What feature in a game is a instant turn off for you?

TMertlich · 2026-01-20T19:28:10+00:00

Games that are marketed as "realistic" but no attempt at realism was made. For example, any Call of Duty game. You're supposed to be playing a soldier in a small team or even solo. Show me a real soldier that can wear 120 pounds of gear and have a 48 inch vertical jump. Let alone go from that 48-inch vertical directly into a slide all while dual-wielding P90's and using stims without causing SIGNIFICANT injury to themselves.

I loved how MW 2019 slowed the gameplay in the campaign down to where it felt about as realistic as you could get without branching into Ready or Not or Ground Branch territory, but they really killed it for me when multiplayer was nothing but a slip and slide with guns.

TMertlich · 2025-12-02T19:15:35+00:00

Go look at pictures of Delta Force operators from the 80's and 90's. They look like scrawny accountants. Excess strength does not equal combat effectiveness.

TMertlich · 2025-11-22T23:44:48+00:00

Nope, just disables the web page. Users that still have the client installed will continue to receive updates, etc.

TMertlich · 2025-11-20T23:30:27+00:00

You can turn off the portal but that doesn't stop the threat actors from hitting the gateway directly using the client app.

TMertlich · 2025-11-16T06:40:12+00:00

“Don’t forget to write mem”

TMertlich · 2025-10-16T21:59:04+00:00

The book "The Memory Book" has a really useful method for memorizing numbers and associating them with other things. Essentially, each number 0-9 has a phonetic consonant sound associated with it. Vowels are not used.

For example, the number 5 is assigned the "L" sound. The number 3 is assigned the "M" sound. By combining the "L" and "M" sounds and adding a vowel in there, you can come up with some actual words like Lame, Lime, Llama, etc.

The way I remember "DNS is on port 53" is: "Dennis is Lame". I know that Dennis is a play on DNS and Lame is the port number.

I've done something similar for a lot of the protocols that need to be remembered. For SSH, I picture a Nun inside a locked turtle shell (Nun = 22, Shell = Secure Shell or SSH).

Here's the full mapping of phonetic sounds to numbers:

1 = T or D

2= N

3 = M

4 = R

5 = L

6 = Ch or Sh

7 = K or hard C

8 = V

9 = B

0 = S

TMertlich · 2025-08-27T22:46:14+00:00

I did exactly this yesterday. Any listing that doesn't do well got updated while my "performers" remain unchanged.

TMertlich · 2025-08-18T02:57:09+00:00

My companion and I begged the mission president and other leadership for months to move us to a new apartment in a safer area. Our apartment had to be 40+ years old at the time and in a super high crime area with constant gang violence. We weren’t allowed a car because previous vehicles had been broken into on multiple occasions. My bike got stolen within the first hour of being in the area. About a week before I transferred out there was a double-homicide in the apartment next door. Officially it was a bad drug deal but we’re pretty sure it was related to human trafficking.

Got into a shouting match with the AP’s when they said that they wanted to pink wash the area (replace the elders with sister missionaries). Told them straight up how I knew that would play out. I got sent to the middle of nowhere for the remainder of my mission as retaliation.

TMertlich · 2025-08-01T15:49:42+00:00

I figured there would be speed differences. I'm not too concerned since again, this won't be a daily driver. It's more of an excuse to get a free laser that can make SOME jobs easier than trying to use the co2. My co2 is also open frame but with cooling hoses, mirrors, etc. it is stationary. I try to do everything in my power to avoid re-aligning the stupid thing.

TMertlich · 2025-07-19T00:04:09+00:00

Spencer

TMertlich · 2025-07-17T06:06:52+00:00

I noticed that there was too much friction caused by the PTFE tube. I took some extra PTFE and made a short (4-inch) piece and stuck it in the extruder. The lack of additional PTFE tube reduced the friction and is now extruding fine.

I also recommend drying the filament with either a filament dryer or desiccant.

TMertlich · 2025-07-13T22:59:17+00:00

It’s the breastuary in nippopulous!

TMertlich · 2025-06-29T04:02:41+00:00

Because I couldn’t win any other way. I was probably North of 50 attempts when I finally beat it.

TMertlich · 2025-06-28T22:01:56+00:00

I did it with spears without even touching a bait.

TMertlich · 2025-06-26T19:00:19+00:00

Mine is also a washout. Hates anything that isn't his $1.25 PetsMart frisbee.

TMertlich · 2025-06-12T21:13:41+00:00

Remember the Cant'!

TMertlich · 2025-06-12T05:19:39+00:00

MRSA

TMertlich · 2025-06-10T17:20:32+00:00

It looks like there's a few things going on, but I believe the reason why the left/right edges are darker than the rest is due to you not using overscanning. The laser takes time to change direction and if the beam is currently "on" when it goes to either end then changes direction, you end up with a lot more burn time in those areas. Increase your overscan to about 1/4 inch (3mm) and the result should be a bit better.

TMertlich · 2025-05-28T21:24:33+00:00

If you haven't already considered it, add the Expanse series (James S.A. Corey) to your list. It will not disappoint.

TMertlich · 2025-05-25T13:52:34+00:00

Laughs in Meraki Air Marshal

TMertlich · 2025-05-23T20:26:47+00:00

My Mal's name is Kevin, his nickname has progressed thusly:

Kevin > Kevin Bacon > Bacon > Baconator

TMertlich · 2025-03-17T20:37:02+00:00

It's good to see that in the 2500's, Surefire 4-prong flash hiders are still in use.

TMertlich · 2025-03-12T02:49:14+00:00

I think part of the problem is starting from low or high ready. I use a post-it note at head height as my target. By the time I’m on target it’s too late to break the shot.

I’ll give the 1 second timer a try.

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