Qualanqui

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[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago

Hamas was also left to run amok for 5 hours and at the end of that were able to cross back over the border with hostages.

How on earth is one of the worlds most powerful militaries caught with it's pants down that badly and how were they not able to organize some kind of a response in 5 hours?

At the very least you'd have expected them to ambush them on the way out and rescue the hostages. They have fleets of drones for pete's sake, they could have taken out every single one of those terrorists with drones to spare.

It makes no sense whatsoever, unless of course they let it happen as a casus belli to once and for all deal with the Palestinian problem.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fantastic movie, I especially liked the body horror aspect they used with the ETs, the way they moved and the huge long limbs etc.

Spoiler time though, I reckon it was all the parasites. The only way they can survive and propagate is by assimilating new hosts, that's why there were a bunch of different ET species but they all looked uniform and they were all sexless too because the bodies are just vessels for the parasite, they have no need to reproduce. Also why the ETs didn't care she ganked those other ETs, the parasites escaped and there were plenty of new hosts to be had, it was only when she tried to crush the parasite that they got angry.

And the end bit where the ETs are talking about what to do with her and that ET's throat is vibrating, it's because the parasites are discussing what to do with her and not the hosts. The tall classic ETs are powerful telekenetics so it would stand to reason they're equally powerful telepathics too so they wouldn't need to talk vocally.

So I reckon the parasites cooked up the "perfect world" shown at the end to keep the humans minds docile while the parasites piloted their bodies around, assimilating new species.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Which is hard to do when quick looting because you can't see the tag, the whole contraband system is such a pain.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My biggest UI gripe has to be the lack of a Contraband menu, instead you have to search through all your gear looking for a tiny yellow or red tag.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly, capitalism is economic perpetual motion, you can't have exponential growth in a finite system.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried turning off chromatic abberation, motion blur, film grain and all that other extraneous fluff?

I have a 3060 and Control is one of my favourite games so I've put a lot of time into it with DLSS on but haven't noticed what you're describing.

I tend to fiddle with my settings until it looks and handles well but the aforementioned settings are always turned off first thing.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Ye definitely hit or miss, they've been excellent for me. I got the 970 EVO last year or the year before and it's been rock solid, my RAM is also Samsung chips albeit B die so higher bin which probably explains why I've never had a single issue with them in 4 odd years.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Samsung, bit more pricey but both my ssd and ram are both Samsung chips and I haven't had a single problem with either.

E. Seems that further down the thread someone is saying Samsung is having issues too, which is dissapointing as I've always trusted Samsung.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have the system always running most of the cartage back to the top could be handled by the siphoning effect, like draining a washing machine or siphoning patrol.

You'd need energy to get it started but after that it should keep siphoning as long as there's liquid to siphon.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or white phosphorus! Wait, wait... how about the inquisition? Or the rape of south america or the roman catholic church...

Damn, why does everybody leave?

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 year ago

See and this is how I know it's all bullshit, what man in his mid to late thirties still has twelve friends? I've never even had twelve friends at the same time before.

[–] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

I'd recommend Long Dark and Subnautica, they've both got crafting but it's part of the survival/exploration loop and they've both got a bunch of mods (on PC) that are really well done.

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