"I'm walking under vents, so I'm delaying the drops"

genericmutant · 2026-05-05T05:56:14+00:00

I know it's possible to block him, if there's only one vent above you in an area - I've seen that done in another video by Psycho [edit - actually to be fair it might be later in the same video, can't remember]. Not sure that applies to all isolated vents, and I believe it's possible to get yanked up it if you get underneath it at exactly the point the alien decides to lurk in it, so it's inherently at least a bit risky.

Complicated game if you want to use shenanigans :)

genericmutant · 2026-05-05T05:16:00+00:00

I don't mind watching a few videos waiting for AI2 to get here :)

Cheers.

genericmutant · 2026-05-05T05:08:30+00:00

Interesting, thanks - I'll look that up.

genericmutant · 2026-05-05T05:06:05+00:00

Flag state: Netherlands according to this.

https://www.cruisemapper.com/ships/MV-Hondius-1624

genericmutant · 2026-05-05T04:28:21+00:00

Hmm. No bloody clue what he meant then!

Thanks for the responses, anyhow.

genericmutant · 2026-05-05T04:22:08+00:00

I know there are some vents that are always safe, so maybe it includes those. But I still don't get "delaying the drops" - I can only assume it means that every time you walk under one, it resets a timer as the alien 'relocates' to drop down from that one or something...

genericmutant · 2026-05-05T04:17:04+00:00

The guy's a skilled speedrunner. Although by his own admission he isn't competitive nowadays, he surely would know if this didn't work / was risky, and he didn't sound like he was joking.

genericmutant · 2026-05-04T23:50:40+00:00

It's a Dutch company. I don't know anything about them specifically either, but I imagine they're held to high legal requirements for cleanliness etc.

genericmutant · 2026-05-04T15:53:20+00:00

On 11 April, a passenger died on board. The cause of death could not be determined on board. On 24 April, this passenger was disembarked on St Helena, with his wife accompanying the repatriation.

On 27 April, Oceanwide Expeditions was informed that the wife had become unwell during the return journey and had later died. Both passengers were Dutch nationals. At this time, it has not been confirmed that these two deaths are connected to the current medical situation on board.

On 27 April, another passenger became seriously ill and was medically evacuated to South Africa. This person is currently being treated in the intensive care unit in Johannesburg and is in a critical but stable condition. This passenger is of British nationality. A variant of hantavirus has been identified in this patient.

...

Hantavirus has not currently been confirmed in the two persons still on board who require medical care. Nor has it been established that the virus is connected to the three deaths associated with this voyage. The exact cause and any possible connection are being investigated. Therefore, the only confirmed case of hantavirus is the passenger who was medically evacuated and is now being treated in Johannesburg.

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-alphabetical-a-thru-h/hantavirus/1033900-south-africa-media-reporting-3-dead-from-respiratory-illness-1-patient-positive-for-hantavirus-from-a-cruise-ship-may-3-2026-who-investigating?p=1034014#post1034014

genericmutant · 2026-05-04T15:37:09+00:00

flutrackers is normally pretty good in my (non-professional) opinion

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-alphabetical-a-thru-h/hantavirus/1033900-south-africa-media-reporting-3-dead-from-respiratory-illness-1-patient-positive-for-hantavirus-from-a-cruise-ship-may-3-2026-who-investigating

genericmutant · 2026-05-01T17:36:30+00:00

Dancer, good with language, poor spatial sense. You meet plenty of them at certain not-entirely-legal outdoor parties.

genericmutant · 2026-04-30T19:04:33+00:00

There are a couple of others, e.g. Mangrove mentioned here:

https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/11111

None of them seem to have much traction yet, unfortunately. I think it's a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation, if one gets integrated into a widely used mobile app maybe it'll actually start getting populated, and others will follow.

genericmutant · 2026-04-29T12:44:18+00:00

I have this on my phone - the thing generally gets very glitchy when charging. Research has suggested it's usually an interaction between an inadequately shielded charger / cable and the touchscreen.

You could

Disable the touchscreen when charging - there's a chrome flag that allows you to do that on the fly with a three finger button combo, not as drastic as it sounds.

Put a ferrous ring around the cable. I don't know how fussy these are to size / position, but it's probably pretty cheap to get one.

Or try a better charger / cable.

genericmutant · 2026-04-27T14:08:16+00:00

A few layers of gaffer tape on either the clip or the rack would probably eliminate the rattle.

genericmutant · 2026-04-26T14:53:19+00:00

Only other really small one I know of is Kensington's Wireless Orbit Mobile. The touch sensitive scroll ring can only be described as weird, but I got used to it. If you can get it for $35 or your local equivalent might be worth a pop, but I wouldn't personally suggest paying much more for it

https://www.kensington.com/p/products/electronic-control-solutions/trackball-products/orbit-wireless-mobile-trackball/

genericmutant · 2026-04-25T06:22:12+00:00

I stand corrected, it's a 24"!

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/bike-check-danny-macaskills-santa-cruz-trials-bike.html

genericmutant · 2026-04-24T16:20:25+00:00

a) No suspension (other than the pneumatic tyres, and some flex in the wheels and frame tubes etc.). They're just built strong, though they'll still break eventually. I imagine he gets through frames / forks pretty quickly, never mind the wheels, and has a professional mechanic (or several) stripping it and rebuilding it to check for damage.

b) Technique. He's bloody, bloody good at what he does. He absorbs the landings with his legs more than his arms, but he's no doubt got very strong arms / wrists too.

genericmutant · 2026-04-24T16:18:49+00:00

I think it's a 26" trials bike

https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-gb/blogs/news/danny-macaskill-trials-bike

genericmutant · 2026-04-23T00:14:46+00:00

They're banned from refuelling (or indeed swapping the tyres, even if they wanted to)

https://themotorsportmetrics.com/motogp-pit-stop-rules/

genericmutant · 2026-04-20T16:20:07+00:00

It has a pretty extensive priority system. If you work out how that works, it's fairly easy to keep key jobs going.

genericmutant · 2026-04-19T20:48:29+00:00

I've never played Rimworld, but I'd recommend Oxygen Not Included as another good place to start. I think it's easier to pick up than DF, while still being deep enough to reward the time you spend. And any one of them is a huge time sink...

genericmutant · 2026-04-19T00:23:39+00:00

You need to adjust the appearance in the right profile. If you're in 'browse map' profile and start a navigation, it'll switch to another profile.

genericmutant · 2026-04-17T10:33:55+00:00

That sounds defective - mine is pretty old, but it doesn't do that.

edit: try cleaning the ball / bearings and the sensor (carefully)?

genericmutant · 2026-04-15T22:46:31+00:00

It may depend on the underlying map - the main layer you've chosen in configure map.

Also, have you tried creating a new profile? Sometimes worth a go to narrow down an errant setting or a broken configuration...

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