WarKitty's Feline Frenzy Random Banter #216

[WarKitty]

It's time for a new random banter! This time around it's feline frenzy, so I expect lots of picture of cute kittens. Kitty demands tribute after all!

...kidding. Mostly.

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[LaZodiac]

God this is reminding me of how my aunt has a cat and it loves me. I want to have the cat walking on my face.

[DataNinja]

Well, I might as well get my cat tax out of the way early.

From the house of Shadow, our SPCA rescue cats:

Siri, who listens roughly about as well as her original namesake.

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And (named after Garviel, for all you 40k fans) Loken, who is no longer scared of everything - including his own shadow. And I don't mean me Shadow.

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[danzibr]

Holy cannoli. #216? That's nuts.

Nothing much to add, just... man, that's nuts :P

[Strigon]

We're doing cat tax?

Spoiler: Cool; have a Squint

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We found his mother pregnant off the streets, half starved. We took her in (putting an ample amount of found signs online and around the area), then a week later she delivers 7 kittens, including this little runt. Not seen here is his eye infection that gave him the name Squint.

A few years later, we have Big Squint:

[Spanish_Paladin]

Meoowwww!!!

[Qwertystop]

Hang on, we're 216 threads in and is this the first time we've had catspam? And you call yourselves Internetters?

[Aegis J Hyena]

The only cats I pay attention to these days are through Big Cat Derek's WATC youtubes. All hail Solano!

[WarKitty]

The only cats I pay attention to these days are through Big Cat Derek's WATC youtubes. All hail Solano!

I feel mildly insulted. Me-oooow!

[MoonCat]

Oh my god there's a new thread.

[LaZodiac]

Oh my god there's a new thread.

Figures we make the thread about cats and you show up

[MoonCat]

Figures we make the thread about cats and you show up

Yes.

Also, it's finals week. Do I owe the thread a cat?

[DataNinja]

Also, it's finals week.

Does that make you more likely to show up, or less?

[MoonCat]

Does that make you more likely to show up, or less?

The heavier my courseload, the more inexorably drawn towards the internet am I.

I was about to say this only applies around finals, but honestly, I've been lurking on the forum significantly more than usual these past ten weeks, and given that this is the quarter I ended up somehow taking 19/15 credits, the system holds!

[FinnLassie]

My brain hurts. I've got two retake exams tomorrow... haven't read to either. I'm just too tired. Blargh. It's starting to look like I'm not going to graduate on time. Here's hoping my thesis will be a smooth one, that whole process starts after Christmas.

[Teddy]

We're doing cat tax?

Spoiler: Cool; have a Squint

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We found his mother pregnant off the streets, half starved. We took her in (putting an ample amount of found signs online and around the area), then a week later she delivers 7 kittens, including this little runt. Not seen here is his eye infection that gave him the name Squint.

A few years later, we have Big Squint:

Ooo, he has beautiful green eyes.

Oh my god there's a new thread.

Oh my god there's a MoonCat.

(And yes, I'm counteracting my statement from the previous thread.)

My brain hurts. I've got two retake exams tomorrow... haven't read to either. I'm just too tired. Blargh. It's starting to look like I'm not going to graduate on time. Here's hoping my thesis will be a smooth one, that whole process starts after Christmas.

What is this "graduate on time" that you're talking about?

Alternatively, don't worry, in my field, you're considered to be on time if you graduate within one year of your predicted graduation date.

ION:
After having been given a fire safety course on my job, I realised I should probably check the batteries of my fire alarm. Turns out the little red lamp flashing once a minute wasn't an "I'm okay" status lamp, but rather an "I'm too low on juice to even beep at you". Whoops.

IOON:
I got myself Pokémon Moon as an early Christmas present, and, well, the character customisation options managed to make me annoyed enough to restart the game several hours into it. Fun fact: I identify myself less by my skin colour than my hair colour and general attitude, so out of the four available initial looks (technically eight, but I decided to go as a boy), I picked the one which matched these two the best. Of course, a few hours into the game (there are so many cutscenes), I realise you'll be able to change all traits except skin colour (and sex). I should have seen this coming, but still, they managed to make me flip from "I'm fine with this representing me" to "this does not feel like me at all" in the turn of a second, which is quite impressive.

