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What does Ja Rule think about this crisis ?

Too much Elden Ring in this thread right now, so I want to remind everyone that I am playing Elex II and it is fantastic. I've improved my relationship with my son and my baby mama. I haven't had much luck with my infected arm though. Hopefully I get to cut it off and attach a chainsaw. Battle Brothers also released a free DLC with new starting scenarios, so I might need to get into that again.

the dogs expect to be fed at 5:30. we got a moaner in the pack and he will vocalize his desire to be fed with increasing volume the longer we ignore. this means we wake up at 5:30. this also means a week or so following the end o' daylight saving is a real pain in the arse 'cause the dogs has never learned to read a clock. have tried multiple times to explain little hand and big hand values, but the dogs pretend as if they have no idea what am telling 'em. so, 5:30 it is. HA! Good Fun!

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness is set for a full release on March 17: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1374930/view/3111426824836670909 I played some of the early access about (pausing--headmath) eight months ago. It was in pretty rough shape but from a glance through the steam forums it seems like it's been coming along well.

New BPM Version available : Deadfire Balance Polishing Mod at Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) Cheers !

Can't wait for the truth about the biolabs to be revealed. It's almost like it wasn't known already corona was planted on purpose in Wuhan to make China look bad.

Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence? This was a pretty interesting read. But, God help me, when I read the title this was where my brain went:

Yeah, it's about the same difference here. However, that's offset by the fact that a quality B550 motherboard for the Ryzen is cheaper than the cheapest decent B660 board for the Intel right now by about the same gap. Indeed it's a net saving if you're happy with a fairly basic B550 board, which is easier to get away with because the more efficient Ryzen chip doesn't need nearly as robust a power delivery system as Intel CPUs do, though obviously you'd also be sacrificing things like onboard audio, 2.5Gbit Ethernet, ax WiFi and would probably need to settle for a microATX board (but then the affordable B660 boards are microATX too). So what I've generally found with pricing here is that like-for-like, the final pricing ends up about the same, with the Ryzen holding a slight performance advantage, trading off against future upgradability and more PCI-E lanes for things like the PCI-E 5.0 slot for the video card (not that any such video cards exist yet), and running multiple PCI-E 4.0 SSDs (whereas you can only run one such SSD on B550). EDIT: To give an example, the MSI B550M Pro-VDH is a very good lower-midrange board, and it'll happily run any Ryzen CPU around, even the top-of-the-range models. For about $120 here, it comes with basic ac WiFi, basic onboard sound, Gigabit Ethernet, and a USB-C header but no rear-USB-C port. By contrast, the cheapest decent B660 board is probably the Gigabyte B660M DS3H. For about $190 here it has no WiFi (but an ax version is available for $30 more), mystery-meat onboard sound (they refuse to say what it is), 2.5Gbit Ethernet, a rear USB-C port but no header for the front. Its PCI-E x16 slot is also only certified for version 4.0, unlike on the mid-range B660 boards. Now buying an cheaper Intel board isn't inherently a terrible thing. However there is an issue in that while it will no doubt run something like an 12400 with no problems, I would not necessarily trust it with an i7 or above, and who knows if the 13th gen CPUs releasing at the end of the year will be even thirstier. Therefore going with a cheap board sort of undermines the upgradability argument of going with Intel in the first place, and so I would tend to recommend spending more on something like an Asus TUF which is around $240. As you can see, to get the full benefits of the Intel platform you do end up spending quite a bit more despite the cheaper (and slower) CPU.

Man, they sure love their mirror universe branche timeline stuff, huh?

What a typical Russian thing to do...

I hated the idea of Q for much the same reasons, but he himself sure beat the pants off of a few other TNG characters in terms of having fun, which I think is more important, so eh. That has to be joke - that can't be real. ...Google says it's real, folks. At this juncture, please imagine a Dr. Phil seizure. Please stop watching Star Trick/Dreck/Ick/Blech and start watching...literally anything decent, .

Personally I never liked Q. Hated the whole idea of some impossible supernatural guy being able to boss you around at any time. It's like internet trolls but you can't get away with just closing the browser.

That's unfortunate. Currently I generally start work around 11:00 give or take although some days have to start earlier if there is a morning meeting or something that has to be done early. But that's also because I can mostly work from home and independently so unless I have to go into the office I can set my own hours/schedule (that sometimes involves staying up until the wee hours of the morning fixing security vulnerabilities so things even out). Today was an on-site day because I needed to oversee the move of a petabyte server to one of the datacenters and I'd forgotten how heavy spinning rust can be when massed in one place.

