Since you mention it some point we could have a game discussion on boxes since those have gone away for all practical purposes. Everything is downloaded now. I remember Diablo having that funky trapezoid box and graphics, for example
After a rather long layoff, I have returned to colluding with the Russians and playing World of Warships, which I enjoy both as a game and also scratching my inner history nerd with some marginally-realistic WW2-era naval warfare.
Your point is well made on expansions. Having in the past played quite a bit of the Total War series, by the time they get to the final "expansions" you are practically playing a different game all together. Of course you can by the inevitable "collection" once all have been packaged as a "set", but who has the money for such things...
I'll second the beauty of pit mixes. My beloved pit/basset rescue that we lost a few months ago was the joy of the family and very good/protective with the kids. Short, stocky, and solid muscle he was quite the handsome boy. The three Pyrenees/shepherd pups we are working up are promising but very different personality wise. They are from the same litter purposefully breed by friends of ours and will no doubt keep us busy.
FWIW Mark Knoller is reporting a "Senior WH" source that President Trump dictated the letter "every word". I am skeptical but since I openly questioned that very thing earlier only fair I put it out there.
https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/999745747976441857
Apparently it was Stallone, who is a noted boxing fan beyond just playing Rocky, whose personal appeal swayed the president, along with others. Its the right thing, and long overdue, so despite the very Trumpian way it came about, I wont quibble with the how.
I think your perception of a "pull back" tactic is probably correct, the question is why. I too do not trust there to be a coherent long-term plan on the part of the Trump Administration, so pending further evidence I'm inclined to think this is a correct result accidently achieved.
We know Trump himself didn't write it, though the statement about the nukes sounds like something he might have insisted being included. Incompetence is always a possibility, but the rejection bookended with flowery compliments to the "Supreme Leader" makes me think it is purposeful to get a reaction.
There is some very peculiar language and phrasing choices in this letter. I wonder if it was for translation purposes or particular phrasing aimed to affect Kim directly that they were shooting for with this.
Politics and social implications aside for a moment, the NFL has just handled this whole thing horribly, and this is a perfect example. Long after the fact, and with it mostly being a forgotten issue, they make sure that not only will it be revived, but made it worse. Already the Chairman for the Jets has came out and said he will be paying any fines the players get. The NFL is all but daring those that are protest minded to defy them, which they will. Self inflicted wound that will now dominate media coverage of the start of each game.
@burt-likko re:history pedantia I have corrected the post, I knew that I have no idea why I brain farted it that way. Thankfully, this piece was reviewed by others before going live, so the shame is not mine alone to bear. My bad, thanks for pointing it out.
You notes on measurements reminds me of the old cooking joke where the children fought over the deceased mothers super secret recipes, only to discover them having been written along the lines of "two scopes from the red lid", "half of the old green bowl", and "three of the medium wood spoon", making their replication almost impossible. Having said that a question since I'm ignorant on this subject for the most part: Is there a substaitial difference in the grains and hops used now as opposed to them, other than the refining and packaging? As someone who cooks I know ingrediants vary wildly just from things like packaging differences so I am wondering if the same holds true to the hops and grains of the day fresh from the fields/storage compared to purchased by home crafters now.
There will be a TSN post up about it shortly, there were several other things already up for this morning so wanted to spread it out a bit, so look for that.
A wonderful piece, I really enjoyed it. Reminded me of an important time with oldest daughter, where we, as a military family, planned for her to be moved and settled "with the friends she grew up with" for high school after having been overseas and elsewhere for years. Same school, same friends, same city-but she realized being abroad had changed her in ways that they had not and there was a disconnect there that she sometimes struggled with. I continue to believe that on balance the experience of a wider world is still worth the adjustment or disconnect from a more traditional sense of "home" for lack of better word, but as pointed out here, there is no such things as "normal" really. Just perceived ideas we are all doing our best to work through. Excellent read, thank you for sharing.
This is very good insight and thought. I think the analogy you draw to the Maginot Line is a really good one. The technology changed so fast most people just had no concept of what the fight was, let alone how to fight it.
Sp4 Its a really fascinating read, and besides the narrative of crisis what really comes through is just how much is involved in operating in space. The coordination and teamwork is something we kind-of know about, but do not truly appreciate. Also makes you appreciate how dangerous work becomes routine; a quart of water here is dealt with quickly but is nearly fatal in this case. Love the quote on how they adapt to the pressure of it all:
NASA spaceflight people have a euphemism to describe the many fatal accidents, known and unknown, that might conceivably befall them. With a kind of whistling-past-the-graveyard understatement, they call it “having a bad day.”
I know I'm probably the minority but I have developed such a bias against overwhelming CGI that a movie has to be very strong in all other respects to compensate for it.
Got to be honest here, other than Incredibles (which is a bit of nostalgia since with the age gap in children the oldest is off to college from the original movie so doing it with the youngins might be that) none of those sound appealing. After neglecting it last year there will be many more beach trips this summer, and with my improved health hopefully more travelling. Already have traditional WV 4th of July trip planned, Atlanta in June for a sort of ad hoc 20th class reunion, kids are going to Pigeon Forge with grandparents for a week, and I have several other trips working on. With luck will be far to busy for any movies.
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Since you mention it some point we could have a game discussion on boxes since those have gone away for all practical purposes. Everything is downloaded now. I remember Diablo having that funky trapezoid box and graphics, for example
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After a rather long layoff, I have returned to colluding with the Russians and playing World of Warships, which I enjoy both as a game and also scratching my inner history nerd with some marginally-realistic WW2-era naval warfare.
Your point is well made on expansions. Having in the past played quite a bit of the Total War series, by the time they get to the final "expansions" you are practically playing a different game all together. Of course you can by the inevitable "collection" once all have been packaged as a "set", but who has the money for such things...
