Poryg

I will hopefully never buy a Mac. I'm not fond of Macs, because ever since Steve Jobs died, Apple has gone backwards. Macbooks are ridiculously overpriced for the hardware they offer. But I can't deny you're right with linux having problems. I have bought an MSI motherboard and MSI GPU... Only to find later that MSI collides with Linux a great deal. Debian was the only linux system that has ever passed.

Nevertheless, while on Windows I could set my resolution as high as 2560x1200 (although the recommended one was 1920x1080), it looks like I'll end up with 1360x768 on the linux. I've tried everything I could, but can't set up the 1080p res, which makes me kind of sad (because on 1360x768 everything is so big on this monitor). It has an advantage that I can sit further back, but still...

But I have to say that I really enjoy Debian. Because... On Windows I always had 40% RAM usage if I launched Chrome. And it wasn't because Chrome takes a large chunk of RAM, because Chrome took only 13% of it. Currently on Linux my CPU usage is consistently low and my RAM usage is finally low as well.

@Poryg So you have to apply to take time off work like other forms of benefit? That sucks.

Not really. We have sick days and work incapacitation. Sick days are time off in case we are sick. We can ask for that. As for the work incapacitation, that's given to us by law, however it requires an acknowledgement from the doctor that you're sick.

The first one is only a benefit, because, let's say, 2 weeks a year you have 100% paid sick days. You don't receive full salary when you're incapacitated though. You receive 60% of your salary for the first 15 days when you're out of work due to sickness.

Sometimes family is just too close to give advice. Sometimes people don't listen to the wisdom of their parents, grandparents, or even older siblings just because they are family. It's not logical but it's just how it is when you're young. You don't value such wisdom until you're old enough to recognize it for what it is. I wish I paid more attention when my folks were teaching me things...

Last point, turns out my brother was severely depressed after my folks died. He didn't understand that until later in life though. He felt betrayed because they would say that they wouldn't leave him alone and then they died... he was ~18-19 when that happened. Perhaps that's why he acted like he did at the time. It might have been his way of coping with the loss. Hope this experience helps you in yours somehow.

@Traveling Bard Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. Depression can manifest in so many ways, and is not always so easy to see. We may not know that depression is influencing us, either. @Poryg Perhaps, as I said earlier, your brother needs a different kind of help.

C'mon man! You got this!

I'll say that once I have a stable computer up and running. I'm not giving up though. Not yet. Do ypou know of a good linux builf you can recommend?

No--but I know a guy. Lemme see what I can get from him.

I have made progress. Windows is incapable of formatting the data that contains windows installation, so I'm going to have to blow up the entire hard drive.

Great, windows won't even install. God frikkin' briliant!

Error 0x80070570. A mysterious error that haunts me for no reason, considering the installation of the same windows system on the same drive once passed.

Not just howler, in fact no audio handling plugin I can think of. Well, time to learn how to extract these metatags. Luckily it's not too difficult.

Haha, yes! Feed the plant!

Actually, I haven't made a plugin. I have only learned how to make it in MV engine. And I don't want to just make it, since unless I add some new functionalities to it, it'd be pointless. There's already Orange overlay, which takes a snapshot of the map and saves it along with several customizable attribs.

I'd have to add some other functionalities to make the plugin feasible for a release. Otherwise it'd just be two plugins doing exactly the same, although not in the same way.

Makes me wonder though--how could it have been broken so easily then? Maybe it was a keylogger, or maybe someone has their eye on you. Time to stab some fools, bro.

If I had a keylogger on me, then my PayPal, my bank account... And other servers would have already been attacked. So I don't think it would be a keylogger.

Hmm--it makes no sense. I mean--to brute force a password like that--it should take longer than a week to crack. Very strange.

People like to say they're entitled to their opinion, but how can you have an opinion on something if you don't have the facts?

Prejudice/jumping to conclusions. It's a mental shortcut human brain creates, because it's incapable of processing large amounts of information.

It makes me angry how stupid we are as a species collectively. I Would say its not that we know the facts, but we just don't want to hear it. it contradicts what we believe to begin with and us humans don't like that.

Bro if ya ever need to vent or chat, just shoot me a msg. Goes for anyone.

You need twitter

@TheoAllen I see that you are guiding others toward your way lol.

and how do you do that? I also asked myself that same question once.

I've made a plugin that does it, because somebody requested such a plugin. It's in my small plugins on github, link's in my signature. Nevertheless, I'll explain it in greater detail in a PM, bcos comments can't cover it really well.

Alright!

@VeryXInh actually, if it's a silly bug, then spending a long time figuring out feels embarassing. When the bug comes from a real problem, it's rewarding.

so was it a bug come from the engine you're developing?

No, that was a commission. For some reason I couldn't draw any contents on Window_Selectable prototypes from certain width onwards. In the end I found the culprit. Unlike other windows, Window_Selectable prototypes don't automatically resize contents bitmap.

It's kind of essential. Hormones do tons of stuff, things people don't even associate with them. If I were you I wouldn't put off seeking help, especially since there's a fairly straightforward fix.

I'm not entirely sure if I honestly want that to be honest. These betablockers and past experiences have raised a red flag. Not to mention, testosterone pills aren't the cheapest...

I get it. No matter what, I wish you well and happy. I hope taking yourself away from the stress is enough.

For example due to computerization of many things we can now even wage a cyber warfare, taking down entire power plants, hospitals and even military targets. Pentagon, Russia and China employ hackers for both aggression and defence.

I remember seeing a documentary on that. It's really kinda scary how everything is tied by the internet.

Though I wouldn't want to know someone took out a hospital... that'd be horrible.

Yes. That would be terrible.
Nevertheless, back in 2010-2013 hacker and malware maker communities used to thrive on the internet. But now as the general interest for hacking is increasing (especially by script kiddos), they have been forced to move to underground. Nowadays most hacker communities are on darknet and are invite only or dead.

I still remember--when Counter-Strike was the only game I had on steam for a long time.

I understand. I am currently sitting at 580... mostly indie games though. Only about 20% have been played >_<.

I've got MV and 3 wizardry games.

https://www.armed.cz/zaviraci-nuz-gerber-edict-hladke-ostri/

Nice!

Now you just need the epic flashlight to complete the trinity.

Unfortunately we don't have epic flashlights. I've only seen a flashlight-baton-taser hybrid, but I'm not sure about it. I'm not fond of damaging electronics like that.

Where? I need a good laugh lol.

General lounge -> RPG maker meme thread.