cqns's recent activity

  1. Comment on Elevator pitch your favourite book! in ~books

    cqns
    Link
    You own property, right? At the very least, renting out one. You've stayed in there for a hot minute, assumingly, everything is all fine and good, but then, you get the idea to do some...

    You own property, right? At the very least, renting out one. You've stayed in there for a hot minute, assumingly, everything is all fine and good, but then, you get the idea to do some renovations. You pull out the ol' tape measure, and you find out that you did the measurements wrong. Your house is just a fraction of an inch larger on the inside than on the outside. No big deal. You do it again, but the same thing happens.

    Did I sell you? No? Okay, how about this?

    Some young buck finds out that something screwy's going on in his apartment building. Curiosity gets the better of him, he finds a ton of papers regarding this strange documentary thing someone made, much like a full-on analysis of the documentary that apparently nobody's ever seen before. While that's all fine and good, the dude eventually figures out that the guy who researched it is...well, completely visually impaired.

    How about now? No? Okay, so, what if I were to tell you that those two things were the same novel?

    6 votes

  2. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

    cqns
    Link
    What ended up happening to me was easily busting 50+ hours in a game called "Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers". Funny thing about that one in particular was that I'm not a big fan of card games or...

    What ended up happening to me was easily busting 50+ hours in a game called "Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers". Funny thing about that one in particular was that I'm not a big fan of card games or rogueli(k/t)es, yet I managed to somehow get extremely rare (as far as Steam's concerned) achievements more on this one that any other game I've ever played. I've already beaten the game, but it's an absolutely great game to pass the time. I should also mention that I've never played a single blackjack game ever, but post-win, I understand more or less the general concept. Thanks, Yogscast, for the addiction.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What websites do you visit for your niche interests? in ~hobbies

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Supposedly, the newest version of Brewster's is Ed. 20 or so. It looks super comprehensive and reminds me a bit of the "ethos" of "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows". Thanks for mentioning this....

    Supposedly, the newest version of Brewster's is Ed. 20 or so. It looks super comprehensive and reminds me a bit of the "ethos" of "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows". Thanks for mentioning this. I'll have to take a short trip to the bookstore and see if they have an up-to-date copy.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Joe Biden administration sued over US sanctions against Israeli settlers in ~society

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Please provide a source for your argument. Knee-jerk reactions aren't proper reactions.

    Please provide a source for your argument. Knee-jerk reactions aren't proper reactions.

  5. Comment on What websites do you visit for your niche interests? in ~hobbies

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a decade or so. Used to browse the site all the time in my formative years when I learned what the internet was.

    Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a decade or so. Used to browse the site all the time in my formative years when I learned what the internet was.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on What websites do you visit for your niche interests? in ~hobbies

    cqns
    Link
    I'm a bit of a wordsmith when I'm writing, so finding something like this is like a goldmine of sorts. It's a website that has super specific and rare words. English language only....

    I'm a bit of a wordsmith when I'm writing, so finding something like this is like a goldmine of sorts. It's a website that has super specific and rare words. English language only.
    https://phrontistery.info/

    32 votes

  7. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

    cqns
    Link Parent
    I'm aware of VMs - I wasn't aware this was an option. Thanks for the tip.

    I'm aware of VMs - I wasn't aware this was an option. Thanks for the tip.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Those would be useful, yes.

    Those would be useful, yes.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Printed out old emails, specifically.

    Printed out old emails, specifically.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Fantastic - love how it's a reverse anagram as well.

    Fantastic - love how it's a reverse anagram as well.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Ideally, would this be done through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)? Addendum 1 - Apparently, PACER isn't free access...

    Ideally, would this be done through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)?
    Addendum 1 - Apparently, PACER isn't free access...

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Bingo - that's the request, or just to point me in the right direction of where I could find samples online.

    Bingo - that's the request, or just to point me in the right direction of where I could find samples online.

    6 votes

  13. Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples

    ~design Ask (advice)
    Unless I'm missing something in my search queries, Google ain't coming up with anything. I'm trying to look for samples of printouts from emails (hosts are irrelevant) made in the early 2000's....

    Unless I'm missing something in my search queries, Google ain't coming up with anything. I'm trying to look for samples of printouts from emails (hosts are irrelevant) made in the early 2000's. It's for a novel project. While I have a vague idea of what kind of layout is needed, it's one thing to guess, and another to actually see it. Any leads?

    17 votes

  14. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

    cqns
    Link
    I wouldn't consider myself to be a grizzled programming know-it-all, but I am a writer of sorts. That being said, I'm not your average reader - delighting in the likes of Danielewski's House of...

    I wouldn't consider myself to be a grizzled programming know-it-all, but I am a writer of sorts. That being said, I'm not your average reader - delighting in the likes of Danielewski's House of Leaves and Doug Dorst's Ship of Theseus. I don't read normal books, thusly, I don't write normal things, which then leads me to talking about cobbling a website together with my ancient HTML/CSS knowledge, alongside a bit of pidgin JS to serve as my portfolio.

    enp.neocities.org/centralnode

    1 vote

  15. Comment on It looks like Facebook will be forcing me to switch to Messenger. What are my options? in ~tech

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Isn't there a distro with a "Windows-Like" GUI? I'm not prepared to do this with my parents, but I could've sworn something like that exists in some form.

    It's like asking your 70 year old parents to swap to Linux because Windows is running slow on their machine

    Isn't there a distro with a "Windows-Like" GUI? I'm not prepared to do this with my parents, but I could've sworn something like that exists in some form.

  16. Comment on Make the web your sketchbook in ~creative

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Save for a few years ago, I think the limit was 100MB. I don't have the supporter tier, which allots 20GB, but I find the default to be well under the limits for my personal tastes.

    Save for a few years ago, I think the limit was 100MB. I don't have the supporter tier, which allots 20GB, but I find the default to be well under the limits for my personal tastes.

  17. Comment on Make the web your sketchbook in ~creative

    cqns
    Link Parent
    Neocities is a thing, going on around a decade online or so. All the basic HTML/CSS/JS you could ever want - provided it's all under 1GB.

    Neocities is a thing, going on around a decade online or so. All the basic HTML/CSS/JS you could ever want - provided it's all under 1GB.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on You have one fast travel point, where do you place it? in ~talk

    cqns
    Link
    Easy - my bathroom! I have this inability to use the bathroom anywhere outside of my own house, so if nature calls, I'm home AND can easily use the bathroom.

    Easy - my bathroom! I have this inability to use the bathroom anywhere outside of my own house, so if nature calls, I'm home AND can easily use the bathroom.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on How can I leave Reddit? in ~tech

    cqns
    Link Parent
    My god, seventeen years? How would you describe Reddit's general descent into madness over time?

    My god, seventeen years? How would you describe Reddit's general descent into madness over time?

    10 votes

  20. Comment on What are some short story collections you'd recommend? in ~books

    cqns
    Link
    Well, fantastic! I'll throw down Jorge Luis Borges's "Ficciones" - originally an Argentinian work, it is a collection of short stories that are borderline proto sci-fi fantasy (and I use the term...

    don't worry about specific genres

    Well, fantastic! I'll throw down Jorge Luis Borges's "Ficciones" - originally an Argentinian work, it is a collection of short stories that are borderline proto sci-fi fantasy (and I use the term extremely loose here), that he wrote during the late 40s and early 50s. Can't go wrong with the classics!

    3 votes