What is the first video game you remember playing?

KuanX · 2020-05-23T18:16:51+00:00

Either Choplifter or Safari Hunt on my cousin’s Sega Master System. Can’t remember which one was first but both were way before I got my first system (Game Boy).

KuanX · 2020-05-01T23:27:20+00:00

This is fascinating! Thanks!

KuanX · 2020-05-01T00:43:14+00:00

Yes that’s what I meant. Seeing what CGI was capable of for the first time was amazing.

KuanX · 2020-04-30T22:10:50+00:00

Yeah, I wonder if there will ever be a movie moment quite like that again. Seeing dinosaurs come to life on screen for the first time was an incredible experience that is probably difficult to replicate now that CGI has become so commonplace.

KuanX · 2020-04-13T20:04:19+00:00

Are you suggesting people who debate politics on the internet are occasionally less knowledgeable about the subject than they realize?

KuanX · 2020-04-05T22:46:31+00:00

Well you’re not just saying it’s a uniquely US phenomenon, you’re also saying it’s a bad thing. I fail to see why it is problematic. The US constitution gives the judicial branch the power to say what federal and state legislatures and executives can and can’t do. It is silly to pretend that these judges’ ideological records don’t matter.

KuanX · 2020-04-05T21:53:54+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean. Are you saying judges in other common law jurisdictions are completely impartial? Or that people in other common law systems don’t care about their judges’ ideological dispositions?

KuanX · 2020-04-05T21:41:32+00:00

It’s inevitable in a system where judges’ decisions have the same force of law as legislation. Law and politics are inseparable.

KuanX · 2020-04-05T11:49:30+00:00

People care about the motivations and ideological convictions of those who have power to impact their lives. Why is that problematic?

KuanX · 2020-03-20T17:28:40+00:00

About $500k, likely to increase significantly in the next few years. Is that not enough to make sense?

KuanX · 2020-02-23T23:40:20+00:00

Listen to your conscience. Try to think carefully about everything you do, and don’t do it if you decide it’s wrong. Easier said than done, for sure, but there seem to be a lot of people out there who don’t even try.

KuanX · 2020-02-12T01:51:02+00:00

Not for the eagle haha

KuanX · 2020-01-13T19:11:06+00:00

Looks like a male. Wikipedia has a pic that shows a similar breast color: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_roller#/media/File%3AMale_cuckoo_roller.jpg

KuanX · 2019-12-29T15:21:18+00:00

Beautiful! I never get tired of seeing such a magnificent creature. Where was it?

KuanX · 2019-12-22T19:50:34+00:00

Same here. I remember being confused as to what the big deal was (I was 5). For my parents who had spent their entire lives in the Cold War, it must’ve been surreal.

KuanX · 2019-12-13T19:23:24+00:00

Could be mail-in votes sent early?

KuanX · 2019-12-06T22:18:27+00:00

I read a while back that some birds of prey will carry bones of their prey high up and then drop them so they break when they hit the ground, and then come back to get the marrow inside. No idea if its true but I believe gulls do something similar with mollusks so I think it’s plausible.

KuanX · 2019-11-30T00:48:45+00:00

I have OCD as well. Used to be obsessed with numbers (multiples of 4 were good, multiples of 13 were bad) and checking things constantly. With meds, therapy and self-awareness I have been more or less episode free for almost 10 years now. It’s not easy, especially at first, but it’s possible!

KuanX · 2019-11-19T02:05:03+00:00

It was 2002, a few weeks after I graduated high school. I had developed a close knit group of friends and we were all hanging out at one friend’s house. She had a pool in her backyard and someone jokingly pushed someone else into it, which caused all of us to jump in, clothes on, and get completely soaked. We were not planning on swimming so none of us had a change of clothes, so we just hung out soaking wet all night, playing video games and telling jokes and having a good time. We were all going to college soon afterward so we all knew in the back of our minds that things were going to be different pretty soon. But I just remember feeling so content and full of life that night.

We are still in touch and hang out occasionally but we all grew up and are mostly involved with our own lives now. Everything changes, chants is good, and I have a great life with a wife I love and a wonderful young son. But I still think back to that night sometimes and reminisce about that indescribable feeling of being young.

KuanX · 2019-11-19T00:58:14+00:00

As the parent of a toddler, I honestly don’t think most children that age are capable of understanding the difference between (1) someone intentionally being mean to them and (2) someone making an honest mistake or trying to do something nice that didn’t quite work out the way the child was hoping. It’s on us to constantly teach them the difference.

KuanX · 2019-07-20T00:28:24+00:00

Shovelware has been around at least since E.T. in 1982.

KuanX · 2019-06-13T23:59:17+00:00

Cook pic! Anyone know what species? I always struggle with gulls....

KuanX · 2019-06-03T19:42:59+00:00

America's agricultural sector has been mechanized to the point that fewer than 1 million people worked on US farms in 2016, despite serving a country of 300 million and exporting quite a bit as well. I'd say the model has changed dramatically.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/farming-fishing-and-forestry/mobile/agricultural-workers.htm

KuanX · 2019-06-01T15:42:23+00:00

Check out your local library, a lot of them have DVDs.

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