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I added it as a new field (since it'll otherwise break existing things). Also pruned some stuff like Raptr and AIM/MSN.

That's a shame because it does kind of put any valid games into the "still £20+" range. Only game I'm halfway interested in on Epic is Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and tbh that's either going to end up on Steam or end up free. Will be interesting to see Epics long term plan for their storefront, given I currently own several dozen games with them and haven't spent a penny.

How'd you even find which games are "eligible" for that? It's bad enough it's still a $10 voucher despite using GBP pricing (so no idea on their current conversion), but every pick a game in the basket it says "no eligible coupons" despite showing their "Epic Mega Coupon" right there. I understand it won't apply to likes of FTL (which'd make it free on even the meanest currency conversion) but it seems like it'll only apply to the big ticket items like RDR2/Control n such. edit: so on checkout with an eligible game noticed it's actually £10 when you're in the basket (still shows as $10 when on the front). It also expires on 11/1/2020, which I presume is November and not January). So checked out and...even if the game is over £10 you're still not "eligible" (e.g John Wick Hex which is £12.79). At least when Steam gives you a random voucher it tells you which specific games it works on (like you click it and it takes you to a filtered store front). Why do they have to be such a faf. Vouchers with ill-defined eligibility, no proper checkout basket, and their date and currency formats don't match local.

Yeah I'm always sceptical about this. At my last job we had a client in america with a business on "de-aging" medicine and just felt so much like a scam. A lot of us weren't keen on having them, but they paid well so my boss was good with them. Oh wait except their scam stuff meant they didn't pay cos they'd always take issue with little bits and refuse to pay until it was solved. None of us were hugely shocked. It just seems like one of those things like perpetual motion machines. And really unless we can work on associated diseases of ageing like alzhiemers then what's the point of having a young body if you don't know who you are?

That first one if you got rid of the figurines (and the boat) I think would look fairly respectable. Nice bookshelf of books, tasteful artwork. I'm in a kitchen, so my backdrop is kettle, biscuit barrel, pans, and loaf of bread. I'd post a picture but 1. it's not that interesting and 2. I've not had a haircut for well over 2 months and it's scraggy and uneven. On the bookshelf front though do you guys follow this account? Rates peoples bookshelves now they're having to video chat with news channels.

Seems less like a particular bad trope, and more just poor writing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52616071 A rail worker in the UK has died of coronavirus after being spat on. The original suspect is still unknown, but no doubt now goes from assault to manslaughter. Also we have a new covid plan, as anyone that follows us brits on Twitter on FB will know. How it's going to work fuck knows, since even cabint ministers were contradicting each other on the monday morning news, so good to know even they're clued up on what the PMs plan is. So with the VE day celebrations of people doing congas to the new plan that's sort of forcing people to go back to work (but also isn't, but once again who knows) we're now on to the ramp up to our second peak.

Bonding So this is a show that popped up on Netflix recommendations. Had D'arcy Carden in it (Good Place Janet) so added to my list. Started watching it the other day. Turns out the episodes are about 15 minutes each, so it's only a short show. (and D'arcy is only in like two episodes). Basic premise is dominatrix gives her mate a job as her assistant, while he tries to learn the ropes (literally). Cue sitcom adventures. Except it's sort of just short of being funny. Like it's kinda neat to see something relatively fetish positive, but the short episodes mean not much happens and you do come away feeling like it's not as funny as it could be, and not quite as informative on the subject matter as it could be. Be interesting to see if it gets picked up for a second season and gets to develop itself a lot more. Locke & Key Finally started on this. YA-type show if you're into your Stranger Things fix, based on a comic series. Premise is family moves in to old family house after their dad is killed. Family house has many hidden magical keys around that only work for kids (as they note "that's how magic just works"). It's not exactly a kiddy premise mind. The keys have very disturbing implications (one turns you into a ghost, one causes fires, one lets you enter peoples mind and physically change it; put stuff in/take stuff out, and one lets you puppeteer people etc). The mum is somewhat terrible at keeping track of her kids too, and will happily just let her youngest be babysat by an iPad (obviously it helps with plot if the mum isn't there to interfere with the kids messing with magical keys). Also it's a show where people who didn't watch Smallville find out that Iceman/Quantum Break guy has a twin brother.

