LadyCrimson

Hm. On the one hand, it feels like I've seen bits of the plot before in multiple other movies.....on the other hand, that's true of almost anything by now, and if it's done well/actually good, or has an unexpected surprise or two, I like those sorts of sci-fi plots. At least it's an original IP, in that it's not a sequel, based on, or a re-interpreting/reboot, far as I can tell. Side note: is 2+ minutes really a "teaser"? Is the full trailer going to be 4 minutes? I think I'll avoid any more trailers for it. >.>

Newer/current Firefox: I noticed when you play media pages (like YouTube), there is now this extra text line of "AutoplayBlocked" or "Playing" etc that appears/disappears below the tab title, making the tab headers bounce up and down in height. Visually annoying. So I had to go back into that AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\#####.default-release\chrome folder that I created (to get rid of the bookmark menu spacing) and add the below script bit to the userChrome.css file https://github.com/MrOtherGuy/firefox-csshacks/blob/master/chrome/inline_tab_audio_icons.css Seems to work perfectly. Petty annoyance averted, thanks internet.

Hubby and I played some Borderlands 3. He has a somewhat better PC to run the game smoother on now, so he's recently been mucking about in it again and wanted to play. I haven't played in ages so I was finally willing, haha. We did some side quests (never did all) and other grind to reach max lvl 72. I still find the game mediocre and not very engaging long-term/end game, vs. the first two BL games, but ofc playing with hubby makes it better, so still a fun weekend. It did make me wonder yet again if Borderlands 4 will even be worth buying. Or, even if it ends up pretty good, I'm sure Gearbox will want $250 for the entire full "contents package" spread out over a year. Or maybe they'll finally go the Borderlands semi-MMO route...

I watched Black Knight. At least it's not a long series - 6 episodes. It is...ok...in parts but overall pretty much the expected "nothing to write home about". Follows the more modern trend of more flash/visual and music then chr./world building with too frequent scene/chr-change edits. It may make you want even just a little bit more background how chrs. became the chrs. they are so you can feel more invested, but you never get it. That sort of thing. Maybe it was a bit more Mad Max then The Postman. Anyway, not the worst, but you're not missing anything, either.

^ Mine largely looks similar except I enable/keep the File/Edit/View text bar above. When I first start FF or if I hit the Home button it goes to duckduckgo and new tabs open to a blank page etc. Along with a few other about:config tweaks I also created a Policies key in regedit to turn off Firefox's auto updating and nagging, once they started to do that. So it says "updates disabled by administrator" everywhere. >.>

I skimmed thru the 1st episode of Cleopatra. This is not a "review." Around the 12-15 minute mark they talk about the color/race "can't be sure"/personalized identification debate a bit and then largely leave it. The format is a panel of historians talking about her life, with actor segments. The actors have dialogue so it's not just visual emphasis in that sense, there is more docu-drama then anything else. I dunno...it felt more like some historians indulging in fan mode then anything else, panel credentials or not. But again, didn't watch all of it, not interested enough in the topic, and I don't know enough to point out numbers of any inaccuracies.

Yeah, that's the one I was on before updating, I think. It was 88, at least. So far version 112.0.2 isn't doing anything to really annoy me (no more than changing to 88 did anyway), outside of that double spacing bookmark thing. I mean, there's slight stylistic differences like always but nothing major. The rest of my previous settings remained during the update process. I did get rid of some "Firefox View" taskbar button/tab option. Anyway, if anyone cares/might care later, the bookmark spacing I went into appdata/roaming/mozilla and under the newest profile folder, created a folder called "chrome" then create a userChrome.css file with this in it: You can make the 1px number whatever you want. Restart firefox. It was also suggested that to make that work - make Firefox check for the css file - one had to do the below, which I did, but maybe it would work without, didn't try/don't know.

Y'know, just to be contrary, I don't recall asking for a "solution" in the first place, outside of maybe suggestions for other things to try besides the ones I mentioned. I also don't really understand why you (even if it's rare) even bother to reply to anything I post, since you almost always seem to find a reason to dislike what I reply back, or my stylings, or whatever it is. If you know or believe that's likely to occur, why bother. Just ignore me entirely, 100% of the time. *shrug* right back.

