@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Well, I learned programming way after 2008, and my primary resource was SO. Yeah, it lacked severely at times, primarily due to a lot of unhandled trash, and, well, me not always understanding a few basic things. But it was still great, and was for a while afterwards.

But, then all the damn drama began. I couldn’t even get one day off. Every time I visited SO, I was sucked into all that stupid drama they caused. And programming got this annoying association with the horrible company of SE.

> And programming got this annoying association with the horrible company of SE.

Sounds like a you problem

So in conclusion, Sara was right all along. Remove Meta, so we could all get some peace the last few years before the place burnt down.

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Thanks, that made my day better.

Well it's a very young day

For some of us.

Long day’s been a fun ride, @M--?

Choo choo

not that fun that I need to contact SE. Just misclicked

Oh, well, misclicking is better than no clicking.

2 years ago, I didn't know how to navigate any webpage at all, thus it took me 5 minutes for any click to take place.

So I'd say it could've been worse. ;)

nothing ventured, nothing gained

@AndreascondemnsIsrael is that, like, a disability?

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Brain felt kinda disabled at the time.

@M-- That's true! But you can also get really unlucky and be that guy whose risks always lead to failure. ;)

Yikes

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Yeah, well, my brain overloaded and everything fell apart.

I'm sure if I did an IQ test around that time I'd probably have been 70-80 points below my previous test. :P

Anyway, probably mentioned it since you said I was patronizing. I've been stupider myself.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael I have Nothing to Lose, lol

An original copy from 97

@M-- A hundred more years, might be worth a fortune.

Now that could've been fun.

I'd just need a car and a happy coincidence, first.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael how do you end up in that situation so young?

I've heard of such meltdowns—in overworked middle-aged researchers.

Heard of a guy who started not to recognize his colleagues. Ended up being prescripted a year of rest where his only responsibility was feeding his rabbits.

Eh

I lost parts of my memory a few years prior.

2017, it must've been?

Summer between VG1 and VG2 (1st and 2nd (of 3) years at high school).

Didn't remember the people I spoke to every day.

And my grades dropped from 5 and 6 (Bs and As) to 3 (D) across all courses.

Any trigger you can discuss publicly?

Mistreatment.

Ah... shit

And are you stable now mentally?

I mean, not like anything out of the ordinary happened that Summer.

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Just a little bit crazy! :D

I assume living on your own helps a lot.

Give or take corridor toilet

Toilet came back yesterday.

And I was just woken up 5 minutes ago by two guys walking into my apartment.

At least they left the water on when they walked back out again.

And I must say, this tap water is delicious again compared to all that bottled liquid.

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Probably not entirely like you imagine. It's not like some single especially traumatic event or anything happened that Summer.

Meh, my problems of the past are nothing to take up the space here with.

We all got our issues.

And you could always blame a few of the last events on myself, so there's that. ;)

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Bottled liquid? Not water?

To be fair bottled water is some of the worst excess of capitalism, if you ask me :P If I had to go without tap water I'd probably be drinking all kinds of liquids except bottled water too :P

I've had chocolate milk, soda, soda, soda, chocolate milk, carbonated water, carbonated water with taste x20...

There's a whole stockpile of empty bottles around me, now.

Such a waste of plastics.

Yeah, it is.

Even worse, I need to get rid of them.

"Disaster preparation" has been a news thing here for a few weeks now. Everything and everyone is recommending to have like 2-3L of water per person per day, and then for like 2 days - 2 weeks, in store at any time. That'd mean 4-28 1,5L bottles of water...

I find that wasteful. Especially as you have to replace said water all the time.

I have limited space.

That too, though I have space where I can store 4-6 bottles, no problem.

@Tinkeringbell Not really, bottled water can last for years. And eventually, just drink it and fill tap water on the dunks?

Also, big dunks, not bottles.

It's just that... I don't want to a.) Pay for 'fancy' water or b.) Fill some other bottles with tap water and have to replace that every 6 months

If I wouldn't have to 'replace' tap water every 6 months, I'd just get a few of those big glass bottles at IKEA, fill them, and store them.

