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Comment on What’s your “I didn’t know I needed that” item? in ~life
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
frowns Link ParentYou inspired me to try emulating Bloodborne on my PC and I haven’t stopped playing it since. A few crashes here and there, like 2 in ~8 hours of gameplay. Luckily the nature of From games means a...You inspired me to try emulating Bloodborne on my PC and I haven’t stopped playing it since. A few crashes here and there, like 2 in ~8 hours of gameplay. Luckily the nature of From games means a crash only sets you back a minute tops, so it’s hardly been a problem. It chugs a little at 2k60 on my 3070ti, but 1080p60 is pretty flawless. Also load times feel instant on NVMe compared to the absolute ages it took to load an area on PS4.
Thanks for mentioning that!
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Comment on Is ADHD really that debilitating? in ~health.mental
frowns Link ParentPreach. Haven’t taken my (non-essential) evening meds in WEEKS 🤣😅😄😞😭Preach. Haven’t taken my (non-essential) evening meds in WEEKS 🤣😅😄😞😭
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Comment on Is ADHD really that debilitating? in ~health.mental
frowns Link ParentOof, yup that’s exactly it. Once a week or so I end up doing the walk of shame through my notifications to clear them all out — piles of reminders just like this that: I set for myself went off at...Oof, yup that’s exactly it. Once a week or so I end up doing the walk of shame through my notifications to clear them all out — piles of reminders just like this that:
- I set for myself
- went off at an appropriate time that was a realistic time to complete the task
- I definitely saw and internally acknowledged I’d do in “just a sec”
- Got interrupted or distracted by something as simple as the way a reflection moved across the room when a car drove by on a sunny day
- Ended up doing something else and forgetting this task completely
My partner often asks “why not snooze tasks so you don’t forget them?” and the answer is that in the moment I genuinely believe I am engaged with the task and don’t need to snooze it. It’s not like “let me snooze this for five minutes ‘cause I got that car window reflection coming up that’s going to distract me”.
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Comment on Very unusual behaviour trying to use Duck Duck Go. Any suggestions for what to do? in ~tech
frowns Link ParentCould also be a browser cache issue, which this test also helps with. If it does work in a private tab or another browser (or using curl https://duckduckgo.com) then I’d try clearing your browser...Could also be a browser cache issue, which this test also helps with. If it does work in a private tab or another browser (or using
curl https://duckduckgo.com) then I’d try clearing your browser cache for DuckDuckGo.com and retrying. -
Comment on The lines at US food banks are growing longer in ~society
frowns LinkHeadlines like this really reinforce my (admittedly woefully uninformed) opinion about headlines like this one posted here recently. I get that it’s not apples to apples to compare these articles,...Headlines like this really reinforce my (admittedly woefully uninformed) opinion about headlines like this one posted here recently. I get that it’s not apples to apples to compare these articles, but as a millennial, it feels like the WaPo article is trying to hypnotize people into thinking there’s not a problem. Like “yeah sure, the sky is for sure falling right now and regular people are having a hard time paying for food, but you’re actually the most wealthy generation ever so don’t worry about it!”
I’m aware that it’s pretty tin-foil-hat to think that’s the actual intent of the WaPo article, but it elicits that gut reaction nonetheless.
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Comment on Halfbakery - a collection of half baked ideas in ~misc
frowns Link ParentI spent a summer working for my local city’s parks department and I often had to clean the public restrooms in parks. There’s a reason that they’re cement boxes with all stainless appliances —...I spent a summer working for my local city’s parks department and I often had to clean the public restrooms in parks. There’s a reason that they’re cement boxes with all stainless appliances — people’s messes not-infrequently extended out of the toilet and up onto the walls, and the only way to truly clean them was to break out the hose.
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Comment on ‘Terrifier 3’ takes over box office as ‘Joker 2’ suffers 82% 2nd weekend drop in ~movies
frowns Link ParentI just finally watched Terrifier 2 last night and I couldn’t agree more. I would add “physical comedy” to that list too. More than once I found myself laughing out loud during brutal scenes...Finally, David Howard Thornton fucken kills it as art. The silence, the miming, the near-inhumanity - terrifying and fun somehow blended.
