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Yellow posted...

Super Metroid was mediocre.

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I guess I can see being frustrated by the controls. (although honestly one of the major things that makes nintendo games good is usually their correct approach of making the controls 'deep'. almost every nintendo game has extremely fine tuned and intricately thought out movement, even to the point of giving each individual game its own unique feel.)

but as far as the atmosphere and gameplay... Super Metroid does so many things so well that no other game that I've ever played has even approached in terms of quality. If you're aware of any games that do it better, let me know so I can play them.
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Mead posted...

Not unless I had a good reason to

Shrimp

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I liked chewy, that sucks if he left

Krogan and Erik are indistinguishable from trolls

Arctic is ok except for the tantrums (if that was him)

Kana is an ostensibly nice person covering up a really bitter horrible underlying personality, so I don't mind at all that they left
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modern/recent/nostalgia-free top 10 list would be something like:

Factorio - probably my actively favorite game, though 0.15 made the game a little bit too tedious for my liking
Dark Souls 1 - probably the best game ever made, period. gesamtkunstwerk.
DOOM 2016
Might and Magic X
Dungeon of the Endless
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - best written game I've ever played
Europa Universalis 4 - love everything about it, but I'm not very good at it
Endless Legend - not perfect, but could be the funnest 4x game I've ever played
Wolfenstein: The New Order - gameplay is so-so, but way makes up for it in cinematic narrative
Kerbal Space Program (I suck at it though)

Runners up include:
Dark Souls 3 - LOVE the game, but I think I don't enjoy it as much as I could because it's too hard (I did beat it twice)
FTL
Crashlands

also, I'm currently playing and enjoying both Overwatch and WoW, but somehow I don't think they belong on this list
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I mean, I "want" save anywhere. but I do appreciate save points too. depends on the game but all or most of our power in video games comes from our ability to time-travel using the save system and we barely pay any attention to it. save points mean that the dev has actually taken that into account and designed the game at least partially around the concept, which is ostensibly better, but who knows what the best solution is. I guess it depends on the type of game, too.
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Entity13 posted...

For years Blizzard denied there would be interest in such a thing

I agree with most of what you said, since yes, that's how managers think and managers make the decisions, not actual creators. (not sure about the suing part; Bethesda seems to have a legal department that is desperate to justify its own existence, but I'm not sure about Activision).

but to be fair, what they would have most likely specifically said here (I presume) is not that there would be no interest, but that there wouldn't be enough interest to justify the costs. I don't know if that's true or not, but it is true that the managers will always be thinking in terms of margins.
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trying some online tests, looks like its about 55 when there's lots of capitals and weird words, and ~73 when it's nothing but lower case words and spaces. if I concentrate I can do it pretty accurately but it's fatiguing and I inevitably get sloppy and mistype a character here and there.
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too many different ways to interpret your question:
- which of these is the best looking picture
- based on these images, which of these is the most impressive looking city
- which is actually the best looking city, regardless of the images which are just examples
- based on these images, which of these cities has specifically the best looking skyline, regardless what the city otherwise looks like
- which is actually the best skyline, regardless of the rest of the city and regardless of the images which are just examples

went with the second to last one
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this one has a great view and sound as well:


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wish it was more than 2fps, but otherwise cool

actually, that one's not live anymore

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JoanOfArcade posted...

What about his kid and wife?

considering how readily he lies to save face I doubt he's actually married
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mooreandrew58 posted...

no nowdays some people just straight make shit up or use existing words never meant to be used as names, step sister goes to school with some girls named question and nonchalant

I just read yesterday that Penn Jillette's daughter's middle name is CrimeFighter...
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no thanks, that would be annoying if it was a whole year or two, let alone just a month.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

You're also kind of forcing the pronunciation of "tin-ITE-is" to emphasis the "-itis" to try and prove your point

well, I'm being generous since that's an understandable mistake. the alternative is just ignorance by itself.

I'm fine with language evolving over time, but the -itis/-itus thing annoys me a bit since saying it that way makes it sound like it's related to inflammation when it's not, and the origin of the word is clearly not pronounced that way. it's a mispronunciation that can carry misinformation with it.
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saying tin-ITE-is seems to be an expectation that a medical issue would end in -itis, meaning inflammation, but this doesn't have anything to do with inflammation. it's definitely supposed to be TIN-it-us, apart from that confusion.
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Playsaver posted...

