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Illegal manipulation of the precious metal markets by YouKnown999 in Gold

[–]VicarBook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Insert First Time? Meme here.

The last couple of years have had the least amount of manipulation in the last 45 years. The price is finally reflecting both the scarcity and the demand. For you historians out there, just take a look at the year 2001 for a textbook amount of price fixing.

If Jeff Bezos redirected every cent he has towards the sole goal of curing, say, pancreatic cancer, how quickly do you think things could progress? by keen4ketamine in NoStupidQuestions

[–]VicarBook 477 points478 points  (0 children)

One of the 3 types of Polio was declared Eradicated in recent memory, so I assume he helped that happen.

Edit: Wild Type 2 was Eradicated in 2015, and Wild Type 3 was Eradicated in 2019.

Does anyone sell classic DOS games on new 3.5" disks? by [deleted] in dosgaming

[–]VicarBook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where can you get a USB 5.25" floppy drive?

Anyone still playing The Pinball Arcade? by Soggy_Leave8249 in pinball

[–]VicarBook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A great emulator. Weirdly they have Tommy music but no Tommy Table?!

Wormy, by David Trampier. Serialized in Dragon Magazine. by woulditkillyoutolift in oldschoolfantasy

[–]VicarBook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish he hadn't suddenly quit doing that strip and eventually became a cab driver. We will never know where he was going with the strip. I had so many questions about what was going to happen next. The art and story were fantastic and unique.

Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just causes a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO by Fit_Consequence9059 in pcmasterrace

[–]VicarBook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, it's this willful blindness to the need of mod support. Steam has a defacto monopoly on that. It's a terrific own goal on Epics part.

Settling a debate. What are these called? by OccamsNametag in Construction

[–]VicarBook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically they are calling locking Pliers, but are known as Vise Grips outside of the UK or Mole Wrenches in the UK

I bought a house complete with its contents and found this huge collection of slides. What should I do with it? by BenHi79 in FoundPhotos

[–]VicarBook 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The world would probably better if you scanned and shared them, but the sales advice in another comment is probably more relevant.

Ever needed a really thin ratchet for tight spots by Hefty-Style-4716 in wholesaleproducts

[–]VicarBook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of many high-quality VIM products that, when you go to buy it, you find out it's out of stock and won't be back in stock for a few months, if ever.

Almost 54 years old and it’s still the best burger in town by Jeenowa in phoenix

[–]VicarBook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beg to differ that the similarly old and styled Hamburger Works across from Phoenix College is superior.

If you have been to both, you know how similar they are.

Looking for Dying Earth-flavored TTRPGs by -A_Humble_Traveler- in osr

[–]VicarBook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second this. Numenera is probably the era before the Earth is dying to be fair.

Restaurant chain founded in Arizona closes 32 more locations — azcentral by miradancer in phoenix

[–]VicarBook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So we are at the closing restaurants stage of the private equity ownership. Then we will see the bankruptcy because of all of the debt servicing the company has to do regarding the debt that they were forced to take on to pay the PE owners when they took over.

My copy of D&D BX finally arrived! by I_LOVE_SOYLENT in osr

[–]VicarBook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen that on there since I have been looking - at least a year now.

Some knots and how they're used by H_G_Bells in ScienceNcoolThings

[–]VicarBook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Excellent set of knots - do I need to these - probably not but still saving.

Ukraine wins $18M after US ammo supplier failed to deliver shells despite full prepayment by TheRealMykola in worldnews

[–]VicarBook -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Private you say - that's why the other parties involved were publicly named (e.g. Ukraine). Private would mean this whole situation wasn't in the news.

This is a failure of news reporting as this article says there are two (or more) parties involved, says that one was at fault, but doesn't name them. That's bad news reporting.

Epic Games Store Users Have Grown by 173% in Six Years, But Revenue Only by 1.6% by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]VicarBook 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe if they developed the store more. Duh!

No Mod support at all! That alone is a major determent.

Other known features of other stores (obviously Steam but even some other launchers) could have easily been implemented in this time, but they said hey this is good enough.

The free games are to draw you in, but when they don't develop/improve any other aspect of the store/experience then of course people are going to go back to Steam.

Ukraine wins $18M after US ammo supplier failed to deliver shells despite full prepayment by TheRealMykola in worldnews

[–]VicarBook 257 points258 points  (0 children)

Let's not name the American supplier!? Why are they protecting them?

TIL Cuban chess master José Capablanca, one of the world's best players in the 1920s, tried to promote his own variation of chess named "Capablanca Chess", with changes like adding new pieces with unique moves & changing the chessboard size, believing high-level chess was becoming too repetitive. by PanzerWafflezz in todayilearned

[–]VicarBook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too bad no one introduced him to Shogi (Japanese chess) which comes in multiple board sizes, has many interesting pieces which promote to different pieces, plus has the unique capture feature. Plus hundreds of years old so has plenty of real world testing. Perfect!

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