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Finally... => General Discussion => Topic started by: Derpy Dev on November 26, 2017, 04:54:50 pm
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So! We've reached that point of the move here. The any day now point.
So pretty soon, possible on next Saturday, I'm gonna board a plane to Hawaii. I will build a house with dad and one of my younger brothers. Then, after over a week or maybe more, the rest of my family will come.
I'll be the first to admit. I screwed this up because I wasn't sure about the time. At first, I thought I'd be gone there without internet for a month, and now it's with internet for a week. Maybe. I don't flipping know. I'll only find out when I get there. So I'll say it now: I would not bet on me having Internet during that time, so assume I'll be gone for two weeks. Maybe more, maybe less.
Next, even if I do have internet in that time, I probably won't be very active because, surprise, building a house is hard.
Finally, I am gonna be making a blog. Working on that now, you'll be seeing more on that in the future. When I do, I'll post about it here, so make sure to PTW if interested. And when I know that tomorrow I'll be going, I'll say so here as well.
Any questions?
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No questions from me. Good luck on your move!
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No questions here, either. Hope everything goes well!
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Good luck! Keep the moon above you, eh?
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Good Luck!
Also, give the people who run the government there a high-five for me. They're tackling the lootbox issue.
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Thanks guys!
Also, give the people who run the government there a high-five for me. They're tackling the lootbox issue.
Hmm... I have no idea what you're talking about. Minding sending me an article link or something?
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Thanks guys!
Also, give the people who run the government there a high-five for me. They're tackling the lootbox issue.
Hmm... I have no idea what you're talking about. Minding sending me an article link or something?
At school, so can't easily link a article. Look up 'hawaii lootboxes'
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Basically, the governments of Hawaii and Belgium are trying to ban lootboxes from the new Battlefront II, saying it's selling gambling to minors.
Link. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-22-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crates-belgian-gaming-commission-hawaii-chris-lee)
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Basically, the governments of Hawaii and Belgium are trying to ban lootboxes from the new Battlefront II, saying it's selling gambling to minors.
Link. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-22-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crates-belgian-gaming-commission-hawaii-chris-lee)
Thanks guys!
Also, give the people who run the government there a high-five for me. They're tackling the lootbox issue.
Hmm... I have no idea what you're talking about. Minding sending me an article link or something?
At school, so can't easily link a article. Look up 'hawaii lootboxes'
Huh. That's interesting. I didn't know that issue was being tackled right now.
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Basically, the governments of Hawaii and Belgium are trying to ban lootboxes from the new Battlefront II, saying it's selling gambling to minors.
Link. (http://www.bay12forums.com/proxy/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-22-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crates-belgian-gaming-commission-hawaii-chris-lee)
Thanks guys!
Also, give the people who run the government there a high-five for me. They're tackling the lootbox issue.
Hmm... I have no idea what you're talking about. Minding sending me an article link or something?
At school, so can't easily link a article. Look up 'hawaii lootboxes'
Huh. That's interesting. I didn't know that issue was being tackled right now.
Have you not seen the absurdly gigantic controversy EA/DICE caused? Of course it's being tackled! :P
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Basically, the governments of Hawaii and Belgium are trying to ban lootboxes from the new Battlefront II, saying it's selling gambling to minors.
Link. (http://www.bay12forums.com/proxy/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-22-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crates-belgian-gaming-commission-hawaii-chris-lee)
Thanks guys!
Also, give the people who run the government there a high-five for me. They're tackling the lootbox issue.
Hmm... I have no idea what you're talking about. Minding sending me an article link or something?
At school, so can't easily link a article. Look up 'hawaii lootboxes'
Huh. That's interesting. I didn't know that issue was being tackled right now.
Have you not seen the absurdly gigantic controversy EA/DICE caused? Of course it's being tackled! :P
When I say that I mean, "I would literally rather put miniature speakers in my ears blasting a Justin Bieber song at full volume than talk or think about politics."
