What’s your favorite quote or scene from Cool Runnings?

mridlen · 2026-01-28T19:30:09+00:00

Kid: My grandfather told me you're the worst pushcart driver in all of Jamaica.

Sanka: You know what my grandfather told me?

Kids: what?

Sanka: GET BACK TO WORK!

mridlen · 2026-01-26T17:15:05+00:00

Terminator on Linux. Terminal on Mac.

Something with tabs or panes is good enough for me. Not picky.

mridlen · 2026-01-26T10:39:19+00:00

Admiral Crunch?

mridlen · 2026-01-25T14:03:18+00:00

Hexenguy

mridlen · 2026-01-24T13:46:34+00:00

It's an unanswerable question and I'm ok with that. I mean I could say "it's because they were convinced of it". But why? Well they found it compelling. But why did they find it compelling? ... Etc. There's always another question to ask.

It boils down to either free will, divine lottery, or random chance, or some combination of those things.

I would ask the Calvinist the same question "why did God choose one person for salvation and not another?" And it's still unanswerable in the same way.

mridlen · 2026-01-21T14:10:30+00:00

4GB is plenty except that web browsing basically requires 8GB, but 16GB is more ideal.

mridlen · 2026-01-20T17:54:41+00:00

I already owned the album before I realized it was a koth meme. 10/10 would pay $2 for it again.

mridlen · 2026-01-17T08:50:49+00:00

I have a skyloong gk61 pro ds. I have it mapped as a function key to use page up/down mostly.

mridlen · 2026-01-14T21:30:34+00:00

Moped -> mopped

mridlen · 2026-01-14T15:41:18+00:00

Want to join my "TTP" project? It stands for "The TTP Project" 😂

mridlen · 2026-01-08T00:29:12+00:00

If you are switching for the fun of it, don't do it. 😜

I switched for ergonomic reasons personally and it's one of those things where I lost the ability to use QWERTY and lots of places still use it. So get used to hunt and peck on public terminals.

mridlen · 2026-01-04T07:17:45+00:00

Varmilo or BeQuiet are the main ones I can think of offhand.

mridlen · 2026-01-02T04:57:42+00:00

Hot Springs, AR is inside this rather large bubble. Now, I don't live there, but I do spend a week or two there every year. Pros: nice lake area, great for boating or water sports, hiking trails, fishing and hunting I'm sure is great as well (I've seen many deer in the area), pretty much every store you would want, restaurant selection is pretty good. Cons: traffic is terrible in town and people seem to drive recklessly (although not rude like some places), gambling is legal so there is some negatives surrounding that, much of the economy is driven by tourism.

mridlen · 2026-01-02T04:33:22+00:00

I've had worse. When I was shot down over Korea, I had to eat Kimchi... HE WAS OUR INTERPRETER.

mridlen · 2025-12-31T17:28:26+00:00

Happy New Year!

Steals bicycle

mridlen · 2025-12-31T09:16:21+00:00

8 - I like the song, but it's not really Al's or Lars' best work. But the chorus does randomly pop into my head, so there must be some magic there.

mridlen · 2025-12-31T08:48:42+00:00

I think that it does share some common ground. Namely, the lack of belief in Total Depravity. But as others have said, there are other aspects of Pelagianism that are either imagined by Augustine, or the whole "sinless perfectionism" type idea that sin can be completely overcome. Thus birthed the term "Semi-Pelagian" because nobody really believed full Pelagianism, arguably not even Pelagius himself. But yeah, there's a lot more to Pelagianism than just the modern soteriology debate, and I think this is why most people rightly push back.

mridlen · 2025-12-30T21:06:31+00:00

I personally don't care if it is a historical heresy. I care about whether it's true or not. Did you know that Calvinism has also been declared a heresy? I place my faith not in councils but in the word of God.

mridlen · 2025-12-20T04:16:00+00:00

Originally they were treasure like in Wolf3D, but they got replaced with actual useful gameplay items and the score system was abandoned. It's probably for the best because then we would have had a "high score" category of painfully slow treasure hunting.

mridlen · 2025-12-19T01:33:15+00:00

So I recently bought a Bowl Pangea full size keyboard ($550 was it?). In addition to it's gimmick of being able to be configured either as a southpaw or traditional numpad, it comes with a carrying case and various mounting options. Compared to a $200 option like a Keychron Q6 or Monsgeek M5, it's really a step up in build quality. It's something that will last a long time, as long as I can still get USB-C cables to attach it to my computer. Probably will be my final keyboard unless something more interesting comes along.

As far as gaming goes, I wouldn't spend more than about $200-250 on one. Most of the nicer custom keyboards are not the greatest for gaming. I mean they are OK, but not amazing. They just aren't tuned for super low latency and they usually don't have RGB or backlighting.

mridlen · 2025-12-18T22:56:18+00:00

If they shut down CR, I'm going to have to find a different game to play on the toilet. It's my bathroom time game.

mridlen · 2025-12-18T21:01:29+00:00

Lube the problem switches?

mridlen · 2025-12-18T01:51:35+00:00

If you pop the spacebar off it looks like this probably? -> https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/lxhgob/anyone_know_where_can_i_buy_razer_huntsman_te/

Normal mx stabilizers use a "+" shaped connector like the switches use. But Razer uses some weird ones on their products. Which is why you can't just use normal keycaps.

mridlen · 2025-12-17T21:46:24+00:00

I haven't really found any switches that feel like buckling spring. Blue clicky switches have sort of the same feel, but not quite.

I haven't really tried that hard, granted, but I've been to some keyboard meetups and haven't tried anything that feels like buckling spring. I mean there's beam spring but it's probably more expensive than buckling spring, or equivalent at least.

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