ArgentRaven

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ArgentRaven,

Is this a new album cover for Gojira’s “From Mars to Sirius”?

ArgentRaven,

I want this to be good, but Amazon’s track record with Rings of Power, etc makes me think there’s no way it won’t be a disappointment.

ArgentRaven,

Wow, can you imagine trying to fix dry eyes by using eye drops, only to have to get them surgically removed to prevent your death? Going blind over eye drops? 4 deaths even…

You see those videos of workers in India doing barefoot work making pots and small metal parts. Turns out that’s everywhere, including your eye drops.

I’m sure the companies responsible won’t have any consequences, but I wish they would. That’s so incredibly reckless and who knows what else we use every day that’s manufactured this carelessly.

ArgentRaven,

I was the same way. I quit WoW after WotLK, and started looking into it again about two years ago. Then I saw the bad reviews and how the story tanked. So I looked around at the other big ones, and FFXIV looked interesting. The story is kind of average until you get past level 50 stuff, but it gets really good. Shadowbringers is just a masterpiece. Easily as good as any other FF title you’ve played. I came for the graphics, and stayed for the lore. Compared to WoW, the graphics are great, that is.

The PvE is good, especially when you consider that you don’t need an alt. If you make it to level 60 and find you don’t like the class you picked, you can just start with a new job on your same character and continue. So you can pay all classes without going back to the newbie tutorial zones. Plus, you will “level sync” to old content. Making the level 20 dungeon worth running as a level 89. It’s not instantly forgotten, dead content.

PvP isn’t as good as WoW. It’s fun, and I do it daily, but there’s no rock paper scissors mechanics or supreme balance like back in the day in WoW.

I don’t feel like I’m on a treadmill, and I’m not pressured to log in every day or fall behind. I can play casually, take a break, and not feel like I’ve lost out. Some people are hardcore raiders, but those days are behind me.

I would never go back to WoW now. I like it better overall than I ever did running Molten Core, or Burning Crusade even. Which was pretty peak WoW, imo.

How do I reduce the squeaking of my faux leather sofa?

I’ve got a (faux) leather sofa (not sure how to tell difference). Sitting on it or moving around makes the leather rub together and squeak a LOT. It wouldn’t bother me but I live in an upstairs flat so I get paranoid if it’s late at night and I move on the sofa it’s “CREEESQUEEEEEEEUUUURRRR”....

ArgentRaven,

This is the real answer. If a hinge is squeaky, oil it. Same for leather. Faux leather is probably closer to polyurethane or plastic, but it mimics leather enough that leather conditioner should help. However, I would caution that you want to find a “leather conditioner” that specifically says it’s for your material. Whatever it is.

The problem is the surface is that type of smooth, high friction stuff that sticks to itself. If you condition the parts that touch each other, it’ll make it glide better.

ArgentRaven,

This is how we know the earth is flat. If it’s round, the earth would spin and the turbines would catch the wind and spin. I’ve tested this extensively by holding pinwheels while spinning in a roller chair until I blow chunks. Since the turbines stop sometimes, it’s clearly a spirit on the edge of the map, blowing until he takes another breath.

I’m telling you, everything about my theory blows.

ArgentRaven,

Really, the fact that they still have working adblockers makes it faster. Sitting through a minute of ads is way more noticable than a second or two of delay.

And the reason they work still is because they empower the users to use it how they want, instead of how corporate can monetize them.

ArgentRaven,

Auralnauts is a fantastic YouTube channel. The dedication it takes to make unique music, voices, and plot for every movie and in some cases multiple is just amazing.

I recommend everyone check it out if you haven’t yet.

ArgentRaven,

Additionally, most of Oklahoma is still various reservation lands. That was a recent court ruling, so I suspect this is a few years old.

ArgentRaven,

Ubisoft did finally make a stand alone version that’s in beta right now. Skull and Bones. They promised all the cool stuff we wanted and it’s totally separate from assassin’s Creed, but unfortunately they seemed to have botched it and there’s even fewer features than in Black Flag. Ubisoft just doesn’t seem to be able to make anything else except progressively worse AC games.

ArgentRaven,

Counter-counterpoint: When Activision bought and consolidated Blizzard an Blizzard North, they made it worse and people still slave away for them, and enough people buy their objectively inferior products to keep them going on life support to be sold again.

They became a poster child of what’s wrong with the industry (Diablo Immortal) and nobody learned anything. Baulder’s Gate 3 did more to further a healthy ecosystem than any merger has.

ArgentRaven,

Yeah, but chrome doesn’t allow uBlock Origin to run fully, and it allows ads through.

ArgentRaven,

Didn’t Kutcher kick Masterson off his show, “The Ranch”, when he found out about the allegations?

I don’t know what’s going though any of their minds and I don’t know much about the case, but writing letters for your former friend that’s a piece of shit is common. 30 years is a very long time. Longer than Cosby got. So it couldn’t be good. But I wonder what the details are before I immediately jump to “most of the cast are assholes by association”. Also, did no one know about this during the show? Mila even had to stage kiss and hug the guy when their characters were dating.

ArgentRaven,

I think the local DNC would have to “allow” it. Otherwise you’d run as something-other-than-Democratic.

But all it would cost you is time, and maybe a small filling fee to find out.

I say, go for it! It would at least shake up the geriatric incumbents a bit.

ArgentRaven,

Awesome, that’s good to know! I just assumed they picked if there would be competition due to how some Republicans threatened to “primary” incumbents that didn’t fall in line.

ArgentRaven,

I saw a theory that Charlie was reading “Pepe Silva” from “Pennsylvania” and it would make sense that a lot of the mail would say that.

ArgentRaven,

57% of which tribe? With more than half, I would expect you to have a fairly strong upbringing in the tribe with various customs and your parents likely know how to get you enrolled.

ArgentRaven,

I mean, watch “Meet the Parents” (2000) starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. A trip to Thailand is discussed repeatedly where they definitely say Tai-land. It’s kind of obscure, but that it came out 23 years ago means it’s an unbiased source of language at the time.

Evidence probably doesn’t matter to them, though.

ArgentRaven,

Sputnik by Smile.

It starts out about Laika, the dog that the USSR sent into space and died, and goes downhill from there.

They seem to be a relatively unknown band, but if you like it, try “Staring at the Sun” for something not so downer.

open.spotify.com/track/6hRYeC9mjFK2nrm6guHAM0?si=…

ArgentRaven,

It’s a great song - one of their best. But it’s way better in concert. Especially outdoors!

ArgentRaven,

You might zoom in on them more - they’re all Art Deco style statues. No distinct detail. It looks like they were pulled out of the first BioShock game, or Batman: the animated series. Very minimal detail.

Radioactive material storage?

I inherited my grandfather’s WWII compass, and had it sitting around for a long time on a shelf. I recently got a Geiger counter, and find that it’s radioactive. Around 10 microsieverts/hr. Apparently they used radium paint to make them glow in the dark. I can’t just throw it away, but I don’t want it potentially causing...

ArgentRaven,

That’s handy and I’m bookmarking it for quick reference. I have one for the Geiger counter, but it’s just numbers and doesn’t have examples.

Thanks!

ArgentRaven,

It’s a “family heirloom” as my grandfather had it in WWII for the 45th infantry. So I wouldn’t want to dispose of it, but I can see my initial fears may be a bit overblown. I’m keeping it on a shelf in the garage, far away from normal foot traffic. That should be more than sufficient, it sounds.

I definitely used it while camping once, but thankfully no one’s messed with it for decades as we wanted to preserve it. I checked the shelf and there’s no residual radiation where it sits, so I think I’ll just let it be. Everyone in the family is aware that it’s the highest radioactive thing in the house, and that it’s still fairly low.

Thank you for your help!

ArgentRaven,

Knowing the dosage is a day’s exposure, and only if you expose yourself to if for an hour, makes me feel much safer about taking it camping once in the be 90s. In general, no one touched it for fear of breaking it.

We’re keeping it in the garage on a shelf, next to a window from now on. With a label.

Thank you!

ArgentRaven,

It’s in really good condition, and checking the shelf where it’s been sitting for a decade, there no residual radiation. So I have to assume it won’t flake off easily.

A perspex box might be a good idea, but for now it’s sitting on a far away garage shelf with a label. I’d prefer to keep it even if it’s an outdated method compared to my phone, as it was a gift from my grandfather as he had it from his deployment in WWII in the 45th infantry. But now we’re all aware of what it might do, so we’ll definitely limit exposure time if we do show it off. It’s good to know that it’s still a fairly small amount of danger, comparatively.

Thank you!

ArgentRaven,

I found that lowering the difficulty was just required. The early game, you have a LOT stacked against you. When you level up, get more abilities, better gear - then you don’t have to pull them behind a doorway or something.

It made sense that you were completely outgunned in the start, but as you progress, it’s a little easier.

However, the emphasis on surfaces was bad. It was way too easy to make necrotic fire that was 2 turns to dispel a small portion of. And in the beginning, it’s very hard to get rid of it. Late game, you can turn it into a healing fire.

But other than those gripes, it was a fantastic game. Well with the time invested to learn it. Just, lower the difficulty.

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