Doom RPG was actually pretty fun. I’m really disappointed it never got updated to 64-bit so isn’t compatible with my iPhone anymore.

I think this was perfect because it wasn’t real time combat but turn based combat. I used to play it first on one of my first flip phones back in the day.

Of course I do! I was OBSESSED with that set lol. It was a small one too, I wasn’t trying to be too demanding but I was big into collecting the RES-Q series. But I have checked on it a few times since then.

It was about $10 USD and now it’s worth about $50 USD set # 6445 https://www.brickeconomy.com/set/6445-1/lego-res-q-emergency-evac

I used to get those little yellow catalogues and I’d sit there and stare at this set for hours on end.

Biting my nails. I’m not even sure how or when I quit it.

I remember when I was younger and one of my mom’s cousins told me she would buy me anything I wanted if I stopped biting my nails. I think it was around that time I did but I’m not totally sure. I do remember that I didn’t see her often but the next time I saw her, I did stop and she didn’t buy me the LEGO set I asked her for.

I see her every now and then (this is like 15-20 years later) and I’m always tempted to ask her about that old ass LEGO set she never got for me that I really wanted 😂

I believe sometimes they fail no matter what because of a condition on your end.

I’ve encountered this behavior when I’m connected to a VPN or on Tor or sometimes because I’m running Linux. I think they will sometimes fail no matter what under these circumstances because the website is too lazy to actually put some effort in additional steps to vetting you.

Reminds me of this old video I loved as a kid I finally understood as an adult https://youtu.be/aPCOfuXYRhs?t=7m44s

That sounds like a great idea but how is the ventilation on that setup? Does it have ventilation for letting in cool air and exhausting the hot air?

I accepted and just didn’t buy it to begin with.

I use the Apple Credit card and finance through Apple. The benefit is that I can pay as I go (and it’s 0% interest on Apple products) and the phone is effectively unlocked for any carrier you want.

Could be a few things:

• one is clever cuts. Film one scene and film a scene at a different time. The time you see the actor looking at something erotic, you position the camera on them but they are looking at something that is not erotic so they don’t get aroused. But you give the illusion that the character is looking at it to the audience.
• masturbation. If you masturbate before the scene, then you are less likely to get visibly aroused.
• get an actor who isn’t aroused by that. If filming a scene with a man trying to seduce another man and he fails, then get a straight guy who won’t be aroused by the gay seduction.
• too many times filming. Many scenes you see on TV and movies have been filmed multiple times. Rare is it for them to do one cut and be done, even if it was perfect and got everything the director was hoping to see. After doing that scene a few times, the natural feelings get lost on you. It’s why a lot of funny scenes that make the audience burst out laughing uncontrollably can be filmed without the cast and crew doing that to ruin the scene. You’ve done it so much that you are now so tired and bothered, you don’t feel the natural urge to laugh or be aroused. Some directors will use this to their advantage in, what some may consider to be unethical, to agitate their actors into feeling emotions for a scene or so they don’t feel emotions for a scene.
• some actors just have the natural ability to hold back some natural emotions. It’s what makes them so good at their job.

I find more success in private party transactions on sites like OfferUp and Facebook Marketplace in the US. Not sure how it is in India, but most places around me don’t do trade-ins unless it’s like Apple for a smartphone or laptop and they give you such low cash that it’s nearly worthless. They offered me $50 USD for my 2017 MacBook Air that is still going strong. That won’t even cover sales tax on a new MacBook Air of the lowest variety.

But I posted this on local sites for my area and posted a price with a thing in the description that I’m open to trades. While waiting for a response, I go check out other listings, sometimes specifically searching for “MacBook trade” and I’ll find tons of non-MacBook listings that have these keywords and I can make a deal with these people. Either to trade with cash or not.

Some people will be willing to downgrade with the promise of cash on your side because they want money more than they want another item. And in the case of a camera, if someone doesn’t really want to give up their camera but needs the money, hey that might be your ticket so they can at least have a camera of the same type that is a downgrade and some money on top.

