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  1. Comment on All main Disney animated canon films are going to be destroyed and you can save five, which five do you pick? in ~movies

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    (Twists moustache) He tried to sell me a stolen motorcar.

    (Twists moustache) He tried to sell me a stolen motorcar.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Best new install steps for Windows 11 gaming PC? in ~tech

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    Oh! I fell prey to the misconception that WSL is only available on Windows Pro. I guess it's a portion of the hypervisor, the rest of which is made available on Pro. Thanks!

    Oh! I fell prey to the misconception that WSL is only available on Windows Pro. I guess it's a portion of the hypervisor, the rest of which is made available on Pro.

    Thanks!

  3. Comment on Do not fix bugs reported in your open source projects in ~comp

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    I appreciate this. I don't know how to fix anything, but I have used so much software that I do know how to describe the circumstances of a bug pretty well (and supply logs, screenshots, etc). I...

    I appreciate this. I don't know how to fix anything, but I have used so much software that I do know how to describe the circumstances of a bug pretty well (and supply logs, screenshots, etc). I like to think my feedback on open source projects has been a net positive, but who really knows.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on Best new install steps for Windows 11 gaming PC? in ~tech

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    Hey thanks. Photopea is what I used quite a few years ago. My kid started in Photoshop at school, and after trying GIMP at home he started to prefer it. It's more like the way he thinks, he said....

    Hey thanks. Photopea is what I used quite a few years ago. My kid started in Photoshop at school, and after trying GIMP at home he started to prefer it. It's more like the way he thinks, he said. But he's very new at it still. I'll definitely ask him to give Photopea a try.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Best new install steps for Windows 11 gaming PC? in ~tech

  6. Comment on Best new install steps for Windows 11 gaming PC? in ~tech

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    Oh right, I didn't explain that. I have a Microsoft account that I've previously used to purchase Minecraft Java Edition, and this is the account I used as the main Windows administrator account...

    Oh right, I didn't explain that. I have a Microsoft account that I've previously used to purchase Minecraft Java Edition, and this is the account I used as the main Windows administrator account for the PC. I made a second administrator user for my son, and I made a new Microsoft account in his name for that user profile and for (hopefully) logging in to Minecraft.

    As an update, I've since realized that I would have to repurchase Minecraft using his account to do what I'm wanting, so I think he and I will just have to deal with the login annoyances.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Best new install steps for Windows 11 gaming PC? in ~tech

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    Hey thanks! I would have left that Nvidia app going if you hadn't mentioned it.

    Hey thanks! I would have left that Nvidia app going if you hadn't mentioned it.

    3 votes

  8. Best new install steps for Windows 11 gaming PC?

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    Hi folks--I am very excited about a gaming PC that I just bought for my family (mainly 13yo son into gaming, coding, and digital art). I installed the video card (only piece sent separately), went...

    Hi folks--I am very excited about a gaming PC that I just bought for my family (mainly 13yo son into gaming, coding, and digital art).

    I installed the video card (only piece sent separately), went through Windows setup/updates. Installed peripherals. Updated video card drivers. Installed Steam/GIMP/Krita. Made 13yo an adult in my Steam Family. Installed a few of the games so something is ready to run right away. I even have the small Wacom tablet working in GIMP and Inkscape with a good pressure profile!

    All that said, I used to set up my own Windows PCs (looooong) ago, and I'm wondering if it's really that simple. It was very easy.

    I did small utility things like run Startallback and install PowerToys. I figured MS Visual Code is next?

    Anything else you all can suggest?

    (P.S. is there a way to move all his Minecraft stuff to his new Microsoft account? He's tired of logging in as me, and I'm tired of sending him auth codes.)

    26 votes

  9. Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk

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    Nah they just took a plane, circled around until it got dark, then landed

    Nah they just took a plane, circled around until it got dark, then landed

  10. Comment on You make friends *HERE*?! in ~tildes

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    There's a small-web, community-nurturing internet project called Tilde.club, and tildeverse sites are those made by and for that community and other small-webbers. It sounds so much like this site...

    There's a small-web, community-nurturing internet project called Tilde.club, and tildeverse sites are those made by and for that community and other small-webbers.

    It sounds so much like this site when I put it into text, but it's unrelated as far as I know.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What short standalone book is worth more than its page count? in ~books

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    So great to see big Vonnegut fans. A memory I will always cherish is when in high school, I went to one of his readings in Indianapolis. It was at an art center and displayed his (and I think his...

    So great to see big Vonnegut fans.

    A memory I will always cherish is when in high school, I went to one of his readings in Indianapolis. It was at an art center and displayed his (and I think his son's?) visual art as well. His reading was a passage from Beowulf in the original Old English. Lovely. I usually try to get some me-time after a while at events to decompress, so I went outside and around to the side of the building. It took me a bit to realize KV was having a cigarette beside me. We made brief eye contact and nodded to each other, said nothing, and just...coexisted until he left after a bit. Quick smile as he left.

