Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

LOOKING FORWARD TO READING:
"Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System" by
@ryanjreilly
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@Huntn00 I had a Nostromo for a little while, about 13 years ago. I thought it was neat... but I honestly found it if anything harder to get used to than just using a regular keyboard.

Part of that, though, is that even in games I've played for years I regularly double-check my visual reference on what buttons are what (controller or keyboard,) which is a LOT harder to do with the Nostromo since the names on the buttons =/= anything the game will tell you they are.

Also, the thumb pad was odd.

Now... personally? I'm a full-size keyboard kinda person, and a big part of the reason for that is that I like playing older computer games, and a lot of them VERY MUCH benefit from availability of the keypad. Sure, a lot of keypad-less options have ways to simulate the function... but it isn't the same, and always feels awkward to me.

I'd be interested in knowing if other folks like or dislike the pad, though, because more and more I see 10-keyless keyboards pushed hard, and I don't get it. /1

At the same time, I'd love to make my own computer games eventually, and one of the ones I've got in mind is a simple(ish) tactical RPG designed to look and feel like it could run on an 8-bit system from the mid-80s.

To go along with that, I was planning on giving it a control scheme oriented toward a keypad (but duplicated over onto the other side of the keyboard, so num/=2, 5=S, etc.)

But I really want to know how many folks this would cause more annoyance than interest in the end result. /2

Up to 1,000 feared dead!

Photos & Video!

Al-Ahli Arab Christian Hospital, one of the main medical facilities in Gaza City, has been hit with a direct Israeli military strike, first Al-Aqsa satellite channel, then Arab and international media reported.
#AureFreePress #News #Israel #gaza #Hamas #BreakingNews #Breaking

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/al-ahli-hospital-in-gaza-hit-with-direct-israeli-strike-photos-video/

Scientists lay out a sweeping roadmap for transitioning the US off fossil fuels

In a sweeping 637-page document, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine made 80 recommendations for how the United States can justly and equitably pursue decarbonization policies. It includes recommendations for everything from establishing a carbon tax to phasing out subsidies for high-emissions animal agriculture and codifying environmental justice goals

https://grist.org/energy/us-scientists-lay-out-a-sweeping-roadmap-for-decarbonization/

#USA #US

As many Congressional reporters are pointing out, Jordan just now lost as many votes (20) as McCarthy did in most of his 15 ballots in January and more than McCarthy did when he was booted two weeks ago. He could still win maybe on another ballot eventually, but very unclear whether he keeps pushing for more votes or what.

Normalize NOT saying: "X is recovered from COVID" or "X got through COVID all right, thank god", and instead saying: "The acute stage of X's COVID infection went all right, but there's no way to know right now what the long-term damage is".

@Huntn00 It's a wonderful place to live! I grew up in the Great Lakes region and couldn't imagine living anywhere else - but now that I'm here, it's home!

riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1149

#Cycling #BikeTooter #Photography #Autumn #Nature

BREAKING: Jim Jordan fails to win House speaker vote on first ballot https://t.co/T5fOjQGmlF https://t.co/3V9tEh1YV8

One of my favorite times of the day is sunrise, especially during autumn. The view is from the Pine Tree Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. Enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the sunrise at Pine Tree Overlook with this stunning art print. Check out more prints and products at the link below.

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#Autumn #Virginia #BlueRidgeParkway #NaturePhotography #AutumnBeauty #VirginiaScenery #AYearforArt #art #artcollector #BuyIntoArt #HomeStaging #giftideas #PhotoOfTheDay

Israel-Hamas war: Israel bombs Gaza where civilians sought refuge | AP News https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c

Register now for tomorrow’s salon on #GenerativeAI and #Accessibility at EmergingTechForActivists.com — join ❤️Fight and Amnesty for conversations focused on the promises and perils of AI, through a human rights activist lens. Our convo on AI & inequality is there, too!

To me the interesting thing here is the confirmation that Twitter never drove much traffic to news/other sites; people were content to just consume headlines/commentary there. That’s appalling information hygiene, especially since Twitter (and any social media site) is prone to social engineering. We need to aggressively champion the idea that one should seek out news/information at their original (and verifiably competent) sources and sites.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/17/one-year-post-acquisition-x-traffic-and-monthly-active-users-are-in-decline-report-claims/

@Huntn00
The scale of the bloodbath is exponential, almost assuring the current path leading to mutual annihilation, sooner or later. The way of envisioning a reasonable compromise includes the elimination from power of genocidal maniacs on one side and supremacist domination on the other. It is the only option leading to equanimity and peace.

Alabama will see a new monument honoring 4 million enslaved Black people who were emancipated at the end of the Civil War. https://t.co/MTEzdpUW7E

"Keep her legs closed!": Republicans are mad one of them said the quiet part out loud | Republicans definitely want to punish women for having sex — but they don't want voters to figure that out

https://www.salon.com/2023/10/16/keep-her-legs-closed-angry-that-one-of-them-said-the-quiet-part-out-loud/

#SalonNews #RepublicansMad #PunishWomen #KeepHerLegsClosed #QuietPartOutLoud #VotersAwareness #Politics #News

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Teslas are ironically, less reliable than other cars, despite being EVs.🙂🙃

Consumer Reports had them next to last in terms of reliability in 2021, bottom 3 in 2022, and still low in 2023.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-reliability-model-s-3-x-y-consumer-reports-satisfaction-2021-11

And a Tesla whistleblower alleges that it's even worse than that. Much worse.😬

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/tesla-whistleblowers-filed-complaint-to-sec-in-2021-what-it-said.html