I tested if I could use the hot water from the heat pump buffer, but without power/water that won't work :P

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50L water bottle.

Fill them with tap water when need be.

My next best plan: We flush our toilets with drinking water here. I'm going to hook up a few tanks to that, flush and re-fill a different one each time I flush the toilet, and make those accessible ... at least that way I can't 'forget' to refresh the supply every 6 months, and won't be stuck with disease ridden water when needs be

@AndreascondemnsIsrael "when need be" > That'd be when the water goes out here, in which case it's too late to fill that one :P

20L from Biltema....

@Tinkeringbell Again, store for a long time.

I'd have some if I just had space.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael I dunno, everything here says it's not safe to store tap water in any kind of container for more than six months

Then swap it every 5 months.

Too much work, I'm guaranteed to forget that.

Then there's nothing I can help you with there.

I know ;)

I should just get over myself, and spend 10 euros on bottled water next time I go grocery shopping. The kind that's not tap water, and that can apparently last years.

I'm just too much of a scrooge

Booking a helicopter to drop 5000 liters of water on @Tink's house

I have no storage for that. And you'll only bother the upstairs neighbors, not me :P

Catch!

The roof and a floor or two might give in.

I think the water will be a bit late then, because I'm supposed to have it stored before such a disaster happens :P

I don't think bottled water would help you in such an event.

Perhaps not ;)

@AndreascondemnsIsrael diffuse abuse is still abuse. But I'll leave it at that.

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Yeah, great way to make someone feel better :P

I feel no different.

See, it doesn't help to make you feel better :P

I was right!

Make me feel worse, maybe it'll let you harvest some magic items from me.

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@AndreascondemnsIsrael Eh, I usually cheat if that's the game mechanic :P

Use an item spawn mod or something

You just skip the bosses? That's so weak.

There are ways to turn the tides, though.

Once completed, Jedi: Survivor lets you choose a perk that lets you kill any enemy in 1-3 hits. The downside is that you'll survive maximum one hit, and even then, lots of enemies are strong enough to kill you in one hit.

The weakest enemies, like the Stormtroopers, will take 95% of your health with one blaster hit.

So I paired it with the "stronger enemies" perk.

Crowded areas got almost impossible to get past. But the bosses suddenly turned very easy. :P

That was an interesting playthrough, going to 100% with those perks...

I'm playing Stardew Valley Expanded right now. And yes, I am cheating. I've got a 'wear more rings' mod, so I can wear more than the standard 4 'rings' that give you specific buffs (like invincibility after taking damage, immunity from slimes, more defense, regaining some health after slaying a monster, luck, extra critical hit chance, extra attack)

I thought that was some peaceful farming game.

The same mod also makes it so I can have an extra trinket with me (fairy box for healing, frog that eats enemies, parrot, ice rod that freezes enemies...) I'm not using the extra space 'properly' yet, I've just got an extra parrot with me for show :P

@AndreascondemnsIsrael It mostly is, and the vanilla version really doesn't make fighting hard. But the expanded mod has a whole area of focus only on fighting, with boss-level fights and such.

It also adds more 'magic' to the game, which is nice. I'm now an apprentice wizard, instead of just a farmer that occasionally delves into mines for ores (and slays some mummies/slimes while at that)

I've read good reviews about it for ages, and I have to admit... it's really cleverly made, it ties a lot into the lore of the vanilla game :)

Only thing that feels a bit unnecessary for me (still, perhaps later on the addition makes more sense) is that they added a depressed character and all their "events"/cutscenes are basically either traumadumping or your character being 'forced' to be supportive.

Feels a bit too much like 'I can fix them'

@Tinkeringbell And all this time, you could've done all this in Minecraf.

@Tinkeringbell That sounds familiar! :P

@Tinkeringbell Only the programmer can do that.

Yeah.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Well, perhaps that's why they're there then, so you can relate and play the game too :P

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Meh, Minecraft is different ;)

'mhm, I'll skip.

I can't deal with fake trauma.

Hey same!

