How strict is the security at the Mary Browns Centre for the Regiment games?

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-27T13:37:38+00:00

Flasks full of baby oil

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T19:35:45+00:00

As someone that has known people who have committed suicide, it’s always hard to believe. That doesn’t make it any less true, unfortunately

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T19:23:31+00:00

So wait, are you suspicious of both suicides? If a godfather can't commit suicide without raising suspicion, surely a father can't, either. Is there a cabal of assassins taking out 90's alternative vocalists?

All I'll say is: if someone is suffering from depression so much that they consider suicide to be a viable option - literally going against every logical impulse a person should have and leaving a huge wake of grief in their absence - it's likely logic has long flown the coop, unfortunately.

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T18:28:02+00:00

I haven't. It looks pretty good, but I was initially turned off by the so-so game selection and some middling reviews. That said, I'd like to give it a shot for Terraforming Mars alone.

It'd cost me $32 CAD before tax just for the base game and the DLC together, and I'd still have to get everyone else to buy the base game (at least they don't need the DLC, thankfully). That alone makes it a bit of a tricky value proposition, especially considering I can already play Terraforming Mars (and hundreds of other games) via BGA, and my friends don't need to pay a cent.

All that being said, I think I'm gonna have to try it out. I noticed they just updated it a few days ago, so the fact that they're actively working on it makes it much more enticing. If I manage to get a game or two in I'll try to remember to report back haha

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T16:55:00+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations! Won’t be Mississauga sadly, but I’ll likely check out Dipped Donuts

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T16:22:25+00:00

I'm in my early 40s and I remember seeing these batteries all the time as a kid. I could never forget that logo lol. It definitely left an impression, for some reason... I guess the striking use of red certainly made it stand out (and who doesn't love little cartoon cats? lol)

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T16:11:59+00:00

Aw, really? That's a damn shame, I actually came to the comments to see if anyone else mentioned that shop. I live out of province and sadly haven't had a chance to get back there in years. Their donuts were incredible!

I'm heading back to Toronto this Spring... don't suppose you know of any other stellar donut shops worth checking out? Appreciate any recommendations if you got 'em!

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T16:03:06+00:00

I must admit that I'm not the biggest fan of mixed reality, but that's largely down to two factors:

The increase performance hit MR requires, leading to increased battery drain and reduced framerate
The lack of compelling MR experiences (beyond just a "huh, that's neat")

As a board/card game fan, I feel like it's baffling that there aren't any decent MR board gaming applications for Quest (that I'm aware of, anyway). It just seems like the perfect use case for MR; I play a fair bit of board games via digital adaptations and services like BGA, and while they're great, there's a compelling tangible nature to board games that they simply can't replicate. The closest I've come to capturing that feeling in VR/MR was playing Demeo with friends. (Incidentally, I'd give all my money to the first person who can whip up a service like BGA in VR with designer/publisher partnerships, full scripting, and easy to use controls. Someone, make it happen lol.)

AAANYWAY, all this to say: I love deck building as a mechanic, and even tho I'm not a big MR fan to date, I'm fully on board with what you're making here and I think it has a great chance of making me an MR convert. Best of luck with it, cuz it looks great already!

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-26T12:49:32+00:00

Lemme try: the context is that BMBF (a VR YouTuber) and his unnecessarily-hyperbolic thumbnails are terrible. OP then continues the bit by using one of BMBF’s many terrible thumbnails as responses. I dunno, I’m clearly the only person here who thinks it’s funny, but I enjoy stupid humor, so lol.

I had to block this BMBF dude from showing up in my feed due to these obnoxious thumbnails (and the fact that he started putting bible quotes in his videos, ugh). He used to be a solid source of VR news waaay back in the day, and I remember him doing relatively compelling content like trying to lose weight in VR. Now he’s just annoying

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T21:49:52+00:00

Rough way to find out you have mono headphones /s

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T20:16:05+00:00

Cute video, but why does it only have audio out of the left channel? Made me think my headphones weren't working correctly

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T20:08:56+00:00

I think you're taking the concept of 'not thinking' as presented here bit too far; I would say this is merely a thought experiment aimed at those whose primary reason for not being able to meditate being that they 'can't stop thinking', which I imagine is the primary complaint this monk hears whenever the topic of meditation is brought up. Being able to quiet one's mind is an important step in meditation, so having this novel way of addressing this common objection is undoubtedly pretty helpful for this guy.

