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| Topic | 2024 Video Game Hall of Fame nominees |
| Sahuagin 03/24/24 8:08:26 PM #35 | my personal vote would be SimCity but Myst probably deserves it more generally
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| Topic | The New BeetleJuice movie looks great |
| Sahuagin 03/24/24 11:46:52 AM #8 | ...one day only at the bonmarch...
trailer doesn't really show what the script is like, just "hey here's a few things you remember" --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | how does the spear trap at the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark work? |
| Sahuagin 03/23/24 2:32:51 PM #9 | weird I just thought of that scene last night since the golden claw quest in skyrim seems to reference it (arvel runs off with the claw only to get killed by traps and/or draugr) (and meanwhile the one dungeon music track also seems heavily inspired by the movie too)
looking it up two plausible theories are:
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| Topic | Is there any game where you play as a cop and actually help someone? |
| Sahuagin 03/21/24 12:48:33 AM #15 | ParanoidObsessive posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Questthis although tbch I can't specifically remember an instance of helping someone, though I'm sure I could find examples if I looked it up. things I do remember include: taking a shower, stopping someone for speeding, getting stuff from my locker, having to learn poker and win a poker match, being in a shootout, having a flat tire every single time you don't look at all four tires before driving somewhere, and a few other things that don't involve helping people. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | What is your favorite kind of meat? |
| Sahuagin 03/21/24 12:40:15 AM #35 | Glob posted...
Ham and pork are distinct enough to each get their own place on the poll.I sort of know what you mean but ham is pork. just like beef jerky and steak are both beef. ham is just pre-cooked and preserved/cured (cookedness and curing method varies). --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | What is your favorite kind of meat? |
| Sahuagin 03/21/24 12:35:13 AM #33 | THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...
chicken is probably the most consistently good meat, but the best fish clears any of the other meatsyeah chicken is almost always good, but perfectly cooked salmon is incredible if we include cooking and not just eating I think I would say pork. I eat a lot of porkchops lately since they're so easy to cook and eat. (and cheap too) --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | ugh, half my plants are dead... again |
| Sahuagin 03/20/24 9:12:54 PM #6 | I had a plant and thought I'd be good at looking after it and then I didn't water it for a month. I tried saving it and it held on for a while but eventually rotted away. I should try it again sometime. needs to be part of your routine I guess and can't be something you do when you feel like it.
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| Topic | Worst Disney movie from this list |
| Sahuagin 03/15/24 8:40:23 PM #13 | Jungle Cruise is the best and worst movie I've seen from that list
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| Topic | Mark my words, in the next 5 years AI will become the #1 issue in politics |
| Sahuagin 03/14/24 11:26:07 PM #13 | I'm not really convinced. every time I see someone try to use one they fail miserably. they expect it to give them semi-accurate results, but the results aren't just wrong, they're nonsensical. and the people that use them are too "not-smart" to even check the results before posting them. (it's like, they didn't understand the problem, so they can't understand the solution, including a solution that isn't just a little wrong, but has massive failures of assumption about how anything is supposed to work.)
the one time I've seen it used in a marginally useful way, it was still clear that it would not at all be helpful since anything it generates would not be in the context of my codebase. ok it can generate some very basic skeleton code that has nothing to do with an actual system, but why would I want that? (though I think there are starting to be AI tools that integrate with your IDE which I'm curious to see some results from but I haven't tried anything like that out yet.) --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | 1183 never played Chrono Trigger? |
| Sahuagin 03/14/24 11:19:37 PM #113 | Maximothelad posted...
Gamecube and Wii were over 20 years ago. DVD players are done. If you said "4k Blu Ray" then yeah maybe a few people collect those. But it's a dead market.it will all only get more obsolete over time, yes. however your claim about the birth year 2010 and these kinds of devices is just blatantly false. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | 1183 never played Chrono Trigger? |
| Sahuagin 03/14/24 11:10:44 PM #108 | DVDs are not quite obsolete. recently helped my family get an RCA to HDMI converter so that they can hookup their DVD player to their TV. and yes this includes some kids, who use computers that have CD/DVD drives and systems like GameCube or Wii that also take discs. my oldest nephew has played through and beat all of Metroid 1-5 and wants to do the same with Metroid Prime.
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| Topic | IYO: What's the worst RPG on the NES and SNES and Genesis (etc)? |
| Sahuagin 03/14/24 10:40:46 PM #14 | Gaawa_chan posted...
