Potential buyers:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-declares-mistrial-after-jury-deadlocks-lawsuit-filed-109880382

Does this one work?

red + sword is usually war, i think?

Occasionally I'll watch a playthrough of a game I'm interested in something about (the plot or aesthetic), but don't think I'd enjoy playing.

Mostly, though, I watch like the Drawfee stream where they do improv comedy and draw audience suggestions. I'd almost rather watch a vod of a game I'm curious about, but comedy streams with audience participation benefit from seeing them live.

I think a lot of streamers are basically amateur comedians doing bits with something like a videogame to give them material. mst3k-like.

Others will play a game early or right away and be able to review as you watch. They'll say like the controls feel sloppy or the theme is grating and you'll experience that with them. Not a big deal for most people, but for highly anticipated games people are excited about, it helps give a sense of whether a game is worth playing for them in a slightly different way than a written or recorded review.

Watching people play a dnd game live gives you the energy in the chat while watching, which can make more exciting or interesting the play (do people in chat who know dnd think what's happening was a good idea? is everyone freaking out at a roll? is there a person who explains things in there which helps you understand for your own game?) It also protects you from getting spoiled when something dramatic happens.

There are people who play music or paint or work on a skill on stream, and that comes with a touch of the fun of watching a live performance. There's some extra excitement when you see stuff in real time and they could fuck up or they could do something amazing.

I've always enjoyed reading about people's dwarf fortress games, but I could never decide if I'd like it. If you're a fan, what kind of other games are like it? Is it mostly fun, or 90% frustrating with great fun moments? How long did it take to start to have fun if the learning curve is high? If anyone is in the mood to sing its praises, I would love to hear them. If no one does, that's cool, too! Just been thinking about playing it for years but never committing.

thank you! i think that gives me an idea what to expect.

Was it fun kitsch w/ western vampires? Or more horror oriented? It sounds cool, and I'm always looking for interesting queer stories, but I have to brace myself if it's very dark.

Are we going to start paying for guns and training, and not like proper school supplies and lunch programs? Like, what's the cost here? Are teachers going to have to pay it themselves? Are we buying gun safes for every classroom, too? I'm not sure a locked desk drawer is going to keep a determined kid out.

last time i got a virus i made sure i had documents backed up and then formatted the hard drive. that was over a decade ago though so i don't know how people deal now

I like where the picture cuts off. I can imagine the tail continuing forever

haven't seen the admin since he had a medical procedure done a month ago

These are always so eerie

I realized an instant too late

Yeah, this was building for months. I saw posts about how the banned lady's fully clothed selfies kept getting marked 'adult' a week ago, maybe. posts about non-responses for harassment going back forever.

Yeah I remember this post on tumblr and you're right about what they meant.

I helped a lady your age pick out a color for a room in her house, and she ended up going for a very bright peach. She loved it so much she put it in every room in her house where she didn't have a color picked out.

If you aren't planning to sell in a year or two, I say pick something that makes you happy when you see it. Realtors might have a different favorite color in 5 years.

Was something done in like photoshop with the colors in this pic? It looks off to me, but I'm not an expert.

I know the admin here recently had a minor surgery. I'm hoping for some kind of solution for when normal life stuff keeps him away. Like a few people just in charge of getting rid of spammers and worse people.

Trust in what sense? With computer security? You probably can't. To diagnose you and find a proper course of treatment? You probably need to research the individual doctor.

My mother worked at a hospital for years helping doctors use computers to keep up to date with research in their fields. By and large, doctors 10-15 years ago sucked at using computers. Doctors who helped save the lives of relatives of mine by diagnosing cancer early would struggle doing simple searches.

I knew a psychologist who would openly chat about patients - names included - in casual party settings. Doctors don't have to be bad at computers to violate your privacy.

