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Comment on Your favorite game OSTs in ~games
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Comment on Your favorite game OSTs in ~games
AugustusFerdinand LinkIf you like instrumental, mostly vocal-less background metal, there is one word and one word only that satisfies a gaming OST need and that word is... DOOM I've been trying to keep going through...If you like instrumental, mostly vocal-less background metal, there is one word and one word only that satisfies a gaming OST need and that word is...
DOOM
I've been trying to keep going through backlogged games, but am finding a nagging desire to go back and play 2016's DOOM again. Will try to just wait for Dark Ages to come out though.
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Comment on Does anyone care to share a pesto recipe that they like? in ~food
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentOfftopic: Comment isn't just showing deleted, it's showing Comment removed by site admin. Was there something malicious about a pesto tip?Offtopic: Comment isn't just showing deleted, it's showing Comment removed by site admin. Was there something malicious about a pesto tip?
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Comment on What hard scifi books could you recommend? in ~books
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThe 2nd and 3rd books are definitely still in the sci-fi genre, but are so far from hard sci-fi they might as well just be sci-fantasy in my opinion, with Blue going off the rails with things like...The 2nd and 3rd books are definitely still in the sci-fi genre, but are so far from hard sci-fi they might as well just be sci-fantasy in my opinion, with Blue going off the rails with things like artificial suns inside asteroids, the near-instant terraforming of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune's moons, interstellar travel, and magical memory-restoring drugs that cause 200 year old people to remember their own birth.
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Comment on Republicans introduce constitutional amendment to impose term limits in ~society
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThanks, hadn't seen that prior to commenting.Thanks, hadn't seen that prior to commenting.
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Comment on Republicans introduce constitutional amendment to impose term limits in ~society
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAnd someone popping in complaining how it's ageism in 3... 2... 1...And someone popping in complaining how it's ageism in 3... 2... 1...
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Comment on Republicans introduce constitutional amendment to impose term limits in ~society
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentSources? Trying to imagine how they can study something that's never happened at the Federal level.This has been studied extensively by political scientists and the verdict is pretty clear that term limits on the legislature leads to more corruption, worse legislation, and greater influence by lobbyists.
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Comment on Republicans introduce constitutional amendment to impose term limits in ~society
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentWithout digging too far, here is a list of Reps and Senators that would be retired from their currently held positions. Unknown how many of these could run for the other side of Congress to get...Without digging too far, here is a list of Reps and Senators that would be retired from their currently held positions. Unknown how many of these could run for the other side of Congress to get the other terms.
House: 186 gone, 102 Dems, 84 Repubs