I used to watch Company Man a lot, which analyzes larger well known stores/franchises rises and then maybe falls (in not too long videos). But as time went on I was less familiar with companies he focused on, thus was less interested. I still check up on his channel now and again tho. I liked the nostalgia and his style mostly, I guess.

Sigh. My dear Gromnir, a solution that works for some is not a solution that always works for all.Whether the reasons are physical, financial, emotional, whatever, the point is that rarely is a solution universal. I do appreciate the suggestion, and I acknowledge it's a sound and reasonable suggestion on a purely Spock like logical level. But giving you a long winded unnecessary explanation you don't want to hear, our freezer is typically chock full with bulk frozen raw and cooked meat and veggies, as well as hubby's many bags of sandwich bread rolls, and other things, and we do not even have ice cube trays in the freezer. So then one can say ... "just get another freezer." Which I've thought of in past years, but we haven't done yet and at the moment our garage is so floor-space filled with hubby's moving process stuff that it's going to take me a couple years to hem and haw him into unpacking and organizing, and ... well, you don't want to hear it anyway. So, good suggestion, and I may use it one day, but at the moment, it's not a solution, just for regular consumption of watermelon flavored water ... for me.

Who the heck at Mozilla thought that putting more than a double-space of empty space between bookmark text lines was a good idea? *finds a css script to change it back* ...Viki is the only site I use that tends to rapidly tell me I need to upgrade my browser version to use it. So I mostly use it via the tablet instead. Decided to update Firefox today to use Viki for some movies on the TV. Blargh, the visual and UI design choices "app" makers - even for desktops - make now. *grump* Edit: I also hate the word "app" being applied to everything, now

I generally don't like mint. Or coffee, or tea. I do love watermelon/melons but for myself who has to avoid carbs it's too much vs spoilage. Although sometimes you can buy cut sections vs. a whole one, or those small tubs of precut cubes or something. I remember when I got out of the hospital,and immediately on release we went to the store to buy diet-appropriate stuff. My still-addled brain was full of nurse talk of "fresh fruit and veggies" and the store had whole watermelons outside. I go "fresh fruit!" and grabbed two and hubby was all like "wut? u sure?" Yeah, I learned quickly anything but very small amounts of most fruit did not help blood sugar levels, at least in my case.

Ah, ok, I think I mostly understand. The orders sound a little bit like the Caesar's orders in that series, kinda. Simple enough. Hm. In theory I might like it...would then just depend on whether I like the city building mechanics/designing and concepts etc.

I am happy that Kim Woo-Bin (Uncontrollably Fond, Heirs, Master, Twenty) has seemingly beaten his nasopharynx (throat/nasal areas) cancer after a few years and is back to filming. I already watched Alienoid (movie) - he was good, the film had a decent premise but was "eh." Now it's this series. Sadly the trailer, for me, doesn't build any hype. It looks like a cross between The Postman, Death Stranding, and k-drama dystopian conglomerate espionage. The overdone dramatic/grim music in the trailer isn't helping. Maybe it'll be decent. I'm just glad he's still around to keep taking new projects.

Not what I'm eating but what I'm trying to drink. Water+ a slice of lemon - eh, I don't like lemon water. Water+ some kind of orange related fruit - better but still not my thing Water+a small piece of watermelon - oddly palatable but I'd never use up a whole melon b4 it went bad ...maybe I'll try a small slice of cantaloupe and honeydew next. Yes I find plain water boring to drink all day, except when one is overheated/dying of thirst. Everything else has a gazillion grams of sugar/carbs tho. I wonder what a drop of vanilla in water would be like.

Postscript: thinking about it, I probably would have developed a much higher attraction to purposeful physical activity if it was winter all year round. I would rather hike in a cold rainy forest then in 80F/26C sunny meadows. As soon as late Spring hits here I'm all about just sitting in the shade. Although a redwood or other heavily forested/fern-ed terrain at 6k+ feet is nice to walk around in. Many lower elevation pine forests, the trees are too sparse/no canopy and it's still way too hot/dusty. Don't like those. As I've probably said before, if hubby wants to retire/live in a hot area, it's fine with me, but he will never then get me outdoors beyond sitting on the patio now and then.

My husband would be sitting in his recliner with a robe and electric blanket. ...I like that temp or lower for sleeping, much higher and I can't sleep for (censored). But 10C is about my limit for indoor temps. I don't want to wear more than a light nightgown and socks. ...maybe you should get a house with an ice rink as the floor, keep it artificially frozen in summer, toss rugs over it.

