totm nov 2023 Thread to discuss negative things in a very general way, just see where it goes y'know?

[Fizzlebop Smith]

22 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

I am upset. I was a member in good standing with a model radio control aircraft club for nearly 30 years. I joined in high school as a freshman and that was 97/98 school year. We as a club would have our dues come up in July at the meeting. Well as we know July is just days away. I was getting concerned that I had not yet seen the newsletter for June which would have the notice for the July meeting and when/ where it would be. I contacted at first the officer in charge of membership over a week ago and then a few days later having gotten 0 reply. Then yesterday I reached out to the vice president of the club seeking information. I finally got a reply back informing me the club dissolved. No word was sent out to members not on social media or not receiving the electronic newsletter or at the final meeting the dissolution occurred at. Im frustrated that this happened. Nearly 30 years dedicated in dues and loyalty to not be given the courtesy of being told the clubs gone before nearly spamming the entire leadership wanting to just be a good upstanding member.

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That really blows.  Im very sorry that has happened. I hope that you are able to fill that hole with local hobbyists connected through FB groups / reddit. 
 

[AlamoVampire]

1 hour ago, Fizzlebop Smith said:

That really blows.  Im very sorry that has happened. I hope that you are able to fill that hole with local hobbyists connected through FB groups / reddit. 
 

Thank you. Part of why I had no clue aside from the officer of the club in charge of members/membership is because I avoid social media like the plague. I have fb but have not used it since maybe 2014, instagram hasnt seen me post since my cat lia passed 5 years ago. Im irritated by them not respecting not only me (ive a nasty issue there too as it feels like a pattern to my existence) but the club as a whole that is like me and doesnt do social media, avoids crowds and prefers physical literature over digital bs. I stressed over this until finding out the club was gone all because they couldnt bother informing people. Worse yet the membership guy that i contacted prior to contacting the clubs vp NEVER BOTHERED TO REPLY!!! I joined in the late 1990’s around 1997 and it counted for nothing!!!  At least the vp showed respect by replying and offering alternatives.

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[AstroWolfie]

[Lisias]

Do you want to know why the Game Industry is risking going downhill? Whatch this video.

Somehow, Casino businessmen got their way into this Industry in an uncontrolled and unchecked way - simple like that.

I'm trying hard to avoid judgments of value and morality issues here, but when you look into Casinos as a higher moral stand (there're no children on Casinos, are there?), you know you are looking into something really, really messed up.

Edited Monday at 09:41 PM by Lisias
Entertaining grammars made slightely less entertaining...

[StrandedonEarth]

Our kid just bought a 2002 CRV (with our help) to get him around. I replaced the leaky oil pressure switch but it wouldn’t stop leaking. At first I didn't tighten it much, and when it kep leaking I tightened it more and more, until the leak got much worse. Uh-oh. I took it out and took a close look by lowering my phone down behind the engine while recording video. This is what I saw... . I dunno if the previous owner over tightened or if I did trying to get it to stop leaking.

Spoiler

I'm going to try to JBWeld it to kingdom come tomorrow, after blasting it with brake cleaner...

[AstroWolfie]

On 6/30/2024 at 4:14 AM, Lisias said:

Do you want to know why the Game Industry is risking going downhill? Whatch this video.

Somehow, Casino businessmen got their way into this Industry in an uncontrolled and unchecked way - simple like that.

I'm trying hard to avoid judgments of value and morality issues here, but when you look into Casinos as a higher moral stand (there're no children on Casinos, are there?), you know you are looking into something really, really messed up.

The video I watched actually touched on this very video. Absolutely disgusting and evil. Can we arrest these guys?

[Lisias]

7 hours ago, AstroWolfie said:

The video I watched actually touched on this very video. Absolutely disgusting and evil. Can we arrest these guys?

Nope, there's nothing illegal on it. Casinos do exactly the same, everything inside a Casino is tweaked to induce you to spend your money. All your money.

It's the reason I'm (trying, and failing) to refrain myself from doing judgements of value or pinpointing morality issues - it's not a crime, it's perfectly legal do to that. Caveat emptor, literally.

But even Casinos don't entice kids - what these guys gladly do, even if they can't cajole money form them, as they need to keep the servers full of cannon fodders so the paying customers can have a fun on them.

I'm libertarian, I believe that everybody have the right to screw their lives the way they want - as long it's an informed decision.

Kids are unable of such judgment.

Things keep going this way, we will need to rely on Nintendo as a walled garden for our kids be allowed to play videogames.

Edited yesterday at 06:54 AM by Lisias
Yeah, tyops...

[Nuke]

On 6/30/2024 at 3:14 AM, Lisias said:

Do you want to know why the Game Industry is risking going downhill? Whatch this video.

Somehow, Casino businessmen got their way into this Industry in an uncontrolled and unchecked way - simple like that.

I'm trying hard to avoid judgments of value and morality issues here, but when you look into Casinos as a higher moral stand (there're no children on Casinos, are there?), you know you are looking into something really, really messed up.

yea im not doing f2p anymore. as mwo comes to its end and quasi-official rumors about the possibility of a new mechwarrior pvp game after the launch of clans. ive already spelled it out in clear terms that if it is f2p i am abandoning the franchise. im fed up with games that cannot be completed. because no matter what you buy they always want more. if they cant sell me a whole game at a flat rate, im not interested. i guess that leaves ksp and a bunch of retro games. at least i wont need to spend a fortune on gpus and can run linux.

