Are there any "Mostly Positive" games on Steam that you really enjoy?
I just noticed that when I look at a game which I know nothing about and Steam says "Mostly Positive" I tend to immediately get suspicious
If anyone's got any recs for puzzle games / platform puzzlers / detective'y / room escape'y games on sale I'd love to hear
I simply can't give them any money for at least 3 months while the community decides it's actual worth, or if it's just a cash grab built upon the shoddy foundations of backwards compatibility
Thank you
Thanks for this
Thanks for this. Yeah I'm trying out a few apps. Do you have a favourite?
Good point. Hide is fine. I'm thinking of something like the Feedly setting where if you scroll passed a post you never see it again
Yeah I was hoping there was a way to do so automatically, like with feedly
Sorry, yes. For example with Feedly you can set your feed to never show the same post twice
It's like I "know" all the options (pros and cons and obstacles and things to think about) all at once, any time I have is then spent on the emotional consequences of them. But more time doesn't usually mean discovering more options.
With my aphantasia it's not that it's all quiet in there, unfortunately you still get the carousel of regrets/self criticism etc, but it's a carousel of emotions with no narrator if that makes sense
A friend asked me the same thing, they have a back and forth of voices, at significant speed, and then they reach a decision. Whereas I just "know" all the pros and cons (to the best of my ability) all at once if that makes sense?
It's like I just "know" the text. It's just in there with no intermediary.
For $1 MorePurpleMoreBetter gives you an incredible PDF that creates D&D character sheets in moments. Priceless.
Drawfee consistently churn out a lot of videos and streams each week so I have no issue tipping them
HBomberGuy donating the proceeds from his latest video exposing plagiarism, with +20M views and took months to research and create, to the people who were stolen from earns him a tip too
Silly Q: How do you browse TTRPG Discords? Forums are so much easier
Whenever I enter a discord it's like walking in halfway through ten conversations happening all at once.
Unless you go all-in and follow everything being said like you would a personal/private discord, how do you navigate them?
E.g I can search for "cleric" and try and parse the latest conversations but it's janky
With you on BotW. Love the dungeons, but in terms of the open world I never felt the oooh, the aaah, the escapism that everyone cooed about etc. Gliding was fun!
Maybe this is because I've never played a Zelda game before so I have no nostalgia attached to it?
Ah yes the two types of people, Americans and Europeans /s /jk
Absolute champ.
I'm terrified to drink'n'roll in my powerchair. If I think of when I was ambulatory and drunk and how often I accidentally knocked a table or stood on someone's foot...
In my head, me drinking in a powerchair is like Ellen Ripley doing shots then climbing into a giant yellow power loader and stumbling through the USS Sulaco while Newt ducks and weaves for her life
I wondered the same.
Few thoughts
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weight. every gram is a gram you have to push with every push
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COG / centre of gravity. Ergonomics are everything and so your COG generally needs to be directly below your spine for balance and energy efficiency. You want the chair to be "tippy" so you can navigate obstacles, but without risking tipping fully backwards. Riiight on the cusp is perfect. The more weight at the front, the further backwards your seat would have to be fitted relevant to your axle and pretty soon your COG is no longer under your spine
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all power and steering is done with your hands, obviously, and on the back wheel so the front wheels are purely for stability
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the smaller they are the more agile they are, the quicker they respond to steering originating from the back wheel
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smaller the caster the lower your seat-to-floor height the stickier you feel to the ground
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smaller, sharper, turning radius
Questions people are afraid to ask about wheelchairs
Here are some things I've been asked. Any other questions you have, just pop them down below.
Here are some:
Should we offer help?:
Personally I really appreciate it. Strangers have really helped me out of a jam several times.
Only becomes an issue when people grab your handles without asking. Or when you tell them "No thank you" and they insist, assuming that you're just being polite/don't want to be a bother.
Is it bad that I think they look kinda fun?:
Look, zooming down a totally flat and even slope feels like flying, it's dope. So in that particular instance you're not wrong. It's just the rest of the time that it's shit.
Why is it hard? You're sitting down and you have wheels!:
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Because it's like rowing a boat moving the oars in the wrong direction. Our bodies are good at pulling and rubbish at pushing, that's why we row backwards.
