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...me first "PC"...still 'ave farkin' Jupiter Lander nightmares...🤣 ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!...

Version 2.5.2 has just been released : Deadfire Balance Polishing Mod at Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)

So I decided to take a break from people in general and concentrate on my fork art. And last summer that worked well and I was super productive. Then came the end of August and it rained something fierce and this happened while I was out and about: So now I have a cat demanding at least some attention. But I also discovered that I game less if I am not on a forum posting screenshots. Posting screenshots is often more fun than playing the actual game. And not playing means I can spend more time painting. Naturally, having an old PC that has trouble running the newest games helps. It takes ages for something like Midnight Suns to load up. And with the amount of load screens that game has, half my playtime is doing something else while it loads. Like playing with Kassandra the cat. Or painting. Tuesday I am participating in my first group show. Not thrilled by the venue, but you have to start somewhere.

...in me experience, dunna let 'em sit together; you'll wanna throw 'em out the Emergency Exit by takeoff...🤣 ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!...

I would recommend watching his videos, as they are entertaining and informative, and they offer a different point of view than most critique or review channels, as prior to making his channel and starting streaming, he was primarily an author who published a few fantasy and science fiction novels. Unlike many other streamers and review channels, he is also quite skilled, as evidenced by his plowing through Celeste. There is a copy of his Celeste stream on his secondary channel.

You should try 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ then.

Here's another old-school cRPG with a release date for this year: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159090/Zoria_Age_of_Shattering/

Apparently the leaks are barely anything. Just some numbers about KIA and a map. Funny though, apparently someone photoshopped the KIA numbers on the photos to show less dead on russia side and way more dead on ukraine side. Saw the before and after photos, and you really need to smoke a lot of copium to believe the fake. 😄

For verbs of motion, when using に/ni, the subject (marked with が/ga, here the train) moves to (and then proceeds inside) the specified location from outside of said location (家に走った - I ran home, implying I entered my home too). Structured a little differently, that sentence could be made to mean a train/tram existed in Hiroshima which ran, but that is not what the title says. At least, not with the grammar I know. So yeah, beats me, someone with more experience with the language could probably answer that, in light of the context it is probably meant to express "The fist train ran in Hiroshima", but why? No idea.

Whoops...I mean, I don't see anything, . Thanks for trying to puzzle it out, . The girl was basically responsible for getting people on-board while also doing other miscellaneous duties for the conductor. Honestly, they were less "trains" and more in-town trams, if that makes sense. I didn't see them go anywhere but inside the city. So I'm not sure how that squares with the title.

A little in-depth look at Russian military recruitment ads, which were shared here some time ago. They are getting even more ridiculous, and Moscow Times has they looks more like NATO propaganda mocking Russia 😄 https://nickcohen.substack.com/p/escape-your-worthless-life-join-putins?r=333vp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Lately I have mostly been listening to Karnivool.

Yikes. Haha I guess all-in or nothing. I actually haven't been on two wheels since I was still in my teens. Once I got my license, the only wheeled death trap for me is with a wheel on each corner and an enclosed roof over my head.

Roasted chicken, steamed cauliflower, and rice. Not the tastiest thing I've ever eaten, but very healthy.

Non-traditional Tea Leaf Rice Salad using iceberg, cabbage, and avocado.

It's storming like hell here right now but at least no tornados, though it has gotten relatively cold.

Finished Wasteland3, and it’s two DLCs. That’s a weird one. I feel I should like it more than I did. The set up is pretty great - easily understandable overarching objective, missions with a few possible outcomes and a lot of factions to befriend or piss off for variety of outcomes. Choices are regularly acknowledged, and the game has this rare feeling of making actual choices. Combat is fine. Not bad for an RPG, but nothing too interesting as a game system. Too bad I didn’t much care for the game. I think my issue comes with how shallow the world building is. I don’t think a variety of choices and outcomes matters, if I don’t have any strong feelings about the world and people who inhabit. Factions of Wasteland3 feel like concepts that has never been fully developed. Gangs have their particular quirks - some dress in hallowe’en monster masks, some as clowns, some to ritual sacrifices… I never felt there was an interesting characterisation behind them. And with every encounter in the game having some off-beat weird thing going on, nothing stand out as particularly interesting. I think that’s why I liked Steeltown DLC the best out of the whole package - characters motivations made sense, and setting was fairly relatable. DLC2 was pretty bad - ambitious, but bad. It mostly seems to try to squeeze a bit more juice out of combat, but the end result were lengthy, tedious gimmicky fights, that seemed to push the limits of what the game is technically capable of handling.

