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I just backed https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/42bitsentertain/fata-deum-the-god-game-genre-is-back.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Watching Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

The Three Caballeros

You'll be the boat that actually knows what's going on when you take the ride at Disneyworld.

That's one of my favourite rides (even before the updates, like back in the 80s) .... yeah it's funny how many people don't know the material for that pavilion. Sadly, they are removing it all and switching it to Coco themed.

I hadn't heard that! That's cool, though. I love the art style from Día de Muertos and some of the coolest tattoos are from that style. You and the kids need to watch Book of Life now.

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Watching Now:

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:

Jerry Seinfeld (2020) stand up on Netflix

I like the show, but how are his standups?

It was ok. There were some funny moments like when he talked about technology and family.

I'm more of a fan of Fluffy.

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:

30 Japanese Giant Hornets kill 30,000 Honey Bees
Youtube Video

The hornets are jerks.

Hello, Peter Ludlow here, CEO of InGen, the company behind the wildly successful dinosaur-themed amusement park, Jurassic Park. As you’re all aware, after an unprecedented storm hit the park, we lost power and the velociraptors escaped their enclosure and killed hundreds of park visitors, prompting a two-month shutdown of the park. Well, I’m pleased to announce that, even though the velociraptors are still on the loose, we will be opening Jurassic Park back up to the public!

Now, I understand why some people might be skeptical about reopening an amusement park when there are still blindingly fast, 180-pound predators roaming around. But the fact of the matter is, velociraptors are intelligent, shifty creatures that are not going to be contained any time soon, so we might as well just start getting used to them killing a few people every now and then. Some might argue that we should follow the example of other parks that have successfully dealt with velociraptor escapes. But here at Jurassic Park, we’ve never been ones to listen to the recommendations of scientists, or safety experts, or bioethicists, so why would we start now?

As some of you know, Dr. Ian Malcolm, our lead safety consultant, had recommended that we wait until the velociraptors have been located and contained before reopening the park, so he wasn’t thrilled when we told him the news. I believe his exact words were “you were so preoccupied with whether you could reopen the park, you didn’t stop to think whether you should.” Talk about a guy on a high horse.

That said, you’ll be pleased to know that, rather than double down on our containment efforts, we’ve decided to dissolve the velociraptor containment task force altogether, and focus instead on how we can get people back into the park as quickly as possible. So rather than concentrating on so-called life-saving measures like “staying in designated safe areas” or “masking your scent,” we’ll be focusing on the details that will get our customers really excited, like a wider selection of fun hats, a pterodactyl-shaped gondola ride to the top of the island, and a brand new Gordon Ramsay designed menu at the Cretaceous Cafe.

In addition to satisfying our customers, the decision to reopen the park is also about allowing the furloughed employees of Jurassic Park to get back to the work they love. Could we have continued to pay their salaries for several months until we got the velociraptor situation under control? Definitely. We’re the wealthiest nature preserve on the planet after all. And will some of the employees returning to work have their limbs torn off and tossed into the air like a juggler tossing bowling pins? Undoubtedly. But we’re confident that with a few safety precautions put in place, we’ll be able to keep the level of workplace injuries and deaths just below levels that would elicit widespread public outrage. And keeping things just below widespread public outrage levels is our gold standard for all of the decisions we make here at Jurassic Park.

And speaking of injuries, I want to take a moment to thank our Jurassic Park EMTs. They’re the real heroes here, am I right? In the process of responding to velociraptor attacks, many of our EMTs get mauled and dismembered by velociraptors themselves. That’s why, as a sign of appreciation, we will be repainting the Jurassic Park ambulance with the words “Hero Mobile” in big bubble letters. We think this is a far more meaningful token of gratitude than the salary increase they requested.

I know many of you out there are going to be hesitant to return to Jurassic Park knowing there are still velociraptors roaming the preserve, but rest assured things will return to normal sooner rather than later. The life expectancy of a velociraptor is only 15-20 years, so we’re confident that these attacks will eventually run their course.

In the meantime, will more visitors die? Yes. Will more Jurassic Park staff die? Yes. But know that their sacrifice will not be forgotten — we plan to erect a small plaque dedicated to all of the velociraptor attack victims in the far back corner of the gift shop next to the T-shirts that say I SURVIVED A VISIT TO JURASSIC PARK AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT. It’s the least we could do.

So pack your suitcases, and get ready to be reacquainted with the newly reopened, and only slightly more dangerous, Jurassic Park! And remember, life finds a way… unless you’re one of the unlucky ones that gets attacked by a velociraptor, then you’re probably screwed.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

@Kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:

My Hero Academia

One of my kids' favourites.

I watched a bunch of those but caught up to where there were no more. I'll have to find out if I can get caught up.

It would be awesome if there was a superedit that removed all the credits, recaps and BS thats's a relic from OTA watching.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@bnrstnr end's meat is for sure the more obvious and easier to explain

Burnt Ends are gooooood.
https://www.traegergrills.com/recipes/burnt-ends

@Pete-S said in Non-IT News Thread:

40,000 health care workers will start taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure.

Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine or a placebo will be given to more than 40,000 healthcare workers from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.

All the participants are staff who are in contact with Covid-19 patients.

That's not going to go well.

@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Grey said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Starting a fresh Ark server this weekend. Everyone starting this weekend gets 20 levels of xp (0-20 granted) and a free perfect tame dino from my RNG tool.

DM me here or (for better response) on twitter, @GreySysAdmin, or Discord @uskaanax#2213, if you want to join up. We'll have at least 3 maps in a cluster.

According to leaks ARK is going to be a future freebie on the Epic Store.

That's not surprising, but there are 2 season passes. I'd wager that you'll still need to buy those to play 100% of the game.

@jmoore said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nadnerB I sent the "catastrophe" picture to my wife and she said that was most useful thing I've ever done. Not sure how to take that lol.

Wow. Do you have children with this woman? Did you set up the Wi-Fi? Have you taken the trash out?

I feel like the bar for success is pretty low in your household.

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Playing with new Microsoft 365 updates, and by playing I mean troubleshooting silly user issues. Got one user trying to use the new dictation feature adn I do not think they understand it will not be a perfect copy.

I've used that and the biggest barrier is a good mic with no ambient noise.

configuring a Nethserver.

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

And now that I'm moving, likely via a shipping container, I'm really thankful for that.

I'll expect cigars and rum to be tithed annually to my home address.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

I saw every episode of that as a kid.

I added them to my plex.

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

More layoffs at my company today; who knows I may be one of them ugh

If your company received any funds from CARES/PPP, the layoffs may also require an audit to see how money from that (forgivable) loan was used. Just a thought in case you decide to be a /r/prorevenge poster.

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Dashrender said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Just got approved to order a 10TB Helium filled HDD to store our games on, lol.

Approved? as in you looked in a mirror and say - "you're approved"?

I'm not the approver

He had to spend money over a certain amount and his CFO/wife needed to sign off on the PO.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

anybody have Advice on actually getting decent sleep?
for the last 2 days i got a total of 8hours of sleep and I can't keep doing only 4 hours a night..

I bought a new sleep number bed 5/18. It's been good for me. I like that it adjusts for firmness when I move from a side to back position, keeping my spine straighter. It's really helped.

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Watching Now:

Iron Man

A rewatch, I hope.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

One of my customers called in..
"SO it was doing windows updates..."

• Okay, sucks that it ran this early but windows updates are necessary.

"i shut it off and turned it back on. Now it wont do anything.."

• Wait, was it doing windows updates when you turned it off?

"yes.."

Usually the screen says, "Do not turn off."
At least it's billable.

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews TX broke the 3K in one day barrier one week ago, the 4K barrier four days ago, the 5K barrier yesterday. We expect to have six thousand new cases per day in the next 48 hours.

Texas as a total is now at over 900% that of NY, and the DFW alone is double NY. Houston passed hospital capacity yesterday, Austin expects in the next few days. Dallas has a little spare, for the moment.

OK, that's all fine and good - how are the hospitals?
NYC was (at least claiming) to be over run with covid patients. While they never officially ran out of ventilators, they were sure squaking like they had. Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure the lock down reduced case load, allowing them to not run out, so I'm not saying lock down was a total bad thing...

but really - how many of these "new cases" are because we are testing so many more per day now than we were months ago? Are nearly all of these new cases symptomatic?

If you didn't test for a pregnancy, there'd be far fewer of them!