What You've Done Today...or yesterday...or what you are doing RIGHT THIS MINUTE!!!

[LadyCrimson]

34 minutes ago, BruceVC said:

The point Im making is thats one reason why Microsoft needs access to your PC and its for a good reason 

[Gorgon]

I bought a portrait lens by mistake, clicked the wrong thing. I meant to get a wide angle prime and now instead of returning it,  I've kind of gone into a rabbit hole of minimalist framing.  It's interesting, in a ship in a bottle kind of way. 

https://imgur.com/Uf9Hc9q

 

 

Don't you dare stop holding hands, you're not in focus yet. 

 

 ****ing ****

https://imgur.com/a/8Mqgym8

[uuuhhii]

so support for win10 just ended

anyone can guess how long until game dev force player to update to win11

[LadyCrimson]

54 minutes ago, uuuhhii said:

so support for win10 just ended

anyone can guess how long until game dev force player to update to win11

Probably less time than Win7 vs. Win10, but I wouldn't worry about it much for 2-3 years. And even then probably mostly AAA/AA, and/or initially mostly the "we won't support your bug reports" vs. "game absolutely won't run."

I mean, look how long it took Steam to make Win7 not work with their client (supposedly, never tried).  They all know lots of people refuse to go over for a long time.

I've been looking into Linux (for gaming) again and I guess for me it might be something like Mint vs. Bazzite. Linux for everything but gaming, I'm sure I'd have no issues with, outside of maybe my ancient fave and simple image editor might not work. But Linux for gaming - I don't know. I know most things these days work or can be made to work but there's always certain titles that won't, not including MP/anti-cheat dev linux support issues (since I don't MP). So it always feels like I'd have to go back to multiple PC setups, switchboxes and/or extra displays etc again for outlier cases, and I really don't want to.  Edit: getting too old for that kind of stuff

Edited yesterday at 03:32 AM by LadyCrimson

[Bartimaeus]

Steam announced ending support for Windows 7 (and Windows 8, extra characters here because "8" and ")" right next to each automatically turns into an emoticon I can't disable) on March 28th of 2023, effective January 1st of 2024. 12 days before that announcement, Steam's own hardware survey said that 1.58% of users were on Windows 7 and .36% on Windows 8 - by early December, it had dropped to a combined 0.96%. Microsoft dropped non-security support for Windows 7 in January of 2015, extended support in 2020, and paid-only enterprise support in January of 2023. Right now, Windows 10 is still at 33.74% on Steam...in other words, you can expect a few more years at the very least. The big issue with ending support for Windows 10 is that there's literal hundreds of millions of devices out that that can't easily upgrade to Windows 11, so I think there's a good chance Windows 10 will be supported by most stuff, including Steam, for just as long as Windows 7 was. It will take time for people to upgrade their PCs to even be able to install Windows 11, especially given current PC tech prices.

Edited yesterday at 12:17 PM by Bartimaeus

[BruceVC]

EPIC is offering Amnesia Bunker for free till 25 October

I like the Amnesia franchise so I got it, good horror  games

[Bartimaeus]

I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. My dentist and the surgeon thought they would be simple pulls because they'd all surfaced fully and without any major impacting, but they ended up having to cut into my gums and drill them apart because they had gnarly deep roots and refused to be pulled. 20-30m procedure turned into 3x that. Fun. The worst part so far was the anxiety leading up to it (I decided I'd be IV sedated...and that was almost certainly the right choice), but we'll see over the next few days.

[Hurlshort]

I got my wisdom teeth out around 35 years old and it was not a fun time. Good luck with the recovery.

[Bartimaeus]

I'm a couple of years past the suggested/recommended age range myself, mainly because they've never bothered me and I'd never had a dentist tell me I should get them pulled until recently. I'm unsure if that played into why the roots were deeper than normal. The bottom ones in particular were pushing my teeth together a little too tight, which would make cavities likely in the future...at some point. Better now than later, my dentist said.

Despite them having to cut up my gums and sew them back together, the bleeding is close to stopping and the pain really isn't too bad yet, so it'll just be a matter of dealing with the swelling and avoiding dry socket/infections, I think. And being hungry for the rest of this week, since I'm not supposed to eat anything.

[ShadySands]

2 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

the pain really isn't too bad yet

I was 17 when I had mine out. I remember thinking I could easily handle the pain without painkillers, so I went to bed without taking them. Spoiler alert: I could not.

I hope you feel better soon.

Edited 21 hours ago by ShadySands

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

I had mine pulled before covid, honestly can't remember when. It was not a great time, hopefully you can still eat dairy or something filling in the meantime @Bartimaeus

[Bartimaeus]

There are a few things you're supposed to be able to eat at this stage...applesauce, soft overripe bananas, warm milk, jello, yogurt...but I have a condition called reactive hypoglycemia that means I really can't eat sugars unless I can balance it out with solid protein. Essentially, the more sugar you eat, the more your blood sugar decreases due to having overactive insulin that corrects too hard for it - ergo, fasting is actually better for me than trying to eat most of the stuff they recommend that you eat after removing your wisdom teeth, though it does mean I'm feeling a bit woozy and don't have a lot of energy right now. As a child, I used to show all the normal symptoms of low blood sugar, so adults would keep trying to make me eat more carbs/sugar, e.g. a cookie, and I'd argue and refuse to eat anything of the sort due to having learned the hard way that it just makes me worse. They'd get really mad at me, but lo and behold, I learn that it's a real thing as an adult. Nope, to fix low my blood sugar, I have to...not eat any sugar and instead eat eggs, beans, or meat. Even stuff like milk and peanut butter has too much sugar compared to their protein for it to balance out for me (also, I became strongly lactose-intolerant out of the blue last year anyways).

I'll be better off once my gums stop bleeding and swelling and I can have something like soft scrambled eggs or refried beans. Thanks for the well wishes - I haven't been too bothered by the pain yet, day 3 tomorrow, just taking an ibuprofen and tylenol here and there so far. Honestly, I have way worse chronic pain from my busted-ass neck, which has bothered me more - especially as I'm supposed to keep my head elevated while sleeping, which as someone who mostly sleeps on their chest, is not something I really do very much.

Edited 19 hours ago by Bartimaeus

[Sarex]

18 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

(I decided I'd be IV sedated...and that was almost certainly the right choice)

You don't know what you missed. The experience is something...

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

15 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

I have a condition called reactive hypoglycemia that means I really can't eat sugars unless I can balance it out with solid protein.

That's rough on a good day. Between that and the gluten intolerance I guess broth or maybe unsweetened plant/nut milk is the things you can have until the gums heal?

[Malcador]

10 hours ago, Sarex said:

You don't know what you missed. The experience is something...

The sensation of it being yanked out was memorable.  Unpleasant process, couldn't brush for almost a week if I recall.  

 

[Sarex]

1 hour ago, Malcador said:

The sensation of it being yanked out was memorable.  Unpleasant process, couldn't brush for almost a week if I recall.  

Nurse holding my head with both hands and him pushing and pulling, breaking bone and tooth. All the while I'm thinking, "man if his tool slips I'm going to get a tongue piercing". Thankfully nothing in the process or aftercare hurt at all.

[majestic]

And here I was wanting to complain about having to heavily cut back on the coffee after being diagnosed with an ulcer. Yeah no. I'm never going to the dentist again. Like, ever.