LadyCrimson

It's still annoying on my 10.5 tablet at horizontal viewing. The typical phone vertical mobile view is much less obtrusive feeling I agree. Maybe I should turn the 55" TV vertically? The dynamic desktop scaling of banner vs. forum-width also causes it to grow larger/taller when in actual thread view, vs. the "Home" view which has the right side-bar menus, especially if it's not full-screen, at least on the 1440 and tablet. That all said, it's probably more the animation factor that bugs me the most. It's an overall nice design actually (and the t-shirts look nice ) , but almost-blinking animation is very distracting. If it was static I might tolerate it.

Yeah, that's where I got the bugcheck critical error from. But it doesn't give much info, just that's the name/reason for the crash. Google says it could be caused by any of a host of things, software drivers/dlls, hardware, etc. Not terribly helpful. >.> I don't even know if the game and the firefox tab crashes and the reboots are related or just coincidence. 7 Days is pretty hard on hardware specs voxel, alpha, unoptimized - so maybe it just triggers an issue that's cropped up rather than being a cause of the issue. And whatever it is it doesn't happen every day. Currently testing Precison's/GPU "power target" setting. I don't know what that does technically, seems to do with max wattage target, all I know is lowering it reduces gpu-load temps but doesn't seem to alter FPS/general performance in any way noticeable to me. I had it at 90percent - so gpu temps were 68-72 at a middling/quiet fan rpm. I lowered it to 80, so gpu temps run more like 60-64.

In the last couple months, with no hardware, O/S, driver or software changes except maybe some small game installs: --occasional Firefox tab crashes --occasional PC spontaneous reboot, so far when idle for long periods, eg overnight and wake up to rebooted PC (I have WinUpdates totally disabled, it's not that) --7 Days to Die sometimes CTD, sometimes BSOD, random times, not always, same game version as Jan-2022 where I had no issues --Win10 critical error re: bugcheck --a certain .dll mentioned in 7 Days to Die crash dump seemingly related re: EAC but I never even ran/nstalled/use the EAC since I play SP/offline --when I turn on 7 Days the PC makes a slight whining noise in the start menu, can't tell where it's coming from, the few other games I tried do not do this ---all temps (disk, cpu, gpu) and ram use are fine while game is running So far I have: removed all fps/system monitoring software except Precision, forums mentioned such a few times re: bugcheck, removed Discord, reinstalled the game, blah blah. If none of that seems to help I'm going to have to start troubleshooting hardware. Like, maybe ram or PSU or something else is going faulty. I suppose a total reinstall of Win10 would be after that, but I don't wanna. Pfft. I hate trouble-shooting and sometimes this is why I end up building a new PC.

I like that one as well, although to this day I couldn't really say why. It was entertaining in some fashion I guess. The other not-In-Bruges roles I liked Colin in somewhat was Minority Report and The Way Back (2010), which I watched because of Ed Harris. In neither did I think Colin's acting was all that great, but I liked the characters for whatever reasons. Also, one of my favorite/most fun Gabriel's was Kevin Durand in that action-horror movie Legion (2010) - yes it was all action-ridiculous, what with the black armor and the slice and dice wings, but it made me giggle-cheer so I give it bonus points. Paul Bettany made a fun fallen Michael, too.

Since we both loved That 70's Show, hubby and I gave That 90's Show a chance. Growing up with laugh tracks and sitcoms, such doesn't bother me even now (although I understand why it does bother some/many these days), and I adored seeing the chr's of Red and Kitty again. I guess they are going to be in the whole series, while the other chrs from 70's Show are largely cameos. Anyway, I think the feeling of the original show was mostly captured, the jokes were at least lightly amusing for the most part, and it's going to largely hinge on whether you like the new set of teen-age characters that hang out in the basement, among other things. But it almost, perhaps, follows 70's Show too closely. Each kid is a lot like the original kids in archetype. eg, outside of Red and Kitty, hubby and I weren't very interested and turned it off after a couple episodes. It's not terrible, but it doesn't feel fresh/revitalized/different in any way, and we lost interest. If you really miss that type of sitcom tho, it might scratch an itch.

Yes the display of (the ad banner) is way too large, even at 1440 or 4k resolution it visually feels way too tall, relative to the amount you can see under it without scrolling down (I would guess it would seem even more height-filling at 1080, didn't check tho). I would suggest reducing the height by half. ...that said, I too have now blocked it. But not everyone wants to use/do that sort of thing.

