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Heh. Definitely looks like the point about standardization is apt, though.

I've kinda' noticed a number of things towards that direction over the last while, hum. Folks breaking standardization so stuff'll only work through their software, stuff like that. Nasty precedents, bad program design. Happening anyway. Definitely worth a mote of rage.

... sounds to me like it needs a toggle, honestly. Or just better programming to account for power user edge cases. I do kinda' like the behavior, m'self*, but for whatever reason I haven't had any issues with the fancier stuff when using this browser. Mind you, I don't mess with the fancy stuff much either, but still.

*Making a new tab with Opera defaults your cursor to the address bar... it's one or two keypresses less if you can just search from there (as opposed to having to tab over to a search box), which has overall saved me, hrm. Probably quite a lot of time, really. From a UI perspective, I'd call it an improvement. Saves a bit of screen space and a bit of time.

Just above the wandmaker there's a dude that can adjust the appearance of your spells. There's usually at least one combination of what's available that isn't a CPU sucking monstrosity.

Though with that combination in particular... at least unless it was fixed, firing off the edge of the map with a digging beam can bring your CPU to a screeching halt. What may have happened is that by upgrading to rock A, the beam got enough dig distance to burrow through obstructions and off the map, causing the slowdown. Avoiding it is... mostly a matter of being careful where you aim, or not using beam at all.

The latter of which isn't actually a bad idea. The beam's kinda' junky outside a couple uses (debuff application, silk thread shenanigans, some enchantment stuff), really. Changes the way damage is applied, but doesn't increase damage or do anything particularly useful beyond that. The change can be useful, but it's usually pretty suboptimal (if pretty, ha).

Spoiler: Image of the sheet music (click to show/hide)

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I just... I just want to say. Any sheet music that includes the command "Duck" more than likely has my full approval.

Also, the world needs more gong duets. And... to hell with cattle. Release the penguins!

No interest in the SMGs for Jack. Jack wouldn't exactly complain about getting the mook money, but the extra over the original mission reward covers that bribe and, well. Narayan probably wants to start working toward getting a new buggy, heh.

What I am kinda' wondering, though, is costs, etc., for getting licenses and whatnot for Jack's varying junk (Pistol, knife, and drone, primarily. Possibly both for Jack and the fake SIN he's got). Things would likely become tremendously simpler if some or all of us could move through the borders without having to worry too much. Some sort of idea what other stuff costs (drones, upgrades, etc. Doesn't Jack needs a simrig to really do riggy-stuff?) would be nice, too.

Well, wondering that and whether everyone had any issues, like, getting back to wherever. Did, uh. Did we swing back by and pick up Narayan?

Sounds not at all like 'fixing' people. Nope.

Especially considering what "enough drugs" tends to do to people, heh. Fixed definitely isn't the word for how that often ends up.

Going back to the cake metaphor, I stand in front of the bakery and admire the cakes on display

... the sort of bakery that has a cover fee?

Though now I'm kinda contemplating that. Do they have all you can eat bakeries? E: Looks like there actually is a few out there. Wonder why that isn't more of a thing. Cost?

Ha ha. Everything I learned about such things I learned from library books and the internet. No parental talk or guidance, no school related stuff, not even any social cues picked up about the subject. Just... wandering around literature and varying other things online and in text. And, y'know. Fanfiction.

It's... ended up a lot better than a lot of people seem to, honestly. And a hell of a lot better than it could have. Some days I wonder how it happened. I mean, I'm not complaining, s'ended up with a fairly healthy view of things. But you're supposed to end up some kind of freak of nature when left to your own devices like that or... something. That seems to be the implicit message I see a lot, anyway.

At least it's left me with the ability to occasionally terrify people by being able to truthfully say that almost everything I know about love I learned from porn and fanfiction.* That's something.

*The trick is to derive your lessons from the really good stuff!

Yeessss... give the random assortment of strangers your itinerary on a public forum. This is a good idea *steeples fingers*

Nothing could go wrong, wheeeee.

...

Sad thing is more likely than not nothing would go wrong. It's been somewhat disillusioning, really. I was promised abduction and burglary for open information sharing like that, and yet 75% of my country's youth hasn't been sold to some south american brothel. I mean, plenty probably have been and that's terrible, but there was a fundamental causation mismatch going on back when the internet was younger