    It can sound embellished, I know, but it really was impactful being mutually seen by/with a personal favorite. It was like having real-life confirmation of that conspiratorial and personal feeling with the author while reading their sardonic handiwork. I know he left Indiana for NY and barely looked back, but wow, talk about flipping over the "don't meet your idols" maxim. Maybe it's "don't talk to your idols when you meet them, if you can tell they don't want to talk." :) it's really influenced my way of being, hence the username I've had since around that time on various platforms.

    Anyway, thanks for setting off a trip down memory lane. My favorite shifts with my memory, but a consistent favorite is Jailbird. Time for a reread.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Why the Soviet Union was obsessed with corn in ~humanities.history

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    I will think this is adorable every time

    I will think this is adorable every time

    4 votes

  13. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    I got out all the stuff I needed to replace the LED backlight in my TV...and realized that I was missing a suction cup for lifting out the panel glass. I was either sent one too few or lost one...

    I got out all the stuff I needed to replace the LED backlight in my TV...and realized that I was missing a suction cup for lifting out the panel glass. I was either sent one too few or lost one despite colocating supplies earlier this week.

    Back to watching things with half the screen too dim to see, at least until the new suction cup arrives. Worse things have happened, but that was supposed to be my physical project for the weekend!

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Why the Soviet Union was obsessed with corn in ~humanities.history

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    Yeah! I'm a city kid, but the city only goes so far.

    Yeah! I'm a city kid, but the city only goes so far.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Why the Soviet Union was obsessed with corn in ~humanities.history

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    I love it this response. I'm from Indiana and work (in Kentucky) with someone from Nebraska. Beyond corn jokes, we actually have conversations about corn that others find educational and...

    I love it this response. I'm from Indiana and work (in Kentucky) with someone from Nebraska. Beyond corn jokes, we actually have conversations about corn that others find educational and entertaining. I mean, it's corn

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Astro Bot wins Game of the Year 2024 in ~games

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    Yeah, I agree. It reminds me of collecting LEGO mini figs in an extremely fun robot game. My kids love identifying the stylized collectible characters, so it adds fun.

    Yeah, I agree. It reminds me of collecting LEGO mini figs in an extremely fun robot game. My kids love identifying the stylized collectible characters, so it adds fun.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on What long book series is worth its page count? in ~books

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    That does make sense. It may just be that I read them at a younger age. Now that you mention it, I did find the stories a little repetitive. I also suspect I have a relatively low bar for "worth...

    That does make sense. It may just be that I read them at a younger age. Now that you mention it, I did find the stories a little repetitive. I also suspect I have a relatively low bar for "worth the page count". I'm kind of a wallowy reader.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on What long book series is worth its page count? in ~books

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    For sci-fi/fantasy: VALIS trilogy by Philip K Dick LOTR/Hobbit/Silmarillion by Tolkien A Song of Ice and Fire/A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by Martin. (Even if it never ends, it's been worthwhile...

    For sci-fi/fantasy:

    VALIS trilogy by Philip K Dick

    LOTR/Hobbit/Silmarillion by Tolkien

    A Song of Ice and Fire/A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by Martin. (Even if it never ends, it's been worthwhile for me)

    Malazan Book of the Fallen/Novels of the Malazan Empire/Kharkanas trilogy by Erikson and Esslemont

    New Crobuzon trilogy by Miéville

    The Second Apocalypse series (Prince of Nothing trilogy and The Aspect-Emperor 4-vol series) by Bakker

    New Sun series by Wolfe

    Redwall series by Jacques

    Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander

    Illuminatus! by Shea & Wilson

    Tales of Earthsea by LeGuin

    ...

    Other literary fiction:

    Seven Dreams series by William T Vollmann

    In Search of Lost Time/Remembrance of Things Past by Proust

    All Pynchon's novels (not a series)

    All Faulkner's novels (kind of a series)

    ...

    Not all will be your cup of tea, but all were worth the read for me, and each had something unique and unshakeable that sank in over time. I'm sure there are more, but these readily came to mind. Clearly male-dominated, too, but I can't think of many forbiddingly long series by non-male writers. That's probably on me for not looking into it.

    25 votes

  19. Comment on Poem from my 13-year-old son in ~creative

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    Ooh interesting...around here it's "rizzing up"

    Ooh interesting...around here it's "rizzing up"

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Poem from my 13-year-old son in ~creative

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    I'm in the US. Agreed--the spread is more widespread age/interest-related. Actually more just age, because now the "normies" also know all those words, it seems. Yes, your method makes a lot of...

    I'm in the US. Agreed--the spread is more widespread age/interest-related. Actually more just age, because now the "normies" also know all those words, it seems.

    Yes, your method makes a lot of sense, and maybe would have been ideal. But, my 13yo is autistic and needs the boundaries to be clearly stated, often individually. He knows to quietly ask rather than to just try out the jokes unannounced with us. I suspect that my 9yo will be much more like your 18yo in trajectory. He doesnt particularly like things once he knows they are inappropriate, so he doesn't push us for info beyond appropriateness and feels scandalized when he gets too much information from friends.

    3 votes