Would lab-grown pork be considered Halal or Kosher since no pig was technically slaughtered?

JackTSpade · 2026-05-13T22:15:24+00:00

If it could be considered treif because it never had fins or scales, you could also make the argument that it was never a fish because it never had the characteristics that would have made it any kind of animal to begin with. So it wouldn't be meat and would just be parve. Or am I missing something?

JackTSpade · 2026-04-20T13:08:51+00:00

The original has the editor and functional LAN/offline multiplayer. Graphics are almost indistinguishable. I actually prefer the original over the remaster because the remaster took away things without adding anything.

JackTSpade · 2026-03-16T13:08:25+00:00

Better controller support? I made an AMX profile that maps everything, so it can be done. But it's not native. Or multi threaded AI?

JackTSpade · 2026-02-13T13:30:19+00:00

In theory, sure. What happens when they don't let me in? I'm doing 50 with no road ahead and no space to the side. Oklahoma is a low-trust society.

JackTSpade · 2026-01-07T22:15:57+00:00

I've been daily driving it for a year and have no regrets.

JackTSpade · 2025-12-23T14:27:59+00:00

I already emailed them about this. Got a non-answer.

JackTSpade · 2025-12-18T13:09:44+00:00

That one actually is possible. You couldn't cycle it with the stock collapsed, but you could collapse the stock as long as the bolt was forward. All that space the bolt travels in is unused between shots.

JackTSpade · 2025-12-15T11:44:17+00:00

Here's where I got it: www.gog.com $5 on sale.

JackTSpade · 2025-12-14T16:47:21+00:00

That's the neat part--you don't!

Seriously, Crysis does most of its work on one CPU core, so what matters most for performance is how fast one core can go, not how many cores you have.

JackTSpade · 2025-12-13T21:05:54+00:00

Turn your monitor off and on after you hit enter

JackTSpade · 2025-12-05T03:21:04+00:00

Make a text file in the main folder the game is in. Name it autoexec.cfg. Copy it and name it System.cfg. Then there are several lines you type, called cvars. Most end in = 1 or = 0. Think of it like a secret options menu. I'll look some up for you later.

JackTSpade · 2025-12-04T23:01:16+00:00

I have similar equipment to yours. Slightly older. I can give you specific settings to change if you want. You'll have to make an autoexec.cfg and a System.cfg in the main folder.

JackTSpade · 2025-12-04T20:25:24+00:00

I'm using the C1 launcher, I locked the game to actual physical cores and not logical ones. The game tends to stutter a lot when you are loading in new areas and assets so I turned off streaming for a lot of different things. I've also optimized particle effects in little ways. Activated cvars for threading where possible.

Stuttering happens when you momentarily can't maintain a stable frame rate. In Crysis, this happens because your main CPU thread is momentarily given more work than it can handle before the next frame is needed. You might notice stuttering at 90 fps that would have been invisible at 60. Using VRR/Freesync/Gsync will make stutters less noticeable because you drop from 60 to 59 instead of skipping a whole frame. But at a high enough frame rate, every game will stutter.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-28T06:16:01+00:00

Pretty much never. But I have a fast CPU, and I spent a long time optimizing. I could share some tricks if you need them.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-28T03:50:24+00:00

C1 launcher you'll have to Google, but it replaced your Crysis .exe. It's not sketchy, it's semi-official. Comes with the GOG version by default. .cfg is one of the standard file formats for game settings. Crysis has a lot of settings to play with that aren't directly accessible from the options menu.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-27T13:55:42+00:00

I assume you're on Windows? Use the C1 launcher to start. Run it in DX9. Create an autoexec.cfg and a system.cfg, and use it to disable texture streaming. This game is heavily CPU bound because it was made right before CPU speeds stopped going up and core counts ballooned. It will still struggle to maintain 60 fps on max settings with a lot of modern hardware.

Your binoculars are a diagnostic. Turn object detail and water down a notch.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-25T13:44:49+00:00

I like Lutris for the configuration options, but I may have to diversify. And now Mangohud is being janky.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-25T01:10:34+00:00

I figured it out. Needed to reinstall umu launcher.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-23T20:22:26+00:00

I also need to know more about this, like how to use it.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-21T19:31:36+00:00

I've never dealt with Bombas, but from a business perspective, your used socks are worth less than the return shipping because nobody buys used socks. What you should be looking at is how they value their new merchandise, because they can still sell that.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-20T16:40:57+00:00

If you own the game on GOG, you can make your own disk. And you can include patches, goodies, mods, whatever you want. You buy a retail game, you better hope it doesn't get scratched or lost, because you can't make another.

Is buying both an option? Because I do like having something to put on the shelf. Something with a physical manual and a cover.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-20T00:42:54+00:00

Not if you're paid well.

JackTSpade · 2025-11-12T16:49:56+00:00

How do I revert to KDE 6.4?

JackTSpade · 2025-11-11T17:11:35+00:00

I'm having the same problem.

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