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Comment on Creative people with ADHD: how do you handle execution and follow-through when doing small business work for yourself? I feel like I need to hire a business partner or assistant. in ~creative
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Comment on Fable | Gameplay reveal in ~games
Narry Link ParentWell, there's excited and passionate and there's hype. Passion and excitement I get from friends. Hype I get from people who just want to push their thing and don't much care who else likes it,...Well, there's excited and passionate and there's hype.
Passion and excitement I get from friends. Hype I get from people who just want to push their thing and don't much care who else likes it, they just want everyone to enjoy it. It usually comes from a good place, but I've had enough of that come from some very dark motivations that it puts my hackles up.
To give an example, a good friend of mine is currently very excited about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and wants to read the books and watch the show with me and have a discussion. I'm not being given the hard sell, I'm being asked to participate in a thing with a friend, and I'm inclined to give it a shot, despite so far having no love lost between my tastes and the works of GRRM.
Meanwhile several coworkers have been trying to sell me on various anime for the last couple of years, and I've ignored every suggestion because the tack has been "you should watch this because it's good" and honestly, I stopped liking most anime about 20 years ago. I've only had a handful anime in the past 20 years manage to hook me, and I found them all myself, no outside recommendations. So far, yeah, nothing lives up to the hype.
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Comment on Fable | Gameplay reveal in ~games
Narry Link ParentI ignore Peter unless he’s featured in a segment from Checkpoint by Loading Ready Run. He’s not in the linked video but the Fable reboot is featured as a story.I ignore Peter unless he’s featured in a segment from Checkpoint by Loading Ready Run. He’s not in the linked video but the Fable reboot is featured as a story.
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Comment on Fable | Gameplay reveal in ~games
Narry Link ParentI have never minded the products delivered, I just don’t need the hype. I have a standing rule with my friends: the more you love something and want me to give it a shot, the less you should hype...I have never minded the products delivered, I just don’t need the hype. I have a standing rule with my friends: the more you love something and want me to give it a shot, the less you should hype me. Nothing has ever lived up to the hype.
My favorite Fable game is Fable II, because I really enjoyed the blacksmith and bartending mini games and property ownership mechanics.
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Comment on Fable | Gameplay reveal in ~games
Narry LinkI tried but it started off annoying and every place I skipped to was someone talking with this "we've created the greatest thing of all time" energy and it's like… you made a Peter Molyneaux game,...I tried but it started off annoying and every place I skipped to was someone talking with this "we've created the greatest thing of all time" energy and it's like… you made a Peter Molyneaux game, it's going to be a game that's got some die-hard fans and the rest of us will collectively shrug our shoulders and go "sure, okay."
Although given the quality of some games these days, if Molyneaux can deliver his usual "shoot for the moon, land among the stars" it'll be GotY. If it doesn't require DLC in the first six months, it'll be a success in my books.
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Comment on Wynd | Webtoon adaptation in ~comics
Narry LinkVery cool, reading it in another tab. I'm mentally pronouncing his name like "blowing wind" so I hope I'm right.Very cool, reading it in another tab. I'm mentally pronouncing his name like "blowing wind" so I hope I'm right.
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Comment on What are your favorite home remedies or comforts when you're sick? in ~health
Narry Link ParentI need to get mine, though it might be too late for this season. One never knows when one will suddenly need to go into a building for a period of time that one did not plan to enter.I need to get mine, though it might be too late for this season. One never knows when one will suddenly need to go into a building for a period of time that one did not plan to enter.
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Comment on US Democrats successfully strip all anti-trans riders from final appropriations bills in ~lgbt
Narry LinkConsidering their minority power position, and the usual fecklessness from Leadership, this is an actual win! Something to be mildly impressed by for once, and I shall be.Considering their minority power position, and the usual fecklessness from Leadership, this is an actual win! Something to be mildly impressed by for once, and I shall be.
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Comment on GameSir Pocket Taco Kickstarter has been launched in ~games
Narry Link ParentIt's probably just my degenerate mind, so we should leave it in there for now.It's probably just my degenerate mind, so we should leave it in there for now.
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Comment on What are your favorite home remedies or comforts when you're sick? in ~health
Narry Link ParentI've heard that both matzo ball and chicken noodle soup are helpful, and it's also probably helpful because of all of the electrolytes. I believe it's down to the fact that a good matzo...I've heard that both matzo ball and chicken noodle soup are helpful, and it's also probably helpful because of all of the electrolytes. I believe it's down to the fact that a good matzo ball/chicken noodle made from a quality chicken stock will contain salt, magnesium, and calcium dissolved from the chicken bones, as well as the other nutrients and plenty of fluid you mentioned.
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Comment on GameSir Pocket Taco Kickstarter has been launched in ~games
Narry Link ParentThat looks even more exciting and doesn’t appear to be named for an unfortunate innuendo.That looks even more exciting and doesn’t appear to be named for an unfortunate innuendo.
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Comment on What are your favorite home remedies or comforts when you're sick? in ~health
Narry LinkThe dumbest, most “this is probably doing nothing but it makes me feel better” thing I do is taking a spray bottle of 70% rubbing alcohol and spraying my hands and then huffing the fumes in my...The dumbest, most “this is probably doing nothing but it makes me feel better” thing I do is taking a spray bottle of 70% rubbing alcohol and spraying my hands and then huffing the fumes in my nose. I don’t now why but it makes me feel a little better even when I’m miserable. I’m especially prone to doing it when I feel like something may be coming on in the upper respiratory system. Otherwise I’m apt to grab a Ricola and melt that in my mouth for awhile.
