Highly dependent on what features I need from the software in question and what the alternatives are. For a business case, I would probably go with 3. I deal with software deployments at my company, so I know how bad some bugs can be to the business. For games, I tend to go with 1. For other software, 3, as I’m not really a power user for things like photo editing, spreadsheets, etc.

They’re simple and appease the monkey brain desire of “number go up”.

Not my cup of tea either, but a lot of people are competitive and like to pit themselves against others. There’s also the aspect of competing against others with friends. The only times I’ve had fun in pvp games/modes was when I was playing with a group of people I knew.

I had one in the late '90s, so sometime around then.

I used to love tinkering with my pc and gaming, but moved away from both in the past few years. With gaming, it had been my primary hobby since I was very young, so I think I just got bored of it. As far as computing, not really sure why, but probably since I’m spending less time on my pc gaming, so I don’t see a need to do too much with it nowadays. It’s a fancy gaming rig that I mostly use to run a web browser, listen to music, and a little light gaming.

I got into plastic models a couple years ago, and that filled a void I didn’t know existed until after I started. I’ve always liked working with my hands and grew up playing with building toys like Lego and K’nex, so this feels like a continuation of that. I also find it kind of amusing that a hobby that revolves around sitting at your desk alone has got me more social and out of the house than anything else has since I graduated college.

Probably Blue Man Group in Las Vegas. Great music, great performance, good comedy sketches. It was a great experience all around.

Apple, hot, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Nothing else comes close. Except cheesecake, but that’s not a pie.

That would just cause the bad actors to move elsewhere, or not be there in the first place, since they initially weren’t allowed to comment. If every site implemented such measures and people just ignored the privacy and security issues, then you would have to trust that the site operators would act in good faith. Look at all the garbage on Facebook. FB keeps trolls and such around because they’re good for engagement, and bad actor advertisers because they pay a lot of money.

I remember that sketch, good stuff.

As long as the internet remains easily accessible, you’re not going to.

I suppose different sects have different beliefs and traditions, but when I was in church (Southern Baptist), I was told that once you are married, you’re free to go nuts with your spouse as far as the Bible was concerned.

FFXIV is one of those games that I liked, but wished I could like more. I wasn’t into progression raiding or crafting, so it was always a matter of time before my interest would fizzle out once the current MSQ was done.

Your character looks nice, btw.

World of Warcraft with over 11k hours. Guild wars 2 is probably 2nd with over 6k. The highest on Steam is Warframe with 2329.

For WoW and GW2, it’s basically the same reason. I loved MMO games and the huge world you can explore. I found guilds in both that I vibed with, and still talk with some of those folks today.

For Warframe, the gameplay is top notch IMO. I didn’t mind the grind (I was a MMO player, after all) and the selection of warframes and loadouts kept things from getting too stale. I mainly played with one of my friends I met through WoW, and we roped some friends into playing with us from time to time.

I still get the itch from time to time to get into a new MMO to try and relive the experiences I had from previous games, but those days are most likely behind me.

I just watched the trailer. How often did you screw over your fellow players as the shaman?

Bosch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMWc4Ol7yCM

Makes no difference to me. Why would it matter?

I would be more concerned about the government finding out and weaponizing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qklvh5Cp_Bs

I got a couple certs, then got a 2 year degree from a local technical college. That led me to getting a job working help desk, then got my current position as a Sysadmin via an internal job posting.

I think the kinship thing only really applies to specific types of vehicles, like sports cars or off road vehicles. And then, it’s more likely that the vehicle would be part of a hobby. I highly doubt any two Toyota Camry drivers in the world would see each other and think “Ah, my Camry brethren.”

From accounts I’ve heard from janitors, women’s bathrooms are typically worse. Sure, men’s bathrooms can have urine on the floor, but that’s easy enough to clean up since you’re mopping anyways. Some women tend to hover over public toilets, so they end up getting urine, poop, and period discharge all over the toilet and adjacent area. And of course, you’re going to have disgusting people in both bathrooms that do things just to make someone else’s life harder.