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What's the latest stuff you've bought that you almost instantly regretted buying?
  • Can you still use the pen, and are there any drawing apps for it? I've been using Leonardo, and I dig that app for pencil drawing. I've used Adobe Fresco for painting, but I cancelled my subscription, so that's not a big deal that it's not available on Linux.

  • Just going through the motions
  • Most people can't articulate how things are done, it takes a professional. That's why a lot of scientific and mathematical discoveries seem so obvious. Knowing how to do something, or how something works, is not the same as being able to define how it is done in a provable and repeatable fashion.

    Edit: congratulations on overcoming your lisp!

  • Is it normal for men to be propositioned by swingers, and what makes a man an attractive candidate to swinger couples?
  • What about me could make me attractive to swinger couples?

    Probably

    As far as physical attractiveness, I would say I'm slightly above average based on what women have told me and how they treat me.

    Although, I was considered handsome as a younger man, and I've never been propositioned by swingers. I guess my attitude might have had something to do with that. I was a bad boy, and generally trouble. I did get propositioned by gay men a lot. Idk what's up with that.

  • Chipotle customers were right — some restaurants were skimping, CEO says
  • I went to Chipotle a few years ago for the first time in a few years. I ordered one burrito with guacamole. It was $17! More than twice as expensive as my previous visit a few years earlier. Idk who they think they are, but I'll never go back. I'm sure they still have plenty of customers who are willing to throw away their hard earned money on overpriced, mediocre food, but I am not one of them.

  • **Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?**
  • The guy was a patriot and now he lives in exile in Russia. I'd say his life was fucked by this. He's on a most wanted list, and the criminals who he reported are walking free, and have even ramped up their constitutional violations.

  • Green Book is an amazing movie!

    We watched this last night and it's definitely the best movie we've seen all year, probably the last few years.

    Viggo Mortensen was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in this movie and it's apparent why. He completely disappears into the role, with no remnant of Aragorn, or Captain Fantastic anywhere on screen. You forget who you are even watching.

    Mahershala Ali did win an Academy Award for his performance, which is reserved, powerful, intriguing, and believable all at once. I've only seen Ali portray villains before, and I had forgotten about my previous conception of him within the first few scenes.

    The chemistry between the two actors is remarkable, and they play off each other very well throughout the movie. We found the movie to have a perfect blend of seriousness, humor, heartbreak, and triumph. The script is great, the acting superb, the directing stellar, and the music is flat out amazing.

    The movie doesn't pull punches with the overt racism of the South during that era. The pair - genius musician, and street smart bodyguard - encounter multiple dangerous situations. They save each other, both literally and figuratively, throughout the movie.

    Overall I can't praise this movie enough. It is an outstanding accomplishment, and deserved every award that it won. Check it out!

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    NewPipe stopped working?

    Newpipe hasn't worked on my Android for several days now. Has YouTube blocked the app, or did an update break it?

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    Coming out.

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    Questions about migrating to Arch from Pop! for a gaming rig

    I've been using Arch on an old laptop for a few years now, but I use Pop on my gaming desktop. I've wanted to switch to Arch for a long while now, but haven't had the motivation (if it ain't broke, and all that). I'm finally ready to do it, but I'm a little concerned about my gaming experience. Are there any gotchas for gaming with an i7 and a 3070 ti that I should be aware of before I make the switch? Is it pretty seamless? Can I still use a freesync monitor with the g-sync compatibility setting? Is it easy to install the Nvidia drivers and well documented on the wiki? I'm open to information about any other sticky scenarios you guys encountered getting Arch set up for use as a daily driver and gaming computer.

    Edit: is there any way to backup my internal drive mappings and mounting points, or will I need to set all of that up again?

    I've only ever used Gnome for Arch, but one of the things that has me motivated to switch is that KDE 6 supports HDR. Does anyone have experience with it? Is it a pretty slick and simple DE?