Yes. I don't get it all the time, but it is a lot. I've also started getting Visual Migraines recently. It was very close to this video I found on youtube. I had it happen twice the other day.

I've had this on two separate occasions. I assumed they were migraines but wasn't sure, but now I know, thanks.

it was basically that exact shape, but it wasn't bright colors. it started at a point and radiated outwards slowly over time till eventually it was a big curve like that. the curve would drift slowly. it was really annoying when it crossed over the center point of my vision, since then I couldn't read for a few minutes.

the zigzag pattern was more like composed of little triangles which had their image data flipped. it's a little unnerving because you don't normally think of your vision as a computer or a hardware device like a monitor, but it seems exactly like having a hardware problem.
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actually, I did try the microwave. just a bowl with some water, 4 minutes, and pretty much perfect noodles. way easier and better than the stove and I didn't have to use a pot. going to be doing it that way from now on.
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if you google "microwave ramen" (or "microwave ichiban" is actually what I started with), that's the image that google decides to show
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cops here will often have photo radar hidden behind a sign right past the speed limit drop, and will only have it there after the sun goes down, not during the day. so, I've gotten used to basically slamming on my brakes at speed limit drops now.
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left front pocket, screen against my wallet generally facing in

lately though, it's annoying how heavy it is combined with my wallet, and I find it much more comfortable without them, so I've been putting them both in my bag instead.
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yutterh posted...

It's unfortunate that some people consider voyager to be the best star trek series.....I respect their opinion but why?

I don't know if I think it's the best, but when I watched some of it like a decade ago I was generally impressed by the plot of each episode, at least in terms of drama and action. TNG maybe had a lot more philosophically interesting stories, but were often a bit weaker in other areas or even felt a bit silly (definitely not always). (and then, maybe that's how it's supposed to be; that certainly fits the original series: a little silly but still philosophically interesting)
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if death is permanent, yes. otherwise, no.
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

ninja_lootz posted...

I have a pretty mild case from listening to loud music.

it's TIN-it-us, not tin-ITE-is. it's not -itis which would mean inflamation/infection.
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Zelda commercials, Peter Pan, Genie

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Zeus posted...

that jungle guy from Jumanji.

oh yeah, him too
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Lightning Bolt posted...

pionear posted...

It's a 'Bad' habit (for me, anyway) to totally not talk/engage with people socially when you know you probably should.

That's not a bad thing. That just means you're not living up to the standards of extroverts, but extroverts are bad people anyways. They intentionally try to make you feel bad for ignoring them, to coax you into giving them more energy. Don't fall for it.

lol that's pretty much true
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I remember liking them, but... they're like fake hamburgers. You want a real hamburger, go pretty much anywhere else. (Wendy's, A&W, Harveys, etc.)
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Agent J

also the guy from Independence Day
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these days I consume more scrap paper than I collect, and I'm getting closer to the bottom of the pile. the backs of the sheets are starting to have things from 2008 and earlier on which is bringing back a lot of memories.
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800,000 is a lot... that's like a quarter of a percent of the US population.
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well, I have a 'chequing' card. basically a credit card, but the transactions are processed as cheques. effectively a debit card that you can use as a credit card, though I don't think the transaction processes as quickly as a normal debit transaction.
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John McClane and Korben Dallas (almost the same character)

also think of Looper, Unbreakable, Death Becomes Her, and maybe Lucky Number Slevin
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this is I think partly why 'sandbox' games are popular (maybe not exactly 'sandbox'). games that don't constantly demand your attention, and where there is some choice between how demanding a task you're willing to engage in at any moment. you can even just stand around doing nothing for a while if you want, or go safely calmly pick flowers and still do something of small value. examples include Minecraft, Skyrim, WoW, and Factorio.
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my dad says there's a thing called a "wax ring" which is what makes the seal to the floor. overtime the seal can fail. only costs like a few bucks to replace.

https://www.lowes.com/projects/bed-and-bath/replace-toilet-wax-ring/project
http://www.homedepot.com/b/Plumbing-Plumbing-Parts-Repair-Toilet-Parts-Repair-Gaskets-Seals,-Wax-Rings/N-5yc1vZc6a1
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Yellow posted...

My answer to that is Java or C#... flip a coin. I personally prefer C#. Anything other than those two is going to be either too hard or too obscure to be useful.

Python is probably another good choice, but I don't know much about it other than it apparently being a good starter language.
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Zangulus posted...

