Andy Lundell 💭 @apLundell@octodon.social

Amazon has suddenly started recommending swords to me.

The Algorithm Knows All, so I suppose I'd better figure out which ancient evil I'm supposed to be vanquishing.

@KitRedgrave

I've always thought that RPG makers miss a trick by including "New Game Plus", but not "New Game Minus".

Like, I'll never devote 60 hours to "Chrono Cross" again, but I wish there was a mode I could use to hit the high points in one sitting.

@KitRedgrave

Random encounters kill most of them for me.

"Here's a wonderful new world! If you try to explore it, we'll interrupt you every three steps you take!"

Even if the combat is fun, I can't enjoy it if I'm angry at the game for interrupting my attempt to look around.

Apparently, back in December a new DLC came out of Viscera Cleanup Detail.

Fantastic. My actual real apartment where I live is a mess, but that won't stop me from spending all weekend mopping a virtual space station!

Gotta make these space stations spotless.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/982110/Viscera_Cleanup_Detail__The_Vulcan_Affair/

If you were applying for a job as a labyrinth guard, would you want to be the one that always tells the truth, or the one that always lies?

I feel like the lying guard probably has the most fun, but I wonder if there's a long-term effect of having to get into that mindset every day.

@Taweret

If paramount pictures sold officially licensed Raktajino, I'd buy it.

I want to start my day with a tall glass of iced klingon coffee.

@Taweret

You say that like you think chocolate bitcoins don't exist.

Of *COURSE* they exist.

@Taweret Then we'll need more moons.

I've always thought that should be NASA's priority.

There are eight planets and 185 known planetary moons.

So You'd think our planet would have about twenty moons, right?

WRONG! We've only got ONE!

Why isn't NASA fixing this?!?

Look, we get it. The moon's crazy orbit makes it look slightly different every month.

We don't need a faux-folksy name for every full moon.

@rye

There. I fixed it.

Now you feel compelled to watch the whole thing.

I only keep one 'Star Wars' book in my home, but I feel like it's the most important book in the franchise.

@mdm @celesteh

Incidentally, on browsers there are plug-ins to block all algorithmic YouTube suggestions, but not so much for phones and tablets.

@celesteh Whatever video he watches, the YouTube algorithm will recommend something he'll find "engaging" to watch afterwards.

Finding a "good" YouTube channel might be a bit of a trap. YouTube is the problem.

@SelfsameSynonym

Once Odo proved that he had a cure to the thing that was making them extinct, they basically had no choice but to get him to the Great Link. (Regardless of all other risks.)

Their entire race would die painfully, in the short term, unless the Federation allowed Odo to save them.

As bargaining positions go, that's a pretty strong one.

@Taweret @Rasp

Well, it's a bit unfair of me to zoom in this close to the panels, but yeah, some of the art is a bit off.

I think that's pretty normal for 80s comics, though.

It's different now that they're all penciled on a computer.

@malevolent_usb_drive

1980s comics were weird.

@Taweret @Rasp :

Sorry.

@SelfsameSynonym

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to understand that Odo's ability to cure the Founder's of their deadly disease was a major part of his persuasive ability.

After all, He had linked with Founders before, and sharing his memories had never made them sympathetic to the Federation.

What was different this time? This time he had leverage. Leverage provided by the war-crimes committed by S31.

Don't worry. The context is completely innocent : A grown woman and a teenage boy are chasing each-other through crowded corridors, shooting each-other with potentially deadly weapons for fun.

These comics are amazing.

Here's a panel that, out of context, seems like it might be inappropriate.