I just finally watched Terrifier 2 last night and I couldn’t agree more. I would add “physical comedy” to that list too. More than once I found myself laughing out loud during brutal scenes because Art was making a “lol gotcha!! *finger guns*” face or a “I KNOW, ISN'T THAT FUCKING HILARIOUS?!?” face at someone who happened upon the violence.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
frowns Link ParentFuck the Facts is great! Hadn’t heard of Pest Control yet but I just listened to a couple of tracks and it’s definitely going in the rotation. Thanks for the heads up!Fuck the Facts is great! Hadn’t heard of Pest Control yet but I just listened to a couple of tracks and it’s definitely going in the rotation. Thanks for the heads up!
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
frowns LinkLots of great new stuff in the last couple weeks! Godspeed You! Black Emperor - ”NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD": Their last few albums haven’t hit me anywhere near as much as their...Lots of great new stuff in the last couple weeks!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - ”NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD": Their last few albums haven’t hit me anywhere near as much as their early aughts stuff, but this one feels like it’s back on track.
Chat Pile - Cool World: Dark, loud, and heavy as ever. Chat Pile has such a fascinating musical aesthetic to me, and this record is no exception. Bangers end to end. Can’t wait for them to come to my town again.
Help - Courage: Bleak and nihilistic punk. They opened at a concert I went to a couple of years ago and put on such an energetic show. Totally blew me away live. Not sure how I feel about this record yet, but it only just came out on Friday and has been competing with the above two so I haven’t given it a fair shake yet.
Also been on a big kick of female-fronted hardcore/crust punk/grindcore. Cloud Rat, Gouge Away, Xiao, Punch, and fluoride to name a few.
Antichrist Demoncore - GOAT: My back pocket record for the last few months. This is what I inevitably throw on when I’m running a quick errand and don’t have time to get into a whole record. It’s loud and high tempo and is just a hoot.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
frowns Link ParentIt’s such a good phrase and I feel like it is a true nugget of wisdom in that vast sea of profanity. Sometimes we must acknowledge that we truly are the source of BS that is wearing on us the most 🤣It’s such a good phrase and I feel like it is a true nugget of wisdom in that vast sea of profanity. Sometimes we must acknowledge that we truly are the source of BS that is wearing on us the most 🤣
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
frowns Link Parent🥲 That is a very sweet reply and was lovely to wake up to, so thank you for that. Writing it was more cathartic than I thought, and it pushed me to stop bothering with the analysis paralysis about...🥲 That is a very sweet reply and was lovely to wake up to, so thank you for that.
Writing it was more cathartic than I thought, and it pushed me to stop bothering with the analysis paralysis about the bathroom flooring and just fix the toilet seal, which was a huge relief. No need to make that into a whole project if I’m already running on fumes. I already have enough of a tendency to go full Winnebago man on home repairs as it is 🤣
You’re absolutely right about the work/pay situation. It’s mostly just sunk cost fallacy keeping me there at this point. My partner has (correctly) pointed out a few times that I get to this place after a couple of years with pretty much every job I’ve had, so maybe I need to focus more on myself and how I’m managing the situation than the job itself. Despite being underpaid for the work I’m doing, I am still paid pretty well, and while I don’t enjoy the work and it completely drains me, I have great coworkers and great management. It could be much, much worse.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
frowns LinkI wrote a very cathartic essay about my woes here and then accidentally navigated away from the page. Suffice it to say, shit mostly sucks right now: I’m feeling stuck in a job I don’t like, and...I wrote a very cathartic essay about my woes here and then accidentally navigated away from the page. Suffice it to say, shit mostly sucks right now:
- I’m feeling stuck in a job I don’t like, and I’m underpaid by probably at least 25%. This role was a hard left turn away from my career path up to now, so my options are to nuke it, take the L (and pay cut) and start over in the path I was on, or continue on this path I genuinely hate and would be miserable in.
- Two dead rats under my house that we only discovered once the smell of death had made its way into the house. That smell lingers even after removing the source. Still get whiffs of it even a week later.
