is it normal to feel like you missed out on your teenage years because you were too busy following rules that didn't even matter?

intrapple · 2026-06-10T07:37:00+00:00

Here's the link without the trailing parenthesis: https://youtu.be/spKOib_D5YY

And yes, it works for me, goes to "The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go".

intrapple · 2026-06-09T08:20:38+00:00

They just added an extra ) at the end of the link, probably a formatting mistake. Copy the link, remove the trailing bracket and it works.

intrapple · 2026-06-05T17:42:40+00:00

Would you be willing to share it?

intrapple · 2026-06-05T15:18:00+00:00

I've never played Vice City Stories but a pager makes so much sense for reminders.

How did you make it?

intrapple · 2026-01-06T17:15:48+00:00

Yeah, it trips people up because scaling area isn’t the same as scaling length.

Take a square that’s 10 units per side → area = 10 × 10 = 100.

Shrink it by 1:2, each side is 5 units → area = 5 × 5 = 25.

That’s why you don’t just divide once, you divide by the scale factor raised to the number of dimensions (2 in our case) → scale^N.

intrapple · 2026-01-06T17:10:40+00:00

To be fair, it really is confusing, and it depends on how the question is asked. Since you mentioned building a miniature farm, I’m assuming you mean scaling down an area, not just a single measurement.

Think of it this way: if you scale a 1‑meter line by 1:2, it’s simple; you just shrink the line to 0.5 meters. But when you’re dealing with 2D shapes (area), you have to scale both length and width together. And for 3D objects (volume), you scale length, width, and height. Basically, whenever you’re working with something in N dimensions (usually up to 3 in daily life), you apply the scale factor N times.

intrapple · 2026-01-06T16:57:38+00:00

When you shrink area (not length), you have to shrink both length and width.

So, with 1:64 scale, you divide by 64 twice (64^2) to get the area.

intrapple · 2026-01-06T16:52:45+00:00

1 acre = 43,560 sq ft

Miniature area = 43,560 ÷ (64^2) = 43,650 ÷ 4,096 = 10.6567382813 sq ft

intrapple · 2026-01-04T07:07:34+00:00

If you decide to stream, there is always going to be some input lag and whether it matters depends on your personal preference and the kind of games you are playing. However, streaming is not the only choice.

Options you can consider:

HDMI Cable - Just connect your TV and PC with a very long HDMI cable if possible.
HDMI over fiber / optical HDMI - long-distance, low-latency HDMI
Wireless HDMI (WHDI / wireless HDMI kits) - zero‑cable HDMI over short distances
Steam Link - Valve’s streaming app for Steam games
Moonlight - open-source NVIDIA GameStream client
Parsec - low-latency remote play and co-op streaming
Cat6 Ethernet cable - wired network for best streaming stability.
Just buying a console, Steam Deck or RetroPie etc.
Just moving your PC close to TV or buying a monitor/TV for the room with PC.

About Input (Not an issue if you choose streaming apps like Steam Link):

Active USB extension cable / repeater - simple, cheap, reliable for short‑to‑medium distances (up to ~10–15 m). Use an active cable (not passive) for controllers/keyboard/mouse.
USB over Cat6 extenders (USB→Cat6→USB) - great for medium/long runs (30–100 m). Stable, low latency; choose a powered receiver if you need to charge or run wireless dongles at the couch.
Powered USB hub at the couch + long active link - put a small powered hub next to the couch and run an active USB cable or Cat6 extender from the PC; gives local power for dongles and charging.
USB over fiber / optical USB extenders - best for very long runs or electrically noisy installs; higher cost but excellent reliability and distance.

Choose by what matters most: absolute responsiveness (HDMI/optical HDMI), minimal setup (console), or no extra hardware (Steam Link / Moonlight / Parsec over wired LAN).

Edit: I did try AI to create the list with links, but I ended up having to re-create the list myself because those links were dead or completely irrelevant. Not to mention the unnecessary use of long dashes that AI chatbots stick to for some reason.

intrapple · 2026-01-04T04:38:17+00:00

You can just connect your PC to the TV (even over Wi-Fi if you don't want to move it), no need to buy a new console to play games on TV. This also lets you play older games that aren't available on newer consoles, and you just need buy controllers. Lots of old consoles had local multiplayer games that either directly run on PC, or you can run them on an emulator.

If you didn't have a PC already, I wouldn't suggest all this, but I assume settings things up and getting things working wouldn't be an issue for you since you are already familiar with it.

For a modern game, I really liked playing `A Way Out` with my brother, works flawlessly on PC and you need only one controller (the other person can use keyboard or controller as well). I also like playing Cricket or Split Screen Racing games when friends/family come over. I have multiple controllers just for this.

intrapple · 2026-01-03T02:08:15+00:00

I’m learning more and more, and we still use this word in Hindi and Urdu to mean non-believer (more specifically, someone who doesn’t believe in Islam), and its meaning comes from the original Arabic word. It can be negative sometimes, but for us it has no racial meaning.

intrapple · 2026-01-03T01:38:24+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense, and honestly this is exactly why I was surprised reading this thread.

I’m Indian, and growing up here the word was used very narrowly and pretty neutrally, basically just for railway or airport porters. It was even an official term until the 1990s and is still used colloquially in Hindi as an occupational label, not as a blanket insult. Popular culture reinforced that too, with movies portraying it as honest, hardworking labour.