Sorry for necro. I finally caught up with all the responses after all these years. Some good stuff here.

A Mirai? NICE! Now that is exclusive. At this year's Tokyo Auto Salon, Akio Toyoda showed off a prototype classic Levin AE86 with a hyrogen fuel cell. They gave its twin, Trueno AE86 a battery electric engine. Toyota was exploring the feasibility of essentially converting gas-powered vehicles with carbon neutral powerplants. Yeah, I will admit that the weak point of this GR86/BRZ is the boxer. It's not very refined and doesn't sound good. But it does lower the car's center of gravity. 450K! Impressive. How many of those are Azdeus kilometers?

I haven't really been keeping up with video games as of late, but I can get behind Lamplighters. I enjoyed HBS's previous work - liked the Shadowruns and logged well over 300 hours in Battletech.

I usually hate travel channels but this guy is alright, most interesting is him traveling through ex-Soviet states as a Russian speaking Brit He was actually in a tiny Ukrainian village on the border with Russia days before the invasion, eerie to watch in retrospect

The beauty is that the 3-Run Home Run strategy is still the most viable way to score runs, but you also can't discount stealing second base at a better than 83% clip. Plus the new rules have the added benefit of actually correcting the inherent faulty geometry of the game. Each base now being exactly 90 ft and at 90 degree angles. https://www.mlb.com/news/basepath-measurements-with-new-bigger-bases

insofar as shadowcaster, am suspicious owlcat has finally fixed shadow spells as the dcs are often wrong and elemental damage is counted strange... and sr is also implemented different than one would expect if pathfinder is the basis. however, the profane and untyped intelligence boosts is making shadowcaster worthy o' consideration. the ghost rider sounds kewl, and that may be enough, but it sacrifices the cavalier charge abilities which multiply damage and expand crit range, so is functional a decrease in power. were-touched looks weaker than manticore or fey-form, but that don't make it bad as those two is kinda silly op at the moment. shifters is strong and the were archetype seems like a solid addition to the shifter list o' archetypes. tortured crusader would be okie dokie if the game had more non evil foes. lack o' a mount hurts. lack o' mark of justice means we likely want another paladin in the party in addition to the tortured crusader. dark lurker and reanimator look kinda meh, but might be thematic interesting enough to try. regardless, @ShadySands should be happy as these archetypes all have a gothic kinda theme, no? suggests the next dlc might involve vampires, werewolves and similar fare. HA! Good Fun!

I also like the paladin very interesting and fascinating personality!

Broken roads is supposedly coming out this year. Looks interesting, hopefully it's good, and can scratch that crpg itch. https://youtu.be/2PKGXJyJjWY

I finally forced myself to beat ME2 and onto ME3. I'll be honest the whole series doesn't really hold up imo. Even 2 which is the best one, I found myself skipping dialog because it seemed unnecessary and tedious. just hold the joystick up to paragon option or down to renegade depending on your playthrough. no point in mixing responses unless you want a bad ending. The combat is the same thing over and over. fight flow of enemies empty room go to next room, empty room go to next room. find thing, move to next location. I really doubt I'll finish 3 this time around.

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Ocean Cleanup removes 200,000th kilogram plastic the Pacific Ocean (interestingengineering.com)

am suspecting an impeachment by wi republicans would have a similar impact as did the overturn o' roe. democrats vote less reliable than does republicans, but if they is motivated by anger or fear, they will show up at the polls in their multitudes. an impeachment would make the democrats even more active in the next election. impeachment sure ain't gonna win over the independents who is always pivotal in close elections. at the moment the gop is complete dedicated to the politics o' grievance which am s'posing is meant to keep trump and his base happy. 'course indulging trumpism is a devil's bargain and it may be the bill is already coming due. the gop needs such stoopid as the war on wokeism and qanon nonsense to retain the trump base, but by indulging the base/trump, they galvanize democrats and distance themselves from independents. 'course is equal true democrats typical fail at crafting a message which simultaneous resonates with their voters and appeals to independents. our prediction for wisconsin is we see the equivalent o' a south park slap fight. HA! Good Fun!

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The algorithm thinks I like JDM cars, JDM hand tools, OSR TTRPGs, pro hoops, noodles, pasta, and Initial D. Checking my open tabs seem to indicate that this is correct.

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No sweat, we are still a thing. Amazingly so actually because I did not want to drag her into my current difficulties. Life is strange and wonderful sometimes. My actual relatives have sent nothing but radio silence and my biggest supporters were strangers just two years ago.

Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World 1-6 Didn't know much about this one before watching it. Well, I knew nothing if you don't count memes of maids with colorful hair. I'm finding it very interesting. Could this really be an isekai without an overpowered protagonist?! I thought Roswaal was suspicious right when I saw him. It makes sense, not only he is literally a clown but he also has Dio's voice. Edit: I hid the spoiler.

Xyla Foxlin - engineer and maker of stuff, often with wood and epoxy Curly's Grandson - Brad Server, grandson of Jerome "Curly" Howard recreates Three Stooges routines, reviews Three Stooges stuff, talks about Three Stooges and interviews his relatives. How to Cook That - Ann Reardon shows how to cook things and debunks viral 'hacks' that don't work or are dangerous. Her husband Dave suffers by trying some of the stuff from hacks that isn't inedible. Her kids usually get the good stuff (Dave does too sometimes). Legal Eagle - Devon Stone talks about stuff with a lawyer's view, topical or fictional Geno's House of Rare Films - archive of films, often shorts with no clear commercial outlet for preservation purposes; includes a number of old comedy shorts Gerry Anderson TV - for all your Gerry Anderson informational needs, includes the Gerry Anderson Podcast with Gerry's son Jaimie Anderson and actor Richard James. Love the FabFacts on the shows Official Jim Cornette - Corny talks old-school wrasslin' - taken from his podcasts and edited for YouTube because Corny is prone to salty language outbursts MxR Plays - Henry Liang and Jeannie Lee react to videos, riff on them or topics in general, do gags and generally bring a lot of fun to just sort of chatting about stuff. Have guests pop up from time to time as well Davie504 - Bass Guitar slaps O.M.G. Susu_jpg - talks about lizards, snakes, frogs, knives and stabbing things plus stuff from her live streams like cooking with friends or simping on attractive ladies Jimmy Carr - comedian. Foul language, rudeness and dark humor warnings Aisling Bea - comedian. Language sometimes as well Lock Picking Lawyer - site that discusses vulnerabilities of various locks. Naomi Wu - tech and DIY talk The Amber Ruffin Show - for clips from "The Amber Ruffin Show" The Three Stooges+ - official YouTube site for The Three Stooges

Very unreliable visitor indeed. I have countless hours of gametime but only saw him a couple of times. You cannot rely on anything he potentially sells.

Yes, they perfectly stack. With enough INT and Brisk Recitation you can stack more than 2 instances of the Dragon Thrashed on an enemy. It's absolutely brutal to do so - especially with multiple chanters in the party who will all stack their Dragon Thrashed DoTs on the poor enemies. You can def. put different phrases in between (for example to speed up phrase point generation with Come Soft Winds bc. it's shorter) - but you will lose damage output via chant then. Funny thing: if you use a single one-handed weapon setup (like for example a single sword) then some of the offensive chants will get +12 Accuracy - like your weapon attacks. Dragon Thrashed is one of them. It is some minor oversight that never got patched out I guess - but it can be very helpful in fights against enemies with very high reflex. +12 accuracy with chants is nothing to sneeze on and one of the few cases where single weapon usage is good. However, the single weapon talent (crit conversion) does have no effect on the chants.

I'd also like to throw in a recommendation for Roll20.net - there is a subscription option, but it is free to use for everybody and is a great way to run campaigns online.

throbbing headache and chest hurt when ever move left hand in certain way hope this is only caused by cold or fever edit headache go away after a while chest still hurt sometime

Semi-unrelated, but still relevant if anyone else wants to look for it, I just spent a bunch of time trying to find information about the short animated film, but there's a typo in that title. It is Hiroshima ni Ichiban Densha ga Hashitta (original Japanese title: ヒロシマに一番電車が走った, with Hiroshima in katakana, not the usual kanji 広島). The difference between one simple letter is quite hilarious, as the title with no means something like "Hiroshima's first train ran", and with ni it means "The first train ran to Hiroshima" (走る is not specific to trains, it is a general movement verb meaning to move quickly - also used for running in the jogging or sprinting sense, driving with a car, etc). Also some added hilarity here is that none of the online translators deal with the title all too well, for whatever reason. Note: I do not know if 一番電車 in this context is an euphemism or anything of cultural relevance relating to the bombing. Literally it just means first train, 番 denoting an ordinal number here, as the other meanings of 一番 as "most" or "first turn" make no sense in context, at least not without watching the short.

