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  1. Dandain

    The House Plants Thread

    Clematis #1 Clematis #2 Clematis #3 Clematis #4
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    The House Plants Thread

    Lily #1 Lily #2 Lily #3 Lily #4 Lily #5 Lily #6
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Stunning little video, I feel like a bit of a wierdo being so constantly enamored with the fact that I am truly an ant. We live in a crazy time, the sky, Space is more ridiculous than we could have possibly imaged. However, today's story seems to be very much real. And real in the very...
  4. Dandain

    The Astronomy Thread

    Here is the Nasa release. News | Astronomers Find Planet Hotter Than Most Stars
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    Battletech

    I still smash pen and paper mechs with friends. There must be a roll system under the hood, at the very minimum like Xcom if they are emulating the pen and paper rules. Body part targeting requires I think the Targeting Computer and comes with roll penalties. There is a ton of random types...
  6. Dandain

    Pets

    This is what I feed my dogs, Its out 100% of the time. BLUE Wilderness® High-Protein, Grain-Free Dog Food | Blue Buffalo Someone take down my recommendation and why its killing my dogs, I'm up for public scrutiny. We blend up some chicken breasts and feed that mixed in a few times a week...
  7. Dandain

    The Astronomy Thread

    Solar Probe Mission Renamed to Honor Pioneering Physicist A bit on the solar probe mission, should be some cool science coming from this one. I think this will be the fastest man made object ever, although I am not sure.
  8. Dandain

    Quake Champions

    Community server's are a nostalgic thing for most people that want them. You need a universal matchmaker if you want a high skill game to drive people through the skill gauntlet, hold population into the future and grow. I hope they at least allow private lobbies like dota 2 even if they are not...
  9. Dandain

    Everspace (Space shooter)

    This is Faster than Light meets an arcade space sim, you die, you start the run over. Up till this patch there was no story mode, I'm 3 sectors and my first death in. I opted to restart all my unlock progress - their recommendation. You explore you fight, you loot and salvage all kinds...
  10. Dandain

    Everspace (Space shooter)

    So this is 1.0 live on steam now, I'm about to boot it up and check it out. They did an absolutely massive change and pulled scanning probes out of the game. I think this is a good choice, about to boot it up and excited to see what's there. Will report back. Here are the 1.0 notes.
  11. Dandain

    The Astronomy Thread

    There is a lot more content in the published teleconference (second link). Its worth a look. A Whole New Jupiter: First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission Juno Media Teleconference
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    The Astronomy Thread

    News | Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole
  13. Dandain

    The Astronomy Thread

    So I'm not sure if rocket labs released a contiguous video of their flight. But this is a nice edit of a bunch of clips from different twitter posts.
  14. Dandain

    The House Plants Thread

    So I have a Catmint (Nepeta), I can verify the following. It's that cats just go into the middle of this catmint and lay down and roll in it. I never catch the cats, but there is generally 4 plus locations with places that have been laid in and slept on. As opposed to keeping the cats out...
  15. Dandain

    The House Plants Thread

    Cacti are really fucking cool, a type of plant I can't really go ham growing up here. Maybe someday I'll do some potted cacti. Its cool to see as much variety as you can share, I know I really like them.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    NASA's Kepler Confirms Details of TRAPPIST-1’s Least Understood Planet
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    Pets

    My athletes. Last fall (Blue Heeler mother / Australian Shepard father) 9 months old + my 10 year old My Jack Russel/Border Collie loves the bees when they infest the raspberry hedge. She's super intense. Few action shots of my pack of hounds. The Terrier I came into as a foster...
  18. Dandain

    The House Plants Thread

    This is the deepest purple flower that I've ever had bloom. Both opened today. Bearded Iris Delphinium
  19. Dandain

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    I thought the videos on the page below are worth a quick look. I'm not sure how to embed them or I would have. They are videos taken as part of a study to understand how ladybug's fold / unfold their wings under the orange carapace covers. So there are some high speed shots. They have a bit...
  20. Dandain

    Quake Champions

    Figure out how to get that part fixed, if you do like quake its worth it. I hate launchers.
  21. Dandain

    Quake Champions

    I could see it lasting a very long time. This needs to be a supported product, like rocket league, dota, or league. If they are not either remaking old maps, or releasing new ones, improving game modes and performance. Social interaction in the client. They will definitely fail. This...
  22. Dandain

