chyron8472

oojason said:

pop at the OP.

People could just post in here if they don’t there

CatBus said:

IMO the bind you’re in is exacerbated by proximity. If you were living (just coincidentally) on the exact opposite side of the frikkin planet, it’d be a lot easier to keep your life going one way and your family’s understanding of your life going another.

Yes. This. Living with your parents exacerbates the problem.
I do assert that your relationship with God is truly important, but your relationship with Him is between you and Him.

Regardless, your parents being overbearing is not healthy. It doesn’t matter what they are being overbearing about. You have your own life and must find your own way. They can not be responsible for making sure you live your life the way they would have you live it. You have to do it yourself. Their doing it for you will only drive a wedge between you, and ruin your experience of whatever it is they’re being controlling about.

If you were a child, that is one thing, but as you approach adulthood you have to back off from them and make decisions yourself, regardless of whether they agree with the choices you make. It’s unfortunate that they themselves are unaware of this.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Church is usually alienating for me, but today was painfully so and I’m sinking into existential despair. There was a guest band selling CDs in the lobby, ignoring that Jesus would flip their table. Then there was a guest speaker (did the typical staff get lazy?) that preached that good people watch Fox News, don’t pay attention to “fake research,” though didn’t cite sources for his own “research,” and rambled about “true disciples” vs. “converts and cultural Christians whose kids and grandkids are going to hell.” The worst part is that my parents got super emotional listening to this man, and I feel like they’re about to take another sharp right turn if you know what I mean. I feel horribly trapped and scared.

Sounds like you need to find a new church.

TV’s Frink said:

I like big buttes and I can not lie
You feather dusters can’t deny
That when a moose walks in with a threat to lay waste
And them antlers in your face
You get gored

Dek Rollins said:

All of the terrain variation in the Mario sequels is still built out of straight lines.

All of the 2D games’ terrain variation, yes. And?

the most running speeds he has is three, which means the game puts very specific boundaries around the speed and ability to gain momentum.

Which would be a problem if the chief aspect of Mario centers around speed and momentum. But it doesn’t. Mario can also fly, shoot fireballs, duck, punch, butt-stomp, triple-jump, wall-jump, et al.

Speed and momentum are not the primary aspects of Mario games as they are with Sonic. So arguing that physics in Sonic are superior is rather an apples to oranges comparison since the platforming is wholly dissimilar.

The problem with Sonic is he’s a one-trick pony. The point of Sonic games is to run fast. Complete the level as quickly as possible by running as fast as possible without stopping and without hitting anything. Collecting rings in Sonic is pointless because he loses all of them as soon as he gets hit.

Mario on the other hand, is more versatile. With his power-ups, jumping techniques, and usefulness of collecting coins (et al.), there’s more going on in a Mario game. And especially, with all of this, Mario translates much better to 3D than Sonic does. Sonic’s penchant for running fast doesn’t translate well to an environment that isn’t on rails; while to say open-world Mario games are fun is an understatement to say the least.

Possessed said:

Lol the other thread is beer though, although I will admit that chickens don’t have lips this thread can be salsa if a post by somebody just needs sandwiches. But just changing posts entirely like some of you are hungry or thirsty. I mean you could just eat anything.

This post would be unnecessary if chyron would just eat some lunch…

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Collipso said:

well, apple products work really well with other apple products

Which is my point. Apple products work well with Apple products, but only Apple products. Both getting an iPhone to work with other non-Apple devices or software, and getting non-Apple devices to work with Apple software are a pain in the rear end.

My father in law has a SanDisk Sansa Fuze mp3 player, and getting it to automatically sync music with iTunes was a chore. Conversely, manipulating files on my dad’s iPad without using iTunes is also a chore.

If you use Apple anything, you’re strongly encouraged to use Apple everything else because of the way the ecosystem is designed to lock you in.

chyron8472 said:

Mrebo said:

chyron8472 said:

A thread about cell phones, electronics, or smart devices.

My iPhone was overheating and battery dying constantly. Bought a hopefully non-exploding battery on the internet last week. So far, so good. Still not happy with its longevity but I guess that’s smartphones. I resisted until a couple years ago. At least I’m not afraid to go on OT with it 🤓 And that’s all I have to say on the matter.

Ugh. I hate Apple products.

Collipso said:

why is that?

Because Apple sacrifices flexibility for ease-of-use. I don’t claim that Apple is altogether horrible but for me I find that Apple products are overpriced for the brand name, use proprietary peripherals (which are similarly overpriced), have a UI that is lacking in (even moderately) advanced configuration, and force the use of the bloatware that is iTunes.

The two main advantages that Apple has are that the standardization of hardware makes software development easier, and the popularity of the brand makes finding peripherals in local stores easier for a specific device.

Mrebo said:

chyron8472 said:

A thread about cell phones, electronics, or smart devices.

My iPhone was overheating and battery dying constantly. Bought a hopefully non-exploding battery on the internet last week. So far, so good. Still not happy with its longevity but I guess that’s smartphones. I resisted until a couple years ago. At least I’m not afraid to go on OT with it 🤓 And that’s all I have to say on the matter.

