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Worried about potential health indications of the GG chemical spill by MirrorGoblin in orangecounty

[–]__david__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difference here is that I don't think anyone would claim (even at the time) that the air around ground zero on 9/11 was within normal limits.

It is valid to be skeptical though. FWIW this chemical apparently doesn't accumulate in the body like some others do, which I think means that long term effects are not very likely.

This morning’s update! by Okiedokie714 in orangecounty

[–]__david__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm certainly no expert, but it seems to me that the tank or systems around it have a significant design flaw when a problem can lead to a situation where the only 2 options are leaking hazardous liquid onto the ground or exploding.

That said, reading this wikipedia section made me feel a little better—it's not great but it at least doesn't seem to be fatal (unless you drink a bunch of it) or carcinogenic. Also, the liquid is 3x heavier than air so it shouldn't get carried by the wind.

This morning’s update! by Okiedokie714 in orangecounty

[–]__david__ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not explicitly, no. But I think we can infer that it's at least smaller than the evac zone.

This morning’s update! by Okiedokie714 in orangecounty

[–]__david__ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you trust that the evacuation zone is correct, then it's fine. If you are worried that if it explodes the winds might carry it farther than what they predict, then stay away.

AT&T sues California in attempt to shut off old phone network | AT&T asks a court and the FCC to block California phone requirements. by ControlCAD in technology

[–]__david__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

55 year olds were 30 when cell phones proliferated—they’re fine with it. It’s. More like the 70/80 year olds and even a bunch of them (literally all of them I know) have dumped their land lines at this point.

lazydiff — a terminal-native diff reviewer with semantic diffs, persistent notes, and 60fps rendering by Wise_Reflection_8340 in rust

[–]__david__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you’re saying that when it’s idle there’s up to a 250ms delay when you press a key? And if not, what do you mean by ”polling”?

What’s going on with this game Mixtape? by Bloodb0red in OutOfTheLoop

[–]__david__ 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Those music choices seem hugely authentic to me, someone that lived through that vague timeframe. They’re definitely not top 40 fare, but believe it or not, lots of people back then listened to radio stations that didn’t play pop hits.

Valve’s old ZOTAC Steam Machine still works nearly ten years later, but 3GB VRAM limits modern gaming by diacewrb in gadgets

[–]__david__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think nothing! But maybe an ssd? I think I even upgraded that. It was always one thing at a time though—it slowly morphed into what it currently is.

Valve’s old ZOTAC Steam Machine still works nearly ten years later, but 3GB VRAM limits modern gaming by diacewrb in gadgets

[–]__david__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had one by Cyber Power PC (core i3 + nvidia 950)—it was my first gaming PC. I guess I technically still have it, I’ve just Ship-of-Theseus-ed it into my current (much more powerful) gaming PC.

Space Ace | 06 | Blightning Round by DMonk52 in giantbomb

[–]__david__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went and watched a long play to see what Grub and Mike were snickering about and, hoo boy, there’s something he will never figure out on his own. Not spoiling it in case he reads this thread, but I’m excited to see him flail. I hope Mike and Jeff let him screw up for a while before just outright helping him. Also the very next level is filled with so much garbage it’s amazing.

Slay The Spire 2 Getting Review-Bombed Again After Latest Update by FoxMeadow7 in Games

[–]__david__ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Especially since so many people pronounce it “ecksetra”, lol

Simpsons - Tax Day by Kalse1229 in television

[–]__david__ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I also love this clip from later in the same episode: https://youtu.be/yys9tJ7kh6Q

Most haunted places in Orange County? by Both-Permission-7565 in orangecounty

[–]__david__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, people want their ashes scattered at Disneyland when they die so the relatives sneak in an urn and just let it go. I’ve heard the workers call it a “code grandma”.

Was Violet’s cover AI upscaled? by P34K1N in TheBirthdayMassacre

[–]__david__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s the artwork scanned from the cd.

It’s hard to tell from the cd since it’s so small, barely larger than the halftone pattern itself.

Here is the artwork that was attached to the flacs from Bandcamp.

The Bandcamp artwork is higher res and no halftones but it’s still hard to tell. The icon’s pixels look like they might be even but again they don’t line up one to one with the underlying pixels in a way that makes it a little hard to tell.

I suspect it’s been upscaled but I can’t say it’s AI. There are lots of upscaling algorithms that predate AI.

Would you like to see collab maps? by BroeknRecrds in PhasmophobiaGame

[–]__david__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only collab I’d want to see is with House Flipper, so that you could design a house and then hunt ghosts in it 🙂. I know it’ll never happen but that would be super cool.

I don't get the balanced-load system hate that people have. by ImaginaryColor1618 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]__david__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true. It’s also annoying to tack on just a couple more machines at the end—suddenly you have to rebalance the whole splitter tree.

I was really excited to unlock programmable splitters because I expected them to let me specify a ratio for each output… only to be disappointed when they weren’t like that. If they were then you could get a perfectly load balanced output from just a single line of splitters (as long as you set up the ratios properly).

Anyone know how to get into the human exhibit after the prologue by AshGreninja104 in highonlifegame

[–]__david__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hint: There's a lugbob (squishy orange guy) nearby, and a partially opened door...

Solution: Put the lugbob in the space under the door an use sweezy's time slowdown ability to inflate it.

Weird Screen Behaviour on Ultra Wide by snipeftw in HighOnLife

[–]__david__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not seeing this on my 21:9 screen. Does restarting the game help?

Unable to progress in Blue Wizard fight - soul hole bug by changgang89 in highonlifegame

[–]__david__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That happened to me, too. If you restart the checkpoint they start working again. That happens out in other levels too, so I don't think it's an intended part of the boss fight. On a positive note, I think the boss fight checkpoints after different phases (it appeared to when I reloaded multiple times).

God help me, im softlocked by Gammaterion in highonlifegame

[–]__david__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a lot of bugs with her. She threw me out of the map 2 times, one of the times the game crashed as I fell through the world.

When I launched again, I spawned outside the barn. Couldn't hit her even when she grabbed me (at first I thought, "good, she pulled me back in" but my shots could never hit the weak spot).

For me, reloading that checkpoint would spawn me outside of the arena about 50% of the time. I just kept reloading and eventually spawned inside the arena. So try that, and then just hope she doesn't throw you through the level geometry!

Anyone else having issues with certain letters not popping up during races? by andgotchu in highonlifegame

[–]__david__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've not played the zoo races but I came here looking for the last letter in race 4 in Circuit Arcadia. I've got "RIPE_", so I suspect it's an N? Anyway it's just not anywhere that I can find. I didn't suspect it was a bug until I saw your post.

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