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Comment on Crimson Desert | Official launch trailer in ~games
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Comment on Boston/Stow, MA with young kids in ~travel
Gazook89 Link ParentThanks for mentioning the train— we’ve done that in the past but I completely forgot about it. We were contemplating heading into Boston for at least a day and that would be helpfulThanks for mentioning the train— we’ve done that in the past but I completely forgot about it. We were contemplating heading into Boston for at least a day and that would be helpful
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Comment on Boston/Stow, MA with young kids in ~travel
Gazook89 Link ParentRegarding farms, we are actually visiting family that owns/operates a neat vegetable/flower farm and store. So got that covered. And, we’ve been to the heritage museum pre-kids— it was awesome....Regarding farms, we are actually visiting family that owns/operates a neat vegetable/flower farm and store. So got that covered. And, we’ve been to the heritage museum pre-kids— it was awesome.
Candlepin sounds interesting— smaller ball would be a plus.
It’s also occurred to me that libraries are typically good kid spots.
Thanks for the tips!
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Boston/Stow, MA with young kids
Hi all, We are headed to Stow, MA for a week from the midwest, and have two kids in tow. 5 and 1 year olds. We will have a rental car available to us, and are looking for things to do while we...
Hi all,
We are headed to Stow, MA for a week from the midwest, and have two kids in tow. 5 and 1 year olds. We will have a rental car available to us, and are looking for things to do while we aren't visiting with family. Right now on the radar is the Maynard Discovery Museum, the Worcester EcoTarium, and the Franklin Children's Museum.Mostly interested in burning some energy, but I'm highly motivated to avoid children's museums that are basically cavernous-but-otherwise-empty dumping grounds for school field trips. I find that in my area it is the smaller museums that are generally more interesting.
Thanks in advance!
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Comment on A day in the life of an ensh*ttificator in ~tech
Gazook89 Link ParentAbsolutely feel the same way. Pretty much right away I knew this word would be everywhere, and would mean just about anything depending on who was saying it. There is something so titillating and...Absolutely feel the same way. Pretty much right away I knew this word would be everywhere, and would mean just about anything depending on who was saying it. There is something so titillating and transgressive about sneaking a cuss word into everyday conversation that people can’t resist.
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Comment on Color game — how well can you remember colors? | Dialed in ~games
Gazook89 (edited )LinkI like it. Two notes though: The name field seems arbitrarily short. And maybe an option up move the sliders to the right side of the screen for the right handed folks just using one hand. Edit:...I like it. Two notes though:
The name field seems arbitrarily short.
And maybe an option up move the sliders to the right side of the screen for the right handed folks just using one hand.
Edit: also just fyi for others: there is audio on this page.
Another edit: an option for wider sliders would be good. But maybe just moving it to the right would solve that problem too.
One more edit: An option to label the multiplayer game with a group name would be nice.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Gazook89 LinkThis isn't really something I'm working on, but something I'm considering unless you all have a recommendation for something that already exists: does anyone know of a service where i sign up with...This isn't really something I'm working on, but something I'm considering unless you all have a recommendation for something that already exists:
does anyone know of a service where i sign up with email, get a big list of features from caniuse.com that i can tick off, and then get emails when those features become either "baseline available" or "newly available"?
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Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech
Gazook89 Link ParentThe Kagi Orion browser is safari-based, but allows both chrome and Firefox extensions.The Kagi Orion browser is safari-based, but allows both chrome and Firefox extensions.
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Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech
Gazook89 LinkI’m sure you’ve seen Obsidian.md, and I’ve got only a little time before a class, so I’ll just mention that I recently realized that syncing it between macOS and iOS was much easier than i long...I’m sure you’ve seen Obsidian.md, and I’ve got only a little time before a class, so I’ll just mention that I recently realized that syncing it between macOS and iOS was much easier than i long thought. I just moved my “vault” (collection of markdown/text files) to iCloud folder. Then from the obsidian app on both platforms I linked that same iCloud folder. Works just fine. Both apps are good.
You can decide if the apps overall can help you, keeping in mind there are lots of plugins for additional features but start simple. But that syncing was a hurdle for me until I took more than two seconds actually investigating it— there are a lot of different methods of varying complexity that would make my eyes glaze over.
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Comment on Third spaces: What do we want, and how do we get them? in ~life
Gazook89 Link ParentSomething I tell people over and over around where I live, the Twin Cities in Minnesota, is that all the metro area library systems here offer to link up your "home system" card with their...Something I tell people over and over around where I live, the Twin Cities in Minnesota, is that all the metro area library systems here offer to link up your "home system" card with their systems. So I just take my normal library card to the front desk of a library in another system, they link it to their system, and then I'm free to use that card in both systems. I believe this includes at least 7 different systems (a huge geographical area); i have three systems. In each system, I believe my book limit is 100 at a time. The systems are completely separate, just the card works for each. This is awesome for going with kids to new libraries.
And, without even doing the link process, you can drop off books from any system at any library and they'll make it back to the right place. So I can go to a far-flung library once, check out a book, and not worry about having to go back.
Sorry to hear that isn't the case in your area. "general public not allowed in" is insane.
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Comment on What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)? in ~comp
Gazook89 LinkI assume this is largely Vitepress doing the work, judging from the package.json files in these projects. Edit: ah I see I didn’t refresh this thread before postingI assume this is largely Vitepress doing the work, judging from the package.json files in these projects.
