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Per: Feb 22, 2006; Hair Elf

All right, thanks for y'alls input. My parents aren't going to be around forever, so it would be nice to have that smell of my childhood home in stock. I recently smelled something in the air that reminded me of my grandparent's house they moved out of 25 years ago and it took me right back.

To the person asking if I can describe the smell, I can't, it's very subtle.

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Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Fruits of the sea posted:

I forger where I read about it but apparently scent is really closely tied to long-term memory. It�s probably possible to get close to a scent but it would be really difficult to nail it.

You read it in Proust

# ? Dec 10, 2020 08:04

SIHappiness: Apr 26, 2008

CzarChasm posted:

I had some questions about Playstation Plus subscriptions. I got a PS4 last year and it came with a year of free PS+. I didn't really use it much in that year and it just renewed the other day. Not a big deal.

PS+ is the online, multiplayer, social interaction, etc subscription, right? One of the benefits to PS+ is that you get full free games every month that you can download install and play whenever. These are usually games that are a bit older, but still quality. And you get to keep those games for as long as you own your system, right?

There are also some older (PS2, PS3) games on the game store that I thought you can get access to for free with a PS+ subscription but that seems to be not correct somehow. For example one of the older Katamari Damacy games was on there. But that might be PS Now? And PS Now costs as much as PS+ subscription, but it includes access to 100s of games that you can "stream" or download, but those for sure go away if you cancel your PS Now subscription, right? If so, how well does streaming a game work?

I just kind of feel like I subscribed to the wrong service. I don't really do multiplayer games (though getting full AAA free games is nothing to sneeze at), so if that's all I'm really getting with PS+, I thing I'd drop that in favor of signing up for PS Now and playing the last generation or 2 of games instead.

Your description of the two is correct. The only other benefit you missed in the PS+ list is "cloud backups," which may or may not be worth the price of admission for you. If you're playing fewer multiplayer games, I assume that means more single player games where losing your save data in the event of drive/console failure would be more frustrating.

But yes, PS Now is the streaming/download service, while PS+ is first and foremost about online multiplayer with the cloud backups and monthly free game as a "bonus."

# ? Dec 10, 2020 12:56

Everett False: Sep 28, 2006; Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.

Nighthand posted:

Tell the rec center to post hours on their page or website it whatever.

Unless you want to personally moderate people complaining about the local minorites using or being near the facilities, random nonsense rants, and whatever local issues people feel way too strongly about, I guess.

Running a page or group is pretty easy if you don't care about all the business poo poo, just post whatever rules you want and keep it moderated. There are probably better ways to go about keeping people informed of whatever, though.

Yeah, that's why I never did it, but apparently people are complaining that they never know when things are happening (we post community news on the website and on the marquee outside as well as flyers in local businesses but if it's not on Facebook it doesn't count).

Fortunately one of my superiors took matters into her own hands! She made a regular profile. Not a page. She is giving everyone in the office the password.

But I didn't make it so nothing is my fault! Problem: solved.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 16:00

AlbieQuirky: Oct 9, 2012; Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

The scent and memory link is Proust but also science.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 17:58

Fruits of the sea: Dec 1, 2010

Yeah I�m flattered but the extent of my French lit experience is Victor Hugo and Petit Prince :v:

Pretty sure it came up in a cognitive psych class

# ? Dec 10, 2020 18:02

alnilam: Nov 10, 2009

What's a good font for imitating the old DOS-y, pixelated text on this?

# ? Dec 10, 2020 18:07

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

alnilam posted:

What's a good font for imitating the old DOS-y, pixelated text on this?

There's a person on twitter whose handle is foone who can almost certainly answer your question with 100% accuracy. I asked them about something similar a while back and they were super helpful.

# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:01

alnilam: Nov 10, 2009

I don't have a twitter

# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:07

dirby: Sep 21, 2004; Helping goons with math

alnilam posted:

What's a good font for imitating the old DOS-y, pixelated text on this?

Try fonts itt over in Creative Convention.

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alnilam: Nov 10, 2009

dirby posted:

Try fonts itt over in Creative Convention.

Thanks!

# ? Dec 10, 2020 23:14

wash bucket: Feb 21, 2006

alnilam posted:

What's a good font for imitating the old DOS-y, pixelated text on this?

Try dropping that image in here: https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

First suggestion: https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/minifonts/capacity/wide-bold/

# ? Dec 11, 2020 00:48

FCKGW: May 21, 2006

Memento posted:

There's a person on twitter whose handle is foone who can almost certainly answer your question with 100% accuracy. I asked them about something similar a while back and they were super helpful.

