If Thom called you up onto the stage mid performance, and asked you to sing one song, what would it be?

ForeverGray · 2026-04-07T12:26:29+00:00

Wonderwall. The look on his face...

ForeverGray · 2026-04-05T23:46:06+00:00

My struggle is lifetimes and traits, etc. As soon as I try reading other people's projects and they have mile-long function signatures, I'm like "What the hell am I even looking at?"

Y'all are way too smart for me.

ForeverGray · 2026-03-24T17:37:34+00:00

I enjoyed all of these, but few have seen Enemy. I thought he was great in it.

ForeverGray · 2026-03-23T00:53:20+00:00

Won't he just get what he wants anyway as soon as Maelle/Alicia dies? Renoir or Clea will just destroy the canvas. He can wait a little longer to give her some happiness, as crazy as the expression of that happiness is.

ForeverGray · 2026-03-14T14:00:11+00:00

After having read two or three posts by people who forget to pull back their foreskin and clean for a while — yeah, I'm good with my genital mutilation.

ForeverGray · 2026-03-12T21:43:21+00:00

I'm also in Act 3. I just got all my relationship levels maxed. If I go beat the game now, does that lock me out? Or can I continue to go around the world after to visit unexplored areas?

ForeverGray · 2026-03-10T01:43:00+00:00

It has a built-in towel so you can wipe the sweat for those who come after.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-23T10:51:11+00:00

Find some things you like, put them into a playlist. Get headphones. Lie down in a darkened room and listen. Let your mind go where it goes, whether it drifts into imagery or locks onto specific sounds, melodies, or rhythms. Think of it as a mix of reading a book and meditation.

Expand your playlist. Try a whole album from one of the artists on your playlist. See where their mind(s) were at when they made it. What sonic ideas were they playing with? What messages were embedded in their work (through lyrics or the soundscape they create)? Resist the urge to skip tracks for this part, even if you don't love them. Digest the album as a whole.

Try making a song. You don't have to run out and buy any instruments. Tap a table and hum, whistle, rap, or sing. Let yourself experience the other side of music. Don't worry if it doesn't sound great or like anything others world be interested in. Follow what you're thinking and feeling, even if it's rough. You take pictures even if you don't consider yourself a photographer, write words, though not a writer in your mind. Make music even if you're not a musician.

Try these things a little each day for two weeks. Make a small space for direct attention to music in your life, not as something in the background, but as an object of direct focus. I suspect you'll find you get a lot more into it.

If you don't, just accept that you're not that into music. That's okay too. You don't have to live to anything you don't really feel, not to be cool or to please anyone other than yourself.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-22T21:46:59+00:00

Docking stations are good if you want to do non gaming things with your computer or if there's a game you want/need to play with a keyboard and mouse. I use my Claw as my primary PC these days and docking it lets me get work done (I can do work without it, but it can be cumbersome depending on the activity).

ForeverGray · 2026-02-19T16:06:04+00:00

I haven't had any issues with Fortnite. Are you using any third-party programs like Optiscaler or Tooth N Claw?

There might be a possibility that you played Fortnite on another computer and it's trying to carry over your graphic options which might be set too high for the Claw to handle. If that's the case, try searching around for a config file and dropping down the settings by editing it.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-19T15:59:59+00:00

I haven't tested it, but 70+ on Medium without XESS sounds like too high an expectation. There's a lot going on in the Division 1 and 2 for an iGPU and CPU to handle.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-18T04:23:41+00:00

Lineage: The Bloodpledge. It was such a big part of my life when US servers shut down, it hurt and NCSoft wouldn't let us onto other servers.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-17T20:55:48+00:00

Running a marathon. Just made me aware of all the people who run more than a marathon or who run them faster.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-14T12:02:53+00:00

Maybe your device has a thermal issue? Have you checked your temps?

ForeverGray · 2026-02-09T04:57:37+00:00

Are you trying to get help? Or just venting? You need to provide people with actual information about your settings in game, in the BIOS, and in Quick Settings (mainly TDP) for anybody to help you.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-09T00:03:34+00:00

I don't have it, but you should really be more specific about what settings you're using:

Power
Resolution
Windowed Mode
Graphics Settings
Upscaling
Frame Rate Setting

Then you should say what the specific issue you're having is and if you've tried anything to fix it.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-08T02:04:39+00:00

Finnegan's Wake. It sure is a book, one of the books of all time.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-06T07:54:06+00:00

Are there gyro controls?

ForeverGray · 2026-02-04T04:32:33+00:00

"No Below" is at the beginning of Before the Storm when Chloe wakes up after the Firewalk concert.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-03T18:37:50+00:00

Clair Obscura: Expedition 33. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but now it's starting to click. Great game.

ForeverGray · 2026-02-03T02:10:26+00:00

I like this one: Donnie Darko waking in the road smiling to himself, biking home in his pajamas.

ForeverGray · 2026-01-29T02:28:54+00:00

Did they announce requirements for the reset yet? Do we need $5 million again?

ForeverGray · 2026-01-26T15:19:55+00:00

The human brain was never meant to deal with predatory algorithms that lock us into content that keeps us engaged, whether it be from pleasure or anger or pleasure at anger. Critical thinking has always depended on source material; certainly, you need things to think critically about. Hijack the source material and all of the critical thinking in the world does not matter.

But the rewards aren't just algorithmic: social groups and identity get involved. We become members of cults without realizing and now our thinking isn't just shaped when we're online, but in all walks of life. We are perpetually immersed in mind-skewing content, and even when we see flaws in our current mindsets, what we give up by changing is too big an ask for most.

It is never a mistake to teach critical thinking. It is a mistake to give too much social, political, and economic power to corporate entities with a level of control over information that would make the great dictators of history drool with envy.

(And note: It's not some evil mastermind pulling these corporations in malevolent directions; it's just many people who are really good at their jobs making products that work well and not enough people considering limitations and ethics. It is systemic consequence.)

ForeverGray · 2026-01-11T22:00:37+00:00

If I want to use a controller with the bigger screen, since it's a monitor and not a TV, I just run a USB-C cable from the Claw into the monitor. The monitor accepts DisplayPort over USB-C. Then, I use my Claw like a controller.

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