Couldbealeotard

Couldbealeotard, 24 days ago

Does Conchita not count as non binary?

Couldbealeotard, 24 days ago

Maybe I’m ignorant, but by definition that seems non binary to me. Unless “non binary” no longer means non binary, and now it has some new trendy definition.

Couldbealeotard, 24 days ago

Isn’t the idea of binary having two socially defined entities: man, woman. Having someone who defies either definition is non binary. Opposing the idea that you can only be one or the other.

Conchita dresses half way between man and woman. Dresses, skirts, long hair, make up, beard. Even the name Conchita Wurst is a wordplay for “vagina penis”.

The example of a male presenting as female or somewhere between those two seems within the exact definition of non binary.

Couldbealeotard, 24 days ago

So being non binary is more of a feeling than a state?

Couldbealeotard, 25 days ago

I think there actually is a rights issue. Sphere Hunter on YouTube has some good videos on the series

Couldbealeotard, 24 days ago

It’s not about wanting it to stop, it’s about getting it to maturity so we can get out of this phase of buzz words, misleading marketing, and then we can find out what the tech can actually be useful for.

Couldbealeotard, 25 days ago

Did you know that “factoid” means small piece of trivia? /S

Couldbealeotard, 26 days ago

A big part of Airbnb used to be spending time with a host. It has since turned into just landlord via app.

Couldbealeotard, 26 days ago

What do you mean “powerful monitor”. It just needs to display a picture.

Couldbealeotard, 25 days ago

Then you need a more powerful PC. What do you mean a more powerful monitor? I don’t even understand what that means.

Couldbealeotard, 29 days ago

I find that I have to do that now, because it seems the internet has been geared towards people that think you have to ask the computer a question instead of searching for key words like how it used to work.

I find it more difficult now because often the search results are what the search engine thinks I want, instead of what I actually asked for.

Couldbealeotard, 29 days ago

And I prefer it the other way.

Couldbealeotard, 30 days ago

Jaws was never my scene, and I don’t like Star Wars

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Has anyone else here play Timekeepers? Did you experience any problems like I did? What were your thoughts?

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

It’s a shame. So much potential, rarely utilised.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

It’s definitely a shame. The fact that they are essentially making a genre clone (Commandos/Desperados/Shadow Tactics) meant that they had so many successful examples to pull from. It really just feels unfinished, but I guess they were against the wall and needed to release something to keep the accountants happy.

The upsetting thing is that this and every other failure to make a Stargate game just makes it that much more unlikely for a good one to be made. The fan game Stargate Network was shaping up to be really good, but at the time that Timekeepers began MGM sent them a cease and desist. This game essentially killed a much better game that was in development.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

I hope the second part comes with an overhaul of the first, but I doubt it. It’s actually not far off from being an ok game that’s worth paying for.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Indiana Jones.
Trailer “part-time”.
Film “PART time”

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Encrypted VPN tunnels are ubiquitous in many industries for remote connection to private clouds. They are used by virtually every high functioning company in the world, and getting more common for mid and lower tier companies as well.

Couldbealeotard, 30 days ago

Maybe you can explain what you actually mean then, because I don’t understand your point.

I would say those dollar-store VPN products people use for geo-spoofing is the worst security risk when it comes to VPNs. You are sending your data through some other company that you have no control or insight into. You have no idea what network security they employ, or whether they are willing or obligated to release your data to other parties.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

There are plenty of films where the language is translated to English for the audience, and then a third language is spoken by characters to show that the characters using the primary language wouldn’t understand them.

I think basic would sound different from english, and then when we see characters speak in a different language it’s to show that they are multi lingual and can speak in a way that other characters wouldn’t be able to understand.

Couldbealeotard, 30 days ago

Again, plenty of films/TV just use substitution ciphers for alien languages that are definitely not english in canon. Stargate Atlantis has Ancient text that can be deciphered into english letters, but that’s just an easter egg for the fans.

If the story is translating the spoken language for the benefit of the audience, there’s no reason text can’t have the same justification.

Couldbealeotard, 30 days ago

In Stargate “Ancient” is an old latin style language (the Ancients are connected to early human civilisation) and is spoken like a variant of actual Latin when it is shown to be not understood by characters that are present. When the scene is strictly Ancients in the past the actors speak english for the benefit of the audience. I think it’s worth pointing out that in Stargate, most modern aliens speak actual english for no justifiable reason.

wouldn’t the signs be in the Latin alphabet as well?

They were in the original release of Star Wars (1977). Lucas changed them to an alien alphabet, I assume to help show that basic isn’t just english, but allowing nerds like us to translate them for fun. I actually think the concept of basic didn’t exist when he made the first film and, like the many other changes to the series, was retroactively applied as the non-english universal language for that galaxy.

Couldbealeotard, 30 days ago

I should really just relax
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