Random non sequitur posts catch-all thread

SallyNasty wrote:

Well, it could have been two things:)

Touché

I'm having analysis paralysis. Over the past few days I've watched some shows and movies I've been looking forward to for a long time, and I enjoyed them very much. Now with a massive watchlist on Amazon and Netflix I can't decide what to watch next. I don't want to ruin my streak.

I know, dumb problem to have.

Also I'm afraid to get a follow-up chest x-ray because I don't want them to find lung cancer. (I pretty much certainly do not have lung cancer, no symptoms, but there was a fuzzy area last time my doc wants to verify as a glitch.)

X-Rays are easy, and honestly, the earlier you catch something the better. Don't be like my cousin. Get it done soon. You don't want to wait and then find out your choices are limited.

Definitely get the X-Ray done. As Robear says better to get discovered early. Sounds likely that it is a glitch and your doc is just being extra careful.

With streaming it sounds like you’ve burnt through the definite ‘must watch’ titles and are on the vast numbers of ‘well, I’d like to watch it sometime’ movies and shows.

Possible strategies: Roll a 20 sided dice to pick from the first twenty films or shows. Deliberately go for one you think will be duff to preemptively break the streak or go for one, may be a foreign film, you know very little or nothing about as an adventurous leap in the dark.

[super minor, yet..]
90% of gas station air/vac machine operators are chaotic evil.
I will gladly pay you 2x the area rate if your machine turns on after eating my quarters.
3x if the air pressure gauge in the air hose isn't jammed/bent/missing the plastic gauge piece.
4x if above AND it has a card reader (so I don't have to buy something at each gas station to make change, assuming a given gas station attendant even does this for you).

And yes, I've owned more DC plug tire infiltrators than I care to count.. because if I do count, that is 100% equal to the number of ones that I own and have walked over the years.

When someone asks to borrow my next one the response will be: ~ 'sure, your teeth as collateral'.

Air used to be free. It still is at the local QT.

A dollar or more for less than a minute of electricity to run a compressor is extortion.

BadKen wrote:

Air used to be free. It still is at the local QT.

A dollar or more for less than a minute of electricity to run a compressor is extortion.

In California, it's required to be free if you buy gas.

What a weird thing for the government to regulate.

I’m old enough to remember gas stations where when you drove up someone would hop up, start filling your tank, clean your windshield and check your oil. I think you could even ask to have your tires checked.

Of course that was when I was little and couldn’t drive yet. Once I was able to drive I always had to fill up myself.

Coldstream wrote:
BadKen wrote:

Air used to be free. It still is at the local QT.

A dollar or more for less than a minute of electricity to run a compressor is extortion.

In California, it's required to be free if you buy gas.

And they generally will just give you air even if you haven’t bought gas. Had to stop for air a couple times with my electric car, but have never been charged.

Costco will fill your tires for you if you pull up outside of one of their tire centers. They've not even asked for my card when I've done it.

Tscott wrote:

I’m old enough to remember gas stations where when you drove up someone would hop up, start filling your tank, clean your windshield and check your oil. I think you could even ask to have your tires checked.

Of course that was when I was little and couldn’t drive yet. Once I was able to drive I always had to fill up myself.

When I was 14, my first job was as a gas station attendant. I was that kid who hopped up when I heard the "ding-ding" of someone pulling into the station, filled tanks, cleaned windows and checked oil. I also ran the cash register and assisted the mechanics in the garage. Honestly, it was a great first job, and helped solidify my love of cars. Of course the downside was that everyone at that location smoked, and because I ran the register I could buy my own cigarettes without getting carded. Even though I've effectively been addicted and a smoker ever since, I have no regrets.

ThatGuy42 wrote:
Tscott wrote:

I’m old enough to remember gas stations where when you drove up someone would hop up, start filling your tank, clean your windshield and check your oil. I think you could even ask to have your tires checked.

Of course that was when I was little and couldn’t drive yet. Once I was able to drive I always had to fill up myself.

When I was 14, my first job was as a gas station attendant. I was that kid who hopped up when I heard the "ding-ding" of someone pulling into the station, filled tanks, cleaned windows and checked oil. I also ran the cash register and assisted the mechanics in the garage. Honestly, it was a great first job, and helped solidify my love of cars. Of course the downside was that everyone at that location smoked, and because I ran the register I could buy my own cigarettes without getting carded. Even though I've effectively been addicted and a smoker ever since, I have no regrets.