As an interesting follow up, here's where they extracted the fonts

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/977053743274328065

And here's the death image generator they created from the extracted fonts (along with god knows how many other games)

https://deathgenerator.com/#oregon

# ? Dec 11, 2020 04:01

ulex minor: Apr 30, 2018

Is there some sort of website or app where you can input a list of things and then it will present you two of the options asking you to pick which is better until it's sorted the whole list from best to worst?

I guess what I'm thinking of would be identical to those, I don't know what the right word is, bracket style tournaments like that gamefaq thing where they voted Undertale best game and it could be done manually like that, just wondering if there was some automated version or even better where you could continue to add new things to the list.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 08:04

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

I just ordered Ring Fit Adventure for the Switch, and my floors are all polished concrete; is there a good foam pad or something I can order for rolling out for when I'm exercising on it?

# ? Dec 11, 2020 08:06

Gobbeldygook: May 13, 2009; Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

Thanatosian posted:

I just ordered Ring Fit Adventure for the Switch, and my floors are all polished concrete; is there a good foam pad or something I can order for rolling out for when I'm exercising on it?

I don't know what movements you're doing with a Ring Fit, but are you looking for a yoga mat?

# ? Dec 11, 2020 08:12

Cheese Thief: Oct 30, 2020

alnilam posted:

What's a good font for imitating the old DOS-y, pixelated text on this?

# ? Dec 11, 2020 09:27

well why not: Feb 10, 2009

what separates BYOB, CCCC, FYAD and the other non-grey forums. I've been here over a decade and still don't get it. I'm aware this is powerfully uncool to ask.

Is it that BYOB is chatting with pals, FYAD is more aggressive/4chan, and CCCC is just threads that became too social? I get that yospos is for computers, like YCS was for the console wars, way back in the day...

# ? Dec 11, 2020 09:47

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Gobbeldygook posted:

I don't know what movements you're doing with a Ring Fit, but are you looking for a yoga mat?

I'm looking for something a bit thicker, I think, though a yoga mat might do it.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 10:09

greazeball: Feb 4, 2003

Thanatosian posted:

I'm looking for something a bit thicker, I think, though a yoga mat might do it.

They come in different thicknesses but they are usually a lot more robust than foam mats. I tried using foam for a while and they're only good if the exercise is stationary, the ones I used would slide along the ground a bit and (more frustratingly) stretch out when I was in various poses--like my legs would just keep sliding farther apart/away from my hands and I had to readjust constantly.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 10:40

erosion: Dec 21, 2002; It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't

well why not posted:

what separates BYOB, CCCC, FYAD and the other non-grey forums. I've been here over a decade and still don't get it. I'm aware this is powerfully uncool to ask.

Is it that BYOB is chatting with pals, FYAD is more aggressive/4chan, and CCCC is just threads that became too social? I get that yospos is for computers, like YCS was for the console wars, way back in the day...

all are welcome in BYOB, pop in and out as you see fit, if you're funny, even better.

FYAD is the opposite, the culture thrives on ostracizing others and you need cred to thrive there, negative postcount and never posting elsewhere help. being funny is almost as important as being mean.

don't know CCCC well enough to say.

anyway, that's my take.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 12:09

Boba Pearl: Dec 27, 2019; by Athanatos

I thought FYAD was for posting weird porn, finds out I do not understand FYAD

# ? Dec 11, 2020 13:05

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

What's CCCC? I've been here for like 15 years (oh god) and never heard of it, and I can't find it on the app, at least.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 13:17

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

hooah posted:

What's CCCC? I've been here for like 15 years (oh god) and never heard of it, and I can't find it on the app, at least.

Cool Crew Chat Central

It�s a subforum of BYOB.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 13:24

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

I occasionally see Platinum users who have something other than the default grenade icon next to their names. How do they change it?

# ? Dec 11, 2020 15:11

wash bucket: Feb 21, 2006

well why not posted:

what separates BYOB, CCCC, FYAD and the other non-grey forums. I've been here over a decade and still don't get it. I'm aware this is powerfully uncool to ask.

Is it that BYOB is chatting with pals, FYAD is more aggressive/4chan, and CCCC is just threads that became too social? I get that yospos is for computers, like YCS was for the console wars, way back in the day...

I have the same problem. These sub forums feel like 15 years of stratified in-jokes and I can't make heads or tails of them.

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kedo: Nov 27, 2007

Someone post that text about understanding FYAD being a type of brain disease...