District Representative Party Kentucky 5 Hal Rogers Republican Maryland 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic New Jersey 4 Chris Smith Republican Ohio 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic California 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic New Jersey 6 Frank Pallone Democratic Massachusetts 1 Richard Neal Democratic California 43 Maxine Waters Democratic Connecticut 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic New York 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic California 41 Ken Calvert Republican Georgia 2 Sanford Bishop Democratic Mississippi 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic New York 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic South Carolina 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic Virginia 3 Bobby Scott Democratic Oklahoma 3 Frank Lucas Republican California 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic Texas 37 Lloyd Doggett Democratic Alabama 4 Robert Aderholt Republican California 32 Brad Sherman Democratic Colorado 1 Diana DeGette Democratic Illinois 7 Danny Davis Democratic Massachusetts 2 Jim McGovern Democratic Washington 9 Adam Smith Democratic New York 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic California 4 Mike Thompson Democratic Connecticut 1 John B. Larson Democratic Idaho 2 Mike Simpson Republican Illinois 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic Massachusetts 8 Stephen F. Lynch Democratic Minnesota 4 Betty McCollum Democratic Missouri 6 Sam Graves Republican South Carolina 2 Joe Wilson Republican Washington 2 Rick Larsen Democratic Alabama 3 Mike Rogers Republican Arizona 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic California 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic Florida 26 Mario Díaz-Balart Republican Georgia 13 David Scott Democratic Ohio 10 Mike Turner Republican Oklahoma 4 Tom Cole Republican Texas 31 John Carter Republican California 7 Doris Matsui Democratic California 21 Jim Costa Democratic Florida 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic Missouri 5 Emanuel Cleaver Democratic North Carolina 5 Virginia Foxx Republican Texas 9 Al Green Democratic Texas 10 Michael McCaul Republican Texas 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic Wisconsin 4 Gwen Moore Democratic Connecticut 2 Joe Courtney Democratic Florida 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican Florida 14 Kathy Castor Democratic Florida 16 Vern Buchanan Republican Georgia 4 Hank Johnson Democratic Nebraska 3 Adrian Smith Republican New York 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic Ohio 4 Jim Jordan Republican Ohio 5 Bob Latta Republican Tennessee 9 Steve Cohen Democratic Virginia 1 Rob Wittman Republican Indiana 7 André Carson Democratic Louisiana 1 Steve Scalise Republican California 5 Tom McClintock Republican California 8 John Garamendi Democratic California 28 Judy Chu Democratic Connecticut 4 Jim Himes Democratic Illinois 5 Mike Quigley Democratic Kentucky 2 Brett Guthrie Republican Maine 1 Chellie Pingree Democratic New York 20 Paul Tonko Democratic Pennsylvania 15 Glenn Thompson Republican Virginia 11 Gerry Connolly Democratic Alabama 7 Terri Sewell Democratic Arizona 1 David Schweikert Republican Arizona 9 Paul Gosar Republican Arkansas 1 Rick Crawford Republican Arkansas 3 Steve Womack Republican Florida 11 Daniel Webster Republican Florida 24 Frederica Wilson Democratic Georgia 8 Austin Scott Republican Maryland 1 Andy Harris Republican Massachusetts 9 Bill Keating Democratic Michigan 4 Bill Huizenga Republican Michigan 5 Tim Walberg Republican Nevada 2 Mark Amodei Republican Pennsylvania 16 Mike Kelly Republican Tennessee 3 Chuck Fleischmann Republican Tennessee 4 Scott DesJarlais Republican Virginia 9 Morgan Griffith Republican Kentucky 4 Thomas Massie Republican Oregon 1 Suzanne Bonamici Democratic Washington 1 Suzan DelBene Democratic California 1 Doug LaMalfa Republican California 2 Jared Huffman Democratic California 6 Ami Bera Democratic California 14 Eric Swalwell Democratic California 25 Raul Ruiz Democratic California 26 Julia Brownley Democratic California 39 Mark Takano Democratic California 50 Scott Peters Democratic California 52 Juan Vargas Democratic Florida 22 Lois Frankel Democratic Illinois 2 Robin Kelly Democratic Illinois 11 Bill Foster Democratic Kentucky 6 Andy Barr Republican Massachusetts 5 Katherine Clark Democratic Missouri 2 Ann Wagner Republican Missouri 8 Jason Smith Republican Nevada 1 Dina Titus Democratic New York 6 Grace Meng Democratic New York 8 Hakeem Jeffries Democratic North Carolina 9 Richard Hudson Republican Ohio 3 Joyce Beatty Democratic Ohio 14 David Joyce Republican Pennsylvania 10 Scott Perry Republican Texas 14 Randy Weber Republican Texas 20 Joaquin Castro Democratic Texas 25 Roger Williams Republican Texas 33 Marc Veasey Democratic