If you think their computer security could be better, you're right, but the more they have to learn, the more room for error you're introducing during the changeover. Do they spend millions replacing a diagnostic machine because no one knows how to switch it to better software? When it works and those millions could go towards equipment that needs replacing?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996174/

My suggestion is to do research on tech security in hospitals. Read up from people who are experts in the subject, because it's deeply complicated. Figure out what current recommendations are and contact your local doctors and hospitals to find out if they're investing in patient information security. They might still not use linux, but it's more important they be doing what research shows works.

When you find doctors and hospitals that are working towards those recs, give them what trust you can muster, keeping in mind any of them could just be like "my lung cancer patient Joe Smith said the funniest thing yesterday" at their next cocktail party.

Most won't. But these are human run systems. You need to give them enough trust that they can monitor your health, but be prepared to withdraw it when they prove it's undeserved. Tech-wise, pay attention to actual recommendations from experts and keep in mind that the doctors themselves aren't the experts there.

Just, like, don't let yourself die because your doc thinks a linux is a kind of hybrid animal.

it's like staring at clouds. i can definitely see a labia in this, with a glowing light vagina and a bunch of stars repping the clitoris. but she always denied drawing genitals, so like when i see a dick in the clouds, it's probably all me. but if you want to see it, it's there!

I mostly agree, but I can guess one reason why it's useful. With a game that's not that old, but well received, I'd expect new players to keep coming in for a while. Not to the degree of when it first came out, but someone like me will wishlist a game and wait until there's a sale or I have time to play it to buy and play. If the drop off is huge, and sales don't help much, it does reflect on the game somewhat.

There are some local news sources that post info about local traffic issues, emergencies, etc, much faster on twitter than elsewhere.

Also, there are some experts on international topics who write articles elsewhere, but still discuss those issues with each other on twitter. There's a list of english speaking experts on ukraine I keep up with. everyone's migrating, but not as fast as I'd like.

I use nitter for that stuff. Here's hoping they move soon, but people who know what I want to know aren't always good at social media.

I've been using it for years and usually install it on new computers my relatives ask me to set up. I'm not sneaking it in. If they need ms office for work, I'm not going to screw it up for them.

I stopped for a long time because of a terrible bug that deleted an important file, but in the years since I started using it again, I've never had the same problem.

I like it for writing up work emails and printing out estimates. I used to have trouble keeping my intended layout, but not so much these days. Everything I do is pretty uncomplicated, though.

I watched some twitch streamers play this and it is kind of like a find the difference game with horror elements. I thought it had some good scares that would've been better if i was playing, not watching. It's worth a shot, but not very long, so keep that in mind if you're interested.

I hope so!

Does it take a while to tie it properly or is there a trick to it? I've thought about doing this before.

You also need to account for where the really tall people are in the row in front of you. Social optimization be damned, I want to see!

Thank you! I saw it recced but the mention was on a post from years ago.

I had a cat named Stitch years ago and I did a doubletake because my boy was an enormous orange longhair. These two would've looked hilarious side by side.

It seems so easy to skip feeling anxious with booze. I always kinda want to for bigger parties. but, the Consequences :(

I don't know if there's a term that can escape people misunderstanding it.

Do people who didn't originally understand how 'traditional art' was intended get 'physical art' easier? so many alternate terms imply things like a particular style or age of the work. physical is the most generic term, so that's good, but the vibes are off for me lol. I'd get over it if others found it easier to understand.

Making little figures out of clay

Yeah this is similar to my experience. Some stuff gets done without that monologue, but I'm not completely without it.

Huh! Thanks.

Is the director's cut different in an interesting way? i have the standard version on vhs and watched it a hundred times as a kid.

Are there independent groups that audit that kind of thing?

Lost my cat to cancer this week, too. They give us so much, don't they? Whenever I come home and there's no cat to trip over, it hurts.

I adore the handsome cravat Athena wore. How regal!

That assumes every human being has the same base of knowledge and people have to cater to that to tell a good joke. You can just not like it.