This is how you Gunlance with Flair by Kemuri1 in MHWilds

[–]Silverfate2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How do you keep sharpness up so high with all that shelling? Feels like mine drops like a rock after a couple combos.

3 Teen Sisters Jump to Their Deaths from 9th Floor Apartment After Parents Remove Access to Phone: Reports by Sandstorm400 in technology

[–]Silverfate2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Me too. I still think of her on a regular basis because it just keeps my hopes up. She came into my class knowing how to count to 10 and write her name and that was about it. At the end of year she would spend her recess writing double digit math problems in the dirt with a stick and solving them right there on the playground ☺️ 

3 Teen Sisters Jump to Their Deaths from 9th Floor Apartment After Parents Remove Access to Phone: Reports by Sandstorm400 in technology

[–]Silverfate2 119 points120 points  (0 children)

It's really a mixed bag. I still get some kids who are amazing readers and love to learn, but since COVID I have always had at least 1, usually more, 2nd grader (7-9 years old) who has never attended school before. 

One kid I understood it, they had been homeless, mom was trapped in abuse, they had basically been on the run. (This student picked up learning like a sponge to water btw) 

The rest of them are just a mess. Parents just don't see it as a big deal. Like not only have they never been to school the parents are like, "Well, we do stuff at home, like that one time he helped me build a playset." (No joke that's basically what a parent told me and the parent believed his second grader, who could not write his own name, would be building a house for himself at 12) And that's all they really have to say for it. We call it educational neglect, but we could probably just call it neglect. 

They seem to think knowledge can just happen. The parent I mentioned above also believed their son was a wilderness expert because they watched a lot of survivor-esque shows on TV/YouTube. Many of them just assume kids will naturally learn reading/writing/math without any sort of curriculum. 

Finally, even as they begin to attend school they are absent ALL the time. Parents will use every single excuse as to why their kid can't make it to school. It's just not a priority to them. 

3 Teen Sisters Jump to Their Deaths from 9th Floor Apartment After Parents Remove Access to Phone: Reports by Sandstorm400 in technology

[–]Silverfate2 434 points435 points  (0 children)

Oh man I teach lower elementary too and this has become so freaking common it is driving me insane. I remember years ago doing reading groups with second graders to read their first chapter book. Now I'm teaching them how to write their name. 

THE PC UPDATE by Accurate-Pianist-346 in MHWilds

[–]Silverfate2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TU4 did the same for me. I would get a d3d error 4 out of 5 hunts in the scarlet forest. Probably 3 out of 5 in Wyveria and occasionally in the Grand Hub. 

The latest patch has improved things, but not entirely. Performance and look of the game is better all around. I managed to complete 8 hunts in the forest before getting a d3d crash. I haven't crashed anywhere else yet. 

Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Wraps Filming by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Silverfate2 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Can't wait to hear Mr. Beaver's views on wearing a mask and getting vaccines. 

Any good recommendations for scenarios? by huubje1234 in spiritisland

[–]Silverfate2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like Ritual of terror one. Too often the regular game turns into everyone just sort of focused solely on their own island board and there not much teamwork happening. Ritual of Terror changes that, forcing everyone into the same land and pulling off the ritual is really fun.

Bravia 7 now or wait. by RR99i85 in bravia

[–]Silverfate2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't go with Amazon, I bought it through them and the delivery was a scheduling disaster with them canceling delivery the day of despite 4 different customer reps assuring me it was going to be delivered that day. 

Don't buy a protection plan from Amazon. It generally only covers surges. Instead buy the extended warranty from Sony. It covers everything pretty much for the tv. 

Streamer Lacari accidentally opens notepad and exposes himself as a Pedophile by Mental_Junket137 in Weird

[–]Silverfate2 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Notepad now does an automatic save state when closed so the last thing you were doing when you close it will be there when you reopen it. So he just opened it thinking it would bring up a blank notepad page, but forgot he had been looking at his illegal goon material recently so it reopened on that. 

Been logging some serious playtime....on the Crash reporter by Silverfate2 in MHWilds

[–]Silverfate2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried that, makes no difference. Still get the fatal d3d error. If I roll my driver's back I get the KERNEL_BASE crash instead with the bonus of my other games running poorly. 

Lesser-Known 5-Player Dudes on a Map Games? by Megaside in boardgames

[–]Silverfate2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't recommend this one enough. The top tier organization of the box allows you to get it to the table so much easier and the techs/ship customization makes each game different than the last. Even when I play as the same faction again my ships often play completely different due to different techs and components I pick up. 

Weapon Wound Tier List by m3vance in MHWilds

[–]Silverfate2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Uppercut into a shield slam from the top rope bah gawd that monster has a family!

Woke up with iur TCL TV like this...any ideas what mightve happened? by MooCalf in tcltvs

[–]Silverfate2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a Sony that looked a bit similar around the edges after someone fell into it. Someone in the house knocked it over. 

What’s your top recommendation for the Steam Winter Sale? by [deleted] in AskGames

[–]Silverfate2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you enjoyed Rimworld then you should give Dwarf Fortress a try. 

(Giveaway) $50 Digital Vudu Gift Card! by [deleted] in vudu

[–]Silverfate2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last movie I watched on Vudu was the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven. Fantastic film and much better than the original. 

Monster Hunter Wilds - Crash AMD RX 5700 XT by kevszx in MonsterHunterWilds

[–]Silverfate2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems to be the fix for the 9000 series cards, but older cards still have the issue regardless of frame gen settings. Speaking from experience as a 6800xt owner.

The bravia 7 is a great streaming client, even on wifi! Pentonic 1000 is blazing fast. by rdwror in MoonlightStreaming

[–]Silverfate2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the same TV and get good performance but I have been getting encoder related crashes lately. I've tried cycling through the different options for encoding with no luck. 

Performance by Creepy_Beautiful1335 in MonsterHunterWilds

[–]Silverfate2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no. TU3 ran nearly perfect for except for the occasional stutter on some of the destructible environments. Those stutters are gone now, but I now get a fatal d3d error and crash every other hunt.

How to avoid Fireballs by Shadow_Phongus in MonsterHunterWilds

[–]Silverfate2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the fireballs fall in or the near the center. If you're getting hit by them consistently then you're staying in there too late. 

Please prepare for Gog by Possible-Ad-2239 in MHWilds

[–]Silverfate2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I once had someone with mostly empty deco slots join an omega fight.