Of course I wouldn't know xD
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@ Anti-Lootboxes Legislation
Yeah, it'll be wondrous at first. But then again, USA has a manchild president and stupid Conservative politicians, so at first they'll ban games with lootboxes, then they'll be banning any video game that depicts something what Conservatives demonize, like sex or violence. The law, if it'll be accepted, can easily become something like The Hays Code for Hollywood movies and The Comics Code for, well, comic books. Plus, from my general knowledge and experience with politicians of 21th century, it's not about actually protecting the kids. It's all about money, fame, tighter hold on media, or some combination of these three things. Russia's Anti-LGBT law is a prime example of "protect the children, but actually cause a fuck-up" kind of laws which "think of the children" attitude can lead to.
TL:DR: Don't think that any of politicians care about the poor innocent children. The legislation/law is not some one-sided "stop corporate madness", and it can be turned into an important gear in the censorship machine by the current US government.
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[SNIP]
Have you not seen the absurdly gigantic controversy EA/DICE caused? Of course it's being tackled! :P
When I say that I mean, "I would literally rather put miniature speakers in my ears blasting a Justin Bieber song at full volume than talk or think about politics."
Of course I wouldn't know xD
I don't blame you.
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You're going to build a house in one week?
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You're going to build a house in one week?
You know, I posted this same thing on another forum and someone thought I meant that too. So let me clarify: we probably aren't gonna be able to build the whole thing in a week. We'll be mostly clearing out the area in a week or so, then the rest will come.
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Good luck with the move.
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You're going to build a house in one week?
You know, I posted this same thing on another forum and someone thought I meant that too. So let me clarify: we probably aren't gonna be able to build the whole thing in a week. We'll be mostly clearing out the area in a week or so, then the rest will come.
Cool! I wish you the best of luck with all of it.
I mean I have like no knowings about house building stuff and time approximations, but one week just sounded a bit short ;)
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Sorry for slight necro, but for those that care: leaving Texas for a long time, possibly forever, this Wednesday. So yeah, I'll be gone all day then and will be mostly absent for a while after that.
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Good luck!
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Good luck have fun!
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Have a safe trip and enjoy your warm and sunny island life. Send me some cocktails and hula girls.
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Enjoy the trip and construction!
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Hello from Hawaii!
Right now, I'm sitting here on hotel internet, which is actually faster than my normal internet believe it or not. But here I am! In Hawaii! It has been an exciting couple of days, let me tell you that now. Blog? It's still not up, but it will be soon. Any other questions?
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Hello from Hawaii!
Right now, I'm sitting here on hotel internet, which is actually faster than my normal internet believe it or not. But here I am! In Hawaii! It has been an exciting couple of days, let me tell you that now. Blog? It's still not up, but it will be soon. Any other questions?
How goes the house site?
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Any other questions?
How are your 7 starting dorfs?
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Any other questions?
How are your 7 starting dorfs?
Have they struck the earth yet?
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How are your 7 starting dorfs?
Sick and in bed, I think we caught something at the airport. Which hopefully explains why it took me so long to update this thread.
How goes the house site?
Have they struck the earth yet?
Waiting right now for the bulldozer operator we hired to clear out enough of these jungle plants for us to build. I can't even see much farther than the front of that place, that's how many plants there are.
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Have you employed magma yet? It's Hawaii, so there shouldn't be any shortage of that.
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Have you employed magma yet? It's Hawaii, so there shouldn't be any shortage of that.
Haven't even seen any lava yet, but I did see Death Mountain the volcano on the drive here. It was pretty cool, and a lot of smoke was coming out the top.
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...You guys did check eruption forecast before you made this investment, right?
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...You guys did check eruption forecast before you made this investment, right?
Wouldn't want to miss out.
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...You guys did check eruption forecast before you made this investment, right?
While I personally did not or hear of such a thing, I can't possibly imagine Dad not doing so, if I'm considering everything I've learned about him during my entire life so far.
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And here we go. It took a bit longer than it should have, but...
