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| Topic | Do you use Netgear for your Internet? |
| Polycosm 01/01/22 3:21:20 PM #7 | inTaCtfuL posted... ubiquiti Seconding this. Specifically, Ubiquiti UniFi. It falls between typical consumer-grade equipment and enterprise, both in terms of price and features. Last I checked a few years ago, it was the cheapest way to deploy a centralized WLAN in my home. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Why are engineering students so insistent that engineering is a difficult major? |
| Polycosm 12/30/21 9:16:13 PM #16 | Comparing the majors I have experience with: Computer Science was by far the hardest, if we're talking about just completing the major and graduating. There are many reasons why, but the most obvious is that it simply takes way more hours of work to complete a lab than it takes to write a paper. Then again, even the C students had no trouble finding a job related to their field. Physics classes are a little more siloed. You basically need to collect a minor in Mathematics along the way (even more so than Computer Science), but a bad semester in Thermal Physics isn't going to mess you up in Electrodynamics. However, if you want to go on to do anything in Physics after graduation, you have to be at the very top of your class. This is not the case with careers related to Computer Science or Business. Business Administration was a highly-impacted major at my school, and the subject material was brain-dead easy. As a result, the grading curve was actually incredibly brutal. I had one lower division weed-out class where missing 3 points total (across the entire semester, with a huge number of multiple choice questions on exams and a few papers) would drop you from an A to a B. But once you got past the lower-division filter, it was smooth sailing. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Tomi Lahren says there is no solution to COVID |
| Polycosm 12/28/21 10:49:47 PM #22 | When enough people refuse to accept the solution, I guess it's no longer technically a solution. Doesn't matter how brilliant or miraculous the vaccine is... we've reached a critical mass of obstinacy. Sometimes it feels like all you can do is protect your family the best you can, and let nature work things out between the virus and the death cult. I hate how sociopathic that sounds but when every attempt to help them only polarizes them more, I don't know what else we can do. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | What do you think SBAllen is doing for Christmas? |
| Polycosm 12/25/21 6:37:22 PM #6 | He sees you when you're lurking, he knows when you're awake. He's copied on your PMs, so be good for goodness' sake. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Goddamn Matrix Resurrections was so bad |
| Polycosm 12/25/21 6:33:38 PM #3 | OudeGeuze posted... And I know contrarians are gonna defend it like they do TLJ.Some people enjoyed it, some people didn't. Not everyone who disagrees with you is a contrarian. I disliked TLJ, but I understand why many people enjoyed it. I enjoyed Resurrections, but I recognize the flaws that I'm looking past. Both movies deconstruct the films which came before them. The difference for me is that TLJ discarded TFA, while Resurrections pokes fun at the Matrix trilogy but ultimately says "all of it mattered." --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Does Chic Fil A run on teenagers? |
| Polycosm 12/23/21 1:26:32 AM #12 | It's really too bad about where their money goes. If not for that, it's a model fast food business-- good product, good customer service, entry-level jobs for teenagers (like fast-food is supposed to be)... instead of understaffing, they've got a swarm of employees prowling the drive-thru; oftentimes they'll bring you your food before you even get to the window. Gotta balance out all of the good with some evil on the back end, I guess. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | thoughts on Sonic CD? |
| Polycosm 12/20/21 10:42:34 PM #8 | I found it enjoyable enough to replay a few times. I have a lot more love for S2, S3&K and Mania, but CD is good. What drops it down the rankings for me is that the level design is at odds with itself (both in the normal and special stages). The visuals / artwork aren't cohesive either. But there's still plenty to like about the game. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | I think J.K. Rowling is gonna get some heat for this one |
| Polycosm 12/12/21 6:58:58 PM #49 | I think we can be respectful of the trans community while still giving the rapist a title befitting the wickedness of her crime: "She Who Must Not Be Deadnamed" --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Kyle Rittenhouse describes what he wants in a female partner. |
