argh_another_username

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There’s an old myth about a shipment of playing cards. The guy buys a whole container of playing cards, but removes the same card from all packs. The shipment is confiscated and later sold for almost nothing because the packs are all incomplete. He then buys the shipment and restores the packs. All this was cheaper than paying import duties.

Maybe this guy is playing a long game.

Once I tripped and fell. I think I’ll run for governor.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I just read that dolphins shed their skin almost 10 times more frequently than humans. Some species do it every two hours! Imagine the amount of energy spent in this.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I still remember my Masters degree in distributed computing. C++ in vi (not even vim), monochromatic display, 36 computers working together to give me a bunch of SIGSEGV.

2, sometimes 5, rarely 20. My wife 2, maybe 15.

I don’t like yo mama jokes. I just think about them.

But seriously, strollers and wheelchairs.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What about the Grabher case in Ontario? Guy gets vanity plate, DMV receives ONE complaint because “grab her”, guy shows his ID, proving that it’s his surname, gets plate cancelled anyway.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For some time now, when my kid asks me “are you going to work today?”, I answer “I’m going to the office. Work, I do from Monday to Friday.”

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But they can close their server and render the device inoperable, just like what happened to a water sensor I had.

 

My daughter was talking with a friend over iMessage. They were like playing a game where they search all emojis with a certain color. When she tried to send the message in this picture, the iPhone rejected, with the alert saying she was sending a nude. There’s nothing there, only emojis. What could’ve triggered the warning?

 
 
 

 
 

It started after the last update on Xbox series X. Sometimes the loading screen freezes and I need to force quit the game. When I come back and try the Continue button, it breaks. I need to load an old save to actually load the game.

 
 

I'm not talking about the temples, but the traits that appear on a planet that might have a temple. They're just broken structures that we can scan and a source of caelumite. But, lore-wise, what are they? And why are they all destroyed?

 

Until now, my favorite is Shieldbreaker. I like that there are no stairs, the first gun is way too advanced and the big cargo hold. Now I have a modified version of a Crimson Fleet ship (don't remember the name). It's a class C with huge cargo space. I put some science and workshop bays, but the stairs started to pop up. The interface is terrible at this point. What the modules show outside doesn't represent the inside.

 

Could we list here the easter we found, or do you prefer a post per easter egg?

spoilerI just heard "Doc" Manning saying "please state the nature of your medical emergency", which is a phrase used by the holodoc in Star Trek Voyager (and others).

I also found a "earbug" in Pilgrim's Rest, which in my mind, is a reference to Star Trek 2.

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