Then, when I restart the game, I realise that Mom has a set appearance and that I just managed to pick the one matching hers initially. It's not really important, but because I was so appearance conscious at that point, it caused quite a bit of cognitive dissonance at first...

Otherwise it's great, though (even if the camera angle makes it hard to see where you're going sometimes).

IOOON:
Thinking of getting started with my Raspberry Pi, and realised that I lack a monitor apart from my laptop, and a MicroSD reader on the same. This will require some amounts of creativity...

EDIT:
Turns out I need third party software for that, so I'll probably hold off on this for now. May drop by my family to use the TV for a while, though. That should also provide me with an Internet connection which doesn't cannibalise my computer's...

[Rawhide]

Then, when I restart the game, I realise that Mom has a set appearance and that I just managed to pick the one matching hers initially. It's not really important, but because I was so appearance conscious at that point, it caused quite a bit of cognitive dissonance at first...

Not only that, but Mom's name is actually Mom. That's the way it's set in the game code, and as such everyone calls her that as if it's her given name.

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So, a friend of mine recently pointed out that I had Greenlight Developer Access on my Steam wishlist. To be honest, I really don't use the wishlist properly or all that much, and I hadn't even considered that the wishlist would be viewable by others. Heck, I still had Dragon Age II on my wishlist, and that was removed from Steam in 2011! I realised then that it would be possible that some people might see the wishlist and buy some games for me based on that, so I've removed a whole chunk I no longer want or can never remember ever actually wanting, but it still doesn't reflect everything I am interested in.

As for how Greenlight Developer Access got on the list? Well, that's kind of a long story... As a programmer, I go to a lot of events for game developers and I've made contacts with a lot of artists, modellers, sound designers, composers, and other programmers. When I heard that Greenlight Developer Access could be gifted and wishlisted, I decided to wishlist it to get notified if it ever dropped in price (spoiler, in the two years it has been on my wishlist, no notification has been sent). Again, I was not considering that others could see my wishlist at the time, and then promptly forgot about it.

While I was clearing out my wishlist, I decided to keep it on there as I still want to be notified if it ever changes in price. I made myself a promise as I did so: I have all of the necessary industry contacts, so if someone does see it as an extremely strong desire to own Greenlight Developer Access, I will team up with these contacts to make and release a game!

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ION: This game will unlock in approximately 17 years (cache)

[Teddy]

Not only that, but Mom's name is actually Mom. That's the way it's set in the game code, and as such everyone calls her that as if it's her given name.

... which makes it look kinda weird when your cousin, the Professor, calls her out by name. I got over that bit of cognitive dissonance on my first run, though. In this case, I find it more annoying how other people refer to your front Pokémon by its species name, and not by the nickname you've given it, even when they reasonably should know its nickname.

Also, I'm sad that the keyboard doesn't support non-English characters (but the extended keyboard has ~20 different keys for making a space), meaning I can't use Swedish names without many of them looking stupid...

[LaZodiac]

Yes.

Also, it's finals week. Do I owe the thread a cat?

Moon you ARE a cat, so that's fine. Though if you have any good cat photos do share. Good luck with your finals!

... which makes it look kinda weird when your cousin, the Professor, calls her out by name. I got over that bit of cognitive dissonance on my first run, though. In this case, I find it more annoying how other people refer to your front Pokémon by its species name, and not by the nickname you've given it, even when they reasonably should know its nickname.

Also, I'm sad that the keyboard doesn't support non-English characters (but the extended keyboard has ~20 different keys for making a space), meaning I can't use Swedish names without many of them looking stupid...

Not your actual cousin it's a Hawaiian culture thing. He's basically calling you bro.

[Rawhide]

It's still too rich for my blood, but if anyone likes classic Dungeons and Dragons games, this kit on GOG has you covered, 50% off if you buy the lot at once. While I haven't actually played any of them myself yet, I'm told that there are some absolutely fantastic games in there (if you don't mind playing older games).

