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Mostly writing software... mostly.

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I am here to find creative ideas, creative people, and those with interesting passions.
He originally auditioned to play Riker.
What bakes my noodle a bit, is that he was raised in Romulus (New York).
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
That's not just an opinion, it's the new normal.
Always having something to watch without the clutter is the convenience that sells you on the service. I'm no exception, I pay for services too, making me part of the problem. I just don't want to be happy or content with it.
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I think you're missing my point. I'm a software dev too.
For your secure network with failover, you've had to buy hardware, install and configure what pfSense or similar? And you admin it, updates, config changes... Most people don't know how, and even you shouldn't have to do this just to watch TV
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Not locked in? In what way?

Re-watch your favorite shows after cancelling the subscription. No? Then you're locked in.

Buy it on DVD, pay once, watch forever (or until the disk wears out), no recurring payment, and no one can take it away by flipping a switch on you.
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
It used to be this way.
Buy t.v, plug in, get channels, remote works, not spying on you. Ads paid for content, or else you pay premium for Ad free channels.
It never crashed, never needed updates, and just worked.
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The word "just" is carrying a lot there. Buy additional hardware and become a network admin, to block what shouldn't be there to begin with, to use a device that should just work, without even trying to collect data on you, to watch a service that should be either premium OR have ads, but not both.
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Next thing you'll learn is just how much information about your viewing habbits, and affordability based on subscriptions, its beaming out about you... you know, so that both online and physical stores can dynamically adjust prices trying to max you out. That's probably why its slow.
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 AM
As brush stokes are to a painter, programming is to a programmer.

Programming by its self is not art, it is technique for a digital medium. What you do with it is the art. The program is the piece, the computer a canvas, the code the "brush stokes."

Expression is art, programming is expressive.
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Completed this on ps3 sometime last year. Player control lacks precision but that adds to the challenge. Persistence is key.
January 28, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I have stared into the abyss and the abyss blinked first.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I got sick and spent the last two weeks binge watching T.V in bed. Did I miss anything?!
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Dad had a Ford Cortina mk V (82) and something called a Capri
(From memory, I was a Baby)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Co...
Ford Cortina - Wikipedia
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December 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So funny.

I just started learning to make character models in blender.

I need male characters, but all the tutorials teach making "Hot" anime girls. I even worry that onlookers would think me doing something naughty, or, possibly that I don't know what breasts really look like?
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yup, reality has the best graphics, the best sound effects, the deepest immersion and the richest story lines - but, its just too damned grindy! Seriously, the progression isn't balanced at all, and its rife with gankers.
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I was just thinking of Frontier (yt searched the intro)

youtu.be/AKuSNOZl0GA?...
Frontier: Elite 2 - intro (Amiga)
YouTube video by caffeinated pixels
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December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I could hum each of their theme tunes too.

Always these three, no one ever seems to remembers Auto Man.
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Knight Rider, Airwolf, A-Team.
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I wonder what the monthly subscription is on that software.
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Note 5 years max, depending on device and conditions, could be only weeks.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The ssd is the problem. Let the power run out and your books have at most about 5 years to live. If its thick as a book, consider 2.5" of spinning rust, you don't need ssd performance for text.
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Feeling the burn.

I'm heavily invested into a deeply technical programming project. I've considered abandoning it repeatedly, in favor of more engaging "quick win" projects, but I keep getting drawn back by a desire to persist.

The anguish is real.
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For the first time in history, your computer and your phone are capable of deciding that they don't want to talk to you either.

o.O
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I don't understand the controversy.

I thought that the point of blusky was that you don't have to sensor any view, cos you can just block accounts and never have to hear from them again. That and the lack of ads for taint wipes.

Whats the issue?
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by Chapman World
Can someone please come bail me out.
October 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM