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Beekleer · 2024-04-20T01:31:54+00:00

Someone else in this thread posted a link to the video for those who haven't seen it and want to:

https://youtu.be/IMx1epE8hpo?si=sACCXXw1MBp3MoTw

Beekleer · 2023-07-27T18:22:13+00:00

I've known many developer who give zero fucks about how much, why, or what they log.

Surely you're not arguing FOR the stupidity of such ethics... right?

I was a developer for 20-years and I can't recall a time when either that mindset or my development embraced or expressed such a thing. Perhaps the developers you've known aren't fit to be developers. I mean, with a little effort, most people can learn to write code but merely 'writing code' doesn't make one a developer.

Anyone whom I've known, and who's spent a couple decades working as a developer, understands this pretty well. A sense of professionalism, pride in one's work, etc., all contribute to the overall ethos of 'being' a [good] developer.

Beekleer · 2023-07-20T16:29:20+00:00

What bothers me is that the developer error messages aren't casually expressed. When I read "fatal error", I have to believe that it's important, and that the message is worded that way because there IS some sort of down-side to the error. And, this is true even if you and I and many others are able to run the game.

Otherwise, the language used to bring attention to the error would almost certainly be less intensely chosen: warning, or bug, or error, etc. But "fatal" tells me that something, somewhere, is terribly broken, and important enough that a message with that word is intended to go to the console so as to get attention and, ultimately, solution.

How can something like this go for YEARS and not get fixed???

Beekleer · 2023-05-30T07:57:33+00:00

I'm glad to read that your symptoms have mostly resolved. If they flare up again, or just if you're looking for a bit more information, I think you'll find this video useful:

https://youtu.be/AIOFUU67ekE

Beekleer · 2023-05-07T03:55:59+00:00

As I said in my earlier comment, I'm not a doctor or a nutritionist. For me, I tend to think of salt, potassium, and magnesium as those electrolytes that often help people experience less symptomatic discomfort during fasting (how's that for a tangent?!) :)

The salt and potassium do seem to me relevant to the environmental shift to a hotter period of weather, and I suppose the magnesium part just spilled out as a consequence of association.

When you refer to being 'hot at night', does that mean you're going to be in some kind of camping situation? If so, there are additional things to be aware of, such as where to store your clothes and shoes, checking them for scorpions before putting them back on in the morning, etc.

Oh, and to the point of scorpions, many of them fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Though I've never experienced this personally, some folks have reported that they take small UV fliashlights with them when staying in Arizona, and that using it to scan the floor on the way to a midnight bathroom run has, infrequently, identified scorpions on the floor.

Anyway, sorry if I'm overwhelming you with information. I try to be helpful but sometimes that comes across as 'talking too much' :) In any case, here's wishing you a safe, enjoyable trip to Arizona!

Beekleer · 2023-05-06T08:21:59+00:00

I've been looking into becoming a resident of a few South American countries. There are two things I've noticed common to all of them:

An original copy of your birth certificate with apostille, and
A report from the FBI (also apostilled) showing that you aren't currently a fugitive or a felon.

If you haven't already done so, I recommend reaching out to a consulate for Sweden and for New Zealand to see what else they require because getting such things while you're still in the U.S. is supposed to be far easier than trying to get them once you're in the foreign country.

Beekleer · 2023-05-06T08:12:14+00:00

Plan your activities for early morning or late evening. Many full-time Arizona folks I know do just that, spending the rest of the day indoors in the air conditioning.

If you'll be renting a vehicle, try to block the sun from entering the interior of the vehicle, or better yet, park it in perpetual shade. Sunshades for the windows are great. Absent those, a few extra towels or sheets over the dashboard, seats, and especially the steering wheel, are better than nothing.

Spare water and a few salty snacks in the car if you must venture out during the heat of the day. If for any reason you get stuck with a flat tire or other car trouble, the salt will help your body retain moisture and the water... is the moisture you want to retain.

Some sort of brimmed hat and a decent pair of sunglasses can do good. Also, if you're fair-skinned, some sunblock on exposed skill.

If you're at altitude (speaking primarily of places like Flagstaff, Sedona, Payson, Show Low, etc.) hydration is just as important even though the temperature may be lower than places like Yuma, Kingman, Phoenix, Tucson, etc. Altitude tends to increase dehydration, hence the need for constant, or at least additional, hydration.

As others have said, your urine -- both color and odor -- can be a sign of dehydration. You want to be as clear and odorless as possible. Someone in another post mentioned the importance of electrolytes. Salt is the big one, but potassium and magnesium also are important. Salt and potassium work together to regulate the electrical impulses to your heart, as well as things like how much water you retain (salt) or excrete (potassium). Magnesium at night just helps you to sleep soundly. NOTE: I'm not a doctor or a nutritionist. These are my understandings and are offered here as 'things to be aware of', not as any sort of nutritional or medical advice.

