Posts made by Derp

Razer is making masks and I want one.

@aria said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

I'm really curious how this applies in the case of medical marijuana. Is it still the same or, given some of the things that it's allowed for in my state are protected under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, would this now be considered a discriminatory act?
I dunno, but I would like to.

Given that it's still federally criminal, it would not be protected under any of the ADA Clauses.

ETA: If it were federally decriminalized, your employer could probably still end up being fairly discriminatory, especially if you are around machines / vehicles / anything at all wherein the effects of marijuana could present a hazard to yourself or those around you, the same as they can with opiate / opioid substances currently.

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

notice and opportunity

Makes incomprehensible angry noises.

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

This is why reasonable professionals do not get involved in this shit, I guess

looks at his Fire and Building Safety Commission meeting tomorrow...

@cassite said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

Really hope they legalize/decriminalize it federally at some point so I can partake without risking my job.

As a note: It can still risk your job, even if it's decriminalized. Your employer can set a zero tolerance policy on anything, really. They do all the time with alcohol and tobacco.

Just saying, legalization isn't the end of the battle.

@saosmash said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

oh fuck I better find some CLEs to do...

National Constitution Center podcasts often count as CLE.

@tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I have the emotional capacity to care for about a hundred people, anything more and it's abstract.

Dunbar's Number dude. That shit is real.

Oh my god, and they're two of my favorites, too.

Definitely going to be giving to this. So sad for her. For both of them.

Starting a new thread. New year, new thread.

Barbara Shelley, Hammer Horror and Doctor Who Actress. Coronavirus @ 88.

@ganymede

That's 90% of the reason that I tell people 'no'. It doesn't prevent them from whining at me and calling me the worst most bastard-est staffer ever before going off to do their own thing anyway.

Not that I've ever cared that they think I'm a tyrant, mind. But being willing to say 'no' has never reduced the workload, especially on a game where they can run to other staffers and get whatever they want from them.

Just -- being willing to say 'no' doesn't necessarily fix the problem, it just gives you a whole new set of issues to deal with.

Setting expectations up front and early is important, though, I agree.

@alamias said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

the ignition switch might be going bad.

^^ This

OR, upon further consideration, it could be the starter too.

It really depends on what it is or is not doing when you turn the key and it won't start.

@wildbaboons said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ganymede I had a Murano that did something similar one day. Had a nut on top of one of the battery terminals that was JUST barely not tight enough and needed a quarter turn to get full contact or would intermittently act like there was no battery at all.

Or it's because of the tourney. No good can come from winning.

That would have been my guess too. Loose terminals. YOu said that they were corroded? They might just need cleaned with a wire brush.

Alternatively, depending on how much nothing it's doing when you turn the key, the ignition switch might be going bad.

@sibermaus

Temprooms and such are not an issue with Ares. Just let people use the scene code to set it wherever.

@wizz said in Interest in Cyberpunk MU*?:

@auspice

Honestly? I had a second during the Aldecaldo questline where I had to take myself aside and be like, "ok chill out dude, this is a fictional character, your love is not real"

I'm holding out for the rocker on this playthrough, but next playthrough it'll be Panem for sure.

@greenflashlight said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

@derp Let me know what you think of it. I've only done it once, before I got diagnosed as pre-diabetic and decided I had to cut the noodles from my diet.

Why, though? I mean, pasta is low GI food.

@greenflashlight said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

@derp That recipe is fine, and it was the first time I'd ever heard of pasta aglio e olio, but I recommend using an entire head of garlic, and crushing it rather than slicing it so it gets a nice crispy texture and clings to the pasta a bit better. And this will sound bizarre, but seriously, dissolving two sardines in the oil before adding the garlic adds a weird but really compelling flavor.

I personally do use an entire head of garlic, but I find that crushing it leads to it burning too easily, and I like big garlic pieces, so I slice mine. Crushing it would probably be faster, but I have one of those garlic press slicer-crucher things that makes just slicing it a breeze. You just put it in and squeeze and tada, garlic slices.

I will try this sardine thing though.

@macha said in How are you coping with COVID (and other 2020 fun)?:

I am in a terrible spending spiral, and ordering out way too much. Like how lazy am I, when I can't fucking be arsed to boil pasta?

Babish - Aglio e Olio

This is simple to make. Like, dead simple. The hardest part is slicing and peeling the garlic, but it's so worth it. And it's dirt cheap.

I have made this stuff so much during COVID. It just doesn't get old. I seriously recommend that you give it a shot. You might end up eating out less just because this stuff isn't on the menu.

@ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

@derp said in General Video Game Thread:

That's basically what they're saying. They're saying that CDPR lied to investors about the product they were putting out, resulting in substantial losses.

Good luck proving that a media release is fraudulent.

I mean, yeah, that's my thoughts on it too. This isn't actually going to go anywhere. My thing was more to counter the idea that it's an actual lawsuit, as the OP said. It hasn't even gotten to that phase yet.

And then the other person seemed unclear on what was going on, so I attempted to 'splain.

I'm with you, though. This is a steep hill to climb.

@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:

We reach the crux of the problem... and the original post. It isn't freaks that make the market, there are too few to really make such a detailed operation sustainable..

You're making an assumption, here. A pretty big one. Niche markets are still markets. It just means that you have less competition and can, in fact, charge higher prices, especially given the danger/effort involved in making it.

Yes, it absolutely can be sold to 'a couple of freaks' for very high prices, just like any other item in a niche market.

@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:

And instead of [ad]dressing it, I wonder why people are so quick to point out it isn't real and fake.. when that.. clearly is obvious? Like no duh? It doesn't change the fact people are participating in this sequence without questioning it. Just following along, perpetuating the market in this game..
That raises no eyebrows or questions? None at all?

...no. Because it very clearly is a game, and you're using it as justification of some kind of ... what? Social engineering experiment? That just isn't there. Like, you are the only person seeing it.

And hey, maybe you're right and we're all being trained to be Secret Nazis, or whatever. But like -- given the events of 2020, nobody has to be subtle about that shit anymore. You can just vote them into office.

@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:

As for why it is a trick.. eh, it doesn't really explain what participation means in a broader context.

Because there is no broader context. That's -- kind of the point, here. The game does not have to make a commentary on the society of the world we live in. It just doesn't. It exists, as a thing, unto itself, and requires no justification.

@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:

WHy did CD Project Red make this sequence instead of something else? There was a point to spend meticulous man hours on what is ultimate a sequence which could be done a myriad other ways. This was done with a purpose what purpose?

To show that the world of cyberpunk is fucked up? HOW? How is it showing its fucked up? Why is this necessary?

Becuase there is a market for BDs like this, that society has decayed so much that death is commercialize. But how does this market exist?

We reach the crux of the problem... and the original post. It isn't freaks that make the market, there are too few to really make such a detailed operation sustainable..

The crux of the problem is that you are trying to inject entirely too much RL into what is essentially an escapist fantasy, albeit a dark one, with apparently very little understanding that people are capable of separating fantasy and reality, and one does not necessarily influence the other as much as you seem to think it does, book thesis or no book thesis.

@kireek

That's basically what they're saying. They're saying that CDPR lied to investors about the product they were putting out, resulting in substantial losses.

ETA, again: Even though it was very likely those same investors pressuring them not to delay again, so I'm not sure that this is a very meritorious claim.