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fuzzknot posted:It went downhill from there.
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EightAce posted:Hell yeah! USA, USA, UEE... Er stimpire. This guy gets it
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Feb 4, 2016 23:22
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Loiosh posted:I check in from time-to-time, but I feel it would be inappropriate to comment further until I actually go for the refund, otherwise I'm just a prap'ing person, and that's something I try to avoid. Meanwhile, I've been reading. Finished the Parasite series by Mira Grant, The Bands of Mourning and Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson, Gyreworld by Eve Forward/someone, rereading The Expanse (that TV show is great, by the by), and currently reading City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett and Poseidon's Wake by Alastair Reynolds at the same time (alternating chapters between the books). lo9l by season 3 of The Arrow you should have had the opposite reaction and just dropped it entirely. I managed to watch the first episode or two of Flash and Arrow this season and just ugh.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:25
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EightAce posted:Fedora's Haha what? Ban vapes? How can I make the ever so clever joke about wanting to suck on the robot dick if coworkers can't use these thing? Also, game dev without adventure time or anime prints? Lol.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:29
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Nalin posted:Just buy him a rice maker. Can't gently caress that up. I told him we're getting him a good Corningware dish this weekend since it's versatile. He doesn't have a lot of storage space in his kitchen, so I'd rather see him get stuff that can be used for plenty of other things. On the other hand, perhaps this is the perfect opportunity for him to get rid of the Foreman grill . . .
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Feb 4, 2016 23:30
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fuzzknot posted:I love idiot markers like that; it saves me from wasting time conversing with them. There's a vape store on the same street as my house, every time I look in there on the way home or out somewhere I see guys that look like they're really invested into Star Citizen.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:30
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Goobs posted:There's a vape store on the same street as my house, every time I look in there on the way home or out somewhere I see guys that look like they're really invested into Star Citizen.  The next great Star Citizen gimmick: Space vaping. Probably with a real-life tie in. $400.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:31
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fuzzknot posted:I told him we're getting him a good Corningware dish this weekend since it's versatile. He doesn't have a lot of storage space in his kitchen, so I'd rather see him get stuff that can be used for plenty of other things. On the other hand, perhaps this is the perfect opportunity for him to get rid of the Foreman grill . . . BLASPHEMY! The foreman grill is amazing. 
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Feb 4, 2016 23:32
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Whatever, the practical benefits of my stupid tutti-frutti robot dick outweigh the fact that it makes me look like a loving autist. (no, I'm not bitter!)
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Feb 4, 2016 23:36
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Beet Wagon posted:Whatever, the practical benefits of my stupid tutti-frutti robot dick outweigh the fact that it makes me look like a loving autist. I believe you because beets don't taste
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Feb 4, 2016 23:37
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fuzzknot posted:
You won't believe what they are working on now...
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Feb 4, 2016 23:37
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DigitalMocking posted:BLASPHEMY! Bah, humbug. One thing at a time. Rather than a rice cooker, the next small appliance should be a good KitchenAid stand mixer. I have sung the praises of mine and insist he get one since the little hand mixer is only a stand-in. Perhaps NEXT Christmas.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:38
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Up $500 on slots and drinking some beer flights
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Feb 4, 2016 23:38
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:I believe you because beets don't taste Future beets do. The beets I'm going to grow in my $900 space
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Feb 4, 2016 23:39
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I like that this is like Games Social
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Feb 4, 2016 23:39
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Goddamn that is a profoundly stupid thing to prioritise. What's next, a very slow-paced Adventure Capitalist-esque game to earn UEC in, that they'll sell super-multiplier power ups for? It's going to be exactly that, isn't it.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:39
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cocaine dad show posted:all of that trilogy is great, The Scar is one of my favourite books gently caress yes, all of this. Perdido St. -> Scar -> Iron Council trilogy first, then Embassytown or Railsea, for a whole different kind of madness. China Mieville is one of the greatest writers ever, and has a truly weird & horrifying imagination that the the guy who came up with the stimpire could only dream of.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:41
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Eonwe posted:Up $500 on slots and drinking some beer flights Stop gambling immediately and enjoy wasting the $500 on frivolous poo poo like shows, food and silly drinks. It's the only way to beat the house.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:41
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Beet Wagon posted:Whatever, the practical benefits of my stupid tutti-frutti robot dick outweigh the fact that it makes me look like a loving autist. benefits such as?
