Mark Tucker
@thatbloke83.bsky.social
A middle-aged geek who likes gaming
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girl are you a 96% chance to hit in an XCOM game because i miss you so much
May 29, 2024 at 4:24 PM
girl are you a 96% chance to hit in an XCOM game because i miss you so much
The Wheel of Time book 10. Been a while but, I remember book 9 having a cliffhanger of sorts... Got halfway in to book 10 and not one mention of anything from book 9 or previous at all. It pissed me off so much I put it down and still have never revisited the series. Maybe I should try again though
Screw your favorite book, which was the first that upset you?
A Wrinkle in Time was mine. The possessed baby scared the everloving shit out of me. My babysitter had to call my mom to come home early because I was hysterical.
A Wrinkle in Time was mine. The possessed baby scared the everloving shit out of me. My babysitter had to call my mom to come home early because I was hysterical.
May 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Wheel of Time book 10. Been a while but, I remember book 9 having a cliffhanger of sorts... Got halfway in to book 10 and not one mention of anything from book 9 or previous at all. It pissed me off so much I put it down and still have never revisited the series. Maybe I should try again though
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It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service
Just incredible grift
Just incredible grift
April 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service
Just incredible grift
Just incredible grift
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LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣📣
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...
Old Skies character profile: Hanna Tanaka
YouTube video by Wadjet Eye Games
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣📣
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...
Old Skies - a time travel adventure game - is coming APRIL 23rd, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Switch!
To celebrate, here is a sparkling new trailer featuring Hanna Takana, one the several clients you will be taking into the past:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ9...
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Is there any greater pleasure than seeing someone who's been driving like a knobhead get flashed by a speed camera because they weren't actually paying attention to the road signs and were too busy tailgating?
February 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Is there any greater pleasure than seeing someone who's been driving like a knobhead get flashed by a speed camera because they weren't actually paying attention to the road signs and were too busy tailgating?
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ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢📢
Old Skies has a NEW DEMO!
Join time agent Fia Quinn, as she travels to the 1870s in a slice of a never-before seen area of the game!
This demo will be live until Feb 20th as part of the Game Over T1D Steam sale.
Nab it here! store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/...
Old Skies has a NEW DEMO!
Join time agent Fia Quinn, as she travels to the 1870s in a slice of a never-before seen area of the game!
This demo will be live until Feb 20th as part of the Game Over T1D Steam sale.
Nab it here! store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/...
February 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢📢
Old Skies has a NEW DEMO!
Join time agent Fia Quinn, as she travels to the 1870s in a slice of a never-before seen area of the game!
This demo will be live until Feb 20th as part of the Game Over T1D Steam sale.
Nab it here! store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/...
Old Skies has a NEW DEMO!
Join time agent Fia Quinn, as she travels to the 1870s in a slice of a never-before seen area of the game!
This demo will be live until Feb 20th as part of the Game Over T1D Steam sale.
Nab it here! store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/...
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instead of invite codes this site should require a personal reference from someone stating that you understand what a joke is
January 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
instead of invite codes this site should require a personal reference from someone stating that you understand what a joke is
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You don't get to
- teach generations of people surveillance is normal
- support personal data as a reasonable cost for convenience
- refuse to regulate corps using that data maliciously
and then act shocked when people don't think giving their personal data to a potential malefactor is a bad thing.
- teach generations of people surveillance is normal
- support personal data as a reasonable cost for convenience
- refuse to regulate corps using that data maliciously
and then act shocked when people don't think giving their personal data to a potential malefactor is a bad thing.
I’m concerned that Americans are flocking to a number of adversary-owned social media platforms. We still need a comprehensive and risk-based approach to assessing and mitigating the risks of foreign-owned apps.
January 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
You don't get to
- teach generations of people surveillance is normal
- support personal data as a reasonable cost for convenience
- refuse to regulate corps using that data maliciously
and then act shocked when people don't think giving their personal data to a potential malefactor is a bad thing.
- teach generations of people surveillance is normal
- support personal data as a reasonable cost for convenience
- refuse to regulate corps using that data maliciously
and then act shocked when people don't think giving their personal data to a potential malefactor is a bad thing.
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Another visit to the parallel universe of the FT. In case anyone was wondering whether money buys you happiness, or leaves you wallowing in frustrated entitlement.