Did you make this or are you just promoting it? Your post history seems to suggest you just spam links but don’t actually contribute to the posts you share. Why here on self hosted? Is this self hosted by you or someone you know?

Probably taking advantage of you. You seem like you’re the only real person who’s been kind to her and she doesn’t respect it but desires it and only comes when she needs it.

That’s a user. Someone who doesn’t care about you and only wants you around when you benefit them.

A true friend is someone who is there with you for the good and bad times, alike. They’re not just coming around because they need help. They’re also coming around because they want to spend time with you and grow with you and they want to be there when you need help too.

This is not a friend of any sort. This is a person who uses people.

You seem to partly know this deep down since you call her a former friend. You know she’s up to no good.

It’s so smart. It’s a wonder why no one ever thought of it before…

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Security did an audit of everyone’s usage into our network and determined that no one was using Linux, so no reason to keep it unblocked. Most users used Windows and some used macOS, but no Linux usage seen, so why not just block it to close off one possible vector. If you try to connect using Linux, even with the right credentials and MFA, you’ll get a block message that your device is not allowed. I had been planning on switching full time to Linux, but hadn’t yet otherwise my usage would have showed up on their report and they might not have blocked it.

The security at my job is very tight. Most things are blocked unless there is a specific need or use for it. The head of security is very strict on access and keen to block things until multiple people cry for it to be unblocked and for a reason he agrees with.

As part of the larger project of blocking access, he blocked most personal devices to access our systems. My team was excluded with some heavy deterrents to it and an agreement for us to use company managed cloud PCs for all the work we do. Myself and others don’t want company devices while we work from home and prefer to use our own devices so this was part of the compromise.

I honestly probably could have made a stink about it, and maybe not even that much effort since I have a friendlier relationship to the head of security than others, and we may have kept Linux unblocked, but I decided to just go along with it and get a Mac instead. The policy has helped in ensuring unauthorized access is kept to a minimum. We routinely get targeted by malicious parties and our users are often getting tricked by phish and malware campaigns (even with training and routine simulation tests on the users), so I can’t exactly blame him for choosing this.

TL;DR: Just one less thing to worry about.

Oh that’s a good point, I see the concern there. Thanks for the clarification, I’m going to edit my comment with that part.

They don’t care. Their job is solely to provide you with access to their cellular network. As long as you keep that tied to one device (and don’t phone clone, meaning share that access with multiple devices), they don’t care.

If you’re leasing your phone from them, then I guess they’d care but really only when they get the phone back. It would be best to put everything back to stock when that time comes. Of course this means you’ll want to take care to install only what you’re comfortable with and what you know works and won’t permanently damage the phone.

Same thing I’m feeling watching this.

Also got a MacBook Air for work because my company recently blocked Linux. Ugh…but I’m loving the MacBook more than I thought. Haven’t gone to Windows for non-work reasons in over a week now and been gaming on Linux with few issues.

128GB are even cheaper, some in the $10 USD range.

If all you do is web browsing and word processing, that’s more than enough.

I get them confused sometimes too, but no I can confirm I used borax this year. Here’s a picture of the box I have been using

Same brand we’ve been using for years. Unless Borax is the name of the brand lol but the side of the box says “ingredients: sodium borate”

But that’s good to know on boric acid! I heard that for ants too, mixing borax with sugar and a little water and put it somewhere and let them take it back to their colony where it wipes them out but I’ve actually never tried it that way. We only ever sprinkled this down on the floors inside and outside and then vacuumed it up when the summer season is over.

Speaking of ants, I haven’t had an ant problem like I have in previous years too. But that may also be because I’ve been pouring boiling hot water down anthills in my yard as soon as I saw them appearing in the beginning of summer too. It could be due to this, I’m unsure. I had a really bad ant problem in the house last year too that I forgot about until you mentioned that, but I’ve had none this year, and not sure if this could be related now that we’re talking about it.