I noticed a lot of new dead space on wikipedia recently, which I dislike immensely, since I also do not typically have webpages in "full screen" on the 1440 monitor, and often have browser at 120% size to boot. I remember when they decided to have those pop-up preview boxes appear when you mouse-hover over links or something, which I also hated and found an addon that removed that feature. Maybe someone will make an add-on to remove the dead space "feature". >.>

Not that I've watched football in years, but at least the Cowboy's have quite a ways to go to match some of baseball's longest World Series (or post-season?) dry spells. They'll get it back at some point. Also, @Bartimaeus I see what you did there. ... is it weird that I almost miss that ghost-in-the-machine looking title blob, now? Heh.

I haven't watched The Banshees... yet, despite my stated intention to do so. I think some of the reason is that my track record with most media these days makes me "afraid" to be disappointed with it, so maybe I'm waiting for any emotional over-expectations of mine to die down a bit. >.> My main reason for interest in the first place is mostly Brendan Gleeson. I've seen him in lots of things, all the way back to Braveheart, to 28 Days, small roles, larger roles, and I love him every time. I did love (mostly) In Bruges, as well as The Guard. Colin Farrell can be good, but most of the films he's been in, I haven't liked overmuch - that said he certainly paired well with Gleeson in Bruges so hoping for similar chemistry to strike twice, in The Banshees.

I tried watching Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, Netflix. Horror, anthology, might be good. Some episodes have two brief stories, some are single-story. I watched some episodes on the TV, some on my tablet. Note: it wasn't until later, with a Google, that I found out it's based on some famous manga/artist works, unseen by me. --1st episode - "Strange (something) Siblings" - wtf is going on. Also, this is boring. --2nd episode - Something about a tunnel first, then kids + ice cream truck: bit more interesting in a weird way, at least --3rd episode - "Hanging Balloon" - better, I liked most of it, the idea is intriguing at least, the ending felt weak. --more episodes - bored again, ok, kinda interesting, bored again, etc. ...I reached "Tomie-Photo", which was eh. As an anthology it's a real hit and miss for me, with only a few episodes capturing more of my attention. I probably won't watch the few left. ...from reviews it sounds like it totally fails at capturing the feeling of the original artist's drawings and at least from the few images I saw in articles I'd agree. From my know-nothing perspective, the animation is ok/generic but it's simply not very creepy/disturbing, at least if one is used to the genre. Stories also often end abruptly in a way that feels too cut-off, even relative to a short story/no answers or big conclusion type format. Which is simply unsatisfying.

^ I didn't even know (or forgot) there was a Magnum P.I. reboot. I remember watching the one in the 80's for maybe a season's worth. Didn't take long before the main reason I was watching was because of Jonathan Hillerman. He cracked me up. RIP

@Bartimaeus you tricksy trickster, making me think there was maybe something wrong with my PC. Then again...it's also rather

I force Arial/other, plus a blanket 20 font size vs. letting webpages "use their own fonts". So on the desktop I can't tell when people use smaller fonts in posts etc, only on the phone/tablet. Main reason is at 1440, tiny or hard to read fonts drive me batty with my now both near and far sighted eyeballs and this way I don't have to ctrl+ magnify the whole page too much. It does occasionally make some boxed text elements a little offset at times but not often.

Oh, ok. Well, if someone else sees it, I guess it's not a flaky O/S then. Phew. Actually I didn't even notice the title word, I was too busy staring at the blob-stuff, wondering if it was some secret alien text or something.

Didn't want to post it in the Forum Issues because it's likely something on my end, but is anyone else getting a weird image over the NFL thread? It's only over that thread title, static, it doesn't move up and down if I scroll down the page/s. Tried cookie and cache clearing etc, still there. Wasn't there yesterday. It also shows up in the url line if I mouse-hover over the thread link. ...maybe it's just time to reinstall the O/S. Meh.

Ordered some groceries via Amazon Fresh. Went to look at my "Orders" listing info. At the top of the list was a stand-out note re: "An item you ordered has been recalled! Throw it away/stop using it." Wut? Do I need to cancel/re-do my order?... ...turns out it was a jar peanut butter I ordered one or two years ago that fell under the product numbers for a voluntary recall of Jiff's from May of 2022. Er...ok? Already long eaten. Neither Jiff nor Amazon get any service gold stars.

...most of the time with single-arc narrative series that go on for multiple seasons, I stop after the first season, maybe 2.5 seasons at most. I find they just do not hold up most of the time, or devolve into 80% padded filler and constant over the top cliffhangers - which can work in shorter movies but for 5+ seasons I rapidly stop caring. Breaking Bad is one of the few exceptions, for me (although I grew pretty weary of Jessie's chr eventually). ...I still vastly prefer a one-main-arc per season format, whether it's a multiple season show or once and done. Maybe because I grew up when mini-series on networks were frequent/king for a while. Long enough to explore a plot more thoroughly than a 2hr movie, but not long enough to wear out its welcome or for writers to run out of ideas on how to keep extending it.