That damn foreign wind coming over to Mexico, taking Mexican oils jobs! Don't even get me started on that solar power, who knows where that stuff is coming from and what it's picking up along the way. (turns out you guys export oil too, rather than import so I guess it would be true that oil isn't relying on foreign interests, unlike many other countries. Given your neighbours that sounds like a very precarious position to be in ) Also I would agree with ditching GDP as a national measure, but given everything else about your current prez I'm not sure it's for altruistic reasons.

On one hand it's cool to help train AI cars. On the other it's annoying to find it's only necessary because America doesn't follow the Vienna convention of road signs, so not only are your road signs and standards different from much of the globe they can vary state to state. Deep dives can be fun though. Film podcast I listen to normally does short 5-10 minute film reviews at the end, but occasionally does bigger things on specific films including 6hr epic on Mission Impossible: Fallout.

Doctors in russia having a hard time not acccidentally falling out of windows. Also mexico has chubacabra (or however that's spelt) so there's that which stuff could be blamed on. We have similar-ish to "them" in that it's the "elites" (even though most folks whining on about the "elites" are publicly schooled oxbridge graduates with millions in the bank, and usually a side job writing in national newspapers)

See on one hand I'd suggest they might have a library of stock footage they can roll out whenever, but on the other if they did then surely given the international speculation they wouldn't have waited until today to post stuff up. So I'd say he's not dead, but entirely possible he has had some heart ops and does sound like they're prepping Kim Yo Jung as heir apparent as a just in case.

Now there's a name I've not heard in a long while. Currently I'm on Horizon Zero Dawn, largely eyeing up the Frozen Wilds which I bought years ago but then didn't get around to playing. I've now entered the frozen wilds and fuck me it doesn't like it if you're on New Game+ with your shieldweaver. Like there's enemies specifically designed to cripple you if you're wearing Shieldweaver. So I'm guessing gonna have to divest into Frozen Wilds specific gear and completely change my current play-style (which is heavily shield weaver based case of "throw yourself at them and batter them down with your spear"). Tis very pretty though.

Miracleman is certainly one of the darker/weirder comics I'd read. Quite a twisted take on the Shazam storyline (this video does briefly show a particular scene where the villain/black adam-like decides to have several hours of super-powered "fun" and debauchery in London).

Unfortunately you'll just have to look them up manually. Affiliate-wise it's a PITA as a UK resident to get set up with the US stuff (though they might have relaxed it in the years since).

I'm assuming they're NFC tags with nice artwork on. In theory you can make your own. I have some NFC tags from a time I was dabbling with Tasker (so tag by the door to tap in and out of home to change your phone settings like audio on, wifi on, etc), unfortunately mine are in a box squirrelled away for the move. They're dead cheap though (and reusable, and also do the Tasker related stuff) https://nerdburglars.net/hardwareguides/faking-amiibos-using-an-android-phone/ (and if you use this link it adds to the measly affiliate pennies from Amazon for supporting the forum: https://amzn.to/3d9PJeJ )

Samsung tablets are pretty damn good. I've had a couple 10" models and they're great as a secondary device to a laptop, or media consumption (especially comics compare to a phone, kindle or pc). In fact Comixology doing loads of deals and freebies atm so worth grabbing an account.

I thought our ineffectual government and "clap for nhs" stuff was pants, but at least we're not outright attacking health workers. ?

I feel Google has opinions.

During lockdown we've been looking after housemates mam's older Yorkshire terrier (we'd been dogsitting once a week to give her a rest from the other younger dogs she lives with. During lockdown she's kinda just ended up with us full time). Kinda realising, especially on the days when I'm only one in WfH, that I probably want to get a pet when I'm in new place. Not sure what type of pet mind. Something to research during lockdown.

This is cute. Two parter. As for Picard, it was okay but a little bit of no consequence (except for some last minute horrific implications). Also really inconsistent with some of past lore and way too much deus ex machina.

Went into lockdown nearly two weeks before us, and pretty much in one go. Also being Scandinavian pretty intense social net packages too, so closing down work wasn't as impactful on employees as it is in other nations. This'll be something that'll keep statisticians busy for years, if not decades, to come.

Yeah, a lot of places over here have started looking at the stats like that rather than just the government given data (which is purely limited to hospital only cases, with confirmed covid. So missing out anyone that wasn't tested, or anyone that died outside hospitals which we already know to be a few thousand in care homes have died from it). Our official figure is ~21,000. Our actual "above average" figure puts us at ~50,000, which is more than double what the government is saying.