Not sure about NES/Genesis, but for SNES? Lord of the Rings Vol. 1aw, I liked it as a kid and beat it once. the worst part (IIRC) is the maps that have repeating sections, but you either get used to it after a while and/or I can't remember if writing your own map as you go helped too. I do remember the music being good. I also remember you can cheese-kill the ringwraiths which was funny. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | IYO: What's the worst RPG on the NES and SNES and Genesis (etc)? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 11:15:21 PM #9 | not sure if it's coming across but what I'm trying to say is that I've played so few of them on those platforms (NES and Genesis) that my answer is only a technicality based on far less than adequate experience. all I really remember about DQ1 is fighting slimes and having to use the menu to climb stairs. (though I think it and Zelda 2 are the reason why the first enemy I usually put in my past attempts at making RPG games is a slime.)
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| Topic | IYO: What's the worst RPG on the NES and SNES and Genesis (etc)? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 10:43:56 PM #6 | ParanoidObsessive posted...
He said worst, not best.of the tiny list of NES RPGs I've ever played it left the weakest impression. (basically loses only to FF1.) if I played these games again today I'd have a different opinion. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | IYO: What's the worst RPG on the NES and SNES and Genesis (etc)? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 10:07:00 PM #4 | I don't really have an interesting answer. technically something like Dragon Quest 1 and Phantasy Star ? for NES and Genesis. for SNES I guess it must be Inindo: Way of the Ninja.
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| Topic | What do you call this symbol: # |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:51:41 PM #8 | captpackrat posted...
Because it was once used as the symbol for pounds (weight). 10# is 10 pounds.I don't think I've ever seen that before but it would definitely be preferable to lbs. (had to confirm again if it's ibs ibls or what). --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | would you say this is normal regarding a pixel 6a? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:47:52 PM #25 | RJP_X posted...
so you don't think there's anything wrong?I'm not really an expert on electricity or batteries, but from the little I know I would actually expect the number to fluctuate a small amount and would be suspicious of it if it was too steady. it's an indication that you're measuring something real. it's not your HP in a game or something, it's like measuring the temperature or wind speed; there's a degree of inexactness involved. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | Do you think Elon Musk is smart/intelligent? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:39:06 PM #24 | ZayKayWill posted...
Do you really think thatdespite your argument from ignorance, I still can't think of anything --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | Sine, cosine, tangent! |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:35:54 PM #2 | opposite, adjacent, opposite
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| Topic | would you say this is normal regarding a pixel 6a? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:31:32 PM #23 | RJP_X posted...
i know its not accurate because i saw the percentage before shutting it off. say it was 80, if it turn it back on it will say 82 or 83, or 78 or 77. sometimes it will swap to higher or lower if i restart again.yeah it's an estimate not an exact number. it's based on voltage (?) or something like that, which will vary, especially if you reset the load by turning it off and on again. (? I assume it's based on voltage and reading a bit about it, it sounds like it can be, but it's also probably more complicated than that.) --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | What do you call this symbol: # |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:19:54 PM #5 | a lot of those options. if I was communicating it to someone else I would probably say "pound sign" since I think that is the term for the keyboard key, but I don't really know why it's called that.
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| Topic | Do you think Elon Musk is smart/intelligent? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:16:18 PM #21 | Colonel_Lingus posted...
In some ways, yes.I appreciate trying to find the middle ground but I can't think of anything that would fall into this category. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | would you say this is normal regarding a pixel 6a? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 9:09:37 PM #21 | RJP_X posted...
i drained it completely in january as someone recommended to do soin modern times you do not want to let your battery drain to 0% pretty much ever. their capacity will shrink (by design) if you do. it should probably never be lower than about 10-15%, and if/when it is you should charge it immediately. for example i'll shut off the phone and turn it back on it'll either be at a higher or lower percentage, but always quickly drops off one of those percentages whether lower or higher.what precisely is the issue? you say that it's not accurate; how do you know that it's not accurate? --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | 1183 never played Chrono Trigger? |
| Sahuagin 03/13/24 8:54:47 PM #86 | people value different things, including about what the important or enjoyable parts of a game are, so people will have different opinions/ideas about what is or isn't a good game. yes this can sometimes seem quite alien to you if their values are that much different. yes this can be indistinguishable from trolling.
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| Topic | Have you ever done a science experiment on your own body? |
| Sahuagin 03/08/24 10:19:30 PM #15 | ok I think yes we should be the subject of the experiment. that would exclude looking outside or at a clock. but I think it would include things like: looking in the mirror, feeling your leg with your hand after banging it into the coffee table; pretty much any inspection of yourself, visual, touch, measuring your heartbeat, listening to yourself inhale, etc.
