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I also love that his insane books that give the colour # of people's shoes and intense and intricate mathematical dimensions of cups of water has sold more than people's genuine attempts to sell their own fantasy novels.
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the real story of Ulillilia is the weird people obsessed with him Ul himself seems a very nice person who has grown and done well for himself
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Jan 10, 2020 03:13
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Captain Yossarian posted:I will behead anyone who insults Uli. He is a wholesome internet friend This is true. He is good people & anyone who is mean to friend is un-good people. I can mathematically prove this.
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Jan 10, 2020 03:21
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Nigmaetcetera posted:I own both his books on kindle. Haven’t read much of them since every action every character makes is determined by ability scores and character levels and whatnot in a way completely unnatural to any sort of sensible narrative.. yeah, i can't say the books are good, but they are entertaining and i've never read anything else like them
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Jan 10, 2020 03:28
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Pastry of the Year posted:as opposed to a Great Online Friend Are you quoting that other massive weirdo who constantly commented on his stuff, cos this has just made me uncomfortable but I can't remember why
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Jan 10, 2020 03:38
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A CRAB IRL posted:Are you quoting that other massive weirdo who constantly commented on his stuff, cos this has just made me uncomfortable but I can't remember why David Vallaincourt. A sad example of spiraling schizophrenia. Last time I checked he still pumps out videos weekly each with no more than 20 views
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Jan 10, 2020 06:00
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kazr posted:David Vallaincourt. A sad example of spiraling schizophrenia. Last time I checked he still pumps out videos weekly each with no more than 20 views I think his sister finally escaped
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Jan 10, 2020 07:02
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A good sister yes
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kazr posted:A good sister yes AAAAAAAAAAAGH
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kazr posted:A good sister yes Oh Christ.
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Jan 10, 2020 11:02
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Is that David guy still friend with Uli? He posts on Uli's facebook sometimes but not as much as he used to. I'd have to check David's facebook to see if Uli posts on there but looking more into anything related to David seems like a bad idea. zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Jan 11, 2020 |
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I still read Nick's posts on Facebook but I haven't seen anything from David Vallaincourt in a long time, I even tried searching Nick's friends and he didn't come up. I don't remember David saying anything offensive, just kinda weird and creepy but he must have done something that was enough to earn unfriending. The saga of Uliputer 2020 continues, first his RAM was too tall and he has ordered new RAM but now he has discovered that his case lacks an optical drive bay so it's impossible for Uli to install Windows 10, nor could Uli install any drivers from the disks. A portable USB 3 burner is on the way but it will take 4 days to arrive. I'm just waiting to see Nick's reaction to Windows 10 and what he does to make it look like Windows 9x again. . .
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Crotch Fruit posted:I still read Nick's posts on Facebook but I haven't seen anything from David Vallaincourt in a long time, I even tried searching Nick's friends and he didn't come up. I don't remember David saying anything offensive, just kinda weird and creepy but he must have done something that was enough to earn unfriending. I'm waiting for someone to suggest a Linux distro that he can make look like Windows XP but I don't wanna have to be the person to do it.
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Crotch Fruit posted:The saga of Uliputer 2020 continues, first his RAM was too tall and he has ordered new RAM If his CPU fan had overhang that was hitting the RAM, why not get a different CPU fan that doesn't overhang?
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The thing I remember most vividly about Uli was when he was trying to get into composing music and admitted that it was his weak point, asking for outside help. He had some of the top of the line video game musicians offering to do the soundtrack for him, pro bono. Even Jake "Virt" Kaufman (Contra 4, Shantae, Bloodrayne, shitton others) composed a bunch of demo tracks that sounded incredible. ...And Uli rejected all of them because his OCD wouldn't allow him to relinquish his creative control over what he wanted the music soundtrack to sound exactly like he pictured it in his mind.
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Jan 12, 2020 13:23
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Did we ever figure out the pillow trick?