Polish people are unfortunately going to get some dose of real politics very soon, and will learn that while the outpour of help towards Ukrainians is comendable and praised, no one really cares about Ukrainian people in the West. A lot of countries either do not help materially (they help some, but nit significantly) , or do not accept refugees with open arms, and sure as hell are not so keen on financing more of the refugee related expenses. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-kamala-harris-lets-out-deep-long-laughter-when-asked-about-ukraine-refugee-crisis The costs for the economy is already significant, the cost for society will also be great, especially once the economic hardship will really hit. Over 1.5 million people crossed UA-Polish border, and those are in overwhelming majority women with children and elderly people. There are some men, when they are the single capable parent or the family has 3+ small children. So unlike economic migrants from other areas, where those were overwhelimingly young, single men, there will be an issue with work, schools/kindergardens and healthcare.

Locally the 5600X has been dropping in price such that it edges out the 12400F once total platform costs are added up, but that will change as decent B660 boards drop in price (and they also offer an upgrade path to 13th gen). Both very much viable so I would spec something up with both options and compare side-by-side. It may also be worth waiting for the imminent Zen 3D release (late this month?) to see how much improvement it offers. A little update for me as I opportunistically replaced my i3-4130 in the HTPC with an i5-11400. I had some spare DDR4 lying around because of an Amazon shipping error, so I picked up the CPU bundled with a B560M Mortar for $314 AUD which is outrageously cheap. Could easily retain everything else ...except the SATA cables. Stupid side-facing SATA ports butting up against an internal plate in the case meant I had to buy two 270-degree (a.k.a. left-angle) SATA cables for $8 each which stings.

Same. Im already drinking coffee and answering emails by 6am. But I wake up early even without an alarm.

Of course, the ruble is also worthless now, so cash isn't exactly a solution either.

I can actually believe this. We have had several sources report that all of Russia's intel agencies were taken by surprise when Putin went ahead with an invasion. And apparently all the heads of those services were and still are opposed to the invasion. Furthermore, even many top generals in the military were of the belief this was all yet another one of Putin's mind-games with the West and were shocked when Putin gave the order to invade. The rank and file troops also appear to have been convinced they were not actually going into combat. Even after they were told to go into Ukraine, many believed they were going into a peaceful peacekeeping situation and not one where they were going to get shot at. There are credible reports FSB agents have been tipping off both Ukraine and Western intel agencies with inside info on Russian plans. I would not be surprised if Russian military sources were/are also in contact with the Ukrainians and the West in secret. We know Putin's circle of people he talks with has been getting smaller, if that is possible. I would bet right now the only person he listens to is Sergei Lavrov, because Lavrov, like Putin, is also delusional and a true believer in Putin's crazy fantasies. And this is the source of great danger many Western intel analysts are raising the alarm about, that Putin could make a rash decision, not because he's crazy per se but because he is so very isolated and has lost touch with reality. Even setting aside Western/NATO countries, there is a very grave danger that out of frustrationn for the was not going well, anger with the Ukrainians for resistingn him and not giving him what he wants, and to save face, he may actually give the order to use weapons of mass destruction against Ukrainian strongholds of resistence, which of course would be the big cities.

I had idea for an aesthetic update to combat. When you have a 1-handed weapon and a shield equipped and in combat with a much larger enemy, occasionally have the character bash their shield with their weapon, and shout something intimidating like "Bring it on!" or "I'm not scared of you!", maybe even custom comments based on which weapon type. It adds a little flourish to the game and I thought it would be a fun addition. And a fun edition.

I stayed at Penn the first time I went to NYC as well. I was in town for a job interview when I was getting out of the military. I have enough bad cabbie stories that I almost felt no sympathy when they started complaining about ride sharing stealing their fares.

our ny list is almost entire food and music related. truth to tell our ideal "nyc" trip would likely be to grab a bagel from russ & daughters in the am or early afternoon, then pizza from roberta's in the eve, after which we hit the 55 bar for an evening show. aforementioned itinerary would likely result in us being satiated with a full nyc trip and have us not need return for at least another decade. ignored by a cabbie after dark and verbal abused by a cabbie during broad daylight were achieved w/i first few days o' arriving in nyc our firstest time as an adult... in fact, we acquired the insulting cabbie cheevo across the street from msg as we were trying to get from the penta hotel (no longer exists) to the un for a free speech... speech. after getting in the cab and asking to go to un, the driver began swearing at us. to this day am not certain what set him off, but we decided it would be best to exit the cab. HA! Good Fun!