Government decided to send me a paper check this year after more than a decade of direct deposit. Predictably, the check was lost in the mail and now I have to fill out some paperwork and wait even longer.

That sounds more up to my speed 😃 It's not so bad when you're working on older cars, but I can definetly understand the hesitancy of doing it on something brand new. Before year 2000 you could get away with using a tuner chip, but nowadays the ECU's are complex enough and integrated enough that you basically have to use a custom ECU, and as such many things stop working. Inspections? Depends on your car and who is doing the inspecting. If you've got a new car with computers, they hook up the car, put a probe up the tailpipe and measure and read away. It's thorough. If you've got an old car like mine that doesn't even have a proper OBDII jack (It has the jack but was made to blink a diode for fault codes. Don't want to hook a computer up to that 😄 ) they do the typical shakeboard, visual inspection, prodding, physical braketest and smog. They check the odometer and record it each inspection, and they also check for dashboard warning lights and that your headlights and taillights work properly, and that the horn works. And they make sure that you have a warning triangle. If you were to roll in with a V8 swap under the hood, they'd require me to do a certification smog test. This is basically a write off for the car, since we're talking about the same test that manufacturers have to do for their new cars. That's a few million bucks. If you roll in with a tuned original engine and the inspector is a gearhead (They typically are) they don't really care aslong as you pass the smog, which is easier on an older car. TL/DWR version, pre 1987 cars are easy to mod, not so much after that. As for what is allowed to be modified, that depends on the age of the car actually. We've had a couple of different car registration "eras" so to speak. Before, iirc, 1971, the only thing that was recorded was power, weight, length, width of the vehicle. So my 1968 Volvo Amazon I could swap a V8 into and they can't say anything about it aslong as it doesn't produce wildly different amount of horsepower compared to the Volvo Amazon maximum, the only thing I'd have to do was register an affix for the papers that said I'd done an engine swap. After that they added some more things to the papers, I can't recall all what it was though but I think tyre dimensions was added, and in 1987 catalytic converters were mandated on all cars, so if you want to do an engine swap on a newer model than that you have to include a catalytic converter. In 1993 they tightened up the registry with more details again, environment classes, gearbox type, noise level, rims and such, and this is the last year that you can register an engine swap on a car. That's why I got myself a 1991 Volvo 240. After '99 or something like that they recorded almost every single little detail about the car, and you're not allowed, technically, to deviate anything from it. There is one way around it though, you can register the car as a total conversion. Then you can do whatever you want basically, but you have to pass a special registration inspection where they absolutely make sure that you have done a total conversion and not just an engine swap or similar. You have to modify the engine, the brakes, the drivetrain, the suspension and so on in a meaningful way. The only thing you don't have to change is the bodywork. And I've only touched lightly on the subject of modifying here 😅 My fathers Volvo 740 passed the inspection with his 400+hp race engine in it without issues, the inspector just looked at the turbo and chuckled "That's a big ****in' 'un, heh".

have never bothered to check out youtube save as the result o' a search... what we mean is, am never having intentional gone to https://www.youtube.com/. the algorithm says we is interested in pbs, legal stuff, quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, cooking, pc strategy games, msnbc, chopin, noam chomsky, led zepplin, cinematography and ... is also a video entitled, jesper goes down on dima the stableman which am so not interested in viewing... though am admitting if it were pbs we might reflexive click. edit: am admitted kinda baffled by so much msnbc (we view msnbc vids even less frequent than fox.) and has been literal at least a couple years since our most recent noam chomsky search. HA! Good Fun!

Rich: "Nothing I'm going to complain about is as bad as the stuff that came before." Indeed, and that is how low we have sunk. Because those middle three episodes were not good, but I guess when swimming in a sea of diarrhea, finding a chunk of firm stool feels like a win.

If someone were to put some effort into developing it, Slaughterbots are quite feasible, atleast according to the Swiss Drones and Robotics Center.