You play the same map 100 times? Or is that full campaign so lost on 2 maps out of 100? I played Caesar 3's full campaigns (Peace and War) maybe 5-7 times but after that I would find myself repeating strategies too often. I did C4's campaign only 1.5 times, the klunky 3d graphics annoyed me a bit. Never finished Pharaoh campaign because the monument building took way too freaking long and wasn't my interest.

I don't mind if they have random stats that people can stare at, or maybe decides what AI jobs their random constantly born kids end up doing, but I don't want to take care of or command individuals in any fashion. If I wanted that I'd play The Sims. What I did miss with Banished was no map goals (Prosperity, Culture etc) to give you something to shoot for per map besides mega population numbers. Especially when almost all of these games end up with performance issues once you reach 500-2000 or whatever population sizes so you get blocked in that sense anyway, often long before a map is completely "filled". I think one of those games on my wishlist actually (currently) has a 2000 hard cap. I should just play Caesar3 or 4 again I suppose.

I looked at Against the Storm. I was a little interested until one user review mentioned the mission structure vs. more open city build map scenarios with a time type of pressure (a "Queen" gets mad/you lose, or something). I don't mind a progressive, escalating map goal difficulty campaign ala Caesar 3/Pharaoh that lets you take all the time you want and the only reason you might "lose" is because your city design wasn't well thought out enough (learning curve). but I don't want Age of Empires beat constant waves with peasants and hoes until you can research/insta create army units, either. Which would Against the Storm more resemble?

I've pretty much decided if it's Early Access (starting in an early Alpha phase), 4-5 years might be average. Assuming it doesn't end up in perpetual E-A for a decadeplus etc (stares at 7 Days). Sure, some finish in 3 years or less, but... If any of those city builder games end up released on GoG, I'll actually purchase them from there, since 1: I don't expect to use a controller and 2: at least I'd have a copy of the original version I might end up liking best, on disk. >.> I still feel that way about Banished. I liked one of the earlier initial releases better than the later patches and install that one. Edit: looks like at least some of them are E-A over on GoG, so I'd assume would also release there.

I enjoyed the first one for its combo of sorta-serious and cheese. Mostly the cheese. Looks like they've embraced the cheese now. So, yes, please.

Often the list is simply a finger-string reminder for anything I was even slightly intrigued by, during 3am browsing sessions. Every 3-6 months I relook and then delete most of those. I haven't researched all of them re: how "pure" sandbox-y they can potentially be (sandbox-y ala Banished, if you want zero combat aspects etc) Ostriv (gridless) Land of the Vikings (gridless, combat seems to be off-screen raiding, optional I think, not sure) Timberborn Foundation Kingdoms Reborn (some kind of card system for some advancement?, off screen raid, no active combat) (more city builder+RTS style) Going Medieval (Standard, Peaceful, Survival modes) Manor Lords (more conquering focus but has a no/low combat Prosperity mode)

When you have 23 items in your Steam Wishlist and 8 of them are Early Access city-builder/RTS type games, 2 are E-A farming/adventure games and 2 are not released yet (the rest are one that are waiting for sales/not sure about, like Ghostwire Tokyo). I used to not mind doing early access now and then, or at least if it'd been in E-A a couple years, but at this point I can't make myself hit the buy button anymore. I'd rather just wait and "judge" a final form. Like Farthest Frontiers, despite having food spoilage mechanic I wouldn't like, its dev is Crate Ent. so eventually I'd think it would be good. But also, it's Crate, that took 6+ years to finish Grim Dawn (8+ if you include the later DLC's). Nothing wrong with that, mind, but I have no desire to buy in super early this time. But I am happy there are so many city-builder/sim type "indie" games being worked on. In 3-6 years I'll have lots to choose from.

the problem I have with stuff like that is they're getting up in arms over a 2 minute trailer and because (i'd guess) in it some woman also declares - paraphrasing - "never mind what school says, she was black". Point being, they haven't even seen a single full episode. I saw nothing in that trailer that looked wildly "Afrocentric" (in terms of say costumes, sets) culturally, only that the actress ... is black. At least wait and watch it, to see if it badly disrespects actual culture/historical events.