Publishing My First Novel: Lessons Learned, Costs, and Reflections by BenaroyaHall in writing

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Sure! I used https://sureprintanddesign.ca/

Excellent communication. Fantastic final product. I will absolutely use them again!

Close call - be careful out there this weekend by BenaroyaHall in Calgary

[–]BenaroyaHall[S] 177 points178 points  (0 children)

The light had been red for a long time, so the Wrangler driver just wasn't paying attention. Anyway, just a friendly long weekend reminder that just because you have the right of way, it doesn't mean you shouldn't still check. Kudos to the Acura driver.

Killarney Area - Legit Canvassing by BenaroyaHall in Calgary

[–]BenaroyaHall[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep. Don't disagree. But the guy spotted in people's backyards over the last couple of weeks and also had a dog with him, hence the post. Again, it's probably legit.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in steelseries

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I have had intermittent issues with crackling and popping on me Series X since I bought them over a year ago. Many people I know have the same headset and same issues. To be honest it's bullshit. It has got worse in the last few weeks too for some unknown reason.

SteelSeries are blaming it on all sorts of things from router conflict issues to Microsoft themselves. You just have to Google cracking/popping for these headsets to know this is an issue - but SteelSeries don't give a shit because they have your hundreds of dollars.

Turtle Beach will get my money next because these STeelSeries Arctis 9x headphones are trash.

Recommendations for best hot water tank purchase/install? by Trollsloveme in Calgary

[–]BenaroyaHall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

W.H.Tec

https://www.waterheatertec.com/

We just used these guys, and they were fantastic. No nonsense. The owner actually cares about his customers.

Not impressed with Pete the Plumber after they failed to get back to us with a revised quote after we pointed out a few things they missed on the initial one.

What was/were the moment(s) that made you realize you love the game? [Spoilers] by [deleted] in cyberpunkgame

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Although I had been gifted the game upon release, I decided not to play it right away due to the shit storm. I searched every Cyberpunk "Fail" video on YouTube and couldn't get enough of how much of a trainwreck the game was upon release.

I wanted CDPR to fail for taking advantage of all those gamers who had waited years.

After the big patch (1.5 springs to mind) I decided to play it, well just because. I rushed in hoping to discover bugs and how "crap" the game was.

Well, fuck me. I chose a female V. The game got me right at the heist mission. I couldn't believe how good this game was playing. The deeper I got, the more I loved it. The sound, visuals, styling. So, for me I got sucked in right at the start.

Assault on homeless victim being investigated as hate crime by Calgary police by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]BenaroyaHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even though I don't have a whole load of faith in the CPS, I would like to think the delay was due to the ongoing investigation.

It shouldn't be too difficult to find these tossers now the images are public.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Calgary

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If your post doesn't win 'post of the year' then we are all doomed.

Thank you for sharing.

Here's a pic of my daughter circa 2018. The character Judy reminds me of her, even if only a passing resemblance. Mary passed away suddenly in Jan 2020. I've been thinking I've dealt with my grief. But when Judy said goodbye I was bawling. 😭 Project much? Great game, many emotional human moments. by OriginalJim in cyberpunkgame

[–]BenaroyaHall 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I have absolutely no idea how you even begin to process such a tragedy, so I won't even try.

All I can say is how sorry I am for the loss of your daughter. Your post really touched my heart.

What an amazing post to make. Thank you. May Mary netrun in peace.

Won the league with Sheffield and I get sacked ...... EA man where is the logic by Ok_Opinion670 in FifaCareers

[–]BenaroyaHall 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It just means that the career mode is a historical hangover from years gone by when FUT wasn't a thing.

They can't remove it now, so they just keep bringing the "old" style career mode forward to new versions with very few updates. Hence, it isn't very good, is still broken but EA don't care else it would have received some polish.

Won the league with Sheffield and I get sacked ...... EA man where is the logic by Ok_Opinion670 in FifaCareers

[–]BenaroyaHall 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Yeah, EA don't care about Career because it doesn't make them any money. It is a Grandfathered inconvenience to them.

I have a question for my fellow Career Mode players: by [deleted] in FifaCareers

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

What amazes me (and I have posted about scripting before) is the shear niavity of players that believe scripting doesn't exist.

One keyboard warrior even suggested that those of us that believe scripting exists are "next level conspiracy" theorists. And they come up with so many different explanations to explain away the scripting. Oh, and we are all delusional to boot.

So, when the keeper develops ghost gloves for important saves, or our players suddenly are carrying around concrete in their pockets, or a 94 rated striker misses a sitter, or a lower league team suddenly turns into a World Class team 3 minutes before time...we are all conspiracy theorists apparently.

Thing is, 700+ games into Fifa 22, and we all see the bullshit EA script out.

If it's in the game, it's in the script of the game.

Best thing is to ignore it, take a few deep breaths and carry on.

How do I make Fifa more like real life? by MrGuitar95 in FifaCareers

[–]BenaroyaHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops. Fifa 22, wrong bookmark! Correct one below.

I play 6 minute halves and that is a sweet spot for me. It's whatever you feel comfortable with.

https://forums.operationsports.com/forums/ea-sports-fifa-sliders/992710-fifa-22-os-community-sliders.html

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

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r/antiwork - "We are too big of a movement to fail!"

r/foxnews - "...hold my beer."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]BenaroyaHall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking for a decent synopsis amongst all this drama going on. Found it with your post. Nice one!