[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 67 points 8 months ago

I've found cowboy boots to be very slippery on snow or ice. This person's credibility is sinking fast...

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 68 points 8 months ago

This hits home with me. I have been much happier since I removed and reduced the time I spend with assholes. Better to be alone than shit on nonstop.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 67 points 8 months ago

Surprised Air Canada's lawyers had the bravado to make claims like this. So glad they lost, I hope this becomes precedent for anything similar.

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submitted 9 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/metal@lemmy.world

Judas Priest's new album, Invincible Shield, will be coming out 3/8/2024.
Official Video for Trail By Fire

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submitted 9 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/metal@lemmy.world

I've listened to this station on and off for many years and wanted to share it. I am in no way affiliated with them. Just a happy listener. Enjoy!

https://hardradio.com

Apologies if this post is not allowed, please let me know and I'll take it down. Thx.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/metal@lemmy.world

I'm looking to buy more CDs and expand my depth and breadth of metal music appreciation. Instead of "greatest hits" I'd like a studio (or live) album that is a shining example of a great band.

I'll start:
Ratt: Out of the Cellar
Listen

This was Ratt's breakthrough hit and debut album that put them on the map. Several hits on this disc like "Round and Round". Also a couple great songs that were not hits like "Lack of Communication" and "I'm Insane".

Edit To Add: Some great responses below, thanks! Please feel free to ponder further and add to your response or respond again with other bands!

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Vector Pinball (kbin.social)
submitted 9 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

I would like to recommend Vector Pinball to anyone with even a passing interest in video pinball or video games.

I find this game to be very impressive, even more so as a free app on F-droid. I need to send this dev some cash, I have probably put >200 hours into this game and I am really enjoying it.

Things I like:
Physics are perfect.
8 boards
Each board plays very uniquely.
Great depth of play, the boards are complex and take some work to unlock/see everything.
Addictive.
Some boards are very difficult.
Unique look with vector graphics. Reminds me of Tron.
Pretty good music.

Things I don't like:
My phone doesn't have pinball buttons. Doing that on the screen is a bit awkward. Workable but awkward.
The ball can pass between your flippers with no chance to hit it. Often normal for pinball, this always annoys me. I think I should always have some chance to hit and save the ball.
Show me my score and high scores as soon as I finish a game. I should not have to press a button or wait for the scrolling to see these.

9/10

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 76 points 9 months ago

There is nothing wrong with people being social at work. Strong personal relationships mean strong work relationships. And introverts need to understand that relationships matter. I say this as an introvert.

Don't just be a robot at work. Recognize the need for good working relationships and that some level of personal interaction, and even friendship is OK at work. Today they need help, tomorrow you will need help.

To your point, I am very bad at that and work from home has really improved my productivity. See if you can wfh more. Also, sometimes you need to politely explain that you have to get something done to meet a deadline or meet priorities or whatever your situation is.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 64 points 9 months ago

That's pretty retarded.

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submitted 10 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.ml
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submitted 10 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

It can be anything: Scary, funny, confusing or embarrassing. What happened that stands out most in your mind?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 79 points 10 months ago

Political candidate tells nation of immigrants that immigrants are BAD. Film at 11.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.ml

The Biden administration will subject dozens of drugmakers to inflation penalties, the White House said on Thursday, in a move that would reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare recipients.

President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) includes a provision to penalize drugmakers for charging prices that rise faster than inflation for people on Medicare, a government program for those age 65 and older and the disabled.(https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dozens-companies-raised-drug-prices-faster-than-inflation-white-house-says-2023-12-14/)

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submitted 10 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

As asked

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submitted 11 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/music@kbin.social

If you are a classical music lover, what are your top 5 classical composers and why did you choose each one?

As I work through my Mozart box set I started asking myself this question.

#music

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submitted 11 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social
[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 82 points 11 months ago
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Not at all sure my stock kb is doing me any privacy favors.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 67 points 1 year ago

Does it bother anyone else to pay for all that "smartness" and then figure out how NOT to use it?

How can consumers fight back against this bullshit?

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Kbin seems to have many open source and programming experts. And probably many experts in A.I. . I am curious about learning to use and develop (train?) an open source A.I. as a learning exercise.

I am pretty technically savvy, but depending on your definition, probably not a programmer. I've built my own PCs several times, I worked in SQL and studied a couple object oriented programming languages in school for a short time. Also limited Visual Basic experience years ago.

I know I could just play around with ChatGPT or whatever other tools exist but I want to delve more deeply.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 65 points 1 year ago

Really? These clowns couldn't take over the capitol building and now they think theyre going to take over the country? Honk your nose for me on your way our the door, k?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 76 points 1 year ago

I've been reading the wikipedia article, not through all of it yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics

Some highlights:
Bottled water has much higher microplastics content than tap water.

Coral can ingest microplastics

Waste water treatment plants filter out most (but not all) microbeads into sludge. Some places use that sludge as fertilizer for farms.

Microplastics are in stuff you would not guess. Paper coffee cups have a plastic liner. Clothes put off large amounts of microplastics when washed. Tires put off microplastics. Some exfoliants and other cosmetics contain microplastics as microbeads.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 63 points 1 year ago

How can people push back on this insanity? I don't want 500 goddamn apps on my phone nor do I want 500 accounts on "portals" or what fucking ever your calling it today.

I agree with OP, but how do we resist the borg?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 65 points 1 year ago

Shift the cashier's work to the customer and then bitch because the customer is bad at that job that they're not trained for?

How could they be bigger assholes? Get fucked, corporate assholes!

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