Varyk

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[–] Varyk -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

oh, that's a bummer.

sure seems plausible.

the other comments here are nnnot great.

[–] Varyk 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

this is the first thing I thought when I saw that meme, too.

opportunity arrives? Heck yes.

[–] Varyk 62 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (62 children)

did she call herself an astronaut or something?

edit: apparently not, people don't like Katy Perry/women and are making things up to get angry about.

[–] Varyk 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

yeah, that picture doesn't do the real life rodent tail justice, but I am happy to see that.

[–] Varyk 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

wouldn't it be great if rump was the first president to quit?

throw a huge hissy fit and tweet that it's too harrrrrd and refuse to do any of it anymore.

[–] Varyk 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

That's just a real life pokémon.

[–] Varyk 1 points 4 weeks ago

thanks for checking, I've watched a bunch of spire videos, and went both ways around. I tried about 20 times, she can't do that little hop onto the handhold before the long jump in the version I have, at least with a keyboard and every key binding and direction I tried. She can long jump right or left, but not in any upward direction on my install, which is necessary for the final handhold before jumping into the spire.

and the jumping seemed really janky the whole time that I was playing.

I'm going to try other versions of the game some other time. there are other good games to play for now.

[–] Varyk 2 points 4 weeks ago

great! That's exactly what it is, a treasure trove.

I'm sure others appreciate discovering new tunes in your community here also.

[–] Varyk 2 points 4 weeks ago

yea, it's still during but tutorial. basically, it's the first time they're teaching you how to do long jumps from hand holds that are too far apart.

so if it's far above you you hold up, she bounces on her knees and then if you push jump, in the first game I remember she sort of short hops onto the handhold and then jumps off of the hand hold, but for forbid and West she just jumps left or right normally and will not jump up onto the next hand hold which is too far away.

it's very bizarre and I played the first game with a controller, so I'm not sure what is going wrong here.

I've made it to the handhold right before the last handhold before I jump into the tower. I assume because there's a giant open tower panel, but I can't get to the last handhold before I jump into the panel because she won't do the far jump, she only jumps left or right even if she's reaching toward the next handheld, it's really weird

[–] Varyk 2 points 1 month ago

putting on deodorant

feels gross smells gross

[–] Varyk 1 points 1 month ago

"if he was captain of MS-13, it would make a difference."

it would, if there is corroborated, documented evidence someone is a captain of a violent gang, rather than someone with no criminal history and a sigmund freud tatoo.

that makes a difference.

"...claim a guy was captian of MS-13..."

this is basically what is happening now from official sources, my related comments in this post discuss this exact issue.

but you don't have to fall on one side or the other.

if someone is a violent offender and gamg member, that should be considered.

if someone is not, as in this case, that should be considered.

and as the post is about, due process should be inviolable.

all three are simultaneously correct.

[–] Varyk 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't think anybody's arguing about the necesiity of due process here, what with it being the point of the post.

not from the comments I read, anyway.

 

War.

spoilersA human in morph dies right away so you know what you're getting into, then things are pretty much exploding and bring destroyed for the whole book while they protect a governor, which seems like a bit much until you reach the end of the book and the governor announces the yeerk invasion to the world.

which is a really great ending.

funny note, Marco talks about how did are ax great long-distance flight morph, and finished them to the reliability of a 747.

Maybe that was correct twenty years ago, when Boeing still did maintenance on their planes with sturdy materials.

 

What happened in the vegan community?

I hadn't heard about any of this until seeing that ToS post.

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Anne Clark - Boy Racing (www.youtube.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Varyk to c/jukebox
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Science Morphs (mander.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago by Varyk to c/animorphs
 

when tax time comes around, you fill out an IRS form called the FEIE, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion.

Check the "physical presence test" box, fill out your total income for that year, then write down the dates that you were not in the United States and where you were.

10 minutes, one extra form, no income taxes.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Varyk to c/lifehacks
 

This is one of my most consistently used life hacks.

key rings are extremely durable, perfectly shaped to pull on, better than regular zipper tabs most of the time, keyrings are the perfect replacement.

Anytime I see a good key ring, I pop it into my tools pocket for the next failed zipper tab.

I buy all of my bags second hand because if they are missing a zipper tab, they're deemed useless and sold for a couple of dollars even if they're otherwise brand new.

If I need a bag of a specific type, I go around the thrift stores, find the exact bag/suitcase I want that's new but missing a couple zipper tabs, and after I buy it and take it home, throw a couple key rings on and have exactly the bag I want.

I've actually made more than a few connections with people because their suitcases broke and I had an "aha" fix ready to go for them.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Varyk to c/animorphs
 

Maybe the least relevant title to content?

or maybe the title is lost in context since every character is the most unlike they have every been in the series and this book is all about coming to terms and impressing upon the naive that the only choices left to make in war are terrible choices.

spoilers

everyone dies or you find a few more soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves.

It's pretty difficult watching the game pedantically and repeatedly explain to their parents that the life they thought they had is gone and people are dying and getting hurt. and you can't choose the moral high road unless you're willing to sacrifice others.

and the Animorphs have to hold the line on this reasoning because they're the only ones who really understand where the line is.

This is the controversial (as I remember it) decision to recruit disabled kids to be soldiers, because they're sure that the yeerks don't want any physically disabled bodies.

The ending really shocked me, I figured Cassie was going to kill Tom so that Jake didn't have to, and they could recover the morphing cube, I completely forgot that she bit Jake to slow him down and allow Tom to get away with the morphine cube because of her HUNCH that letting him have the morphing cube with the right thing to do.

that is a brassy hunch.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Varyk to c/lifehacks
 

I've been looking for a simple solution to keep my wallet, phone, and Bluetooth headset dry and secure while I'm swimming, but every waterproof bag was either very tiny, very difficult to open and push things into because of the tacky plastic coating, or expensive and only useful for one purpose.

After scoping out the options at sports stores, I realized I already had a very strong, lightweight polyester day bag so I went bought a large round screw-top container with a rubber gasket and I was done.

easy to put everything in and take everything out, very good seal.

Took it into some crashing waves for an hour with my phone, wallet, and t-shirt inside(and some tissue papers so that I could periodically check if any water was getting in) and the thing works like a charm.

Bonus buoyancy means I can use the container as a small pillow while floating

The water was pretty busy today, but I'll definitely have to try floating again, the neck pillow was very comfortable during the short test runs i was allowed.

 

i like watching "making-of" or "behind-the-scenes" featurettes and documentaries about the behind the scenes machinations of movie making, but in terms of literature, I'm not sure what to look for if i want to learn about the process Martha wells went through to conceive the murderbot diaries, for example.

i can search for making-of The Matrix and find documentaries, but not making-of project hail Mary and find similar literary results.

is there a section of literature like this?

should i be reading annotated editions?

thanks

 

it keeps asking me to create an account, but when I log in with Google the whole page resets, and after it reset three times I'm locked out of my account that it says I still haven't created.

does Lazada still work for you guys or is there a new thing I should be using?

I remember it working without a problem before.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Varyk to c/animorphs
 

I thought that Marco getting his face ripped off was the crazy part of this book but then i read the rest of it.

spoiler major spoilers

Oh dang. All the parents have been told and rescued in dramatic and violent ways, Jake's parents try to kill him, Loren can see, this was another dip dop HELL of a story.

also ax saying that Rachel's sisters think he's a "pokey-man" is pretty funny.

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her fuck you dying out (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by Varyk to c/[email protected]
 

lol

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