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Just how cheap is GothBard's company? She's now doing development work in Unreal Engine, which has a minimum RAM recommendation of 32GB. They sent her a "development" machine with 16 GB. When she complained, they upped her to the bare minimum of 32 GB.
In comparison, I'm running Global Megacorporation's generic cheap-a$$ craptop that they give to all of us run-of-the-mill non-developer types. It came with 32 GB of RAM.
So GothBard's current company expects her to transition from being a game designer to being a full-blown designer/artist/engineer, but are reluctant to shell out for the basic levels of equipment needed to do that job.
Yet another reason she needs to get the flock out of there.
Dammit. I cannot tell the kobolds to get GothBard's machine. It is one thing to plan to steal Impish Imps' computers, but I am pretty sure that GothBard's rig is off limits...
No, don't even try.
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My family has the oddest conversations.
GothBard: Did it! We have tickets to Babymetal!
Impus Major: Woooooo!
GB: We need to make your dad wear cat ears!
IM: And his old French maid outfit!
NobodysHome: So, you want an overweight, middle-aged white guy to dress up in a French maid outfit and cat ears and go out in San Francisco at night? I have one word for you: "Nope!"
IM: Fair point, Dad, but...
I will pay whatever amount of money you want to see pics of this.
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Just how cheap is GothBard's company? She's now doing development work in Unreal Engine, which has a minimum RAM recommendation of 32GB. They sent her a "development" machine with 16 GB. When she complained, they upped her to the bare minimum of 32 GB.
In comparison, I'm running Global Megacorporation's generic cheap-a$$ craptop that they give to all of us run-of-the-mill non-developer types. It came with 32 GB of RAM.
So GothBard's current company expects her to transition from being a game designer to being a full-blown designer/artist/engineer, but are reluctant to shell out for the basic levels of equipment needed to do that job.
Yet another reason she needs to get the flock out of there.
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Just how cheap is GothBard's company? She's now doing development work in Unreal Engine, which has a minimum RAM recommendation of 32GB. They sent her a "development" machine with 16 GB. When she complained, they upped her to the bare minimum of 32 GB.
In comparison, I'm running Global Megacorporation's generic cheap-a$$ craptop that they give to all of us run-of-the-mill non-developer types. It came with 32 GB of RAM.
So GothBard's current company expects her to transition from being a game designer to being a full-blown designer/artist/engineer, but are reluctant to shell out for the basic levels of equipment needed to do that job.
Yet another reason she needs to get the flock out of there.
Dammit. I cannot tell the kobolds to get GothBard's machine. It is one thing to plan to steal
ImpishImps' computers, but I am pretty sure that GothBard's rig is off limits...No, don't even try.
I mean.
She needs it for work.
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we still lost about 20% of the bag cutting out rotten bits and eyes.
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the green beans in the middle of the bag were rotten and we lost about 33% of them. The bread was OK.
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But yet again, you cannot get decent fresh fruits or vegetables there,
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the new owners can't seem to comprehend that decent produce is a foundation of a grocery store.(And yes, I've mentioned it to the new owners, and nothing has changed.)
Let's assume that the store owners are trying to match their inventory to the local demand, so that they have satisfied customers and they make a fair profit.
If the produce is rotting on the shelves because your neighbors aren't buying it fast enough to keep it from going bad, then the store owners are losing money.
If they change anything, I'd suggest they stop providing perishable vegetables entirely. Obviously, they can't predict the occasional 'fresh produce' demand well enough to match the goods they stock with your neighborhood needs.
Even in big grocery stores, sales of fresh produce is down slightly. A small store with more volatile demand is going to feel that sooner. These days "convenience food" isn't fresh produce.
As someone that has seen many a neighborhood grocery store change owners I can say with 99% certainty that the most likely culprit is the new owners trying to wring every last penny out of it.
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Just how cheap is GothBard's company? She's now doing development work in Unreal Engine, which has a minimum RAM recommendation of 32GB. They sent her a "development" machine with 16 GB. When she complained, they upped her to the bare minimum of 32 GB.