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    I just noticed that they've added a hangover debuff to the game. LOL

    Apparently if the majority of your camp supplies are alcohol, the game now gives you a hangover debuff after a long rest. Thankfully it doesn't last very long, but that's a fun little update.

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    I did not fully anticipate just how lonely and depressing an evil playthrough is.

    I'm currently on my 3rd playthrough, and I'm playing as a dark urge character who gives into his urges. For spoiler prevention I'll describe what I just finished as vaguely as possible. I just completed the durge objective that gives you a powerful reward in act 2.

    This is depressing. All of the good that I accomplished in my first two playthroughs is absent. My camp is nearly empty. Lae zel's lifeless body has been laying in my camp for 2 full acts. Karlach, Wyll, Zevlor, Damon, Jaheira, and many others are dead, either by my hand or because of my actions.

    I didn't fully appreciate just how lonely and depressing, self-serving life would be. I have more gold and loot than either of my other playthroughs, and I'm more powerful, but to what end? My own lonely existence? I don't think that I will continue past this point. I've accomplished what I set out to do, which was experience the game as an evil character. I don't think I need another 50 hours of this to pound the point home.

    Hats off to Larian for making such an emotional and realistic game, full of vibrant and exciting characters. I don't enjoy the world where I have betrayed them all.

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    Enter the Selfie

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    Enter the Selfie

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    Mmmm...

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    Astarion can't talk to Raphael?

    In my first playthrough he was able to talk to Raphael outside of the Gauntlet of Shar. This time Raphael just left without ever giving Astarion a chance to ask any questions. So, I reloaded a save, did the whole House of Healing fight again, made sure to have Astarion selected when we approached the Gauntlet, and it auto switched to my character when the conversation started and he left again. Have they changed this sequence? Is it bugged? Do only certain dialogue choices give you a chance to barter?

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    Instance filters are not working

    I've added some instances to the instance filters, yet I continue seeing those instances. Is there something else that I need to do to block entire instances?

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    The right to bear firearms

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    Cal Raleigh's go-ahead grand slam, 5/7/24.

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    We meet again

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    United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet @lemmy.world

    The Left Has Fallen Into Reaction

    lithiumagazine.com How the Left Is Becoming Reactionary - Lithium Magazine

    We need to move toward a leftism that truly loves normal people, appreciates the culture of our base, and most importantly, is of our base.

    How the Left Is Becoming Reactionary - Lithium Magazine

    We need to learn, or relearn, how to build comradeship and solidarity instead of doing capital’s work for it by condemning and abusing each other. This doesn’t mean, of course, that we must always agree—on the contrary, we must create conditions where disagreement can take place without fear of exclusion and excommunication.” – Mark Fisher

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    Assassin is actually amazing!

    I hadn't tried it in 2 different playthroughs because it's rated really low online. But since I've used the other builds already, I figured I'd give it a go for Astarion in this new playthrough. He has an item that makes him invisible for two turns whenever he kills someone, which basically makes him a one man killing machine. For 3 different battles now I've split him off from the group and sent him out ahead to sneak attack the enemy group. Welp, reinforcements were never needed. He sneak attacks from range, turns invisible, moves away so he can't be detected, and attacks again. Each attack one-shots his victim, and he can make quick work of entire groups of enemies.

    I can see that this build wouldn't be great for unexpected battles, or outright confrontation, but when you know that you want to fight, dang man! It's amazing.

    If you happen to find that item that gives invisibility on kill, then I highly suggest getting a good bow, and giving assassin a try. It seems like it would be a good option for a playthrough without companions, as long as you are able to get back into stealth after attacking.

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    How do I preserve my messages settings?

    Every time I get a notification that someone has commented or messaged me it is back to the Show All option, even though I've set it to Show Unread a hundred times already.

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    Well, that escalated quickly.

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    Not some, all y'all pics these days.

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    shitposting @lemmy.ml AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet @lemmy.world

    I am confident that I could successfully fight off 100 duck sized horses.

    But I doubt I could fight off one horse sized duck.

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