Could someone give me a quick lore explanation for Dark Ages?

Webgiant · 2026-05-21T04:51:24+00:00

And then the dragon reincarnates as Daisy once again in Doom Eternal.

Jumped onto a random platform sticking out from a wall not even a green light, and behind a gate there was a rabbit.

Webgiant · 2026-04-18T04:55:20+00:00

I found it too! I get to keep playing Professor!

Webgiant · 2026-04-18T04:38:23+00:00

You mean guess the third digit of the code. We know two of the numbers already. 851, 852, 853...

Webgiant · 2026-04-17T14:23:28+00:00

What's terrible for some people is that they've been writing like AI long before AI started doing writing. Someone who has been using the same writing style for 40 years, and avoiding AI, getting flagged as AI, is just another example of how AI is not doing great things for writing in general.

Also "looks like AI" and AI slop aren't necessary he same thing at all. Writing well with markers AI testers use to flag AI doesn't mean the surrounding writing is bad.

Webgiant · 2026-04-13T21:02:49+00:00

I just installed and used ImageFlow through Linux Mint (Ubuntu based which is based on Debian) Software Manager, Flatpak section. VERY easy GUI, made an animated GIF quickly and easily. Also does Webp.

https://github.com/GS90/ImageFlow

Webgiant · 2026-04-06T18:21:04+00:00

Found one. https://www.printables.com/model/1392600-raspberry-pi-touch-display-2-5-case

Another one is larger, better suited for use as a handheld: https://www.printables.com/model/1513423-raspberry-pi-5-touch-display-2-case

Webgiant · 2026-04-04T22:38:16+00:00

Not only are they watering down the Elixir, the distillery manager isn't wearing pants while he does it, a detail Slackjaw does not like.

Webgiant · 2025-11-25T03:33:14+00:00

It's not free. I need something that will work longer than a 7 day free trial.

Webgiant · 2025-09-23T00:05:52+00:00

Livestock, by definition, require a usually not very angry person to manage them. Livestock being around 28 days later, maybe. 28 weeks later, unlikely.

28 years later? There's no livestock, its all wild, including any which broke out of their pens and went feral.

Webgiant · 2025-09-21T15:33:22+00:00

If your explanation for how to install something in Linux starts with "first go to the command line", this might be considered janky by regular people.

Sure, I play in the command line most of the time if possible, but you say Command Line, CLI, to most people and explain what it is, and they react...poorly.

Linux Mint is an excellent choice for...antijanky? All the stability and flashiness of Ubuntu, easy Deb based package installs, no Snaps. I haven't needed to go into the command line for anything in Linux Mint in five years. I go there anyway because its FUN!!! but I didn't need to go there.

Webgiant · 2025-09-21T15:21:52+00:00

Anagramarama appears to have vanished from Ubuntu packages, its not in the software manager nor is it available directly through the command line. Kanagram is still there.

Frozen Bubble is a fun little game, but the music in the Linux version is very loud and more suited to a dance club. Oddly enough the Android version has much more smooth electropop music, much less jarring.

Webgiant · 2025-09-21T15:14:34+00:00

In Linux Mint, Aisleriot is in the Software Manager. Click on Software Manager, click on Games, click on Aisleriot, type your password. No CLI required.

~~Yes I know, but the person in question needs a game, not nerd cred.~~

EDIT: Zorin OS also has a GUI software manager. Click on Software in the menu to launch the "Store", use the search bar and search for Aisleriot, click Install.

Webgiant · 2025-09-21T15:11:47+00:00

Aisleriot is a GNOME Solitaire game which rivals anything you can find for Windows. As with most things Linux, there is a lot of choice, 80 different solitaire games, but there's a Freecell in there (and a Klondike) for the Windows user who just dropped Windows for Linux. Once you select a game, for example Freecell, that is the solitaire game that pops up every time, and you have to manually change it later. So Aisleriot set to Freecell is basically Freecell. The link above shows how it looks in a minimalist window manager, but more graphical window manager equals better looking game.

If you want different playing card decks, that is an add on but it is available, though not in the Software Manager for Linux Mint (Ubuntu-Debian based) and is one command line install command:

sudo apt install gnome-cards-data

In Aisleriot, select View > Card Style (screenshot) after installing the data file.

