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| Topic | Was American infrastructure designed poorly on purpose just to sell cars? |
| Sahuagin 11/21/21 10:01:36 PM #11 | another good channel that is just generally about city infrastructure and not specifically anti-car is: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoadGuyRob --- |
| Topic | Was American infrastructure designed poorly on purpose just to sell cars? |
| Sahuagin 11/21/21 8:53:59 PM #4 | not just cars but also gasoline recommended channel on this topic that I like just subscribed to today: https://www.youtube.com/c/NotJustBikes he's a bit overly anti-car and pro-bicycle (or anything that isn't a car), but the picture you get from it is, yes, NA infrastructure heavily and needlessly favours cars over basically everything else, and in fact NA is woefully behind in this area to an embarrassing degree. --- |
| Topic | What are the top 3 best games of the 2010s? |
| Sahuagin 11/21/21 8:13:04 PM #7 | Dark Souls 1 Kerbal Space Program Factorio (Factorio may not technically count since 1.0 final release was Aug 2020, despite the game having been around since 2016. I don't know what I would replace it with though, DS2 or 3 I guess. Nothing really comes close to those three games.) --- |
| Topic | Recommend me a mop |
| Sahuagin 11/21/21 6:19:16 PM #2 | swiffer? otherwise what I have basically looks like what a "vilenta" is. maybe it's more about your cleaning product than the mop itself? get some mr clean or pine sol or something? --- |
| Topic | Whats you favorite NHL team? |
| Sahuagin 11/21/21 1:51:33 PM #17 | Flames. still remember the 2004 season like it was a couple years ago. --- |
| Topic | I still can't tell the difference between effect affect |
| Sahuagin 11/20/21 4:16:55 PM #14 | noun and verb respectively --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 11/19/21 9:00:31 PM #314 | *cough* --- |
| Topic | One post = one video game song |
| Sahuagin 11/19/21 1:41:53 AM #38 | Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - Summoning the Soul Dragon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uZtofacDQw --- |
| Topic | One post = one video game song |
| Sahuagin 11/18/21 12:41:05 PM #35 | |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 11/16/21 9:29:21 PM #313 | this will sort of merge those together 8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I --- |
| Topic | Recommend me some exercise machines |
| Sahuagin 11/16/21 2:02:14 AM #10 | Lokarin posted... I get great quads from doing box squats, but I always found bikes work out my hammies moreI did mean a recumbent bike not sure if that makes a difference. what I find annoying though is how you only use a small part of your body. trying to maintain a high heart rate, meanwhile your legs are dying but your arms and torso are doing nothing; I find it very frustrating. Lokarin posted... so screw y'all free weightswhat we should be asking here is, what is your goal? ideally you should have free weights plus some form of cardio (rowing machine, r. bike, etc.) if your goal is to lose and/or maintain weight, you particularly need the cardio if your goal is to gain and/or maintain muscle, you particularly need the free weights but really both of those complement each other and you should have access to both I don't know why you don't like weights (one thing I experimented with a few years ago before I moved (and haven't had proper space for an exercise room since) is using weights for cardio. rather than working the muscle, use lighter weights and do movements faster. this seemed very effective but I didn't do it very long before I moved.) --- |
| Topic | Crew Member on Alec Baldwin Rust Movie was BIT by a SPIDER and he STOMPED IT!!! |
| Sahuagin 11/15/21 11:02:08 PM #3 | why does it matter if he killed the spider? I thought you were going to say they needed it to get anti-venom or something. is this about your old signature that said no one is allowed to kill bugs? --- |
| Topic | Recommend me some exercise machines |
| Sahuagin 11/15/21 9:41:44 PM #7 | a rowing machine is what I would recommend. it spreads the workout to more of your body, and they take up less space. a bike definitely works, but it targets the heck out of your quadriceps so hope you like your quads being in agony. (though not 100% sure how much better a rowing machine is in that sense.) also the one I have has an issue where the distance adjustment constantly extends as you use it, regardless how much you tighten it, so the pedals slowly get further and further away as you pedal. --- |
| Topic | One post = one video game song |
| Sahuagin 11/14/21 8:15:38 PM #6 | |
| Topic | One post = one video game song |
| Sahuagin 11/14/21 6:50:06 PM #3 | |
| Topic | Are you still wearing CLOTHES and SHOES that are 3+ YEARS AGO??? |
| Sahuagin 11/14/21 12:28:20 PM #13 | DarkMinun posted... I buy decent shoes and they're usually falling apart after a year and a half.not trying to be sarcastic, but maybe buy better shoes? I had 5+ year old nike walking shoes, and I replaced them with some cheap Walmart brand shoes. a year or so later I put on my "garbage" old nikes to mow the lawn with and realized they were infinitely more comfortable and snug than my "new" cheap shoes. almost immediately got some new nikes which are not even that much more expensive. (though I do notice the nike "air" part seems to make them particularly squeeky shoes after a fairly short time.) --- |
| Topic | If you can SOLVE this BRAINTEASER, then i'll be surprised!!! |
| Sahuagin 11/14/21 1:04:42 AM #9 | helIy posted... it's not 27 lolhmmm? 2 cats, 2 dogs, and 2 rabbits weigh a total of 54, so 1 of each will weigh half that which is 27. --- |
| Topic | Are you still wearing CLOTHES and SHOES that are 3+ YEARS AGO??? |
| Sahuagin 11/14/21 12:59:30 AM #4 | hmm, well normally my answer to this would be yes, but I do happen to have a new wardrobe the past year or so, including shoes --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 11/13/21 6:11:00 PM #306 | King Arthur's World --- |
| Topic | Do you have coffee available? |
| Sahuagin 11/13/21 2:52:16 AM #15 | I have a cannister of Tim Horton's coffee grounds and yeah, it doesn't have a nutrition info label. it also just says: Ingredients: Arabica Coffee --- |
| Topic | Oh dang, one of my fav youtuber's wife just died |
| Sahuagin 11/12/21 11:04:35 AM #13 | k thanks, I don't know that guy, though still unfortunate --- |
| Topic | Oh dang, one of my fav youtuber's wife just died |
| Sahuagin 11/12/21 10:23:51 AM #10 | can you give a hint so can at least rule out certain ones? I could post a list of who I wouldn't want it to be but it will have like 15 or so names on it --- |
| Topic | i don't seem to get RPG games dialog choices anymore |
| Sahuagin 11/11/21 3:36:24 PM #9 | for the mass effect one, I can see how in context "sigh" in that case meant "I am so done wasting my time with you" --- |
| Topic | What bands/artists have you gotten into lately? |
| Sahuagin 11/11/21 3:04:36 PM #2 | I feel like I'm posting it too much, but Carpenter Brut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7PQyQJl0g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXtujxT9rzA (from Samurai Jack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYtVf0wvPpc (from Hotline Miami 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy9r2qeouiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFfybn_W8Ak (from Hotline Miami 2) --- |
| Topic | if conditions are an antipattern |
| Sahuagin 11/11/21 1:55:50 PM #5 | chelsea_wtf posted... thats why its so important to have an AbstractConditionFactory to create a variety of different IBooleanHandlers so that your conditional handling logic can be dependency-injected instead of hardcoded. just having an if statement in your business logic is basically two different unconditional jumps combined into a conditional jumpthe right approach can be to put the logic from each of the if blocks into their own classes and simply call a method on the abstract class or interface. this comes up a lot when for example switching on enum types. IMO enums are generally an anti-pattern since they don't allow for any polymorphism or code reuse and you end up with these "logic varies with value" areas all over the place when they should be in that type itself instead. --- |
| Topic | if conditions are an antipattern |
| Sahuagin 11/11/21 12:54:30 PM #3 | chelsea_wtf posted... theyre basically just gotos and goto is badI guess this is bait, but a goto is very specifically an unconditional jump otherwise yes, too many ifs can definitely be a code smell (but not necessarily) --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 11/11/21 12:25:48 PM #302 | Grim Fandango --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 11/11/21 11:14:51 AM #300 | Nintendo World Championships 1990 --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 11/09/21 11:16:14 PM #298 | Hexen: Beyond Heretic --- |
| Topic | Troll logic: In case of inflation, just get massively in debt! |
| Sahuagin 11/07/21 7:33:46 PM #2 | Lokarin posted... Then your anti-money goes UP in value!!!that's interesting. it seems true that if you had run-away inflation, then the $ value of your debt would remain static and "should" be easier to pay off. I guess it's the opposite problem: the debtors lose money since the value of what they're owed drops. it almost just translates to: if you know that inflation is coming, then buy now while your money still has value. Lokarin posted... After 100% inflation your debt will pay itself off!I think it would be after %. 100% would just be double (or half). once money has absolute zero value (% inflation) then so does your debt have zero value. but that can't happen. but yeah, there seems to be some truth to the debt thing though there's probably a catch somewhere that I don't know about; interest rates for example. --- |
| Topic | Can I get a Bluetooth adapter that's purely software based? |
| Sahuagin 11/07/21 6:26:10 PM #14 | no but your device could already have one built in --- |
| Topic | Hershey's chocolate isn't great by any means but holy fuck |
| Sahuagin 11/07/21 12:17:57 PM #23 | I wondered about this. I always expect Hershey to be great, since it's a classic American chocolate company, but usually if not always it's terrible instead. Cadbury is so much better. (interesting... in 1988 Hershey acquired the rights to manufacture Cadbury products in USA, which is something people complain about saying that Hershey products are inferior. but in Canada, Cadbury Canada manufactures or imports Cadbury products. so it's possible Americans here might not notice a difference between the two.) --- |
| Topic | What would you say are the hardest RPGs (Pre-PS1 Era) |
| Sahuagin 11/06/21 1:13:37 AM #45 | The_tall_midget posted... the game became very, very, very easy, very quickly.it's easy to steamroll the game, but the game is setup so that steamrolling makes you evil. and the mechanics are not well explained, only hinted at; and you have to stumble upon all of the secrets. but yes once you know what you're doing you can steamroll while minimizing penalties and then it is fairly straightforward. (haven't played it in decades so my opinion could definitely change if I tried it again; also the internet would make a huge difference.) --- |