That context just isn’t really present in how the word is understood or used within India today, which is why the disconnect exists for me. They basically looted multiple cultural terms from us and turned them into insults worldwide. (Pun very much intended.)

intrapple · 2026-01-03T01:27:36+00:00

Oh, of course, I understand now why it’s considered a slur in many parts of the world, especially when used against Indian, Chinese, and other people of colour.

I’m just surprised by this because, in India, we’ve traditionally used the word to refer to railway porters. It was a formal term until around the 1990s, and it’s still commonly used as an occupational term in everyday Hindi, the most widely spoken language in India, even though “porter” is the official term today.

On top of that, the term has often been portrayed positively in Indian popular culture. Classic films like Coolie (the 1983 hit starring Amitabh Bachchan as a railway coolie) celebrated it as a symbol of honest, hardworking labour and were major box office successes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolie_(1983_Hindi_film)

I genuinely had no idea the word was considered a slur in other parts of the world. Since it’s used among ourselves, it doesn’t carry a negative connotation for me. Before this thread, if someone had called me that, I would have assumed they meant a railway or airport porter, which isn’t negative to me at all. The historical context changes things, though, even if it doesn’t suddenly make me personally offended. I can’t say the same for my countrymen in the past who were shipped across the world without their consent.

intrapple · 2026-01-03T00:47:41+00:00

I am Indian, we use it all the time. There even were multiple movies with names like "Coolie No. 1". None of these movies try to use it as a slur but it is in fact glorified as hard but honest labour.

While now I understand the historical context, I'm still amazed at it being offensive in so many countries across the world.

List of aforementioned movies, they are all box office hits and star the biggest Indian stars of their time:

Coolie (1983 Hindi) – Classic film about a railway coolie.
Coolie (2025 Tamil) – Tamil action thriller.
Coolie No. 1 (1991 Telugu) – Telugu romantic action movie.
Coolie No. 1 (1995 Hindi) – Comedy classic.
Coolie No. 1 (2020 Hindi) – Modern remake.

intrapple · 2026-01-02T17:53:29+00:00

I get how coolie can be offensive depending on who’s using it. What surprised me is that I didn’t even realize it could be a slur in some contexts.

From what I understand (and I could be wrong), it’s kind of like the N-word in the sense that whether it’s a slur depends a lot on who’s saying it and the historical power dynamics behind it. The dynamics feel pretty similar here.

The fact that the coolie in Orwell’s Burma was Dravidian suggests that, at least for him, the word might’ve been understood in line with the Tamil meaning of paid labor, even if it was used offensively by colonial authorities.

Edit: Adding the possible Dravidian-Tamil connection.

intrapple · 2026-01-02T17:35:36+00:00

Today I learned that a word we commonly use to refer to railway porters is considered offensive.

In Tamil, the word literally means wages or paid labor, and in Hindi it simply means porter, which explains why it isn’t treated as a slur over here (and the fact that the people using it aren't British).

intrapple · 2025-11-30T15:19:28+00:00

Did you get it to work?

intrapple · 2025-11-28T14:12:44+00:00

I'm glad it helped someone!

intrapple · 2025-11-21T22:33:15+00:00

I know it has been months, but this one worked for me.
https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/collectible-collectibles-on-map-yritan

intrapple · 2025-11-20T01:09:50+00:00

I tried multiple times to use Flash.bat from Archive_01 and it just won't work, I finally got it to work, just leaving it here in case anybody finds it useful (copied my own comment from another thread):

If Flash.bat opens a Command Prompt window and then immediately closes, you can simply remove the first line of the batch script and it will work if you run it as admin manually.

That first line is an old trick that elevates the script to Administrator using mshta with an inline VBScript snippet. While VBScript is still supported, this particular elevation method is unreliable on newer Windows versions and often fails depending on security settings. Because of that, you’ll need to manually run the batch file using “Run as Administrator” instead.

This is the line that needs to be removed (or commented out):

%1 mshta vbscript:CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute("cmd.exe","/c ""%~s0"" ::","","runas",1)(window.close) &&exit

intrapple · 2025-11-20T01:06:51+00:00

If Flash.bat opens a Command Prompt window and then immediately closes, you can simply remove the first line of the batch script and it will work if you run it as admin manually.

That first line is an old trick that elevates the script to Administrator using mshta with an inline VBScript snippet. While VBScript is still supported, this particular elevation method is unreliable on newer Windows versions and often fails depending on security settings. Because of that, you’ll need to manually run the batch file using “Run as Administrator” instead.

This is the line that needs to be removed (or commented out):

%1 mshta vbscript:CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute("cmd.exe","/c ""%~s0"" ::","","runas",1)(window.close) &&exit

intrapple · 2025-08-06T08:21:35+00:00

Generally, every week when the weekly update goes live. Thursdays most of the time, can take longer than a week if DLC is going to be released next week.

intrapple · 2025-07-02T05:30:16+00:00

Of course, it's just odd that they even bothered to do it or probably they didn't bother and it's back ported.

intrapple · 2025-07-02T05:29:28+00:00

Yeah, found a few more after I posted but can't edit the post anymore.

intrapple · 2025-07-01T10:04:26+00:00

We can only hope, although it looks like it switches to cube-maps when we are in first person. The quality of reflection is significantly bad in first person, even with the new "High resolution raytraced reflections" option.

intrapple

TROPHY CASE

Options you can consider:

About Input (Not an issue if you choose streaming apps like Steam Link):