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It's been a while since I've been around. I had to step away for a bit. SC progress is too slow for me to sit and watch on a daily basis. I just don't have that kind of patience. So I got wrapped up in some other games for a few years and let SC sit on a virtual shelf and gather some dust...

I feel something should be said about confirmation bias and echo chambers. Never before in human history has this been so much of an issue and yet, I feel that far too few people give it the respect it deserves. It has unpresidented sway over public opinion, yet you never hear about it. More...

Yes, but where's the mad rush to buy out all the sea shells? Where are the online posted photos of people with piles of sea shells in the background? Where are the youtube videos showing fights over the last single package of sea shells in the store? It didn't predict that one now did it...

Same here. Once I tried VR in a wireless format, there was no going back. VR is just fine wired, but that cord is always on my mind when I'm playing games. This is particularly noticeable when I'm playing an active game like beat saber or superhot. The difference in immersion really can't be...

100% this. I've been looking into it off and on all day. I just found it ridiculous that they sold out so quick. I've experienced this kind of thing before with tickets, but not hardware. I didn't think I would be able to get a FE, but I thought I could at least get a EVGA, MSI, or some card...

Well, that was a joke... The "release" at 6am pst was pretty much non existent. The Nvidia site hiccuped, but I never saw anything other than "notify me". Best Buy sold out before anything could leave the cart. B&H as well as Newegg broke. Their sites became unresponsive for about 15...

It looks like Provantage.com has some listed. It's the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC and it's listed for $723.65. It does show "special order" and says that it could take 3-4 weeks for delivery, but it doesn't show sold out like the other Zotac cards they have listed. Looking around online and...

So I completely skipped the 2000 series cards. I didn't see enough of a performance increase to warrant the upgrade. Sure, it had ray tracing, but my 1080 has been doing plenty good enough and those d*mn bit coin farmers have been running the price up way too high for me to justify the...

But they said they went to MMO P2W counseling and learned to control themselves better. They said they loved us and want to make it work. They promised they would change and this time would be better... Honestly though, that's kind of how I feel about XL games and Archeage. I have played...

There is another crisis that is developing, but nobody is talking about. It is a crisis that has formed as a direct result of this pandemic and it has me seriously worried. That concern, is for the fate of the high five. I know. It's been unpopular for a while now, even before this whole...

I can't believe it's been that long. So thanks for 4 years of nerding out about spaceships, trash talking, theory crafting, and shit posting. It's been more than that though. I have also enjoyed 4 years of surprisingly logical conversations, thought provoking posts, honest opinions, well...

That's just ridiculous. I grew up on pixelated masterpieces. Hell, I just dusted off my old EQ account and have been rolling around in nostalgia. Graphics are such a small part of makes a great game what it is, that imo, criticizing a game based on those lofty 4k requirements is just...

I read that the PC port is poorly optimized and super buggy. So I was waiting for it all to get fixed up. Is it all better now?

This one's been weird for me. One of the buildings my company owns is right next to the drive through testing facility that a local hospital has been running since this whole thing started. Since a few weeks after the beginning, the line for testing has been down the street, around the block...

I'm all for that. For me, my preference at home is a Baby Desert Eagle II steel frame .45. I love how it shoots. Between the weight and the low barrel, it kicks less than many 9mms I have shot. When it comes to around the house, I will always prefer a pistol. I don't live in a mansion, so...

Unfortunately, this one's not a yes or no answer either. Our education system isn't uniform across the nation. It differs wildly from state to state, from school to school, even from teacher to teacher inside a school. So the answer isn't a solid yes or no, but mostly. Everyone is taught...

I don't think it's quite that black and white for the average owner. On an overall scale, yes. It's part of the checks and balances built into the system. I don't think it's much "preparing for shit to go down" though. It's more "we're keeping an eye on you" for most people. In alot of ways...

I think that's why I am so thorough about the measures I have in place to protect my home and, more importantly, my wife and daughter. I use to be blissfully unaware of these things. I specifically remember thinking how unrealistic the safety precautions were around Anthony Hopkins in silence...

When I was a prison guard, one of the more excitable guards emptied a canister through the cuff port of a cell in the PC wing (think solitary confinement). ...the whole canister. ...and it was one of the big ones (think small fire extinguisher). Needless to say, the inmate decided to comply...

I had a version of that in mind. I wanted to take one of these: and modify it to deploy this: then wire it to my security system so it fogs my house with OC spray if the alarm goes off. Unfortunately, my wife veto'd it... She also veto'd setting up a tiny garage door for a deployable...