Talaraine

Stop ordering the fries and a drink. Shit’s bad enough already. Dinner’s $5 and I bring a drink with me.

Consumerism is killing us and corporations will not self-correct until you hit them on the nose with a curled up newspaper.

I’ve experienced the same thing on a beefy Synology NAS when watching in my own home network. Methinks Plex needs some work.

Am I the only person whose natural clock has me waking up later and later up to this point b/c of sunrise, and when this time change kicks in I’m back to waking up at the appropriate time and feeling amazing?

Hard to believe this is bad for me in any way. In point of fact, I don’t understand why we just don’t keep the clocks here.

Look y’all. North Korea and Russian recently signed a mutual defense pact. There’s a clear reason why NK troops are only being deployed in Kursk, which is so it looks legitimate. NK is protecting Russia’s borders.

All any country has to do is sign a mutual defense pact with Ukraine and pile on. That’s all he’s saying. I mean, I’m shocked Poland hasn’t already signed on… they’re spoiling for a fight.

Nope, get it on every version of Windows 11 that I work with. You’re supposed to use your mouse to slide it down on those. Crazy, huh?

https://download.lenovo.com/km/media/images/HT500737/slidetoshutdown2_20160623055429.png

Hilariously accurate, especially in modern Window’s systems. Like, you press it and it covers your screen with a ‘slide this to shut down’, which if we could do that, we probably wouldn’t be using the button.

Instead of a 5 second press and done it’s become more like a 20 second struggle to tell the PC you really mean it!

Yeah now add Dynamics to all that and you get my day. Eyeroll

As he mentioned, the OS is Linux specifically. Just this week they literally removed support for Linux on Battlefield 1 and there was a helpful message as to why when you tried to play the game that had previously worked fine.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/ea-anti-cheat-arrives-for-battlefield-1-breaking-it-on-steam-deck-linux/

Success!

Outstanding. My turn xD. Wish me luck.

Name one time an inner sphere lance stood against a Clan star in a fair fight and won.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but Wolcott did just this and turned the tide. The Battle of Tukayyid in particular?

And yeah the rest of your post is good… I guess I’m still just kinda confused why Piranha doesn’t really use the canon narrative to drive their stories. It raises the stakes in each game, which is great for player engagement.

Let me know how you do!

Found a couple references on Reddit this morning. Some are suggesting that you take a heavily modified TimberWolf just because the captured mechs are so fast, and to use different strats with your Star as a firing line just to take on the rest while you leg the targets.

I wasn’t keen on modifiying the mechs as I’m not fond of the mech bay, but I guess if I wanna progress I’m gonna have to roll up my sleeves.

And apparently Executioners aren’t the best mech in this sitch. Too many fights, too little ammo.

For myself I made it to the final battle a couple times, but just got wrecked in it. See if you can park your firing line in the water in various places, maybe mod them for ER large lasers and take advantage of the cooling.

I’ve got a list of complaints but I’m jaded. It’s story-lite (maybe if you know nothing about Smoke Jaguar it sells), the combat isn’t as satisfying (for me), the mech lab is kind of a joke even when compared to vanilla, and a dozen menus with questionable options isn’t good. The graphics are pretty… but there’s just… inconsistencies in choices here.

The things that bother me the most at this particular moment being so far in the game are 1) These mechs are as tall as buildings. So why instead of trees, are we knocking down tall plants? Like literally, there’s maps with weeds as tall as you are that you walk through but it sounds like a tree is falling. 2) The mission parameters will say something most everyone ignores but my OCD ass. “We’ve arrived at the AO from the NorthWest” it says. But you land and you’re looking NorthWest… so you came from the SouthEast!

At the beginning you miss a bunch of these because it’s a lot and yeah I know I’m nitpicking. Just a thought stream here.

But there’s other stuff. 3) You get weird level ups all over the place and one of them is affinities in the barracks menu. You can choose a bunch but you can get one for each mech weight class that gives you a bonus. Ok, so there’s Light, Medium, and Heavy. No Assault. Huh? 4) The story hints repeatedly that your clan’s tech is miles better than the Inner Sphere and when I’m melting Battlemasters with my mediums I start to agree. So what does the Inner Sphere bring you for serious fights then?

Flying vehicles. I shit you not. Bullet sponge flying fortresses. Guess they should’a used these in some of their wars, huh?

But I think for me, the worst offender here is the fact that it’s named Mechwarrior 5: Clans. Five. Okay, that should mean that it’s somehow related to the other Mechwarrior 5 games right? MW5 Mercenaries’ story talks about a protagonist whose father is revealed to have been a spy for ‘somebody’ that lives outside the Inner Sphere. It’s not Clan Wolf, they’ve got their own thing going. You play the whole campaign, nothing is revealed, but there’s a trailer for MW5: Clans. Surely they’re gonna answer all our questions about who this guy was, right?

…two guesses. Completely different game, same name. I just don’t get it.

Hahah that’s the EXACT mission I’m stuck on right now. Been watching videos and reviews that rave about the game but nobody talks about it.

For future searchers, the mission is called Disciplinary Action

It all depends on the dosage. Remember, suppressing the immune system means that you are reducing inflammation, which in aging is a huge component.

As the dosing regimen hasn’t been nailed down, you can absolutely overdo this and cause problems, but currently a low to medium dose only once a week, not once a day, is the regimen.

I’d say the best answer to this conservative is that it’s like open carrying a handgun. Just because someone is carrying a handgun doesn’t make them the bad guy, so you leave them alone.

But if they draw that weapon and threaten someone, you call the cops.

…or another good guy with a gun?

Bittorrent is a file sharing protocol, which isn’t inherently dangerous. The ‘torrent’ contains the information that’s being passed around to allow connectivity to that particular file. This is also not inherently dangerous as that information is very specific and limited… and doesn’t allow any other user to browse the rest of your computer.

What may be dangerous is downloading a file that contains malware or viruses via a torrent. Use reputable sites and keep your security software up to date. Better yet, use a different computer for this activity with a vpn.

Back in 1988 I had a school project with a few people, one of whom came from a wealthy family. The project was regarding the stock market, and each team was given a certain amount of imaginary money to invest, to see who would win out at the end of the semester. My friend with the wealthy family came back with a recommendation from his father, of course, and we won the contest easily.

The recommendation? Put all our funds into Berkshire Hathaway.

I had the golden goose egg right in front of me and never invested a dime.