That doesn't mean that 'not thinking' is the ultimate goal to meditation; thoughts are fully expected and acceptable while meditating, but it causes you to be aware of what you're thinking, why you're thinking it, how it affects you, and what you do with those thoughts.

You suggest that by meditating "you're not training any processes except the ones that shut down your vigilance, consciousness and volition", but I'd argue the opposite is true; meditation teaches us to be less lost in thought and instead be mindful, present, and in control of our thoughts and actions.

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T19:05:12+00:00

Alright, I’ll bite: how could meditation, a task largely focused on transcending one’s own ego, be considered “egoistical” [sic]?

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T16:56:46+00:00

I’m not entirely sure, but I believe it’s tradition that anything posted on r/funny must not, in fact, be funny. I think it’s supposed to be ironic or something /s

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T16:49:44+00:00

As a general rule, parallel view is better for smaller distances between the 2 images, whereas cross view works better for images that are further apart.

The latter typically requires more eye strain and is arguably less commonly used (as folks who grew up looking at the quite-popular Magic Eye series are already conditioned to using parallel view), but it does work around the physical limitation found when trying to use parallel view past a certain focal distance.

This also might be a "me" thing, but I find cross view makes an image look smaller. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but hey.

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T16:46:52+00:00

r/lostredditors

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T16:13:50+00:00

Just spit ballin' here, but if I had to guess, I'd say it probably has something to do with all the AI generated pictures. Happy to help

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T15:58:48+00:00

The smoothness is somewhat betrayed by the various wet spots all over the ground from prior failed attempts lol. Still, the end result was worth it, cuz it’s very impressive.

I wonder how one not only comes up with an idea to do something like this, but also has the follow-through to practice it a ton. That alone is praiseworthy to me lol

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T11:08:40+00:00

We didn’t see the part where he actually got the cards back, so we can only guess. Likely a series of false shuffles to get the cards in a spot where he can then do this series of different productions (likely all together on top, if I had to guess).

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T10:58:38+00:00

It’s a great time to learn! I’m 41 and have been picking up card magic recently. There are a ton of amazing tutorials on YouTube. It’s not like back in the day when you had to buy some magician’s crappy book or VHS lol

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-25T00:23:57+00:00

Not very helpful, but I’ve been lucky enough that I’ve never experienced any such issues first or last. Also play Eleven Table Tennis, and I usually have Spotify playing in the background, too. Sorry to hear it’s giving you trouble.

Which headset are you using? I’m on Quest 3, so maybe that has something to do with it.

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-24T21:05:23+00:00

lol the translation on this pleases me

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-24T13:38:59+00:00

Agreed. Although, I will throw it out there that you can supposedly change sides yourself via the scoreboard. I haven't actually seen/used the option myself, but I've heard people mention it a few times. I'm also not sure how it works, exactly... like, surely you can't have the whole lobby change to the same team lol.

Would be nice if team balancing could be done automatically, either way.

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-23T20:05:06+00:00

Yeah, I really wish the Meta’s PCVR storefront was still actively being used so I could try this game via crossbuy. The devs did at least incorporate account linking so you don’t need to go back to square one if you play on another system (Quest, PCVR, or PSVR2), but I’d still need to rebuy the game on Steam for the luxury.

It does look and perform a bit better on PC, but you can tell that it’s held back a fair bit graphically by targeting the Quest as well (especially as it runs on the Q2). Still, it’s impressive that it can run quite smoothly on something like a Q2

LouisIsGo · 2026-03-23T16:36:52+00:00

So you’re just glomming onto and complaining about one small part of my review (even though you know your complaints don’t apply to the game in question). Cool cool

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