Edit: ah I see I didn’t refresh this thread before posting
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Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance
Gazook89 Link ParentIt reminds me of this NYT article from a few years ago(gift article), about a man who built a $6.5mil house in rural KY with a bunker to weather out a civil war during the obama years. A deranged...It reminds me of this NYT article from a few years ago(gift article), about a man who built a $6.5mil house in rural KY with a bunker to weather out a civil war during the obama years. A deranged man from OH drove to his house, broke in and killed his daughter, likely because he had a bunker.
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Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud in ~tech
Gazook89 LinkNeed a spreadsheet for this? And two sentences to say the same thing? Also, looking at the table they posted, there were 5 correct answers, not 6? Off topic, sorryAs we can see in the image above, there are only six correct answers out of 43 guesses. We put these numbers in a spreadsheet, which showed that only 13.95% of the answers were correct.
Need a spreadsheet for this? And two sentences to say the same thing? Also, looking at the table they posted, there were 5 correct answers, not 6?
Off topic, sorry
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Comment on Recommend me some deep dive YouTube videos / Portland trip recs! in ~travel
Gazook89 LinkI don't think I see any video recommendations for your flight yet. Here are a couple: LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching. It's probably not what you are expecting. Day In The Life of The...I don't think I see any video recommendations for your flight yet. Here are a couple:
- LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching. It's probably not what you are expecting.
- Day In The Life of The #1 BBQ In Texas. Good food, good people, good videography.
- 1 Year Cycling from Alaska to Mexico. Lots of biking. Improbably, the two bikers only recently met before embarking on this trip, and they start in August, which is pretty late to be starting from the tip-top of alaska.
- Anything with Brennan Lee Mulligan, but I do like the first episode of Gastronauts.
- Working on Round Island Lighthouse. New channel by a guy who works with a team of people who service lighthouses in the UK.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 26 in ~society
Gazook89 Link ParentExactly. Trump backpedals from nothing. He is a narcissist who only wants the person in front of him to like him. 99% of the time, it's awful people around him. He just had a phone call with Walz,...Exactly. Trump backpedals from nothing. He is a narcissist who only wants the person in front of him to like him. 99% of the time, it's awful people around him. He just had a phone call with Walz, and so he's doing something Walz asked him to do. But he's not even fully into it, and there is no real action to back up his words (things are "changing", but there is no sign that anything on the ground is actually any better).
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Comment on FBI investigating MN Signal groups tracking US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kash Patel says in ~society
Gazook89 Link ParentIt seems like the issue isn’t the security of the app, but security of the groups. Which briar would be subject to as well. If you start a small group chat with people you mostly know, like...It seems like the issue isn’t the security of the app, but security of the groups. Which briar would be subject to as well. If you start a small group chat with people you mostly know, like neighbors on your block, great. But then one person thinks it’s a good idea to invite another person one block over. Still fine, even if not everyone else knows that person. Do that n times and suddenly your network is full of people who don’t really know each other. Coupled with Signals option to constantly change the username, no one has any idea who is talking or in the group.
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Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk
Gazook89 Link ParentI wasn’t horrible, and never aggressive, but I would occasionally speed maybe 20mph over speed limit on a few particular roads in my city that had limited intersections. And the baseline 5mph over...I wasn’t horrible, and never aggressive, but I would occasionally speed maybe 20mph over speed limit on a few particular roads in my city that had limited intersections. And the baseline 5mph over the limit just everywhere.
Then my wife became pregnant and I realized I had nowhere to be that was so important that I should risk anyone’s life just to arrive a minute or two earlier.
And I always think, if I hit a kid in my neighborhood, am I going to say “I was only driving 5mph over?”
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Comment on Highguard | Official launch showcase in ~games
Gazook89 Link ParentAh, that makes sense. I hadn’t heard of it (I don’t swim in those lakes as noted earlier) but the little video I did see gave me the impression this is just a bunch of stitched together unity...Ah, that makes sense. I hadn’t heard of it (I don’t swim in those lakes as noted earlier) but the little video I did see gave me the impression this is just a bunch of stitched together unity assets. But not like in a fun way. Palworld at least had the balls to dip into the Nintendo pond, though again I’m not super familiar with it.
So I was right in assuming that “comments turned off” means “we know this is crap”.
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Comment on Highguard | Official launch showcase in ~games
Gazook89 LinkLooks like any other game, though I only watched 5 minutes and I’m very much not the target market anymore. But I mostly wanted to ask if it’s common for these kind of promotional videos to have...Looks like any other game, though I only watched 5 minutes and I’m very much not the target market anymore. But I mostly wanted to ask if it’s common for these kind of promotional videos to have comments turned off?
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Comment on Federal officers kill another citizen in Minneapolis, National Guard activated in ~society
Gazook89 Link ParentGo one step further and follow the old "every accusation is a confession" for anything that comes from the GOP. Really, just listen to about anything they say, think about this phrase, and it...Go one step further and follow the old "every accusation is a confession" for anything that comes from the GOP. Really, just listen to about anything they say, think about this phrase, and it seems to fit.
Are there books that give me the literary equivalent of this? I'm not going to play a game, but I see trailers occassionally that impress me with the mechanics or world building and I think "that'd be cool to read". I just haven't dipped into fantasy books that much, so that's on me.