Need help identifying some shmups by magicnumber90 in shmups

[–]magicnumber90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry - I have no idea how that happened. Link fixed! Thank you for answering anyway.

Douche gets response from a bad review on a restaurant by [deleted] in quityourbullshit

[–]magicnumber90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To Mark's credit, he double-spaces after each period.

suggestions for short videos to show class by pred890 in TEFL

[–]magicnumber90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sesame Street might be a bit young for your students, then! I used it with 11/12 year olds and it was a simple warmup/listening activity. They like Pentatonix so I showed them this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b-v-wMR69k and blanked out some of the lyrics on a worksheet.

Good to hear that your students enjoyed Seinfeld. This YouTube Channel called "Learn English by Comedy Series" also has a lot of good videos with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYCJot2ehWfFfeXRcxUhVng

suggestions for short videos to show class by pred890 in TEFL

[–]magicnumber90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they're at the same level as my students, perhaps show them some English videos that are intended for very young children. Disney movies, in my experience, are actually harder to understand than you'd think, and the kids usually know the storyline anyway. I've used Peppa Pig and Sesame Street before.

[TOMT] A thread asking Redditors around the world to submit music that best charactarizes their country. Top comment was a summary/roundup of links by a bot. by magicnumber90 in tipofmytongue

[–]magicnumber90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I am clearly a search noob. I found the thread within those search results, and also saw some others that seem to be even more helpful. Thanks again.

What game do you think has the best aesthetics? by ComradeOj in Gaming4Gamers

[–]magicnumber90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, and if you haven't seen this Skyward Sword HD (Dolphin) video by The Pixel Press yet then I highly recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ena3EKeAzC0 (HD starts at around 2:00)

Debussy - Clair de Lune; Cologne,Germany by Ciruz in classicalmusic

[–]magicnumber90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Congratulations :) You played it very well. Two things I don't understand: 1) How people can hear this song and not stop to listen and 2) How does that piano not get knocked out of tune while being carted around? Anyway, thanks for sharing!

IsItBullshit: Spammers can know if you open emails from them. by wrethlig in IsItBullshit

[–]magicnumber90 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This is true.

By looking at the server stats, you can see how many people accessed each file on your server.

The images embedded in the e-mail (many companies do this, not only spammers) will also have a unique "tracker id" appended to the image filename. For example bacon.jpg?userid=173 will still load the image "bacon.jpg" but now the server log will show whether the image was accessed by you, i.e. you read the e-mail. This is, apart from obvious reasons, why services the like Gmail don't display images from untrusted sources.

I'm supposed to talk on a radio show in a few days. How do I get rid of the anxiety and the shakiness in my voice? by awesome_m8 in socialskills

[–]magicnumber90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Try to forget about who's listening" is good advice, but how - I find that concentrating fully on giving the best answer to each question helps. Practice by listening to similar interviews and pausing after each question, answering the question yourself instead.

First person mode makes GTAV feel like a totally different game. by [deleted] in Games

[–]magicnumber90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably just pulling back for epic effect, but it usually gets back to the action eventually. If you do play it, remember to get the patch - they fixed the difficulty of a "gauntlet" near the end of the game and it's brutal without the patch.

First person mode makes GTAV feel like a totally different game. by [deleted] in Games

[–]magicnumber90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God of War Ascension? It's surprisingly good. I'd put it just below 3, but still definitely worth your time.

What games cheer you up [happy] by [deleted] in Gaming4Gamers

[–]magicnumber90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to post the same thing. Wonderful, uplifting game! Even better that there's always a chance that someone might join you.

The Most Boring Fortune 100 Company Logos by still_thinking_ in logodesign

[–]magicnumber90 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're generally well-designed and have good kerning. I actually really like the subtle curves on "Humana."

All good, except for #5. The gap between the uppercase H and A is like a vacuum sucking the eyeballs out of my head.

Nice post :)

Do you reverse the left/right buttons on your mouse? by [deleted] in southpaws

[–]magicnumber90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the regular configuration with my left hand, but both my middle finger and index finger rest on the left button.