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Mellow Seas
Oct 9, 2012
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

World Famous W posted:

rains not letting up, will have to do yard work tomorrow

how yalls weekend going?
I got my first gaming PC ever, it's pretty sweet.

I haven't had a dedicated GPU since, like, 1998. It was a 3Dfx card. This was the actual logo they used at the time.



This one has an RTX 3050 ti.

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Elephant Ambush
Nov 13, 2012

...We sholde spenden more time together. What sayest thou?
Nap Ghost

World Famous W posted:

rains not letting up, will have to do yard work tomorrow

how yalls weekend going?

I just went swimming and did more laps than I did last week. My wife and I ordered paczki from the local mom & pop Polish deli for Fat Tuesday. I played the Octopath Traveler 2 demo and it owns. Tonight is my lovely movie club night and we're going to watch this:

Fister Roboto
Feb 21, 2008

World Famous W posted:

ds2 is the best ds

i will not be taking questions

:yeah:

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

is this the new place where I can post "weed?" because if so





weed


also DS2 is absolutely the best Dark Souls, both versions, doesn't matter

Heck Yes! Loam!
Nov 15, 2004

a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.

Professor Beetus posted:

is this the new place where I can post "weed?" because if so





weed


also DS2 is absolutely the best Dark Souls, both versions, doesn't matter

it is a temporary refugee space until we can reclaim our homeland.

we can weed here for now

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Mellow Seas posted:

I got my first gaming PC ever, it's pretty sweet.

I haven't had a dedicated GPU since, like, 1998. It was a 3Dfx card. This was the actual logo they used at the time.



This one has an RTX 3050 ti.

I remember updating my first PC's RAM from 8 to 16 mb. It made Settlers 2 better somehow (this wasn't the reason for the upgrade), too, but I'm not sure how now. Anyway, happy buildings!

Mellow Seas
Oct 9, 2012
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
I'm pretty sure the 3Dfx card I got, for a 233 MHz Power Mac G3 (the old non-tower, box kind) had 16 MB VRAM. I got it to play Myth: The Fallen Lords.

a strange fowl
Oct 27, 2022

do any of you grow plants

a strange fowl
Oct 27, 2022

dadchat: my dad told me that when he was in his late 20s and acting as a street prophet, he was invited to compare his hair with the man who had the longest hair in sydney. this guy was some kind of music genius, i don't know what kind. they measured their hair and dad's was half an inch longer. the two were friends for years, united by a common love. i'm glad that he told me this

BRJurgis
Aug 15, 2007

Well I hear the thunder roll, I feel the cold winds blowing...
But you won't find me there, 'cause I won't go back again...
While you're on smoky roads, I'll be out in the sun...
Where the trees still grow, where they count by one...

a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

My job title is gardener, but it's a lot different than growing things in my backyard. I mostly garden for people who have enough land and can afford to pay somebody to garden for them. I'm glad I don't spend all day riding around a lawnmower, but I'm still making wealthy people's (often extra) homes prettier. Though we do help older clients with all sorts of things which feels sorta validating. Boss runs things equitably and we are treated with dignity.

Also I don't have a backyard.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

my mom gave me two unkillable plants, an orchid (1.5 leaves that technically count as a plant), and a money tree. i think the orchid died in like 2 months, and money tree almost survived until its first christmas

DeadlyMuffin
Jul 3, 2007

a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

Platycerium.

I inherited a bunch and am learning to keep and propagate them.

DeadlyMuffin fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Feb 12, 2023

Harold Fjord
Jan 3, 2004

a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

Got some squash vines doing poorly. My wife keeps various succulents and snake plants

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

I have planted a tree. Twice.

Does that count?

Lib and let die
Aug 26, 2004

a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

We have some bamboo that we change the water out in when we remember to

DeadlyMuffin
Jul 3, 2007

Furnaceface posted:

I have planted a tree. Twice.

Does that count?

Was it the same tree?

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Rappaport posted:

I remember updating my first PC's RAM from 8 to 16 mb. It made Settlers 2 better somehow (this wasn't the reason for the upgrade), too, but I'm not sure how now. Anyway, happy buildings!



Isn't that MOO2?