Wisconsin 2 Mark Pocan Democratic New Jersey 1 Donald Norcross Democratic North Carolina 12 Alma Adams Democratic Alabama 6 Gary Palmer Republican Arkansas 2 French Hill Republican Arkansas 4 Bruce Westerman Republican California 10 Mark DeSaulnier Democratic California 33 Pete Aguilar Democratic California 35 Norma Torres Democratic California 36 Ted Lieu Democratic Georgia 1 Buddy Carter Republican Georgia 11 Barry Loudermilk Republican Georgia 12 Rick Allen Republican Illinois 12 Mike Bost Republican Illinois 16 Darin LaHood Republican Massachusetts 6 Seth Moulton Democratic Michigan 2 John Moolenaar Republican Michigan 6 Debbie Dingell Democratic Minnesota 6 Tom Emmer Republican Mississippi 1 Trent Kelly Republican New Jersey 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic New York 21 Elise Stefanik Republican North Carolina 7 David Rouzer Republican Pennsylvania 2 Brendan Boyle Democratic Texas 36 Brian Babin Republican Virginia 8 Don Beyer Democratic Washington 4 Dan Newhouse Republican Wisconsin 6 Glenn Grothman Republican Kentucky 1 James Comer Republican Ohio 8 Warren Davidson Republican Pennsylvania 3 Dwight Evans Democratic Arizona 5 Andy Biggs Republican California 17 Ro Khanna Democratic California 19 Jimmy Panetta Democratic California 24 Salud Carbajal Democratic California 34 Jimmy Gomez Democratic California 44 Nanette Barragán Democratic California 46 Lou Correa Democratic Florida 2 Neal Dunn Republican Florida 5 John Rutherford Republican Florida 9 Darren Soto Democratic Florida 21 Brian Mast Republican Illinois 8 Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic Illinois 10 Brad Schneider Democratic Kansas 4 Ron Estes Republican Louisiana 3 Clay Higgins Republican Louisiana 4 Mike Johnson Republican Maryland 8 Jamie Raskin Democratic Michigan 1 Jack Bergman Republican Nebraska 2 Don Bacon Republican New Jersey 5 Josh Gottheimer Democratic New York 13 Adriano Espaillat Democratic Pennsylvania 1 Brian Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania 11 Lloyd Smucker Republican South Carolina 5 Ralph Norman Republican Tennessee 8 David Kustoff Republican Texas 19 Jodey Arrington Republican Texas 34 Vicente Gonzalez Democratic Washington 7 Pramila Jayapal Democratic New York 25 Joseph Morelle Democratic Ohio 12 Troy Balderson Republican Oklahoma 1 Kevin Hern Republican Pennsylvania 5 Mary Gay Scanlon Democratic Texas 27 Michael Cloud Republican Senate: 38 gone, 18 Dems, 19 Repubs, & Bernie Sanders
State Senator Party Iowa Chuck Grassley Republican Kentucky Mitch McConnell Republican Washington Patty Murray Democratic Oregon Ron Wyden Democratic Illinois Dick Durbin Democratic Maine Susan Collins Republican Rhode Island Jack Reed Democratic Idaho Mike Crapo Republican New York Chuck Schumer Democratic Delaware Chris Coons Democratic Michigan Gary Peters Democratic Washington Maria Cantwell Democratic Texas John Cornyn Republican Alaska Lisa Murkowski Republican South Carolina Lindsey Graham Republican South Dakota John Thune Republican Maryland Chris Van Hollen Democratic Minnesota Amy Klobuchar "Democratic Montana Steve Daines Republican Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Vermont Bernie Sanders Independent[m] Wyoming John Barrasso Republican Mississippi Roger Wicker Republican Idaho Jim Risch Republican New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen Democratic Oregon Jeff Merkley Democratic Virginia Mark Warner Democratic Colorado Michael Bennet Democratic New York Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic Arkansas John Boozman Republican Florida Marco Rubio Republican Kansas Jerry Moran Republican Kentucky Rand Paul Republican North Dakota John Hoeven Republican Utah Mike Lee Republican Wisconsin Ron Johnson Republican Connecticut Richard Blumenthal Democratic Hawaii Brian Schatz Democratic -
Comment on Republicans introduce constitutional amendment to impose term limits in ~society
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentOne of the many barking dogs of Texas, keeps barking. News at 11. Not that I'm necessarily opposed to this amendment, just expecting the same thing that's happened for the last 8 years: NothingSen. Cruz previously introduced resolutions to propose a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.
One of the many barking dogs of Texas, keeps barking. News at 11.
