Best posts made by MrL
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Everyone whining about Explorer -- just use Total Commander and forget Explorer even exists.
Directory Opus
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RE: Eastern European Politics Special: the new political party is named exactly like its leader
Yes, and it shows that when they vote for them, they vote for them - which contradicts your thesis.
@MrL just 30 minutes earlier said:
all you need is one bill that was passed with opposition consent, to 'prove' that you are right.
Damn, that was hard to predict.
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RE: In other news today...
@acrow said in In other news today...:
@MrL said in In other news today...:
@dangeRuss said in In other news today...:
@Luhmann said in In other news today...:
@GΔ ska
You're running late ...
TAS decided that yes she can compete, as there is some appeal kind of stuff going on and that forbidding her to compete would be possible a more harmful interference if she will be found not guilty.
However ... give the chance that she is just as guilty as the next Russian athlete the IOC already decided that if she ends up in the top 3 there would be ceremony. In reality thus postponing the actual medal handover.Saw some article recently where she says that the banned substance is in her grandfather's medication, which somehow ended up inside her.
I guess we're supposed to just imagine how that happened.
The medication is viagra, isn't it?
You mean Rohypnol?
I wanted to mention some ointment applied directly to penis, but I don't know any.
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RE: In other news today...
@acrow said in In other news today...:
@MrL said in In other news today...:
@acrow said in In other news today...:
@MrL said in In other news today...:
@dangeRuss said in In other news today...:
@Luhmann said in In other news today...:
@GΔ ska
You're running late ...
TAS decided that yes she can compete, as there is some appeal kind of stuff going on and that forbidding her to compete would be possible a more harmful interference if she will be found not guilty.
However ... give the chance that she is just as guilty as the next Russian athlete the IOC already decided that if she ends up in the top 3 there would be ceremony. In reality thus postponing the actual medal handover.Saw some article recently where she says that the banned substance is in her grandfather's medication, which somehow ended up inside her.
I guess we're supposed to just imagine how that happened.
The medication is viagra, isn't it?
You mean Rohypnol?
I wanted to mention some ointment applied directly to penis, but I don't know any.
Something like this?:
Exactly.
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RE: Not Dates, but Hours
@Unperverted-Vixen said in Not Dates, but Hours:
@MrL said in Not Dates, but Hours:
It's been long blissful years since I last saw string glued sql query. It was good while it lasted. Go to hell.
It looks like itβs put together with constants, not user input. Thatβs perfectly sane, I thought?
If they are constants, why glue strings at all? Some kind of db model is kept in constants?
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RE: Internet of shit
@Carnage said in Internet of shit:
@boomzilla said in Internet of shit:
But trying to watch Amazon or Netflix without a smart TV sounds painful to me.
I just have a computer hooked up to the TV, and a wireless keyboard to control it. Works nicely for streaming from everywhere.
Same here. A Windows 10 PC Stick.
Something like those:
Wow, great prices. I got mine for 40$.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Status Thread:
@MrL said in The Official Status Thread:
Reading Polish when you know what sound each letter denotes is pretty easy.
Don't agree. Though I really how the polish bug chrzΔ szcz is supposed to be pronounced, I cannot pronounce it correctly...
That's just individual ability to do (very easy) sounds. Nothing to do with phoneticallity (not a word).
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
@Watson said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@TimeBandit
I see they're going to let My People go.Sad news for boardgames community.
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RE: Bethesda dealing with Fallout
@error said in Bethesda dealing with Fallout:
@MrL said in Bethesda dealing with Fallout:
I was so disgusted and bored I didn't finish it.
I've spent hundreds of hours on each single player Elder Scrolls game and never finished a one (nor did I ever care to try).
I tend to finish games I start, even if I'm not thrilled by them.
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RE: WTF Bites
@MrL If it reduces the amount of accumulated crap stored in my browser cache, it's at least worth that. Β―\(γ)/Β―
Well yeah, it influences user side somehow.
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RE: WTF Bites
@Mason_Wheeler said in WTF Bites:
Just out of curiosity, have you ever played Eversion?
No, why?
I see you've played Rage too.
Bingo.
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RE: WTF BitesHis crazy inventions and plots are failing in spectacular ways, that's a running gag, yes. But his persuit of Deponia and (especially) Goal is the objective of the whole game. We/he do all this crazy stuff so that finally he succeeds - those are expectations built for entire game. And then, fizzle, nothing happens.
To put it in perspective of a different genre, it's like in fpp you would mow down 5000 enemies for tens of hours in many locations, all in persuit of a final boss. You finally get to his hq and... he's not there. He just left. No final battle. The end.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
@anonymous234 said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Probably not a new WTF, but I just did a whole disk file search in Windows Explorer
No?
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else
@Zecc said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
Can't wait to drop Directory Opus for this
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
@TimeBandit said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
@MrL said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
I don't know what that is.
Google is your friend
TLDR
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
@topspin said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
Have they fixed the "WU uses exponential time algorithm" bug by now?
I don't know what that is.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@Arantor said in The Official Status Thread:
@MrL have you tried Disco Elysium?