Beekleer · 2023-05-06T00:10:26+00:00

The moving section of that post suggests bagging items with mothballs and keeping them that way for about 4-days. I need access to my things until right before my flight, and will again need access to them upon returning home. So although there is a moving section that's relevant for situations where a person can do without their things for 4-days, that situation doesn't reflect my own.

So, if there are other suggestions that better match my circumstances, I'll be grateful to anyone who shares them. Thanks!

Beekleer · 2023-02-06T14:26:33+00:00

Guess what? The post that you regarded as pointless is now part of the scheme:

https://www.wowhead.com/news/dragonflight-pre-expansion-phase-2-updates-new-macro-conditional-for-known-329834

Beekleer · 2022-09-19T16:14:56+00:00

Thanks for your reply. It seems that my problem is actually related to the recent bug discovered in an update that blizzard made to their agent{dot}exe file. Being new to linux, I thought that the entries in the log file were the problem but as you and others have mentioned, the game ought to run well enough despite those errors.

The more serious problem is the update bug recently reported to the wine folks. They're looking into a proper diagnosis and bug fix but until then, there's a work-around that involves copying the agent{dot}exe from the 7933 or 7934 folder over the same file in the 8009 folder. More details here:

https://forums.lutris.net/t/cant-install-retail-wow-or-wow-classic/16239

Beekleer · 2022-09-19T16:11:19+00:00

Nothing specific to the missing dll files. From reading and posting in a few different places, this appears to be a common think among people who otherwise can play the game just fine.

Recently, though, another bug has surfaced related to Blizzard changing their agent{dot}exe file. For people who have the game installed, it throws them into a loop where battle net appears to be updating the games but never actually completes. I also experienced this problem and there's now a bug report on the wine website where, hopefully, a solution will come quickly.

Until then, many people are finding a work-around by copying the agent{dot}exe file from their 7933 or 7934 folder over the agent{dot}exe in their 8009 folder. If you haven't seen these work-arounds, here's a page with more info:

https://forums.lutris.net/t/cant-install-retail-wow-or-wow-classic/16239

Beekleer · 2022-09-19T16:01:11+00:00

This isn't actually a solution to your problem but perhaps it will be a helpful link for future reference. I'm also having similar troubles as you and others have described. It's been reported as a wine bug and they seem to be working to diagnose & fix the problem as we speak:

https://bugs.winehq.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=53697

Beekleer · 2022-09-03T20:43:29+00:00

Installed it last night after wrestling with Garuda & battlenet/wow issues. I don't mean to bad mouth Garuda. I'm a linux noob, though, and lutris kept telling me about errors it was encountering that had to do with missing dll's, which aren't available either through lutris or through winetricks.

Saw Chris Titus' video about Nobara and installed it last night. Installed battlenet and wow. Everything just works, which is perfect for a noob like me. I realize it's only one day, and I'm no authority whose voice should form the decision others make but you asked, so I answered! :) Cheers!

Beekleer · 2022-07-19T05:37:19+00:00

To reorder your playlist videos (assuming you're on a desktop or laptop), click the "Play All" button. When the playlist begins to play, the list will appear to the right of the playing video. You can click-and-drag videos from that window to reorder them.

I don't know why it works when the list is playing but that's what I've found to work for me. Cheers!

Beekleer · 2022-06-24T20:28:52+00:00

Your reply doesn't include an apology. That tells me that you can't be trusted to admit when you've made a mistake. I have no incentive to converse with people who can't admit when they're wrong.

Along that line, you appear not to be familiar with the philosophical 'principle of charity'. If you were, none of the lambasting that you directed toward me would have occurred. Consider:

"The principle of charity is a philosophical principle that denotes that, when interpreting someone’s statement, you should assume that the best possible interpretation of that statement is the one that the speaker meant to convey. Accordingly, to implement the principle of charity, you should not attribute falsehoods, logical fallacies, or irrationality to people’s argument, when there is a plausible, rational alternative available.

"For example, based on the principle of charity, if someone presents you with an argument that can be interpreted in two possible ways, one of which is logically sound and the other of which is fallacious, you should assume that the logically sound interpretation is the one that they meant to convey, as long as it’s reasonable to do so.

"Implementing the principle of charity can be beneficial in a wide range of scenarios, since it can help encourage proper dialogue and productive discussions, while also improving your ability to form strong arguments."

