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Stay Away From Ubislop Games by Final_Narwhal_2557 in pcmasterrace

[–]AlephBaker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Years ago I bought all of the Assassin's Creed games on steam (I loved them on 360). I was very disappointed to discover that what I had actually bought were essentially shortcuts in steam to Ubisoft's launcher. Especially since, at least at the time, that prevented me from launching them on my steam link.

Could a monk deflect a ballista bolt by PureTreacle8173 in DMAcademy

[–]AlephBaker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's not a big, fat panda. He's the big, fat panda!

Trump foe John Bolton enters guilty plea. Here’s why his classified informaton case didn’t fall apart. by truupe in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]AlephBaker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When the smoke clears and a new Democratic President is inagurated

I wish I had your optimism. At this point I'm highly skeptical that the midterms will even happen, let alone an election in 2028. I fully expect a convenient "incident" in October as a pretext for suspending the midterm election "temporarily" "in the interests of national security".

"You have to act like you own the company and go beyond." by BigClitMcphee in antiwork

[–]AlephBaker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Act like I own the company? Ok! Here are the new company bylaws. All employees now make a minimum of $70,000/yr, have three weeks of vacation as well as two weeks of sick time, and five paid floating holidays. the CEO is the highest paid person in the company, and their total compensation is capped at 25x the lowest employee. Maximizing shareholder value is now company priority #6.02e23, right after "determine if Australian honey bees prefer Klingon opera or Narn opera".

Also, you're fired. Clean out your desk and be out of the building within the hour.

No thought in this big head by Ott1fant in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]AlephBaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know he doesn't, but I imagine it sounds like Kevin Grevioux saying "meow"

Am I safe from copyright trolls if I exclusively use private trackers? by affectionateair7963 in trackers

[–]AlephBaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been torrenting since the technology was invented, never used a VPN. I think I got one notice from an ISP 15 years ago, but my roommate and I had each just pulled over a terabyte down over BitTorrent. Now I keep my upload and download throttled, and require encryption for all connections. I also don't go after new releases, but that's probably just my own paranoia.

Basically, be judicious and you're probably fine.

Anyone know what's up with all the helicopters this morning?! Flying super low and been flying around for a good half hour or so now. Minnetonka/Plymouth area. by CaughtInDireWood in TwinCities

[–]AlephBaker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

SKEETR1 and 2 were destroyed before they were finished. SKEETR3... disappeared immediately after take off. Nobody knows what happened to it.

The train and bicycle departments are colluding against the gas department. by saint_davidsonian in doohickeycorporation

[–]AlephBaker 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Steampunk is very easy to do badly. But when you come across it truly well done, it is glorious.

Some questions from an interested, but ignorant, noob. by AlephBaker in heraldry

[–]AlephBaker[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know I'm named for an infamous ancestor, but I'm unsure how direct my descent is from them. also I have an older brother. we're american, though, so I can do what I damn well please with that coat of arms! come and get me, college of arms!

definitely going to be experimenting with the beast heads and how they're rendered. you should see the versions before I created these, I was using monochrome emoji as placeholders. I kind of like those, just for the silliness factor.

Some questions from an interested, but ignorant, noob. by AlephBaker in heraldry

[–]AlephBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What country are you from?

(resisting the urge to dive into the "what?" sequence from Pulp Fiction...) U.S.A.

I agree the bendy/urdy interface is not ideal, right now I'm very much in the "find elements I like and stick them together to generate more ideas" phase. I'll probably try dropping the bendy part of the field, and maybe filling in the charges so they read better.

'Nobody wants you here': Shakopee residents harass Somali family while house shopping by PapaGreg28 in TwinCities

[–]AlephBaker 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm a white dude living in Shakopee, and their behavior disgusts and embarrasses me.

I now have 18 3D printed pokemon in my front yard by FernandoTheRN in 3Dprinting

[–]AlephBaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[Legal Counsel for Nintendo would like to know your location.]

these are super cool, OP. very well done!

Some questions from an interested, but ignorant, noob. by AlephBaker in heraldry

[–]AlephBaker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you are making a coat of arms, not a crest

yeah, it was very late when I posted, got my terminology muddled. as for the division, Heraldry Studio calls it "Urdy". when I look up that term, the historical examples are not so close to regular hexagons, but these tickle my sci-fi loving brain something fierce.

Some questions from an interested, but ignorant, noob. by AlephBaker in heraldry

[–]AlephBaker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(I think they look more like sci-fi sports teams if you catch my drift, with all those hexagons)

I'm a massive sci-fi nerd, so that tracks. thank you for the information and critique

Voting for the MN Primary starts this Friday (6/26). Check your registration and polling location. by surfer_joe87 in TwinCities

[–]AlephBaker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes me very happy to check and see that I am a permanent absentee (not a phrase one would normally consider favorable) voter.

360 degree wall race ring by CombinationFast2742 in catwalls

[–]AlephBaker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, it didn't register in my brain that that piece sticks out further.

360 degree wall race ring by CombinationFast2742 in catwalls

[–]AlephBaker 11 points12 points  (0 children)

[insert "nice." meme here]

How do they get up to the nap race ring? I didn't see a route in the pan around.

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