BoxOfFeet
@BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
- Comment on Velma can't math. 1 day ago:
I was making grits the other day. The can had instructions for 1 serving, and 4 servings. I didn’t want 1 or 4, I wanted 2. So, I wrote a quick interpolation program on my Casio. Once I ran it, I realized 2 is just double of 1.
- Comment on Banana 1 day ago:
Yeah, I’m with you on that. I will eat them in stuff, like bread.
- Comment on Banana 1 day ago:
Oh, I’m so glad I’m not the only one. Banana bread, delicious. Eating a banana plain, like an ape? Horrid.
- Comment on Oh no my harvest is too bountiful 2 days ago:
The last thing we need is for them to develop nuclear capabilities…
- Comment on Oh no my harvest is too bountiful 2 days ago:
Like, romantically? Or due to your activity?
- Comment on Banana 2 days ago:
Easy. The taste and the texture. Awful.
- Comment on "I used to be with it" 2 days ago:
Never. The audio equivalent of “Needs More JPEG”
- Comment on Why would I buy this? 4 days ago:
I can see somebody inquiring about the amount someone has, and if they would be willing to share any. Boom. On a list.
- Comment on Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site 1 week ago:
Considering that is basically the only time it could fail, I would say the chances were pretty high.
- Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for? 1 week ago:
Never mind. I read some of their replies. You are correct.
- Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for? 1 week ago:
No, they aren’t talking about for an interview. They are talking about going in someplace in a suit and asking for a job. My mother insisted I did this when I got out of college. It only took a few receptionists looking at me like I’m crazy to be reaffirmed that this was a dumb idea. Even places that did have openings told me to apply online.
- Comment on DIY YouTuber builds cheap VR headset and makes it open-source 1 week ago:
I bet I could use it. I can play the VirtualBoy in a moving car. If there’s any kind of way to tie it into MechWarrior, I want to build one.
- Comment on Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know the difference. I pretty much live in business casual, but on the weekends I will wear a graphic tee instead of a white undershirt. Maybe I leave my button down shirt open. It’s what I would choose to wear in any instance I leave the house. I’m comfortable in my clothes.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 2 weeks ago:
Yes, I love doing that.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 2 weeks ago:
Not sure if this counts, because I’m not sure if there is a wrong way to play Fallout. I am going through New Vegas again, but for the first time in years. Completely disregarding the main storyline. Just wandering the Mojave, helping people as I go. Like David Carradine in Kung Fu. Mostly trying to do things peacefully, and gain as much karma as I can. Completely opposite of how I normally play Falmouth game. I need all that karma to offset how many people I’ve eaten, which is tremendous. Don’t die around my character if you want an open casket. I gave myself lockpick and science skills via the command line, because this playthrough is about my interest in where the storyline take me, not about grinding to be able to open a lock.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 2 weeks ago:
In Battlezone II single player, there is a custom map called “Moon 2000” that I love. It is a huge, open lunar crater, with a big flat ledge around the outside. It is difficult to get your recycler up onto the ledge, but I will take the time to do it. Then, I build a huge, sprawling base up in a flat corner. Absolutely surrounded with defenses. To the computer, an impenetrable fortress. To me, an experimental playground.
I have an area that I take enemy ships i have sniped the pilots out of, where I perform weapons and explosives testing. I have a whole series of nav points set up where I can go out and hunt for more enemy ships, and I can direct my tugs to come pick them up and take them back to base entirely by keyboard (they are dumb and will get stuck if you send them directly to base). It’s not a matter of beating the computer. That could be done easily. It’s purely the joy of collecting samples for my research. I have taken my findings, and have deployed them against my brother.
We would typically play X-Mod 3.3. That adds nuclear silos. We, as gentlemen, have an agreement not to use them. Same with APCs. However, naquada bombs were still fair game. Those have a 30 second timer, and give you a notification that shows their exact location so you do have a chance to destroy them. One thing I found that I was only able to use once, was my discovery that the X-Mod probe Droid could have its forcefield replaced with a naquada bomb. So, I made 50. Had to make 50 naquada bombs, too. It took forever. But, finally it was time to attack. The probes are so small and fast, they didn’t show up on his radar until it was too late. Their small size and speed helped most slip through his defenses. Suddenly, upwards of 30 naquada bomb notifications flood his screen. I can imagine the confusion then shock he must have felt. The horror that even if he destroyed one per second, it still wouldn’t be enough. One was enough to take out his recycler. The bombs went off. Almost all of them. It was a good sized base, with healthy defenses. The bombs detonated in quick succession, leveling it entirely.
That tactic was immediately outlawed. But I discovered other deadly weapon combos to unleash on him. I still have and play the same save game of my test site, decades later. For what was intended to be like, a 30 minute battle against the computer.
- Comment on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models 2 weeks ago:
No, I would hate being forced to bring my car in somewhere for updates. Maybe a notification that there is going to be an update, and an option to snooze it until convenient.
- Comment on Truly 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. 4 weeks ago:
Well, that’s super lame! I wish there was a good alternative. I’ll probably stick with it as long as ReVanced works.
- Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. 4 weeks ago:
I’ve gotten that occasionally, it usually fixes with a refresh. Was it persistent for you?
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, I gave up carrying that torch. Lol. I hoped I could jump-start it, but nobody else seems to be interested.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
Probably around the time they need to get serviced and it costs as much as a Seiko dive watch and takes like 6 weeks.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
I admire the engineering of the solar, tool. It’s really cool that the Eco-Drives don’t even look like they have a panel. Are the dials like, micro perforated or something? I’ve never taken one apart. And the fact that you can store them for like, 6 months and they’ll still have a charge is very nice.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
Sure!
Here is my SKX and an Invicta Pro Diver.
SKX has new hands, dial, chapter ring, crystal, date wheel, bezel insert, and crown. And I ended up doing an NH-35 swap on the 7S26. So basically, just the case is original now.
The Pro Diver has new hands, dial, bezel, bezel insert, high domed acrylic crystal, and I ground the crown guards off.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
Hell yeah! Nice collection.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
You sure do! And I love them all. I love modding them, I love wearing them. Love learning about them. I’d say my Seagull chrono gets equal wrist time to the Breitling. I try to keep everything in rotation. Except the George Stockwell trench watch… I’m afraid it might be a touch radioactive due to the radium.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
True, but they are all insured and you can always report the serial number to a database so it gets flagged if it pops up somewhere.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
Oh, let’s not add the Seikos to the list. I have plenty of those. SKX007, SRP775, and like 5 or 6 I’ve built with Seiko NH-35 movements. I have a watch with a Seagull ST19 movement. I have some vintage ones, like a Timex Viscount and an Elgin Sportsman. But all of those are $500 and under (mostly under 200) and I don’t look at them as dumb purchases.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Lies, all lies 5 weeks ago:
Erin, are you even hearing this?