Ugh. I hate Apple products.

For continued discussion about phones, electronics, electronic phones, and phony electrons.

A thread about cell phones, electronics, or smart devices.

But seriously, the problems with education in Oklahoma have me worried for my kiddo when she starts school. I can’t afford private school.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/02/598739415/oklahoma-teachers-set-for-statewide-walkout-amid-continued-pay-dispute

Handman said:

It’s all my fault, I’m sorry. This is why I shouldn’t post in this thread.

I’m not sure if Frink wanted to be on topic as much as he just wanted to bitch about being off topic.

Plus, SW is a mod, and he’s off topic. So it seems fine to be so.

TV’s Frink said:

DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION AFTER PUT BACK ON TOPIC AFTER COMPLAINING THE CONVERSATION WAS OFF TOPIC.

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

Frank your Majesty said:

paja said:

Reminds me of the myspleen thread.

I had almost forgotten

#neverforgetmyspleenthreadandrotjpigmen

TV’s Frink said:

PROCEEDS TO BLATHER ON ABOUT SOMETHING NOT RELATED TO POLITICS

I live in Oklahoma, and for the last week and a half the public school teachers and staff have been on strike in an effort to get more funding for public schools here. Oklahoma lawmakers have since tried to throw them a token raise and minimal increases in funding but they turned it down.

It’s my understanding that Oklahoma is 50th in the nation for funding for public education.

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

SilverWook said:

I finally caved and got a smart phone this year, but I don’t trust it to do anything beyond simple web browsing. I won’t even log into the forum with it.

Your wifi will not reenable itself (from being disabled) by itself, but it will connect if it is enabled and detects a wifi SSID you’ve connected to before (if you told it to).

oh, but as long as software has bugs, and apps have bugs, and apps have the ability to control wifi, and bad actors exist, then yes, wifi essentially can ‘re-enable itself’. You trust the manual too much i think.

I don’t see why enabling wifi is a big deal anyway. I would imagine disconnecting when you don’t want to would be a bother because it uses data.

Your phone is not going to connect to a random SSID it hasn’t connected to before. You can even tell your phone to stop searching for whether any new access points might be in range and notifying you about it.

TV’s Frink said:

What thread am I in?

Indeed.

SilverWook said:

I finally caved and got a smart phone this year, but I don’t trust it to do anything beyond simple web browsing. I won’t even log into the forum with it.

…Why do you have it then? It’s just a small tablet that makes phone calls, and a tablet is just a laptop with no built-in physical keyboard. It’s a computer. Why do you have a computer if you’re too scared to use it?

Your wifi will not reenable itself (from being disabled) by itself, but it will connect if it is enabled and detects a wifi SSID you’ve connected to before (if you told it to). If you got a notification about connecting to wifi, it was probably because the business’ guest access point has a confirmation page (ie. “I’m not a robot”) you need to access before it will let you use the wifi.

Also, if your friend had an app that appeared to boot on its own, I’d bet money he has location sharing turned on, and some app (like Google Now) popped up a relevant notification for whatever business you were in at the time. You can turn off location sharing for specific apps, or altogether, if you don’t want your phone to do that.

Handman said:

I finally went back to my Motorola Razr this year, after bitching about my smartphone for five years!

I had a Droid RAZR M, two phones ago. I liked it so much I stuck with Motorola since then.
Droid RAZR M -> Droid Turbo -> Moto Z Play

Z Play is a midrange phone, but it has wonderful battery life. The Turbo was reported to have the largest mAh battery of its generation, but its specs ate up a lot of power so as to make the claim fairly irrelevant.

Ryan-SWI said:

chyron8472 said:

As though “Disney” itself, as one singular corporate entity, is responsible for any and all decisions re Star Wars.

To be fair, while Disney obviously isn’t going to have their hands on everything, it’s pretty naive to believe one of the biggest corporations in the world who spent literal billions of dollars on an IP is just going to sit there and let what is essentially a subdivision of their company run things willy-nilly without any input. Come on guys, you’re smarter than this.

I mean people blame “Disney”, as though there aren’t actual filmmakers, screenwriters, etc. involved. Last I checked, Ron Howard was a good director.

Also, to say “Disney” is ruining Star Wars is to suggest they generally ruin things, and that George was not already ruining Star Wars.

Saints Row 2 is the best GTA. Especially with the Gentlemen of the Row mod pack.

pittrek said:

Oh yes, a singer singing to a dildo while the guitar player plays the guitar with his teeth, that’s what will save the Disney Star Wars 😃

I loathe how people continue to paint Disney as ruining Star Wars. As though “Disney” itself, as one singular corporate entity, is responsible for any and all decisions re Star Wars. And as though George Lucas is absolved and exonerated for all his awful decisions regarding the SEs, Prequels, et al., simply because he had the original idea for the original film.

paja said:

My DVD Player on my pc got stuck and I think it’s broken. fuck!

Maybe I should get a new computer.

You can get a bluray burner from Amazon for 50 bucks.

https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-Internal-Rewriter-WH14NS40/dp/B007VPGL5U