World Famous W
May 25, 2007

BAAAAAAAAAAAA

a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants
most weekends i help maintain my folk's yard/vegetable garden/scuppernong and blueberry orchard

World Famous W
May 25, 2007

BAAAAAAAAAAAA
heres a couple posts from uspol about a couple of invasive weeds

World Famous W posted:


this is Imperata cylindrica,, or also known as cogongrass or 'slur name for japanese' grass by older folks. an invasive species brought here as a decorative plant. it can't be burnt out or weed eatered as any root left ut will grow from. so this lovely sunday im pulling it out of multiple rows of blueberry bushes

i hate this loving grass

World Famous W posted:

on other weeds, this is the border of the front field

this is probably the souths most well known invasive species, kudzu or Pueraria montana. it grow about a football field a year if allowed to. the roots reach about four feet. my family been keeping it from encroaching for decades but were slowly losing inch by inch. when were all dead and gone, the kudzu will consume all

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Epic High Five posted:

Isn't that MOO2?

What's MoO with you?

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Epic High Five posted:

Isn't that MOO2?

You know what, I will double-shitpost because this really grinds my gears: Did you know that in the reboot of MoO2 they made the Silicoids have boobs? I guess this is some kind of indictment on "gamers get the games they want" etc. but I did not ask for this :dawkins101:

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Rappaport posted:

You know what, I will double-shitpost because this really grinds my gears: Did you know that in the reboot of MoO2 they made the Silicoids have boobs? I guess this is some kind of indictment on "gamers get the games they want" etc. but I did not ask for this :dawkins101:

That's some horseshit. They're supposed to be repulsive hunk of rock that gamma nuke planets because then only they can live on it! This is as bad as the new XCOM games making you care about Rookies. Their job is to powerstance hi-ex and pray!

I blame Skyrim

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Epic High Five posted:

I blame Skyrim

:hmmyes:

That said, I still have a lot of hours sunk into Fallout 4 :smith:

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



I loved Fallout 4. The story was stupid but it usually is, but the Survival mode was legit well done for a change and the combat was 100x better

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

Epic High Five posted:

I loved Fallout 4. The story was stupid but it usually is, but the Survival mode was legit well done for a change and the combat was 100x better

Thankfully you can mostly forget the story after going through the awful Kellogg brain sequence. There's just so much buried in that world, weird little places with their own stories left behind in the computers.

And to be fair, making the Brotherhood robot is a funny ending.

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good

a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

i give plants the opportunity to thrive, they do the growing on their own

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
why yes, i have had 3 pints and no food today, why do you ask?

GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*

a strange fowl posted:

do any of you grow plants

I had a Joshua Tree that lasted three years before aphids ate it

Elephant Ambush
Nov 13, 2012

...We sholde spenden more time together. What sayest thou?
Nap Ghost
Weed

a strange fowl
Oct 27, 2022

it's good to grow a plant. i've ended up specialising in fruit trees because the possums keep pooping the seeds onto my gravel driveway and they sprout and i have to deal with them. my other thing is prickly shrubs, for the microfauna.

DeadlyMuffin posted:

Platycerium.

I inherited a bunch and am learning to keep and propagate them.
these are also incredibly cool. are the ones you've ended up with native to wherever you are? that would mean... the frogs

Lib and let die
Aug 26, 2004

My in-laws decided at the last minute that that Superbowl is too woke for them so it's kebabs and nacho dip for me and my wife tonight

Lib and let die
Aug 26, 2004

Thanks for reminding me to change the water in my bamboo

BRJurgis
Aug 15, 2007

Well I hear the thunder roll, I feel the cold winds blowing...
But you won't find me there, 'cause I won't go back again...
While you're on smoky roads, I'll be out in the sun...
Where the trees still grow, where they count by one...

Lib and let die posted:

My in-laws decided at the last minute that that Superbowl is too woke for them so it's kebabs and nacho dip for me and my wife tonight

I too refuse to watch the superbowl or spend the next day discussing commercials.

Is this... horseshoe theory?

NeatHeteroDude
Jan 15, 2017

Lib and let die posted:

I'm gonna try and summon Beetus



Still haven't told me how to open uspol!!

Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

NeatHeteroDude posted:

Still haven't told me how to open uspol!!

Lib and let die
Aug 26, 2004

NeatHeteroDude posted:

Still haven't told me how to open uspol!!

I don't know how to re open a thread, I'm not a coward, I've never closed one

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus
Just use your button NHD. You know, that one. The one that opens the thread.

DeadlyMuffin
Jul 3, 2007

a strange fowl posted:

it's good to grow a plant. i've ended up specialising in fruit trees because the possums keep pooping the seeds onto my gravel driveway and they sprout and i have to deal with them. my other thing is prickly shrubs, for the microfauna.

these are also incredibly cool. are the ones you've ended up with native to wherever you are? that would mean... the frogs

No, unfortunately. Most of the one I have are native to Australia, I'm in the US

What kind of fruit trees? I have a few that the previous owner of my house planted

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
wait, what the gently caress

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Rappaport
Oct 2, 2013

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

wait, what the gently caress

Goondolences

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