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| Topic | Have you ever done a science experiment on your own body? |
| Sahuagin 03/08/24 9:39:07 PM #13 | maybe I'm being too broad but I think almost everything we do could fit this. something like touching water (or anything) to see what temperature it is. but even more than that. the concept is: question about the world, gather information from the world to answer question. so, turning your head to look at what is causing a noise, looking outside to check the weather or time of day. even looking at your watch or a clock to see the time of day. (basically taking a reading from a measuring device to tell you about the state of the world.)
ok the question is on your body not with your body... hmm... my brain is alternating back and forth as to whether those are similar or different I think they are actually the same, we just wouldn't think of light hitting our retina as "on our body". but using your finger to test water temperature is. and something like testing sharpness with your finger definitely is. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | coffee or tea |
| Sahuagin 03/07/24 9:57:42 PM #34 | coffee always. preferably with cream no sugar. black is ok, but sugar makes it something else.
tea tastes like water. pedro45 posted... Why can you add milk to coffee and not tea?never heard that before, it helps give it some oomf but it still tastes pretty weak. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | How much do you trust the media |
| Sahuagin 03/05/24 9:30:16 PM #13 | it does depend on the organization. USA has a lot of, if not entirely, 1s. in Canada, I think CTV is more or less neutral. not sure about CBC. Global is sensationalist but not sure about bias.
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| Topic | Did you enjoy Star Trek (2009)? |
| Sahuagin 03/04/24 11:18:43 PM #6 | good but not great
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| Topic | Weird games topic |
| Sahuagin 03/04/24 11:16:55 PM #7 | weirdest game I haven't played: (thought this was on steam, I guess it's an io game or something): https://kenforest.itch.io/moth-house
weirdest game I have played... probably WarioWare? I can't think of anything particularly weird that I own. Maybe Little Inferno for unconventional, Lords of Xulima for weird in a bad way. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | bought a mini dishwasher... I can't get it upright |
| Sahuagin 03/01/24 1:37:53 AM #18 | ConfusedTorchic posted...
if the faucet can withstand being off, it can withstand dishwasher pressurethis seems logical to me and would be my intuition as well but when researching it I read a lot of comments suggesting the hose could rupture eventually (and indeed if I check my setup there are pretty thin/weak looking hoses going to the faucet). I don't even know where this "dishwasher pressure" would come from or how it would affect the tap source. though it's definitely non-trivial to modify the faucet to be able to attach the dishwasher to it. (I barely have any counter-space as it is though and not even sure I could fit one but I sure miss having one.) (may have to pay more renter's insurance too, can't remember) --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | bought a mini dishwasher... I can't get it upright |
| Sahuagin 02/29/24 8:15:57 PM #16 | Lokarin posted...
which reminds me I need to get a correct faucet head since mine has a spray fixture.hmm, are you sure you can? apartments (like mine) intentionally don't have compatible faucets partly since they don't want people having dishwashers because they can leak water. (even if you re-jigger the faucet anyway, the hose might not be strong enough to withstand dishwasher pressures and then it will leak and you can be in a tough spot.) (not trying to make things difficult, it's just the situation I am in that I wish I wasn't in.) --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | bought a mini dishwasher... I can't get it upright |
| Sahuagin 02/29/24 1:46:42 AM #7 | Sahuagin posted...
past could yearsstupid typing muscle memory... I changed "few" to "could" instead of "couple" --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | bought a mini dishwasher... I can't get it upright |
| Sahuagin 02/28/24 7:14:34 PM #5 | is it a countertop one? (Danby?) does it hook to your faucet?
I used to have one but we're not technically allowed here and the faucets here don't work to hook up a dishwasher. I've been having (and hating) to wash everything by hand the past could years. (that and the shared laundry are the two worst parts of having moved to an apartment) --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | Man shoots and kills his own 22 year old son over argument |
| Sahuagin 02/24/24 2:30:22 PM #6 | I guess there's some kind of irony that you can post two links from almost the same date about "father in Florida shoots own son to death in argument".
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| Topic | Remember when people had songs for their ring tones? |
| Sahuagin 02/24/24 1:17:56 PM #33 | I used to just use vibrate but my Samsung does it so quietly I can barely notice it. Even with the default ring-tone I can still miss it sometimes when it's right next to me.