Here we go. (http://mycultureshockjournal.blogspot.com/2017/12/eleven-days-later.html)
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Have any garden planned out? I'm sure neighbors would appreciate you cultivating native flowers, herbs and vegetables. BTW did you know that legumes have been reclassified to 'butterfly wings'?
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Have any garden planned out? I'm sure neighbors would appreciate you cultivating native flowers, herbs and vegetables. BTW did you know that legumes have been reclassified to 'butterfly wings'?
Yup! Garden is on the to-do list.
Hmm... butterfly wings? No I haven't heard that... I'm gonna have to google that now.
No informative results... this either means that I completely misunderstood what you were trying to say or someone's leg is getting pulled, either mine or yours. Or maybe there's a third option I'm too dumb to see.
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Geesh, you must have gotten quite the scare today
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I just saw on the news earlier that some thing accidentally set off an alert about an incoming missile good thing it was a mistake, I bet that it was scary, hopefully every thing is okay there now.
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Hawaiian authorities say someone accidentally pressed the wrong button. Trump instead says he has been informed of an emergency drill.
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Hawaiian authorities say someone accidentally pressed the wrong button. Trump instead says he has been informed of an emergency drill.
For all intents and purposes, it can be called an emergency drill. Only the drill was an emergency rather than a drill OF an emergency.
And of course someone would tell Trump it was a drill. Just think of how he'd react if someone told him "oops, wrong button".
It does sound like a need to revise the emergency alert system if an accidental button press can cause this kind of panic, though.
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They should consider installing smaller buttons, so it's harder to press them on accident.
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I find it hard to believe it was accidental. A button like that would be THE thing that every employee is told about to NEVER push unless nescessary.
I think it's more likely a case of either disgruntled employee, or some idiot that thought it'd be funny, or made a bet with friends.
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I find it hard to believe it was accidental. A button like that would be THE thing that every employee is told about to NEVER push unless nescessary.
I think it's more likely a case of either disgruntled employee, or some idiot that thought it'd be funny, or made a bet with friends.
There were plenty of mistakes made during the Cold War that nearly led to actual war, none of them malicious. So, I wouldn't attribute it to someone being a jerk without proof that it actually was.
This one was on the civil alert side though, not military, but that doesn't diminish the panic it caused.
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I find it hard to believe it was accidental. A button like that would be THE thing that every employee is told about to NEVER push unless nescessary.
I think it's more likely a case of either disgruntled employee, or some idiot that thought it'd be funny, or made a bet with friends.
Eh... official-ish line I've seen is that someone (maybe newish?) autofired their way through a yes/no prompt. That thing a lot of folks that catch the occasional virus or malware do where they click buttons on autopilot during an installation, basically. Seems like they've already changed it to need two-stage authorization, for what that's worth, or whatever the hell the word is where it needs more than one person. Gods know if the rapid implementation is going to cause bugs in the near future.
It apparently was part of a fairly common drill, but so far as pretty much friggin' anyone (outside maybe the joint that triggered the alert) was concerned, no one knew it was for a good chunk of an hour. Y'know, 'nuff time for a bit of the state to get glassed.
... that said, this incident did just tell the world it would probably be real fucking easy right now to launch a decapitation strike on the US. POTUS, on yet another tax funded golfing trip, was apparently either not informed or didn't give a fuck one of our states (and one of the ones most likely to actually eat a hit, at that) triggered an incoming probably-nuke warning. While hawaii was re-experiencing the cold war, 45 was golfing.
There's the morbid side where folks are relieved he wasn't involved and there to do something unfortunate, but it at least says we have goddamn serious procedural problems in the top levels of the gov't at the mo'.
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This was hilarious for us because we actually didn't hear about it until after the fact lol. So everybody was freaking out while we were just on a family road trip.
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Ah, glad you avoided the scare!
I assume it's a fail-safe, as in "an alarm goes off if someone *doesn't* do a thing on time". Which sounds safer, right?
Well, false positives destroy the credibility of a warning, so no. The boy who cried wolf got the sheep eaten.
Otherwise, hope you're enjoying Hawaii :D