| Polycosm 12/09/21 12:56:17 PM #10 | That was... quite a turn from "I want someone to date me for who I am" to "I like butts and tits." --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Donkey Kong December |
| Polycosm 12/01/21 11:07:27 PM #13 | Thanks, I hate it --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Kraft Mac and cheese is the biggest scam in all of capitalis |
| Polycosm 11/29/21 11:26:48 PM #30 | No way my kids are going to sit quietly for me while I baby-sit a bchamel. What you're really buying is a no-fuss box of calories a child will eat without a fight. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Ben Shapiro gets in a heated debates over transgenderism |
| Polycosm 11/24/21 6:37:08 PM #24 | I guess it's progress that Ben acknowledges a difference between sex and gender, male/female and "masculine / effeminate," as he puts it. Still, I dunno why he's so adamant that "man/woman" must describe sex, cannot describe gender... weird hill to die on. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | SALT Cap will be increased from 10k to 80k with the new infrastructure bill |
| Polycosm 11/11/21 6:37:39 PM #41 | Good. The low SALT cap penalizes high cost-of-living and self-help states. It affects an increasing number of California's middle class families as our median single-family home price broke $800K this year. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | What is the actual most underrated video game of all time (iyo)? |
| Polycosm 11/10/21 12:47:17 AM #13 | Donkey Kong 64 was a victim of bad timing (tail end of a generation) and absorbed criticism that was more the fault of the entire genre it represented (at a time when collectathons were at peak saturation). It's not a masterpiece... it's just afforded nowhere near the same level of respect that other, very similar games are given. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Doug Bowser isn't the (whatever Reggie was) anymore? Wtf |
| Polycosm 10/30/21 5:29:07 PM #3 | Doug Bowser's previous position was eliminated. Maybe that's where the confusion is? Nintendo closed its California office today, displacing roughly 100 employees, sources tell Kotaku. The Redwood City location was one of three main offices for Nintendo of America, which is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Sources tell Kotaku the closure included the resignation of the SVP of Sales and Marketing, Nick Chavez, who announced earlier on Friday via LinkedIn that he would be joining Kentucky Fried Chicken to help them continue to grow the Yum! Brands. The SVP position was previously held by Doug Bowser, who was promoted to president of Nintendo of America after Reggie Fils-Aime stepped down in 2019. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | seriously tho, why didn't obi wan force run through the laser fields |
| Polycosm 10/23/21 3:21:03 PM #8 | 'cuz force run looks kinda Loony Tunes, tbh --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Do you think a 10/10 game needs to be "perfect"? |
| Polycosm 10/12/21 10:54:54 PM #7 | A 10 is a game that pushes boundaries while nailing the fundamentals. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | ACT score by income |
| Polycosm 10/12/21 10:35:04 PM #35 | Correlation may not be causation... but it can be a big red flag. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Holy fuck Metroid dread is perfect |
| Polycosm 10/09/21 1:43:55 AM #6 | It's really good so far (3 areas in). Better than 1, 2 and Fusion. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | The only good Sanic games are Sonic 2 and Sonic 3K |
| Polycosm 09/26/21 5:09:38 PM #28 | 2, 3&K and Mania are truly great. I still have fun revisiting them every so often. Sonic 1 was a good game but it's harder to go back to, with how much its successors improved on. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | @Math People: how do I solve these problems? |
| Polycosm 09/25/21 11:56:55 AM #9 | A) 212 B) 68 C) 23 D) Jet fuel can't melt steel beams. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Has anyone here played Eastward yet? |
| Polycosm 09/18/21 5:36:35 PM #12 | I've got 6 hours on the in-game timer so far, but around 2 and half of that was spent on Earth Born (game within the game). Every screen and character animation oozes personality. The sprite work is the best I've ever seen. The combat mechanics are simple (so far) and the introductory chapter moves at a pace similar to Twilight Princess... which I enjoyed, but a lot of people didn't / won't. I have a long way to go in the game, but I've listened to the entirety of the soundtrack and it's my favorite this year. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Ah great. My company now knows I'm leaving and they want to talk about it. |
