HopingForBetter

@HopingForBetter@lemmy.today

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What animated film or tv show is this? ( i.imgur.com )

For me the first thing that comes to mind is Tales from Earthsea. I don't think it's excellent or anything and has plenty of problems but people act like it killed their dog. While it has its problems that have been covered extensively, I think it has a beautiful atmosphere and art....

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Yep. That was such a good movie. I think that was my point of transition from happy all the time kids movies to serious stuff. I need to watch it again.

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Good o'le "Bobwehadababyitsaboy"

I also remember when CarrotTop did the C-A-L-L-A-T-T commercial, so that's fun/old...

HopingForBetter ,

Please?
Please?
Please, please!?

HopingForBetter ,

Yeah, every few 18 months you'll probably have to get the latest api and re-revance it. But unless they lock up their api somehow, revanced should be good.

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The ps1 game discs often played OST music in regular cd players too. I remember walking around or riding in the car with a few game discs and my portable cd player. Good times.

HopingForBetter ,

It's good.

If you've never played the games, it may take a few episodes to figure out, but my kids (who've never played) enjoyed it.

The universe has so many characters, factions, and creatures that I would say not even 1/4 are in the first season, so there is a lot of in universe room to expand and explore story-wise.

Not often I say this about new streaming series, but I highly recommend!

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Absolutely.

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Seconded.

I've played most of the games.

New Vegas is best for overall gameplay.

Personally, I like 4 best, but that's because I played it first and the newer interfaces and voice-acting integration is smoother (it's a newer game, so this is kind of th point). But, everyone I've talked to says New Vegas is the best, and I have to agree.

HopingForBetter ,

Yep, similar here. We bought grandparents house at a family price off their estate to pay med bills.

Wouldn't be homeowners otherwise; not expecting anything from parents, even though they're basically loaded...

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Sorry, but um, actually, that's a hyphen. An apocalypse is the goddess from Pirates of the Carribean who is in love with Davy Jones.

HopingForBetter ,

Apostrophes create contractions, hyphens create compounds.

HopingForBetter ,

Android's is pretty good.

Can reschedule repeat alarms to sound at the next scheduled time if you need to disable the current one with just a flip of the toggle and a confirmation.

Also, I love being able to schedule alarms out indefinitely. I use it to remember appts. that are over a year out.

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In the clock app on android, click the plus at the top, then click which day to repeat.

Alternatively, click the calendar icon after clicking the plus at the top and select the date.

HopingForBetter ,

This looks like a stop between adventures.

Like the slimey goliath, hulking down the unlit street, stops to get a kitkat before continuing on the unlit street into the night.

HopingForBetter ,

We're already there.

Those, Press the button to get $100, but everytime you do, someone dies. challenges are literally being spammed by the 0.01% at this very moment.

HopingForBetter ,

Woah... I forgot about all that.

Waking up to the latest AAA that was started 36hrs ago at 75.8kb/s.

Of course it dropped to 0.9kb/s frequently, but it still downloaded.

HopingForBetter ,

Hey, Jen. I need you to rub my corns.

Ew, Jessica! No! Get your crusty feet away from me!

HopingForBetter ,

I ended up befriending the few who tried to bully / antagonize me before graduation.

Haven't talked to them in forever, so probably would go to the nearest hang and catch up on life.

HopingForBetter ,

You eat pizza sideways, don't you?

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So, it can lay flat to charge...

...but it has to be upright to play music...

?

HopingForBetter ,

It seems like you're reaching really hard for it to be an issue.

Book stands hold phones very well.

So do old cassette cases.

I find my hand usually does a good job too, but sometimes I prop it between my knees.

If you really want it to be an issue, I guess it could be, but you'd have to try really hard to be inconvenienced.

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If you haven't read (or now, watched) it, I recommend The Three Body Problem. One of the characters gets this choice.

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Is that a headphone jack!?

I like headphone jacks.

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I LOVE the idea.
I'm slowly mutating into a wired earbud audiophile (not sure what they call themselves), and the sound is just so much cleaner; plus there's nothing to charge.

4 hours of music on these ones!

Mine just plug in.

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ChatGPT4: tl;dr The universe is bigger than we thought.

ChatGPT5: fuck spez

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Altered Beast (side scrolling platformer/ beatemup with Godzilla style bosses)

Wise fwom youw gwave!

Would you consider Wild Wild West to be a Weird West movie? ( lemmy.zip )

When I was thinking about starting this Lemmy community, I tried writing down every single Weird West work I'd seen, read, or played. In that list, I added Wild Wild West. But now that I think about it, I'm not sure if I'd call it a Weird Western....

HopingForBetter ,

You're making me think too hard!

Seriously, though, I never thought about Bond being sci-fi, but I guess most spy movies would fall into that category. Especially the ones that have "secret government technology not available to the public."