Not yet, it's on my list.
Last things I played, that are worth mentioning:
from good story department: Medium
from good mechanics department: HedonAlso still in progress: Gloomhaven
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@Applied-Mediocrity said in The Official Status Thread:
@MrL said in The Official Status Thread:
I think writers do get it
Before I start yelling at you, I would like to refer you to the exact words I wrote:
videogame
movie
writersThe point you veered into is orthogonal to what I said.
Then I don't know what your point is.
@MrL said in The Official Status Thread:
RPG
The issue with RPG is that the concept has lost its meaning entirely. RPG for quite some time has come to mean shit like stats, levels, skills, abilities, quests and random babbling. That's not what RPG is. That's what RPG usually has -- but does not have to have. Nor is every game with some kind of a story and choices automagically an RPG.
True.
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Reflection, interfaces, plugins, frustration
I have this pet project of mine. A small gui program which loads plugins, displays them as a dropdown and lets me choose which one to execute. Nothing groundbreaking really.
It was written in Framework 4.6 and worked fine. Then I got a bright idea of porting it to .Net 5, probably because it worked too well and things that are not broken are not interesting.
How it's supposed to work:
public interface IPluginHost { void DisplayMessage(string message); } public interface IPlugin { IPluginHost Host { get; set; } string GetPluginName(); void Execute(); }
Host program implements IPluginHost, plugins implement IPlugin. Host loads plugins at startup, injects itself, gets plugin names. Obviously, I guess.
Plugins loading:
var currentAssembly = pluginLoadContext.LoadFromAssemblyPath(file.FullName); foreach(var type in currentAssembly.GetTypes()) { if(type.IsPublic && !type.IsAbstract) { if(type.GetInterface(nameof(IPlugin)) != null) { var instance = Activator.CreateInstance(type); var plugin = (IPlugin)instance; Plugins.Add(plugin); } } }
Problem? This line
var plugin = (IPlugin)instance;
throws
InvalidCastException: 'Unable to cast object of type SomePlugin to type IPlugin'
but at the same time, while debugging, I can do
((IPlugin)instance).GetPluginName()
in immediate/watch window.Worked without a hitch before. Thoughts?
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RE: The Official Status Thread
@Applied-Mediocrity said in The Official Status Thread:
@dkf Is there any corner of Ta
muriel that can be spoiled yet?I don't know, but I'm eager to find out.
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RE: π The officious song of the day comment thread!
@Applied-Mediocrity said in π The officious song of the day comment thread!:
@MrL said in π The officious song of the day comment thread!:
Uh, no, sorry but no.
I was blissfully unaware of the entire subgenre. Although none too surprised that it exists.
How about this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaC6ZY0KYVcNot the same subgenre, but japanese take on metal, that I actually enjoy.
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RE: π The officious song of the day comment thread!
@Applied-Mediocrity said in π The officious song of the day comment thread!:
My interest level in this game is a big fat zero, so no.
Actually it's below zero, because hearing about it all the time became annoying already.
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RE: The Fallen of World War II
But the proportion of false entries on that list can be used to estimate how big is the error with total number of victims
No it can't be.
There's entire country of relatives. And don't say they're not relatives because they have inheritance claims on various properties in Poland that sum up to about $60,000,000,000.
I fail to see how it's related to our discussion.
Or must state a different question - not "was there Holocaust at all?" but "can any person who died in Holocaust be identified by name?".
Yes, there are lots of testimonials of survivors identifying victims by name.
From one side, it gives the unlucky victims a chance to be properly memorized too. On the other hand, it gives the Ministry of Truth a great leeway.
WTF are you talking about?
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RE: WTF Bites
I tried GitKraken a few years ago, and it was a fountain of errors that eventually CTD'd. The precious few minutes it worked, it was fast but I just found it horrible to use.
It went a long way since then. Meaning I don't encounter any errors in everyday use.
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RE: The Fallen of World War II
They can be used to estimate how big is the exaggeration of number of victims. If someone added a thousand or two false names, surely they could have added a million or two to the tally.
No, victims lists and total number of victims are formed in different ways. Names are not thoroughly checked (because it's largely impossible), whereas number of victims is estimated using german reports of their murderous acts.
You cannot just come up with a number, say "I think there were 100.000 more victims in '44" and get this widely accepted as fact.Of course you may believe that wartime nazi reports and railroad schedules were falsified after the war, by some shadowy pro-holocaust conspiracy. But that's just another level of paranoia (I'm sure there are some wackos who believe that, there are no claims too idiotic for some people).
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RE: WTF Bites
GitKraken
Why should I use that?
Because git is a turd and avoiding direct interaction with it is a proven sanity preservation strategy.
Plus, although it's Electron based, it manages to be somewhere around 74 times faster than another software turd: SourceTree.The page is . It has no description of it, no screenshots and just a bunch of videos (and while hosting them on Vimeo gets some internet pointz for not feeding Google, the Privacy Badger has something against them).
Yeah, their page is shit.
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RE: WTF Bites
@MrL you think you have this case all wrapped up, but you forgot one thing...