| Polycosm 09/16/21 2:00:33 AM #12 | Just make them feel heard and don't burn any bridges you don't have to on the way out. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | looks like eastward is getting good reviews |
| Polycosm 09/16/21 1:55:14 AM #4 | The soundtrack dropped on bandcamp a few hours ago. Easily my favorite of the year so far. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Best zone in Sonic 3K |
| Polycosm 09/02/21 12:21:23 AM #22 | Illuminoius posted... weird how much people like to pretend not to understand how people got confused by the barrel Not pretending like I'm a video game savant who never got stuck on stupid things, not trying to stir the pot... I legit don't understand why the barrel is so infamous when the norm from that era was that games didn't fully explain their controls (and even the instruction manuals left a lot of info out). Ya just try the buttons you got. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | CNN: Joe Biden is facing a crisis of competence |
| Polycosm 08/16/21 8:28:28 PM #23 | I just have no appetite for all these war-mongering hot-takes on Afghanistan. Pulling out of this forever-war was one of the only decisions I agreed with Donald Trump on, and Biden did the right thing in following through. It could have been done better, but it had to be done. And the human tragedy was always going to be bad, even if both presidents had managed to commit no mistakes along the way. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Nobody is talking about Afghanistan? |
| Polycosm 08/15/21 11:54:03 AM #231 | Well it may have cost us 20 years, tens of thousands of human lives and trillions of dollars, but maybe the real treasure was the terrorists we made along the way. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | fuck OoT fire temple |
| Polycosm 08/14/21 1:41:57 AM #15 | _Rinku_ posted... I don't remember anything in MQ being just offensively difficult, but it has been a loooooooooong time. I think that's right... MQ definitely doesn't have the same types of hellish combat gauntlets that the LoZ 2nd quest does in its later dungeons. What they have in common is that they're just plain mean to the player sometimes. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | fuck OoT fire temple |
| Polycosm 08/14/21 1:13:20 AM #11 | MQ is designed in the same style as the original LoZ second quest-- it's made to be unfair, to force you to back out of dungeons and come back prepared, as if you're playing against a malicious dungeon master. It's definitely not for everyone, although I enjoyed it. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | AOC body slams Tucker Carlson and eviscerates the dog on twitter! |
| Polycosm 08/14/21 1:06:16 AM #13 | Whether he's truly a hateful person or just playing one on TV, Tucker Carlson is vile. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | I had no idea eating raw mushrooms was practically pointless |
| Polycosm 08/08/21 2:08:56 PM #10 | TIL --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Who is to blame for the failures of the Star Wars sequel trilogy? |
| Polycosm 08/07/21 6:38:23 PM #20 | CyricZ posted... Y'know, looking at how hardcore Disney is going in order to integrate Star Wars experiences into the theme parks, I get the feeling that an actual mature extraction of the "good guys vs bad guys" simplicity of the story would ultimately steer away from the commoditization of stormtrooper helmets, lightsabers, starfighters, and thus would be less marketable. Damn, that's meta. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
| Topic | Who is to blame for the failures of the Star Wars sequel trilogy? |
| Polycosm 08/07/21 6:35:40 PM #18 | DarkRoast posted... The fact that you can actually sense the animosity between Abrams and Johnson in the openings of the second and third films is really indicative of the problems those films had. It's almost a nostalgic feeling for me, the way it plays out like two kids fighting over their Star Wars action figures. It's as if Johnson came in and smashed Abrams favorite toys, then Abrams retaliated... except they're playing with billions of dollars. I'm so deep in as a fan that I enjoy all of the movies in a way that isn't rational, but even I can admit what a big fucking mess the sequel trilogy is in terms of planning. --- Thus in 2020 did Allen send forth a great flood, that destroyed the gurus and all users that lived on land, except those in azuarc. (thengamer.com/guru) |
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