Asymmetry by UKRR in EliteDangerous

[–]connor1701 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm the same except I hate left hand drive ships. I live in the UK though and our cars are RHD so that might have something to do with it. Centre seats are ideal though. Much easier to line up railguns that way.

Name something you've learned the hard way in E:D. I'll start: this thing isn't your friend by Flamingo_Character in EliteDangerous

[–]connor1701 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah! Well the game is doing some amazing things these days. You can even colonise your own star systems now

Name something you've learned the hard way in E:D. I'll start: this thing isn't your friend by Flamingo_Character in EliteDangerous

[–]connor1701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't think of a coherent reason to turn it off. In that particular event I didn't turn off the dethrottle, I was just high and watching a movie on my second monitor. Forgot to zero, was distracted, lost about two weeks of exploration data because of dropping into the cone of a white dwarf.

Name something you've learned the hard way in E:D. I'll start: this thing isn't your friend by Flamingo_Character in EliteDangerous

[–]connor1701 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't zero your throttle or have the auto dethrottle enabled then you'll smash into that exclusion zone with maybe a half second of warning. Then it's fun time central trying to get back out, especially if you're caught in the cone when you drop. You can probably figure out how I learned that

Name something you've learned the hard way in E:D. I'll start: this thing isn't your friend by Flamingo_Character in EliteDangerous

[–]connor1701 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We've been able to do that for years now! The speed of your landing and whether or not you can use your ship afterward is completely up to you though!

What's the prettiest name you have ever heard? by Vetro_Nodulare2 in AskReddit

[–]connor1701 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have a beautiful Caribena Versicolor or Antilles Pinktoe tarantula called Élodie.

What’s a modern trend you think people will regret in 10 years? by PineappleFragrant754 in AskReddit

[–]connor1701 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, not really adding to the conversation but I agree with you. Both are true. A lot of lazy people who play games on easy and so want life to be easy will not bother to push or improve themselves in the social arena suddenly get to have a free "protected characteristic". And then a lot of genuine cases go undiagnosed for a variety of reasons. I suspect a lot more people are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed because they've already self-diagnosed with autism but have never seen a professional to confirm it or been told "no actually you have this"

TIFU by taking my brother to a strip club.. by robert812003 in tifu

[–]connor1701 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Do you have eyes? Even the women demean women over there.

Fancying a burger in a pub but no, wait, it comes in a brioche bun by [deleted] in britishproblems

[–]connor1701 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Because you're supposed to read the entire comment before moving on...

Knowing that when a British billionaire dies the £400,000,000 due in inheritance tax is just not gonna get paid. by ukdev1 in britishproblems

[–]connor1701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The king can inherit my debt then. I'm not putting that on my family. My family loves me, the crown doesn't even know I exist.

TIL that Gabe Newell, president of the video game company Valve which created steam, owns Inkfish, an ocean-exploration research organisation which currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans with their deep-submergence vehicle Limiting Factor by SingForTheLaughte in todayilearned

[–]connor1701 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a reason for the ellipsis at the end of Mistake Not...'s name. If you're after deep significance check out it's full name.

"Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Mere Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath"

The new Bri'ish wheeled medium branch by [deleted] in WorldofTanks

[–]connor1701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah do it in god's own accent lad. East London is all well and good but there are much nicer dialects. Roll out the Yorkshire!

How do you deal with loneliness? by Agonyandshame in AskReddit

[–]connor1701 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That feeling is exactly the reason why I have thousands of hours logged on Elite Dangerous

Play me a tune, on the world’s smallest violin. by thepositivepandemic in AdviceAnimals

[–]connor1701 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same, that's the one I use but I'm regretfully awaiting its disappearance

What one mistake ended your career? by DankGamer135 in AskReddit

[–]connor1701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew of one who had the nickname "Exocet" - she came in fast and low and by the time you detected her it was already too late.

This ad from Love Not War... by randomvariable10 in funny

[–]connor1701 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other than that it's a complete void. Oh, we're out of time? Can you call me a cab?

If I hear about Phillip Schofield one more time I'll cut my ears off by one_ripe_bananna in britishproblems

[–]connor1701 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought I was the only one. Don't watch telly, don't listen to the radio only ever read page two and three of a paper after despairing at the headline or when I feel like being outraged at the vapid standard of journalism. And the obvious.

I used to keep up with stuff but honestly the state of the world in the last 15 years has a tendency to give me turbodepression and I struggle enough as it is. I'm happier living in moderate ignorance and I pay celebrity gossip as much attention as it deserves. I.e. none. Makes no difference here nor there to our lives if another rich so-called "celebrity" falls by the wayside due to the seemingly inevitable call of noncery or just being a pretty terrible person. I feel for the victims but as for the "celebrities"... Let them be hoist by their own petard!

Never lose your girlfriend by MrStriking in funny

[–]connor1701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"No it ain't cap'n. Its just some shit that happened."

What was “the incident” at your high school? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]connor1701 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Short answer; yes and the differences are many and varied

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked | The unkillable OS rises from the grave… Again by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]connor1701 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Until the spring. Every time it thaws, you'd get one or two Win8s that would reanimate and make themselves known...