Free speech is about government preventing people expressing their opinions, which includes not publishing messages from the government. So in this case freedom of speech is on side of YT and against RT, which is government owned media and government that owns it prevents people expressing their opinions in multitude of ways.

When you are the world's greatest hacker exposing the elite's dirty secrets, you don't have time to stop to eat your can of tuna. Neil has at least 3 cell phones and 4 non-working laptops with him at all times.

You know what doesn't have magic bows, annoying hands or Starscourge Radahn? Troubleshooter! Also MW5 you could be playing with Chill and I

Yeah you can do that, @KP the Torque Dork does that all the time. Go to your account settings in your profile and click change, then confirm your password and set a new display name.

"Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons! " It was an interesting read.

I finally picked the base game - won't be playing it right away, but looking forward to what Josh was so enthusiastic about. Gave a brief go to Guardians of the Galaxy as it dropped on GamePass. So far so good. Pretty much AAA affair with more spectacle then substance they they seem to imitate GotG movies pretty well - and if there is knock-off Marvel series property I would spend some time in, it's Guardians. Looking forward to playing more of it.

Because they are told that Ukraine attacked them, it is not like they are getting any real information what happened

Over a week ago. The story goes that some recon elements crossed the border and quickly turned back when the main body of troops refused to obey the attack order. Belarussians have been sitting on the attack positions ever since.

Well with this they'd have some sort of reason other than Putin told them. Guess have to wait for confirmation. Ukraine also saying Chernobyl may be used as a false flag - What next, someone shoots up a Russian airport and has Ukrainian Spetsnaz ID on him ?

Well they already tried but they refused

That was my point. Why would they need to lure Belarus? They can just tell them to attack.

I worked in IT, retiring as a systems analyst.

On Reddit it's just people masturbating to dead Russians and saying stuff like war crimes are cool against Russia. Well that and people still believing one A-10 could win the war and that giving weapons systems is like an RTS. The stupidity is probably better than the Codex's outright racism, every couple posts in the thread on the war has someone dropping a racial slur.

Yeah, and not like it does much. Probably not going to help Meta all that much PR wise. It is comical to see how bloodthirsty people get online, though, I think Reddit is the best place for impotent rage.

I dont have an issue with that considering the fact Ukraine was invaded by Russia and many Ukrainian citizens have been killed

So Kyiev warned that Russia is planning air strike on Belarus to force them into conflict... and 10 min later there are burning villages in Belarus.. what a farce if thats true...

Hope none of them work until 1700. Noticing people working far too late since the pandemic made us all go remote, like some guy in Netherlands messaging me at 0100 his time. Blessed be the slave that learns to love the lash, I guess.

as somebody who unabashed abuses shakespeare quotes, we got no justification for criticism, but following star trek vi, is impossible for us to have any star trek show or movie quote the bard w/o the over-the-top christopher plummer portrayal o' chang intruding 'pon our recollection. distracting. am s'posing the episode title could be a reference to ibsen's peer gynt, but it doesn't really work as such. would need a harry mudd episode or something similar. HA! Good Fun!

https://time.com/syria-white-helmets/ The White Helmets are going to be advising the Ukrainians on a humanitarian level on how to best deal with the typical Russian military campaign of " bomb and target civilian areas " They went through this in Syria where the Russian air force bombed the city of Aleppo to the ground. The link I posted discusses some of what the White Helmets went through in Syria

Really, off that? Heh, ok, as you do.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crude-oil-markets-trying-stabilize-162933124.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Oil price $105 but still very volatile and still influenced by factors like the actual production capacity of countries outside of Russia and Ukraine

... New disease in 2023? https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/who-told-ukraine-destroy-high-threat-pathogens-prevent-disease-spread

Heck I'm retired and I'm already up and busy by 7am.

My schedule is all over the place, but if I can help it I like to get up around 2 AM and be on the road by 3:30 AM.

I start at 6am. In the morning.

Some interesting vid on the UA squads Possibly some more knowledgable people on military could chime in, like @Guard Dog etc.

Interesting band.