Edited yesterday at 07:03 AM by Nuke

[Nuke]

forgot to complain about current thing.

mom got me out of bed early to clean up after lizzy, who keeps crapping under her desk. i presume the reason is because lizzy can no longer fit through the hole in the structure containing her litter box. keep in mind that this was a nine and a half inch circular hole. which is huge for an animal that is supposed to be able to squeeze through anything she can get her head into. so after i saw her have difficulty with said hole, this started an "hour long" project to make the hole bigger. i had a piece of particle board in the shed, which is an upgrade from corrugated. i cut an ovoid by cutting two semicircular slots with my dremel radius cutter. and cut between them. now she has a 10x12 inch hole. the panel goes on the front of mom's old sewing desk, but which turned into a dumping ground for her creepy doll collection as her disabilities accumulated. perfect place for a litter box imho. i had cut a large piece of cardboard to fill the front, leaving a gap for the cubby and drawer in the corner of the desk. this was wearing out, and the cat hole was too small. so now i can cut the cardboard door down (replacing it is the next project i suppose, as soon as i find the right material on the side of the road).

getting the panel to fit took about 2 hours, keep in mind i had the thing laid out and cut in 30 minutes at that point. 2 dimensions were off and i ended up whittling at them with a utility knife until it fit. i needed 2 more structural bits. the thing screwed to the perimeter of the cubby/drawer compartment and a structural cross beam under the desktop. i needed a short piece of wood on the right side to screw to and a longer piece of wood on the other side for the closure and also add some stiffness to the particle board. both of them were too long. i had measured, i had marked, and checked the marks several times and still manage to cut them too long. the right side was actually the "right" length, but it conflicted with the aforementioned structural beam, which i didn't account for in my measurement. and the left side was simply too long, seems i cut on the wrong mark. but dinner happened and interrupted the project. at this point 6 hours had past.

the cuts were also more trouble than id like to admit. my last blade for the jigsaw broke 4 projects ago (may have been the doorknob fiasco. what can i say, tooling is expensive and im cheap and poor). i had consumed all but 2 of my dremel cut off wheels on the previous case modding project (got a 4th gen intel and 1060 into a 10l business/htpc case, but its my 4th most powerful computer, out of 4 and a steam deck, the deck is #3). the hero of this story is a cheap disposable one use plastic hacksaw i bought for a quick and dirty repair when i was doing bike assembally (that was 20 years ago). not only has it lasted longer than it should but it still has the original metal cutting blade, and it has cut a lot of metal. dull af. still it managed to devour the scrap wood i found in my shed (parts of an old cradle which, also held dolls, mom has a doll problem). it turned out to be a waste of elbow grease, as 2 of the cuts were wrong. it my growing exhaustion, i drew a line and bisected it with a drill bit it 20 different directions. spinny thing cut straight? no. also complaints about my power drill would require another post of equal length. i cleaned them up with a file (oh but not a wood file, that would be easy). DONT BUY CHEAP TOOLS AND DONT SKIMP ON TOOLING!

ahem. anyway 10 hours later (not including the hour it took to clean up and put tools away) project was success. ugly yes, do the screw match, no, does the cat fit, sadie does, but lizzy hasn't stopped sleeping on my desk yet. final installation ensued. screws went in. stuff lined up. the magnetic closures i had used on the cardboard model had been successfully extracted and re-glued into holes drilled into the particle board and left side member. the hammered down and flattened pc slot covers were hot glued to the remaining cardboard door. i sunk a few more screws and put one on the inside to hang my litter scoop. cats are low maintenance they say. ha!

Edited yesterday at 08:18 AM by Nuke

[AlamoVampire]

ive been watching a ton of youtube shorts and have been seeing a bunch involving the movie: Hidden Figures. I finally decided that I want to see/buy the movie, so I did as I always would went to the website for best buy and searched for the movie. I was confused why toys not related to a NASA themed movie set in the late 50's early 60's was popping up. Then I tried to search their departments not finding the one related to movies. I could not fathom why I couldnt find anything. Then I googled the query: did best buy stop selling movies. Answer? Yup. They have decided to cease all physical media sales other than video games as of the start of this year. I am sorry but what? I am wholeheartedly against only having access to digital copies of anything. It makes me nervous to only have digital copies of Elite Dangerous and MSFS2020 as examples. I do not fully own these copies, only my access to them that can frankly be revoked by Frontier or Microsoft at any time for any reason even if I have broken no rules. The same goes for e-books or digital copies of movies. Do any of you remember digital copies from Ultraviolet? I doubt most of you will. See, thats a problem. When you have only a digital copy of something you do not truly own it. Anyone a fan of the movie Dogma? If you do not have a copy good luck. You cannot stream it, you cannot buy it anywhere for cheap. Its impossible to find. If you had a digital copy of it, you dont now. That simple. Heck, I love going into libraries that have been around 50+ years just to smell the musty tome smell. I love wandering the stacks. Cannot get that on a kindle. I hate our NOW NOW NOW GIMME GIMME GIMME ME ME ME ME eww youre different get away from me and stop existing society we have now and its getting worse. This recent discovery that now I have to search further afield to find things like Studio Ghibli movies or even movies from a few years ago or anything is alarming and it should be to you too.

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[Nuke]

its like the decline and fall of the roman empire, part 2. the decadence is there, the internal strife is there, the degradation of moral principals. all there. they want to charge you $10 for a bologna sandwich (no cheese, no condiments, one slice of meat on white bread), then call you entitled when you cant afford it.

Edited 3 hours ago by Nuke