LadyCrimson

This thread loads even more horribly on phone/tablet for me, since new forum software. Just saying.

Its amazing how much all those small things can add up to. The super cheap walmart cotton bedsheets I tossed up as curtains are still on the windows. I'll spend loads on tech and toys but refuse to buy real curtains.

So, I noticed some classic rpg's available on mobile/google-play. Like Baldur's Gate Enhanced, KOTOR, others. They're 7-10 bucks. Has anyone ever played those on a phone/tablet, touch-screen only? Controlling and telling a whole party what to do with a touch screen sounds ... annoying. I barely do 30min-1 hr at a time of the FFXV Pocket Ed. because of that and that app is pretty automated (you only get to control Noct, special moves of other bro's is randomly automated, unlike in the PC game). I know you can buy mini joysticks or something for tablets, but since I'm always at home there's no point in going to that trouble for a mobile device since if I want more than touchscreen I'd just play on the desktops or ps4 instead. Thus wondering about touchscreen, for such games, only.

Can't go wrong with a scrabble knock-off app. Several hours wasted. Digital jigsaw puzzles? It's pretty great, a lot more fun than I was expecting, no table space/mess required! Plus this app lets me make ones from ANY PICTURE I want from within the tablet gallery. Can go up to 450 pieces (harder than it sounds, the pieces get really tiny/hard to see). Other apps had up to 1000 pieces but I liked this app better and that's overkill on a tablet imo. Wonder if the touch-screen will survive it. Several, several hours wasted. And finally, after trying several others (that all sucked) I finally found the slots app for me. I've confirmed it's good I don't live near Vegas. I don't know why slots are so addicting (in BL2 I pulled those slots for hours, in the IRL Vegas the old nickel slots...). I basically OCD'd on this one all weekend like a trained monkey hitting a button to get a banana chip. Eventually spent a few bucks for some boosts (they went on sale) but mostly just watched a zillion ads while doing other tasks. And (mostly) auto-play slot pulls while you're making lunch. Getting a little bored of it now but it's a keeper. Between that and a few other games I think I'm fairly set for killing-boredom "app" games. One doesn't need a lot of them.

Gaming on a tablet can be sort of addicting. Tried an arpg called Epic Conquest. So far gameplay seems to consist of, what do you call it, combat areas only. Click on map that represents a journey, enter the area, have a fight, leave area. Go back to gear/store screen to check what drops you got or use stat points/craft gear etc. Repeat. There's virtual-novel like dialogues that give story/chr but it's rather light. It's rather addicting in that mindless, sit-on-the-bed while tapping the screen like a madperson way I guess. Yes of course they want you to buy stuff, but so far, haven't had to. Just watched a few ads here and there. Thus it's a winner. Bought the rest of the FFXV-Pocket Edition chapters, about to start on that now. Noticed some dialogues are different and I heard some story scenes differ too, it'll be interesting to see how much so. Btw, the install size for everything is quite huge for mobile. Over 2GB I think? Bought the mobile version of Hakuoki virtual novel since it's my utter favorite. Doesn't have all the options/stories of the PC version but does have some side bit content PC version doesn't have. More importantly, can play it a bit and listen to those awesome VA's without having to be tethered to the desktop. Tried a few otome and casual button pusher games out of curiosity. I don't mind watching 20 sec. ads to speed some things up and ofc they want to make money but I don't know how people put up with the frequency or the cost. I'd rather just pay for "everything" outright like the FFXV chapters. I can see why companies like mobile tho - perfect for sucking all the money from addictive personalities. I shall endeavor to find a few other time-wasters that are as free/low pressure as possible. Or pay-outright types.

Discovered you can purchase GooglePlay funds through Amazon, instant email delivery. Uh oh....

Hmm.... Since I have the Tab A tablet thought I'd try the Pocket Edition. The free chapter anyway. It's actually pretty good as a condensed version of the game. The skill tree is completely different structure/form and doings, combat is even more automated. But, y'know, mobile so it's understandable and makes sense. Now I have to decide if I'm going to get a Google money card at the gas station (I'm not giving Google my CC, nope) to get the rest of the chapters ($20 for all). Hmm...

I don't want to use the normandy route since I don't have studies installed and don't want to install it even if I can disable it later. I'm stingy and don't like to send anyone any info automatically nor do I want to be pestered with "do you want to send a report to Firefox" messages. Some people are reporting that their extensions are all back already, but for others (including me) this isn't the case. At least I only use two addons so force enabling them once in a while isn't a big deal. :)

testing, ignore me -- edit - ok seems to not work when I first hit post (doesn't even turn it into a hyperlink), still with no 'rich text' message or anything. If I then hit edit, put cursor by the text and hit Return, it suddenly embeds. Strange, seems to work only in edit window... editedit: ok now it works in the new post box too. WEIRD.

Why not? I haven't yet subscribed to the update stuff every week/month pattern companies like to push - I update if performance feels sluggish or something doesn't work well anymore or if it's been like a year or more. No I'm not worried about security that severely. Plus half the time I feel like updates just makes programs worse (function wise) instead of better. If it was just security fixes/improvements, fine, but it's never just that. There was a specific reason sticking to 61 tho...I think it was something to do with the way bookmarks were handled/filed/created or something along those lines. When I built the new rig I did install latest Firefox on that one, and immediately noticed some interface changes that drove me batty. So I went back.