ONLY 6 HOURS LEFT AS OF THIS POST

[enderlord99]

I'll try to just lurk until Thread #217. Unfortunately, I am the high king of Skyrim really bad at staying quiet.

[DataNinja]

Not your actual cousin it's a Hawaiian culture thing. He's basically calling you bro.

That threw me off my first time. Majorly. It wasn't until other people told me later (thankfully I went in mostly-blind, so I had people who wanted to hear reactions, so could actually tell me the idioms...) that I realized, because I was going "WHAT KIND OF FAMILY TREE IS THIS? NO, SERIOUSLY. WHAT KIND?" I had actually restarted the game, to make sure I'd seen it right, because it took a few moments to register.

What also threw me off the first time was having to press A to open doors. Took me a good few days before I was used to not opening doors by dint of running into them facefirst. I'm sorry, player character.

[FinnLassie]

What is this "graduate on time" that you're talking about?

Alternatively, don't worry, in my field, you're considered to be on time if you graduate within one year of your predicted graduation date.

The job markets for my field of work are at their best if I graduate in May (though I'm not graduating this coming spring, 2018 is the target but same thing applies). A lot of the jobs start around July to September. I mean I could get a job right before I graduate (I think it's possible to extend it to July or November or whatever the thing is) but I'd rather have my proper papers when I walk into the Scary Working World™. Graaaahbhsbhsbdh.

[Amidus Drexel]

The heavier my courseload, the more inexorably drawn towards the internet am I.

Truer words have never been spoken.

It's starting to look like I'm not going to graduate on time.

Here's hoping my thesis will be a smooth one, that whole process starts after Christmas.

Good luck!

Though I will confirm:

What is this "graduate on time" that you're talking about?

Alternatively, don't worry, in my field, you're considered to be on time if you graduate within one year of your predicted graduation date.

They might as well just call it a 5-year undergraduate, given how many people take an extra year to finish up.

ION: This game will unlock in approximately 17 years (cache)

Well, that's a hell of a marketing gimmick. I wonder if steam will even be around 17 years from now?

[Aegis J Hyena]

Did the dev of that game give up and run and try to lock it out and think no one would notice?

[MoonCat]

ION: This game will unlock in approximately 17 years (cache)

So, it was released three days ago and it's locked for 17 years? Why? Is there a joke about this game in particular I've been missing, or Steam as a whole?

(I've been so thoroughly distracted from gaming as a whole that last two games I've found time to play have been Undertale and Long Live the Queen. I'm way out of it.)

Truer words have never been spoken.

Amazing how suddenly I've found time to review TvTropes pages on mid-20th-century movie musicals lately.

On an unrelated note, there is a dearth of good fanfic on My Fair Lady.
And everybody should go rewatch A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum.


ION: A Sheep may be coming to visit in one week. And it'll even stay for Christmas!

[DraPrime]

Ah, the sweet smell of a fresh thread.

In unrelated news, I will soon be required to wear woodland camouflage, even though I live on a military base in the middle of the desert. No doubt this is to make us really good at hiding in the shrubs, as opposed to all the sand that we have around here. It's an oddly specific strategy, but I'm sure we'll adapt.

And in other news, I've started watching Star Trek (the original series), after watching Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Man, this show had...no budget.

[Rawhide]

Man... this show... had... no budget.

Fixed Shatnered that for you.

So, it was released three days ago and it's locked for 17 years? Why? Is there a joke about this game in particular I've been missing, or Steam as a whole?

(I've been so thoroughly distracted from gaming as a whole that last two games I've found time to play have been Undertale and Long Live the Queen. I'm way out of it.)

Methinks somebody accidentally set the wrong unlock year.

[Strigon]

And in other news, I've started watching Star Trek (the original series), after watching Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Man, this show had...no budget.

Watch Lost in Space sometime.

I think in terms of prop budgets for classic Sci-Fi, it goes The Twilight Zone (which was often helped by not using any special effects), Lost in Space, classic Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, then ToS.

[enderlord99]

Methinks somebody accidentally set the wrong unlock year.

Yeah, it seems to have been set for "17 years from now" but meant to be set for "(20)17"