MagicShel @ MagicShel @programming.dev

25+ yr Java/JS dev

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And as an event that almost changed everything, it was forgotten about in about 3 days. It is crazy to me how quickly no one gave a fuck that he'd almost been assassinated. It fell off the news cycle before Biden stepped out of the race. I guess once they figured out it was a crazy guy and not politically motivated, no one cared.

I don't think it's shitposting when that's literally how politics works these days. You've just become a spokesman.

Our memory is so unreliable. I have some very clear memories from my childhood that I can prove to myself couldn't have happened the way I remember.

I have no reason to doubt this happened, especially since repressing memories is a trauma response, but proving it in court without good corroborating evidence is going to be nigh impossible.

With these additional details:

Based on the additional details—black and white, very pixelated graphics, swinging from powerlines, and floating bananas—it's likely that the game you're thinking of is Bananarama, also known as Monkeys! on the classic Macintosh.

Bananarama was a simple black-and-white game released in the mid-1980s, where the player controlled a monkey swinging from vines or powerlines, collecting bananas. The bananas often floated in mid-air and twirled, matching the description given. The game had a very pixelated look typical of early Macintosh games.

This seems to align closely with what you've described, so it might be the game you're looking for!

Sorry! Maybe someone else will know. I asked it for other guesses but they all seemed pretty weak. I guess check Simian Acres but they were some low quality guesses. Like "Maybe they are thinking of Lemonade Stand and just hallucinated monkeys." Either way I'm bowing out. I never had a Mac until like 2022 so I can't go off memory. Good luck!

Yeah, I mean I don't trust it for any kind of facts, but it's really good at figuring out what you want from a vague description, or finding a title based on a few unique things about the movie/book/song. It's also a good thesaurus when the word you want is on the tip of your tongue and just can't quite get it. It's pretty fucking awful at everything businesses want it to do.

Worst case scenario OP checks it out and that isn't it.

Probably not until the end of the date.

This is one of those rare cases where AI might just be useful. ChatGPT suggests this:

The game being referred to sounds like " Monkey Business," an old game from the classic Macintosh era. In this game, players managed a business involving monkeys and bananas, with the primary objective of selling bananas to turn a profit. The game was known for its simple graphics and pixelated art style, typical of early Mac games.

"Monkey Business" was a business simulation game, and the reference to a monkey in a suit aligns with the humorous and lighthearted nature of the game. It’s understandable that the poster’s mother would remember it fondly, as it was a unique and quirky title from that era.

It's a convenient way to work together remotely. I'm in the US and my partner for a project is in Portugal. GitHub isn't the only solution, but it's very convenient.

I give negative fucks about this. Not only was Hunter never relevant, he's extra irrelevant now.

Fuck all that noise. Give me more Baldur's Gate. I'm the biggest Star Wars fan and I haven't bought a game since KotOR other than Survivor and the sequel. Because every time one catches my interest they start talking about all the cool DLC or things that are locked behind months or years of progression. I just won't.

He's a Republican operative. He's only going to try to argue that Trump ought to win but everything is topsy-turvy. I think the article is a useful read even if the guy is full of crap.

It could be those are just preferred news sources for them. If I were in the habit of reading news and posting what I thought was interesting, I would probably browse a handful of sites and maybe you'd be able to see a similar pattern.

But I can't figure why they never comment. Not even to add clarifying information or links or whatever.

Busted once for solicitation and again for public masturbation. Sounds like a guy with a problem who really shouldn't be anywhere near the wheels of power.

I didn't catch a party affiliation, but being WV, it sounds like a deeply sexually repressed conservative.

Their posts are largely well received and commented, but yeah it's a little weird. I can think of a few possibilities for this, but whatever they're doing doesn't seem like typical user behavior. They don't seem to be shilling for Tesla because I see at least one semi-negative post.

shrug

That's a pretty early film. His acting and especially his comedy does improve a lot over time, though it's never amazing. I think he's a product of the 80's. If he were getting his start today I'm not sure he'd stand out. He'd be like a less charismatic Jason Momoa.

He tends to be in movies that don't rely much on emoting (Conan & Terminator) or with better actors (Danny Devito, Gabriel Byrne, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton—it's a very long list) and the action and effects were top notch for the day, and the stories usually had a good emotional core. I do think True Lies was probably his best movie even if not the most iconic. And it really holds up today - I would strongly recommend it.

I've not seen this movie

Even mindless movies need a hook to pull you in. Fast & Furious has all that hokey family stuff, but the relationships between characters is the emotional core that makes you give a shit about all the garbage flying around on screen.

I'm sure this movie probably has/attempted something like that, but it doesn't hit for everyone and they're just left wondering why they're watching a pointless animation for 2 hours.

I've been in both sides of this. X-Men: Apocalypse stands out in my mind as being just a bunch of pointless tropey CGI garbage that I was relieved to finally walk out of. But I enjoy all the F&F movies just the same, even if I wait to catch them on streaming since Paul died.

I haven't found any interface for setting or seeing user profiles. Not on the web, not in voyager. I see people refer to them but I just assume my server isn't on the latest release or something.

Edit: ... and I went poking around again and found it in the browser under my profile settings, and I can now see profile information that way. Still without any access in my primary client, it's not particularly useful.

Yeah this sounds like, "you're going to hear some things about me. Don't believe them."

I don't think he could stitch together nearly every Trump meme in a single word salad.