I hear if you want to revisit the olden days of full service gas all you have to do is go get a fill up in New Jersey or Oregon.

Nah, they still pump it for you, but the attitude is less service and more like they are doing you a favor and are annoyed you are trying to buy their product (I lived in NJ for a few years).

The Kurt Russel movie Soldier takes place in the same universe as Blade Runner. The new batch of soldiers that take his platoon's place are supposed to be 1st gen Replicants. It's one of my favorite bad movies and I never picked up on that.

LeapingGnome wrote:

Nah, they still pump it for you, but the attitude is less service and more like they are doing you a favor and are annoyed you are trying to buy their product (I lived in NJ for a few years).

I think that's just because it's New Jersey.

Can anyone else who has "Moonlighter" for PC confirm whether it's normal for it to use crazy amounts of CPU?

It looks like it might be nice but it's driving my machine harder than about any other game I own.

Grenn wrote:

The Kurt Russel movie Soldier takes place in the same universe as Blade Runner. The new batch of soldiers that take his platoon's place are supposed to be 1st gen Replicants. It's one of my favorite bad movies and I never picked up on that.

I think it's just more of an homage/Easter egg. That timeline wouldn't work out, because the connection comes via Todd's service record. When it's displayed on the computer screen, the campaigns listed match the places Roy references in his monologue (Tannhauser Gate, Orion's Shoulder). There's also Wrath of Khan (Nibian Moons, Antares Maelstrom, Perdition's Flames). It's also got references to a bunch of Kurt Russell movies in the awards (Plissken Medal, O'Neil Ring Award, etc.)

Edit: Found pic (and it's also one of my favorite bad movies):
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Maccready cross is a reference to his character in The Thing I believe.

thrawn82 wrote:

Maccready cross is a reference to his character in The Thing I believe.

Yup, and USCM Smartgun is an Aliens reference

I thought so, too, deftly. Then I watched a video on it, and the wikipedia entry confirms.

Wikipedia wrote:

Soldier was written by David Peoples, who co-wrote the script for Blade Runner. Soldier is considered to be a "spin-off sidequel"-spiritual successor to Blade Runner, seeing both films as existing in a shared fictional universe.[5] The film obliquely refers to various elements of stories written by Philip K. Dick (who wrote the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, on which Blade Runner is based), or film adaptations thereof. A Spinner from Blade Runner can be seen in the wreckage on a junk planet in the film and Kurt Russell’s character is shown to have fought in the battles referenced in Roy Batty’s (Rutger Hauer) dying monologue: the Shoulder of Orion and Tannhäuser Gate.

@thrawn82 That is McCready from The Thing. Also, Snake Plissken from Escape from New York, Cash from Tango and Cash, and Jack O'Neil from Stargate. The whole commendation section are all Kurt Russell roles.

I love his ID up there looks like something out of a video game and doesn't include anything useful, like vital statistics or blood type.

Those are some insane D&D stats. The man probably keeps the Tarrasque as a pet.

Even for Final Fantasy, a DMG of 3681 is pretty impressive.

Prederick wrote:

I love his ID up there looks like something out of a video game and doesn't include anything useful, like vital statistics or blood type.

He’s O-Positive (top left)

Wink_and_the_Gun wrote:
Prederick wrote:

I love his ID up there looks like something out of a video game and doesn't include anything useful, like vital statistics or blood type.

He’s O-Positive (top left)

And he's eaten hotpot 1,946 times!

I am particularly intrigued by the entry "Genome: ATCG" that implies there are individuals whose genome is composed of artificial DNA bases.

Apparently, the "KRGH" in the file ID stands for Kurt Russell + Goldie Hawn.

Thinking of making a lamp. Been looking for a unique lamp and found some but they were a bit munch. Then I thought I could probably make one.

I have two ideas running through my head. One is I buy a hand, one of those modelling hands, and pose it to hold a light bulb. Maybe glue it into a box to make it resemble Thing.

The second idea is to build a lego tower and rig the top to hold a light bulb.

Oh just thought of something else. I have a life size skeleton. Maybe I could get the mouth to hold a light bulb.

You can buy pre-made sockets with cords, I think even Ikea has some. If you use a LED light it won't get too hot for those types of materials.