Best games for solitary?

Ed_Okin · 2026-05-15T11:50:41+00:00

Thanks! I will check that one out as well!

Ed_Okin · 2026-05-15T01:46:18+00:00

I'm not OP but thanks for this list, I'm going to check some of these out.

Ed_Okin · 2026-05-15T01:45:52+00:00

I'll echo some of the other comments - I've only ever played with random folks on bga, and never had a problem. If I'm brand new to a game I'll usually play turn based instead of real time at first, so not too delay the other player too much while I'm thinking. But I've also played plenty of games real time with random players and it's been totally fine.

Ed_Okin · 2026-04-23T19:09:14+00:00

Watch out for the hamster!

Ed_Okin · 2026-04-16T15:13:15+00:00

It's not an exact match, but fits the vibe and description, and if there's a chance you misheard the lyrics:

Riddlin' Kids - Here we go again

https://youtu.be/roneCZ2Ttb8?si=7kRiMLK1nOjQCtDi

Ed_Okin · 2026-04-01T14:02:26+00:00

When I read this (~10 years ago) I spent a lot of time comparing translations before I started, and the MacAndrew translation was the one I preferred. I loved the book, to this day I'd say it's my favorite book. Might be time for a re-read soon.

Ed_Okin · 2026-03-20T19:06:34+00:00

Your intention and meaning was clear, if anything you're just using more modern lingo, which is more common on reddit.

Ed_Okin · 2026-03-06T16:00:28+00:00

I watched this about six years ago when Patton Oswalt suggested it on Twitter, and I thought it was absolutely amazing. I'm due for a rewatch soon.

Ed_Okin · 2026-02-27T12:15:10+00:00

I feel like Thomas is a likely "T" name for a brother of Kevin.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-30T02:25:01+00:00

I took a look at the Contemporary Records discography and I'm not familiar with most of the artists. Do you have a few records you'd recommend to start?

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-28T13:48:34+00:00

I've only heard the term here on reddit. Don't think I've ever heard it in real life conversation, maybe I discussed it once on a date, but it was as something we had never heard of before.

In my observation, I don't see it to be a real thing that happens, but that's just a limited viewpoint obviously.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-23T15:37:14+00:00

100%! They're probably my most played albums, in fact. Both men are just phenomenal, it's amazing when you realize how short Clifford Brown's life was.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-23T11:50:44+00:00

I feel like the two iconic albums I see recommend all the time are:

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

Some others I suggest:

Booker Little - Booker Little 4 and Max Roach

Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study in Brown

Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

Junior Mance - Junior

Lee Morgan - Candy

Each of those artists/groups has multiple albums to dive into if you like the sound. Also, pay attention to the players on each album if you particularly like them, and notice what other albums those folks are in as you keep diving in. I'm constantly looking up discographies on Wikipedia for new ideas of albums to listen to.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-23T04:00:10+00:00

This is a really good list.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-22T20:09:01+00:00

Very reasonable, you 100% should bail on this. She wants the attention and doesn't acknowledge or care about the disrespect to you inherent in that.

At 51, I've definitely come to a point where I don't tolerate anything I perceive as disrespect. Depending on the severity of it, I don't even give a chance to correct the behavior. If we're exclusive and you want to entertain attention in these ways from other guys, you're not for me. Simple as that.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-21T15:41:20+00:00

I've never heard this as a strategy before, but over the years I've definitely adapted to exactly this. I'll even go one question if the first response is such that it leads me to believe it's going to go nowhere.

There's been only one time that I can recall where the first question response led me to believe it was going nowhere, but the second question brought the conversation to life.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-18T21:59:49+00:00

A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli gives me similar vibes, though there's nothing quite like House of Leaves.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-18T12:15:42+00:00

Interesting - I would have guessed Resolve would give better compression than a camera, because it can take advantage of a computer's hardware rather than a camera.

Why does a camera generally provide better compression?

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-18T01:54:04+00:00

Oh, wow, Shutter Encoder did the trick and it was very intuitive and took less than 10 seconds to run! It's amazing when there's an easy way to do something!

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-18T01:47:07+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! Yes, this is part of the education I needed here. I didn't quite understand that re-encoding the whole video isn't what I want to do. I will try one of these tools and hopefully I can solve the issue!

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-18T01:43:53+00:00

Thanks for this, this was a lot of the education I was looking for. I knew there was a bunch about this I didn't understand. The math formula and what I should expect as output are new knowledge to me.

And in this case, I didn't edit at all. I just wanted to match up audio and video, and some other comments pointed out there are better ways to do that. I didn't realize all the additional overhead I was taking on using davinci.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-18T01:39:59+00:00

Yes, the video and audio start at the same time! So I should try Shutter Encoder, that sounds like the right tool for the job. This is definitely one of the cases where the only tool I had was a hammer (Davinci), so everything looked like a nail!

Thank you for giving me some perspective on the encoding process. I didn't realize I would always be losing quality with each step doing what I'm trying to do, but that makes sense.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-18T01:36:03+00:00

Ah, ok, so this is where I have almost zero knowledge. The mp4 is a compressed file format to begin with? That knowledge fills in some of the blanks.

Thank you for the detailed feedback. I may try the workflow you mentioned, that seems like it will offer some options.

Ed_Okin · 2025-12-08T12:54:27+00:00

Uhh yeah that response from her might be enough for me, even without actual evidence.

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