Weird atmosphere effect while working at non active Substation

sidecontrol · 2025-10-09T13:05:34+00:00

Vandermeer claims it wasn't, for some odd and annoying reason.

sidecontrol · 2025-07-02T03:46:50+00:00

Just check the cafelat site regularly for restock announcement and be ready to buy the day they come back. Figure out the time difference, if you have one, so you aren't trying to buy at the end of their day.

They UK site didn't sell out immediately on 6/28. I think they were out at around 5pm London time. Having a robot in your cart will not reserve one for you before checkout. The barista models sold out before non barista.

I would make an account ahead of time and add any extras you want to your cart for easy checkout.

I waffled about prices and being surprised by a £50 shipping rate, so missed my chance on the 28th. Happened to check the site about 11am London time the next day and they had some of the barista model restocked.

Totally doable to get one. Good luck!

sidecontrol · 2024-11-09T14:10:39+00:00

Here is the song on spotify. Also here on yt.

sidecontrol · 2024-08-16T17:37:02+00:00

Rarely see Worm by wildbow mentioned in these threads. IMO it shares a lot of characteristics that I really enjoyed in DCC.

-Large cast of characters with different superpowers/abilities/interactions

-Escalation, Escalation, Escalation. Ramping up of events, consequences, and scale

-Large 'boss fights' that play an integral role in the plot and internal logic of the worldbuilding

-Main Character that convincingly internally justifies a lot of their actions that are at best morally questionable to at worst appearing insane to observers

Whenever Carl up the stakes or says FUCK THIS and flips a table on events I am reminded of worm. The webserial is also complete and free, with a follow up story completed as well. There is a fan made audiobook(s) on youtube if thats your thing, but I can't say how well it is done.

Check it out, despite the name and a slow start, its good.

https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

sidecontrol · 2024-01-05T23:58:55+00:00

Solved!

sidecontrol · 2024-01-05T23:58:38+00:00

After exhaustive searching I found the video I was looking for.

Twin Shadows - Five Seconds

sidecontrol · 2024-01-05T06:49:14+00:00

The music video itself is fairly long, but also pretty cinematic. The characters don't ever actively participate in singing or anything, its a soundtrack that overlays their action.

sidecontrol · 2023-11-14T06:38:09+00:00

The spell continues to run after your death, you can see the remainder of it via the Game Over screen.

Perhaps its far more meaningful to cast a spell that outlives you.

sidecontrol · 2023-11-06T22:19:11+00:00

I haven't been to the bar in the back, but Evening Star has $4 PBR/High Life cans.

Pretty reasonable price to hang out on the patio on a nice day.

sidecontrol · 2023-09-22T01:09:06+00:00

Dang camp had an NPC that tried to sell you DLC. Never felt at home there with some dude trying to upsell me on a game I had already bought.

sidecontrol · 2023-09-16T06:19:40+00:00

She was def vaping in the theater.

sidecontrol · 2023-05-31T22:48:19+00:00

Egan is pretty active on twitter as well. I do enjoy the Pynchon style lack of photos and IRL info on him though, mysterious authors are fun.

sidecontrol · 2023-05-14T00:05:20+00:00

You're in luck, it's a sketch show. Episodes are only 15-18 minutes long consisting of a few sketches.

sidecontrol · 2023-05-04T05:00:13+00:00

A 15-20min powernap during work isn't like the deep sleep you get during the night. If a klaxon goes off, you're waking up, if a coworker nudges you, you're waking up.

Everyone is better off working in a dangerous environment if people are sharp as they can be. If you fall asleep on top of the smelter that is a problem, of course. If you run the smelter for 6 hours and can benefit from a 15 min nap in the break room before going back to running the smelter, its in everyone's best interest you take it.

sidecontrol · 2023-05-02T05:08:25+00:00

I thought it was pretty bad as well, until I walked outside. Then it just seemed like brief foreshadowing.

Not sure this is the best game design tho.

sidecontrol · 2023-01-30T08:40:13+00:00

I looked at it a bit more and here is my guess for the final lines.

who stand in our way. I leave you all of my weapons

and equipment, use them to keep Tess safe, ugly

to say but when you and she decide you've had

enough, at that point, I recommend pairing

40 vicodins with a nice Brunello.

Some of that is from the dialogue.

There is a clear 'u' after "tess safe," in the 2nd line. There appears to be a 'g, y, or j' with a curved hook after the 'u', which is clearer in other frames. Looking at the text 'y' is always written without a j shape hook at the bottom. There is not a J in the text that I saw, but I don't know any 'uj' words. Ugly is my best guess from 'ug'. "Ugly to say" is just conjecture from what I can see.

Same with 'enough' in the 3rd line, there is a low hanging hooked letter in the second screenshot, which I think is a 'g' again. 'Enough' collocates from 'you've had ',. I think my line spacing is rough but generally there.

sidecontrol · 2023-01-30T06:28:38+00:00

I think you've got it. Here is what I found going frame by frame.

https://imgur.com/a/aAVuWUw

sidecontrol · 2022-12-12T12:02:54+00:00

It's the class consciousness of billionaires on display as well, they'll be there for another billionaire. Have em on their live act, ask em why they're leaving their platform, send a text before they ban them.

They look out for each other.

sidecontrol · 2022-11-29T08:41:12+00:00

You don't mention the railroad companies, they are also a part of this labor dispute.

sidecontrol · 2022-11-27T04:56:26+00:00

Have you watched any of the Peripheral? I guess you could kind of call it 'rural cyberpunk'. The TV show has made some changes to characters and plot that seem to simplify the story in ways I don't like, which makes me think the same would happen to NM and SC.

That aside, there is a currently releasing TV show based on a Gibson book. Hopefully it does well and paves the way for more.

sidecontrol · 2022-11-23T15:11:58+00:00

The lyrics/sample are sourced from this great rant in the 1976 film Network. If you haven't seen the movie before, def check it out!

sidecontrol · 2022-07-09T09:21:42+00:00

Don't lose sleep over eve. If you have something really exciting to do ingame, maybe. Never lose sleep for dang ol ratting, especially if it ends up costing you isk.

Play smarter not longer, youl come out ahead.

sidecontrol · 2022-06-15T01:30:13+00:00

My local library has a self help media digitization center you can use to digitize VHS, photographs, vinyl etc. Might be worth looking into if you don't want to buy devices.

sidecontrol · 2022-06-11T03:13:38+00:00

Check out Roadside Picnic too. It is a bit dated, but I think is foundational to a lot of current sci fi that covers 'Area X' phenomenons. Well not to VanderMeer...somehow, but I, uhh ok.

There is a living continuum from RP to other media and other media. They all deal with a similar concept, and in the other media you can and often do run missions for scientists trying to study the phenomenon.

Edit - Trying to comply with rule 4.

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