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Entorwellian posted:...And Uli rejected all of them because his OCD wouldn't allow him to relinquish his creative control over what he wanted the music soundtrack to sound exactly like he pictured it in his mind. Sounds like Chris Roberts 
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Telebite posted:If his CPU fan had overhang that was hitting the RAM, why not get a different CPU fan that doesn't overhang? The CPU is a Threadripper 3970X and the cooler is an Atric Freezer 50 TR. The CPU's TDP is 280W, I doubt there are a lot of coolers in that temp range. Really either option is about equally good, exchanging the RAM or CPU cooler.
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Crotch Fruit posted:The CPU is a Threadripper 3970X and the cooler is an Atric Freezer 50 TR. The CPU's TDP is 280W, I doubt there are a lot of coolers in that temp range. Really either option is about equally good, exchanging the RAM or CPU cooler. Should have used this one.  https://www.newegg.com/noctua-nh-u14s-tr4-sp3-premium-grade-140mm-cpu-cooler-for-amd-tr4-sp3/p/13C-0005-00140 https://noctua.at/en/cpu/AMD_Ryzen_Threadripper_3970X
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dear GBS, I got it. Not sure how many people've done let's reads and the like (probably a shitton, considering this came out like a decade ago) but I'd definitely consider doing a reading series of this. https://imgur.com/a/3L0bS4j
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Entorwellian posted:The thing I remember most vividly about Uli was when he was trying to get into composing music and admitted that it was his weak point, asking for outside help. He had some of the top of the line video game musicians offering to do the soundtrack for him, pro bono. Even Jake "Virt" Kaufman (Contra 4, Shantae, Bloodrayne, shitton others) composed a bunch of demo tracks that sounded incredible. Smdh that you haven't listened to Bouncing To Victory 144,000 times at 0.90x true speed
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A CRAB IRL posted:Smdh that you haven't listened to Bouncing To Victory 144,000 times at 0.90x true speed Oh God. I've never actually heard that song before. Is that clip on Youtube really what he'd listen to on repeat all day and night? 
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I am assuming there are a couple people in here who don't troll Nick's facebook, if so:Nick Facebook posted:These are the first 5 (of currently 8 total) photos showing the computer build in progress - view each one for additional details on what they are. There's been a few changes since. For one, I got rid of that initial, intended-to-be-temporary RAM and got my more official, permanent RAM, due to an unforeseen problem caused by that monster of a CPU heatsink/fan. Then, because that HSF for the CPU is so large and it's blocking things so frequently, I felt I had to basically get rid of it and swap it out with water cooling. I'll be posting the photos of the other aspects later, including the reason why I had to return that temporary RAM. Also PC related, this is a comment from 2 days ago addressing his CPU cooler: Nick posted:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZQXBBM/ - I now have this on the way. It'll be arriving on Tuesday. Due to having to frequently remove the HSF for the CPU just to even access the RAM, the thermal grease has likely been compromised a lot. On top of that, it'll also free up a lot of space to make it easier to work on things in the future, especially adding the last of the RAM. Unrelated but classic Uli: Nick posted:Boy, gotta love it when you get gas the day before when it's $2.289 a gallon then, the next day, it jumps to $2.589. Such lucky timing! But it's not all luck either. I've taken note of patterns. When gas prices seem to stagnate, hardly changing, that's a huge warning that the price is about to sky rocket. I've had cases where I just miss it where I wait until I get the low gas warning then only put like $5 in, wait until the low gas warning again, then put another $5 in, typically another 3¢ per gallon cheaper by the second round. After this, I, again, go until I get the low gas warning then get about $10 in gas. From there, I keep that usual watch on the "behavior" of the price of gas and try to time it to being within 3 days of the big jump where I may only be missing out on about 2¢ a gallon, though it sure beats having to spend 25¢ more a gallon. Of course, factoring in the extra time, wear and tear on the car, etc. must also be done, so for those $5 references, it's usually to get enough gas to last about 2 to 2 1/2 days. The $10 reference is based on lasting for about 5 days.
