Prez wrote on Feb 18, 2024, 15:04:I bet it would be nearly impossible to keep it a secret. People that know are going to tell friends, their friends are going to tell other friends and it's going to get out. Then there are amateur astronomers that will spot it too. Would it be better to let everyone know than have some know and some suspect based on something they heard? Either way, it'll be chaos.NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
What would be the point? I would think that people would rather be blissfully unaware.
How many people would do things very differently if they knew the world was going to end? A very wise person once said:
"If you would change the way you are currently living because you found out the world was going to end, you were not living correctly in the first place."
A membership that only includes Prime Video and none of the company’s shipping benefits costs $8.99 a monthWhen did they start this? I've never seen that option. I don't buy much from Amazon to justify it for shipping alone, and I'm primarily using it for the video streaming.
LurkerLito wrote on Feb 12, 2024, 22:56:What is even more fucked up is when music licenses expired on another GTA game, the music was only removed for future purchases. If you owned the game before the license expired, you still owned the original game with the music you paid for. I guess it was too much work for them, so the next time they decided to screw over everyone.
Actually I find that the way Rockstar handled the GTA Vice City music licensing thing on steam just as big a problem. Sure they didn't stop selling it but they actually removed music content from people who bought the game ages ago due to their license expiring. I get that they can't sell new copies to people with that music but they shouldn't have been able to rip the music out of my local copy and call it an "update".
Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 9, 2024, 13:30:1. For medical use you want Manuka honey, not just any "honey" from the grocery store will do.
Honey also works great as an antibiotic when a light coating is put on the wound facing side of a bandage. It's cheap and easy to source.
jdreyer wrote on Feb 8, 2024, 22:11:Simon Says wrote on Feb 8, 2024, 13:14:People want station wagons, but they don't sell those any longer.
World has gone mad, unless you live out in the boonies, you don't need a SUV.
The Flying Penguin wrote on Jan 26, 2024, 14:24:I think it was the original Doom that had RMB as forward. I'm pretty sure my key setup is an evolution of the original Doom's. I think it was RMB forward, the period and comma keys (or <>) were strafe left/right, and / and SHIFT did something. I used that setup up until Quake and eventually moved over to the home row (ASDF) but kept the same finger for the same function (i.e. I use S and D for strafe left and right).
Also a right-mouse button as walk forward player here (I believe this dates back to the keybinds in the original shareware Duke Nukem 3D).
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 25, 2024, 20:05:Another member of the RMB forward master race. I've tried to get used to WASD for games that don't let you customize controls and I can't do it long before look for a way to use my setup or just abandon the game. I use a logitech G502, and its software will let you remap the RMB as a key. When I meet a game that doesn't let me use RMB as forward, I remap it to something like the UP key and use that instead.MeanJim wrote on Jan 25, 2024, 19:04:Probably, but this was one that throws you into the game before any menu available. its a minor annoyance , but I just get annoyed.
I already have it on Steam (probably Humble Bundle).BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 25, 2024, 15:26:Can you not rebind the keys?
Very cool. Once again, I am annoyed that WASD is the assumed default for everyone, but after 20 years of stubbornly using MOUSE2,W,SPACE,E it is about time to start swimming ot sink like a stone, I guess...
Some games wont let me use Right mouse button as forward, as it somehow hard-codes it into meaning secondary fire, even after I re-bind it. Also unreal engine games often bug out by hanging M2 if you hold it too long. Sometimes I just end up playing with WASD, but it feels wrong for me
BicycleRepairMan wrote on Jan 25, 2024, 15:26:Can you not rebind the keys?
Very cool. Once again, I am annoyed that WASD is the assumed default for everyone, but after 20 years of stubbornly using MOUSE2,W,SPACE,E it is about time to start swimming ot sink like a stone, I guess...
WitcherOntheProwl wrote on Jan 20, 2024, 04:36:It took the same time to do a full encryption format of my last 4 backup drives from 1TB to 8TB. As HDD density increases, so does consecutive R/W. Random R/W on an HDD will probably get worse as drives get bigger though.
Considering how long a 2TB hdd at 7200 rpm takes too fully format. This is scary. I shudder at the amount of time required for this. HDD tech needs a huge overhaul when it comes to drive speed. Bring back 10K drives if you want more density. This is going no where fast.
Cutter wrote on Jan 16, 2024, 19:49:I know of Ford's cover up with the exploding Pinto, but the govt. didn't allow it, Ford tried to keep it a secret. It wouldn't surprise me if there were more recent incidents now that corporations are practically running the government and get away with murder.
Man, that sort of shit really gets on my tits. Was it GM that got away with murder? When they knew their was a faulty component in a line of vehicles that caused them to explode? And that deciding a recall was more expensive than being sued, they decided to take the course of litigation instead...and government allowed it. How is not barring a company from doing this not part of the settlement?
Prez wrote on Jan 9, 2024, 19:22:A lot of people are reporting that after this hotfix, a lot of quests are breaking due to the changes made to the way quest items are being handled. The patch says:
On BG3: That is one of the most extensive hotfix-style patches I've seen. I hope they know what they are doing.
You will now be able to access certain quest-related items on the spot, even if they are currently in the camp chest or in the inventory of a companion who is waiting at camp.However it seems that it after the hotfix it's not seeing quest items at all.