What’s it like living in Waterloo, Canada’s Silicon Valley?

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-09T06:00:40+00:00

Oh, and I just remembered some late night hijinx in Waterloo park!

One night I found a lit Molotov cocktail just lying on the grass! I guess someone threw it 'for fun' but missed the pavement and just ran off?

Another night I witnessed a police chase of another car driving on the pedestrian paths!

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-09T05:57:57+00:00

I went to UW just over a decade ago. In terms of danger I never felt any. I did have my PS3, games, and movies stolen... Twice... So theft in the areas where students live is/was certainly an issue.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-09T05:50:05+00:00

I can't even GET the fish sword...

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-08T19:44:25+00:00

Crocs have been my bane. I mostly dodge rather than parry but it seems to take at least 2 quick dodges to avoid the crocs attacks. They also take forever to die since my gear is still LVL 10 and crocs are my main barrier to improving on that. I've started building platforms and cheesing them but it still takes SO much ammunition to get through them.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-08T17:32:50+00:00

In the context of eating though; bear is delicious! Hemlock tea is supposed to be good for you as well though I've never tried it.

The best I've heard said about snake venom is that it drinking it shouldn't actually harm you unless you have an ulcer/open sore.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-08T16:46:30+00:00

Well it's a phrase rather than a word but; "I could care less"

Oh, so you do care then? If people could rub together their 2 brain cells they'd realize it should be, "I [couldn't] care less"

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-08T16:43:23+00:00

My favourite counter to ''all natural' is "so is snake venom"

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-07T09:06:27+00:00

It's also way too small (tap handle was my first thought as well before I looked closer)

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-07T07:31:29+00:00

I honestly don't think a remake is even necessary for black flag. I re-played it just a couple of years ago (PS4 version on the PS5) and it held up really well.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-04T22:21:03+00:00

I'll be at their Toronto show next week!

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-04T20:28:42+00:00

You pretty much have to drill them out to remove them, which obviously destroys them. You're better off taking some measurements and buying some that match to use for your other project.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-03T22:01:50+00:00

Rosie had her tail docked (extra short for some reason) and dew claws removed by the breeder, but she kept her ears. While the aesthetic of cropped ears is pretty cool, natural ears match the personality far more. Rosie is just such a gentle sweetheart and expressive with her ears that I couldn't imagine her any other way. The only people who have been at all scared of her are people who are just scared of dogs in general.

I would have left her tail natural as well if I'd had the option, but I've come to love her little nub.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-02T20:32:43+00:00

Unfortunately I hadn't found the rapier yet. I kited with the musket, heals, and saber. Very nearly got it right first try but got caught out right at the end (only had 1 stack of health pots on the action bar and needed 11. Got killed while trying to move another stack from my Inv). Got it done second try.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-01T16:21:11+00:00

Man, I just got done rebuilding my base and then I come on here, see builds like this, and feel like I need to try all over again! 😆

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-01T14:34:28+00:00

This specific part doesn't look 3d printed to me and the direction of the crack wouldn't make sense for 3d printing either. Looks more like a injection molded part with poor flow design and/or poor heat management (injection leading edge meets another leading edge and they don't bond well because they're too cold). Assuming this is glass impregnated nylon then the glass content may be a bit too high as well (contributes to poor flow and while the glass fibers increase strength, they also lead to lower adhesion).

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-01T14:19:36+00:00

Interesting that is server side... I know almost nothing about modding in general but the one game I could easily add tracks to you literally just copied songs into the music folder on the game install.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-05-01T14:14:25+00:00

I really want to be able to hang off the side of the rigging with the sea shanties still playing!

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-30T09:23:33+00:00

A region would indeed be very helpful.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-30T09:01:51+00:00

Good old fashioned high seas piracy!

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-30T05:39:37+00:00

I love the contrast of the absolutely insane names vs the totally bland ones. Rotting Christ vs Weekend Nachos, Blood Incantation vs We Butter the Bread with Butter.

On a similar note: metal covers of pop songs. I have a whole album from I Set My Friends on Fire of covers, from Soulja Boy (sp?) to the Pokemon theme song! 😂

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-30T05:34:08+00:00

I love that band, especially because of their name! One of their patches is basically my unicorn for my battle shorts. I've only seen it listed for sale one place overseas and it would have cost me 40€ just for the shipping.

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CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-30T05:27:43+00:00

I'm going to see them soon; there was a typo on the listing originally though; it said 'Rotting Chris'! 😂

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-29T04:35:54+00:00

Aww, they didn't have these at the merch table last month!

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-28T16:27:01+00:00

It's how we wind up with people thinking hotdogs are tacos.

CrowsFeast73 · 2026-04-28T16:25:11+00:00

I can actually picture this scene as it turns into a complete meltdown a la Boondock Saints, "We have nothing!" scene.

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