ShranTheWaterPoloFan

joined 1 year ago

There is value in trying things outside your comfort zone. It's the only way to grow, or find new things you like.

I swapped to Linux in the last month. But honestly being able to use my phone as a backup made me not worry about needing a computer right then.

Taking suggestions for new media isn't a sign of youth. Imagine having a friend recommend a book and saying "I'm no callow youth! I'll select my own media thank you!"

[–] ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not young and I still will play a game because it's suggested to me. If everyone tells me a particular game/movie/book/restaurant is amazing, I'm going to try it.

Taking the advice of others and trying new things isn't a sign of inexperience.

[–] ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Delta green is great.

I love how TTRPGs are the model for having a quality product means people will buy it. It's not difficult to pirate everything, and many systems are just flat out free. And yet I buy most of it.

I don't care what rights they want to curtail, if they say they'll lower my taxes by a nickel I'll vote for them!

Anything that you can grind yourself buy whole.

It really doesn't take long to grind a tsp of cumin, and the seeds stay fresh so much longer than the powder. And if the seeds start to lose their punch just toast 'em.

Get a bigger mortar then you think too. You'll read about making pesto, or guac, or lots of Thai dishes, and wonder if it real does taste better. Sadly it does and you'll regret your small mortar every time you make guacamole.

[–] ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

May I suggest a 3D printer and set of speed paints?

There is something awesome about being able to print up and paint the exact monster before the session.

It's a whole new world of terrain and tiles you don't bother using half the time.

I don't disagree with you.

All I want is for some objective statements about different distros. Like tell me what distro is a full time job to maintain. Tell me what distro is sending me to the command line all of the time. Give me some basic functionality benchmarks (search time, opening a browser and boot time) on a low, mid and high end computer.

Because it is.

Left click on zombie has better graphics, and that's it.

For me Dwarf fortress is like watching TV, nethack is like reading a book.

I feel like I'll watching some bizarre sitcom with such great stories as "dwarven child sees an elephant trample a goblin and then gets possessed, keeps making bone carvings of the scene, and then gathers all the elephant meat in a forge and kills three grown men by slapping them with meat." I'm not anyone in that story, but it's fun to watch.

Nethack is like getting to know the quirks of your character as they narrowly escape death.

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