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Pavement/sidewalk camber a.k.a slope. Next time you're out walking look at the pavement. It has an often imperceptible slope so rainwater can flow to the gutter. Even the sliiightest slope means wheelchairs glide towards the traffic with each push, so you have to push with the traffic-side arm 3 or 4 times more than the outer arm in order to course correct and roll straight. For the length of any street you're pushing your body weight + chair weight + jacket/bag weight mainly with one shoulder rotator cuff. Ow.
Why are you going against the flow of pedestrians?:
Probably camber. The angle is more acute on the traffic-side of the pavement, and shallower on the outer/upper side of the pavement. So if the flow of pedestrians is walking towards us on the outer side of the pavement it looks like we're going against the flow. Really, we know that if we're on the inner edge we're one hand slip away from rolling into traffic.
Why are you barreling down the centre of the pavement, pick a side:
Again, camber. Sometimes the pavement slopes imperceptibly on both sides so we're going down the middle hump like a tightrope walker.
Why do you go so fast?
Momentum is everything. Anytime you're fighting momentum to go slowly at a "walking pace", or restarting a wheelchair from stationary-to-motion because you've paused to let people pass, or had to slow to dodge people/obstructions, you're burning a huge amount of energy and joint strain. Minimising pushes is key to avoiding rotator cuff injuries and general strain
I saw a wheelchair user stand, what's the number of the Disability Police?:
Yes, many people use a wheelchair because they're unable to mobilise without one. Others are "ambulatory users". They can technically walk. Gasp!
How are you meant to live if you can only walk short distances such as a few metres without collapsing? Or are unstable being bipedal? etc. Are you meant to not use a wheelchair and be housebound because they're "only for people who cannot walk"?
We have sloped curbs now, what more do you want:?
Seems nuts but if a curb ramp isn't flush by even an inch you have to do a wheelie to get up it because our front wheels need to be tiiiny, often only 3 or 4 inches. A lot of disabled people do not have the strength or coordination or control to be busting wheelies. This means we have to roll in the street. Where we keep the traffic.
Why do you have a rug on your lap like my grandmother?
You're in a park on a brisk breezy autumn day. What's warmer, sitting on a bench or walking? Even the slightest, gentlest, exercise makes our bodies churn out heat like a furnace.
What game is fun to play first thing in the morning?
So, I guess, something chill enough not to be an assault on the senses
insurance coverage for mobility devices
What kind of caveats/specifics should you double check are covered? Is general home contents and theft enough?
How do I avoid Amazon when orders from other sites get fulfilled by Amazon?
No one is on Lemmy because they like shitty corps so I need your help
I'm at a loss. Increasingly whenever I order New on eBay or wherever, the order gets fulfilled by Amazon.
When I complain to the site I bought it from they shrug.
I'm regularly paying more for items and still funding an undeniably awful company
Tell us all about your druid
Bonus points:
What are some interesting takes/interpretations/ reflavours that you've seen or want to try?
Any tips on attending marches/protests?
Maybe it's because I'm inner-city but I find it so intimidating.
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I'm at waist height to everyone else so I can't see at a distance in case things get hairy
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large crowds kinda subconsciously behave like fluid dynamics, ebbing and flowing around obstructions and fast and then slow etc, and I'm a rock blocking the stream
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I try to stick to the curbs in case I need to leave but inevitably get smushed into the main flow and it's hard to move diagonally against the grain back to the curb
Wheelchair power assist chat! SmartDrive users, feel free to share your experiences
Did you like it?
What kind of mileage did you get?
Would you recommend?
Honda Introduces Revolutionary Hands-Free Wheelchair Controlled by Body Movements
I already accidentally drove this into traffic
The UK government is about to make some disabled benefits claimants even poorer
**Cost of living payments for those receiving Pip have been quietly axed, forcing many to choose between charging their wheelchairs or staying warm**...
What should I spend >£100 of Google Store credit on before it runs out?
I have a pixel 7
Currently using Cambridge Melomania headphones, so maybe I should get the pixel headphones? Are the pros worth it? Do we think they'll go on sale in Dec?