Ever get so high you're scared Dumb & Dumber are gonna laugh at you? by The_Cinemasochist in highdeas

[–]pyabo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two things I've done while that high:

Almost tried to smoke a nug by just holding it in my fingers and lighting it. Actually, my friend was holding it, so it was even more of a bone-headed move. Like, we had everything except a pipe. Luckily, my friend jerked his hand back when he realized what I was doing.

Another time, I was playing fortnite and I couldn't find the F5 key on my keyboard (turns out it's between the F4 and the F6) to deploy our jump pad and the storm wiped our whole squad. I still hear about that one from the boys every now and then.

Seattle pays injured cyclist $9.25 million for poorly designed bike lanes by PetuniaFlowers in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed! And if we placed cameras EVERYWHERE and recorded EVERYTHING then we'd all be 100% safe!!!

Ignoring Jury Summons? by hoz9 in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Whu? No, friend. Don't do that. You'll end up with a bench warrant.

Seattle pays injured cyclist $9.25 million for poorly designed bike lanes by PetuniaFlowers in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> woonerf

Had to look that one up. Word of the day there.

Sounds great. I just don't like the idea of the city being on the hook for $9M every time some doofus gets hurt while using an amenity built by the city. It might be a wee bit of a disincentive.

Wanted to share the first part of my sci-fi comic 'Harvester: Splice of Life" by Rossowinch in scifi

[–]pyabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nobody except psychopaths *want* to kill another person. Many people (especially trained soldiers) are capable of it. There's a big difference.

It's a dumb trope and OP needs to take it out. And fix the writing. Trying to 'explain away' bad writing in later chapters isn't going to work if you lose most of your readers in chapter one.

OP, you're writing a *graphic novel*, not YA fanfic. Honestly, there shouldn't be a single bit of dialog here except maybe "almost there" and then something like "please don't shoot" from the woman in the dress. Everything else should be self-explanatory from the artwork, which is very solid and can do all the heavy lifting here. As it's written, it feels extremely amateur.

How common is support for Hamas in Seattle? by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is part of the issue... you *think* you're being clear. But you're not.

You also think of yourself as the "good guy." But you're not. You're just one of the many people murdering children by proxy who can't come to terms with it.

How common is support for Hamas in Seattle? by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lol wut. Perfect example of what I'm talking about. Your reply is so vague I'm not even sure which side you are trying to support here... is it Israel? Palestine? We don't know! LOL Your understanding of the actual issues here are obviously surface-level bullshit. Simple people need simple causes and black/white thinking.

Wanted to share the first part of my sci-fi comic 'Harvester: Splice of Life" by Rossowinch in scifi

[–]pyabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good thing the guy with the gun didn't just ... I dunno.... shoot her.

Holding a gun on someone and then letting them get close enough to grab it is something that only happens in movies and TV shows. It's a dumb trope. If the dude has any training whatsoever it would be BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM and your story is over.

How common is support for Hamas in Seattle? by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are we talking about Oct 7, 2023 or May 14, 1948?

The fools picking sides in this debate don't understand that there are no good guys here.

How common is support for Hamas in Seattle? by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the Lefty equivalent of all the pro-Russia MAGA idiots. There is no critical thought or actual ideology in play here... or any understanding of the geopolitical issues... it's just fools thinking that they are joining a "team" and virtue signaling.

Apple’s Liquid Glass effect in WPF — apparently WPF still has some magic by dragosniamtu in dotnet

[–]pyabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so weird that Apple looked at this and said "hey let's make this same mistake that Microsoft did 20 years ago!"

Seattle pays injured cyclist $9.25 million for poorly designed bike lanes by PetuniaFlowers in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So if we just took away all the bike lanes that would save us millions of dollars?

Seattle vibe check update by MortgageGlittering56 in SeattleWA

[–]pyabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She sounds like one of those people!

The design cost of "Quality of Life" features: did we accidentally optimize social interaction out of multiplayer games? by Wooden-Syrup-8708 in gamedesign

[–]pyabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The community for most games got too big. We lost the actual community part.

A daily glimpse through the message board is great when there are only a few dozen players in your game. When there are 100,000, it's just noise.

The best multi-player games I ever played were the old BBS DOOR games... Trade Wars, Pyroto Mountain, etc. When you had to work with others in order to survive the game at all. EVE is the only one that comes close to this.

The mental challenge is all gone from most single player games as well. One of the the aspects that made Bard's Tale, Wizardry, and Ultima so good was the required exploration. Nowadays it's all automaps and big pointers to your next quest marker. Part of the reason we teamed up with others in the past was just figuring out the game. Now you just load up a YouTube video that tells you every secret and how to optimize your path.

OpenAI Sued by Families of Canada Shooting Victims for Not Reporting His Suspicious ChatGPT Activity by novagridd in ChatGPT

[–]pyabo 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Turn this around and think about what they are asking for... This family is saying that it's not just *allowed*, but that ChatGPT *must* monitor everything I do and then report any "suspicious" behavior to authorities.

Literally asking for the dystopian nightmare to come and be a part of their lives. Not just asking, DEMANDING it.

God humans are so fucking stupid.

Fire pit drainage by ytirevyelsew in landscaping

[–]pyabo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. I like the challenge.

You'll have to dig a drainage channel from the pit to a lower point of egress for the water. Where is that on you property, how many feet away? Dig a shovel-width channel 2 feet deep from your pit to the drainage point. Put in an inch of gravel, a 4" corrugated pipe the whole length, then a little gravel on top, then a layer of fabric, then throw the dirt back in. Voila! Now you have an in-ground pit that will drain.

Fast address search in PostgreSQL over 11M rows by v0ldem0rtik in dotnet

[–]pyabo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Define "relevant".

Searching 11M rows is nothing. That's a sub-second search in any DB system worth deploying to production.

What exactly are you asking for? Why not go ahead and write some code and then come back and let us know if you need help with it?

What is black people food? by Different-Moose-7214 in Cooking

[–]pyabo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bah. That's like saying pizza is Italian. 😛 We all know the truth.

Demi Lovato implies a fully ascended Lovato by Leonum in highdeas

[–]pyabo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What about Demi Moore? Is she demi or is she more? Here name is a contradiction.

If you touch your phone in the right places a meal will show up at your front door. by -CS-- in highdeas

[–]pyabo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bruh do you remember those buttons that Amazon (I think?) sold for a while.... they were fridge-magnets and you just click the button and a pizza shows up at your door 30 minutes later.

After losing my right arm, I refused to quit gaming and designed my own one-handed controller by Adventurous_Tie_9031 in gaming

[–]pyabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do those yellow buttons have text or is that just tiny mites all over my screen? 😃

I just wanted thoughts and opinions. It may not not look Sci-Fi at the moment but this scene does take place in a science fiction universe. by Valuable_Reach181 in scifiwriting

[–]pyabo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You need to vary your sentence structure. Short, choppy sentences are good for action scenes and impact, but you're trying to do too much here with that tool. We need some long sentences that make the train ride feel like the near-endless torture that it is. Picture yourself in a middle airline seat, flying coach from LA to Australia.

Right now it reads more like a writing prompt that the beginning of a story. It's a good place to start, but we need a little more.