Not that I'm necessarily opposed to this amendment, just expecting the same thing that's happened for the last 8 years: Nothing
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Comment on Stimulation Clicker in ~games
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAfter all we cannot exceed the speed of light, but who's to say we can't fold the universe so the distance between two points is nearly zero?After all we cannot exceed the speed of light, but who's to say we can't fold the universe so the distance between two points is nearly zero?
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Fire from the storm: Chemical release at bio-lab
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Comment on What hard scifi books could you recommend? in ~books
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentWorth noting that only Red Mars is really hard sci-fi and quickly progresses into sci-fantasy with Green and Blue along with a greater change in the scope of the books themselves. Personally, I...Worth noting that only Red Mars is really hard sci-fi and quickly progresses into sci-fantasy with Green and Blue along with a greater change in the scope of the books themselves. Personally, I did not like the latter two and would have been just fine only reading Red.
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Comment on Stimulation Clicker in ~games
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentI will be expecting the SummoningSalt video any day now.I will be expecting the SummoningSalt video any day now.
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Comment on Stimulation Clicker in ~games
AugustusFerdinand (edited )LinkGamebreaking Buy DVD, reduce window height to zero. Edit 1: And with that trick you can speedrun the game in a few minutes. Got to the end in under 10. Edit 2: Yeah, can get this under 5 minutes...Gamebreaking
Buy DVD, reduce window height to zero.
Edit 1: And with that trick you can speedrun the game in a few minutes. Got to the end in under 10.
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Comment on California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones in ~enviro
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAhh, that makes much more sense. Thank you.Ahh, that makes much more sense. Thank you.
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Comment on California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones in ~enviro
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThe phrasing is poor, but I understood it. I'm just struggling with how they're expecting insurance to be affordable at all if eventually 85% of every California insurer's market share has to be...The phrasing is poor, but I understood it. I'm just struggling with how they're expecting insurance to be affordable at all if eventually 85% of every California insurer's market share has to be high-risk.
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Comment on Shortage of technicians and parts contribute to growing US elevator outages tormenting American buildings in ~engineering
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentPrevious discussion on elevators in the US: https://tild.es/1hi5Previous discussion on elevators in the US: https://tild.es/1hi5
Behind the dearth of elevators in the country that birthed the skyscraper are eye-watering costs. A basic four-stop elevator costs about $158,000 in New York City, compared with about $36,000 in Switzerland. A six-stop model will set you back more than three times as much in Pennsylvania as in Belgium. Maintenance, repairs and inspections all cost more in America too.
Architects have dreamed of modular construction for decades, where entire rooms are built in factories and then shipped on flatbed trucks to sites, for lower costs and greater precision. But we can’t even put elevators together in factories in America, because the elevator union’s contract forbids even basic forms of pre-assembly and prefabrication that have become standard in elevators in the rest of the world. The union and manufacturers bicker over which holes can be drilled in a factory and which must be drilled (or redrilled) on site. Manufacturers even let elevator and escalator mechanics take some components apart and put them back together on site to preserve work for union members, since it’s easier than making separate, less-assembled versions just for the United States.
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Comment on Pornhub is now blocked in almost all of the US South in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link Parent"They're not here to answer your question so they obviously exist." isn't proof of anything any more than it's proof that god exists but can't be bothered to respond to a plea because she is too..."They're not here to answer your question so they obviously exist." isn't proof of anything any more than it's proof that god exists but can't be bothered to respond to a plea because she is too busy giving some boy on the banks of a river in Africa a parasite that'll cause him to go blind before he's five years old.
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Comment on DCA3 - GTA3 ported to the Dreamcast in ~games
AugustusFerdinand LinkModern Vintage Gamer video for those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MFN7QiF83MModern Vintage Gamer video for those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MFN7QiF83M
I wanted to choose only one instead of a list and I honestly prefer DOOM over DOOM Eternal's OST, but yeah he's done great work in the games I've played (Dooms and Wolfensteins) that he's been on.