In comparison, I'm running Global Megacorporation's generic cheap-a$$ craptop that they give to all of us run-of-the-mill non-developer types. It came with 32 GB of RAM.
So GothBard's current company expects her to transition from being a game designer to being a full-blown designer/artist/engineer, but are reluctant to shell out for the basic levels of equipment needed to do that job.
Yet another reason she needs to get the flock out of there.
8 MBs?! You had Megabytes of memory in your first computer?!
I was happy to have 128 kB... (ok, before that there was that 48k ZX Spectrum but it was leased from someone else for a time by my father, and not ours-ours).
The next one was Amiga 500 that had half a Megabyte, later replaced with a second Amiga 500 upgraded to 1 MB, and later to 9 MBs. I don't remember how much memory we put into Amiga 1200.
I don't think I passed 16 MB threshold until somewhere in 2000s.
Apple II+ with 48k for me! And our first internet was a 110-baud phone cradle.
Apple II+ with 48k for me! And our first internet was a 110-baud phone cradle.
Yeah, that was our setup too.
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I will pay whatever amount of money you want to see pics of this.My family has the oddest conversations.
GothBard: Did it! We have tickets to Babymetal!
Impus Major: Woooooo!
GB: We need to make your dad wear cat ears!
IM: And his old French maid outfit!
NobodysHome: So, you want an overweight, middle-aged white guy to dress up in a French maid outfit and cat ears and go out in San Francisco at night? I have one word for you: "Nope!"
IM: Fair point, Dad, but...
I am not saying that's an occasion to make Freehold sign off any inheritance he might be eligible to as an Impus Freehold, but...
Just how cheap is GothBard's company? She's now doing development work in Unreal Engine, which has a minimum RAM recommendation of 32GB. They sent her a "development" machine with 16 GB. When she complained, they upped her to the bare minimum of 32 GB.
In comparison, I'm running Global Megacorporation's generic cheap-a$$ craptop that they give to all of us run-of-the-mill non-developer types. It came with 32 GB of RAM.
So GothBard's current company expects her to transition from being a game designer to being a full-blown designer/artist/engineer, but are reluctant to shell out for the basic levels of equipment needed to do that job.
Yet another reason she needs to get the flock out of there.
8 MBs?! You had Megabytes of memory in your first computer?!
I was happy to have 128 kB... (ok, before that there was that 48k ZX Spectrum but it was leased from someone else for a time by my father, and not ours-ours).
The next one was Amiga 500 that had half a Megabyte, later replaced with a second Amiga 500 upgraded to 1 MB, and later to 9 MBs. I don't remember how much memory we put into Amiga 1200.
I don't think I passed 16 MB threshold until somewhere in 2000s.
I grew up waaaaaaaaay too poor to afford a computer during the time period you are referring to, and in my culture unfortunately, anything not directly related to work or school is a toy. Convincing my mom at the time to get a new computer was hard enough, and that that new computer needed to be upgraded, to have another kid come over with the ram needed to upgrade it, borrow tools to open the computer (i.e. YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT!!!) install the ram(more YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT!!!), watch the computer freak out because it couldn't handle the ram(i.e. YOU BROKE IT IN NOT BUYING YOU ANOTHER ONE!!!), uninstalled the ram and ending up with a computer that was officially behind the times compared to friends pcs, was even worse. I never learned how to upgrade a computer. I would have to buy a new PC every few years. Mom walked away thinking computers were a combination of toy and scam, and it would be quite the shift years later when this same person would ask how we could make money with this "internet" thing that seemed to be everywhere.
Apple II+ with 48k for me! And our first internet was a 110-baud phone cradle.
I think we started with 56k in late 90s. Until the phone bill reached the level when dad refused to pay and our landline was switched off.
EDIT: Or maybe the modem was 28k? I don't remember by now. It was always my brother who was dealing with that. I mainly wanted to play games.
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I grew up waaaaaaaaay too poor to afford a computer during the time period you are referring to, and in my culture unfortunately, anything not directly related to work or school is a toy. Convincing my mom at the time to get a new computer, that that new computer needed to be upgraded, to have another kid come over with the ram needed to upgrade it, borrow tools to open the computer (i.e. YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT!!!) install the ram(more YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT!!!), watch the computer freak out because it couldn't handle the ram(i.e. YOU BROKE...Just how cheap is GothBard's company? She's now doing development work in Unreal Engine, which has a minimum RAM recommendation of 32GB. They sent her a "development" machine with 16 GB. When she complained, they upped her to the bare minimum of 32 GB.
In comparison, I'm running Global Megacorporation's generic cheap-a$$ craptop that they give to all of us run-of-the-mill non-developer types. It came with 32 GB of RAM.
So GothBard's current company expects her to transition from being a game designer to being a full-blown designer/artist/engineer, but are reluctant to shell out for the basic levels of equipment needed to do that job.
Yet another reason she needs to get the flock out of there.
8 MBs?! You had Megabytes of memory in your first computer?!
I was happy to have 128 kB... (ok, before that there was that 48k ZX Spectrum but it was leased from someone else for a time by my father, and not ours-ours).
The next one was Amiga 500 that had half a Megabyte, later replaced with a second Amiga 500 upgraded to 1 MB, and later to 9 MBs. I don't remember how much memory we put into Amiga 1200.
I don't think I passed 16 MB threshold until somewhere in 2000s.
Now you can tell everyone you grew so poor that kids from communist countries were getting computers before you.
EDIT: For the record, as far as I can remember we got Atari 130XE in... Late 1989? Maybe a year earlier, but it was unlikely to be later than that. Parliamentary elections in 89 were half-free, that is the Communist Party reserved itself significant number of seats, but lost all seats that were freely voted for. The big change came a year later when they lost the first free presidential election to Wałęsa and in 91 when the first fully parliamentary free elections took place. And I think that was the year when we got Amiga, brought by our father from our uncle who lived in Western Germany.
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...I grew up waaaaaaaaay too poor to afford a computer during the time period you are referring to, and in my culture unfortunately, Anthony not directly related to work or school is a toy. Convincing my mom at the time to get a new computer, that that new computer needed to be upgraded, to have another kid come over with the ram needed to upgrade it, borrow tools to open the computer (i.e. YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT!!!) install the ram(more YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT!!!), watch the computer freak out because it couldn'tJust how cheap is GothBard's company? She's now doing development work in Unreal Engine, which has a minimum RAM recommendation of 32GB. They sent her a "development" machine with 16 GB. When she complained, they upped her to the bare minimum of 32 GB.
In comparison, I'm running Global Megacorporation's generic cheap-a$$ craptop that they give to all of us run-of-the-mill non-developer types. It came with 32 GB of RAM.
So GothBard's current company expects her to transition from being a game designer to being a full-blown designer/artist/engineer, but are reluctant to shell out for the basic levels of equipment needed to do that job.
Yet another reason she needs to get the flock out of there.
8 MBs?! You had Megabytes of memory in your first computer?!
I was happy to have 128 kB... (ok, before that there was that 48k ZX Spectrum but it was leased from someone else for a time by my father, and not ours-ours).
The next one was Amiga 500 that had half a Megabyte, later replaced with a second Amiga 500 upgraded to 1 MB, and later to 9 MBs. I don't remember how much memory we put into Amiga 1200.
I don't think I passed 16 MB threshold until somewhere in 2000s.
To be fair, I DID have a computer as a kid at my grandmothers house, and then at home, that my brother got for me. It fell directly off the back of a truck. Noone, not even him or dad, knew what it was for. It had a bunch of completely random programs on DOS, I only really remember wheel of fortune and the lottery number/random number selection program. The screen was monochrome, and the word processing program was okay- I think i wrote exactly one paper for junior high on it, and getting it to print on the sketchy "top of the line" printer that we got at a computer store that we seemed to be the only customers at was a true trial.
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we still lost about 20% of the bag cutting out rotten bits and eyes.
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the green beans in the middle of the bag were rotten and we lost about 33% of them. The bread was OK.
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But yet again, you cannot get decent fresh fruits or vegetables there,
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the new owners can't seem to comprehend that decent produce is a foundation of a grocery store.(And yes, I've mentioned it to the new owners, and nothing has changed.)
Let's assume that the store owners are trying to match their inventory to the local demand, so that they have satisfied customers and they make a fair profit.
If the produce is rotting on the shelves because your neighbors aren't buying it fast enough to keep it from going bad, then the store owners are losing money.
If they change anything, I'd suggest they stop providing perishable vegetables entirely. Obviously, they can't predict the occasional 'fresh produce' demand well enough to match the goods they stock with your neighborhood needs.
Even in big grocery stores, sales of fresh produce is down slightly. A small store with more volatile demand is going to feel that sooner. These days "convenience food" isn't fresh produce.
I'm afraid that assumption is faulty. The store ran for 19 years with the best produce in the area; even the farmer's market had trouble competing with it. It was a labor of love by the owner, and might have been a money-loser in and of itself, but it drew in a large loyal local following. I personally spent $300-$400 per week there, and many of my neighbors were similar. After the takeover they kept the butcher because he was obviously profitable. They kept the produce guy on for under 6 months. I'm sure produce was either a zero profit or slight loss for them. And rather than realizing that the produce was what attracted customers, they went for high-profit-margin items.
It's no coincidence that lottery tickets and hard liquor appeared in the store at the same time that the produce guy was let go.
So since I'm not privy to their thoughts this is only guesswork, but having spoken with them and seeing how they managed other areas of the store, they focused on, "How do we maximize the profit for this product type?" rather than a more holistic, "How do we serve the members of our community and keep our business, even if some areas aren't profitable?"
So I think the produce section got dumped because it wasn't profitable, and the owners didn't realize that that department was what drew people into the store in the first place.
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I had spent an hour and a half sitting at an empty table at pub until I got bored waiting and went home.
And it still wasn't my worst birthday party.
The folks that would be the most likely to come already said they can't come, and those few who responded in any way marked maybe, so no one actually promised to come.
I regret that I hasn't listened to a hunch two weeks ago that told me it's not worth to try to organize anything.
When I was coming back home, I came to conclusion that I could use a cake, and (adding about an extra kilometer or so on the walk back) went to hypermarket where they sell cakes... Except the backer section that has cakes was already closed at half past eight.
You want supervillains?! Because that's how you get super-villains!
I could spend that time catching up with work...
Or more likely finishing Hollow Knight.
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I had spent an hour and a half sitting at an empty table at pub until I got bored waiting and went home.
And it still wasn't my worst birthday party.
The folks that would be the most likely to come already said they can't come, and those few who responded in any way marked maybe, so no one actually promised to come.
I regret that I hasn't listened to a hunch two weeks ago that told me it's not worth to try to organize anything.
When I was coming back home, I came to conclusion that I could use a cake, and (adding about an extra kilometer or so on the walk back) went to hypermarket where they sell cakes... Except the backer section that has cakes was already closed at half past eight.
You want supervillains?! Because that's how you get super-villains!
Happy birthday anyway! And just compare yours to Captain Yesterdays'! His birthdays exist to make us feel better about our own!
I could spend that time catching up with work...
Or more likely finishing Hollow Knight.
Or maybe not. The Radiance fight is annoying, especially that you have to repeat the whole fight against Hollow Knight each time, which gets stale and boring after time.
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Pro Tip: Listen to your IT person and clean your computer at least once a year.
Impus Minor came to me complaining that his computer had suddenly started running really slowly. We checked the usual culprits (new software that installed itself to run at startup, old software that updated itself to do stupid things, hard drive more than 90% full), but none of them applied.
While I was looking at his system stats, I saw that his CPU was running at 99.8˚C!!!! He asked, "Could that be it?"
We started disassembling the case and there was -no- air flowing across the fans of his CPU cooler. I got out the vacuum and cleared them and we got to watch the coolant temperature drop from 80˚C to 70 to 60 to 55...
...and his computer started performing better and better and better and better.
All of a sudden, his computer was running like new again (and it's the most powerful computer in the house). He opined, "I guess I should do that on occasion, huh?"
As a bonus, GothBard's desktop (the oldest in the house) has been wheezing and whirring and running its fans like mad and we figured it was just old. I opened it up and found the exact same thing -- years of cat hair completely blocking the CPU cooler intakes. I vacuumed it out and it's suddenly running quiet as a ghost and faster than she remembers it ever running.
Vacuum cleaner + computer = win!
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Happy birthday anyway! And just compare yours to Captain Yesterdays'! His birthdays exist to make us feel better about our own!I had spent an hour and a half sitting at an empty table at pub until I got bored waiting and went home.
And it still wasn't my worst birthday party.
The folks that would be the most likely to come already said they can't come, and those few who responded in any way marked maybe, so no one actually promised to come.
I regret that I hasn't listened to a hunch two weeks ago that told me it's not worth to try to organize anything.
When I was coming back home, I came to conclusion that I could use a cake, and (adding about an extra kilometer or so on the walk back) went to hypermarket where they sell cakes... Except the backer section that has cakes was already closed at half past eight.
You want supervillains?! Because that's how you get super-villains!
Well, my worst birthday (party) was my 18th, when my father first came home in the early evening completely drunk, got viciously reviled by my mother, walked out in shame.
And a few hours later he came back dirty, half conscious, bleeding, without glasses, barely able to speak — he was assaulted by a bunch of hooligans because he noticed them breaking into a car somewhere nearby.
He was lucky they didn't stabbed him or beaten to death. Thankfully he had no serious injuries, aside of a bleeding cut on his chin that left him with a scar.
Or maybe not. The Radiance fight is annoying, especially that you have to repeat the whole fight against Hollow Knight each time, which gets stale and boring after time.I could spend that time catching up with work...
Or more likely finishing Hollow Knight.
Look on the bright side! My major chore for today is to go through the local voter guide and read every single candidate's statement so I can make recommendations to the rest of the family. The Federal-level stuff was all straightforward; the state and local stuff actually requires thought and research. (And yes, if a candidate's statement is coherent but doesn't mention any policies or priorities, I hold my nose and go to their web sites to find out what they think their priorities are.)
Pro Tip: Listen to your IT person and clean your computer at least once a year.
Impus Minor came to me complaining that his computer had suddenly started running really slowly. We checked the usual culprits (new software that installed itself to run at startup, old software that updated itself to do stupid things, hard drive more than 90% full), but none of them applied.
While I was looking at his system stats, I saw that his CPU was running at 99.8˚C!!!! He asked, "Could that be it?"
We started disassembling the case and there was -no- air flowing across the fans of his CPU cooler. I got out the vacuum and cleared them and we got to watch the coolant temperature drop from 80˚C to 70 to 60 to 55...
...and his computer started performing better and better and better and better.All of a sudden, his computer was running like new again (and it's the most powerful computer in the house). He opined, "I guess I should do that on occasion, huh?"
As a bonus, GothBard's desktop (the oldest in the house) has been wheezing and whirring and running its fans like mad and we figured it was just old. I opened it up and found the exact same thing -- years of cat hair completely blocking the CPU cooler intakes. I vacuumed it out and it's suddenly running quiet as a ghost and faster than she remembers it ever running.
Vacuum cleaner + computer = win!
I'd love to, but servicing this computer costs a significant fraction of its price. I will not risking opening it myself, as it is very tightly constructed Lenovo All-In-One. Smallest misstep and the screen will need replacement. And I am not exaggerating here—the Lenovo servicing staff (or more likely their subcontractor) damaged the screen during the warranty repairs and sent it back with cracked screen, prompting following complaint and another round of repairs.
Pro Tip: Listen to your IT person and clean your computer at least once a year.I'd love to, but servicing this computer costs a significant fraction of its price. I will not risking opening it myself, as it is very tightly constructed Lenovo All-In-One. Smallest misstep and the screen will need replacement. And I am not exaggerating here—the Lenovo servicing staff (or more likely their subcontractor) damaged the screen during the warranty repairs and sent it back with cracked screen, prompting following complaint and another round of repairs.
You don't need to open a laptop to clean its vents -- a standard canister vacuum held at least a finger's thickness away from each vent should do the trick. I always lay a hand flat over the vent, open my fingers so that the vent is 80-90% exposed with air flow from either side, then put the vacuum on the back of my fingers.
Directly vacuuming the vent will damage your fan. Having the distance and the open fingers cuts the air flow significantly enough that you're unlikely to hurt the fan, but you'll still get the dust and lint. Gentleness is key, but it's not too hard to achieve.
I might have missed a few hundred meters for a whole 10 km walked back home.
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And proof positive that Mozilla has no concept who I am: On its Recommended by Pocket page: "Chicken Madeira Recipe -- A Cheesecake Factory Copycat".
Erm... suuuuure. If it comes out exactly like the Cheesecake Factory's version, why would I ever make it?
I'm not sure why a Cheesecake Factory might serve chicken dishes, Next thing, you'll tell me that Olive Garden isn't actually a garden, with olives in it.
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I had spent an hour and a half sitting at an empty table at pub until I got bored waiting and went home.
And it still wasn't my worst birthday party.
The folks that would be the most likely to come already said they can't come, and those few who responded in any way marked maybe, so no one actually promised to come.
I regret that I hasn't listened to a hunch two weeks ago that told me it's not worth to try to organize anything.
When I was coming back home, I came to conclusion that I could use a cake, and (adding about an extra kilometer or so on the walk back) went to hypermarket where they sell cakes... Except the backer section that has cakes was already closed at half past eight.
You want supervillains?! Because that's how you get super-villains!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREJK!
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Happy Birthday! Sto lat!
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Amusingly enough, Drejk's fears were realized: Impus Minor's computer up and died yesterday. I sincerely doubt it was the vacuuming -- I think that running the CPU at 100°F did significant damage to it, and once it was restored to "normal" operating parameters it up and died.
Fortunately, Impus Minor has a friend who repairs computers for a living, so we don't have to rely on my analysis -- he'll come by on Tuesday and issue a final verdict.
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And I spent 20 minutes on phone providing tech support for mom so she could access her tablet...
The biggest pain under the tail is not actually seeing the damn device and having to really on her descriptions and having to tell her what to do in return.
Having her accounts set on my Chrome does help immensely letting me sign in at a moment's notice.
Much shorter walk today.
Happy (belated) birthday, Drejk!
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A hag that will happily bake your kids (into) a pie.
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Ok, the moment has come, when Owen K.C. Stephens reached the point where he needs help with paying bills for his cancer treatment:
Happy super belated birthday Drejk!
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The garden show was super busy! I personally got 3 people to sign up designs, which is $500 minimum. And I'm not even a salesman and I was only there for an hour.
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Erg.
Got my second Shingles vaccine on Saturday and spent Sunday in bed with a massive headache and a 102°F fever. And the terrifying part is that everyone I know who's had shingles says, "Get the vaccine! It's worth it!"
Shingles must be a truly nasty beast...
Speaking of random tirades about bad design decisions, it always strikes me that we were PlayStation aficionados, going through the PS1, PS2 (greatest console ever made), PS3, and PS4, yet we never plan on buying another PlayStation.
Just how did Sony achieve this level of malevolence from us?
First came the decision not to make the PS3 backwards-compatible with the PS2. This was a truly idiotic decision -- people with dozens of beloved PS2 games now had to keep both consoles hooked up. Even worse, when they finally released a PS3 that could play PS2 games, it suffered from the infamous Yellow Light of Death (YLOD) bug requiring you to disassemble your PS3 and replace a bunch of capacitors. Not exactly a user-friendly decision.
Then came the PS4 and its unbelievable power management system. Basically, you cannot shut it completely down without going through a series of menus -- the only convenient option is to put it into Standby mode. But in Standby mode, the light-sensitive power switch triggers whenever you happen to walk through the room that the PS4 is in. Last night, the kids played on the PS4 for a bit, then put it into Standby mode. This morning it was up and running, because some random dust mote passed in front of its sensor and turned it on.
I don't want or need a console that is so difficult to turn off that it's faster to unplug it, and whose controls are so sensitive that it turns itself on whenever someone walks through the room.
After the PS3 and PS4 fiascos, we swore off PlayStations forever. We have not regretted our decision.
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The last console I had was Atari 2600.
I am not burning cash that I don't have a for device purely dedicated to already limited selection of games when I already have and as long as finances permit, always have, a computer or two.
No, console exclusives won't change that, they only succeed in making me hate crappy publishers more.
I loved my PS 4, Crookshanks still uses it quite often.
That said I love my Series X and wouldn't trade it for anything.
First came the decision not to make the PS3 backwards-compatible with the PS2. This was a truly idiotic decision -- people with dozens of beloved PS2 games now had to keep both consoles hooked up.
I warned everyone that Sony would ruin themselves when they took away backwards compatibility. I was told that I was being unfairly mean to programmers, who would have to work on their games to make them work for both systems which was impossible for some games. An answer as to why this worked for PS1 was never given. It was just crazy old Freehold being crazy.
I got a 360 and never looked back.
First came the decision not to make the PS3 backwards-compatible with the PS2. This was a truly idiotic decision -- people with dozens of beloved PS2 games now had to keep both consoles hooked up.
I warned everyone that Sony would ruin themselves when they took away backwards compatibility. I was told that I was being unfairly mean to programmers, who would have to work on their games to make them work for both systems which was impossible for some games. An answer as to why this worked for PS1 was never given. It was just crazy old Freehold being crazy.
I got a 360 and never looked back.
The fact is, given the technical advances between the two systems you could have put in a completely separate PS2 engine and added under $30 to the price of the console. Then have the software read the disc and run the appropriate hardware.
Given that PlayStations are already at the "high end luxury console" price point, it made no sense not to put in all possible bells and whistles to make customers happy.
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Mainly for Lisa, though anyone who wants to learn something about Polish language may want to view it.
YT: How to Read Polish or something
It's not only hilarious, but also accurate representation of sounds used by Polish language.
First came the decision not to make the PS3 backwards-compatible with the PS2. This was a truly idiotic decision -- people with dozens of beloved PS2 games now had to keep both consoles hooked up.
I warned everyone that Sony would ruin themselves when they took away backwards compatibility. I was told that I was being unfairly mean to programmers, who would have to work on their games to make them work for both systems which was impossible for some games. An answer as to why this worked for PS1 was never given. It was just crazy old Freehold being crazy.
I got a 360 and never looked back.
That is so wrong... That isn't what backward compatibility means. It means that hardware designers need to make it able to run old code. And with the difference in processing power all later Playstations could easily do that by running an internal emulator for older games. Or do what NHs suggested and put miniaturized equivalent of PS1/2 inside for a fraction of old price.
hurray for consonant salad from Poland!!
the jokes were on-point.
EDIT: also -- extra-most-belated Happy Birthday, Drejk!
It's not our fault that English-speaking people don't know that y is a vowel!
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" . . . and sometimes 'y'."
but i'm pretty 'old-school' in my English usage.
It's not our fault that English-speaking people don't know that y is a vowel!
This is why one of my favorite jokes is:
Q: Do you know the number one pick-up line in Polish bars?
A: Hey, baby,can I buy you a vowel?
(Note for non-Americans, there is a popular game show on television where you have to buy vowels but consonants are free.)
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I got back to Remnant: From The Ashes and ended killing the boss(es) I was stuck on.
Yeah, I checked some advice how to kill them (it was a pair of big bugs), and decided to give a try to no-dodge, full armor, face-tanking tactics... And it worked.
Well, I defeated them on a third or fourth try but after the first attempt I already noted it does seem to work, I just need to focus a bit more and pay more attention to when I need to heal. And then I fell down the bridge on the second attempt.
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The game is still frustrating...