I can’t recall if it was COBOL or FORTRAN, but I tried learning one of them after being pretty confident in picking up any other programming language I’ve tried to learn, including assembly (wouldn’t want to use that for large projects but I’ve written context switches and such), but I ended up giving up because it felt like the learning materials themselves were in some other language.

Which sucked because I’m the kind of guy that thinks a task like refactoring millions of lines of legacy code into a more modern language would be fun (or satisfying at least). Phase 1 would be a 1:1 conversion (probably involving implementing various old language features in the new language or assembly to do it piece by piece), followed by phase 2 which would be a full redesign and rewrite, using the knowledge from phase 1 to ensue full feature parity. Because “we rewrote software but the new version doesn’t do x, y, z that the old one did” sucks. Glances at Blizzard.

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted, I don’t think such an AI exists in any game, even if some Fallout games have some things like that scripted in.

It’s nothing compared to what they call us, anyways.

I want to play a game one day where it has a character AI good enough to be able to point out something like that and have it affect the flow of that character’s story.

“Oh hum… you… make a good point. Ok, pivoting: let’s block out the sun but only on Tuesdays and Thursdays!”

Yeah, though I don’t really like the ones that can be missed by playing the game too well, like the “die to boss x times”.

It gives a point of reference for the others. Though it should probably just be the base for calculating the other percentages.

Don’t be so hard on yourself. It is a bit cringy but who cares? It’s a game where you basically just play against yourself for fun. You fill out your own score card and you can write down any number you want without affecting anyone else in any real way. I’d find someone getting upset at your cheating at golf when you were a kid even more cringy.

When I was a kid, I played t-ball one year. My only memory from it was one time I was on defense but was more interested in drawing in the sand than paying attention to the game.

Or when I was a bit older, I was playing softball (parenta really wanted me to be interested in some baaeball variant I guess). I was on 2nd base and the pitcher missed catching a throw from the catcher and it rolled towards me. Instead of stealing 3rd, I stepped off the base and stopped the ball with my foot to be helpful. Lol the 3rd base coach wasn’t impressed. Technically I should have been out, but it was just a recreational game so they let it slide. I was really embarrassed at the time and would remember that moment for years with regret. But eventually I realized it didn’t matter in the slightest bit and I can laugh at how much of a dork I was.

Because the reality is all kids are dorks and doing stupid shit is a part of growing up and learning to be a bit less of a dork going forward.

How much were eggs on Epstein’s island?

Oops just hung another queen.

Wtf even is substack anyways?

Maybe it doesn’t actually keep them away but just gets them too high to be interested in biting.

Ancient Egyptians: That cat makes a great point.

In general, if there’s an abbreviation that doesn’t make sense given the English word, Latin being involved is a good guess.

Like the elements on the periodic table that have symbols completely different from their name, like Au, Ag, Pb, Sn, K are all from the Latin name for those elements.

Contact with anything will result in trace material being exchanged. It’s not acutely dangerous but could be contributing to the buildup of microplastics inside us. I donated the ones I had rather than junk them so that someone who disagrees can still use them, plus I’m aware restaurants still use them, but at this point I’m trying to minimize the amount of plastics that contact my food. Which also involves avoiding plastic utensils while cooking. I’ve got a mix of metal and wooden utensils, avoiding teflon means I can use the metal ones whenever, too.

Could even just be their policy to try that all the time (or some random % of the time) and just back down any time a customer pushes back. Which is fucked up, but they might have never actually fought you on it because it was just meant to get free money from those who wouldn’t push back and just pay it.

Jermaine!?

Microwave it for about 15 seconds when you’re done doing the dishes (after you’ve wrung it out) and it will take longer before it gets stinky.

Also if you want to avoid plastic, get rid of the Teflon non-stick pans. Once you use stainless steel wool to clean, there isn’t much of a downside to using stainless steel pots and pans anyways.

There’s cooking tricks to get the stuck on stuff off while you’re cooking, too, though I forget what it’s called.

Edit: a comment further down had it: deglaze.

Or just pick them up without tapping their shells first. I read somewhere that that is a good way to kill them.

Though not all games were playable, or at least not on the small TV I was playing on. The resolution was low enough and text small enough that I couldn’t read what was going on in some RPG I was playing, which resulted in me buying my first high def panel.