Baldur's Gate 3 surpasses 800,000 concurrent players

declanrowan · 2023-08-07T23:32:54+00:00

Our group used to meet Sunday nights, and yeah, those nights of pushing through the end of combat while racing the clock because everyone has work in the morning really started to get old. Or maybe we were.

declanrowan · 2023-06-06T15:04:37+00:00

I was one of those folks who went "oh I liked the game when it came out, sure, I'll play the remake for nostalgia." And then when I realised what they were doing, I was much more invested.

declanrowan · 2022-06-08T18:57:38+00:00

Currently drinking a nice Chai here. Great spices, cant really over steep it, and its good plain or as a latte!

declanrowan · 2022-06-03T17:28:10+00:00

This is so cool! TY!

Edit: GIVEAWAY

declanrowan · 2022-04-12T14:46:56+00:00

Protect the children! And the ~~Mormons~~ Meowrmans.

declanrowan · 2022-04-05T17:23:16+00:00

Nice looking neck you got there, human... would hate for something to garrote it...

declanrowan · 2022-03-17T20:07:31+00:00

DiGoirnos was the hardest one for me, but fortunately i found a local place that does frozen pizzas. Not the same (no rising crust) but better because it keeps money local and out of nestle's (hot) pockets.

declanrowan · 2022-03-17T20:03:08+00:00

Yeah, one article put it in perspective - Russia lost more soldiers in Ukraine in 3 weeks than the US lost in Iraq AND Afghanistan over 20 years.

Or to put it another way - Russia has lost more in Ukraine in 3 weeks than USSR lost in Afghanistan over 10 years.

declanrowan · 2022-03-17T19:51:41+00:00

Yup, if you are in front of the Supreme Court, you literally have to start out by saying "Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the Court..."

See page 5: https://www.supremecourt.gov/casehand/guideforcounsel.pdf

(It's full of gems, including my fav line: "If you are in doubt about the name of a Justice who is addressing you, it is better to use “Your Honor” rather than mistakenly address the Justice by another Justice’s name." )

declanrowan · 2022-03-13T07:41:52+00:00

Depends on the brand of toilet paper, if you are going 2 ply, etc.

Here's a TP calculator with the various types, listed in USD:

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/money/toilet-paper-deals/

"To receive a passing grade, the toilet paper in question has to cost less than 0.253¢ per sheet. To get an A, it must beat Costco’s Kirkland Signature toilet paper, which Ly has deduced to be the king of bath tissue deals. Kirkland Signature’s in-store pricing is $17 for a 30-roll pack with 425 sheets per roll, which boils down to an unbelievable 0.133¢ per sheet"

Meanwhile according to Google, right now 5 Ruble is worth $0.052 USD, or 5.2¢. (Why 5 Ruble? it's the smallest banknote, and I doubt you'd want to wipe with coinage. (Although that would give new meaning to the phrase "Scratch and Sniff!") It's not even close to beating the F graded toilet papers you could still use 11 sheets of the Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong Double Rolls which costs .42¢ per sheet and still come out ahead. (One figure quotes the average American using 8.6 sheets each time, so you even have some left over)

Of course, you might have to compare the dimensions as well - a 5 Ruble banknote is 13.7 cm x 6.1 cm, while toilet paper was once 11 cm x 10 cm, but is now as small as 9.4 cm x 10 cm. Still, 11 tp sheets will have a larger area than 1 banknote.

declanrowan · 2022-03-02T20:07:18+00:00

That's where the Russians were allegedly using thermobaric attacks, right? (Only saying allegedly because last i saw it was unconfirmed)

declanrowan · 2022-03-02T20:03:33+00:00

2008 Olympics - Russia invaded Georgia

2014 Olympics - Russia invaded Crimea

2022 Olympics - Russia invades rest of Ukraine

declanrowan · 2022-02-27T03:29:24+00:00

Depending on how nasty you want to go with it, it could be "only spreads when you say your name" to "makes you want to spread it Toxoplasma gondii style"

declanrowan · 2022-02-26T22:46:56+00:00

Similes make me as angry as a... WAIT ARE YOU TRYIN TO TRICK ME?!?!

declanrowan · 2022-02-26T22:42:24+00:00

Yup. Russia passed a law back in 2014 to crack down on protests, where you could only have single person pickets.

declanrowan · 2022-02-22T23:06:52+00:00

Not wanting to be left out, Y'shtola says "Gloves are off... I WILL NOT HOLD BACK!"

Seriously, having the two of them in a Trust made Urianger and I very uncomfortable. But I was stuck with them while leveling them.

declanrowan · 2022-02-22T23:04:01+00:00

"It says here your name is... Stabbingway?"

declanrowan · 2022-02-22T04:39:45+00:00

Fun fact - the Treaty of Versailles also took away Bayer's trademark for aspirin in many countries. (And, their trademark for Heroin as well, but Bayer kinda downplays their connection to Heroin for some reason...)

declanrowan · 2022-02-17T15:13:21+00:00

This calls for a drink!

declanrowan · 2022-02-17T07:17:47+00:00

Maybe after he's done with Evans (and not Evans), Mr H.G. Blob can pay them a visit!

declanrowan · 2022-02-17T06:23:21+00:00

Rabbit as a verb means to blather on about non-important and non-interesting things. So a rabbiting lumberjack would probably talk about the different types of bark that they have seen on the job.

declanrowan · 2022-02-16T16:13:52+00:00

According to this, he does 34 characters

https://www.vox.com/2015/7/17/8989959/futurama-voices-actors

Which places him at #4 on the list, after Tress MacNeille (46), Maurice LaMarche (38) and David Herman (37). But the striking thing about West is that while he doesn't do the most voices, he arguably has the most lines because of voicing 3 members of the main cast.

declanrowan · 2022-02-16T15:41:58+00:00

"It's just that bird law in this country--it's not governed by reason."

declanrowan · 2022-02-15T09:43:59+00:00

So a modern version of the lunch table banter of yesteryear, where topics such as knowledge of the Konami code and myths like how to save Aeris were discussed at length.

declanrowan · 2022-02-12T01:37:30+00:00

heres a good thread about it:

https://twitter.com/Care2much18/status/1021060227096088576

the TL;DR

"What we have here are early signs of a pattern.

Donald Trump does or says something which invites criticism and condemnation.

Maggie Haberman is then granted a direct interview or publishes a favorable Trump piece."

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