This is what I love about the internet.

HopingForBetter ,

Then you roll a nat 20 for a distraction move and the hairdo comes to life and sings, Hello my honey, hello my baby, hello my ragtime gal!

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Oh my!

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I didn't think about how much rent-to-own helps this situation. Current rent prices would basically expedite the process and many more would have ownership much sooner. I like this idea.

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Now I need to know if the next tier was, "Definitely-Not-Junior".

HopingForBetter ,

Same here!

Them: How about liason-title with added meetings and responsibilities?

Me: Does it pay more?

Them: Unfortunately, it does not.

Me: Unfortunately, I do not work for free.

HopingForBetter ,

That's a different Q.

This Q really looks nearly identical to a 2. So, for many of us in 3rd grade, we wrote about the 2ueen who 2uestioned why ducks say 2uack. It was 2uite difficult.

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Building more isn't going to solve the problem.

Simply put, the homeless population is exponentially lower than the current number of vacant housing units (which, basically means landlords are almost exclusively the problem).

From gigafact.org "vacancies have decreased, from about 19 million in the first quarter of 2011 to about 14.5 million in the last quarter of 2022.

Homelessness has also decreased modestly from 623,788 in 2011."

So, if each homeless person got their own house, even the kids who are part of a homeless family, there would still be nearly 14 million vacant housing units held by greedy landlords.

Edit: Even looking at the overall numbers, there are about 142 million houses currently, and there are about 332 million people.

See? Nearly double the people? We need more houses.

Families. Families are anywhere from 2-5 people on average. So again, looking at the homeless population, which is listed as individuals, it would take less than 1/14th of the currently vacant housing units for no one to be homeless.

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First sign: Pwetty pwease!?

Second sign: We don' dial 911 'round her! Better hope my furarm don' go off 'fore I unholst'r it!

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It would be OUR sports golf, at that point.

(Sorry, had to).

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So, please read this as serious and no ulterior-motivation.

I'm hoping to release a game in a few years, and naturally I would like to sell it.

I am also supportive of this community and understand somewhat about the release date underground release.

I'd rather either get the revenue from my work directly, or give it away in exchange for donations, trade, or even nothing at all.

All this especially in light of how often independent creators get their shit stolen by megacorps.

Is there something I should be keeping an eye out for, or preparing for so everything goes smoothly at least with regards to this community?

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This better not be another attempt to reach me about my car's extended warranty, godamnit!

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This stuff is not philosophy of religion 101, though it might be one seminary professor's lesson notes in systematic theology for christianity. Specific religions will typically have mental gymnastics or say things like, "It's just too complicated to understand with our limited capacity as mortals."

Given a being exists outside of this reality, the laws of this reality do not apply to it. And given a being created this reality, that being can do whatever it wants, regardless of this reality and it's laws. So the paradox still stands.

HopingForBetter ,

So, what you're saying is, if it doesn't fit our logic, we have to make up a logic so it fits our logic?

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To add a bit of fun to this, try the following:

  1. Open your calculator app and enter: 1/0.9

Does it equal 1? No.

  1. Ok, now add a "9" to the end of the second number.

Does it equal 1? No.

Ok, repeat step 2 and eventually it will equal 1. Why?

Is it that we are incapable of indefinitely dividing? No, the previous steps showed it just takes a few more steps and the answer doesn't equal 1.

Hope you enjoy!

HopingForBetter ,

I appreciate your response.

But, the question is if they could or not.

Of course, free will is an interesting factor to introduce. But I do not know if it applies to the hypothetical...

Thank you for adding (and making me think more).

HopingForBetter ,

So, we're back to a paradox.

Thanks.

And... blocked.

HopingForBetter ,

So, I like the Roko's Basalisk paradox.

Basically, a super-powered future A.I. that knows whether or not you will build it. If you decide to do nothing, once it gets built, it will torture your consciousness forever (bringing you "back from the dead" or whatever is closest to that for virtual consciousness ability). If you drop everything and start building it now, you're safe.

Love the discussion of this post, btw.

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But what if we make sure it has a tiny santa hat on?

I seriously hope you're joking. If not, please find a therapist immediately.

Edit
I'm just going to assume the downvote means it's not a joke.

So, I'm also going to proceed and leave this link to an explanation video. Before you reply, please watch the video.

HopingForBetter ,

"the faction of the TechnoCore known as the Reapers (!?) used violent and soldier aspects of Fedmahn Kassad's personality and DNA, then mutate, twist, and incorporate them into forging the Shrike."

I need to read more into this!

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That sounds really fun.

I hate the stories that have 30 chapters of exposition before "the thing" happens.

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Definitely.

Sorry, I didn't phrase ny response well.

Your recommendation sounds great and very different from most stories I encounter. I look forward to reading.

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