taiyang

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer to not bloat my gaming experience anymore then I have to, and I already get get annoyed when I’m playing on Windows and haven’t completely disabled that said Xbox game bar.

  I think my line stops with in game overlays. Steam and most emulators have that, and that’s kinda fine to me (adds to the console feel). I just don’t want AI draining my resources as I’m playing, that’s asinine, and MS doubly so since they’re a redundant layer on top of my overlays.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a JRPG, just got released on Steam—and this is a big deal because this game is to PC what Final Fantasy VII was to PlayStation.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Hyperbole, much? What a bananas way to say you like a fun remake of a relatively solid JRPG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based and Red Pilled Gigachad, many such cases 😔⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, sure, like a year ago but at this point I also don’t trust what the government and mainstream media say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA V was released on this day, 12 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a fantastic documentary; as an LA native, I recommend playing through the story to better understand our diverse culture of shallow rich folks, inner city gents, and meth-addled drug countrymen.

  In fact, pirate it to truly honor my culture. Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Birthday!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Given their lawsuits, emulation is 100% the right way to piss them off. Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Port-O-John Art⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a Banksy?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many layers can we go?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not good enough! Need a compressed phone photograph of a screen with bad cropping, bare minimum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So… Indie scene saw how shit 2025, so we got E33 and Silksong, we’re even getting Hades 2? What a year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight Silksong Patch Version 1.0.28497 Now Live⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what I’m getting is there more than one way to skin the bark of that boss. There’s a lot of ways to play the game, even as early as Splinter, but I stay a Hunter with the starting pins (admittedly with poison). My friend loves his needle traps, though. There is better, I think, though all tools remain viable for a long time. I wonder if anyone is going full beast mode, that looks fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight Silksong Patch Version 1.0.28497 Now Live⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, of course this is after I did the parts they nerfed but honestly nbd. Splinter was only a problem until you realize you can nuke both adds and damage the boss with you special circular AOE move. I actually took no damage on my win.

  I also got Moorwing late, cause of fleas. Those 2 damage environmental hazards did seem pretty awful though. I’m great at platforming so it wasn’t much of an issue but I imagine it giving some people a lot of grief. I didn’t even know the gears caused 2 points it damage until my friend told me, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands 4 Launches To Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Performance Issues And Crashing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Also… why now? BL games always get 90% off eventually, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guy's, it turns it it was a Jojo's reference⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From what Grok has been saying, it was definitely a Jojo reference. Haha, Charlie is so good at getting roasted. Nice try!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guy's, it turns it it was a Jojo's reference⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You had me in the first half, hehe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tragedy can bring out the Worst in people, but also the Best⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had my moment accidentally in teaching class today when I accidentally said “turning point.” This alone would be fine if I didn’t then giggle to myself after noticing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm, DQ5 (1992) had monster catching. Not sure if I’d call it summoning, but Pokemon took clear inspiration from that game in particular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨5 tomatoes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in defense of the imperial system, but if you’re curious why it’s so arbitrary, it’s a crazy story about untangling a ton of proprietary guild measurements. The mile itself isn’t quite proprietary (it was defined as 8 furlongs, and you can blame the English for ruining a perfectly good roman measurement) but they needed to make it a certain number of chains, rods, yards, and feet, plus a few other obscure measurements I forget about. Naturally that results in a stupid conversation rate (mostly vs yards and feet since it was basically a different system).

  Why we still use it, dunno. I can see an argument for keeping feet and inches for things like carpentry (in the similar way I like hexadecimal in programming) but miles is not that. It’s about as logical as this point as fahrenheit, which is to say it’s outdated nonsense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨jic anybody needed a monday reminder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a pretty valid point, although the rear view usually also blinds me at the same time. Usually I get the full three mirror flash, one from behind and two on the wings, lol. I really like my mirrors, though, they have a lovely convex mini-mirror on them so I get a little extra glance. I still look over my shoulder, but it’s nice to detect someone hovering there before I even make my decision to lane change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨jic anybody needed a monday reminder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This bothers me because the car door is like 2/3 of the mirror. I get it’s probably the angle of the camera but I swear there’s so many people out there with side mirrors misaligned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - and it broke Steam servers for 15 minutes and counting now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’m glad most indie games don’t do that. My wife was surprised I wanted to preorder a game with no bonuses, I think she has worked for corporate a little too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - and it broke Steam servers for 15 minutes and counting now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh. So this might actually be a legit reason to do preorders, lol. I too got caught in payment progressing hell but I finally got it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an artist⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could be, though it’s not so much the type of inspiration so much as the lack of safeguards most people would have in place. I studied art for a bit before switching majors and know full well how important reference material is. Life drawing has nude human models, after all, so why not deer vagina?

  Although getting a live deer to pose for your class would be rather difficult, hehe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an artist⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While this is probably fake, I did have a momentary recollection of my preteen days on the living room family computer surfing warez sites and, while my mom was visiting (me living with my dad), big ol’ horsecock popped up on a pop-up ad. She uh, she had a reaction. But, like a fucking normal person, I just explained that happens sometimes when you’re pirating shit.

  Yes, I’m old, this story is pre-ublock and no script, and before torrents were a thing. Pre-limewire too? Actually hol’up, how did 10 year old me know about warez…? Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cali: West Siiiide
  Florida: East S— cough cough weeze

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a little bit more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never had a car tire pop but I have had a bike tire pop and it is alarming to say the least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hello⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, it really is always on his mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd also add that⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d take mine with chili and pure satisfaction in life, but that would be redundant so chili alone will suffice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Bog⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How’d I miss that slam dunk! Edited it in, haha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Bog⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had the song Zombie by The Cranberries stuck in my head and because of this post about cranberries I’ve changed the line stuck in my head to this:

  *But you see, they’re on me, they are not my family
  On my head, on my head, they are fleeing
  With their fangs and their bogs, and their bogs, and their legs
  On your head, on your head, they are crawling~

  On your head, on your he-eaya-ed,
  Spi-der, spi-der, spiiiders,
  What’s on your head, on your head,
  Spi-der, spi-der, spi-ehya-ehya-ehya-ehya-eyoh- *

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can see the confusion tbh⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What a weird max score… as someone who grades, you generally want it in a way that gives a clean percentage, mostly for transparency and tracking for students. My class does 500 total points (thus a 5 point quiz is 1%, 100 point exam is 20%, etc.), which is what previous instructors did and helps students figure out what is needed for an A.

  But 59/59? Thats confusing af. Bet it’s out of some arbitrary total, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🤡 We've all been played for fools. 🤡⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interestingly enough, I only got my PhD because the job market sucked after Bushes recession and I was promised 5 years of funding. I did get some great data analytic skills out of it, but academic positions are indeed far and few between.

  One of the main factors after my graduation a few years ago was that professors just refused to retire, leaving very new faculty positions; that changed slightly right after my kid was born but by that point I was and am ok with an adjunct part time and homemaker full time situation.

  Now it’ll mostly be a lack of funding, though, unless I leave the US. Meh.