I’m real! I’ve been posting daily here for quite a while now. Just my way of trying to support federated social media.

God damn it

I missed a very important 96% shot in XCOM last night. I’m still thinking about it.

I’ve actually never seen it before, it was just one of the top examples when I searched.

Looking it up now, you’re not going to believe this, but it’s because of Harvey Weinstein personally holding the film rights hostage. Somehow after a license expired, the film rights reverted to him, and he offered to sell it back to Kevin Smith at some unreasonable price that Smith didn’t want to pay. It sounds pretty ethical to torrent at this point.

Hey, I like the sound of that.

I’m going to steal this.

I do think I’m going to start a retro game ROM collection in general. I have a sizable physical collection already, but there are just so many that aren’t easily available anymore.

The first that came to mind are episodes that have been removed from circulation, like the Pokemon episode with Porygon, or the It’s Always Sunny Lethal Weapon episodes, or that first DnD episode from Community.

From a quick search, there are a bunch that are stuck in weird legal limbo: The Drew Carey Show, Dogma, Tales from the Crypt.

Someone also mentioned Song of the South being pulled by Disney. Ooh, or the original Star Wars films from before they were edited. There are also probably a ton of not well known older films that would benefit from being preserved.

I’ve been using Handbrake to rip DVDs but haven’t started using MakeMKV yet. I do have a number of blu-rays that Handbrake can’t seem to process on its own.

I know you’re 100% right, but does Lemmy/Piefed count?

It’s hard for me to imagine anyone else in any of the roles. They are all such perfect fits.

I don’t remember where I picked it up, but it wouldn’t have been here. I guess this joke already made the rounds in a few forms.

Argh, sorry!

Also a good point. You can only raise taxes or cut programs so much.

If every country dealing with this wasn’t beholden to business interests requiring “line go up”, this sort of thing could be considered natural and self correcting rather than a crisis.

Population decline would mean more housing supply on the market, more competition to hire employees (better salaries and benefits), lower tuition costs to attract more students to your local university, etc. All the things that would make it easier for young couples who want kids to get established and stable earlier in life.

We call it tAInt

My first couple of re-runs, I was annoyed with him and would kill him on sight.

After a while (and in other games), I began to embrace the betrayal. Like, “Sure thing, bud. I’ll go stand right over there by the cliff… Oh, you rascal, you.” I realized it’s more fun to go along for the ride.

Now this is classy.