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Games@sh.itjust.works•In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out thereEnglish
191·2 years agoYou really love posting this comment in every post about steam, don’t you?
I wish I was a better piano player
I’m a competent musician in many instruments but I could never get the hang of using my left hand for accompaniment
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Games@sh.itjust.works•ConcernedApe (Stardew Valley): A ton of progress on 1.6 last month, it's (self-imposed) extreme crunch mode, nose to the grindstone (raw nose) mode.English
4·2 years agoLikely a lot of changes will just be expanding the end game. Start playing now!
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why do dentists always recommend to brush 2 times for 2-3 minutes?
2·2 years agoFrom someone with a science background: There are a lot of expenses with that type of clinical trial.
In particular, if you’re going to assign someone to a group that is known to be unhealthy (brushing once a month) you need to pay for any dental or medical problems that arise from them not brushing.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•For Leftists: What happens when a content creator has a questionable guest on?
1·2 years agoIt would be a problem if he was brought on to talk about COVID being a hoax. It’s not really a problem if he’s talking about something entirely different and not problematic
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Games@sh.itjust.works•More people are playing Skyrim on Steam than StarfieldEnglish
4·2 years agoIt’s not really fine if you like roaming around, though. There isn’t much of an open world, just many many small worlds with hand-placed POIs on some of them and procedurally generated stuff on the rest
I’m having a good time with the game but it definitely doesn’t scratch the same itch
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Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml•If programming languages were weapons. Old but gold.
4·2 years agoDefinitely better than this outdated version. Nobody uses Python2 unless they want to at this point
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What show did you watch because of memes but were dissappointed?
5·2 years agoI think the problem is that a lot of shows become overhyped once they reach a certain level of popularity. While you may have enjoyed it if you came across it naturally, the hype you’ve encountered around it makes you expect more. Avatar and Parks and Rec are great shows, but they’re definitely not the best shows of all time (although I do really love Parks and Rec) and you’d probably expect them to be these amazing shows if all you know about them is the hype from superfans.
Two cuties*
Always get cats in pairs. They tire themselves out instead of constantly needing attention from you
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•why do some people prefer peanuts over other nuts?
3·2 years agoOh, it’s definitely likely to be more than just saturated fats at play. My post was a) a gross oversimplification, and b) probably missing some nuance that I’m not informed on. My doctorate is in cognitive psychology, not nutrition science :)
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•why do some people prefer peanuts over other nuts?
2·2 years agoThe thing that tastes “creamy” is the saturated fat, the same type of fat in butter and cheese. Peanuts are around 6.3% saturated fat by mass, and cashews are 7.9%.
So you’re right on: cashews are creamier.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the worst spoiler that you've inadvertently given to someone? (Please use spoiler tags.)
2·2 years agoAlways good to recognize that while there are many things most people should realize by the time they are adults, there are also about 10,000 people becoming adults every day.
Nostalgia goggles are a thing, though. People have HD memories of what they enjoyed and some people don’t like actually facing their low-def reality.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•To go with the other post, what items do you get where you look for the generic brands?
2·2 years agoAldi has the best store-brand snacks
Their chips, though, are legitimately better than any other brand I’ve had including name brand
Sync has a monthly fee to get rid of ads, Eternity is always ad-free
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Games@sh.itjust.works•A heroic Starfield modder just straight-up deleted those repetitive temple 'puzzles' from the gameEnglish
2·2 years agoTell me more about what is being removed and why you enjoy it so much you want to keep it in
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Americans who believe in Socialism, if you were given the opportunity to immigrate to a country with socialist policies, would you?
32·2 years agoSounds horrible. Quality of life must be terrible there!
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Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz•Steam Deck 2 delay was right choice for Valve as mid-generation refresh would fare better - NotebookCheck.net
31·2 years agoIt was, but that’s beside the point

Not in any way, no. Our brains can’t predict what we will be interested in or good at.
But we do have predispositions. If you are able to focus intently on things, or are creative, or are more athletic, which are reflected in neuronal connectivity, you might be more interested in more detail-oriented or creative or athletic hobbies.