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Comment on Kyūshū (November) Basho discussion in ~sports.combat
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Comment on Amazon workers in twenty countries to protest or strike on Black Friday November 29 in ~life
AugustusFerdinand LinkI could be wrong, but I've yet to see a single one-day-strike amount to anything.I could be wrong, but I've yet to see a single one-day-strike amount to anything.
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Comment on What's on your Christmas wish list? in ~life
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentHaving spent the last few hours cleaning up the list, it's mostly down to dimple dies, label makers that can do heat shrink tubing, and engine block mock-ups. I need to research and find a good...Having spent the last few hours cleaning up the list, it's mostly down to dimple dies, label makers that can do heat shrink tubing, and engine block mock-ups. I need to research and find a good multi-meter to add to the list (if anyone reading this knows of one, do chime in please).
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Comment on Former Dallas PD officer ordered to pay $100 million in ~news
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentKinda? She's only serving a 10 year sentence and is next eligible for early release in 2026. Once out, she's going to need a job, and somewhere to live, etc. She's never going to have $100M, but...Is it merely symbolic? The quote from the family makes it seem like they think they’ll see some money from this.
Kinda?
She's only serving a 10 year sentence and is next eligible for early release in 2026. Once out, she's going to need a job, and somewhere to live, etc. She's never going to have $100M, but they can request restitution be ordered which will garner any wages she earns and put judgment liens on any property she obtains so that upon sale the money goes to them instead of her (house, car, retirement, investments, etc.)
She shot a man eating ice cream in his own home. She'll spend up to 10 years in prison and will never live a prosperous life again, the former as judgement from her criminal trial, the latter as judgement from the civil trial. -
Comment on Sharing without clicking on news in social media in ~science
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentDefine "old people".pretty much exclusively used by old people now.
Define "old people".
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Comment on What's on your Christmas wish list? in ~life
AugustusFerdinand LinkAt the moment dread. Mainly because my wife and I are semi-past the whole I-hope-they-like-this stage and just give each other lists of things we'd like to have and haven't bought for ourselves...At the moment dread.
Mainly because my wife and I are semi-past the whole I-hope-they-like-this stage and just give each other lists of things we'd like to have and haven't bought for ourselves yet and I haven't updated the list yet to remove what I have purchased over the past year/decided I no longer need.
Mine is typically the less expensive specialty tools I'd like to have for when I do need them, but have not needed them yet/found at a steep discount and bought for myself.
Hers is typically cute stuff/outfits/accessories that is out of her works-for-a-nonprofit budget. -
Comment on November 2024 Backlog Burner: Week 4 Discussion in ~games
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentIn the 3-4 hours I've played so far, I've been able to do all of those things as a dumb character. Even interactions with computers in the game are often headbanging the keyboard and maybe you...Whether that means beguiling your opponent, outsmarting them with logic, or simply coming off as so dense that they feel bad for you.
In the 3-4 hours I've played so far, I've been able to do all of those things as a dumb character. Even interactions with computers in the game are often headbanging the keyboard and maybe you break it and what you wanted to do won't happen or you get lucky and press the right key, but interestingly I haven't come across two that were the same either.
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Comment on November 2024 Backlog Burner: Week 4 Discussion in ~games
AugustusFerdinand Linkle card Mode: Standard Bingo! Finished 9/25 ✅ Deus Ex - Mankind Divided Has both combat and puzzles Has a campaign longer than 5 hours ✅ Subnautica Considered a disappointment Part of a trilogy ✅...le card
Mode: Standard Bingo! Finished 9/25 Is beatable without killing any enemies
✅ Deus Ex - Mankind DividedHas both combat and puzzles Has a campaign longer than 5 hours Has survival mechanics
✅ SubnauticaConsidered a disappointment Part of a trilogy Has more than 3 words in its title
✅ Cult of the LambHas a skill tree Set in a post-apocalyptic world Is open-source Focuses on relationships A modded game ★ Wildcard You have to tinker to get it running
✅ Anomaly Warzone EarthFrom now-defunct dev studio You can create your own character
✅ EncasedHas dinosaurs You wanted it when you were younger Features a mystery
✅ DuskersHas a time limit Has a lives system
✅ WarpipsIs mostly text-based
✅ MoonringIt’s already installed
✅ The FalconeerIs one of the oldest games you own Has cards le games
Encased - It's essentially an updated version of Fallout 1 or 2 set in a 1970s post-apocalyptic world instead of 1940s. Upon creating a character, already modeled after my sweet-but-very-very-dumb cat, prompts informed me that if you chose a very low intelligence that different dialog options and even gameplay would be available. Challenge accepted. So I set the character's intelligence to 1 and I highly recommend it. Unlike Fallout, pretty much every dialog option takes into account that you are not an intelligent character and you can do many things you would not otherwise be able to.
Duskers - A command line interface space horror game that is significantly better than it sounds. It's difficult to describe other than it's a damn good game. Highly recommended.
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Comment on The rectangular cows of Art UK in ~arts
AugustusFerdinand LinkThis is clearly just trying to create a toxic environment and shame the cows (and that poor sheep) with unrealistic body standards. All cows are beautiful! click label click joke Interesting...This is clearly just trying to create a toxic environment and shame the cows (and that poor sheep) with unrealistic body standards.
