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If spiky, why friend shaped?!
Yes, I am running trotting free like a dog, why are you asking?!
And I have finished Dark Souls 3...
(sans Ringed City DLC, which I don't have).
I have been sitting on the Nameless King and (the final boss) Souls Of Cinder for maybe a month now... While playing Dark Souls 2...
Finally I got back and with the power of stupid stubbornness, and many curse words, I powered through both.
Well, I had the idea how to deal with the first one already before the hiatus, but it was tedious fight where your main enemy is the camera itself.
The other one, I only tried today, and it was painful...
The wiki said Cinder is weak to Dark, which sounded great as one of my favorite spells thus far was Dark Orb pyromancy... But it has rather short-to-medium range, which Cinder covers in a blink of an eye while unleashing combos of very wide cuts.
Apparently, the solution was switching to sorcery and using Crystal Soul Spear... Much less cost-effective, but it has much longer range, the projectile flies faster, and deals more damage...
And now I am done with this game.
Unless I get the final DLC (for some reason the version I have has the first DLC included... was that a part of Humble Choice/Bundle? I have no idea...)
I can't really say which is better... Or worse... Dark Souls 2 or Dark Souls 3
Both have elements that works better, both have elements that works less, both are tedious and have a lot of B$ that you have to deal with, and really cheap difficulty mixed with honest and fair challenges.
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Name Change Alert: Mephphisto Q. Meatball has been re-dubbed Mephisto Z. Meatball.
He's a pretty, pretty boy. But just not too bright.
So yeah, his new middle name is "Zoolander".
Nope. The cashier came after a while and apologizing a lot said that the product blocked means she isn't able to sell it (likely the product was locked in the database, or maybe not properly added to the database).
The blender I saw yesterday in my Lidl was from the same manufacturer but different model and in different price. I guess a wrong model might had been sent and ended on the shelf among the other blenders.
In the last 20 minutes, I have watched the breakfast host tell the same person that breakfast starts at 6:30 no less than 4 times. Because apparently they think that if they keep asking, that will cause it to be ready sooner. Like a child constantly asking "Are we there yet?" during a car ride.
For clarity, this was at 6:20am.
When my students do that, my usual response is "Five minutes after the last time you ask "
Atomic Heart is on sale... Do I want to get it for ~17 Euro? (which is nice 72% off)
...
Do I have that kind of money on PayPal? When have I bought Mortal Shell?
Barely, but I managed...
To be honest I just got annoyed by Dark Souls (II) clunkiness and decided to get Atomic Heart for a change...
What are the chances a major sale for one or more of: Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro, Rise Of Ronin, Lies Of P, and so on coming soon just to taunt my now empty PayPal?
It requires how much disc space?!
Almost 120 GB of installation...
Yawn.
I might go make myself some dinner...
Let's see if it was worthwhile purchase...
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Continuing gran's trend of, "In general, people are stupid and horrible even when they're trying to be nice," I give you Dog Lady.
A couple of weeks ago there was a timid knock at our door over lunch. I answered, and an "older" woman (maybe 60s or 70s) told me her dog had the runs and left a mess on my sidewalk and could she please use our hose?
What a wonderful person! Of course I consented, and while she got started I even went out back and got her a spray nozzle and attached it for her to make her life easier. She cleaned up, packed away our hose and went on her way.
And I know you already know where this is going...
We have one of those "spring hoses" that's coiled like a spring so it's really easy to extend and retract. Except... she somehow managed in her short time in front of our house to tie it into a Gordian knot. I spent 20 minutes just now trying to untangle it, but it is absolutely astonishing... I mean, "How?!?!? How did you get my hose this messed up in only 10 minutes?"
I love that she wanted to do me a solid and took responsibility for her dog. I hate that it's going to take me and a kid a good half hour to restore the hose.
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Welcome to the FUTURE! Exciting isn’t it?
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Insert NobodysHome's requisite Grumpy Old Man tirade here. Yeah, once they learned that it was cheaper to sell you devices with no controls *and* they could make money by making you install a data-slurping app to control said devices, we were all boned.
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And said app will have the same robust security as using pasta as a door lock.
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Back to work after a 5-day weekend. Not one, not two, but three "Hi, @channel!" alerts making Slack go bonkers asking why I haven't dealt with these "urgent" messages.
In terms of lost productivity for every one of the 800+ people who have to stop what they're doing, check the alert, and ignore it, I think Global Megacorporation should hire a professional abuser at $100k/year whose sole job it is to hurl abuse at anyone who uses @channel or Reply All inappropriately.
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Sometimes, you train them too well...
All the cats get a weekly weigh-in; the Flutternutter to make sure she's not losing weight, and the kittens to make sure they're growing at an appropriate speed. To encourage easy weigh-ins, they get treats as soon as they're weighed.
So yep, weighed the FlufferNutter and carried her out to the studio for her morning brushing and peace and quiet, came back in, and found all three kittens piled around the scale. Two of them were on it, with Fluffy (too big to fit on it with the other two) huddled next to it. They know the routine.
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I swear, I wish they'd kept up the Let Me Google That For You web site (http://lmgtfy.com, now shown as insecure so no linky). The number of co-workers who come to me with stupid questions that could be answered by either a check of the application or a quick Google search is appalling.
This morning:
"Hi, Nobody! Do you know how to get to this page of the app?"
"<path>".
Yeah, I didn't even say, "Here it is," I just sent them the path, hoping that the implied, "...stupid." won't be missed.
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I had a planned 5 day weekend but I'm stretching it to 6. It's ridiculous that I can drive 7000 miles in 11 days and be fine, but put me on a plane for 2000 miles each way and suddenly my body forgets that I'm supposed to be able to walk.
Smart tech is the oxymoron of the century.The future ain't what it used to be.
I could link the Meatloaf song here, but I just don't feel like it.
The unspoken catch is that "smart" in smart devices doesn't refer to intelligence, but to being neat and stylish...
Wait, never mind.
Not so much gone as just lacking security certificates, which at this point means do not use.
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I love this one:California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Final Notice: Enforcement Begins June 21. Our records show that as of today, you still have an outstanding traffic ticket. Pursuant to California Administrative Code 15C-16.003, if you fail to pay by June 20, 2025, we will take the following actions:
1. Report to the DMV violation database
2. Suspend your vehicle registration effective June 20
3. Suspend driving privileges for 30 days
4. Go to the toll booth to pay a 35% service fee
5. You may be prosecuted and your credit score will be affected
Pay Now:https://dmv-ca. govgod.top/pay
Please pay now, before enforcement, to avoid a license suspension and further legal trouble. (Reply Y and reopen this message to click the link, or copy it to your browser.)It is so mind-bogglingly bad, your mind shudders that people fall for this. Impus Major's favorite part was govgod: your government is your god, which is the only reason I included the full URL. DON'T USE IT. I broke it intentionally, just in case. Otherwise it's verbatim.
And Shiro put it depressingly well: People who might catch on aren't worth the time, so you need to make the come-on so horrible that only the truly gullible will bother at all, saving you tons of time come the harvest.
EDIT: And yes, if you try to look up the nonexistent "California Administrative Code", you're immediately told, "This doesn't exist. It's a scam." So you really have to try hard to fall for this one. And the depressing thing about the Reddit thread is the number of people saying, "Yeah, I almost fell for this one!" Why would you willingly admit that?
Humility. It can be VERY hard for some people to admit they were taken, others saying they almost fell for it too soothes the ego.
I don't think NobodysHome has mentioned it, so I will:
Today is his birthday!
How is that possible?
He can get OLDER?!?!
Uber Update: It's better and worse than I thought:
(1) No, GothBard did not have to ride with the same guy who ditched her.
(2) The new guy told her she should never make reservations for an Uber, and explained:
- Uber allows drivers to cancel after 3 minutes of waiting in the specified location, and then pays them a cancellation fee. The driver estimated that the other guy made about $50 by leaving without having to drive all the way out to Heathrow.
- Uber does not require the driver to be there at the appointed time; they can arrive a few minutes early and then leave.
- This has become a cottage industry for Uber drivers in the U.K.So in summary, GothBard made a 5:30 pm reservation. The driver arrived at 5:25 pm, called her, then left at 5:28 pm. BEFORE THE RESERVATION TIME. He was paid some amount for this. GothBard was charged a $20 cancellation fee (which she appealed and they waived... ONCE). And, according to her second driver, this is standard practice for Uber drivers in the U.K. if you make reservations.
we got done dirty at a con in this fashion a few years ago. I believe we were in Chicago.
I blame Vany.
It's almost like the gig economy is a slapdash bandaid over a broken system leaving desperate people behind in a world where the people in power don't benefit from fixing it.
...the heck you say.
Name Change Alert: Mephphisto Q. Meatball has been re-dubbed Mephisto Z. Meatball.
He's a pretty, pretty boy. But just not too bright.
So yeah, his new middle name is "Zoolander".
I will forever call your cat Mazinger.
Please tell me this cat is a hunter and fights all manner of vermin.
Name Change Alert: Mephphisto Q. Meatball has been re-dubbed Mephisto Z. Meatball.
He's a pretty, pretty boy. But just not too bright.
So yeah, his new middle name is "Zoolander".
I will forever call your cat Mazinger.
Please tell me this cat is a hunter and fights all manner of vermin.
He's a "hunter" in the sense that anything that moves (other cats, hoomans, vacuum cleaners) is fair game. He's also the one who almost caught a friggin' crow when he was only 4.5 pounds, so while he hasn't killed anything yet, and his cluelessness and dead black color against the brown-green lawn make him pretty obvious, he tries damned hard.
(Morrigan, on the other hand, is consistently invisible, so she's going to start killing things very very soon, I'm sure.)
Name Change Alert: Mephphisto Q. Meatball has been re-dubbed Mephisto Z. Meatball.
He's a pretty, pretty boy. But just not too bright.
So yeah, his new middle name is "Zoolander".
I will forever call your cat Mazinger.
Please tell me this cat is a hunter and fights all manner of vermin.
He's a "hunter" in the sense that anything that moves (other cats, hoomans, vacuum cleaners) is fair game. He's also the one who almost caught a friggin' crow when he was only 4.5 pounds, so while he hasn't killed anything yet, and his cluelessness and dead black color against the brown-green lawn make him pretty obvious, he tries damned hard.
(Morrigan, on the other hand, is consistently invisible, so she's going to start killing things very very soon, I'm sure.)
He just needs more practice with his Rocket Paw.
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I just saw one of Vany's favorite kinds of customer questions:
Customer: Why won't the configuration tools work on my production environment?
(Yep. He knew they were configuration tools. He knew it was a production environment. And he was going to go ahead anyway. Like working on wiring while the circuit is live and hoping everything goes "fine".)
I love this one:Humility. It can be VERY hard for some people to admit they were taken, others saying they almost fell for it too soothes the ego.California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Final Notice: Enforcement Begins June 21. Our records show that as of today, you still have an outstanding traffic ticket. Pursuant to California Administrative Code 15C-16.003, if you fail to pay by June 20, 2025, we will take the following actions:
1. Report to the DMV violation database
2. Suspend your vehicle registration effective June 20
3. Suspend driving privileges for 30 days
4. Go to the toll booth to pay a 35% service fee
5. You may be prosecuted and your credit score will be affected
Pay Now:https://dmv-ca. govgod.top/pay
Please pay now, before enforcement, to avoid a license suspension and further legal trouble. (Reply Y and reopen this message to click the link, or copy it to your browser.)It is so mind-bogglingly bad, your mind shudders that people fall for this. Impus Major's favorite part was govgod: your government is your god, which is the only reason I included the full URL. DON'T USE IT. I broke it intentionally, just in case. Otherwise it's verbatim.
And Shiro put it depressingly well: People who might catch on aren't worth the time, so you need to make the come-on so horrible that only the truly gullible will bother at all, saving you tons of time come the harvest.
EDIT: And yes, if you try to look up the nonexistent "California Administrative Code", you're immediately told, "This doesn't exist. It's a scam." So you really have to try hard to fall for this one. And the depressing thing about the Reddit thread is the number of people saying, "Yeah, I almost fell for this one!" Why would you willingly admit that?
That word... I don't recognize it...
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I swear, I love kittens so much, because Evil.
They're now climbing all the shelving, knocking off and breaking all the little knick-knacks that clutter every square inch of horizontal space in the house.
Throwing out SOOOO much decorative stuff makes me happy. And probably Evil.
Yeah I'm absolutely going to have to find or make some catproof area in our apartment after the Big Move to store all my trinkets when/if we get a cat. I was lucky that my cats back in my old apartment were good about never knocking that stuff around.
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Yeah, once they learned that it was cheaper to sell you devices with no controls *and* they could make money by making you install a data-slurping app to control said devices, we were all boned.
See, in the settings menu, the app asks for permission to use Bluetooth (Makes sense), the camera (Uh, what?), and location services (Why? Also, I keep this off all the time.) So I try turning all those on. And it works.
Case in point.
And every time I see one of these, I'm grateful to Global Megacorporation for their very pragmatic, "If we catch you collecting data you don't absolutely need for business purposes specifically for our company and not some other company, you're fired," approach. Yes, I understand that because we're a multinational corporation, it's much cheaper to write our software once to adhere to the strictest privacy standards in the world than to re-format it for every country based on their privacy laws, but it could be done with a swappable "privacy module" and we don't. So I appreciate it.