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[Cthulhu]

Someday in the distant future I will invent some way to boot up my windows xp desktop that doesn't want to let me use it until I verify my xp installation with Microsoft, who no longer supports xp...

I really want to be able to access those files. For one thing, a story for the museum succession game is on there, and I owe LSP the completed saga of Battlefailed in poetic epic form.

Use a bootdisk to turn it on and load the files onto a flash drive.

[Loud Whispers]

chekm8 atheists

How so?

It's called procedural micogeneration, not procedural macrogeneration
The world is in a word, Toads

[Steelmagic]

I have glasses now and I can see everything, my god it's amazing.

[Bauglir]

Someday in the distant future I will invent some way to boot up my windows xp desktop that doesn't want to let me use it until I verify my xp installation with Microsoft, who no longer supports xp...

I really want to be able to access those files. For one thing, a story for the museum succession game is on there, and I owe LSP the completed saga of Battlefailed in poetic epic form.

Use a bootdisk to turn it on and load the files onto a flash drive.

This. Ubuntu is easy enough if you have a big enough flash drive, but there are smaller distros that you can do basically the same process with. Some you can even make an actual CD to boot from, if that's your only option (you can do a DVD with Ubuntu though).

[miauw62]

I have glasses now and I can see everything, my god it's amazing.

Next step: contacts.

[Frumple]

This. Ubuntu is easy enough if you have a big enough flash drive, but there are smaller distros that you can do basically the same process with. Some you can even make an actual CD to boot from, if that's your only option (you can do a DVD with Ubuntu though).

You... probably don't even need a bootdisk, or any OS whatsoever, if you have a lil' cash to spend. Just pick up one of those USB hard drive docking bay things, and stick the HD in it. Then you can probably pull out whatever without having to bother with OS nonsense at all.

[RedKing]

It's called procedural micogeneration

I read this at first as procedural miscegenation.

[Orange Wizard]

It's called procedural micogeneration

I read this at first as procedural miscegenation.

That actually sounds like an interesting thing to study.

[Bauglir]

It's called procedural micogeneration

I read this at first as procedural miscegenation.

that was certainly not going to be a verisimilitude feature in that RPG i'm ostensibly making

i mean it is now

but it wasn't before

[Rolan7]

And trying not to freak out while I wait for guests to arrive (I am happy they're visiting though, and I'm happy with how much cleaner my place is right now)

In fact, frankly, I'm happy that I'm not a whole lot more anxious.  Helps that I can take slow deep breaths without inhaling a bunch of dust anymore.

It went so well!  Just, oh wow, everything went so well.
Mom and brother complimented my apartment...  and while they were mostly being nice, and I can never read my brother's sincerity...  I can read my mom easily, and she was genuinely happy/relieved!  And she has this *crazy* sensitive sense of smell, which sucks when I have practically none.  I know the place has some smells (brother could tell that I'd been frying fish) but she didn't start cleaning or sigh or get tense.
(... this time.  So, massive improvement)

Brother and I chilled with some racing games and Madden (he intentionally brought stuff I'm not into, to broaden my horizons.  Which was fresh and fun with him!) and I showed him some Metal Gear Solid 5 and shared various crazy bits from the story.  The only iffy part was that we talked politics a while, but mostly we discussed our lives, and cool gaming stuff from our different areas of interests.

We went to a family event (in my town), where we kept each other from getting bored and helped move tables and chairs and such.  Then had some delicious burritos (think Chipotle but local) and some beers, chatting at the local brewery.

Then we headed back to my place to play Smash Bros co-op, and share our (also very different) favorite songs on youtube.  We also re-watched The Reward, which really sums up our relationship I think.

I almost feel like crying, a little.  Yeah.  I'm just so happy and relieved.  I was so anxious...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I haven't had to let anyone into my apartment for probably 4 months.  It was getting to a ridiculous state.
While not premeditated, I think it's safe to say my excessive drunkness on Wednesday (I think?) was thanks to anxiety about this.  And that was before I knew my eagle-nose mom would be stopping in.
I'm pretty sure he accidentally saw a super embarrassing message when checking the time in Steam's overlay.  Stupid dumb me, should have thought to go offline and clear that...  But he played it off like he didn't notice.  Maybe he didn't, I just can never tell with him.

But even if he saw it, I am thankful that he's accepting and supportive of my choices.  Encouraging, even.  Everyone has their flaws, but I'm lucky to have him as a brother.

A long time ago I decided to just keep living out of spite and inertia.  But sometimes I get, by surprise, scraps of hope.  This is one of those times.

[lemon10]

Just finished the season finale of mr. Robot. Damn is it an amzing show. And that final scene was lovely.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

It perfectly mirrored the start of the first episode. In the start he had dillusions of how the people who control the world exist, and that they actally cared about him. Now at the end the same people were shown to exist, and now they really DO care about him.

[NAV]

Free falafel wraps and hummus and pastry. Yum!

[Arx]

I am typing this using Firefox from a fresh installation of Mint 17. It has that new OS smell.

[GiglameshDespair]

I am typing this using Firefox from a fresh installation of Mint 17. It has that new OS smell.

Minty fresh?

[Arx]

I am typing this using Firefox from a fresh installation of Mint 17. It has that new OS smell.

Minty fresh?

More of a pleasant Cinnamon aroma, but more-or-less.