It takes a lot of strength to change what was probably a core part of your identity - I respect your change.
Safety razor with any blade like Wilkinson, Feather, Gillette, etc. I personally have not found a huge difference between them, but I also shave immediately after getting out of the shower without any shaving cream which some people might see as psychotic.
I went to a safety razor years ago after getting into it on a shaving subreddit and have never looked back. I bought a variety pack for like $20 CAD of razor blades 5+ years ago and I'm STILL going through them.
Good point! I wonder how hard it would be to get the same pressure as Earth and in the space station?
Strange. Thanks for the heads up. It looked to be working on my end using the Sync app, but I've heard Sync isn't getting any regular updates anymore. Either Sync broke something, or I did!
Love the idea, but (spoiler for the end of Portal 2) >!isn't that kind of what Chell did at the end of Portal 2 to defeat GlaDOS? The portal on the Moon causes the portal on Earth to suction everything out into space.!<
I agree. We're not the first ones to point it out, but theres a strong argument to be made for graphical style over graphical fidelity. Working to achieve a particular stylised choice tends to give a visual medium greater longevity.
There's a reason why people remember details about Jurassic Park over something like Avatar; or Star Fox over the latest Call of Duty.
Technology has made some things look better over the years, but the things that really get remembered visually are the style choices.
Just because one game takes up a quarter of your hard drive doesn't make it more impressive than a sub 1 GB game.
Lurkers unite!
At the back of the community.
Where we watch and only occasionally post the odd comment... When we feel like it. Maybe tomorrow.
What is in the deer's eye in the last panel? A reflection? An alternative that never was?
Patient gamers unite! I wait until that game I want hits AT LEAST -75% off.
The only exception I've had for that rule for myself in recent memory is for Monsterhunter games.
You look hard enough (or maybe not very hard at all) and you can see which developers and companies can't do launch days very well, or release too early. Blizzard/Activision, CDProject Red, Ubisoft, and Microsoft come to mind.
It's the smaller to mid-size companies that have something to prove that release something more polished. Not always the case, but you've gotta stand out somehow.
Thinking of your Superman example and an ubermensch having to think about everything, I think several comics and media that have explored aspects of this idea.
I remember reading that there's a Spiderman story arc where it's revealed that Peter Parker is holding back his "true" strength for nearly the entire time he's been Spiderman. It's only been his true strength of character that has made sure that he "pulls his punches" far enough back so as to not kill or harm the people he's fighting or saving.
I also think about Robert Kirkman's Invincible comic/animated series that explores how powerful people decide, either intentionally or accidentally, the fates of those around them, often with dramatic and violent conclusions. Invincible is the story of Superman if Clark Kent wasn't raised by an American family in the mid-West and was instead raised for another more sinister reason.
I'm getting strong "blue steel" vibes.
Great. Now you're just making me rewatch allinall's animated video of Pelinal's slaughter for the 30th time: https://youtu.be/E5ix0_W-ouI?si=-2mGt8TDnU5wbwGO
That's a good point about the "AI as a service" model that is emerging.
I was reading that NaNoWriMo has had a significant turnover on their board die to the backlash against their pro-AI stance: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nanowrimo-ai-controversty-1.7314090
I'm not familiar with drone laws in the US, but in Canada (and from what I'm understanding from the article and other people's comments) drones are regulated by the federal government and also classify drones in the same way as airplanes. To be able to be a certified drone pilot you also need to know a lot about piloting an aircraft and we get some training in that regard to be able to be certified to fly drones. How we are supposed to fly a drone is similar to flying a plane in some respects, and we need to know how planes with people in them stay in the air. Don't get me wrong, we are not "real pilots" in any way, shape, or form, but we're flying in the same airspace as real planes full of real people. If we fuck up a flight - there can be very serious consequences for a drone pilot. Revoking our pilot certification, hefty fines, and even jail time.
On the surface of things, it might just look like property damage of a drone, but, as people have said elsewhere, we can't have people shooting drones out if the air when they feel like it - this could set a dangerous precedent where simple "property damage" of a drone could cause harm or even kill someone, or many people.
How is this different from a delivery person looking in your window when they drop off something to your house? Can a delivery person also just as easily "carry weapons, biohazards, waste"? Why would a drone want to carry those things? Why would Walmart want a drone to carry those things and cause harm, as you seem to be implying here, to their customers? A drone company can be regulated and audited to make sure privacy laws are being followed.
Will an infraction occur with a drone? Probably. And then people will have grounds to sue and laws will be built to protect people and their privacy (I hope!).
Drone delivery is coming - how do you want to see this tech being used responsibly?
Yes, you're right everything can cause serious harm or kill, but certain things are designed to harm or kill, or designed to look like something that could harm or kill.
Context is a big factor here. A person holding a 6 inch knife in a kitchen? No one is going to bat an eye. They're probably using that knife to prep vegetables. Same knife, same person but they are walking around a market/playground/movie theatre? Suddenly it's a very different situation and context.
Is that stranger with the knife safe? I don't know, but I do know that I don't have anything to defend myself aside from what is around me if they ARE NOT a safe person.
Yep, you're right. After a quick search, it looks like the American Revolution started in 1765, and the French Revolution started in 1789.
However, I know French policies and political development had a profound impact on the ideas central to liberal democracies, as it could also be said of American policies and political development.
Agreed. It was great game because the story, but I can barely remember anything about the gameplay aside from the interactions with Elizabeth. Sadly, my final moments were destroyed by a visual bug - right at the climax of the story near the end of the game Elizabeth's hair inexplicably stopped rendering... She was as bald as Sinead O'Connor. It kinda killed the vibe.
Oh hey, hay čxʷ q̓ə for the reply! That's good to know what the equivalent quality is. I juuuust discovered a good, high quality instant coffee that is decent. It's called Davidoff. Pricey at anywhere from $15 - $20(!) CAD for 100g.
I'm trying to avoid Nestle products on principle, and I find the Tim Horton's original blend way too high acidity/bitterness but it's okay in a pinch.
I'll take a look at more of the big box stores you mentioned.