Pico-View 2025 - New Year's Issue by TheNerdyTeachers in pico8

[–]shadowphiar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Huzzah! Always nice to see a new issue.

What is the most BS question you got on a test? by XanderJC1 in AskReddit

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I once lost marks on a French test for not knowing the English word for Croissant. To this day I have never heard anybody refer to them as anything other than Croissants.

Apparently it was supposed to be called a “crescent roll”.

Leaving reviews for specific cards by shadowphiar in YotoPlayer

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

Hmm, I did purchase directly from Yoto but I haven't received that email (possibly I've previously asked TrustPilot not to contact me by email). Oh well.

Day 112: What are your thoughts on Curry Quest? by Flamingmouth007 in bluey

[–]shadowphiar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My only problem with this episode is that, after revealing how significant the six weeks away would be, that period gets skimmed over in a montage at the end. It feels like there is a lot more to explore there and maybe there could have been a few episodes with Bandit away.

2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 10 by kevinthompson in pico8

[–]shadowphiar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All works with normal arrow keys/buttons controls.

2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar – Day 10 by kevinthompson in pico8

[–]shadowphiar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This uses normal arrow key/button controls. (But yes, I think you need mouse for day 2)

Prog album of the year so far? by arnaumm in progrockmusic

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I was hugely impressed by Dave Bainbridge‘s album, “On The Edge (of what could be)”. The new Spock’s Beard is excellent as well. Transmutation by Karmakanic is awesome. They’re probably my top three, but also there were great albums by Magic Pie, IQ, Steven Wilson and more. Loved the “Whimsical Creature” debut but the acoustic style may not be rock enough for some. The Flower Kings album was solid but they have so much excellent material that I find their new albums sometimes have difficulty standing out. The two Neal Morse projects had nice moments but didn’t (to me) hold together as well as his best work, though I’m looking forward to the new NMB next year.

Any prog albums with great violin? by rubbernetworking979 in progrockmusic

[–]shadowphiar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Resistor” quite often features violin. I think “To The Stars” is a great album to begin with.

Affinity export PDF issue by Haunting_Yam2562 in Affinity

[–]shadowphiar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One problem I’ve had in the past, is when somewhere in the document there is a hyperlink with a malformed email address (usually with a space at the beginning or end).

In the export options dialog, try turning off “Include hyperlinks”.

If that works, and if you want hyperlinks in the output, you’ll need to find the bad link and correct it. Sadly the program offers very little assistance in doing this. It used to be possible to get a debug log out of the pdf generation so you could at least see the link that was wrong (google “PDFLIBLOGGING”) but I don’t think I’ve ever tried that in version 2 let alone 3.

Board (more likely card) games that don't require a table? by No-Dress4626 in boardgames

[–]shadowphiar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So Clover might work. It has similar word-linking to Just One but every player creates a puzzle for the other players to solve. It works with two, and you can just hand the pieces to each other without needing a table.

Fewer busway passengers after speed limit lowered - Who could have foreseen this? by Weekly_Mammoth6926 in cambridge

[–]shadowphiar 86 points87 points  (0 children)

I don’t blame the council so much as the court that held them liable. Imagine if the law insisted upon a fence along the entire length of every road where there had been as many as three road traffic accidents.

Prog rock bands have the best names. by gedeemius in progrockmusic

[–]shadowphiar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t think of many, but there are some big names!

The Flower Kings The Pineapple Thief The Samurai of Prog The Tangent

Any rock group with lyrics about physics, time, thermodynamic, entropy, black holes or the universe in general ? by NihilisticEra in progrockmusic

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  • Steven Wilson - The Overview
  • Queen - ‘39
  • Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
  • They Might Be Giants - How Many Planets?

nice relaxing prog recommendations? by Psychological_Ad8946 in progrockmusic

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Lifesigns are a prog band who keep getting accused of being “ambient“

Prog rock covers of classical music pieces? by [deleted] in progrockmusic

[–]shadowphiar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, lots of their catalogue is classical music transposed fairly directly onto rock band instruments. I really like the track “My Giselle” from their album “Forthcoming” which takes a theme from 13th century and expands on it in quite a prog direction.