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Another visit to the parallel universe of the FT. In case anyone was wondering whether money buys you happiness, or leaves you wallowing in frustrated entitlement.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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the answer to a question in a headline is always "no", but never has the answer to a question in a headline been MORE "no" than how much "no" it is here
January 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
the answer to a question in a headline is always "no", but never has the answer to a question in a headline been MORE "no" than how much "no" it is here
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It should be illegal for Luke Littler to be this heckin good
January 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It should be illegal for Luke Littler to be this heckin good
I'm in Madrid with the Spanish family, which means it's now 2025 where I am
so FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!
so FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!
December 31, 2024 at 11:29 PM
I'm in Madrid with the Spanish family, which means it's now 2025 where I am
so FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!
so FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!
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Earlier on, I asked a question, looking for a source for a quote. Someone helpfully asked Chat GPT. The answer it gave was 100% wrong. (The answer that humans gave was right.)
Please stop asking it.
It doesn’t work. And it doesn’t help. Bad arseholes want you to use it. So stop. And everyone wins.
Please stop asking it.
It doesn’t work. And it doesn’t help. Bad arseholes want you to use it. So stop. And everyone wins.
December 29, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Earlier on, I asked a question, looking for a source for a quote. Someone helpfully asked Chat GPT. The answer it gave was 100% wrong. (The answer that humans gave was right.)
Please stop asking it.
It doesn’t work. And it doesn’t help. Bad arseholes want you to use it. So stop. And everyone wins.
Please stop asking it.
It doesn’t work. And it doesn’t help. Bad arseholes want you to use it. So stop. And everyone wins.
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there needs to be a specific term for this, for when successful countermeasures are later taken as evidence that the issue was overblown. See: Y2K, the Ozone Hole, Vaccines. Hindblight or something.
DAMMIT NPR.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
December 29, 2024 at 7:59 AM
there needs to be a specific term for this, for when successful countermeasures are later taken as evidence that the issue was overblown. See: Y2K, the Ozone Hole, Vaccines. Hindblight or something.
Flight delays are not fun
December 28, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Flight delays are not fun
If you haven't played this series of games then you need to! Such an awesome story and told so well
👻The entire Blackwell series is in the Steam Winter Sale!👻
Join medium Rosa Blackwell and spirit guide Joey Mallone as they help lost souls into the afterlife.
These are the only Christmas ghosts you really need.
Nab 'em here:
👇
https://buff.ly/3BRiSNw
Join medium Rosa Blackwell and spirit guide Joey Mallone as they help lost souls into the afterlife.
These are the only Christmas ghosts you really need.
Nab 'em here:
👇
https://buff.ly/3BRiSNw
December 21, 2024 at 6:16 AM
If you haven't played this series of games then you need to! Such an awesome story and told so well
My dad was against us having consoles in the house, instead we had an Amiga 1200 and I played games on that
My first console was actually a Dreamcast, which had some of the best 4-player gaming experiences ever. Spent many a day getting 3 friends together and playing games like Power Stone
My first console was actually a Dreamcast, which had some of the best 4-player gaming experiences ever. Spent many a day getting 3 friends together and playing games like Power Stone
Which video game console was your very first and is it still special to you?
December 15, 2024 at 7:51 PM
My dad was against us having consoles in the house, instead we had an Amiga 1200 and I played games on that
My first console was actually a Dreamcast, which had some of the best 4-player gaming experiences ever. Spent many a day getting 3 friends together and playing games like Power Stone
My first console was actually a Dreamcast, which had some of the best 4-player gaming experiences ever. Spent many a day getting 3 friends together and playing games like Power Stone
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*slides note that says 'salsa of Christ' into church suggestion box*
December 15, 2024 at 7:39 PM
*slides note that says 'salsa of Christ' into church suggestion box*
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The haunting, synthetic cry of the Slightly Evil Penguin rings out and reminds us of Jesus.
Or something.
youtu.be/20gxD3SMMM8?...
Or something.
youtu.be/20gxD3SMMM8?...
Advent 2024 Slightly More Evil Penguins
YouTube video by Weebl's Stuff
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December 13, 2024 at 10:28 AM
The haunting, synthetic cry of the Slightly Evil Penguin rings out and reminds us of Jesus.
Or something.
youtu.be/20gxD3SMMM8?...
Or something.
youtu.be/20gxD3SMMM8?...