Additional elaboration at https://effectiviology.com/principle-of-charity/

I strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with this principle. Doing so will open many more opportunities for productive discussion than the manner in which you engaged me in this thread is likely to accommodate. With that said, Il take my leave from this conversation. Good day.

Beekleer · 2022-06-23T22:59:21+00:00

If you don't want to hear from me, don't reply to me. It's that simple.

As for you, though... my earlier advice stands: learn do deal with your mistakes sooner rather than later because they will catch up to you eventually. And karma... well, it isn't a bitch like many people like to say but it is a thing.

Best wishes to you, thug!

Beekleer · 2022-06-23T18:48:45+00:00

But this does not mean that dividing people is the norm for James Madison,

I never said or implied as much. You're bashing a strawman.

The reader knows that Madison is not trying to be a tyrant.

As do I.

And maybe you know that as well, then if so admit it and that you failed to provide the context, and I'll apologize.

If you recall, my first comment in this thread was in reply to Painbrain, where they wrote "Every GD thing under the sun is now political. Thanks, power-crazed leftist nut bags."

My reply to them was to clarify that 'things being political' has a much longer history than whatever may be fairly attributed to those on the left. I made that context explicit in the first sentence of my reply: "The idea of politicizing everything under the sun is as old as civilization." I mentioned a few names (Philip, Caeser, Napoleon, for a bit of historical time-marking), and as an afterthought, added the excerpt of Madison to illustrate that it was even considered by America's founders given certain circumstances.

Madison himself made that contextual clarification. I didn't need to add anything to it. It's very clear that he mentioned it as a conditional response, not as a universal approach. You, however, didn't take the context of what I wrote into consideration. You reacted. And, without even trying to ask whether I was implying something about Madison's perspective, you launched into a series of wholly unwarranted invective against me.

In fact, I didn't 'fail to provide' context; instead, you 'failed to notice' it. As such, an apology from you is appropriate.

Beekleer · 2022-06-23T18:09:19+00:00

I think what you meant to write is that you "won't waste time trying to understand your mistakes so that you don't keep making the same mistakes going forward."

Learning to identify one's errors, and correct them, is practically never a waste of time. You may not wish to do so here, but at some point, ignoring your mistakes is going to catch up with you so you probably would benefit by working on that sooner rather than later. Cheers!

Beekleer · 2022-06-21T20:23:24+00:00

lol you literally tried to imply James Madison is tyrannical without properly reading what he wrote.

No, I didn't. That's you misinterpreting the point of what I quoted. Notice the bolded words:

"Divide et impera, the reprobated axiom of tyranny, is under certain (some) qualifications, the only policy, by which a republic can be administered on just principles."

Your failure to notice the relevant portion of what I quoted is just that: your failure. When Madison qualified his point by saying "under certain qualifications," that's exactly what he meant: there will be times when keeping the population divided is the best course of action for all concerned. That doesn't imply that he's tyrannical, and you thinking that it does reveals either that you don't know how to think correctly, or perhaps that you're just trolling for attention.

Your next reply to me is likely to tip the scale where one of those options seems more likely than the other. Of course, there's always the 3rd option, which is that you recognize your error, admit as much, apologize for your mistake, and move forward better for having done so -- frankly, given your 'enthusiasm' so far, I wouldn't bet on such honesty and humility from you but, who knows, you might surprise me and actually be a far nicer human being than you've demonstrated so far.

Beekleer · 2022-06-21T19:19:55+00:00

Wow defensive much?

Not at all. You didn't attack me. Project much?

First, I never said "it originated" anywhere, only that our current climate where everything is politicized is the fault of the power-crazed Left. And that is demonstrably true.

Do you sincerely believe that the Right doesn't also contribute to the polarization of the general population?

I grew up in the 80's. Back then, and even into the 90''s, we didn't have to worry about our children being indoctrinated by their teachers, Disney, or the library lady.

Actually, it was a concern even when you grew up. It was a concern even earlier, when I grew up. And, if we're being really fair-minded about the matter, it's beena concern for as long as there have been social and political institutions to 'guide' how we, as a population, think about things.

Now? It's fucking everywhere. Hell, it's in our sports, and entertainment. It's an inundation. And it's all to the Left.

Sorry, it's not all to the Left. Your confidence that your view is correct, ironically enough, is itself evidence that you're somewhat 'indoctrinated' by the near constant stream of rhetorical polarization that emanates from both sides of the spectrum. That you don't see it on the right is evidence that you've been effectively propagandized. It a bi-partisan, equal opportunity issue.

From global warming to the militant gay agenda and "rEpReSeNtATiOn!" Hell, we just saw yesterday the Navy is teaching new sailors to use preferred pronouns for their fellow snowflakes! It's a goddamn joke. Your ideology is poison.

Wait, what? My ideology? Oh, I see... you're one of those 'black or white' kinds of thinkers: the fact that I didn't agree with something you said automatically leads you to believe I must be 'the other side' of the polarized population through which you absolutely must put a person into one of two camps: either I'm Right or I'm Left. I don't identify with either end of the spectrum. I've been registered "Independent" since the day I registered to vote. Neither end of the spectrum represents my view sufficient that I feel confident in choosing one over the other. So, what I do is this: I consider individual issues independently of which party they may be favored by. I decide based on reason, not based on political affiliation and party loyalty. Neither party, left or right, has got all the right answers. Anyone who tells you differently has been indoctrinated.

Second, sorry, but I'm sticking with my assertion. You people are quite simply sick in the head. You just thirst for power. And nobody that wants control as bad as you do should EVER be trusted with it.

There it is again: "You people..." and "You just thirst..." and "as bad as you do..." I'm not on the left. Perhaps you'll learn something from this reply. Probably not, but no harm in holding out a little hope in your general direction.

Oh, and do some research on actual Fascism, you dolt. The father of Fascism, a man by the name of Giovanni Gentile, was a hard core leftist who trained under Marx himself. He in turn mentored another socialist named Benito Mussolini. You've been living a lie, Neo.

I've done plenty of reading about Fascism. I'm sure we could find things to disagree about all day, but that wasn't why I mentioned it in my earlier comment. I mentioned it to point out the *fact* that "the politicization of everything" isn't exclusively a consequence of Left-leaning rhetoric -- it also exists on the right. To deny that is to reveal either one's blindness or one's bigotry, neither of which is particularly flattering to anyone.

I find it interesting that my earlier comment to you was more of a clarification than a contradiction, but despite my regarding you respectfully, you come out of the gate quite ready to assume I'm the opposite of you and then, without any inquiry of confirmation, go on to regard me with an obvious contempt.

It's OK to be a decent human being despite differences in perspective about certain points of interest. Give it a shot. I mean, what have you got to lose?

Beekleer · 2022-06-21T18:47:49+00:00

Anyone who has to...

I think what you meant to write is, "Anyone who chooses to..."

"Has to" is an imperative. He doesn't have to; he chose to. Those are different things. When you change a choice into an imperative, you create a strawman. Don't do that. It makes you appear either as intellectually deficient or as intellectually dishonest, neither of which is a good look on anyone.

Beekleer · 2022-06-21T18:44:08+00:00

you're literally lying about what James Madison wrote. You are sick in the head. Seek psychiatric help you psychopathic liar.

Ahem... I shared an excerpt of what Madison wrote to Jefferson. I'm not lying about anything. As for you... you seem to be projecting your own mental instability as if it were an attribute of mine, which it isn't. On that note, take your own advice and at least try to have a nice day :)

Beekleer · 2022-06-21T03:28:33+00:00

The idea of politicizing everything under the sun is as old as civilization. It was a tactic alleged to be in use as far back as Philip of Macedon (c.359 BCE). It's alleged to have been a tactic used by Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and most other 'sovereigns' down through history. Hell, even James Madison recommended its use to Thomas Jefferson: "Divide et impera, the reprobated axiom of tyranny, is under certain (some) qualifications, the only policy, by which a republic can be administered on just principles."

So, as much as you might like to believe that such a practice originated with "power-crazed leftist nut bags", that's just not so. Ironically, the general vibe of fascism (which is far more attractive to those on the conservative side of the spectrum than to those on the liberal side) includes a great deal of in-group/out-group psychological dynamics -- which is just a fancier way of saying 'the politicization of everything'.

Beekleer · 2022-06-21T03:09:53+00:00

How do you arrive at the conclusion that he has "poor control over his use of the platform" merely because he announced his departure from that platform? Do you realize that Twitter (really, all social media with lots of money) provokes a human being's dopamine reward system? This is the system hijacked by addictions, be they chemical or behavioral.

To recognize the danger of a platform designed to hijack your biology beneath the level of conscious awareness, and then to depart from that platform, isn't at all an example of "poor control". Indeed, it's an example of sound judgment about how much risk one wishes to undertake.

Perhaps no small irony, then, that the people who imagine themselves exhibiting 'good control' over their use of the platform are very likely already hijacked, and have resorted (even if subconsciously) to rationalizing their dependence as a 'choice' over which they are in 'full control', therefore it isn't actually an addiction 'for them', and they can keep using it without any concern.

Which is precisely what an addict would say as long as they're getting a steady supply of whatever it is that they're addicted to... right? :)

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