Not that I'm doing much better dealing with real trauma, but fake one is definitely "get it out of here":P

Quite literally how I managed the trauma in Dead Space. With explosions and flames! :D

Hahaha. I can put bombs near NPC characters in Stardew, but they don't do anything XD

:(

Hahaha

I think it's fine. It's supposed to be a cozy game, where you can just kill time. It has just enough in the way of 'progression' and 'achievements' to make it so you feel like you did something after an hour of gaming ;)

Dead Space was cozy.

Sure but it sounds like a space/sci-fi thing... I'm not big on those, gimme a farm and town to decorate any day :)

@Tinkeringbell Horror game.

Not my thing either ;)

And as much fun as it is to discuss gaming on Fridays... I really need to go get some work done now, so I can say I finished something on Monday ;)

Enjoy...

Thanks, won't do ;)

You could always waste some time here when you're done.

My 'christmas gift' from my employer is apparently arriving within the next two hours. I can share unboxing pictures later :P

Bestillingen er undervegs?

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Been doing that in the chatroom :)

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Bezorger = Delivery person

@Tinkeringbell Sounds suspicious.

Well think about whether you want those pictures... I'm going to make some unit tests :P

@Tinkeringbell I looked. I left.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Not like I shared amazing insights...just random shower thoughts :P

I've not got the time or headspace right now to make well-though out coherent answers to that question. Too busy.

@Tinkeringbell "Where's my soap?"

Well that's easy, that's always in the same place :P

Okay, work is about done :)

Tests were easy this time, lot of copy paste :D

@Tinkeringbell You know that Rune Factory exists, right? :P

I do

Christmas package is here... it had a backpack with company logo that has hooks so it can go on a bike's luggage rack (and that poke your back if you wear it.. practical.), an umbrella with company logo, a 'who am I' party game (bunch of paper 'glasses/masks' that you can write a name of a thing/person onto, and then you have to wear them so you can't read what's there, and guess what's written onto it by asking yes/no questions).

And a box of 'christmas shaped' pretzels (the little things with salt)

@AndreascondemnsIsrael she said "mine for ores", plural. Minecraft you mostly mine for a single ore - iron , and occasionally gems. :P

Gold / copper, most forget they even exist, and the nether-ore came much later

@Tinkeringbell considered our work, a Paranoia starter set would be more appropriate.

Eh, this is fine enough. As with those packages every year, it's the thought that counts. Though this year the game will probably go straight into the bin, the backpack and umbrella will get a few uses (to be fair the backpack I use for work now is getting old and holey, soo...)

The snacks are edible, so I will eat those :P

I've had worse, where the package was filled with trinkets/gadgets/stuff that I had no use for, that no one else I know had any use for either, and that were too low quality to bring to a recycle/second hand shop.

@ꓢPArcheon copper exists too now

LDShadowLady just showed the correct use of copper in a recent video.

House building block, can't be used for much else :P

@ꓢPArcheon Why'd you mine for iron when you can just build an automatic iron farm?

@AndreascondemnsIsrael you mean one where you automatically kill the iron ores?

@ꓢPArcheon Iron golems.

You need a villager and a zombie to automatically, periodically spawn iron golems that you send down a pipe to die above a hopper.

Preferably you build an automatic villager breeder first, so you have a fresh supply of villagers for a trading hall, too, as well as other villager-based auto-farms.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael No, I meant the ores, and I was alluding at the "Impossible" datapack.

@ꓢPArcheon yeah, unfortunately

the same one that has the trees attack you when you chop them

@ꓢPArcheon Never heard of it. No datapacks are required.

@ꓢPArcheon That sounds fun.

@Tinkeringbell Yum

Disclaimer: despite showing similar levels of idiocy, we are not related.

(so if she suddenly references some candy colored ponies that is totally random)

@ꓢPArcheon Oh, I think I may have come across something like that during one of my brainrot scrolling sessions.

Luckily I haven't done any involuntary brainrot scrolling in a while.

@ꓢPArcheon No, that's fine, I can call you @Shadow @Lady-

Also, she really sounds like Bernadette.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Say you don't understand how dead ends work without saying you don't know how dead ends work

:tumbling-dead-plants:

@Tinkeringbell kill time and monsters

@ꓢPArcheon looks "fun" :P