- Moisture around the base of our toilet is quickly turning from “minor household repair” to “minor bathroom remodel” (“well as long as we have the toilet out we might as well replace these floors that we hate”, etc.) and I’m too burned out from work to find the silver lining in that.
- We were getting really excited about expediting a longer term plan of adding a second story to our house, as we have some plans to expand our family but our house would be a little tight as it is. Those expedited plans hinged on a HELOC, but turns out we don’t qualify for nearly enough to make any of this a reality any quicker than just saving for it. It’s fine, and we’re saving super aggressively anyway so the time will definitely come. Just a bummer to get excited about something for a change and then have the dreams dashed pretty abruptly.
On a positive note, I love my partner and dog and they make it all worth it.
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Comment on EV discussion thread in ~transport
frowns Link2022 Bolt EUV Premier owner. Picked it up “used” last October at a steep discount with 2500 miles on it. Still smelled like a new car and everything. We had one issue: while getting on the freeway...2022 Bolt EUV Premier owner. Picked it up “used” last October at a steep discount with 2500 miles on it. Still smelled like a new car and everything.
We had one issue: while getting on the freeway with a tricky merge in the on-ramp, I had to goose it a little to safely merge ahead of a car. Instead, there was a pop from the backseat area and we lost all drive power to the vehicle.
Got it towed to the Chevy dealership and fixed under warranty, and apparently it’s a semi-common issue.
Also had a tire replaced for a crack in the sidewall, but that’s obviously not EV specific.
Other than that, we are madly in love with it. It drives smoothly, and has enough bells and whistles that it feels like a Rolls Royce compared to our ‘09 Ranger.
We have one of those deals that hooks into your electrical panel and monitors power usage per circuit. It’s reporting that, in the last calendar year, the circuit that we charge from has used about $250 worth of electricity. We’ve put about 7500 miles on it in that time. We also tracked all of the fast charging stops we’ve made, which totals around $100.
I figured there’d be some significant savings on fuel, but that’s much more than I expected. That would’ve been about 5 tanks of gas where I live. Back of the napkin math says that $350 would have gotten us about 1750 miles in the Ranger, and 7500 miles would have cost us around $1700.
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Comment on Soaring coffee prices have Italians ‘afraid and panicking’. Poor harvests are pushing up costs up for a nation that consumes 6bn shots a year in bars and cafés. in ~food
frowns LinkArticle is paywalled so I’m not sure if this was covered, but from the headline, I can’t help but think “get used to it”. As a stereotypically coffee-obsessed Seattleite who roasts my own coffee...Article is paywalled so I’m not sure if this was covered, but from the headline, I can’t help but think “get used to it”. As a stereotypically coffee-obsessed Seattleite who roasts my own coffee and spent a ton of time working, studying, and hanging out in cafes in my life, it brings me absolutely no joy to say that.
Coffee is a delicate and particular crop, and with the climate tailspin we’re currently in, I fear it’ll be one of the early organic commodities to become prohibitively expensive and fall outside of the typical consumer’s reach.
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Comment on Which debut albums from the 2020s do you recommend? in ~music
frowns Link ParentWas a huge fan of Chat Pile’s EPs prior to God’s Country and it did not disappoint. Incredible album, and such a fun live show too.Was a huge fan of Chat Pile’s EPs prior to God’s Country and it did not disappoint. Incredible album, and such a fun live show too.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
frowns Link ParentWell said. The aesthetic is unmatched. I was absolutely blown away by all of the interstitial animations too — what a total treat to find an incredible animated short film between each chapter!I've been enjoying it so much because it just oozes style from every lovingly crafted mob, to boss, to area, to lore text, to cinematic.
Well said. The aesthetic is unmatched. I was absolutely blown away by all of the interstitial animations too — what a total treat to find an incredible animated short film between each chapter!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
frowns LinkBlack Myth: Wukong has sucked up all my gaming free time for the last week or so! It’s a gorgeous game. I have two big gripes with it: I have been trained by every video game ever to go to that...Black Myth: Wukong has sucked up all my gaming free time for the last week or so! It’s a gorgeous game.