OVERPAYMENT AND UNDERPAYMENT ARE SEPARATE FIELDS!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
Well sure, they are separate columns in their own table after all.
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RE: WTF Bites
What's unexpected is that government e-things work quite well and authentication is easy and may be merged with your bank auth.
Though it's not entirely WTF-free either. For example, if you don't set up "trusted profile" in ePUAP (the cool e-thing @MrL talked about), you can still file your taxes via internet - you get authenticated by providing your last year's income, previous year's income, and either the previous year's overpayment or underpayment amount. And it must be either overpayment or underpayment - if your end year balance was zero, you cannot use this method. Nobody knows why, but that's how it is.
Huh? I authenticated my filings this way multiple times and all you have to provide is your income from previous year. No problems with zero balance either.
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RE: WTF Bites
@GΔ ska But Poland does count as an Eastern Corruptsylvania, so it's somewhat more expected there
True. What's unexpected is that government e-things work quite well and authentication is easy and may be merged with your bank auth. I guess it wasn't made by said company (too to check).
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RE: We don't understand TFS and we don't want to.
@thecpuwizard said in We don't understand TFS and we don't want to.:
Frequent check-ins [average 10-40 minutes each developer who is actively working on code].
Heh, typically you don't get more than 2 commits in a day from me.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
@levicki said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
E-banking is a thing, and people who can get in can transfer your funds out of your account. Compared to credit card fraud that is much harder to reverse.
Wow, that would be the worst e-banking system I've even heard about. Not to mention seen.
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RE: WTF Bites
@MrL the two shadiest antiviruses, and one that has lowest detection rates in the market. Beautiful.
I did fix the laptop (broken screen, nothing to do with antiviruses or performance), but in the end my friend decided that she actually wants a new one.
So it stayed with me. Works very well after swapping drive for ssd.
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RE: WTF Bites
I think it makes Portal 2 better
I find Portal 1 to be a cute game mechanics demo, sold as a complete game for outrageous price, and Portal 2 to be bland, boring, forced and stupidly easy.
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RE: WTF Bites
So, about 10 wears each
That's still ridiculously wasteful
Socks are ridiculously cheap. Thinking too much about them is wasteful.
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RE: WTF Bites
identical pairs
They only need to be similar enough to pass at a glance, and only the bits that show above shoes
True, true.
Also, 60-80 pairs a year? At one pair per day that's 4-6 wears each. Are your feet made of sulphuric acid?
Yeah, 40-50 pairs would be more realistic, I guess. You must take into account that some will be lost, some will get torn, etc. So, about 10 wears each.
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RE: c# - Any clean way for generic parent to get type of child?
@GΔ ska said in c# - Any clean way for generic parent to get type of child?:
singleton pattern, which is a horrible idea itself.
What exactly is so horrible about it?
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RE: Update on Administration & Community Changes
@apapadimoulis said in Update on Administration & Community Changes:
your friend
Those are some strong words IMO. But maybe it's just English language weirdness.
a retard or horrible human being for months
, as long as they're playing along, is fair gamePlay along as in "continue to act retarded" or "gladly take the name calling"? I'm confused.
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RE: Update on Administration & Community Changes
@HardwareGeek said in Update on Administration & Community Changes:
A couple of times a certain person known for PWI
Don't throw us all into one basket.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@Applied-Mediocrity said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@MrL said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Hurry up with this ensuring, you have time until autumn at best.
No we don't.
Yeah, we get this preparatory fear mongering here too. We'll see how much our government will bend to please covidians. They did a lot of insane stuff in last 2 years, but not all that insane compared to the rest, and enforcement was lax, as always.
Seems like you are already fucked, though.
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RE: Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
@GOG said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
No prizes for guessing who had the best results in terms of overall excess mortality.
San Escobar.
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RE: Update on Administration & Community Changes
@e4tmyl33t said in Update on Administration & Community Changes:
@MrL said in Update on Administration & Community Changes:
For me this line is before "I'm glad your kid died", but well after "you're a fucking retard" even if repeated 5 times a day for 6 months.
You need your line recalibrated to be less of a dick.
Being less of a dick is not my goal.
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RE: Administration/Moderation Changes & New Admin Team Nominations
@The_Quiet_One said in Administration/Moderation Changes & New Admin Team Nominations:
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Administration/Moderation Changes & New Admin Team Nominations:
@bobjanova said in Administration/Moderation Changes & New Admin Team Nominations:
@remi said in Administration/Moderation Changes & New Admin Team Nominations:
So, I suggest making [Garage] somewhat more obvious. Something like the Lounge background
This is a good idea. If different rules apply to different threads then you should immediately know which one you're in. Particularly as this forum allows me to see all threads across all categories on a single page (and it is quite convenient to do so), so at no point have I necessarily clicked on a category at all before being able to post in a thread.
I think this is the reverse of a good idea.
The Garage has the most loosest moderation policy. We should change the background color of the Salon so people () don't accidentally post Garage stuff in the Salon version of the thread.
I vote kittens!
I vote snowflakes.