Well, I'm drunk, so the finer nuances of my way of programming doesn't exactly come out clearly. But yeah. Anyone can really make anything, they just have to break it down further and further. A lot of the times I decide what I want to do next, and then might make a seperate program just for the purpose of that portion. Once I figur ei tout, I incorporate it back into the main design.

one of the main things is to maintain a library and extract problems that you solve up into your libraries so that you can reuse your solutions. anything that you ever have to think about, extract it out for reuse. constantly be on the lookout for things you hate doing, and make a function or class to do it for you so you never have to think about it again. do this enough times and problems start to be easier and easier to solve.

(long as I'm rambling about this, as an aside, I will mention that one thing to avoid if possible with GUI applications are designers that hide the GUI code. what you want is to be able to write your own GUI code that still shows up visually somewhere, especially as you type it. designers that hide the GUI code from you prevent you from ever applying iterative refinement to it. (I've actually written my own scripting language for this purpose which allows me to generate complex nigh-perfect GUI layouts with almost no effort. this is completely impossible to do when the designer forces you not to code.))
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

To be fair, since every single time someone on the Internet starts talking about "Final Fantasy II" or "Final Fantasy III" my instinctive first question is automatically, "Wait, do you mean the North American Final Fantasy II/III or the Japanese Final Fantasy II/III", I feel like making that distinction is almost necessary/mandatory at this point.

it used to be convention to say FF3 or FF3j. these days, we've just started calling them by their proper numbers (FF3 is now implied to be FF3j; SNES FF3 is FF6.)
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^ this is true except that you'll find that your skill determines how big of a project you can manage at once. at first, the tiniest text-based menu program takes pretty much all of your cognitive effort. eventually, you can write usable business applications in a matter of hours, almost automatically.
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"both kind of". let myself get back into the 180s, which is as overweight as I've ever been. finally got my exercise equipment more or less setup again, so gonna start trying to lose my fat again.
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Lightning Bolt posted...

Another way to learn if raw study doesn't appeal. Pick a language that seems to do things you want to do, and then pick a simple project you want to accomplish. Learn the commands as you need them to finish your project.

this is really good advice. IMO 99% of learning to program is being given a task and working on it. CompSci lectures are very often boring, what I always really wanted was just to get to the damn assignments.
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caulk around the base of the toilet? I didn't think it needed caulking.

https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/68468/are-toilets-supposed-to-be-caulked-to-the-floor

I think if that's where it's leaking from, then it's the actual connection to the floor pipe, or something. I don't know the details. I know my dad can swap toilets with relative ease, so it can't be too hard.
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impatientperson posted...

Or input on how to improve the topic.

what's the actual point of this? it doesn't seem like it's to find the #1 most iconic role or anything, it seems more about just discussing and commenting. in which case, should we talk about the actor's best roles in general, rather than just "what comes to mind first"?
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the War of the Worlds guy
also the Mission Impossible guy
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none of the above

for me the pen is between my thumb tip, index finger tip, and first middle finger knuckle

kind of like E or G but with middle finger turned in
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do you think making certain things that are currently crimes not crimes would reduce crime

yes.
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like Bourne, Interstellar, and Good Will Hunting all came to mind simultaneously
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what are really great, though expensive and probably super high in calories, are the cinnamon 'pull aparts' from papa johns. extremely good when they're fresh.


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funkyfritter posted...

Varies wildly based on quality.

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AllstarSniper32 posted...

There's a difference in being actually scared of something and something like a loud noise just startling you.

well, it translates to 'actually being scared of something' for me. there are also explanations in the game that the feelings of paranoia and being easily startled are a side effect of the evil energies that are present there. it's an unbelievably intense experience if you can immerse yourself in it.

as someone with anxiety problems, in fact I actually find it helpful in a sort of therapeutic way. being that intensely afraid in a controlled way allows you to experience those levels of extreme fear and get used to them or force yourself to work through them.
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not 100% sure but it shouldn't take admin access to install a chrome extension. download the extension file to a usb drive (at home) and install it off the drive. that "should" work I think because neither the drive nor the extension should require admin access.

helIy posted...

but can you edit your hosts file

From Notepad, open the following file: c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

no you can't write to system32 as a limited user, that's kind of the point. tbh i'm surprised that almost no one in the topic has experience running as a limited user. one of the most important things to do to prevent malware.
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