When I’m down sick, I ignore the advice about feeding a fever and starving a cold, and I make sure that I eat unless I’m so sick I’m vomiting, in which case I drink plenty of fluids and rest as much as I can.
Since going WFH and doing my shopping online/delivery/curbside pickup, I haven’t had a major illness in five years, whereas I’d get some version of the local crud every three to six months. Granted I don’t have any friends or family in the local area to hang out with, so it’s easier for me to maintain my solitude.
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Comment on So this is 2nd grade subtraction in ~science
Narry Link ParentEasier in my head. I get lost in formulas and the like. Math was my strongest subject until about middle school, then I had to not only show my work but use only the method I was presented instead...Easier in my head. I get lost in formulas and the like. Math was my strongest subject until about middle school, then I had to not only show my work but use only the method I was presented instead of being allowed to invent my own, and I got docked again and again on my homework and tests to the point that I decided I really wasn't any good at math and I gave up trying to learn it at all, just doing enough to get by and scrape by in tests. I went from advanced placement to remedial math in 3 years, because I fully gave up.
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Comment on So this is 2nd grade subtraction in ~science
Narry Link ParentI like how I was taught for longer numbers. Take: 7256 -4985 ----- 2271 You can go left to right here if you know that when the two digits in your column will require borrowing, you borrow from...I like how I was taught for longer numbers. Take:
7256 -4985 ----- 2271You can go left to right here if you know that when the two digits in your column will require borrowing, you borrow from the left as always. You keep a running tally of what your number is as you move left to right in digits, so we start with an answer of
0000and each 0 gets replaced as you go left to right:7 - 4 = 3000 2 - 9 borrow 10 is 12 - 9 = 2300 5 - 8 borrow 10 is 15 - 8 = 2270 6 - 5 = 2271And I think there's something just lovely about that.
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Comment on So this is 2nd grade subtraction in ~science
Narry Link ParentHonestly I don't know. I use an approach not far from yours for 2 digit subtraction, but I veer wildly off course when you start subtracting really long digits.Honestly I don't know. I use an approach not far from yours for 2 digit subtraction, but I veer wildly off course when you start subtracting really long digits.
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Comment on Why everyone is suddenly in a ‘very Chinese time’ in their lives in ~tech
Narry Link ParentAs a US American, I get all my fountain drinks "no ice" because I'm paying $3 for a soda, not somewhat Diet Dr. Pepper-flavored water that I can't even drink for another 7 hours because the ice...As a US American, I get all my fountain drinks "no ice" because I'm paying $3 for a soda, not somewhat Diet Dr. Pepper-flavored water that I can't even drink for another 7 hours because the ice takes forever to fully melt since half the restaurants in Texas still serve them in polystyrene cups. I'm thirsty NOW.
But aside from that, I drink my bottled water room temperature. Bottled because the stuff from the tap even after a filter gives me terrible godawful heartburn so something must be wrong with it, or something. I'm not sure, I just don't like the "sip water, godawful heartburn" meta.
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Comment on So this is 2nd grade subtraction in ~science
Narry LinkA humorous video based on a question from r/askmath that does a good job of explaining how to do 2nd grade math using a slightly different method than was taught to most of us. It's definitely...A humorous video based on a question from r/askmath that does a good job of explaining how to do 2nd grade math using a slightly different method than was taught to most of us. It's definitely interesting and different than my mental method of decomposing (I'd explain it but it's a whole thing) which gets me there but takes me down a circuitous route.
Off-Topic: For those not in the US school system, 2nd Grade is the 3rd year of schooling for our children, which is 0-based with Kindergarten, then has another 12 years of required schooling with grades levels that count from 1 to 12.
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So this is 2nd grade subtraction
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Comment on Help with 1bed, WFH apartment layout! in ~life.home_improvement
Narry Link ParentI have a Keychron K17 Pro (I think; it’s a 96% hot-swappable RGB, mechanical keyboard) that allows Bluetooth and USB-C. I have a Logitech M575 mouse that allows Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz. I have an LG...I have a Keychron K17 Pro (I think; it’s a 96% hot-swappable RGB, mechanical keyboard) that allows Bluetooth and USB-C. I have a Logitech M575 mouse that allows Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz. I have an LG ultra wide monitor that allows HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C.
My work laptop is Bluetooth connected to my keyboard and my mouse and connected to the monitor via HDMI. I have to toggle three physical switches to get all three of them over to the Mac.
My Mac is connected to the keyboard via USB-C, and the monitor via USB-C, and the mouse via 2.4 GHz. Again, I have to toggle three physical switches in order to switch over to the work PC.
My gaming rig has its own keyboard, its own mouse, and it’s using the DisplayPort of the monitor. I only have to flip one switch to get over to gaming, but I keep the gaming rig off due to its high energy prices. The gaming rig hardly ever turns on.
I find that I don’t have any temptation really to click over to the Mac unless I’m at my lunch break. The rest of the time I’m perfectly capable of dicking around and browsing on my phone. Although to be honest, I’m usually too busy for that as well.
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Comment on Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products in ~transport
Narry Link ParentI’ll just have to stay in Canada with my fancy electric car, then… quel dommage.I’ll just have to stay in Canada with my fancy electric car, then… quel dommage.
Seeing that this is card based it almost makes me want to see if I can make something like it in Decker…