# ? Dec 11, 2020 16:09

mycelia: Apr 28, 2013; POWERFUL FUNGAL LORD

ultrafilter posted:

I occasionally see Platinum users who have something other than the default grenade icon next to their names. How do they change it?

Not sure about the others, but Literally A Bird did this one for the bird-owner thread over in Pet Island a while back! I would assume only mods can change them.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 16:12

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

ultrafilter posted:

I occasionally see Platinum users who have something other than the default grenade icon next to their names. How do they change it?

It's done via CSS for people by admins. I'm not sure if they've integrated it fully into the admin panel yet, but it's a special thing that users do not have the ability to do themselves.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 16:17

Nighthand: Nov 4, 2009; what horror the gas

Re: ring fit, a yoga mat worked fine for me for 95% of the exercises in the game. Most of them are standing in place, jogging in place, stuff like that. The only one I had issues with was mountain climbers.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 16:27

smackfu: Jun 7, 2004

Honey tends to be super expensive, especially local honey. How you can you use it as the base for fermentation like in mead without the mead being super expensive?

# ? Dec 11, 2020 17:11

Gobbeldygook: May 13, 2009; Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

smackfu posted:

Honey tends to be super expensive, especially local honey. How you can you use it as the base for fermentation like in mead without the mead being super expensive?

Click here to learn how to make cheap honey

# ? Dec 11, 2020 17:20

Organza Quiz: Nov 7, 2009

hooah posted:

What's CCCC? I've been here for like 15 years (oh god) and never heard of it, and I can't find it on the app, at least.

AFAIK it's a place where a few specific chat threads have been sent because their original forum homes weren't working out for them for whatever reason or it just seemed more appropriate for them to be in a chat specific subforum than original subforum.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 19:26

Big Bad Beetleborg: Apr 8, 2007; Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.

ulex minor posted:

Is there some sort of website or app where you can input a list of things and then it will present you two of the options asking you to pick which is better until it's sorted the whole list from best to worst?

I guess what I'm thinking of would be identical to those, I don't know what the right word is, bracket style tournaments like that gamefaq thing where they voted Undertale best game and it could be done manually like that, just wondering if there was some automated version or even better where you could continue to add new things to the list.

http://www.allourideas.org/questions/new does this for you.
It's apparently a very complicated issue because humans are bad at doing this ranking themselves. It's also the same type of system used in ranking chess players.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 21:25

TATPants: Mar 28, 2011

Thanatosian posted:

I'm looking for something a bit thicker, I think, though a yoga mat might do it.

Puzzle piece exercise mats are a thing if you want to go thicker than a yoga mat.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 23:39

Manager Hoyden: Mar 5, 2020

Thanatosian posted:

I just ordered Ring Fit Adventure for the Switch, and my floors are all polished concrete; is there a good foam pad or something I can order for rolling out for when I'm exercising on it?

If you find a good answer, please post it. I ended up getting a yoga mat for this purpose and it was too narrow.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 00:28

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Manager Hoyden posted:

If you find a good answer, please post it. I ended up getting a yoga mat for this purpose and it was too narrow.

I haven't actually used this, yet; what do you think would be wide enough? Looking at those puzzle piece mats, the smaller one is 4'x6'; you think that would do it?

# ? Dec 12, 2020 01:33

Drimble Wedge: Mar 10, 2008; Self-contained

Since the last update, Word has been showing me this abomination in my documents instead of nice clean hyperlinks (blue, linked, underlined) without foo-foo surrounding them:

Where to turn that off? Google just seems to bring up ways of managing links in documents and not the new foo-foo.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 03:17

artsy fartsy: May 10, 2014; You'll be ahead instead of behind. Hello!

Per posted:

All right, thanks for y'alls input. My parents aren't going to be around forever, so it would be nice to have that smell of my childhood home in stock. I recently smelled something in the air that reminded me of my grandparent's house they moved out of 25 years ago and it took me right back.

To the person asking if I can describe the smell, I can't, it's very subtle.

My aunt's house always had the most wonderful smell. She moved several times when I was a kid, and the smell followed. So my guess is a lot of a house's smell is brand loyalty to cleaning and laundry products, unless there's something overpowering, like weed.

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TheLastManStanding: Jan 14, 2008; Mash Buttons!

Drimble Wedge posted:

Since the last update, Word has been showing me this abomination in my documents instead of nice clean hyperlinks (blue, linked, underlined) without foo-foo surrounding them:

Alt-F9 to toggle field codes.

You can set the default option under
File > Options > Advanced > Show document content > [uncheck] Show field codes instead of their values

# ? Dec 12, 2020 04:41

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