I don't think I have enough of a handle on your exact tastes to even guess if you'd like it or not. I wouldn't call the film a must-watch, even tho I enjoyed it a lot. I think it's one of Ralph Fiennes finer performances of late and the dark comedy was on point, for me. But it did have small lulls and the middle section was probably the most effective. Edit: The lead actress Anya Taylor-Joy was fantastic too. And to say, I did like the ending/resolution, but not as much impact as it was aiming for. eg I wanted a little more than it gave, I think.

Hubby and I joke whenever one of us leaves the house - miss ya already, can't wait to ignore you when you get back. So this afternoon, I can once again ignore my husband, and I will be very happy.

Ok fine, maybe it's the taste of iron I don't like. Or myoglobin whatever that consists of. No clue. Whatever it is, if the meat looks half raw/very red and there is "blood" bleeding all over my plate, since it tastes similar to what I suck out of my finger when it gets stabbed with a needle or sliced with a knife, I won't like it. Edit: I also don't like the smell of "blood" all that much. It doesn't make me ill or anything, I just don't like it. And yes that includes when I'm prepping meat, at times. Smell is the main reason I dislike almost all common/popular seafood and refuse to step inside a major or pier/wharf fish market where it's overpowering (which does make me utterly nauseous). That said, not saying some cooked or fried or steeped in a casserole seafood doesn't taste all right. But I've tried many times over the years to try and like seafood enough to eat it more regularly, but I fail every time. EditEdit: I feel like I should emphasize I'm not trying to put down seafood per se. It's just hard to enjoy something if you don't like the smell of it, even when cooked, most of the time.

^ I always used a controller, which felt fine/worked well. I don't imagine I would have liked using a keyboard. There's one minor boss fight (the one just before you have to travel to another map section thru snow) in the game that after struggling to even escape it a couple times I realized I could avoid completely by just ... running over some rocks in the opposite direction then the game makes you think you have to go because it'll despawn after a certain distance. So I did, and again when replaying. Technically I have not defeated that thing, lol. Repair Sprays are completely unnecessary to protect cargo from Timefall itself - so long as you don't fall down a mountain or get swept away by those ghosties, haha. Even with fully repaired cargo containers, a major fall etc. could damage the cargo pretty extensively, even to the point of mission fail, sometimes. I stopped carrying them at all about halfway through the game. Timefall did reduce most gear over time but I was a packrat as usual and always had a certain number of things. I mostly used the blood grenades the entire time so I had piles and piles of blood bags and not much else. Interesting re: roads or structures disappearing, never had that happen on the console, all the online structures stayed forever - unless I manually deleted them myself - as long as I repaired them a little occasionally. Sounds like a bug.

Last of Us, first episode Hm. Builds dread and tension pretty well, helped by audio design and music. Good production values. Some visual shots definitely made me think of the game. Pedro Pascal is going to be a great Joel. The young lady playing Ellie I'm a little less sure about, but we don't see much of her in 1st episode. Anyway, very promising start, would definitely watch more. But didn't make me want to impatiently must-watch every week ala Breaking Bad. I'll still wait for completion first.

Lets see if the forum will let me post something in this thread this time: For me meat is often just this flavor I like combined with other flavors. I rarely eat it if it's not in some sauced sitr fry, soup, sliced marinated small pieces, jerky Edit-or smoked/sausage meats. I do like a steak once in a while - and ribeyes are good yes - but even then I tend to marinate mine in something first. Or I'm the plebe that would drown each forkfull in A1 or teriyaki sauce on the side, whatever. I don't like too much direct blood taste, so no bloody plates for me, but the cooked flavor of meat in combo with salt, marinades, veggies, etc is what I like, and each meat goes with different things. Edit: and yet the forum still will not let me post about the simple lowish carb yogurt dessert I've been making. Go Figure.

The Menu, via HBOMax I wasn't sure what to expect from this one, but once it gets going it I liked it quite a bit. Social satire, high brow horror, perhaps. A lot of barbs thrown at how almost cult-like fancy restaurant, foodie, and chef culture can be. Social issue wise, it's nothing other movies haven't commented on, but still fairly effective and lol funny here and there. A lot of good cast, although most aren't given a ton to do. But the primaries were excellent. I might give it something like 3 out of 4 stars.

First episode of Last of Us is getting good reviews from lots that I've seen, making me more interested in it. HBOMax page just says tonight, not sure what time that means. I'll watch the first then let the rest pile up to watch the whole if I like it.