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  • TedZanzibarOPtoPebble@lemm.eeOMG OMG OMG
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    3 days ago

    You’re complaining that it’ll be overpriced and then recommending pretty much the most expensive smart watch available all in the same breath. 😂

    It’s being brought back by the guy that made the brand in the first place and they’re keeping it simple. It’s gonna be great.











  • Funny story: I started playing this on the PlayStation back in the day, a couple of years after it had come out and cemented its reputation. I did the intro mission in the reactor and then all of the characters were stood in a room doing exposition and what not. I was quite enjoying it.

    Then the doorbell rang. I must’ve only been gone for a couple of minutes but when I got back everyone had vanished and I had no idea where they’d gone or what I was supposed to be doing.

    Rather than replaying that first 30 minutes I just turned it off and never played it again. Truly the best of times.


  • I ordered mine the day they were announced, right before Christmas at a period that I was enjoying tinkering with, and optimising my HA setup. I was looking forward to doing the same with this over the break.

    Unfortunately they didn’t actually ship it until after Christmas and by the time it arrived I was in full slob mode with little desire to sit at a desk. Even now I’m still trying to get myself back into a working mindset.

    All of which is to say I added it to HA and have done nothing with it since.









  • TedZanzibartoScience Memes@mander.xyzNom nom
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    1 month ago

    I had no idea that people struggled with this so much and have come up with such crazy (to me) ways of figuring it out.

    Most of the world, if asked to write down numbers 1-100 on a line, would do so left to right. The < and > symbols are arrows pointing left and right. To the left the numbers decrease (less than) and to the right the numbers increase (greater than).

    All this stuff about crocodiles and ducks seems like such a bizarre way to remember it!

    Edit: thanks for the comments, it’s fascinating to get an insight on how differently people’s brains work. Something that seems like such an obvious concept is just as baffling to others as the crocodile is for me.

    To attempt to explain it better though: Say the number you’re comparing to is 50. If x is less than that, say 30, then it would appear to the left of 50 in the list and the arrow would point that way <–. If it’s greater than 50 then it would be to the right -->