I have two big gripes with it:
- I have been trained by every video game ever to go to that spot between those two trees off to the side of the main path in order to get The Treasure. There are so many of those tempting nooks and crannies in this game, but they all have invisible walls in front of them. A simple rock on the ground or some sort of visual indication that it’s not a real path would have been nice so I would know not to bother walking over there. It’s a minor inconvenience, but it’s just a little grating. It also discourages exploration even though there ARE some secret paths...
- There’s technically a lot of things that should provide build flexibility, but every “build” feels the same to me. There are a couple skill trees for the character, trees for 3 different combat stances (which really just changes the strong attack), and a handful of spells and transformations. There are 10 or so weapons so far (about 1/2 through the game I think) but they all have the same move set with different stats/special features. So your options are all variations on the theme of “monkey with staff who casts a few utility spells”. I wish there were more combat styles: that the 3 stances also had different light attacks, or that there were more weapon sizes with different move sets, or that there was enough magic to justify a magic build instead of just some utility spells to help your staff do better bonkin’.
Even still, I wouldn’t say the combat is bland. I think the game does a good job of adding variety to the enemies to force you to adapt your battle cadence often. You can’t get through the game mashing light attack and dodging randomly. Some enemies will absorb your hits and pancake you, so it’s best to keep your distance while charging up heavy attacks. Others are way too nimble and will chip you to death if you try to overpower them without matching their tempo.
This is also a super boss-heavy game, which I personally love. There’s a boss (or mini boss) every 10-15 minutes it feels like. The bosses are challenging and, for the most part, feel unique. When they aren’t it’s usually a) for a justifiable plot reason, or b) the moveset is different enough that it doesn’t feel like the same boss. Haven’t found any bosses with an unavoidable “delete player” move yet either. When I die, it’s for a good reason and I feel like I actually learn a lesson from it instead of just being punished for not having superhuman precision at dodging.
Dying is a big part of it, and it has a bonfire-style soulslike mechanic to it. However, there is no penalty for dying, and the checkpoints are close to places you might die. No mad dashes across the planet to try to snag your 3 levels worth of souls and then hoping you have enough OJ left in your flask to make it back to the bonfire. As much as I love that challenge in souls games, it’s freeing to know that I’ll respawn right outside the boss area without any consequences.
Overall I’m having fun with it and it feels worth the cost of admission!
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Comment on You don’t need a pickup truck, you need a cowboy costume in ~transport
frowns Link ParentUsed to have an ‘09 Ranger and felt the same way. It was the perfect size, and at the time I was doing a lot of home improvement projects and leveraging the truck bed fairly often. I just looked...Used to have an ‘09 Ranger and felt the same way. It was the perfect size, and at the time I was doing a lot of home improvement projects and leveraging the truck bed fairly often. I just looked it up and the new Rangers are only about 6” larger in each dimension, but I still am not at all interested. They look huge and dumb and the truck bed is practically up to my nips.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
frowns Link ParentThe character design and art is also phenomenal — to me maybe even worth the cost of admission. I really enjoyed the gameplay, but the art is what set it apart from other games and made it...The character design and art is also phenomenal — to me maybe even worth the cost of admission. I really enjoyed the gameplay, but the art is what set it apart from other games and made it memorable.
Gameplay is side-scrolling 2d with great level and enemy design, but the cinematics are usually insanely detailed, grotesque (not as in “gross” but as in the full definition of the word) dark Spanish catholic spectacles. Honestly haven’t seen art this good in a game in a long time.
Definitely plays like a side-scrolling Souls game, and lore/world building are similarly obtuse. Not impenetrable, but definitely not obvious either.
Combat is simple enough that it could get stale and there is little room to modify a combat style.
Blasphemous 2 solves this issue pretty well with the addition of 3 other main weapons that each have their own skill tree, however it doesn’t have the same overblown cinematics as I described above, and I think it suffers for it. It sacrifices some of what made the original so unique for QOL improvements.
Definitely recommend 1, and if you like the gameplay, 2 is a good get (maybe on sale, though).
Back when I was an espresso field tech the Knipex pliers wrench was without a doubt my most used tool in my bag. Such an incredible tool. Saves so much time versus switching back and forth between box wrenches (if you can even find the right ones…) and is more accurate and precise than adjustable wrenches.