to have call center and field resources.

I love that Ice-T just found a steady gig but has continued putting out Body Count albums even as he’s closing in on 70.

King of opposite what you asked, I was just talking to my wife about Kelly Clarkson’s career the other day. Plucked from obscurity in the first season of American Idol, shot to stardom, now hosting daytime talk show. The woman has an incredible voice and can sing anything. It just makes me kind of sad that her talent is so underutilized.

Found the guy who’s never been hit by a car.