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Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk
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Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games
dmfiend LinkVirtua Fighter 2. VF1 was great, but it was a little bit ahead of its time. The 3D models were clunky and the graphics weren't that great, but the gameplay was solid. Then VF2 came along and blew...Virtua Fighter 2.
VF1 was great, but it was a little bit ahead of its time. The 3D models were clunky and the graphics weren't that great, but the gameplay was solid.
Then VF2 came along and blew it out of the water. The upgrade in graphics brought so much more "personality" to the fighters, the gameplay was still solid, but it also got very deep. Music, stages, everything was improved for the better. They also added a few new characters to round out the roster, and they were really cool.
The rest of the series was just graphics bumps, and a few new characters, but there was little room for improvement after VF2, that's where it peaked.
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Comment on Do you prefer chunky or smooth peanut butter? in ~food
dmfiend LinkKraft Smooth is the way. I looooooove PB, I eat it every day. I understand the people that don't like the processed stuff like Kraft and Jiffy, I was like that too for a while, but with small kids...Kraft Smooth is the way.
I looooooove PB, I eat it every day. I understand the people that don't like the processed stuff like Kraft and Jiffy, I was like that too for a while, but with small kids who won't touch it, Kraft Smooth is the delicious compromise.
Interesting thing I discovered when I used to travel extensively to the far east (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines...). PB is not really a thing out there. I remember the very first time I went, I spend two weeks in Taiwan with no PB and it was rough. When I got to the airport to return to Canada, I found a little store in the terminal that sold Reese's Peanut Butter cups and I bought like 5 of them!
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Comment on What is your favorite dinosaur? in ~talk
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Comment on What is your favorite dinosaur? in ~talk
dmfiend Linkit's a tie for me: ankylosaurus - a walking tank with a giant flail-tail! Quetzalcoatlus - the largest flying creature to ever have lived. It doesn't look like it should be able to fly with that...it's a tie for me:
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ankylosaurus - a walking tank with a giant flail-tail!
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Quetzalcoatlus - the largest flying creature to ever have lived. It doesn't look like it should be able to fly with that giant head and beak, but it did, and that's just fantastically terrifying.
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Comment on Where can I find the best lanyard? in ~life.style
dmfiend LinkI mean, you said it yourself, you can get cheap carabiners. You'll use them for a while, then they'll break and you'll lose something, then you'll get another cheap carabiner and repeat. It sounds...I mean, you said it yourself, you can get cheap carabiners. You'll use them for a while, then they'll break and you'll lose something, then you'll get another cheap carabiner and repeat.
It sounds like you are actually at the buy-it-for-life phase. Just go ahead and buy a proper climbing carabiner. Sure they can be expensive ($50-$100), but it will probably outlive you. Add in some paracord to loop it all together and you're golden.
As my mother-in-law always says: ""The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten"***
*** Yes, I know that's a quote from someone else, but I hear it from her constantly, so she's the source.
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Comment on Bluesky is down (at least for me) in ~tech
dmfiend LinkIn Ottawa, Ontario here, and Bluesky is down for me.In Ottawa, Ontario here, and Bluesky is down for me.
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
dmfiend Link ParentLinux Mint here too. After years with Ubuntu, then Debian, I decided to give Mint a try and I haven't looked back. I'm a linux power user at both home and work, and even I got tired with the...Linux Mint here too. After years with Ubuntu, then Debian, I decided to give Mint a try and I haven't looked back.
I'm a linux power user at both home and work, and even I got tired with the little "quirks" of Ubuntu and Debian...old outdated packages, or customizations that were headaches to work around rather than improvements.
Mint just gets out of the way, it's slick, easily customizable, everything just works. I use it for game emulation, coding (C/C++/Java/python/javascript/node), general day to day use. I haven't had any issues with it yet. Can't recommend it enough if you're dissatisfied with other distros.
Melania Trump (Knavs) is Donald Trump's KGB handler. Sure, she'd Slovenian and not Russian, but I think she definitely got recruited at some point in her youth and turned. Her career as a model and socialite in NYC gave her access to very influential people, and her ending up in Trumps orbit was the icing on the cake. The KGB got the dirt on him through her, and now he's their puppet, and she's pulling the strings.