#off-topic-discussion

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north hamlet
broken fern
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So what if I really needed a doctor, but I had an apple

limber walrus
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just plan on eating that apple over the course of multiple days

broken fern
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What if I already ate the whole thing

limber walrus
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that way it's an apple per 2 days, which doesn't keep the doctor away as far as we know

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hmm

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nothing says that 2 apples a day keeps the doctor away

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so maybe have a second?

broken fern
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I'm pretty positive they don't simply cancel each other out

limber walrus
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I didn't say they'd cancel each other out

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but it's more than one apple

broken fern
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I have internal bleeding

limber walrus
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that's where the blood is supposed to be

faint panther
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Okay, Peralta.

broken fern
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Who's that

limber walrus
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probably the person I quoted

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no idea where the line is from

faint panther
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Brooklyn 99. Andy Samberg's character is hit by a car (I think, been a few years since I've seen the episode), and when he's told that he has internal bleeding he gives Swan's above line.

limber walrus
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huh

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neat

broken fern
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Neat

fervent zenith
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Oh God

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Look what happened on twitter

limber walrus
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yup lmao

fervent zenith
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Someone is getting fired

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With Jack Dorsey personally throwing the guy off the roof

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Can we appreciate XXX being so generous to give money away without being encumbered by his own murder?

serene tulip
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They could at least have been half clever about it and not used the same address for each of them

urban robin
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I'm 3 time zones east of my house
but everybody where I'm staying gets up/goes to bed approximately 3 hours later than any reasonable time

fleet tusk
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do people actually fall for that

sudden torrent
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yeah it seems silly, but people can be quite silly over on the internet.

fringe dirge
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elongated muskrat's fan club in particular is always eager to throw money at him

limber walrus
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@granite hemlock what's your profile picture from? It looks neat

granite hemlock
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Drawn to order by a friend 🙂

limber walrus
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That way you won't get buried under discussions here @golden eagle

sharp grail
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yes, please repost that in the self promotion channel!

limber walrus
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Aww

broken fern
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Good morning y’all how we doin

limber walrus
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Sleepy as hell but doing alright

broken fern
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Understandable

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I stayed up absurdly late playing civ

limber walrus
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I stayed up my normal amount (actually a bit earlier than usual) but woke up super early

broken fern
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Oh dear

scenic pumice
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so who watchs hunter x hunter?

broken fern
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God I have got to get back to that show

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I managed to get through the exam arc and loved it

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But I haven’t seen any more

scenic pumice
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XD

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it gets gud

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i was up to six am last night

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woke up at 11

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and started watching again

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also i was watching it at like 6 pm

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when i started

tranquil bay
hexed hollow
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yo @forest minnow feel free to post that in one of the relevant hades channels this is the off-topic section of the discord

forest minnow
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Which one do you think is best @hexed hollow ?

hexed hollow
mild pelican
tranquil bay
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where did you find this photo of me

scenic pumice
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XDDDDDDDDDD

broken fern
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It’s just tizo

proud flicker
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True

slim bobcat
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are we back

tranquil bay
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seems so

fringe dirge
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those heads look more like cats than dogs

tranquil bay
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a bit

proud flicker
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What game is that?

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Hades 2: Electric Boogaloo?

hasty kernel
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Looks like WoW to me

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Its definitely an MMO

slim bobcat
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cerberus had a bit of a glow up

tranquil bay
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uh its titan quest

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specifically the immortal throne expansion

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its more in the vein of like diablo/torchlight edit also I forget we have a game channel I was kinda just lolposting bc charon and cerb more than anything, mods don't eat me

tranquil bay
faint panther
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@subtle vessel like what games for example, dead cells def favours ranged to me since most melee weapons are utter garbage marksmans bow and whips carried me to Bc3 and when I watched BC5 runs they also went ranged...crypt of the necrodancer range is always better, spelunky shotgun is the best weapon u can get, mystery dungeon games range is always better ect

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I'm just curious

subtle vessel
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Dead cells definitely gives more favor to melee weapons now even if some stuff like quick bow is extremely neat to utilize
Enter the Gungeon has wide choice of close range guns that just blow off enemies compared to more sniper-ish choices
The Binding of Isaac also commonly favors "melee" items like Sac Dagger/Mom's Knife
Other games like Son of a Witch, Lost Castle, and a bunch of platformers I confused for roguelikes

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I guess it's just that ranged feels a lot more safe than melee feels faster

faint panther
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to be fair I haven't played deadcells in a long time and also not the dlc so maybe the weapon pool got better?

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the main issue was that most melle weapons were just slow which was....bad

subtle vessel
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It definitely did get better

faint panther
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okay that makes sense

subtle vessel
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I remember watching pre-dlc and it was awful situation

faint panther
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yeah u just prayed that you would get one of the few weapons that worked

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to be fair I do not know son of a watch or lost castle I didnt wanna include isaac because it has no true melee I feel

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since its a shooter

subtle vessel
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i keep hitting the filter for extrements
Tbf survival weps are still slow, but at least they oneshot regular enemies now p much

faint panther
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oh yeah i also played nuclear throne a lot and melee was def great there

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so i guess it depends sksksks

subtle vessel
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Also, well, there is no true true melee, but there are a few wannabes like mentioned knives

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Sac dagger is something special for just an orbital

faint panther
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tru

subtle vessel
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And yeah nuclear throne melee is good example as well

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Although it mostly achieves that by being projectile deflector

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Which is more and more required as you go into loops

faint panther
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in the end I'm glad hades already has lotsa balance regarding weapons 😌

subtle vessel
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For how insane the combinations are at times having so smooth balance feels almost like a dream

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says the guy who mains nemesis and doesn't even look on other sword aspects other than ||arthur|| from time to time

faint panther
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yeah its what keeps me invested rn

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I dropped deadcells back then specificially because the pool was so bad

subtle vessel
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Tactics colorless weapons in survival build or busted

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That's how it feels to me

elfin ridge
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I got stuck after BC2. Couldn't advance in months, not even past the first bosses. The newest upgrade stated that the difficulty curve had been smoothed, but I had no luck.

faint panther
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I'm still stuck at BC2.

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123 hours and I'm still stuck.

fervent zenith
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C'mon Guys

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Bad Company 2 isn't THAT hard ron

subtle vessel
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BC 2 is just Legendary Forge test from what I could tell
Was stuck there as well, after breaching out got BC3 run first try

faint panther
mild pelican
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my friend's birb, Yuki

proud flicker
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Precious zagluv

red sierra
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@cedar rock , the feedback I posted in #hades-feedback only has :thumb_down: , can this be fixed please?

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(didn't want to ping the whole mod staff, sorry)

cedar rock
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Odd, I see both emojis on that feedback

limber walrus
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It shows up weirdly sometimes

red sierra
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Yeah, I restarted the app and it's ok now, sorry.

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Discord is acting weird lately.

cedar rock
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No worries!

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Glad it’s working now

faint panther
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Anyone have recommendations for a decent free video editing software? Got a Hades video I want to make and my only budget is free time.

proud flicker
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DaVinci Resolve is good, the learning curve is not that steep for very basic editing

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If you just want to do very light editing (apply filter, cut, trim, omit audio, etc.) you can use avidemux

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Which is extremely fast and easy as it doesn't rerender the video, and it can convert video formats, too

faint panther
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Basically, just put text over the video.

proud flicker
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Resolve is fairly easy to do that

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there are tutorials online, I did that once, learned it in like 10 mins

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it's overkill but it does the work

faint panther
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Thanks!

gritty mesa
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Helloo
I can't actually play Hades because I don't have a computer but my friend loves it and the art is gorgeous so I thought it would be fun to at least be in here ^^

limber walrus
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welcome!

gritty mesa
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The game art is so pretty
If I could draw humans well enough, I'd probably do fanart lmao but my human skills are severely lacking

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I'd be cool if it eventually came out on mobile or something, I'd love to be able to actually play it lmao

north hamlet
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Bastion and transistor by the same studio are on the phone if you want something to do while you wait

hexed hollow
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Bastion and transistor are also on the switch and maybe ps4 (not 100% certain)

blissful charm
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i think bastion is also on the xbox

faint panther
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Transistor is definitely on PS4.

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I wanna say Bastion is as well, but I do know it's on both 360 and Xbone.

fringe dirge
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if it's on xbone i can't imagine it not being on ps4

faint panther
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Well, Bastion originally released on 360, there's some Xbox history.

hexed hollow
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Yeah, bastion was originally published by Warner Brothers, someway through last year SG gained (regained?) publishing rights for Bastion

stuck bobcat
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Hello!

limber walrus
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Heyo!

stuck bobcat
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I'm new, nice to meet you all 💦

limber walrus
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Welcome ^.^

north hamlet
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👋

stuck bobcat
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👋 😤

tender cobalt
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I haven't had brownies in a very long time (because of the amount of butter they have) so I might try this out sometime soon. Thanks for sharing peachhearts

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I don't have brandy right now but I might use Anisette (not sure if that would work but I do use Anisette in some cake recipes)

north hamlet
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I just put vanilla because I'm boring and lazy

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Randomly made a batch last night because i keep an emergency stock of the ingredients

faint panther
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Hecking. Brownies. zagluv

north hamlet
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This has walnuts and extra chopped choc

north hamlet
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Also the recipe is for aus/uk cups and spoons so watch out for that

faint panther
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Where are the grams?

tender cobalt
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Also the recipe is for aus/uk cups and spoons so watch out for that
@north hamlet Oh, this is good to note. Will have my calculator ready for that thumbsupio

north hamlet
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@faint panther if you insist i can bust out the scale and cups

faint panther
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Hahaha, no, you're good, thanks.

serene tulip
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flops

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Someone in my social circle thinks they have covid

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and now I'm booted out of the office until ?????

north hamlet
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Usually it's 2 weeks in isolation, no?

serene tulip
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Well, the thing is that if she does have covid, and I catch it like, another few days from now, I end up out of commission for another 2 weeks or whatever

north hamlet
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true

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impromptu holiday time?

serene tulip
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doesn't really feel like a holiday if I'm stuck at home

north hamlet
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not with that attitude :p

icy peak
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@north hamlet I know this is belated, but uh... dumb question. What does that recipe mean when it says to "line the pan?"

north hamlet
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put a non stick layer in

icy peak
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The most cooking I've done is like... Kraft mac'n'cheese out of a box, lol.

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Oh!

north hamlet
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in my case i use non stick baking paper

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you can also butter and flour

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or use some kind of oil spray thing

icy peak
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Ah, I see. AiriThonk

hexed hollow
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mmhm brownies 🤤

north hamlet
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also all baking questions sound dumb

icy peak
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Might try and grab ingredients and try the recipe on my next day off work.

north hamlet
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there's a heap of assumed knowledge

icy peak
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Hahaha.

north hamlet
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be careful when you fold the mixture together

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that's also a common noob trap

icy peak
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I don't honestly know what it means by folding at all.

hexed hollow
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very easy to knock all the air out

north hamlet
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you get a large flat stirring stick and you flip the bottom of the mix over the top of the mix

icy peak
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Like I said, most I've cooked is Kraft mac'n'cheese that's got the instructions on the little box. owoNezukoDerp

north hamlet
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imma see if i can find a video or something

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also this recipe uses aerated eggs as leavening

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if you don't have an electric mixer that'll be a huge bother

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i can get you a recipe with different ingredients if you don't have one

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this is what folding is like

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do that a few times then turn the bowl

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and repeat

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make sure to be gentle

icy peak
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Ah, I see. Aerated eggs? AiriThonk There's a lot to this recipe, lol.

hexed hollow
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yeah, if you're too rough with it you will lose the airation

icy peak
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I believe we have an electric mixer..? I've only really seen it used to mix cookie dough, but.. we have one?

north hamlet
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that'll do fine then

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esp if whisk attachment

hexed hollow
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yeah, hand whisking egg whites to any form of peakage is a pain klinkLUL

north hamlet
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i've tried whipping cream by hand

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never again

hexed hollow
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it's the worst

north hamlet
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this recipe doesn't need peaks at least

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it just needs to be thick and airy

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since you don't have to separate the eggs

hexed hollow
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ayy nice bittie3

north hamlet
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also you can melt the butter and choc in a microwave

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much easier than double boiler

icy peak
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Ah, right. Took me a minute to process the word "leavening." Yeast is the most common one, yeah? The recipe you shared mentions the lack of that, so one should not expect the brownies to rise much.

hexed hollow
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and less cleanup too

north hamlet
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brownies in general don't have that much

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the supposed origin is cake where someone forgot the baking powder

hexed hollow
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that makes all too much sense

icy peak
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AiriThonk I see.

faint panther
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Brownies are often desired very dense.

north hamlet
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fudgy brownie best brownie

hexed hollow
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agreed

north hamlet
faint panther
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YESSSSSSS.

hexed hollow
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now I want brownies, rip

north hamlet
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this vid covers all the basics well

faint panther
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I made the second recipe, they were fantastic.

north hamlet
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the one i shared is similar

hexed hollow
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I'm 99.9% sure all the binging with babish recipes are great, except the ones where the basis of the recipe is doomed to fail from the start

north hamlet
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very dense with a crisp crust

faint panther
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Yes!

icy peak
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I believe a sibling of mine has made brownies, so I may rope them into helping, lol.

north hamlet
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good idea

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let me know how it turns out shadesmile

hexed hollow
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let us know please ^_^

icy peak
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I will, thanks for the tips! I'll have to convert the measurements to pleb cups & spoons tho. AzuSip

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Didn't even know UK/Aus had different ones, tbqh.

faint panther
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I once tried to make cinnamon rolls but with a chocolate pastry and brownie batter in the middle.

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It did not work out.

faint panther
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Pastry was too dense and brownie batter has to cook too long.

north hamlet
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oof

faint panther
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I think I'm gonna fix the pastry and then replace the brownie batter with like, Nutella or peanut butter.

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Or Nutella and peanut butter.

north hamlet
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good idea

icy peak
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kyoWow That page is handy, thanks!

elfin ridge
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Imperial units make me angry.

limber walrus
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Sounds like you're within 2.54 centimeters of going berzerk :3

elfin ridge
wide falcon
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doe mama

north hamlet
proud flicker
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it's so fluffy im gonna die

indigo walrus
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I understood that reference

serene tulip
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@wide ember

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-^

wide ember
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amazing camera angle for an amazing being

potent goblet
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Off topic but the entirety of the supergiant art team are my heroes

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Imagine doing art. Couldn't be me

fervent zenith
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@serene tulip You dropped this ^

serene tulip
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I was making an upturned arrow

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-> but up

fervent zenith
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Oh lol

mild pelican
indigo walrus
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It's awesome! Just yesterday I've been watching a documentary about what it took to finally land on the moon. So Many preparations, some avoidable failures, deaths of great pilots as well... It's an amazing story, but also really sad.

scenic merlin
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All of my clear records have been wiped in this last hotfix!!

north hamlet
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for hades?

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this is off topic chat

scenic merlin
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ah true - sorry about that. too many categories

north hamlet
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nw, hopefully someone there can help you with it squirtyay

tropic garden
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@scenic merlin Submit a report about that in-game with F10 please - out of curiosity did you just switch God Mode on or off?

scenic merlin
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yes, actually. I just switched it on and off to see what it did. I guess I now know what it does - it deletes your records D:

tropic garden
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It shouldn't delete them - god mode records are counted separately from "standard" mode records. Clearing a run with god mode off should restore them

scenic merlin
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ah that is a relief!

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I was especially proud of my 19 minute 16 heat run (im sure many people have done way better, but I was still proud of it)

serene tulip
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blarg

prisma sparrow
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Hello everyone!

north hamlet
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what up oce

serene tulip
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Work is being dumb :<

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I got really defensive at our standup today because my boss's boss kept trying to solve problems I already solved

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and I was just like, "Dude, please, I know this, please stop, its already accounted for in revision 5"

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"you and I literally talked about this yesterday"

north hamlet
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Oof

frigid mist
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hi uhhhh i'm considerin starting t'stream on twitch, i was wonderin if anyone has any particular suggestions for streaming software. should i jus use twitch studio or is there somethin better?

sacred quiver
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OBS is what most people use

hexed hollow
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OBS is open source, free and has plenty of tutorials on how to get it setup

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so I'd use that personally

frigid mist
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okay, i'll look into it, thanks

serene tulip
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yeah

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I use OBS for all sortsa stuff

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like secretly recording zoom meetings >.>

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what movie should I watch?

limber walrus
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what genre are you thinking?

serene tulip
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action/adventure or somethin' like that

limber walrus
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a bit of a lighter one, but Mune is pretty good?

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dunno that it's properly action/adventure though

serene tulip
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looks good

upbeat scroll
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What's worth recording in zoom calls anyhow

serene tulip
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its like taking notes but I don't have to write anything down

upbeat scroll
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Fair enough

main orbit
fringe sparrow
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yes

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they will not be in person on the event

serene tulip
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Dear Laser Cutter Customers: I cannot teach your engineers to CAD for you

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Dear prospective laser cutter CAD folk: Your troubleshooting loop should include the commands AUDIT, PURGE, EXPLODE, and OVERKILL

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also join and pedit close

serene tulip
broken fern
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Hey gang how it do

faint panther
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good gang, how are you mate

broken fern
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Doin ok, doin ok

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A little bored

faint panther
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same dude, I have a health class though lol :/

broken fern
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Eh at least u got somethin to do

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I kinda wanna write but

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My brain’s in a bit of a funk

broken fern
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Good news

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I have exercised and am no longer bored

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Bad news

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I’m tired as all hell now

vital plover
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SO THIS GAME IS FUN

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BRUH cap locks

broken fern
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What gaem?

serene tulip
north hamlet
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oh no

hexed hollow
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Accurate

elfin ridge
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Untitled Goose Game merchandise?

mild pelican
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has anyone experienced that.. you play a game and watch a movie.. and some moments, that should be emotional, cause only slight sadness or something like that

and several years later you play/watch it again and then after the same moment you can't stop crying for hours and hours

fervent zenith
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has anyone experienced that.. you play a game and watch a movie.. and some moments, that should be emotional, cause only slight sadness or something like that

and several years later you play/watch it again and then after the same moment you can't stop crying for hours and hours
@mild pelican

Just happened to me yesterday

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Watching Coco after 3 years :,)

mild pelican
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that's a heavy one.. yes

stable raven
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When you wanna see the supergiant music in concert from the announcements but u are an American and U dont want to/can’t fly internationally rn 😔

hexed hollow
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that concert is being livestreamed from memory

north pendant
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coco is really good

fervent zenith
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Also, let's be honest

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America isn't in the situation to make Live concerts

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No offense

hexed hollow
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Neither is a good chunk of the world to be fair

gilded basin
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@mild pelican

Just happened to me yesterday
@fervent zenith
Every game about being a parent, before and after you become a parent yourself

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That moose was ready to Roomba.

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🎶 And even when the hoof is strong / mow the lawn, mow the lawn / just to make it through 🎶

north pendant
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underrated beast

scenic pumice
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i have had 3 hours of sleep
i was up 20-23 hours yesterday and i woke up at like 8:30 am it is now 11:20 pm
is this bad on a scale of 1-10

elfin ridge
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7/10. You will feel light-headed. But this little of a deficit can be remedied with ample sleep.

mild pelican
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It's better than no sleep at all..

scenic pumice
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XD

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im trying for sleep once im ready

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but brain to active ima calm down

fringe dirge
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quack eaters*

fervent zenith
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Duck when he sees peas

serene tulip
north hamlet
misty atlas
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Good morning!

fathom kraken
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Good morning!

north hamlet
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☀️

mild pelican
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awesome.. my friend's mother forbid her to go out to take last look on Neowise comet

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just great..

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stupid windows facing south

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like there were not enough problems recently

mild pelican
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there is still a chance for tomorrow, but it's uncertain if there will be no clouds.. and even then, if it will still be visible without optics

elfin ridge
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Good luck!

mild pelican
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thanks

misty atlas
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Im so mad at Hades...

fringe dirge
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the god, the place, or the game

misty atlas
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The game XD

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Cant get the dang Assault boon for chaos

fathom kraken
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This server has one of my favorite animated icons, so well done.

chilly briar
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@north hamlet I'm so tempted to get that patch and put it on a beanie blurryeyes

north hamlet
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if you did i would be quite jealous

chilly briar
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I get paid soon, maybe then

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I also want the 5 pack

north hamlet
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the aggressive birb one?

chilly briar
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please hold, caller

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has swears so will dm it to you.

hexed hollow
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ooh do it

misty atlas
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Morning ^^

fervent zenith
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Afternoon

hexed hollow
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Evening

indigo walrus
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Hi

queen rover
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Night?

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It would seem the chain of times of day has been broken

hexed hollow
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it just happens to be almost tomorrow where I am

queen rover
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Oh, I figured it was timezones at work, but I still wanted to use that to avoid the ever mundane "Hello"

hexed hollow
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klinkLUL fair enough

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timezones be strange

queen rover
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I have to stand out in some way, after all 👀

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They really be, hanging out with people I met over Discord is always inconvenient because of them

hexed hollow
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waking up as others go to sleep is the worst, as trying to find a common time becomes that much harder

queen rover
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No kidding, at some point or another either party seems to end up compromising and staying awake at night. Usually me 💀

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How are things on your end?

hexed hollow
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pretty alright thanks klinkCozy starting to get ready for bed
hope you're doing well

queen rover
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Ah, good. I hope you sleep well and that I catch you with some more time next time

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Me myself, am suffering because me and summer heat just don't get along. But such is life sometimes

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Nothing but fire and brimstone. 🔥 👀
Take care 👋

tranquil bay
tranquil bay
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@opaque quail your icon 👁️__👁️

opaque quail
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The natural progression of 💃 to zany_stronk_cait

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Or.... unnatural progression? blobhyperthinkfast

fringe dirge
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EXTRAnatural?

serene tulip
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@opaque quail do you POWERLIFT?!

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the ping was probably unnecessary, sorry

opaque quail
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No you're fine 😄

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She's just an amalgamation of emojis I've used a bunch over time, essentially. I'm not a powerlifter..... yet? ablobthinking

serene tulip
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I enjoy it, personally

indigo walrus
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@opaque quail since you're here (hopefully), would it be possible to make a Weekly Challenger role, so that people who participate in Hades Weekly Challenges can get pinged? :)

queen rover
#

One way or another it's a strong presence to be sure 👀

opaque quail
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Sure! We generally keep permissions for role pings off, but I'll talk to Peach and we can coordinate so it's only able to be pinged for the new challenge. 🤔

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Yeah Spook I.... well I have the full context so I don't find her creepy. But reactions from some friends have already been kind of ablobscream

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But.... I love her. :c

queen rover
#

Ah, the whole tragic backstory of the power dancer

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They'll one day understand the weight of her burdens and drama, that got her to where she is now

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I didn't know you guys had Weekly Challenges for Hades, that ought to be fun

fervent zenith
#

Ah, the whole tragic backstory of the power dancer

It's not a story the Singers would tell you. It's a dancing legend

queen rover
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I understand. This tale is one too powerful to those uninitiated, the ears of the people weren't ready, and thus it was shifted to a secret code

indigo walrus
opaque quail
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@indigo walrus The role has been added as Hades Weekly Challenge! The next time a challenge is posted up Peach will be able to use the role.

queen rover
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Oh, thank you. I'll give that a look 👀
Would be a good way to get back into it

broken fern
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Hnnn I am in

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The Pain

slim bobcat
#

does that mean we can add the role ourselves in #bot-commands ?

opaque quail
#

That's correct Onyx!

tardy anchor
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@opaque quail NOOO ppl think shes creepy???? lmao

opaque quail
#

Only one that I've talked to!! I think people are mostly surprised. Though I guess my previous icon WAS kind of a less obvious version of her since the colors were so blocky.

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She's evolved past mortal understanding I guess. 😄

queen rover
#

No wonder she's beyond understanding, but that is cool looking

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Is this the work of an enemy stand?

faint panther
#

Looks like something out of either JoJo's or Asura's Wrath.

opaque quail
#

Arm goals

queen rover
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Oh, you're the one that drew her?

tardy anchor
#

yeah shadesmile

hasty kernel
#

Somehow looks like a Simspon interpretation of a legendary super saiyan

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With ghost arms

opaque quail
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You know how aasimar can like bust out their wings on cue. I can do that but it's arms.

tardy anchor
#

yeah, i had to use tge green from caitshade bc yellow hair was toooo much

queen rover
#

Maybe it could have been something like a golden idol with all that yellow

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A shining example of what we should aspire to be

tranquil bay
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oh my god what is going on here

queen rover
#

Lots of arms

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We have discovered the Atlas that will hold the server on their shoulders, protect it from those who would harm it

slim bobcat
#

Arms, arms, and arms

tranquil bay
#

at this rate cait could bench press half the server, at least

opaque quail
hasty kernel
#

Caitlin has become the god of arms

opaque quail
#

do you see the resemblance

hasty kernel
#

Technically that means she absorbed part of Ares' domain

slim bobcat
#

literally armed!

queen rover
#

It's just not the same without the ghost hands

tranquil bay
#

you leave ares out of this

queen rover
#

They're a big part of the appeal, a symbol for the invisible hand that guides us

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Is it time to give Ares the ghost hands?

hasty kernel
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Im just saying

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As a god of war, that means Ares is also the god of arms

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Or any kind of weaponry, really

tranquil bay
queen rover
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He'd be into it. More ways to overpower his enemies, more weapons to hold

hasty kernel
#

Also, the previous icon looked like the dancer had wings made out of strong arms

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And I always wanted to call it a "batterfly" but never saw the opportunity

queen rover
#

It does have a pretty interesting quality to it. I'm glad I logged in today to get to know all of this deepest lore

fervent zenith
#

I thought this was a pacifist server.

||People can't stop Posting their guns||

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||ron||

queen rover
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It's all about deterrence, of course. A gun on display keeps another sheathed. We must obey the way of the arms

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I hope I'm not getting tiresome, it's just today's being rather uneventful

broken fern
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Man there’s layers to the Caitlin lore huh

tropic garden
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caitlore shadeshock

broken fern
#

Where’s the Cait wiki

upbeat scroll
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damn i thought the previous caitin image was just a bunch of cool gradients

queen rover
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You have now been armed with knowledge of the truth, use it well

queen rover
#

That's a lovely parakeet you have there. Look at it, all nice and proper gilmanlove
Guess Volus aren't only biotic gods but also have excellent taste in pets

mild pelican
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he's my friend's actually

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she has a taste

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and she also has chosen my doggo for me last year

queen rover
#

Oh, yeah? Props to your friend, then. Looks like he's well cared for

mild pelican
queen rover
#

That's the doggo she chose for you? Is it a white labrador?

mild pelican
#

yes, a golden retriever

queen rover
#

Yeah, from what I know of Golden Retrievers they can be pretty playful

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It's a good breed, they're aesthetic and rather gentle

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You've been caring for him since last year, then?

mild pelican
#

yep

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we always wanted to keep one someday

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and there was the opportunity

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these guys are the faces of happiness

autumn pasture
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golden retriever!!

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we had a red one growing up, what ultimate good boys

serene tulip
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My parents used to breed goldens when I was a youngin'

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So I've known quite a few of them

autumn pasture
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they're good dogs

frigid mist
#

brent

serene tulip
#

bront

fringe dirge
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brick

limber walrus
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Heh

limber walrus
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hmm

fringe sparrow
#

Let me know what do you think about it, mostly about placement for RT/LT buttons

limber walrus
#

Are those triggers that you press up?

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I can't quite tell

fringe sparrow
#

yeach, these should be analogue

limber walrus
#

No, like, press up versus pull back

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They look really flat for triggers

fringe sparrow
#

like that

queen rover
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I don't think I fully understand those buttons myself either

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You can pull up on them too? 👀

fringe sparrow
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pressure sensitive, like on xbox RT/LT

limber walrus
#

That seems a bit awkward? I'd have to feel it to be sure, obviously

queen rover
#

Hm, I see

fringe sparrow
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half press for half brake or speed up in car racing game

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etc

serene tulip
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Car needs two speeds

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full auto and coast

limber walrus
#

Why not have them be like regular pressure triggers? Instead of at a different angle?

serene tulip
#

ok

queen rover
#

While I understand that it lets the index fingers focus on the regular shoulder buttons and the next-to-index-fingers go for these it seems like they wouldn't be all that convenient for actual playing

fringe sparrow
#

I have Switch, and using Lite version I tried to find best solution

queen rover
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Grabbing my Switch to try out the position it seems you'd have to switch the weight a bit towards the index fingers to press and depress comfortably

serene tulip
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All Engines Full, Coast, Full Brake, Stop, Full Reverse, dunno why you'd need analogue

queen rover
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Assuming it would be like for a shooter game where you'd be expected to press them time and again over mostly holding them for a longer period of time

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Though maybe with the physical button the grip is different and it's more comfortable, idk

limber walrus
#

The only thing I'm worried about is the angle, it looks like you'd have to be pulling up with your middle finger, instead of pulling back like a traditional trigger/shoulder button setup

fringe sparrow
#

I added the antislip panels , just due of that

mild pelican
#

oh wait.. just realized it's not switch lite

fringe sparrow
#

but I think it should end up that a button with 2 function should be bad

mild pelican
#

i think triggers are good.. for this kind of finger placement, index fingers should be directly above them

serene tulip
#

Thought: Spring loaded sliders on the back

mild pelican
#

if it will be like middle mouse button.. then it's interesting

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no, seriously

fringe sparrow
#

if it will be like middle mouse button.. then it's interesting
@mild pelican I didn't thought about it like that hmm

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but still I think that I could click it from time to time accidentally

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So I was looking for another idea

mild pelican
#

well, either that or it will be hard to press

fringe sparrow
#

just thinking

hasty kernel
#

Honestly Ill just say it

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The vita was the best handheld design and blows the Switch out of the water

queen rover
#

You mean someone had a Vita?

hasty kernel
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Why must you hurt me so

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But yes, I do have one

fringe sparrow
#

and second thing, what do you think about using a ball instead right joy-stick

queen rover
hasty kernel
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Its actually a really good handheld

queen rover
#

I had one too, I loved the thing

hasty kernel
#

Balls are pretty impractical

queen rover
#

Even if propietary mem sticks were a pain

fringe sparrow
#

like in old mouses, that could make shooters way way more precise

hasty kernel
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Oh for sure

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See the thing is

serene tulip
#

the ball would have to have a return to home

hasty kernel
#

It does help a bit with FPS's

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But it makes general camera control kind of a pain

queen rover
#

Balls for those fingers at that angle I'd agree would be a little impractical

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Though for aiming on console we already have the whole gyroscope deal, no?

hasty kernel
#

Because you dont have a return to default

fringe sparrow
#

Though for aiming on console we already have the whole gyroscope deal, no?
@queen rover on switch even when its nice, it often works bad, but i think that the Switch just using rly bad sensors

mild pelican
#

another ball at the back? above middle finger or something?

hasty kernel
#

So the advantage of being able to scroll beyond a limit

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Comes with the big downside of making it so once you have strayed off, wrestling control back is a major issue

queen rover
#

If you want a return to home to make the ball more practical. Hm. I'd imagine a button or pressing down on the ball itself maybe?

hasty kernel
#

Makes for awkward third person games

queen rover
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Ah, I understand. I admit I haven't played many shooters on Switch. Though the tech itself is interesting, just needs some refining

mild pelican
#

i know.. stylus.. new word in portable fps

hasty kernel
#

Shooters on consoles suck, but I also honestly dont think there is a good solution

fringe sparrow
#

On Super Hot it was a mess, on Botw it was not bad.

hasty kernel
#

And Id rather not sacrifice more genres for the sake of one that should be played on PC anyway But thats just my opinion

mild pelican
#

Destiny is good

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like Halo, as people say

hasty kernel
#

Anyway, I dont like the switch design very much

mild pelican
#

but it will be a pain to port on portable

fervent zenith
#

SuperHot now sucks

hasty kernel
#

Having the left analogue stick be above the D-Pad is just baffling to me

fervent zenith
#

It's the epitome of pretentiousness

mild pelican
#

for xbox users it's okay

hasty kernel
#

The more blocky design doesnt feel comfortable

mild pelican
#

idk how

fervent zenith
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SuperHOT iS The moST INNovATive SHOoteR I'Ve PLayed In yEArS!

hasty kernel
#

And the button size and button to analogue stick ratio is just off

queen rover
#

What did they do with Superhot? I remember trying it out on VR and it being pretty cool

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Oh, yeah. I don't find the Switch comfortable myself either. Those joycons are just too tiny. Can't stand to play on it unless I use a full sized controller

hasty kernel
#

Anyway, enough of me dunking on the switch handheld mode for 10 minutes

queen rover
#

We must continue to criticize the Switch. The Wii U didn't deserve to be buried like this 👀

fringe sparrow
#

What did they do with Superhot? I remember trying it out on VR and it being pretty cool
@queen rover they just overloaded the sensors. moving without rotating 30cm to the left also made your character move, and after 2 moves it lost track and in a moment the character was looking in to the sky... so bad implementation on switch

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stopped playing after 4min haha

queen rover
#

Ah. That sucks
Reminds me of my Skyward Sword experience

hasty kernel
#

I have no opinion on the Wii U

#

I never had one, I never played one, and I barely know what it looks like

mild pelican
#

why would they do that.. like.. it's not a vr version

queen rover
#

Maybe it's like early Wii titles. They have all these gimmicks to use, might as well use them 🤷‍♀️

mild pelican
#

well, how long was Wii alive?

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and Wii U ended after a couple of years

hasty kernel
#

Technically the Wii still hasnt really died

queen rover
#

Is it still getting those dancing games?

mild pelican
#

Switch has outlived Wii U i believe already

hasty kernel
#

Yes

queen rover
#

Who even keeps buying them? They have like yearly releases

hasty kernel
#

Just Dance 2020 was released on the Wii

queen rover
#

Has the Switch been out that long?

hasty kernel
#

From what I have heard

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And mind you, this is just hearsay

fringe sparrow
#

Well the Vita still getting new games

hasty kernel
#

Retirement homes apparently

fringe sparrow
#

it also got store update

mild pelican
#

i still have a feeling that Switch was released this or last year

fringe sparrow
#

So its not suprise that wii u still getting some games

hasty kernel
#

Or was it rehabilitation centers?

queen rover
#

I'd believe that. Some of the easier dances would be good light exercise for the elderly

hasty kernel
#

Idk

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Something in that area

queen rover
#

Though I don't think they'd be able to pull off the cossack dance

hasty kernel
#

I mean hell Im young and I cant pull off the cossack dance

queen rover
#

Fair point. Don't think I can either

hasty kernel
#

Anyway, shame about the Vita

#

Good handheld, but came out at the wrong time

#

If it came out just a bit later it wouldve done much better

#

At that time phones werent yet powerful enough to replace the "convenient low-power games" niche that the DS and 3DS relied on

#

And as a result, high-powered but less practical handhelds like the vita did not have a niche yet

#

Years later, that niche appeared due to phones getting stronger, and thats where the switch fits in

tranquil bay
#

on the topic of the wii ive heard rumours that like places such as nursing homes that utilize tech gadgets to help keep residents in shape still make use of wiis, but i heard this a few years back and dont know offhand how reliable that is 🤔

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on wait thats sorta mentioned LOL i am very good at reading

#

i at least like to believe this is the case though because its wholesome

mild pelican
#

phones are still not good for serious gaming

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too few buttons

#

something to waste some time - yes

hasty kernel
#

And thats where the Switch now fits in

fringe sparrow
#

I rly think that there should be new console for Sony or MS. Atm Ryzen mobile CPU have over 2.1TFlop of power, its more than ps4 which had 1.84. With ARM cores it should work at 8W.

hasty kernel
#

Or the Vita would

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Microsoft never dabbled in handhelds

#

Sony has officially given up on them

fringe sparrow
#

still microsoft have a lot of experience in mobile devices

mild pelican
#

actually.. mobile games today filled a niche, that was held by flash games several years ago

queen rover
#

Even with phones being viable for more proper games I'd say a handheld still has a market to exploit. Phones going largely F2P leads to them being used as an ad revenue/MTX farm

#

IIRC the Vita itself is still pretty popular in Japan

#

Or was last I checked, at least

tranquil bay
#

it is, its got a huge vn market still

mild pelican
#

there will be still a big question: what kind of games should be there to play on them

hasty kernel
#

Yeah it does have a niche

tranquil bay
#

honestly vita never got great marketing outside of jp either

hasty kernel
#

More powerful games on the go

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Mostly in settings where you dont have access to a proper console or PC

fringe sparrow
#

there will be still a big question: what kind of games should be there to play on them
@mild pelican Supergiant games 😄

hasty kernel
#

But do have enough time and free space to play a proper game rather than a mobile one

#

But that niche came after the Vita already effectively failed

#

Well, "failed" is a harsh word

#

Fell below expectations

queen rover
#

No need to mince words for a handheld's sake. It doesn't have feelings

tranquil bay
#

again, it didnt get good marketing either. cant expect a product to sell if youre not pushing it much to begin with. sony gave up on the vita outside of japan pretty quickly

queen rover
#

But yeah, I don't think it did all that poorly, even if it wasn't successful

#

Bastion on the go with your Vita™️, only game you'll ever need

hasty kernel
#

The vita was fairly popular in japan, yes

#

And it still gets visual novels

#

But again, it still was below expectations

#

Marketing is one thing, but even with better marketing I doubt it wouldve done all that much better

queen rover
#

Can't appeal to a market that isn't quite there, huh?

fringe sparrow
#

again, it didnt get good marketing either. cant expect a product to sell if youre not pushing it much to begin with. [...]
@tranquil bay Mobile console atm would mean using ARM cores and AMD gpu. So on the GPU side it could be easy to port , on the CPU side -- well most of engines actually support ARM uarch including UE, Unity and a lot of custom free engines.

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Vulkan would become standard for these games , with a lot of support from AMD

#

as the Vulkan is supported on ARM

hasty kernel
#

Yuup

#

A market that didnt exist yet at the time, essentially

#

Granted right now there is little point to handhelds

#

Due to, yknow

fringe sparrow
#

AAAA graphic haha

#

main point when the game score on web

#

right now ..

queen rover
#

I'd say Switch has that covered on that front, yeah. Only other competitor was Sony and that was more of a half-hearted attempt, so I doubt they'd get in there now

hasty kernel
#

Anyway, we wont ever get a new Sony handheld I expect

#

And microsoft never tried their hands at it

queen rover
#

Though maybe we could get another strange phone hybrid like, what was it? The N-gage?

hasty kernel
#

For better or for worse, were stuck with the Switch now

#

Xperia Play

fringe sparrow
#

Microsoft will try X-Cloud, but its not the same, I dont always have connection and data pack are a mess

#

Samsung will have integrated Xbox /X-cloud app in Note S20

mild pelican
#

And microsoft never tried their hands at it
mobile gaming device with Windows Mobile

#

pls no

tranquil bay
#

@fringe sparrow well idk about where youre at but in my area vita stopped getting talked about after like a year and just kinda got pushed to the side in stores. thats what im talking about, not specs. please do not talk to me about hardware specs that stuff goes over my head lmao

queen rover
#

As someone with the worst internet connection you can imagine I really don't look forward to the possibility of games being streamed becoming a trend

fringe sparrow
#

Stadia XD haha

queen rover
#

opelit is too knowledgeable for us uncultured mortals

tranquil bay
#

good thing stadia tanked itself

hasty kernel
#

The vita lacked a niche, and as a result it lacked software support

#

There werent that many games coming out for it outside of Visual Novels and maybe JRPGs

#

It had a lot of good games, but that dried up quickly

tranquil bay
#

like it was a given stadia wasnt gonna be the revolutionary thing google was sure it would be but its still quite amazing to see how badly they tanked themselves

fringe sparrow
#

Base model did not have internal memory, 8GB card cost a lot, I do think Vita could live pretty well if not these cards..

#

even today 32GB cost 50$ its crazy

tranquil bay
#

ohh yeah i forgot about the card debacle with the vita

queen rover
#

I already take enough issue with digital libraries and you not really owning the copies you buy, last thing I need is the need for a constant connection

hasty kernel
#

Those were certainly dumb, yes

#

But like

queen rover
#

Yep, the infamous propietary mem sticks

hasty kernel
#

The switch costs more than a Vita + memory card did

queen rover
#

Though it seems they changed that with later models

hasty kernel
#

That probably wasnt a dealbreaker

tranquil bay
#

it wasnt a dealbreak in itself, it was just kinda everything added up

#

it certainly didnt help

fringe sparrow
#

The switch costs more than a Vita + memory card did
@hasty kernel yeach but Switch have more function , like dock mode. and overall

#

Btw Switch is expensive due of Nvidia

hasty kernel
#

I mean for those who only care for the handheld portion, dock mode is pretty irrelevant

mild pelican
#

there is always Lite

fringe sparrow
#

Nvidia want over 50$ for each chip which doesnt include wifi, energy chip, bluetooth and more

queen rover
#

Still, Switch can be presented as more of a mainline console, whereas a handheld is more of a side dish to the company's, well, main platform, like say a PSP to a PS2

fringe sparrow
#

atm any mobile chip does have integrated wifi, BT, energy chip, etc

queen rover
#

So you can get away with making a Switch more expensive

fringe sparrow
#

and Snapdragon 845 for example cost 34$ , with all these wifi etc integrated.

#

I mean Switch could easly cost 50$ less with even top chip from Qualcomm

mild pelican
#

Switch became possible, bc nintendo's stationary consoles were not so powerful, somewhere around PS2 level.. and mobile devices on the contrary, got powerful enough in years.. and now they are somewhat equal

#

they understood well that it's not good enough to rival with PS and XBOX without something that would make their product better in comparison with them

#

why not take an empty niche as well

hasty kernel
#

Lite came out much later, is the thing

#

Yeah basically

#

A switch is a console whose weak power is excused by it also being a handheld

mild pelican
#

and it's still possible to run AAA-games with it..

#

in semipotato mode, but still

#

like.. Crysis was considered not good enough as a PC remaster

#

but a perfect Switch version

queen rover
#

It does bother me how half of the Switch's library seems to be ports

hasty kernel
#

Well

#

Old AAA games

#

And even then often not well

#

It cant compete with the PS4 or xbone

#

But it doesnt really try to

mild pelican
#

some exclusives would be nice..

hasty kernel
#

I mean

#

It has a fair few

mild pelican
#

well, for some people Zelda BotW is already a systemseller

queen rover
#

Oh, they did the smart thing by appealing to their own niche, by all means

#

No need to enter the Sony vs Microsoft wars

fringe sparrow
#

Mario and Rabbids ❤️

#

god and I still wish for Hades on switch

queen rover
#

Look at it on the bright side, we got SMT V news at long last

mild pelican
#

i've just remembered.. one of the kickstarter goals for Hollow Knight was a Vita port :c

hasty kernel
#

Personally I have no desire to get a Switch yet

#

Because there are 2 or 3 games I would get on it

#

Of which 1 isnt out yet

queen rover
#

I only have one because of my siblings, myself. I have no interest on open world games, like at all, so BotW didn't appeal to me like it did for others

#

But I do like how that game rewards your creativity

hasty kernel
#

For me its Astral Chain, Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta 3

mild pelican
#

Animal crossing, however..

hasty kernel
#

Maybe Xenoblade, but I wasnt sold on the combat

#

But yeah

#

Til we get an AA7 announcement

#

Im not getting a switch

#

So come on Capcom

#

Do something already

mild pelican
#

also.. with all that covid stuff it's not like a portable gaming console will be useful for a while

hasty kernel
#

Yeah I mentioned that above

queen rover
#

What I really want on Switch though

hasty kernel
#

No reason to make one right now

queen rover
#

Trauma Center

hasty kernel
#

But yeah just give us a new ace attorney

#

And bring back Franziska and Gumshoe

queen rover
#

Animal Crossing was one hell of a system seller thanks to Covid, though

hasty kernel
#

Maybe show Franziskas and Adrians wedding

mild pelican
#

one guy i know bought Switch exactly because Animal Crossing got him hooked

#

now got Zelda and SMB.. and some ports

#

well.. he is rich.. and he has to go to work

queen rover
#

Oh, yeah. Switch has DMC1 and 3 as ports

#

Should be hell to play that with joycons, though

mild pelican
#

he is capable of bying something like 50$ ship in Star Citizen

hasty kernel
#

I mean hell, Id buy a Switch just for AA7

#

If we finally got it

queen rover
#

I can believe his wealth with that statement

fringe sparrow
mild pelican
#

with average salary in this city being around 500.. 200 of which goes to taxes

fringe sparrow
#

Where are you from

mild pelican
#

eastern europe

fringe sparrow
#

Well, I'm from Poland and $500 still seems low, that's why I ask huh

#

Poland is rly poor

mild pelican
#

it is

#

that's just sad

hasty kernel
#

Good old capitalism

mild pelican
#

it's ironic that some people see this country as communist

#

one dude said.. that communism is when there are no money at all.. well, in this case he was somewhat right..

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anyway..

hasty kernel
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Well, yes, communism is defined as a moneyless society, among other things

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Its something of a hypothetical utopia

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Which requires conditions that do not yet exist

fringe dirge
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i mean, it requires a societal change, but all the resources and technical know-how is already here

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it's just being held in a stranglehold by a few rancid bastards

hasty kernel
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I know this is a whole tangent, but strictly speaking I would argue that we do not yet have post-scarcity as it would require

fringe dirge
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no we're way post-scarcity, capitalism just demands it be manufactured to produce suffering to keep the wheels greased

hasty kernel
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Im not even sure we have the resources to produce everything in abundance, but the problem is that it must also be easily available

fringe dirge
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we have all the necessary technology

hasty kernel
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Currently logistics are the biggest barrier of that

fringe dirge
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it's 100% rulership that's in the way

mild pelican
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i'm also not sure that every society is ready.. some things can't change for centuries..

hasty kernel
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Just in terms of food, the supply chains needed to actually carry that food everywhere means that it cannot be done "easily", and still require a lot of labour to be done

fringe dirge
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it's never going to happen, but it would be extremely easy to do

hasty kernel
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The general view is that automation is required to finish that logistics problem

fringe dirge
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yeah, and automation's a matter of a decade tops to solve

mild pelican
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it can be easy in some kind of small society.. around 20-50 people

hasty kernel
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Eh

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The thing with predicting future advancements

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Is that theyre really hard to predict

fringe dirge
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no society will ever be "ready" to shed capitalism, b/c the ruling class of amerika is always going to insist on it

hasty kernel
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A guy I know told me his engineering professor told his students "Cold fusion is 10 years away, and has been for the last 40 years"

fringe dirge
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but every society already needs to get the transition done

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cold fusion is impossible, we're talking about upscaling things that already exist

hasty kernel
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Its not actually impossible, we just dont know how to do it

mild pelican
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we've been told for 20 years that our oil reserves will be enough for next 50 years

hasty kernel
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And even with that

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I mean take processing

fringe dirge
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i mean, look, if you wanna keep bringing up examples to prove it's not possible, fine, you want to believe that and i can't change your mind

mild pelican
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there was one guy, that managed to make a working cold fusion reactor, but he was killed by a titan from another world

hasty kernel
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Nah

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Im just saying its not as easy as "its only 10 years away"

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A lot of the time we hit obstacles we didnt even know existed

fringe dirge
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sure, and if we don't cease fossil fuel use in the next 5 years, none of this matters anyway

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which we won't

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so it doesn't

hasty kernel
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I suppose that I can agree with, we do need to stop that faster than we are

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Ironically the Covid pandemic at least helped slow it down by making flights far less common

fringe dirge
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civilian flights, yes, and that amounted to i think it was a 17% temporary reduction in emissions

mild pelican
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especially our country.. its whole economics is build upon oil export.. and with today's prices and foolishness of managers, it's not even profitable now

hasty kernel
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Anyway to complete the thought I had

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You know of Moores Law, yes?

fringe dirge
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yep

hasty kernel
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Well a few years back we basically hit a brick wall with it

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Or rather, a combination of 3 brick walls

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Admitively the metaphor breaks down with 3 walls, since Im not sure how that can work

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Anyway

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The 3 walls are power wall, memory wall and ILP wall

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The first 2 are pretty simple

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More power means more heat, and more heat means you require more cooling

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And we kinda hit the limit of the cooling being actually feasible

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The memory wall is that processors still require instructions and data to operate, which they draw from memory

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Which comes with latency

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And memory speed doesnt improve nearly as fast

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So now memory is the bottleneck, and you just cant really get any faster simply because the processor has nothing to work with

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The ILP wall has to do with instruction-level parallelism (hence the name) and from what I remember is about how were getting diminishing returns now from increasing parallelism due to increased complexity

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So Moore's Law has effectively hit a brickwall, which you mightve noticed when looking at processor speeds lately

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Its still improving, but much slower

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And stuff like that happens in a lot of advancements

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We suddenly hit an obstacle of some kind that makes progress much slower

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Thats why futurecasting in science and technology is kind of a crapshoot

mild pelican
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well, the author of the theory has come to that same conclusion a while ago afaik

fringe dirge
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it also held up for, what, 30 years? 40?

hasty kernel
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He did, in 1997

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Impressively he even got the timescale right

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He predicted it to happen around 2017

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Which is pretty close to accurate

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50 years, ish

mild pelican
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that can also mean

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that this platform generation can be the last one

hasty kernel
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Unlikely

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They will still have minor improvements, and technological tricks to increase efficiency for specific tasks

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Theyre not gonna let some measily wall to get in the way of profits

mild pelican
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maybe, just maybe.. developers will look back at the obsolete, abandoned technique..
code optimization

hasty kernel
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Sometimes there isnt much more optimisation you can do

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Sometimes the guy who wrote a piece of code left, and no one actually knows how or why it works

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Sometimes the guy is still with the company, and still no one actually knows how or why it works

mild pelican
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a little is better than none.. with all the modern powers people don't really care about it

hasty kernel
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True

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But honestly coding is like an eldritch abomination

mild pelican
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who need codes like
bool statement if (statement == true) return true; else return false:

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it's a simple example, people can do more layers

hasty kernel
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God I already forgot everything I learned in the class on compilers

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But I believe that compilers will usually simplify that, so it doesnt actually lose any time

mild pelican
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now that i remembered that in our university we used a compiler released in 2006 and hacked for being licensed for next 100 years

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i'm not really sure

hasty kernel
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But yeah, technology is cool, but hard to predict

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Sometimes things that you think youre on the verge of figuring out are actually still decades away, at least

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Sometimes things you thought just couldnt be done are accidentally figured out a few years later

mild pelican
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2015 in Back to the Future 2.. now is a past..

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half of the technologies actually came true

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but only a half

hasty kernel
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No hoverboards :S

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But yeah, post-scarcity would be nice

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Capitalism sucks and all that

north hamlet
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looking at the frozen meat section while ordering groceries and there's okra there?

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they've also decided that yorkshire pudding is a vegetable

mild pelican
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sometimes it's not easy to figure out what is where

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how in the world am i supposed to know that sugar should be found in tea/coffee section?..

north hamlet
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weird, usually here it's in the same aisle, but has its own section

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or with baking goods

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still makes more sense than telling me a paratha is a kind of whole roast bird

hexed hollow
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sometimes layouts are even differant between differant supermarkets of the same chain, and it's all very confusing

blissful charm
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happy birthday!

obsidian timber
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Thank you!

blissful charm
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any plans for it?

obsidian timber
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Video games, donuts, takeout, and more video games

blissful charm
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oh nice

hexed hollow
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nice ^_^

north hamlet
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Mmm donut

blissful charm
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i miss donuts

sharp grail
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Happy birthday, but please don’t evade the swear filter 😅 @obsidian timber

obsidian timber
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I wasn't trying to. That's just what I use when I'm saying it in a joking manner.

serene tulip
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So my boss doesn't want me taking mass transit to work

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but I can't borrow my brother's car literally every day

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its a bit beyond my comfortable biking range

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but its downhill the entire way

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so I'm wondering maybe I bike there, and lie about taking mass transit back 😛

humble rain
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there's a huge second corona wave coming. If you wanna take the risk (and possibly die from covid) - take the public transport. If you don't wanna take the risk - bike up that hill. It'll get easier every day - i promise 😉

fringe dirge
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yeah whatever you decide to do, it'll only be for a couple weeks before everything collapses

north hamlet
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I would recommend not taking the public transport since you getting sick would put you and your coworkers and your friends and family at greater risk

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And i would especially not lie to them about how much potential exposure you've had

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Because then they wouldn't even know to avoid you if they're really worried about getting sick

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If you live in a place where covid cases are pretty under control though it wouldn't be as much of an issue

mild pelican
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second wave.. has first one ended already?

gilded basin
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@serene tulip dumb question, but did your boss tell you to work from home or present you with some alternative transportation options?

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Or did they just toss a "no public transit" carelessly into the void?

serene tulip
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I can't work from home

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I think they just assumed I had transportation

mild pelican
serene tulip
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I would like a quiet birb

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well

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two quiet birbs so they have company

proud flicker
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yo what should I name my Chikorita?

limber walrus
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ooh

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umm

upbeat scroll
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Rat

fringe dirge
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norman

proud flicker
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coconut rum

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nvm I settled with Mango

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thanks all

upbeat scroll
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Dango

silk inlet
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just realized there is no vc in this server

north hamlet
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they're too hard to mod since this is a family friendly server and all

wide falcon
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Muscle Winnie the Pooh arrives

mild pelican
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well.. my friend managed to see Neowise at last

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in last days

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although it's hard to make a picture with that kind of camera, or without tripod

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it can't focus itself properly

elfin ridge
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Cheers to that!

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Astronomical photography is on another level - most regular cameras can barely take proper pictures of the moon without the right objectives..

mild pelican
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that's true.. however my friend did a few pics with the same camera.. i've posted them a while ago

elfin ridge
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Hm. I didn't take notice of those.

proud flicker
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Do people use voice channels?

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I'm too self conscious to ever try that

mild pelican
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hear people you don't know?
addresing to you?
how bold one should be for that

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also.. from people present here, who managed to see the comet? what did it look like?

mild pelican
broken fern
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Hnnnn bird

fringe dirge
serene tulip
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DAE get weirded out by their own competancy?

raven harbor
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That would require being competent at anything, so nope

serene tulip
hollow crystal
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Call out to Hade’s Austerious

gleaming prairie
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only one part of a game holder

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took 9 hours though

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hope the rest does not take as much

fringe dirge
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you made that?

gleaming prairie
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3D printed it

fringe dirge
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gneat

wide falcon
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I see you have Bloodstained

elfin ridge
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There are various people with animated profile pics around. How do you make it work? Simply uploading an animated gif didn't seem to do the trick for me.

wide falcon
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You have nitro?

elfin ridge
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No.

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I suspected that to be the reason it wouldn't work, but better to make sure.

serene tulip
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Yeah

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I only replied because I wanted to show off my animated avatar

autumn pasture
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is anyone here following the ?internet phenomenon? of blaseball?

hexed hollow
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what's blaseball?

fringe dirge
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what isnt blaseball tbh

wide falcon
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fun

silver maple
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lost all my money in the post season today it’s fine

fringe dirge
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i should clarify that i have no idea what blaseball is

silver maple
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what if baseball was AI but also surrealist

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AND democratic

fringe dirge
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twitch plays mlb 2k20?

upbeat scroll
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Sounds like the webcomic "17776"

fringe dirge
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17776 is one of the best things i have ever experienced

autumn pasture
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it has very 17776 vibes

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it's fake baseball played by ai players with ridiculous names on ridiculously named teams

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and you pick a team and bet on matches