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I think the point of most "idle games" is that it just runs. Sure there's a point where you've unlocked everything, but it's a never ending escalation of numbers and fighting the cost curve. In my case that means running a few days, then rebirth to harvest diamonds, and rebuild faster, and...

It handled our house going normal load with 5 ton AC. So that would be : 5 ton AC - Covering a 2600 sq ft house set at 71 degrees. UPS pushing my computer and two monitors. (not running on battery) Same for the wife's computer. 65" TV with soundbar Fridge in kitchen fridge and freezer on...

Well, I can call project "Fuck losing power" done. New generator in and running right now with all of Chez Haus in normal power consumption mode (including a 5 ton AC system) and the new generator is chugging along. Testing on Gasoline right now, the new generator will run NatGas...

It seemed to start after I was mindlessly pouring money into gold value for a while and got it over 250 ranks. Or maybe a combo of that with the arena level I was at (over 10k). I rebirthed this morning, so I'll watch to see when it resurfaces as it's gone now.

OK, getting an odd "halo of golden coins" effect on Earl. Around arena 10k I put him in the pirate outfit as it seem apropos for having apparently a shuffling mass of gold coins on his back. The effect is persistent over arenas.

So Monday I went in for an MRI to make sure the tumor on my left Kidney hadn't moved, grown, or turned into a One Direction Tribute band apparently... And I learned something new I seem to have developed, claustrophobia. They had this old school 1.5T MRI machine, and had to put a coil on my...

Welcome to the "new normal" of a "strong job market".

Definitely strong magnets.

I SWEAR we had a thread on this and I can't find it now... Wife and I just finished the world's most leisurely paced rewatch of this series. Still my favorite SciFi series to date, even with the last two seasons (i.e. the Ori arc). Saw this today and felt compelled to post it because of...

Title: Stargate SG-1 Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure Creator: Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner Cast: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Claudia Black, Beau Bridges First aired: 1997-07-27 Overview: The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a...

That was pretty much also my shopping/buying strategy. heh

This one works powered off my PCs USB port, I like it for the touchscreen portion but that's finicky to get set up right. It's nice to drag pop up windows and things like zoom meeting controls onto. But I'll admit it was an impulse buy that I'm just having fun with. heh

I still don't grasp all this stuff about it not being displayed. I mean you guys haven't all bought mini third monitors exclusively for Earl yet? (Full disclosure, that's a USB-c third monitor that is also a touchscreen I used as a touch controller when I'm doing meetings) But it does also...

For those wondering about the later mobs... I had this asshole show up at Arena 8369...

Just file the ideas away. Once Idle Earl is done maybe they come in useful elsewhere, or you get REALLY bored and we eventually see Idle Earl II:Arena Boogaloo

Or a boss that's immune to certain damage types but more vulnerable to others. This could be your tool to encourage diversification of rank allotment rather than raw min/maxxing.

You do an array of the last 10 arena DPS outputs. Take that average and compare it to the total HP for the arena level. (cap it at 99% so there's always a slight chance of failure.) This should give you a "win probability" percentage, which you could put right under the arena number. Since...

Well, nobody buys upgrades while they're AFK/minimized. The "things get incrementally harder" is why you subtract .1% for each win, to reduce their win chances, and add .1% for each loss to represent lower level arenas being slightly easier.... The real goal here is like any idle game, you...

OK. I have been pondering... as it's something men of my age do.... Does the game know when it's not visible so prone to not being able to render the arena? If so, and since when not visible there's no point in showing an arena nobody will see, what stops you from simulating the arena...

He was a clone of Superman, so essentially Superman with a very young and not as well developed brain. He got thrown into a pocket universe "black hole". My bet is if this cinematic universe gets it's legs under it you'll eventually see him come back "twisted by the pocket universe energies"...

The Urologist I have been seeing, who is their "complicated situation specialist" for doing things like laparoscopy when that's needed, is of the Tribe, and taking like a month off which I suspect means he's heading to Israel for the high holy holidays and whatnot. And congrats on getting...

In this case it was not only a crappy panel, it was on what was originally the garage wall. Then the original owners converted that garage into an office, a workshop, and a darkroom (which is now the pantry). For whatever insane reason, they literally put a wall right into where the box was ...

Close, Federal Pacific Electric. They were popular in the 60's because they were cheap. The highlights on them? No ground wire to prevent power surges from overloading the breakers. Breakers may not trip correctly when moisture is detected near an outlet, causing the circuit to overload and...

Yeah, that's why he said I'd have to follow up with his associate, who will now become my go to there. But he put in for the MRI and Cryoblation today, and neither of those will be performed by this Urologist. It will just be who I follow up with after. Although I'll admit in general this...

So.... Finally had the follow up to my mass removal from my right kidney, and discussion about what would need to be done about the mass on my left one. Yep, I am hauling around 1 (formerly 2) renal cell carcinoma masses. Thought it would hit harder, and still might, but a combination of...

So just had the fun of dropping $10k on major electrical work. Replaced the house panel, because old panel was a death trap... Moved said panel because old panel was in a non-code compliant location. Upgraded house to a 200 amp drop from the grid Added whole house surge supression Added an...

Rising again? For what? Dessert? Unrelated, but part of the world I live in....

Witnessed Oddly enough when "you have to wear a mask everywhere" was in full swing, I did 3d print a replica of his mask and wore it to a few grocery store trips... I mean.. it WAS a mask.

Well, you're trying to rebalance a system where you have what feels like possibly logarithmic costs, exponential passive income, and linear arena income. With damage systems which also combine all three. If you ever found a perfect balance to that I'd suggest you snag a gig at SpaceX and get...

First off... It's "OK Gen-Xer". But I wholly expect you've forgotten that generation exists, everybody else did. Second, you get the better discount at Dennys. But so far I have yet to actually pay the senior price. ;)

Yeah, I'm at the point where there's only one stream I pay any attention to on Twitch, and it's because they do marble races which I they can't do on Twitter and Youtube, both of which they also stream their livestreams on. Then again they aren't even gaming content. They're just some guys...

Curse these browsers and their... modernity!

OooooOOOhhhh... Here's my one that will make people hate me even more than "Make people hate me more than my suggestion of attaching credit progress to Arena outcomes..." Make unspent diamonds increase your arena cashflow instead of your Passive Income

In case all you folks who are obviously farther along on this than I am having noted yet... When your mystery button is ready don't hit it until you have a chest appear. If you win the mystery button (10x for 1 minute) that 10x will apply to the chest too. So mystery button, then open chest.

So am I to believe that the passive income does keep rolling even if they screen is not active and the arena doesn't run?

When I look at what Earl does, and how happy he looks doing it (in the pirate skin), I keep thinking it's really that he wants to be the best gladiator ever, but he just really sucks with money management, and that's where I come in!