Aight, for chill concentration EDM-ish background music…

Satisfactory’s Pygmalion Effect

What kind of music do you listen to at work? Like high energy vs chill focus music?

Yeah your biggest obstacle right now is going to be “our next available appointment is in 4 months”, so ER is the way passed that. It’s not super ethical, but neither is the way our healthcare system operates, so do what you gotta do.

If you’re on any expensive meds, now’d be a good time to get them refilled. …and ‘my backpack got stolen!’ them and get them refilled again if that’s covered.

If you’ve got anything you think needs to be addressed with any urgency at all, skip the normal process and go to the ER to complain about your symptoms, especially if you’ve got ANY pain in your abdomen or tenderness in your lower back (which could mean kidney stones).

Infact, even if you don’t have pain, go in and tell them you feel nauseous after eating anything greasy or fatty, and you’ll get a free ultrasound of your gallbladder to see if there’s any stones in there. …don’t actually accept surgery to remove it unless there are stones that look like they’re for sure going to be problematic, cuz you WILL have symptoms once it’s gone (eating will make you feel like shit… your body should adjust eventually, but that’s not a guarantee, and it can take anywhere from a few months to years).

So, if they offer a scan or any diagnostic, do it. If they offer surgery, have a long think about whether it’s actually worth doing.

If you happen to have easy access to the ROM, how’s “Star Wars: Racer Revenge” run?

It’s the less popular but more fleshed out spiritual successor to the N64 pod racing game - the PS2’s take nailed the physics - the two engines and racer pod are (or at least feel like) three separate entities, and playing in first person view with the engines controlled separately by the left and right joysticks feels fucking magical.

Tried to run it on PCSX2 years ago, but it was one of the few games that meshed so poorly with the emulator that it wasn’t playable. I’m guessing the emulator has seen some improvements since then - could definitely use a nice shot of nostalgia.

Zotero

If you’re in any flavor of academics from middle school to doctorate program or otherwise writing papers that require strict citation formatting, drop what you’re doing and click that link.

Or probably YouTube it or something first so you can see why it’s so much better than your standard internet citation generators.

Don’t forget to share the intel with your classmates!

Edit - honorable mention to Desmos for 99% of your calculator needs… with the unfortunate exception of exams, cuz phone.

Well you were right. That definitely rubs the wrong way lol.

Thank you!

If you don’t like that, you’re really not going to like what they call downvotes …

Don’t leave us hanging like that!

Not really, they’d just need to exist in a dimension above ours. We can readily observe the lower three dimensions of length, width and depth because we exist in the one above that - duration. We can’t observe time except by passing through it point by point. A being capable of observing actual timelines would have to do so from a vantage point above them.

The extra eyes and wings are just them being a fucking showoff.

I think that’s maybe a bit harsh compared to a lot of the games mentioned here.

For sure - by “looking at it through the lens of relativity” I guess I failed to specify what I was holding it relative to - where my brain’s at W1 as a starting point, and the quality of W2 and W3… Relative to other trilogies that actually did well, Witcher’s starting point is hot trash. Like, a game that bad doesn’t generally go on to have good sequels, but the degree of improvement in both W2 and W3 is fucking astounding.

Looking through the lens of relativity, I’d have to say Witcher I. The fact that the fucking masterpiece that is Witcher III and not-amazing-but-definitely-worth-a-playthrough that is Witcher II both stemmed from the comically bad dumpster fire that was #1 is nothing short of a miracle.

The franchise *should* have died at #1, but I’m sure glad it didn’t.

Naw, if his aim was any indication, he was still a bit sleepy.

Really is a shame he skipped his morning coffee that day - if he was just a tad more woke he could have saved us all a lot of trouble.

Here’s hoping the next guy gets plenty of rest first.

Taste the rainbow!

HP printers.

Really HP anything on principle, but their printers take the cake for anti-user bullshit.

No more religious things. Books, buildings, posters, gatherings, merchandise, websites, teachings…

You can talk to your imaginary friend in private, but no more spreading that shit to youth or folks in a vulnerable state of mind.

One generation and that garbage is either done and gone forever; or I just triggered judgement day and learn the hard way that I fucked up and the religious crowd gets their coveted ascension. Win win.

Can of Monster (zero sugar / 10 calories / 140mg caffeine) is my breakfast most days. My blood pressure runs pretty high, but I also have insomnia (started waaay before I discovered energy drinks), work full time, am going to school part time, and have chronic pain in multiple locations, so… Monster or not, it’s gonna be fucking high. Probably less high without the Monster, I’m under no illusion that it’s good for me, but the moral of the story is your physiology is dependent on a TON of variables; whether or not your lifestyle adds up to ‘healthy’ is a tally on how you manage all of them.

Also some variables are unknown - I could have shitty blood vessels and not know it until I randomly rupture my aortic artery, or have a weak heart or something, and with things like that, energy drinks can absolutely be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Seems anything that tastes or feels good comes with some risk.

Do pay attention to your total caffeine intake though… a can of monster, followed by some coffee, followed by some pre-workout, followed by some tea, and you’re looking at like a full gram of caffeine in a single day. THAT can kill you.

Goya

TIL I responded incorrectly to the command “Dress right: DRESS!” in formation.

That entire game is fucking nuts. Pretty sure all of the dev crew was riding an LSD high through the entirety of its creation.

Video game music, especially for the less popular ones like Jetforce Gemini or weird shit like Okage.