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I'll second the beauty of pit mixes. My beloved pit/basset rescue that we lost a few months ago was the joy of the family and very good/protective with the kids. Short, stocky, and solid muscle he was quite the handsome boy. The three Pyrenees/shepherd pups we are working up are promising but very different personality wise. They are from the same litter purposefully breed by friends of ours and will no doubt keep us busy.
On “President Calls off Proposed Trump-Kim Summit”
FWIW Mark Knoller is reporting a "Senior WH" source that President Trump dictated the letter "every word". I am skeptical but since I openly questioned that very thing earlier only fair I put it out there.
https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/999745747976441857
On “President Trump Pardons Jack Johnson Posthumously”
Apparently it was Stallone, who is a noted boxing fan beyond just playing Rocky, whose personal appeal swayed the president, along with others. Its the right thing, and long overdue, so despite the very Trumpian way it came about, I wont quibble with the how.
On “President Calls off Proposed Trump-Kim Summit”
I think your perception of a "pull back" tactic is probably correct, the question is why. I too do not trust there to be a coherent long-term plan on the part of the Trump Administration, so pending further evidence I'm inclined to think this is a correct result accidently achieved.
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Perhaps. We will see.
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We know Trump himself didn't write it, though the statement about the nukes sounds like something he might have insisted being included. Incompetence is always a possibility, but the rejection bookended with flowery compliments to the "Supreme Leader" makes me think it is purposeful to get a reaction.
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There is some very peculiar language and phrasing choices in this letter. I wonder if it was for translation purposes or particular phrasing aimed to affect Kim directly that they were shooting for with this.
On “Beer: The Way the Founders Intended It?”
Brings a tear to the eye, that does...
On “NFL Owners To Force Players To Stand”
Politics and social implications aside for a moment, the NFL has just handled this whole thing horribly, and this is a perfect example. Long after the fact, and with it mostly being a forgotten issue, they make sure that not only will it be revived, but made it worse. Already the Chairman for the Jets has came out and said he will be paying any fines the players get. The NFL is all but daring those that are protest minded to defy them, which they will. Self inflicted wound that will now dominate media coverage of the start of each game.
On “Beer: The Way the Founders Intended It?”
With the lead-in of "consider the rose" I thought I was in for some poetry there for a moment. I take your point.
I take your point.
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@burt-likko re:history pedantia I have corrected the post, I knew that I have no idea why I brain farted it that way. Thankfully, this piece was reviewed by others before going live, so the shame is not mine alone to bear. My bad, thanks for pointing it out.
You notes on measurements reminds me of the old cooking joke where the children fought over the deceased mothers super secret recipes, only to discover them having been written along the lines of "two scopes from the red lid", "half of the old green bowl", and "three of the medium wood spoon", making their replication almost impossible. Having said that a question since I'm ignorant on this subject for the most part: Is there a substaitial difference in the grains and hops used now as opposed to them, other than the refining and packaging? As someone who cooks I know ingrediants vary wildly just from things like packaging differences so I am wondering if the same holds true to the hops and grains of the day fresh from the fields/storage compared to purchased by home crafters now.
On “Morning Ed: Labor {2018.05.23.W}”
There will be a TSN post up about it shortly, there were several other things already up for this morning so wanted to spread it out a bit, so look for that.
On “An America Unknown”
A wonderful piece, I really enjoyed it. Reminded me of an important time with oldest daughter, where we, as a military family, planned for her to be moved and settled "with the friends she grew up with" for high school after having been overseas and elsewhere for years. Same school, same friends, same city-but she realized being abroad had changed her in ways that they had not and there was a disconnect there that she sometimes struggled with. I continue to believe that on balance the experience of a wider world is still worth the adjustment or disconnect from a more traditional sense of "home" for lack of better word, but as pointed out here, there is no such things as "normal" really. Just perceived ideas we are all doing our best to work through. Excellent read, thank you for sharing.
On “ACLU Object to Amazon’s Facial Recognition Outreach to Police”
This is very good insight and thought. I think the analogy you draw to the Maginot Line is a really good one. The technology changed so fast most people just had no concept of what the fight was, let alone how to fight it.
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Fine point
On “David Graeber Publishes Book on BS – Jobs, That Is”
I think that's fair. While disagreeing with Graeber on some things this is mostly in line with his previous stuff.
On “Morning Ed: Space {2018.05.21.M}”
Sp4 Its a really fascinating read, and besides the narrative of crisis what really comes through is just how much is involved in operating in space. The coordination and teamwork is something we kind-of know about, but do not truly appreciate. Also makes you appreciate how dangerous work becomes routine; a quart of water here is dealt with quickly but is nearly fatal in this case. Love the quote on how they adapt to the pressure of it all:
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it could be. They have already tinkered with the lines between CGI, animation, and live action and more is coming.
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Perhaps, but its still noticeable to me when we are doing a big CGI scene just to do a big CGI scene.
On “Stop Mocking Millennials – Their Day is (Almost) Here”
good comparison
On “Saturday!”
I know I'm probably the minority but I have developed such a bias against overwhelming CGI that a movie has to be very strong in all other respects to compensate for it.
On “Sunday!”
Looks decently original at least, might check that one out.
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Got to be honest here, other than Incredibles (which is a bit of nostalgia since with the age gap in children the oldest is off to college from the original movie so doing it with the youngins might be that) none of those sound appealing. After neglecting it last year there will be many more beach trips this summer, and with my improved health hopefully more travelling. Already have traditional WV 4th of July trip planned, Atlanta in June for a sort of ad hoc 20th class reunion, kids are going to Pigeon Forge with grandparents for a week, and I have several other trips working on. With luck will be far to busy for any movies.