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| Topic | Man shoots and kills his own 22 year old son over argument |
| Sahuagin 02/24/24 1:15:47 PM #2 | I guess it doesn't change much but son was 44 not 22.
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| Topic | lack of sleep last night as well as the other night, wanted to ask... |
| Sahuagin 02/24/24 1:08:46 PM #4 |
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| Topic | Do you change your own oil? |
| Sahuagin 02/20/24 10:57:10 PM #12 | UT1999 posted...
which one is the spanner?aka crescent wrench (afaik) --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | On a scale from 1-10 how do you feel today |
| Sahuagin 02/20/24 10:16:23 PM #4 | 5 but not actually sick. got too little sleep (it's "monday"), car is making a weird noise so I'm all stressed about that, and the rest of the work week awaits.
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| Topic | Nuts! |
| Sahuagin 02/20/24 9:29:59 PM #7 | I actually hate pretty much all nuts, especially walnuts
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| Topic | Do you change your own oil? |
| Sahuagin 02/20/24 9:27:07 PM #7 | I've done it with help before (more like I helped them do it for me), including brakes. it's "easy" in principle, but the hard part (more the brakes than the oil) is dealing with metal parts that like to practically fuse together and/or not quite fit together. things go smoothly until there's that one stupid part that just won't budge and then you waste all your time and energy dealing with that one stupid thing instead. and meanwhile you don't have a car if you can't get finished.
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| Topic | Zombies are actually scary |
| Sahuagin 02/19/24 5:33:31 PM #10 | have you seen They Live, sort of reminds me of that
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| Topic | Had a double filet-o-fish today. |
| Sahuagin 02/16/24 10:05:56 PM #3 | I like them too when they're fresh. and also it can help to ask for extra tartar sauce since a dry one is no good and a double is even more likely to be too dry. never been to Arby's there's not very many if any around here.
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| Topic | GameTok with Lok: How do you kill billions? |
| Sahuagin 02/15/24 9:24:56 PM #3 | Lokarin posted...
So what's the plan?I don't see how there could be a "plan" beyond find a game that happens to have a spawn area that can spawn enough enemies. but you've said "billions" not even "millions", so I'm not sure such a game exists. the only plan then, besides finding the right game with the right spawn point, is to invest an insane amount of time. as a reminder of the difference in scale between thousands, millions and billions, see: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | Will you get an Apple Vision Pro? |
| Sahuagin 02/14/24 1:37:11 AM #29 | Will you get an Apple... no I had a few iPods a very long time ago and I had an iPhone for a while but that was bought for me a long time ago as well. I would not buy anything Apple again that I can think of. Only exception I suppose is that I do use iTunes still. most of the time iTunes will have any movie I look for when other services don't. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | has anyone had this happen with gmail before? |
| Sahuagin 02/13/24 9:44:12 PM #10 | RJP_X posted...
don't think chromebook's have a hard drive? RJP_X posted... what could've happened is i went on gmail, saw the bolded email which was bundled with another doctor's email from the same place. maybe it wasn't ready to load in? clicked all mail and appeared in fine then. i didn't look in time but maybe when it was bundled when it disappeared maybe it went back to 1 instead of 2 being bundled because if i remember i also think it moved back down as an older email, until i clicked all mail.sounds like webmail I guess? it's less separated than a mail client with IMAP, but maybe could still do the same thing, where what you see isn't necessarily in perfect sync with the server. I don't use webmail much. RJP_X posted... please don't take offense i meant nothing by it.np, wasn't sure what else to say. I wanted to at least be wrong. --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
| Topic | I was compelled to have 2 naps... this can only mean one thing |
| Sahuagin 02/13/24 1:53:34 AM #2 | I can't imaging wearing boots but I could probably use new shoes. been sliding all over the place all winter. no falls yet but pretty close...
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| Topic | has anyone had this happen with gmail before? |
| Sahuagin 02/13/24 1:51:58 AM #6 | just going to ignore me, ok
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| Topic | has anyone had this happen with gmail before? |
| Sahuagin 02/12/24 9:17:41 PM #4 | if it's setup as IMAP then this kind of thing can happen since you're seeing a copy of the state that's on the server (if it updates locally, fails to update remotely, and then later refreshes local with the current remote state, it would do exactly what you described).
if it's POP3 then the "read" state flag would be written to your local hard drive instead and this probably wouldn't happen (maybe if your HD was majorly failing). --- This day is gone. We can't relive it. It's gone forever. |
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