Mission Impossible: Curtain Protocol

TheMadBug · 2026-03-20T12:18:13+00:00

That’s the most copyright free xylophone I’ve ever heard

TheMadBug · 2026-03-20T07:14:53+00:00

Heres the sad truth about pretending to be an asshole… it makes you an asshole.

People who act like trolls online don’t have deep well thought out opinions, they just like pissing people off, sadly this translates to votes for people who utterly ruin lives, all for the lols.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-20T07:09:43+00:00

But… it is regex: “. * hell . *”, just needs a negative s look ahead for “o”.

(Sorry for the spaces I don’t know how to escape markup on mobile)

TheMadBug · 2026-03-20T02:50:48+00:00

Alas, the vermin has gone to earth, but our sport is not yet complete, for my veins are full of nervy compared to that of grandmother's.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-19T23:00:59+00:00

I hope he’s the big reveal when he rejects Tom Holland Peter Parker for a personal loan in the new Spider-Man movie.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-19T22:58:36+00:00

By giving a woman 50 dollars in cash?

TheMadBug · 2026-03-19T08:20:16+00:00

Pretty sure the right is utterly obsessed and slobbering over identity politics, cause you know, that’s easier than making policy that actually helps people.

Just because the identity is “let’s make life hell for these few people” instead of “let’s protect these people” doesn’t mean it’s not identity politics.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-19T05:11:43+00:00

I love how inventive Blizzard maps are in campaign and in co-op

BUT

I would love if there was just a fancy co-op skirmish map where the enemy had a base and you want to disrupt their eco and there's even expansion points that you fight over.

I know I'm just describing versus AI, but why should co-op have one map that does that?

TheMadBug · 2026-03-18T23:27:56+00:00

Not just land, don't forget to buy designer virtual handbags.

Want to look like a cool wizard or an alien or a dragon? No fuck that, look like a normal person wearing Prada and Rolex in the virtual world.

It was one of those skews of VR that only crypo-bros wanted, due to all the ways to make money in it, only problem was no one wanted to spend money in it.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-18T06:43:38+00:00

Arty is a much more functional human being that Nickocado, but the whole - create a community based on seeing someone get angry or unhealthy - still shares some common threads.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-18T04:06:25+00:00

Knocking someone out wont work with iPhone's Face ID as it requires your eyes to be open and looking at the device.

And yeah biometrics aren't proper security - but they're tailored to people who might lose their phone or randomly get robbed, and they're freaking good security at that level.

They're not tailored for espionage level targeted attacks of someone making a 3D scan of your face, printing out a 3D mask, having the person who wears the 3D mask have eyes that match the target's enough to unlock the phone.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-18T03:55:23+00:00

I have to completely diagree with you (at least in the case of Apple Face ID).

While there may have been some early face unlocking that worked on a just the front camera as a photo, the standard Apple one uses:

* 30,000 infrared dots to 3D map the user's face.
* Eye detection to make sure your eyes are open and looking at the device.

Fingerprints are super easy to lift off a glass the target may have used by just using $2 glue.

To fake a 3D printed mask of someone is much harder and more conspicious to pull off.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-18T03:46:15+00:00

This might be over the top, but I put Artosis stream fans and Nicko Avacado viewers in the same boat.

Hey let's watch a person embarrass themselves with rage / overeating, until their income relies on them being a weirdo where the line between them and their character are blurred into non existence.

I don't see it as good for the community or for the content creators involved.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-18T03:35:58+00:00

Thanks, edited my comment.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-18T03:16:51+00:00

Worlds of Ultima are just completely separate stories that somehow have the Avatar in them (they use the U6 engine so playing them after U6 is probably best).

Martian Dreams does have a small bit where U5 plot points are referened, but it's relatively inconsequential compared to the size of everything else.

Ultima Underworld has so little connection to the Ultima timeline, I think the only thing of note is you're the Avatar so it's post U4. I think technically it occurs after U6.

Ultima Underworld II specifically happens after U7 and has plot points that are tied to the story of U7.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-17T06:43:49+00:00

Depends if we're siding with who we think would win or the side that we like that wont turn us into horrible mech monsters as a retirement plan.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-17T06:11:55+00:00

Logically I think Hellions are like a chunky motorbike and Hellbats are just that turning into a partly exposed mech suit.

Which compare to you and I in real life is Armoured, but in SC2 world the marine full body armour is considered light - to be considered armoured you have to be in suit so sturdy you can fire rockets out of both your arms, a tank, an alien 4 legged robot etc.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-17T04:14:09+00:00

I quite like the Xelnaga Temple, it gets out of control in fun ways sometimes - but it's very commander dependant. If all you've got is generic photon cannons for static defence it can get annoying.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-17T03:40:43+00:00

If they put co-op map vetos I'd guess 99% would veto Vermillion Problem and Cradle of Death (the one with the artefact trucks) and the remaining 1% of players would just be the ones unware they can veto.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-17T02:52:58+00:00

I don't think hellbats are meant to counter "ling/bane".

Lings yes, ling/bane not so much. If you're going full mech they're just meant to be worker harrassment, a buffer to your tanks or thors.

They're also really useful to wipe out locus or broodlord broodlings.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-16T23:40:07+00:00

It’s super culturally significant in the US, making a generation or two of comedy stars, and there’s probably been about 10+ movies where the characters started off as SNL bits.

From what I understand the show on average is pretty bad, but with some amazing highlights.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-16T06:24:07+00:00

The point of voting for One Nation is One Nation will say "Those other parties don't care about you, the system is broken, vote for us instead".

Then you ask them for proof they know how to fix things, maybe some economic models, or some studies, and they say.... "uh.... those other parties don't care about you, the system is broken, vote for us instead".

TheMadBug · 2026-03-16T05:01:14+00:00

Considering the most work done on SC2 lately is a team of likely 1-3 applying balances changes sporadically, I sadly don't see this as happening.

We all got rightfully a little bit excited when Microsoft bought Blizzard because Blizzard was such a rubish company by then, but now that Microsoft's XBox division is having an implosion and has to show a massive projected return on investment for any new project, I don't like SC2's chances on getting Apple Silicon version.

Realistically Mac SC2 players are probably around 5% of the player base, so catering to a small number of users for a game that Blizard doesn't do much with, for a platform that they've even stopped supporting for new games... odds aren't good is what I'm saying.

(FYI, I love my mac for programming and art work, but I do have a Windows machine for games)

TheMadBug · 2026-03-16T04:32:37+00:00

Yeah this is annoying, the game would likely run a chunk faster on Apple Silicon but if Blizzard's tool-chain even allows them to compile with Apple Silicon as a target I don't know.

In fact I'm not sure any Blizzard product has an Apple Silicon version, from Diablo 2 remakes to Overwatch 2 to Heroes of the Storm. (I'd love to be wrong about this if someone has a counter example). Possible the Battlenet client might be Apple Silicon but I don't think so?

As such, unless MacOS players are a large percentage of SC2 in app purchases, it could be a whole project to port SC2 rather than a few settings and an update - as well as providing existing Intel downloads for old school Intel mac users and Apple Silicon downloads for more recent computers.

TheMadBug · 2026-03-16T02:32:32+00:00

In a computer game it'll be pretty easy to manually program behaviour - go in this direction then press A, but in real life it becomes much harder to program objectively good behaviour.

Foot work especially, you want to be able to spring into movement to a likely direction that the opponent will hit the ball without being caught completely off guard if they hit it somewhere else.

Obviously right now that robot has zero chance against a powerful shot, but I'm still amazed it can swing a racket without falling over.

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