The liberals right now remind me of the Ontario liberals before they stopped being a party because they got pantsed so badly electorally.
Hate to say it, but the golden age of video games was a long time ago and we're in a deep dark age.
How many recent games has a story worth commenting on at all? (And keep in mind the game you're thinking of is probably 10 years old)
How many recent games has a story worth commenting on at all? (And keep in mind the game you're thinking of is probably 10 years old)
Of course pending some due process to make sure sane people aren't getting sent to "treatment", I'm fully on board with this.
How many school shooters and the like were known to be bonkers and it was like "Yeah, what you gonna do?"
How many school shooters and the like were known to be bonkers and it was like "Yeah, what you gonna do?"
The one on the right is ugly as sin, but is really cool and I kinda want one even if it's only usb2...
"What harm is there in trying?"
The fact that you only have one life to live, and a limited amount of time to enjoy it, and you can't get back those 7 years!
The fact that you only have one life to live, and a limited amount of time to enjoy it, and you can't get back those 7 years!
A wise culture should elevate those who exhibit virtue, because those who are famous are the people a civilization agrees we should be paying attention to. To elevate any old person who just wants to be famous means it tells people that seeking fame is the highest virtue to aspire to, and that's just not going to be a healthy civilization (as our civilization today is quite unhealthy)
Early Rome told the story of Cincinnatus, who became dictator during an emergency, and once the emergency was over returned to his farm to live out the rest of his days illustrating great civic virtue. Late Rome focused on gladiators, whose virtue was mostly in entertaining the masses.
Our culture today is on the tail end of universally focusing on celebrities, people whose main virtue is being entertaining, or politicians whose main virtue is being popular or powerful. Those people often pretend to be virtuous, but their veneer is thin, plastic, and fake and everyone can see that. On the other hand, I'm seeing a some people losing interest in such people and instead are looking to be inspired by virtue.
Early Rome told the story of Cincinnatus, who became dictator during an emergency, and once the emergency was over returned to his farm to live out the rest of his days illustrating great civic virtue. Late Rome focused on gladiators, whose virtue was mostly in entertaining the masses.
Our culture today is on the tail end of universally focusing on celebrities, people whose main virtue is being entertaining, or politicians whose main virtue is being popular or powerful. Those people often pretend to be virtuous, but their veneer is thin, plastic, and fake and everyone can see that. On the other hand, I'm seeing a some people losing interest in such people and instead are looking to be inspired by virtue.
Virtue can come in many forms. Exhibiting charity, grace, self-sacrifice, wisdom, honor, valor, discipline, hard work, adaptability, humility or other virtues may come alongside inherent attributes like intelligence, physical beauty, or raw strength but that doesn't mean the two necessarily coincide. Indeed, natural gifts can be used for positive or negative ends.
I think our lionization of "smart" people isn't so healthy. We should be making virtuous people famous, and that virtue ought not to be something as randomly granted as beauty, raw intelligence, or unalloyed strength.
I know what it's supposed to mean, but I don't think modern usage ever matches a small 10% reduction.
Elon Musk is entirely a product of government. His electric cars have always been massively paid for by the taxpayer, his spaceship business is almost exclusively a product of government spending, nobody in the private sector was ever going to look at the boring company.
So when I hear people on the big government side of things complaining about him, I'm like "why are you complaining? This is your guy!"
So when I hear people on the big government side of things complaining about him, I'm like "why are you complaining? This is your guy!"
It sure seems to me like federation would end up giving a lot of these companies The Best of both worlds: they would have full control over whatever exists or doesn't exist in their own communities, but they would also get the extended visibility and reach of being accessible on a larger platform.
https://ktvz.com/news/oregon-northwest/2020/07/02/iconic-120-year-old-portland-elk-statue-removed-after-fire-set-during-protest/
Elk are well-known racists. I'm not even black and one called me the n-word the other day.
Elk are well-known racists. I'm not even black and one called me the n-word the other day.
If some motherfucker I was at relative peace with came in and kidnapped my son, the war wouldn't end until that motherfucker's ancient ancestors regretted what that motherfucker did.
I've been playing the new port of The 1995 classic game Terminal Velocity by 3d Realms, called Terminal Velocity: Boosted edition.
It runs at 1080p nicely, and can be controlled with an xbox controller.
Although the setup mentions a 3d card, I don't know what it thinks its doing -- it looks to me like the game is still using software rendering, especially when you get close and the perspective gets all wonky. Also has heavy aliasing, looking like chonky 90s 3d.
The higher resolution dumps the difficulty level through the floor. You can see enemies long before they even start up their AI, so you can pick them all off easily. Also
The game really benefits from the xbox controller. I'm about 2/3 of the way through the game now, and having all the controls close at hand like that really makes it nicer to play compared to the old days with keyboard. I've never made so much progress in the game as I have this time through, and I think the nicer controls have a lot to do with that.
Another subtle but important change is the addition of autosaves. It really saved me after the first boss where I died in the tunnel after the boss but I was able to load the save that dropped right then and finish the level. It's another big difficulty drop, but it's also a modern feature I appreciate.
I'm really enjoying it, but it's a game I always liked but never quite got into. I'm not sure if everyone would feel the same. Regardless, for people with fond memories of Terminal Velocity or that era of gaming, it might be worth the 10 bucks.
It runs at 1080p nicely, and can be controlled with an xbox controller.
Although the setup mentions a 3d card, I don't know what it thinks its doing -- it looks to me like the game is still using software rendering, especially when you get close and the perspective gets all wonky. Also has heavy aliasing, looking like chonky 90s 3d.
The higher resolution dumps the difficulty level through the floor. You can see enemies long before they even start up their AI, so you can pick them all off easily. Also
The game really benefits from the xbox controller. I'm about 2/3 of the way through the game now, and having all the controls close at hand like that really makes it nicer to play compared to the old days with keyboard. I've never made so much progress in the game as I have this time through, and I think the nicer controls have a lot to do with that.
Another subtle but important change is the addition of autosaves. It really saved me after the first boss where I died in the tunnel after the boss but I was able to load the save that dropped right then and finish the level. It's another big difficulty drop, but it's also a modern feature I appreciate.
I'm really enjoying it, but it's a game I always liked but never quite got into. I'm not sure if everyone would feel the same. Regardless, for people with fond memories of Terminal Velocity or that era of gaming, it might be worth the 10 bucks.