Hubby brought me another freebie from his work client - a Galaxy Tab-A 10.5" tablet. After setting it up ... it's definitely nice re: watching videos or viewing images/manga, or viewing webpages like this updated forum with the big-spacing styling, vs. the smaller cellphone/mini-tablet. But it's a little large for holding in one's hand, and a little small to lay on a lap and (with aging eyes) read web pages from that distance. Plus the lap method always gives me a neck crick. I'd probably like a 8" or something like that better. At least the tablet lets me uninstall a lot of the fluff I have zero need for vs. only disabling it on the phone. Edit: also, it's 3am, I woke up/am awake and am now bored. >.>

From YouTube's video page, then highlight/copying the address in the url bar in Firefox (r-click, Copy), or in the case of the short link, from YouTube's own "Share" button menu. Edit: I get no such message when I do it myself - originally I mean. Haven't tried cut and pasting from my forum post.

There was a line across top of Firefox tonight that said something about addons being disable/no longer supported and they were all "gone" (there technically but not loaded). Seems to be a new bug. It may or may not happen to you, now or later (I'm on Firefox 61 still, others mentioned version 66-ish). Edit: this has happened on my Win7 rig, but not yet on my Win10 rig (same Firefox version on each). https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548973 This is the work around I've found from some reddit page. Copying entire post text since I can't figure out how to link to just the one post: I'd assume you'd have to redo this every time you exit/restart the browser but haven't tested that. The entire thread I took this from is linked below - there were other possible solutions in it as well, although some only worked for the Developer or Nightly. https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/bkcjoa/all_of_my_addons_got_disabled_and_they_are_all/

Grits teeth, gets around to installing the Win10 May update (plus nvidia update to go with it). Afterwards - the TV flicker I kept having while playing YT videos, from hardware acceleration in browser, is gone, my graphic editor program seems back to being smoother/less stuttery since from the last smaller Win. updates, etc. Hm. Quick! "Delay updates for max time."

I used the long one originally and I didn't see it show up, so I used the shorter one to see if that would. Maybe something was just glitching for me that session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9hu_saIsc Edit: Nope, still doesn't work. It worked for me before tho - I posted that cat video the other day I think. I can see everyone's posted videos, they're just not embedding for me. Wah. All scripts allowed except doubleclick.net... EditEdit: Bah. EditEditEdit: removed redundant test link

Hahaha! .... Hahaha! https://youtu.be/lm5tSbh2PoY ...ok, how do you make YT embeds appear now.

Mongolian beef, but not with that thick brown sauce/coating. Sadly the place I used to like to get it from for years closed, and I've found no replacement outside of making it myself. Beyond that, probably just BB Pork chow mien, especially if it has a lot of bean sprouts and onions. I used to like beef chow mien but most reasonably-priced restaurants use the worst cuts of beef these days, or it feels like it's only half-cooked, either situation resulting in that rubbery type of texture, and I avoid most of it.

Winter: jerky Summer: ice cream

I think I half-chuckled at him trying to "sneak" but that's about it. Claptrap in particular has always been one of those good in tiny doses or silent-movie sequences things. The more you let him ramble on and on the less amusing he (often) becomes. I like the idea of switching ammo/effect types on a gun, along with a couple other minor changes. So far looks pretty much like "more Borderlands", which imo is good. I'd like more footage of the chrs. skills in use. Amara and Zane's listed trees don't excite me in text.

Hunter x Hunter, 2011+ anime - A while back I think I started this on CrunchyRoll, then forgot about it. Noticed the first few seasons were on Netflix, so picked it up again. It's basically one of those youthful "fighting" animes, where everything is an excuse to get people fighting to see whose powers are the bestest, while main teen chr. goal is trying to find his famous/doesn't want to be found dad. I find it rather lightly entertaining although their protracted skill/"Nen"/whatever explanations and narrations are sometimes FFWD-worthy. Anyway, while I like these first few seasons I doubt I'd watch it all. The main draw for me at this point is this chr. named Hisoka. He's a crazy, super-skilled fighter that's a sometimes antagonist. He is just so hilarious - violent, psychotic, humorous, perverse, no "moralistic" redeeming factor that I can see. Why are the nutty ones always so memorable.

What? Crap, he was only a year older than me. How sad/life can be short and unexpected etc. Like many, BitH is a favorite film of mine. Although I'll be honest and say I probably haven't seen many of his other movies. But that one left an impression to this day, where I still remember not just the movie, but Singleton himself.

Don't know where to put this so I'll put it here. In the ever increasing effort of game realism, face scanning models is the way they do it now. But a lot of the time they hardly change the face at all. It's not like a Disney character looking a tad like you in a kind of abstract way. I wonder how it feels to see one's face in a game, on ads, on coffee mugs, have fans talking about your beautiful face/hot character etc. I don't think I'd want that job, too weird. I think one of XV's Kingsglaive movie models complained about that on twitter once. Anyway, like many I made jokey fun of V in DMC5 being so much like Kylo Ren's actor. But after seeing the actual face-scan model (link), I can't do that anymore. It's uncanny, and strange to think "V" is running around the real world. I mean it's kind of interesting tech-wise, sure, but I think I like it better when they spend more time creating a look vs. just outright scanning and copying someone's existing face....maybe it's just me. https://youtu.be/HrYkubuteoo?t=22

It's not under Edit Profile, it's under Account Settings.

I'll tell you what I don't like. Not having a separate Preview Post page that I can shuffle to a new tab. Having the Preview show up /cover/replace where the reply box is, then click on X to close it to keep typing or whatever. I can't really say why I don't like it, but I don't. Maybe because I can't see the Preview and edit the post at the same time. >.>