kurcatovium @ kurcatovium @lemm.ee

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I tried it once years back. Thought it's weird, but gave it a try anyway. Now I can't use "stupid" default launchers and KISS is first thing to set up in new phone :-D

Do you drive it with family?

If I was alone, this would be an option. With family, not so much. I've heard horrible stories, struggling to go uphill with 4 people on board, etc. And I live in a hilly area.

It's a cool car, yes. Too small for me, but cool as fuck. Used ones are affordable, but it's still 34k € new, which is not cheap at all.

Not a single one of them is available where I live. And once I checked them, they're not really family cars I was hoping for.

It depends... As our old Ford gave up, I bought used car at the end of 2023. It is Kia Ceed SW, was three and a half years old when I bought it and I paid roughly 14k € for it, which is about my ceiling for a car. Not that I couldn't pay more, but I don't want to as our family doesn't drive that much. Our last car did about 5-10k km a year and this one is no different.

When I was checking BEV at the time there was nothing usable at my price range and area. Couple of used E-Ups, which are too small honestly (that's why we bought SW, trunk is always full of something). Same goes for BMW i3, which is also so hideous my wife said it would be a divorce. Not many E-Golfs, most of them totally abused, and way older than I'd like. Few Renault Zoes, but that's a brand I wouldn't trust with my past experience... There was simply nothing that would make sense. Not sure how it changed during 2024, but my hopes are low.

Well, I mean a car where I can fit with my wife, two kids, bag of groceries and still drive uphill...

Gimme cheap, simple and reliable EV with guaranteed 200km range and I'm sold. I don't need bazillion of cameras inside and out, I don't need glass roof, I don't need 200kW of ridiculous power I would never use, I don't need always online maps for a subscription fee and I don't need 20" infotainment, neither I need 3 zone AC with ventilated seats and ballsack massage device, etc. I just want a Dacia of EV market.

Exactly that. Fuck that MS "knowledge" bullshit base.

Why should ot work? Most people will buy it for nostalgia reasons and "to play it again once the time's right" and never actually manage to do so... /A bit of sarcasm with realization of how the world is

I presume you're either not Japanese or you actually are Japanese outlaw.

I'm no genius, far from it to be honest. But I went through most parts of high school without studying because I somehow remembered stuff being talked about in class. I just recalled how the teacher said required thing and what they were connected with. It was enough to get average grades.

Uni was a bit different. I had huge problems with classes focused on just memorizing stuff. Lectures was not mandatory and most teachers were terrible at explaining stuff so I ended up missing most of those as it gave me zero benefit.

To pass the exams I had to really understand some basic procedures where applicable (math, economics, etc). And I mean really understand to what's going on and why, not just memorizing equations. Once I grasped the basic concept it was often quite easy actually (I wasn't aiming for As) because everything made sense out of sudden.

That's why memorizing heavy classes were such a pain for me. There were usually no such "basics" where you can build upon. I had a classmate which was exact opposite of me. She could memorize a whole lecture book over night just by reading it once or twice. And I mean memorize like basically she could start to finish it word by word. Did she know what she was saying/writing? Often times not, but as long as the exam was written, she had straight As because she just wrote whatever the teacher wanted to be there. IDK if she had photographic memory or what, but it was completely mind boggling to me, exactly like your roommate is to you. Maybe they function the same?

Nice, thank you.

Oh come on! First Arma (Operation Flashpoint) had photorealistic graphics and played like a dream... That's how I remembered it until I tried it 20 years later. Boy oh boy...

I started Wizardry 8 as my first one and it instantly became one of my favourites. Even though the story is somewhat continuation of 6 and 7, not knowing these is not a problem at all. It's still interesting and well explained even for novice players. Much later I've tried both 6 and 7 and even though I felt I could like them and I even liked the hand made graphics, it was the user interface of the early 90s that was just too much for me.

I don't but I wonder how close these two languages are? Since I sometimes watch Karl Rock on youtube, he apparently speaks both depending on where he is at the moment. Is it like "I understand nearly every word without even trying" or is it more like "If I focus hard enough I get the meaning of what the person is saying"?

I can tell you. It would be HUGE absolutely generic open world with AI generated characters and quests, virtually zero human made and interesting quests and gameplay would feel like filling excel spreadsheets. Somewhat like Ubisoft recepe :-D

At least that's what original Daggerfall 's spirit would be. It was at the time where "the biggest" was simply the catchphrase and Daggerfall was exactly that. The biggest. But also very shallow and empty. Sure there were billions of quests but what for? When for one interesting there were dozens of generic ones? Don't get me wrong, it was still a great game at the time, because players weren't as spoiled and something was always better than nothing. At least that's my impression.

I'm not really movie guy, but I would add these myself:

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail and/or Life of Brian - both are timeless classic if you're into silly British humour
• Pulp Fiction - one of my favourites, virtually every scene is memorable or legendary, good acting and very dark yer still funny
• Apocalypse Now - for some strange reason I like movies about Vietnam war and this one is probably my top one (followed by Jacobs Ladder (very grim) and Platoon)
• Shawshank Redemption - it's recommended everywhere and I can't argue with that, great touching movie (same goes for Forrest Gump)
• The Crow (90s one) - one of the best noire/goth atmosphere in movies I've seen, great soundtrack too
• Catch XXII (1970) - it's absurd as it should be, book well made into movie

Or an Indian way: season with chilli until Europeans cry...

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