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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by Legend - Apr 29, 2026, 04:47 PM

as a guy that does "carpentry" i've seen the videos of people doing this.  in my context is was to make things like drawer pulls not swords but i think fundamentally it's pretty much the same.

looks easy but also the equipment to do it looks expensive.  even for just a tiny amount of metal the ovens (or whatever you call them) are pretty big.  i've personally decided metalworking is not going to be a thing i try.  i do much of my work in my basement so beyond being expensive the equipment looks dangerous both from the perspective of burning down my house but also having toxic fumes like being generated.

Yeah definitely an outside or large garage activity.

I think I have a crucible and furnace somewhere from an old relative. IDK, probably not worth it but has been on my mind for years since I recycle all my soda cans.

#22

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by nnodley - Apr 29, 2026, 04:38 PM

Getting back into do my Plex server. Starting back with For All Mankind season 1!  And then need to go back and fix any disc that I had corrupted/missing frames. 

#23

Game News Discussion / Re: Playstation introduces onl...

Last post by nnodley - Apr 29, 2026, 04:37 PM

seems dumb. Hope they get enough backlash to remove it. It's not a huge deal, but just reiterates that you don't own digital stuff.  I think I may start going back to buying discs and retroactively buying some digital games on disc when they are for cheap.

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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by kitler53 - Apr 29, 2026, 04:31 PM

My emphasis was on "make" lol. I play video games, I know what chainmail is 

For years I have wanted to melt down old aluminum cans and cast a sword or something. Just make a styrofoam model, bury it in sand, and pour the molten aluminum on it.

as a guy that does "carpentry" i've seen the videos of people doing this.   in my context is was to make things like drawer pulls not swords but i think fundamentally it's pretty much the same.

looks easy but also the equipment to do it looks expensive.  even for just a tiny amount of metal the ovens (or whatever you call them) are pretty big.  i've personally decided metalworking is not going to be a thing i try.   i do much of my work in my basement so beyond being expensive the equipment looks dangerous both from the perspective of burning down my house but also having toxic fumes like being generated.

#25

Gaming Community / Re: Tomb Raider vs Bayonetta v...

Last post by Legend - Apr 29, 2026, 02:58 PM

Speaking of demos, yeah I tried The First Descendant but it was not worth it despite how attractive the marketing was.



It's embarrassing looking back that I downloaded and tried it out just because of this woman. Hindsight is 20/20.

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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by Legend - Apr 29, 2026, 02:53 PM

I mean chainmail?  does that have multiple meanings?



I purchased steel wire.
wound it into a thing that kind of looks like a spring.
cut that to make rings.
then you connect the rings in a process that's not too different from things like crocheting. once you learn the process it's pretty easy and you just repeate it a million times.

My emphasis was on "make" lol. I play video games, I know what chainmail is 

For years I have wanted to melt down old aluminum cans and cast a sword or something. Just make a styrofoam model, bury it in sand, and pour the molten aluminum on it.

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Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by kitler53 - Apr 29, 2026, 12:07 PM

I mean chainmail?  does that have multiple meanings?



I purchased steel wire. 
wound it into a thing that kind of looks like a spring. 
cut that to make rings.
then you connect the rings in a process that's not too different from things like crocheting. once you learn the process it's pretty easy and you just repeate it a million times. 

#28

Gaming Community / Re: Tomb Raider vs Bayonetta v...

Last post by kitler53 - Apr 29, 2026, 11:59 AM

1. tomb raider 

I haven't played the other games but:

1. stellar blade is on my wish list. I want to play it but not at full price.  I enjoyed the demo. 
2. nier has been in my backlog for years.  I've heard good things.  graphics are a bit meh. 
3. hated the Bayonetta demo.  

#29

Gaming Community / Re: Are videogames still your ...

Last post by Legend - Apr 28, 2026, 11:35 PM

soccer coach
scout leader
fitness
gardening
baking

carpentry
dabbler i'd guess

so like,.. i move around a lot on sort of a project basis.  so like with baking my most recent project is i'm trying to perfect doughnut making.  for carpentry i'm in the design phase of making some either built in cabinets or free standing cabinets along with a new fireplace mantel.  although my kitchen table is getting kind of shabby so i'm might build a new table first.  i'm in a pretty general maintenance mode for gardening right now as it is spring and but my blueberries didn't do great and i'm looking into possibly replacing them with cherry trees.  and just as an example of dabbling i've done things like:
- build my own bow and arrow
- took up making chainmail
- built a hovercraft


it's a wonderful age we live in.  the internet can teach you anything and i like to try things out for myself.

Pretty cool. You're living like a youtuber I guess, jumping from random thing to random thing.

What exactly do you mean by making chainmail? Like actually casting molten metal?

#30

Off-Topic Community / Re: What minor thing grinds yo...

Last post by Legend - Apr 28, 2026, 11:33 PM

I'm surprised I haven't complained about this like 15 times.

But a lot of people are convinced that statistics doesn't work. 

"Study polling 1 million shows that most Americans don't like anime"

"That only gives you an answer on those million, you can't extrapolate to all Americans."

Obviously you can't get the exact proportion, but practically the whole point of statistics is to extrapolate. How confident are we able to look at this sample and extrapolate about the larger group?

If you're doing a good job randomly selecting and the sample size is relatively big (and it doesn't even need to be anywhere near as big as people think), you can be very confident about the overall sample.



I'm not sure how to describe it, but I feel like it's one of the most common "smart people" misconceptions that I see.  I'm not sure if my phrasing there makes sense, but I'm struggling to articulate it better. 

Yeah good point about this being a "smart person" misconception.

It is really weird. Cause half the time people disagree with the sampling method, which of course is a legit potential flaw, while the other half it is exactly what you are complaining about.

And I have no idea if the former actually understands sampling methods or if they are just part of the later but learned a different way to complain about surveys.