| Topic | What would you say are the hardest RPGs (Pre-PS1 Era) |
| Sahuagin 11/05/21 11:36:16 PM #41 | BlackScythe0 posted... I don't think I've played Zelda 2 I remember playing the first one though... typically those games are adventure games, not rpgs aren't they?Zelda 2 has more RPG elements. you gain XP and when levelling up can choose to increase either attack power, health, or mana. (is it an RPG though, who knows). SomeUsername529 posted... Because RPGs aren't hard. The genre is based on being able to make your characters stronger than enemies so if you ever lose you can just make yourself stronger until that's impossible.there's a lot I could say but it will all boil down to either true, or it depends --- |
| Topic | Keyboard where the legs broke off |
| Sahuagin 11/04/21 9:48:19 PM #8 | yes this is indeed annoying. about half the time I use a keyboard that isn't mine it will have one leg broken off. I go to raise the legs and move one down but then can't find the other. happens way too often. --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 11/04/21 9:43:22 PM #288 | Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator --- |
| Topic | What would you say are the hardest RPGs (Pre-PS1 Era) |
| Sahuagin 11/04/21 9:41:23 PM #26 | 7th Saga and FF1 I mention due to how many times I've played them yet never making it very far. 7th Saga always became impossible and I had no idea how to continue. FF1, I once made it as far as the fire/volcano place but it was so "attricious" that I couldn't survive and probably had to grind a bunch but gave up instead. Zelda 2 I've beaten at least once, and made it to the end many times. it's not really that hard (IIRC) except for a few frustrating parts (like the last boss). Gaawa_chan posted... Lord of the Rings, Vol 1that I have played and beat. like you say, the only thing that makes it "hard" are the repeating map sections making it very hard to keep track of where you are in a cave. making your own map on paper can help a lot. wolfy42 posted... Clouds of Xeen was much more difficult by itself as well before it became World of Xeen.except for M&M6 I would call all of 3-9 "easy" (quotes important). they're actually almost not even really RPGs; they're more like RPG parodies (which is one reason why I love them). M&M6 though, while still being parody-like, is pretty brutal in a lot of places and you don't really reach god status as fast as the others. at some point I really should play the Ultima and Wizardry games --- |
| Topic | What would you say are the hardest RPGs (Pre-PS1 Era) |
| Sahuagin 11/04/21 1:14:06 AM #2 | 7th Saga Final Fantasy 1 maybe Ogre Battle (SNES) if that counts for PC... I didn't play very many PC RPGs back then. one of the hardest ones I know of would be Might and Magic 6. --- |
| Topic | What is the best thing ever made? |
| Sahuagin 10/31/21 11:13:02 AM #6 | probably the internet, though that's not to say that it's not without its downsides --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 10/31/21 11:11:22 AM #285 | Nioh --- |
| Topic | Which series is better: Mega Man or Mega Man X? |
| Sahuagin 10/31/21 1:07:03 AM #13 | Zeus posted... MM1 kinda sucks (very off-balanced content). 2 is good, 3 is great, 4 is pretty goodfor me 2 > 1 > 3 (4 I didn't get far enough (or else remember well enough) to judge) I don't know why people like 3. both 1 and 3 have a couple parts where health is extremely limited and you have to play nearly perfectly for a half a level or so; at these points, the shallowness of the gameplay really sticks out. this felt especially the case in 3. instead of sections like that, 2 has parts that are more "puzzley" which I appreciate a lot more. --- |
| Topic | Which series is better: Mega Man or Mega Man X? |
| Sahuagin 10/31/21 12:29:22 AM #11 | I haven't played a Mega Man X game in a while, but playing MM1-4 recently, I was not terribly impressed. they're ok, but really reek of just walling content off with difficulty and not very interesting gameplay. they were good for their time but have not aged well. not sure about MMX but I suspect it has fared a bit better. --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 10/30/21 10:43:16 PM #283 | Anachronox --- |
| Topic | In Canada they have a store called Canadian Tire |
| Sahuagin 10/30/21 4:31:39 PM #3 | it's kind of like Walmart but with a focus on automotive supplies, and even worse service/store-quality, though maybe not as bad as Zellers used to be --- |
| Topic | Doot. |
| Sahuagin 10/30/21 11:35:40 AM #4 | |
| Topic | What should I buy next as a personal investment? |
| Sahuagin 10/29/21 10:40:45 PM #12 | 5 --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 10/29/21 10:38:25 PM #276 | Earthworm Jim --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 10/29/21 9:59:51 PM #274 | I just try to think of a good game that I know and want to advertise for a brief moment; I do look it up so that I get the title correctly, including any subtitles that I may not be aware of, such as in this case NetStorm: Islands At War --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 10/28/21 9:35:07 PM #266 | SimCity --- |
| Topic | ITT: We play First letter, last letter - Gaming Edition |
| Sahuagin 10/27/21 10:22:45 PM #261 | Deus Ex --- |
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