    DOTA 2

    I've been idling in foh, and firesofheaven. People seem to populate both and only 1 randomly. No fucking idea how hard it is to get this to happen in general
  23. Dandain

    DOTA 2

    Dota 2 - The International Battle Pass/ Right to the io-arcana.
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    Everspace (Space shooter)

    So full release scheduled for may 26th.
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    Quake Champions

    This beta phase is until the 21st, I think its open to anyone now. I have no idea on dates beyond that. There is room for two more game modes to be added in the play screen yet. They are up to 4/6.
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    Quake Champions

    The matchmaker and the skill algorithm behind the scenes are key here. Assuming critical mass of players. No multiplayer game can honestly survive today if new players can't get shuffled into new player safe spaces. Games with extremely high skill ceilings without a matchmaker are destined...
  27. Dandain

    Quake Champions

    I went 65/11 in a sacrifice match with friends then they retired from Quake again. Like Dota, and Rocket League before it, my casual friends just can't hang in Quake. They had to go crawl around as bush wookies instead. But if you're an old school Quake god, come back, its worth fragging...
  28. Dandain

    DOTA 2

    I'm not sure the XP rate is that crazy? The deny xp change is not that enormous from a total XP standpoint unless the lane is completely uncontested. Old way was a deny was 50% xp to the Enemy 50% to the void of no one. Now its 70% to the enemy and 30% to the denier. This is not as big of a...
  29. Dandain

    The House Plants Thread

    I like where this is going, brainstorm away. Make America Green Again, Green Things Need to do better, a bit more politically edgy. Plants, How does it work?
  30. Dandain

    Gardening

    So if there is some kind of home owner's association they will have likely a list of expectations and rules. As long as whatever you chose to do with your property isn't pushing any of those limits, I'm not sure what else would stand in the way. Neighbors tend to only bitch if what you're...
  31. Dandain

    Gardening

    Well just use the bigger template of a garden as the idea. You're free to make an orderly or disorderly arrangement. If I had that much space, I would make a walking path (loop) through the space I'd want to create. Maybe a water feature, something simple, a pond with basic circulation you...
  32. Dandain

    Quake Champions

    I am just falling in love all over again.
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    Quake Champions

    I think it works because they kept it simple. 4v4 on DM3 was legendary, but the gameplay was about zone control and item denial. This captures a lot of what made that great without putting too many rules. Fragging the fuck out of the enemy and running the powerups is still a sure fire way to...
  34. Dandain

    The House Plants Thread

    Super Post #2 - Don't have too many Flowergasms as you pass through lurkers. More people on this forum need to embrace their immobile light converting relatives. Cornflower #1 Cornflower #2 Cornflower #3 Iris (Lilac in background) Iris #2 Lilies #1 Lilies #2 Lilies #3 Lilies #4...
  35. Dandain

    The House Plants Thread

    We need to rename this thread. Something with a lot more controversy. What about,Plants,the Ultimate Tryhards. Here comes some pictures of things that are doing some living. The extra lily shots are for you Gerbil. None of the feature plants were planted this year. When I comment on many...
  36. Dandain

    Quake Champions

    I duo que'd into the 4v4 competitive mode with an old top tier friend from Q1 days, its remarkably good little mode. I wasn't sure I'd like it, but we had a fucking blast. Looking forward to roping 4 friends into it. I really had a good time, closest thing to Clanring 4v4 on DM3 for...
  37. Dandain

    Gardening

    Consider turning some portion of your lawn into natural habitat for your area or just trees and plants that birds/bees/insects can use to spend time there. Bare lawn is pretty fucking useless for most people most of the time. You could build a Japanese Zen garden of some renown on as much...
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    Quake Champions

    As long as the back end matchmaking is stellar, and the population reaches a critical mass, its going to survive. The game is good, and the 4v4 esports mode makes me optimistic that its going to have the variety of modes it will need to survive. I hope they do add ctf however.
  39. Dandain

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    So your counter argument is that for personal safety reason, players can't be exposed to the high speed velocities of M/KB gameplay given the explosive badassery of top tier m/kb FPS players? I actually agree. Console players can't be exposed to the absolute beat down they would face if...
  40. Dandain

    PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

    Don't tell yourself that a fixed eyeball with no head swivel or eye movement is "more real". The third person camera actually lets an individual scan the horizon in a far more effective way related to how you would in reality than if you were stuck inside the head of FPS you. Without VR to...