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Yesterday, 03:56 PMveti replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterI haven't played MM (my loss), but to me it seems something depends on whether this frog-talking quest is central, or at least helpful, or just...392 replies | 22275 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 11:00 PMveti replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterOur culture is not good at dealing with death. We spend most of our lives denying or ignoring it. When forced to acknowledge it, nearly everyone will...392 replies | 22275 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 07:06 PMveti replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterPretty hot, but where does it come from? What's your beef with weaving, which must be one of the oldest manufacturing techniques in the world?392 replies | 22275 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 02:50 PMveti replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterI am accustomed to being disappointed, if not actually appalled, by the results of votes of that sort. Karate Island would have been a brand new...392 replies | 22275 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 03:22 AMSheer dumb luck puts the courier in a unique position to decide the fate of the Mojave. From that position, you kinda do need to pick a winner from...104 replies | 3261 view(s)
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2024-05-05, 02:59 PMBack when games came on discs, I got Fallout 1&2 in a combo pack for, IIRC, $2.99. So I'd be surprised if you can't get 1 for "basically free". ...104 replies | 3261 view(s)
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2024-05-05, 04:06 AMveti replied to a thread Tech Help Is wireless charging bad for phones? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyWell, that's just not true. Most of the comments above are from reasonable people who have no difficulty conceiving the process damaging things other...20 replies | 1364 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 02:41 AMveti replied to a thread Tech Help Is wireless charging bad for phones? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyChanging screens is quite a common operation, there are like half a dozen repair shops within a five mile radius of me that will do that quite...20 replies | 1364 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 08:57 PMveti replied to a thread Tech Help Is wireless charging bad for phones? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyOK, I finally found out it's an iPhone XR, which came out in 2018 and does indeed advertise wireless chargability as a feature. (Though even so, I'm...20 replies | 1364 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 06:30 PMI started with Fallout 3, which is like New Vegas except worse in every possible way. NV was definitely the high spot of the series for me. But for...104 replies | 3261 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 02:42 PMveti replied to a thread Tech Help Is wireless charging bad for phones? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyI'm sure that phones that are designed for wireless charging are properly tested. But this one wasn't. Wireless charging is a pretty recent thing,...20 replies | 1364 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 04:23 AMveti started a thread Tech Help Is wireless charging bad for phones? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyBrief aside, before I get on with the actual question: I really hate it when Googling a question gives me 15 authoritative answers, all unanimously...20 replies | 1364 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 11:14 PMveti replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterThe Mexican flag has a very straightforward, not to say boring, design until you get to the middle. Then suddenly it gets super intricate and...392 replies | 22275 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 08:41 PMveti replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterIf you want a cool state flag, it seems like the thing that does you most good is a border with Mexico. Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California -...392 replies | 22275 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:10 PMveti replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterWell, NJ has a state flag. It's better than the average state flag because it's not blue, but it's still just a coat of arms on a plain background,...392 replies | 22275 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 07:39 PMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)Also also, I'm not persuaded by this idea that Black Marsh alone could somehow whup every other military force on the continent, even if the latter...619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 05:41 PMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)"Everyone and their cat" does not cut it as a citation. Please, please point to the multiple specific in-game sources you are considering your...619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 08:13 AMI haven't studied this, but my gut feeling is that there's a difference in kind between a "field of study" and a "theory". Aether was a theory, which...70 replies | 3206 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:53 PMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)That's what they demanded, but what they actually wanted may be something else. Like, access to the Adamantine Tower. Did the Thalmor ever capture...619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:36 PMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)They could never have beaten the Empire's armies unless they had first seduced Elsweyr and Valenwood to their side. And let's not forget the...619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:11 PMThere is a scientific side to astrology: it's about modelling and predicting the movement of the planets. Yes, I think it's reasonable to call that a...70 replies | 3206 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 04:42 PMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)Ulfric very much does not believe the Empire has what it takes to fight the Dominion. And that belief is, as I've been arguing for what feels like...619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 03:41 PMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)Not - per canon, there isn't, but I'm pretty sure Niranye would spy for anyone who asked, and probably is. Oh, they'd look twice all right....619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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2024-04-14, 05:04 AMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)It's a take that's based firmly on the reality of the game. I've cited incidents and locations, I've quoted Tullius's own words. What, exactly, is...619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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2024-04-13, 07:36 PMveti replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)What "appearances" are those? The ones where Tullius is so afraid of offending the Thalmor, he daren't even decline an invitation? Or the ones where...619 replies | 17710 view(s)
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"None of us likes to be hated, none of us likes to be shunned. A natural result of these conditions is, that we consciously or unconsciously pay more attention to tuning our opinions to our neighbor’s pitch and preserving his approval than we do to examining the opinions searchingly and seeing to it that they are right and sound." - Mark Twain
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