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| Topic | Stock Market General #39 |
| ShyOx 08/27/21 3:17:35 PM #384 | I was gonna get some shift4 options as their rocket goes off next month on the 15th with contracts expiring on the 17th But I was looking at SPCE and how it tumbled just before launch and then positively bottomed after, like 33$ loss from its 55$ high. And that was with a perfectly successful mission Im guessing because it looks like its behind the times when Elon is talking with NASA about a moon mission? Not a great day to buy in as it jumped 5 points, but it may not get better either, idk --- |
| Topic | Why Horses Were not domesticated until 6K years ago |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 10:12:00 PM #11 | You guys ever watched the documentary 'How beer saved the world' A potential argument for the agrarian revolution that happens offscreen could very well be to grow plants to make beer/alcohol. It was without a doubt one of the world's first commodities aside from food so it makes a lot of sense there. The ancient egyptians were brewing it, and they've even found remnants of antibiotics in the pots used to store it; the way they were preparing it LITERALLY made beer a medicine and it's reproducible today. Just a fun tidbit :) --- |
| Topic | Oh shit. Is the US going to catch up to China's gold medals? |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 2:42:51 AM #24 | ssjevot posted... I think he is referring to the state sponsored doping they did in the 80s and early 90s, but that was extremely normal then. In present only Russia appears to be doing large scale state sponsored doping (that we are aware of). China's was def doing it but were a bit cleverer about it; they were taking the shroom stuff until quite recently. USA did it in the smaller circles for sure as well. A lot of people are doping, and a lot aren't. --- |
| Topic | Why Horses Were not domesticated until 6K years ago |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 2:40:48 AM #4 | Zikten posted... It's so weird to me that Human civilization is only a fraction of the time humans have existed. We spent so much time in the stone age We seem some reflections of it in socio-cultural wisdom and knowledge, both positive and negative. We have the post-roman collapse and then the burning of the library at alexandria etc, meanwhile the east is barely affected, they're just too busy bothering with steppe people during a huge chunk of time or warring with themselves. Basically living memory is huge, and written memory is... huger. The ability to retain information across lifetimes outside of genetic memory is beyond remarkable, it's unheard of in the animal kingdom until the homo genus and similar offshoots. They think we've had fire for over a million years... and that trips me out more than anything, because judging by discoveries, it was probably around for longer than that. --- |
| Topic | Oh shit. Is the US going to catch up to China's gold medals? |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 2:34:33 AM #20 | pogo_rabid posted... Do you think if Simone Biles didn't drop out, the US would be doing better? She didn't drop out, she came back to compete and won a bronze. She dipped out of the team event and they got silver, it was a smart move. She wasn't on her game during that. If you watched the balance beam, she was back in form, was actually really moving. US team was very happy with her performance, chinese team was just excellent this year. --- |
| Topic | Oh shit. Is the US going to catch up to China's gold medals? |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 2:23:54 AM #15 | 008Zulu posted... I'm more interested in who takes Gold in Doping. russia is rubbing its wrist where it got slapped and smirking --- |
| Topic | Oh shit. Is the US going to catch up to China's gold medals? |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 2:23:30 AM #14 | Shablagoo posted... Whats impressive to me is how many medals Cuba got. Good for them, always great to see how much ass Jamaica kicks as well despite being thoroughly smaller than its rivals in the sports. Must be cultural influences. --- |
| Topic | Why Horses Were not domesticated until 6K years ago |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 2:18:35 AM #2 | They were tamed long before they were ridden; horses work well as pack animals, yet art and historical sources seem to suggest they weren't being ridden for war or pleasure for awhile aka the art depicts them being sat on weirdly and such. Everything was tamed before it was used, but they'd have been domesticated before riding for sure. Chariots alone seem to suggest that considering their prevalence archaeologically. They're probably severely undershooting all those estimates based on factual data and historical record. We can be fairly certain wolves/dogs were first because they've evolved separately for so long, and they aid in the domestication of the rest. We've found ruins of cities older than those estimates and I highly doubt we had cities before domesticating dogs. --- |
| Topic | Currently replaying the entire Zelda series as longterm prep for BotW2 |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 1:12:39 AM #58 | LTTP still holds up tremendously well; it's still better than most 2d games made today. Every time I play it it's a reminder of how great it was, and how awesome it is that it's linear story-based in a time when people wanted to drag out all your gaming hours out over high scores, endless grinds, and super high difficulty games. Miyamoto and his teams are still king. --- |
| Topic | (PS1) REVIVE 2: Parasite Eve, Suidoken, Syphon Filter, Dino Crisis, Tenchu. |
| ShyOx 08/08/21 12:03:31 AM #45 | Suikoden and Dino crisis We have similar games to the other ones and we even got a PE: 3 on PSP. Dino Crisis hasn't had anything since PS1. There's been a hella lotta ninja games as well, and Syphon Filter was always second fiddle to MGS. --- |
| Topic | Ron DeSantis is literally going to get children killed for political points |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:12:18 PM #34 | We're NOT SHUTTING DOWN AGAIN Also Desantis; that border has to shut down tho, it's the border's and biden's fault --- |
| Topic | Who do you think is or was the greater game creator, kojima or miyamoto? |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:52:17 PM #6 | Without Miyamoto there isn't really a Kojima as there probably isn't a gaming industry as we know it for a while longer, the entire trajectory changes. Nintendo succeeded on the back of Mario and LoZ, and they have been the biggest titles for the systems. Meanwhile Kojima firmly elevated games into the art realm in a way no one had ever done before MGS. Once again it probably takes a serious trajectory change without MGS on the stage, but not as big as if Miyamoto hadn't existed. --- |
| Topic | Chronicle sequel in the works |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:44:08 PM #10 | Nice, one of my friends from high school has been dating the lead from the first one that lives to the end for about 6 years now, we go to dinner whenever they're in town. He said they were trying to get a sequel off the ground for years. He's on the new Swat show as well. --- |
| Topic | Mike Richards lied about his 'emergency' guest-hosting stint on Jeopardy |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:36:07 PM #5 | I just listened to him do a bit, and Levar Burton kicked his ass. --- |
| Topic | Damn, should have bought an SNES when they were $80 |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:33:35 PM #13 | Just found my copy of mario kart as well. I think n64 goes for a little more in terms of the games; majora's mask goes for like 40$ and it wasn't an uncommon title. --- |
| Topic | Damn, should have bought an SNES when they were $80 |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:27:40 PM #11 | It's been sitting in a closet so I'd clean it up before shipping. The games have been on a shelf --- |
| Topic | Damn, should have bought an SNES when they were $80 |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:27:14 PM #10 | |
| Topic | Damn, should have bought an SNES when they were $80 |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:24:37 PM #9 | Makeveli_lives posted... Nice to know I can sell my snes mini for like 150 I won an NES mini out of a crane machine and sold it for 50$; it took 8$ to win so I feel a tad foolish, but still net positive 42$ --- |
| Topic | Damn, should have bought an SNES when they were $80 |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:19:16 PM #6 | Yeah I picked up my retro collection about years ago, cool to see it's all worth more now. Jabodie posted... I would definitely pay $80 for just the console and the controller. If it's in decent condition, I think you could definitely get more on the web though. You're going to want some of the games too right? And one controller or two? I'd rather bundle together with the games so I don't mind the 80$+games. That way the shipping is cheaper. games: Battletoads/Double Dragon Legend of Zelda: LTTP Kirby's Avalanche Caesar's Palace I may have more games but that's what's off the top of my head; I think the only one that commands value is LTTP, and kirby's avalance goes for around 15-18$. These are all real carts and its all legit hardware as well for controllers. The only one I played much of was LTTP tbh, though my gf loooooves super mario world. I think I might have super mario kart and super mario world floating around but I might have sold them awhile back. Not sure :/ --- |
| Topic | Where do i go to find old, classic games |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 1:09:12 PM #11 | Jabodie posted... I haven't done much flea market/ thrift shopping myself. As an aside, if you're trying to buy Pokemon games make sure you know how to spot fakes. They are expensive and popular enough that people pass reproduction cartridges as real, and they make it into used game stores. I have done alot of flea/thrift market shopping and the gems are almost all snapped up instantly. Sometimes you get lucky and find rare xbox games etc, but the cartridges and any real retro stuff like Atari gets insta-snapped. gf always drags me to goodwill etc --- |
| Topic | Damn, should have bought an SNES when they were $80 |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 12:04:09 PM #2 | How much you willing to pay? Id let one go for less --- |
| Topic | Where do i go to find old, classic games |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:58:29 AM #3 | as Jabodie said youre going to find the best deals online. However, if youre impatient the way I sometimes get retro game resellers are the way to go. --- |
| Topic | Y'all wanna listen to the song I made |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:52:26 AM #5 | Eat More Beef posted... Pretty good. I like your voice and you have good melodies. Nah but the guitar is double tracked so it has a bit of a chorus effect. What Im noticing is it loses the tight sense of urgency the demo version had; Ill try tweaking the volume of the percussion and see if that gives it more presence. Maybe some slap back delay on the snaps/claps since the mix is pretty dry --- |
| Topic | Diablo 3 is a good game- Stop complaining! |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:50:19 AM #8 | No its pretty boring. Everything levels with you so its the same difficulty the whole way through and you dont feel like you progress at all. That Uber drop you got sucks 5 levels later. There were often drops in Diablo that once you got it, you kept it until end game. They really meant something, unlike Diablo 3 where theyre a dime a dozen. I wasnt even a huge fan of two, it was a lot of walking >.> Still fun but 1 is my fav. --- |
| Topic | Dishonored 2 didn't get much support |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:46:46 AM #5 | UnfairRepresent posted... Game was pretty easy I mean not everyones a madman tho bro He is right that any high chaos play through is super easy, even without powers is still quite easy, just whale oil everyone. Stealth no kills is the way to go. --- |
| Topic | Y'all wanna listen to the song I made |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:22:01 AM #3 | |
| Topic | For all the atheists and agnostics here what was your gateway to that belief? |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:16:39 AM #44 | Blatant hypocrisy and corruption running rampant through churches Love everyone and NOT YOU forgive them all and un ESP NOT THEM conditional love k thx bai --- |
| Topic | angela anaconda was one of the weirder animes |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 11:14:03 AM #11 | that looks like some creepy found footage from an interactive resident evil mini puzzle --- |
| Topic | Y'all wanna listen to the song I made |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 10:57:52 AM #1 | |
| Topic | Final Fantasy 9 |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 10:37:32 AM #15 | Is it a big deal to get a perfect score in the beginning? Every time I play it I spend two hours trying and then just put it down forever afterwards. --- |
| Topic | Do you look down on tradeswomen/tradesmen? |
| ShyOx 08/07/21 10:31:38 AM #52 | Im actually on the opposite, degrees are bullshit. Whats worth something is the practical experience among peers also interested combined with the wisdom of your professors. For example my cousin went graduate level for film, but we learned a thousand times more just by making films we would never be able to afford the equipment for without him being in the program. Even he considers the degree mostly useless --- |
| Topic | Favorite Chrono Trigger party member? *spoilers* |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 11:56:45 PM #34 | inloveanddeath0 posted... Is tech Poole really a thing in this game? Maybe I'm thinking of a different mechanic so clarify for meIts his available techs/magic; its a bunch of attack alls but in the end none of his magic stacks up against other characters late game so he doesnt really have a specialty, has no heals and isnt an impressive physical attacker. He also lacks the double and triple tech combos of the other characters. Frog has a heal and some awesome double techs, solid physical attacks though is hampered by late game gear selection; Robo has the best variety in the game and is a solid physical attacker; Ayla is a fuckin powerhouse AND has a heal; Lucca has no heal and though her techs are alright,late game her phys is so poor shes not the best choice; Marle has bad phys but her magic is top tier and she has the best heals. Crono is Crono and has the best techs in the game. --- |
| Topic | I just can't get into The Handmaid's Tale |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 11:44:59 PM #4 | Its visually really boring. It doesnt look like any kind of dystopia or future setting, and the cinematography is awful S1. They have like 8 shots of Moss sitting in that window in the first episode, and the opening of the show was so predictable. Most exciting thing in the first six episodes is a scrabble game. --- |
| Topic | Favorite Chrono Trigger party member? *spoilers* |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 11:30:03 PM #28 | BigG777 posted... Frog is a cool dude but isnt he like the worst party member in battle? Nah theyre all viable, though Magus has glaring holes in his tech pool. --- |
| Topic | Favorite Chrono Trigger party member? *spoilers* |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 11:25:19 PM #21 | Robo all about that utility, and has the only attack all in the early game as well as a heal all --- |
| Topic | 2 months after the $300 ended, have people gone back to work yet? |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 11:23:09 PM #69 | voldothegr8 posted... You talk a big game when you can't be thrown on the street, but now those protections are gone. Believe it or not most people would rather have a roof over their head than not. I can be thrown on the street right now. Im not runnin back to some shit day job either. There are other roads. I never relied on the eviction moratorium --- |
| Topic | Cant stand listening to my mixes any longer, care to listen to my tune |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 1:13:36 PM #7 | inloveanddeath0 posted... I came into this with optimism but left with regret In hindsight and after listening to the last.fm in your sig, I'm glad you didn't like it. Great 2nd post bb :) --- |
| Topic | Cant stand listening to my mixes any longer, care to listen to my tune |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 3:42:41 AM #6 | Bump. Trying to get some mileage views on the video before I show my bandmates :) --- |
| Topic | Cant stand listening to my mixes any longer, care to listen to my tune |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 3:07:39 AM #5 | MedeaLysistrata posted... The badaba part at the 2 min mark is not good Yeah it's def something I have to fix... Unfortunately it means recording the whole bit over as I don't think I can clip and punch in --- |