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He needs to render trees for platform masters. It's very important!Crotch Fruit posted:
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It's a $5,000 PC build, definitely overkill, but it's also send 8.5 years since his last upgrade, I have no doubt You will use this PC for several years. Money wise, yeah I think he is wasting money, but I also think Nick is obsessed with budgeting enough to know how to afford this. To my knowledge, Nick doesn't ask people for money, not does he accept donations through Patreon or other means. Maybe some people bought his book as a way to support him maybe book sales might decline after this extravagant PC build. My initial reaction was to dislike his PC build, but now I see it more as a sign of Uli's success. Living on his own in Florida and being able to afford this PC is an improvement compared to living with his parents. It's a lot of money for a computer, but video games are his biggest hobby. I'm jealous not Uli's PC build, but I am not upset or disappointed by it.
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Drunken Baker posted:I wanted to be friends with Nick but I swear too much. He defriended me due to that
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Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:Why the hell does he need a $2,000 processor? I didn't even know they get that expensive. Aside from rendering scenery for Platform Masters he plays a lot of Morrowind and uses OpenMW to crank the graphics up. For rendering he only uses programs that he's written himself and they don't offload anything to the GPU so a more powerful processor would make things easier. zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Jan 16, 2020 |
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Jan 16, 2020 18:06
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Goons really seem to not like people who build the most powerful computers they can.
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precision posted:Platform Masters really does have beautiful parallax scrolling It's the only game with parallax scrolling that extends to the planetary level https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4uRnumVMOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwHypvl-QmM
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That is really amazing to look at. I really wish I could play it. 
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overmind2000 posted:It's the only game with parallax scrolling that extends to the planetary level That’s legit impressive. I always liked Uli. He’s a weirdo but he’s harmless and knows he’s weird and actually put the effort in to improve his life. It’s so much better than the usual internet shut in weirdness like the dollfucker or MLP obsessed nut jobs.
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Uli rules & seeing him elevate himself in life has been very excellent I think it’s badass that he is building a super computer I wonder if he still sits on the floor or if he’s rockin a chair now
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Deafboy posted:Uli rules & seeing him elevate himself in life has been very excellent It's still the floor for everything whenever possible, his apartment doesn't even have furniture in it if I remember correctly. If he can't sit on the floor like in public places he'll stand although he will sit in booths when going out to eat.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2A1qYpp4HA
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The Uli-puter has hit literally hit a snag:Nick Facebook posted:And so I finally get the time and energy to work on the new computer, only to be faced with a very serious predicament that I have no solution for. And that stupid CPU fan is behind it. That thing seems to be cursed or something. I can't remove it because it's got 2 latching mechanisms (that are frustrating to work with in the first place) in order to remove the central fan which can be used to remove the screws that anchor the whole HSF to the motherboard. I can't reach the second latch because the video card is in the way and the heat sink is so big. I tried to remove the video card, but I can't get to the PCI-e locking mechanism that secures it to the motherboard because the CPU's HSF is in the way. There's literally about 3/16 inch of clearance between the HSF and the video card. I want to get rid of that stupid HSF as it's causing so, so many more problems than it's helping so I can get the water cooling system going. I must be able to remove one or the other. Any ideas? I have a Noctua NH-D14 and it was kinda a pain in the rear end to attach, more importantly it's a hell of a lot of weight hanging off a PCB. I'm paranoid because I had a warped Socket A motherboard from an Alpha PAL 8045 (and a Vantec tornado fan. . . fucker was louder than a vacuum cleaner). Granted the mounting on that socket and heat sink used the PCB only with no back plate but it still makes me nervous to have the Noctua hanging off the PCB. Uli didn't include a pic of his situation but I fear he might have found the magical combination of hardware that would lock itself together forever.
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