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Feb 4, 2016 23:42
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Rhubarb94 posted:Stop gambling immediately and enjoy wasting the $500 on frivolous poo poo like shows, food and silly drinks. Thats why I just rob prostitutes
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Feb 4, 2016 23:42
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ShredsYouSay posted:Goddamn that is a profoundly stupid thing to prioritise. No, because no matter what stupid we expect of them they manage to outstupid themselves It's all hopeless and the thought of it makes me very sad and depressed
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Feb 4, 2016 23:43
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Beet Wagon posted:Future beets do. The beets I'm going to grow in my $900 space I'll man your ship and do manual fertilization
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Feb 4, 2016 23:44
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Booblord Zagats posted:Thats why I just rob prostitutes He said beat the house, not beat the hos.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:44
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Booblord Zagats posted:Thats why I just rob prostitutes It doesn't count as beating the house if you are dead in the desert.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:44
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:No, because no matter what stupid we expect of them they manage to outstupid themselves At least you have snus to keep the darkness at bay.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:45
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fuzzknot posted:"Whisky" refers to Scotch whisky, while "whiskey" refers to Irish or other whiskeys. As a mnemonic, "whiskey" with an e comes from countries with an e in the name, and vice versa. There are a number of U.S. distillers that use the "whisky" variant. Off the top of my head: Balcones, down in Texas always goes with that variation; Hudson Valley in NY has a new "Chancellor's Imperial Whisky", Syntax's big cat whisky (think they're CO?), Wade Lyn has a really lovely product going with the "whisky" variant now too.
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Feb 4, 2016 23:45
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TTerrible posted:If they've hosed up on PCI then 'verse help them. People in the thread are seriously overestimating how much chargebacks, PCI, etc, will have an impact. Frankly speaking, unless RSI is breached and backer PII/credit card data is exposed, PCI really isn't going to be a factor. Unless RSI starts getting hit by orders of magnitude more denied refund requests and subsequent chargeback requests, those chargebacks aren't going to have a noticeable impact beyond simply issuing the refunds would have. The fact that they're denying refunds is not proof that they are running out of money, merely circumstantial evidence implying it. It is not uncommon for businesses to deny refunds if they think they can get away with it - they have your money, why would they want to give it back? Certainly, one thing from the CS e-mails from RSI is true - it's not like they just have $100mil sitting around in an account somewhere. If they were to try and refund all remaining backers and shut down with the available money, I imagine most backers would only get a fraction of the money spent back. That's why the whole GET A REFUND CITIZEN thing is so important to do ASAP, for anyone who still has skin in the game. While they're still pretending that everything is hunky-dory and that a product will be delivered, it'll be possible for the people who try and get out early to get their pieces of the pie intact. Once the house of cards collapses, anyone who's left will either get nothing or a very thin slice of what they put in because most of the money that RSI received was already spent. The worst (and best) part about the Star Citizen debacle is that public confidence in crowdfunding as a whole is going to (rightfully) take a hit because people were dumb enough to keep giving money to Chris Roberts - to the tune of $100 million. That's a hundred million dollars taken out of the hands of consumers who were too dumb to exercise some basic rational judgement about the state of the project. For some backers, it'll be a very expensive lesson; for others, it's a parking ticket. However, I don't expect crowdfunding to significantly change. Who's not going to want to be the next Star Citizen? Let's be realistic here; there will be no meaningful consequences or punishment for RSI. Chris Roberts is not going to crawl away from this, heartbroken and suicidal because he couldn't finish a project despite only raising $100,000,000 with zero financial accountability. He, his wife, and all the rest of the top-level management are going to skip off into the sunset with all of the money they pocketed, and the only people who are really going to suffer from this are the idiot whales who gave it to them.
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I love how completely miscalculated features like the showroom and the million mile high club are. Like even as cynical ploys to make money they completely miss the mark, not even whales care about them. Nobody gave CIG money so they could they join the million mile high club. Nobody is going to buy a ship because its being featured in the showroom. They are complete resource sinks.
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YOUTUBE: Bensday with Batgirl and Ben eps 42 This is one of those interesting "read between the lines" episodes that is both boring as hell yet pregnant with interesting tidbits. At least for those here paying close attention. If you have a beer nearby, the drinking game for this video is (surprise) "Wing Commander" mentions. (Do not use a distilled spirit.) ---- THE SUMMIT Ben will not comment on the details of the Summit beyond that "iterative persistent universe patches will be released over the year". Kind of lame that Ben wouldn't at least tell her about the SalesFloor plans since he already knew they'd be announcing it on Around the Verse this week. (Come on, Ben-- she's a hardcore fan doing the good work of flacking Star Citizen constantly. Give her a scoop every once in a while!) --- "WHEN ARE FEMALE MODELS COMING? I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO YEARS..." They're coming "soon" as in "not anytime in the near future." So don't hold your breath, i_still_trust_cig. Your wife is going to be calling it Sausage Citizen for at least another year. --- SHIP PIPELINE Boring, but later, there's this part. Where Batgirl starts to ask Ben POINT BLANK for estimated completion percentages for a list of ships she wants to read to him-- and his mouth drops a bit before he steers back towards her earlier questions... Eventually, she steers him back and asks for progress reports on 5 ships.... Each one "needs more passes", "graphics passes", "balancing passes", "another pass, someday, down the line", etc. Then he just flat out saves himself the trouble and says "basically every single one of our ships will have another pass for components, and for variant constructions in the future." --- "TURRETS ARE NOT FUN." Ben concedes the point. Unsurprisingly, there's a "big pass coming up on turrets!", then details some of what CIG feels is missing in the Turret gunner experience. As he describes potential plans they have to remediate this problem (and there are a couple they're considering, thus they don't really know yet...) my mind drifts once again to the Spaceship Salesfloor... --- CAMOUFLAGE! Batgirl asks about the special ship camouflage. Ben punts, promising things will be revealed soon. --- MELT TOKEN Ben says the reason token can't stack is a development limitation, not because they don't want backers to have more of them. Sure. --- All in all, a pretty good episode, if you like Wing Commander mentions. Otherwise, YMMV...
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It's cool how they manage to distill cigarettes and feet into every drop of dark stout
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A Neurotic Jew posted:Nobody gave CIG money so they could they join the million mile high club. Nobody is going to buy a ship because its being featured in the showroom. They are complete resource sinks.
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Olesh posted:People in the thread are seriously overestimating how much chargebacks, PCI, etc, will have an impact. Frankly speaking, unless RSI is breached and backer PII/credit card data is exposed, PCI really isn't going to be a factor. Unless RSI starts getting hit by orders of magnitude more denied refund requests and subsequent chargeback requests, those chargebacks aren't going to have a noticeable impact beyond simply issuing the refunds would have. This gentleman is pretty much bang on the money. Except the fact that the upper management will get away with a couple mill here and there. CIG can even gently caress up a heist don't forget
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alphabettitouretti posted:Imagine the worst pain imaginable doubling every second. Can we just rename the thread to this already.
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G0RF posted:MELT TOKEN This will be a nice test of /r/starcitizen, if they go back to discussing it It's such a stupidly obvious cash-grab that someone actually might call them out on it
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Also "turrets" sounds like "turds" and that's p funny
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Olesh posted:and the only people who are really going to suffer from this are the idiot whales who gave it to them. And Ben. Poor Ben.
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fuzzknot posted:I told him we're getting him a good Corningware dish this weekend since it's versatile. He doesn't have a lot of storage space in his kitchen, so I'd rather see him get stuff that can be used for plenty of other things. On the other hand, perhaps this is the perfect opportunity for him to get rid of the Foreman grill . . . Have you considered a pressure cooker that does other things? I got a decent one for the holidays and it will do rice easily enough, while also being very useful for a multitude of other recipes. Fastest way to make soft sweet carrots IMO.
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darkarchon posted:And Ben. Poor Ben. He'll not suffer for long
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trucutru posted:benefits such as? Well women don't talk to me any more for one... No but actually I breathe so much better/easier after moving from cigarettes to this thing (and hopefully even more so after I ditch this thing) which is really helpful because being able to breathe better is way cool. It also is really handy because I spend a lot of my spare time freediving, taking pictures of sharks and shooting fish and stuff. Being able to breathe deeper and stretch my lungs out more helps extend my bottom time and makes recovery sessions easier.
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