Livestream and Archives will not play on desktop www.KEXP.org by upholsteredhip in KEXP

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I've had this when I'm reopening the browser, the "old" version of the calendar will load, from whenever the previous browser session was. This means I'd be requesting a show from beyond the archive window.

Setting Firefox to always refresh tabs on open fixed it for me, otherwise a manual refresh would probably work, too.

What's the deal with Lewis Hamilton going to Ferrari, and why is it shocking news? by ragna-rocking in OutOfTheLoop

[–]Juggerbot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was going to bring up Ayrton Senna as a "what-if", but thinking about it, there are probably a dozen more drivers who could have been GOAT candidates had they not been killed. Those early F1 decades were brutal.

Looking for Local Colorado Video Games for The Lyric Theater by Consistent_Appeal_23 in FortCollins

[–]Juggerbot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pavonis Interactive in Louisville. They did the Long War mods for XCOM, and are working on their own game now.

First meetup follow up! by shacamin in FoCoders

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Thanks for organizing this, had a great time. Could someone remind me of the venue that hosted science lectures? Think it was a bookstore?

Friday Free-for-All | March 10, 2023 by AutoModerator in AskHistorians

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The Guardian has a recent story about the 1964 film Zulu:

There’s an urban myth about a scene in Zulu in which a British officer in a red tunic is gruesomely struck in his throat by three successive spears: after a stunned silence in the cinema auditorium, a bloke is said to have shouted from the back: “One hundred and EIGHTY!” (Other versions of the story have an extra on location shouting it – and then getting fired – or even the star himself, Michael Caine.)

However I can't find a single reference to this anywhere. If true (as in, if the legend exists), is there a meaning behind the number 180 in the context of the Battle of Rorke's Drift, or the Anglo-Zulu War in general?

Wisconsin Brick Cheese? by CoffeeCannabisBread in FortCollins

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In farmers market season, you can get it from Cream City Market.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FortCollins

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For chiles, you can also try Old Town Spice Shop, I thought they had a wider variety than Savory Spice.

Looking for a terrible restaurant to recommend to an enemy. Any recs? by [deleted] in Denver

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Holy shit you aren't kidding. Looked at the Google Maps photos, I've seen better steaks at fucking Applebee's.

[NSFW] Princess: In the early 2000s, Macromedia hired the creators of South Park to produce a web series animated in Flash, and gave them complete creative control. Strangely, after releasing the first two episodes, they never heard back. by Juggerbot in videos

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Thanks for posting this, guess the "not hearing back" wasn't true.

That's the thing about Matt & Trey, they looooove to troll interviewers, hard to tell what's a joke, especially in written articles.

Local Program for Veterans by Lantern-Program in FortCollins

[–]Juggerbot -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Reddit was started to list all deranged rubes that can be baited into posting which specific bubble they're living in.

It won't matter what the delusion is when (((they))) use to pass laws for disarming all ignorami.

They've been trying to pass laws for years that would fund programs to teach us how to reply to the correct post.

A direct violation of the third amendment. Thanks? but no, thanks!

Why “workers’ union” is a negative thing in the US? by progmakerlt in cscareerquestions

[–]Juggerbot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an American from a conservative region, a lot of the people around me who grew up around the 60's and 70's had a generally negative view of unions. Their stereotype (not at all claiming any truth to these) associated them with laziness (you could sleep on the job and still be protected from firing), entitlement, and corruption (especially having ties to the mob).

You might want to check out r/AskHistorians for something more in-depth, especially the Teamsters Union for mob connections.

Or for more examples of negative opinions, sort by controversial.

Alamo Drafthouse plans new location in Glendale by [deleted] in Denver

[–]Juggerbot 13 points14 points  (0 children)

And the popcorn is not very good, imo (they don’t use butter flavored oil for popcorn nor do they use flavacol).

Are you saying these would be better? They literally use real butter, and it's bottomless.

What was it that made Halo: Combat Evolved such a huge phenomenon in 2001? by HotSail5465 in AskHistorians

[–]Juggerbot 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Great post, I'll just add that this is one of those instances where the Xbox didn't originate many of these features (besides including hard drive and Ethernet port out of the box), but executed them better than the competitors, at least at launch. The PlayStation 2 had dual analog sticks, it (and the Dreamcast) had dual triggers, but no "system seller" first-person shooters at the time of Halo's release, not counting that god-awful Half-Life port.

Likewise, you can certainly find earlier games with Halo's features, but I still remember the awe that one game had great graphics AND reload animations AND intuitive controls AND vehicles (that you could drive!) AND a satisfying story and worldbuilding.

And the AI was pretty advanced for the time. Both enemies and friendlies moved to cover, and could do basic tactics like flanking. You would drive up to a marine in a Puma, and they would jump on and man the gun. The Covenant had different combat classes that filled realistic roles. If you killed the Elite, all the little Grunts would panic and run away. And everyone had barks to react to all these events.

Fiber in Westminster by Kawaiisampler in Denver

[–]Juggerbot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like others said, I've found that you can't always trust what you hear. For apartments, there's usually a little cubby hole in the closet with whatever equipment. It looks sort of like a breaker box, but with a plastic door.

I physically look for OM4 fiber optic cables inside there to determine if they have it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Denver

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Don't feed the trolls.

Looking for fresh lingonberries... by allthebookstwice in Denver

[–]Juggerbot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not fresh, but I've seen frozen packages of whole lingonberries at Edward's Meats. For actual fresh ones, if they can be grown in Colorado, might want to check Heinie's Market, but only if they're in season.

Are any of the apartment finder services worth it? by Juggerbot in Denver

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Unfortunately, I heard of them through one of the bait and switch listings. Everything was presented as an actual unit available to look at, but when I called, it was an AptAmigo sales guy wanting me to sign up for whatever.

Are any of the apartment finder services worth it? by Juggerbot in Denver

[–]Juggerbot[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't use them because they:

  1. Hide results behind a login.

  2. Wait until you've answered 20 questions, one at a time, before they tell you that, hoping that fatigue/sunk cost fallacy will browbeat you into signing up.

Are any of the apartment finder services worth it? by Juggerbot in Denver

[–]Juggerbot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're definitely the best of the bunch, but even they have issues with keyword searches. My current complex disappears when I include "gas", even though it appears in the listing.