Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@YummyHappyPills
Isn’t it possible for you to reschedule? I had the same issue since today I was supposed to go to an interview, but the doctor told me I should spend this week recovering. I called the HR department and talked about what happened, and we managed to reschedule for next week, because I can’t stand straight without some pain on my chest.
Take it easy Yummy, your health is important.

Having surgery while job seeking is problematic, to say the least.

@Luna_110 It's an "Open Day" with interview elements so...not really.

I'm going to go. I just....can't walk...

@YummyHappyPills: Not sure what exactly is going on, but I hope everything goes for the best.

Damn, those Open Days interview are the worse. Hang in there Yummy, and I wish you the best, both in the Interview and in the recovery.

How are our American pals? Pictures from USA and Canada make it seem like that movie, the Day after Tomorrow.

Congrats to Canada for Gold medals, always have cheered for them if Finland does not manage.

I live on the west coast so we can still wear shorts outside. Sorry, east coast folks!

The Mexican desert is not a winter wonderland, but we are having cool nights at least...

Sometimes.

before january people were expecting temperatures around 10°F but unfortunately the average temperature this month is below 0. Right now its -12°F but a few days ago it was -19°F and we should be seeing -20°F soon.

Wait, Why Is This Important?

I live in the lower Midwest. We haven't gotten much in the way of snow here since Christmas (nothing to dig out the shovels for, anyway), but it has been pretty cold for the last couple of weeks. Many days have had single digit highs and single digit (or negative) lows. Not as cold as up north, but it's definitely been cold enough that I'm dreading to see next month's electric bill. According to my phone, it's currently 10 degrees Fahrenheit (-12 Celsius) here.

The good news is that, starting tomorrow, the daily highs are supposed to make it above freezing again.

So seemingly DigitalFoundry is under fire from an indie developer (Redout) for stating falsehoods about their Xbox One X support. The developer sites other sources who state otherwise to DF's claims, and DF has admitted seemingly that they will look into it.

Catch is it's hard to tell if it was deliberate, or simply not doing enough work into it, but I also recall other instances of this happening, and since DF is a source for the tech illiterate, it does have an impact on gamer perception to titles. It's most certainly not up to the standards you would expect of a publication like that, when they fill that need in the industry.

Imagine doing all this work over crunch times in a small team, and some guys you don't even know come out and state incorrect information about your game (If the allegations are true). I'd be fuming too to be honest.

More disgusting is the response from the viewers. Looking at the tweets and comments aimed at the developers, God no. Let's hope it never gets that bad here because man that is disgusting.

I suppose it just shows how while DF seems to do a service for the tech illiterate in gaming, they do get it wrong but as a result of being a source of this info they have (Intentionally it sometimes seems) angled it towards simply fuelling console wars, which does no one any favours.

https://wccftech.com/34bigthings-denies-digital-foundry-redout/

Turns out accomplishing something as seemingly basic as making a power up to work in a game does wonders for my mood.

On that note the first power up is made and will be tested when fully integrated into the player!

Well, i got an email from a random website i had no idea even existed That wants me to contact them with the link they sent me... Something tells me the link will just download a virus (even though its impossible with the device i have) so i'll just mark the email as "Spam"... For some reason i post everything that go's on in life to this thread... Yep.

this is a better mexican dessert if you ask me.
some people like to eat sand and cactus but i mean hey.

Churros kinda look like cacti, now that you mention it.

Now I want a churro...

Churros are like sunsets,
Beautiful,
But they go down really fast.

• Octane, 08-01-2018

I had my first churro at Disneyland in California almost a decade ago. I had no idea the things existed until then. The closest thing we have around here are those hard, annoying bagged ones....

@Meowpheel: I kinda wish you hadn't closed what I thought was an interesting thread, but I kinda see your point.

yer correct lol

New information about Fred Rechid's famous quote was revved up not too long ago.

Also, if U feelz LIEK THAR hasn't been enough revving of fryers, swell, i'll make up fur lost time

Surgery delayed by 4 weeks due to power cuts at the hospital...

Bummer. But on the plus side, you should be able to make that open interview now!

Summary of my day: