I make things with computers. Preferably artsy things, but I also like to work on random scripts and pipelines. I like D&D & video games, but don't always have time to play them. I like pet chicken. I watch soccer, especially NWSL & USWNT, as well as some WSL and whatever happens to be on.
So, is this actually going to be enforced? I'm seeing non stop political posts, and it's making me hate this community
Rule 3, now fuck off
Lol mine are in the trash and started blooming again
Just feeling sad, really. Not going through any episodes right now, so it's just normal sadness. Playing a healthy amount of video games to distract myself.
Playing Dragon Age Veilguard. Just finished the first quest, and it's a lot of fun so far.
Only read what you posted, not the longer article... I think that we should absolutely assess and evaluate the success of the program. The numbers on how many species are added, and how many are successfully removed, show that things aren't really working.
And the cross breeding example is an interesting one. To me that seems more like a symptom: the species is forced to cross breeding because the population is too low to sustain interbreeding. Killing off barred owls is probably the wrong move.
But that doesn't mean we should stop trying. Complaining about lost profits is such a slippery slope it's not even worth discussing, in my opinion. Once a species is gone, that's it, and no amount of profit can justify that.
So when a program doesn't work, we shouldn't say 'eh, survival of the fittest,' we should see what else we could do.
I've been playing the Ballionaire demo, which is pretty damn fun.
I miss good arcade racers. I don't remember the name of them, but I remember on the Xbox or 360 there were some really fun ones where you race around cities and nice landscapes. You could just jump in with friends and race. These days any racing game I try is like a job. Oh, you want to race? First drive to the garage, pick your car, talk to the mechanic, then spend 20 minutes driving to the race track. Mario Kart is about the only fun racing game I can think of, but I'd prefer something with real cars.
Our DM, a dentist, so not in tech, used it to put together a D&D campaign, and so far it's been fantastic.
It definitely feels weird if I think about it, but the reality is that I've done it loads of times, definitely while travelling, but even locally, and it was never weird, nobody ever stared at me, and waiters never bothered me about it.
I always have to do custom. It's shitty, but I'm not going to lunch to subsidize someone's pay, I just want a sandwich.
I disagree. Paying $25 for a family of 4 and having the added bonus of not putting up with theater bullshit (e.g. ridiculous candy prices and asshole people) seems like a damn good deal.
Flying cars and hover boards
Posters like this always assume that their candidate is the other option if the person doesn't abstain or vote 3rd party.
Probably because there isn't a giant mini blind lobby, and people plastering stickers all over their pickup trucks yelling about their mini blind rights.
At this point the screenshot thing needs it's own sub
I think that if you're comfortable doing it, go for it. If you didn't have any experience, and are lucky enough to live near an avian vet, maybe it'd be good to have them do it once while you observe and can ask questions, but it sounds like you'd do fine as is.
Thank you, I really appreciate the info. I talked to my psychiatrist and she said generics can vary 10 to 20% in potency, and some people are sensitive to that, so that's likely causing the change in side effects for me.
Change in Latuda/Lurasidone 20mg pills?
I just noticed the pills changed a bit, and instead of a 20 printed on one side, it's now a 25. I called the pharmacist and they said that it was changed and they don't know why.
Much more worryingly, I seem to be experiencing increased side effects since I started taking it a few days ago.
I'm curious if anyone else is taking these pills, and if you're noticing anything different?
MB : Charles Wysocki's Americana : 1000 pieces
Honestly, I kind of hated this one. The bottom 2/3rds were fine, but doing the trees was no fun, and took forever.
Return of the Jedi, Buffalo, 500
This was harder than expected. A lot of easy to sort sections, but not a lot of details within them.
Starting Quetiapine
Day one I pretty much slept all day. Day 2 I'm just irrationally fucking angry.
What will day 3 bring?
Why do modern strategy games hate the grid?
OK, I finally took the plunge on Baldur's Gate 3, and, coming from playing several hundreds of hours of Solasta recently, the first thing I noticed is the lack of a combat grid.
Going back a bit further, my son and I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. We were super pumped for the sequel, but when it finally came out, it kind of fell flat for both of us. Whether or not it's down to this, I don't know, but they also removed the grid.
That game, of course, was an XCom-like. XCom used a grid, but a more recent Firaxis game, Marvel's Midnight Suns, got rid of the grid as well.
To me, all these gridless iterations of classic strategy games just aren't as engaging. I guess they're going for a more immersive rpg type of feel? But to me it seems to sacrifice the strategy aspect, and ultimately, judging based on my hours played, that always ends up being too great a sacrifice. My play time on Marvel's Midnight Suns is less than 10% of Xcom 2, and the same is true for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
I'm sure BG3 is a great game, and I'm sure I'll enjoy the campaign, but so far it's not giving me the 'feels'.
Do you miss grids? Or did they only slow you down?
Lauren James out for 2 games following red card
England midfielder Lauren James has been handed a two-match ban following her sending-off against Nigeria in the round of 16 at the Women’s World Cup.
Trying not to implode my life.
BP2. I've been in a depressive episode for almost 2 weeks now and I just can't fucking deal right now. I run my own business and I'm ready to fire one client and to tell another to take their project elsewhere. I know, I KNOW I should not be making decisions like this in this state, but I just can't handle it anymore. I basically quit in the middle of a meeting this morning because I couldn't handle another pedantic fucking conversation, and now everyone is messaging me asking if I'm OK, and I'm not. And there's really fun work that I should be focusing on, but I'm too preoccupied with the crap stuff, and I only have like 1/10th of the energy I should have, anyway, so I can barely muster the energy to just exist.
Thanks for reading. Maybe tell me to not screw up my life right now. Or tell me to go for it. I'm good either way.
TIL about squash vine borers & had to perform surgery on my plants
Are your squash plants suddenly struggling? It could be the work of a squash vine borer. Here are tips on how to identify, control, and get rid of the squash vine borer!
After having a fantastic squash harvest 2 years ago, last year kind of sucked, and we never figured out why. This year things started great, but then started going south, with plants yellowing and squash wilting. Well apparently there's these asshole moths who lay eggs on the stem, which then produce these little effers that bore into the stem itself and eat the plant from the inside. Cutting into the stems I was able to find and remove a bunch of them. Cutting the stems didn't feel great... I tried to cut along the grain, but had to pretty much cut a chunk out of every plant just so I could even see inside and prod enough to find the squiggly things.
Hoping the plants survive and thrive 🤞. Apparently next year I should get a syringe and inject them with something called BT. I had no idea raising squash required a medical degree 🩺