All cows are beautiful!click label
click joke
Interesting article on the interesting quirk of the art of the period.
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Comment on Qualifying tipped to return to the WRC for 2025 in ~sports.motorsports
AugustusFerdinand LinkNot a fan. I see first-on-the-road as simply the price of success. Adding a qualifying round to let the fastest team to also get to choose a faster outing position just doubles down on the often...Not a fan.
I see first-on-the-road as simply the price of success. Adding a qualifying round to let the fastest team to also get to choose a faster outing position just doubles down on the often uncompetitive nature of the big money teams vs the (based on team/driver comments) lamented part-timers.If anything parity should be increased by handicapping winners. I have yet to see a better system than JGTC/Super GT's Success Ballast/Restrictor ruleset and have a long held belief that it would benefit pretty much every single motorsport series.
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Comment on A conspiracy theory about "bullet ballots" - How it's hard to evaluate stuff you see online in ~society
AugustusFerdinand LinkThe link: https://www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-security-experts-warn-election-hacked -
Comment on With Core One, Prusa's open source hardware dream quietly dies in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand LinkAhh yes, the inevitable open source community it's-not-perfect-and-therefore-should-be-lambasted-if-not-outright-vilified post as they continue to consume themselves from within. Remember diehard...Ahh yes, the inevitable open source community it's-not-perfect-and-therefore-should-be-lambasted-if-not-outright-vilified post as they continue to consume themselves from within. Remember diehard open-sourcers with whom this resonates, be sure to post the source code of the knife you use to cut off your nose to spite your face lest you be a hypocrite.
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Club Q victims file lawsuit seeking "accountability and justice"
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We've got a lot of ways to go: Thoughts on World Toilet Day
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Adventure cats blaze new trails in Oregon’s great outdoors
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Comment on Ten free ebooks for getting free (Haymarket Books giveaway until Nov 25th, I think) in ~books
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentNo prob!No prob!
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Comment on Ten free ebooks for getting free (Haymarket Books giveaway until Nov 25th, I think) in ~books
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentEditing titles and links is a permission given by Deimos, but we've got a helpful crew here that'll handle it.Editing titles and links is a permission given by Deimos, but we've got a helpful crew here that'll handle it.
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Comment on Ten free ebooks for getting free (Haymarket Books giveaway until Nov 25th, I think) in ~books
AugustusFerdinand LinkCorrect link for someone that wants to edit the post: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-ten-free-ebooks-for-getting-freeCorrect link for someone that wants to edit the post: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-ten-free-ebooks-for-getting-free
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Comment on ‘Monstrous’ North Korean artillery spotted in Russia, likely for use in Ukraine in ~news
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentSome info from people that follow this sort of thing. Short version is that it's believed to be replacing Russia's greatly diminished artillery supply and it has a max range that's 50% longer than...Some info from people that follow this sort of thing.
Short version is that it's believed to be replacing Russia's greatly diminished artillery supply and it has a max range that's 50% longer than the Russian artillery it is replacing.
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Comment on Follow up on the username thread: What Tildes users do you recognize when browsing and, without being rude or inflammatory, what is your impression of them? in ~tildes
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentNot at all, I only accept payment from friends in the form of food and/or whiskey. Have you taken the CRV to the second mechanic yet for an opinion?Not at all, I only accept payment from friends in the form of food and/or whiskey.
Have you taken the CRV to the second mechanic yet for an opinion?
Congrats to Kotozakura for his first championship!
Not to take anything away from him, but I was expecting a better final match between him and Hoshoryu, he was certainly helped by the dohyo seemingly to be especially slippery this basho. More than one match was decided by a lack of traction and it did not go in Hoshoryu's favor for the final bout.
Onosato did better than shin-Ozeki of recent memory, but this basho put to rest the discussion (I'm honestly tired of the constant Y/O-run talks) of his metoric rise to Yokozuna.
As always, it was great to see the Iron Man Tamawashi up there, bonus for turning 40 during the tournament and being one of only a handful of rikishi that have ever had a winning record at/above 40 years of age.
I love the pixies, so Tokihayate was great fun to watch and I hope he only gets a minor demotion with his 6-9 record and not dumped back into juryo. Same goes for Asakoryu (swoon), but at M17e (vs Tokihayate's M15) with a matching 6-9 he may not get a gentle half rank demotion to M17w, all depends on how the promotions in Juryo look.
Shishi won't be so lucky and definitely needs some refinement and a greater skillset to compete in the top division. He and Bushozan are certainly getting dropped back down and the top of Juryo has all four top rankers with winning records, Kitanowaka, Kagayaki, Hakuoho, are all in the running for promotion to Makuuchi and Kinbozan is guaranteed to move back up since he go the Juryo yusho at J1w.
Overall good basho, nice to see a winner that wasn't 12-3 and that there was parity going into the final days and not a blowout. Good year for sumo and since Kotozakura won here comes the "yokozuna run" talk that I'll do my best to avoid. That said, the JSA are considering Hoshoryu's jun-yusho to be an equivalent performance so they are both up for promotion to the rope come January.