| Topic | Cant stand listening to my mixes any longer, care to listen to my tune |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 3:00:26 AM #3 | inloveanddeath0 posted... I came into this with optimism but left with regret Maybe next time we'll go into it with negativity and come away surprised? :) --- |
| Topic | Cant stand listening to my mixes any longer, care to listen to my tune |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 2:50:00 AM #1 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxwp6mVjz0s It's an early pass, but I can't listen to it anymore. All I do is nitpick now. Constructive criticism appreciated, please be kind. A lot of work went into this and a lot of love. There's still some things to change, but if I nitpick it's never going to get done and I want it done by my birthday in roughly a month. Most importantly, potential ideas for a music video would be good. Got a bunch of legos for stop motion and some ideas, but videos aren't really my forte, hence why my mascots are the ones featured in the video :) --- |
| Topic | 2 months after the $300 ended, have people gone back to work yet? |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 2:14:54 AM #63 | TheApexPredator posted... Or maybe they should use that as motivation to strive to have higher life aspirations than expecting Walmart and McDonalds to give them the big bucks for doing minimum wage work. How do you pick yourselves up by your boot straps if you don't have boots You're literally describing the hunger games mentality; those jobs will still exist regardless, so then we just have to continually work insanely hard just to get a rung higher on a ladder that slants backwards while those born under the right conditions just cruise on an escalator. --- |
| Topic | 2 months after the $300 ended, have people gone back to work yet? |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 2:13:32 AM #62 | AzNDarkSamurai posted... Variant or not, yall still have bills to pay No, they're not better than nothing. That's the point. We're tired of being wage slaves, divvying out our good years and precious time and earth doing bullshit for bullshit compensation. The beginning of Covid was the closest the human race has come to annihilation since the Cold War; it felt like the beginning of every zombie outbreak story. Made everyone realize we could die tomorrow and we shouldn't be burning away precious life on nonsense. Basically the Office Space effect. --- |
| Topic | my song just hit 500k streams in 2 weeks. my last song got 1,000 in 6months. ama |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 2:10:47 AM #51 | Haha this is awesome, I've been following you ever since you posted on here about So far gone. Congrats man, I'm hoping to do the same. I'll shoot you a link to what I've been mixing if that's cool :) --- |
| Topic | Remember when Wheatus changed 'Punk Ass Bitch' to be the Jackie Chan theme song |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 2:08:39 AM #4 | Almost certainly made them more money than any of their music outside of teenage dirtbag. I respect it. --- |
| Topic | I have to be up at 5. Haven't slept in 2 days. Won't tonight either |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 12:28:19 AM #15 | Smackems posted... You and I Yeah it's weird. Even working 8-5's I would still stay up til 3 AM or so, sometimes later. You drag yourself in, sweat out the hangover and drink over a gallon of water by day's end in the 94 degree shop in the summer. In winter you pretty well freeze unless the boss gets cold so they turn on the giant turbine heater. Usually a nap follows, you snag an extra two hours or so and then spend a few hours at the gfs doing social stuff. Rinse repeat all week for a few years til you get too burned out. Now I am sipping whiskey and working on the mix for this track while my savings dwindle and I look for some more part time stuff. --- |
| Topic | The two best (current) musicians finally unite |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 12:12:47 AM #38 | _Savage posted... You have no idea what you're talking about. In terms of Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 chart, Drake has 42 to The Beatles' 34. But again, Drake is listed as the main artist on only 26 of these hits, meaning that he only has a feature on 16 of the 42 Top 10 hits in his repertoire.Oct 23, 2020 My b I thought you were talking number ones, which is the traditional metric. However as above that's only due to features on other's records; if we're counting features then we count the Beatles solo efforts in combo with their own, meaning Paul McCartney is number 1 and still has the most number 1 hits, and Taylor Swift has more top ten hits as well with 29. And Elvis beats that as well Also J Cole >>>>> Drake That's not even in question, J Cole can write, Drake doesn't. Calling Drake a musician is sort of silly --- |
| Topic | I have to be up at 5. Haven't slept in 2 days. Won't tonight either |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 12:04:47 AM #12 | My internal clock will not let me sleep at night much; I end up staying up into the AM, they're my most productive hours as well. Sometimes I can get on a 'wake up at 5 AM' schedule and maintain it for awhile, but eventually I revert to the 'stay up til 4 wake up at 10'. I work nights so it isn't a big deal, but still. --- |
| Topic | The two best (current) musicians finally unite |
| ShyOx 08/06/21 12:01:13 AM #30 | _Savage posted... Hmm. Nah, it wouldn't be. He's had the most hits. No, Taylor Swift holds that title. Drake didn't 'make' any songs, he uses ghost writers and everyone knows it. He doesn't write any music, he just sings what other people make. He's purely a performer He DOES have a good eye for talent though. Dude has discovered an impressive number of people, biggest being The Weeknd --- |
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