Exactly the same with me. Very occasional Mint user. I will never touch Win11, so when Win10 hits EoL I’m screwed if I haven’t learned to deal with the friction of learning Linux.

I may end up regressing to a PC-less monke until I figure it out. Windows can kiss my primate ass.

I used to date a girl who was a psychology major. She was studying behavioral psychology so ever since those days, I’ve respected and appreciated the people who dedicate their careers to understanding the brain.

I’ve figured out the water example on my own after getting a water bottle for work. It started out more as a “I don’t want people to judge me for being a soda fiend, so I should ‘fall in line’” kind of deal, but now I really don’t crave soda at work. Unfortunately at home it’s like a switch gets flipped to “drink sugar now”, but I’m working on it. At least I’m getting lots of water at work. I’m gonna look into the links you provided and see if it helps. Thank you!

I thought it was at first too. In the U.S. (at least, here in Texas) I feel like the bigger offender is all the lifted trucks, coal-rollers, etc. Not sure how bad muscle cars are but they’re also very prevalent. Seems like every 5th person in my city has a Mustang or Charger with a muffler delete.

I love how they depicted Fry this way. I would usually expect him to be bored or indifferent about something that’s typically seen as boring, like history.

But he would otherwise have been around during this time if “I.C. Weiner” had never ordered that pizza, so he’s excited to hear about the things he would have seen firsthand.

This show is one of the reasons that time travel is my absolute favorite fictional concept.

I’ve never played Bulletstorm, but they also have been developing a game called Witchfire that I’ve been so excited for ever since I saw the first teaser like… 5 years ago. Apparently it just released into early access last month but somehow I missed the announcement!

Whoa, I haven’t seen anyone else reference that “game” in forever! I still play that sound clip in my head every time I see that effect.

“You can’t stop me, unless the game goes into slow motion for some reason and I become easier to shoot.” Beewwww “Oohhhh nooooo…”

I’m sure that’s true in some cases, but it seems like devs tend to rely on it for easy realism, like all the other things mentioned here (CA, motion blur, etc.). Personally, it takes me out of the experience when I notice it, but I guess it’s not that hard to ignore if the game is otherwise engaging.

I put it in the same category as that effect where the screen gets bloody (or worse, vein-y) when you take damage, then it goes away when you heal. As if Ben Stein himself dowsed you with Clear Eyes.

I’ve heard of settling for second-best, but this one’s new.

Not trying to dig at you. If you enjoy it, awesome. I’m partly ashamed to admit I still hop into Skyrim every now and then, and it doubtless has more issues than SF.

On the topic of the thread, I backed SC in the past (goddamn I love the design of the M50) and I’m mega disappointed that they’ve handled it the way they have. Actually, one of my favorite quotes from David Mitchell kind of fits here:

Yeah it does look a little low-effort. My first thought was about the GTA trilogy debacle. But it can’t be that bad right?

Konami doesn’t deserve the money, but it’s hard to argue against accessibility, so I won’t. If someone wants to enjoy these iconic games I wouldn’t try to stop them.

He clearly has the level of self-respect required for such a dignified name. And I doubt he’s ever passed up an opportunity to make a quick buck.

Absolutely. I do quite like it in Halo, Metroid Prime, etc. But some art directors must think John Battlefield has corneas the size of beach balls

I’m surprised that nobody mentioned (or I missed) lens dirt. Why in the hell does my fps character have dirt on his eyeballs?

And water drops streaking down the screen during rain! If you have to depict rain on the eyes, make it blur the entire screen and cause the player to “blink” once or twice. Except don’t because that also doesn’t belong in video games. I can maybe see that adding to the immersion in a Mirror’s Edge-like game though, as annoying as it would be.

Please drink your verification can to unmute. :)

Wow, thank you for this awesome write-up! You didn’t need to go so out of your way to teach a stranger, but I appreciate the heck out of it.

I never would have thought this could work with cats, or any kind of behavioral conditioning for that matter. It’s the exact thing I would expect from a dog-training regimen. Regardless, I’ll give it a shot. I think I’ll see great results from the one who used to be right behind my heels wherever I would go at home. She still adores all attention, but she’s a little more independent now 😊

Thanks again for the tips! You’ll have a share of the credit for any future snoot boops.

Seconding this. I used a tool called GBxCart RW and it worked a treat. I’d link to it, but I don’t want to appear as if I’m advertising it. There are a couple other tools I think; this is simply the one I used.

I also used it to backup some ancient photos on my Gameboy Camera!

Don’t worry, that definitely wasn’t my impression. I’m glad you’re in such a position that you don’t feel the need to get high all the time. And besides, if the thing that stresses you the most is a misspoken word, it sounds like you’re doing just fine!

Man I’m sorry that that’s how you experience it. When I’m high I listen to my favorite music and zone the fuck out. The real world rarely enters my thoughts.

Often I’ll think about projects I want to work on and get mega inspired from random stuff I find on the internet. Of course, the motivation evaporates when I’m sober, but at least I took notes while I was blasted 😂

I. Want. Your. Cat. To teach mine how to be movie-level adorable.

Freeplane is such an amazing mind mapping program, as long as you have some patience for learning it. I had never heard of it until maybe a year ago when I downloaded it. It’s FOSS!

There are so many ways you can relate ideas to each other and lay out details. Plus it lets you embed internal or external links, images, and probably other types of media; I haven’t gotten around to exploring all the features yet. And it also supports add-ons made by the community to extend its already broad functionality.

I’m currently using it to plan my dream video game, and it has been a priceless source of continued inspiration. I have pretty bad ADHD, but using this software has helped me stay motivated and ambitious. I used to get overwhelmed and turned off while navigating my huge plaintext thought-vomit notes. I swear this isn’t an ad, as much as it sounds like one 😂

I’ve been using Okular and so far it’s great. I’ll have to take a look at Sumatra as well. To hell with Adobe!