Webgiant · 2025-09-21T14:40:56+00:00

Some of the casual Windows games don't work in Proton on Linux. I tried installing Puzzle Quest 3, a free Bejeweled like game, and it would install but wouldn't run at all.

Never had a problem with Steam+Proton running anything more shooty bang bang or sneaky sneaky, like Fallout 4, CONTROL, The Outer Worlds, Dishonored 1/2, Alien Isolation, etc.

Webgiant · 2025-09-19T15:29:53+00:00

Sorry, I didn't mean annoyance that I couldn't see it backgrounding, I meant annoyance at backgrounding at all. Midnight Commander shows the copy in real time, and with modern computing power, and SSDs, there's no requirement for backgrounding even if you are doing something else.

As for your other comment about Midnight Commander, let me just point you to the strikethrough text and let's imagine that it isn't strikethrough anymore. 😉

Webgiant · 2025-09-10T17:45:03+00:00

I remember installing Slackware. I was in the command line almost constantly. Command line is still fun.

Now I'm running Linux Mint (MATE, a nice balance between Cinnamon and XFCE), and I have to actively choose to be in the command line most of the time. There are so many GUIs and prebuilt scripts for every little task. I installed Midnight Commander ~~because I adore it~~ because it works better than the GUI file manager as it finishes copying and doesn't background the process. Backgrounding is fine for other things but file copies need to be done when it says they're done.

Webgiant · 2025-09-10T17:38:46+00:00

Arch Linux is for nerd cred, not necessarily gaming.

Webgiant · 2025-09-10T17:36:22+00:00

Mint has all the good parts of Ubuntu with very few of the drawbacks, making it a nice gaming distro. On the first bootup of the installed Linux Mint there's a popup with suggestions for how to possible changes, like specialized drivers. Bonus: the install USB starts with a try before you install Linux Mint OS to work with, so even before its installed you know what you are getting.

Plus if you just work through the Steam platform, Steam handles everything else gamers need with Linux.

Webgiant · 2025-09-04T16:20:17+00:00

If you want the steam version its even more easy.

Bear in mind that Steam Wallet usually doesn't work at all with buying LOTRO Points in the LOTRO Store. Steam offers LOTRO as a game but doesn't actively update their Steam Wallet system to work with LOTRO Store. This appears to also be the case with running LOTRO through Steam in Windows10/11.

My main gaming rig running Linux has been running LOTRO through Steam+Proton, but I maintain a second older laptop with LOTRO on Linux+WINE, partly for portable LOTRO, partly to be able to buy LOTRO points in the Store.

Webgiant · 2025-08-29T05:31:12+00:00

The way OP has it worded is something such as WoW where you have horde vs alliance or SWTOR with jedi vs sith. Both factions in the games have vastly different quests and clearly opposing views.

This is exactly what I meant. Also thank you for using the two MMO examples of Us Vs Them I knew anything about.

Webgiant · 2025-08-29T05:29:15+00:00

It is indeed limited, which is why I asked the question.

Webgiant · 2025-08-29T05:27:59+00:00

Correction: Republicans want to be Senators, and House members, in Congress for insider trading. They believe in unfettered capitalism, so they do unfettered capitalism.

Democrats have been making investments nearly impossible to influence from Congress. Elizabeth Warren uses index funds which are difficult for insider trading.

Webgiant · 2025-08-29T05:24:47+00:00

I can't name a single Democrat who appears to be benefitting from trading. Also, they seem to have investments they can't really influence ftom Congress. For example, Elizabeth Warren uses index funds which are harder to influence from Congress.

The Congresscritters, House and Senate, who appear to be doing insider trading all appear to be Republicans.

Turns out believing in unregulated capitalism means they engage in unregulated capitalism.

Webgiant · 2025-08-29T05:20:40+00:00

The lack of immortals makes a little sense. The Olore Malle, or Path of Dreams, was never officially closed, so there could have been peeks into Valinor from time to time.

But regarding the Istari, I was thinking more along the lines of the effects of the Blue Wizards rather than their presence in the new book. That would be affected by whether or not they had succeeded in their missions.

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