The strobe light problem might also be caused by putting a LED that’s not dimmer-compatible on a dimmer switch
The strobe light problem might also be caused by putting a LED that’s not dimmer-compatible on a dimmer switch
Hang on, am I reading that correctly? You had nightmares for 7 years?
I think it was rated PG-13, not R
In fact it was rated PG. The resulting backlash, along with a similar situation with Gremlins, directly resulted in the MPAA creating the PG-13 rating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom#PG_rating
I certainly see your point. That said, devil’s advocate, the comment doesn’t refer merely to political opponents, but rather:
the most evil people I can think of
Can you honestly say that you wouldn’t painlessly snap, let’s say, a proven serial child rapist out of existence? I think I’d do it, if for some reason the justice system was unable to stop them.
urine is sterile
Not by the time it exits your body, no. Urine is sterile when it leaves the bladder, but it picks up bacteria on its way through the urethra
Genuinely curious what he had in mind. A GNOME desktop? A terminal shell?
Shush you, Venice is magnificent. Wouldn’t want to live there but it’s an extraordinary place absolutely worth experiencing. Ancient, labyrinthine, palaces and churches everywhere, it’s like stepping into the Renaissance.
Woof, thought I was having déjà vu for a minute. Nope, just republicans being republicans, yet again.
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-axing-water-breaks-texas-heat-wave-anger-1807538
Quoth Wikipedia, “Even when at peak magnitude of 2.5, this recurrent nova is dimmer than about 120 stars in the night sky.”
The fact that “recurrent nova” is a thing caught me by surprise though, Reminded me of the on/off star from A Deepness in The Sky
Didn’t know about this. How long are we talking, minutes, hours?
Alpha Centauri baby! Still one of my favourite games, I wonder if it still works
Yeah, that’s fair. Still curved though. In my defense I had it right in my brain, the idea got garbled on its way to the keyboard
Aaaaactchhhually a frozen lake would follow the local curvature of the earth, even assuming ideal conditions and crystal formation and so on
Definitely XCOM in my case
Oh good, the Olympics meets WRC Group B. Lots of dead athletes but it’d be entertaining at least
I remember having three or four games that you had to boot the computer into directly. As in, insert floppy and ctrl-alt-delete to launch the game.
At least in Doom they had sense enough to do it on Mars
Everyone’s ragging on the Christmas retail ambience songs, but at least you can mitigate the risks of hearing those ones by staying the fuck out of shopping malls. My top three: