Professor Video Games

Agreed. Last time I was job hunting the uncertainty really wore me down. Especially when companies sometimes get back to you months after you applied so there's really no point where you can definitively mark them off the list. The outright rejections were a relief. Though I still hold it against them forever. What idiots would pass up hiring me?!

This seed wrecked me. I didn't get the eye, missed a jetpack shop, and even with altars out the wazoo I never even managed to get a sacrifice gift. Barf.

I am the worst and I hate this game.

The company that owns Big Dog now owns a drone company as well. Drones that can stay in the air continuously for five years. Always watching. Always watching... http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/04/14/google-to-acquire-drone-maker-titan-aerospace-facebook-aced/7706513/

I could have gone around the other way...I'm dumb.

Nothing says national security like leaving potentially devastating vulnerabilities in your nation's infrastructure...

Well then at least it's good to see that my selective reading comprehension skills are still in good form

Yeah I agree with all the things you guys are saying. I brought up KeePass mainly because it's free, and cost, no matter how low or reasonable, can be a weird mental barrier for some people. I stick with it now because I'm used to it and too lazy to bother trying something else at this point.

Thanks for the web tool link. The KeePass password generator is definitely configurable. You can select what character sets are allowed and the length then save them off as templates for future use (plus more complicated stuff I don't understand). It lets you view saved passwords at any time but I'll bet all these tools allow that. The most important thing with these things is that your primary database password is a quality one since it's the key to the castle.

Your robot Threes divergence into solving climate change mirrored very closely one of the short stories in Asimov's I, Robot. It basically involves a super-intelligent AI that humanity has put in charge of economic policy. In theory humanity should have zero concerns because of the Laws of Robotics built into these things, but they find some people are occasionally getting screwed by the AI decisions. Like you guys concluded, the AI is really just playing the long game for the greater good, which humans by nature, have a very hard time with (here is the wikipedia synopsis that probably does a better job than me if you care). That book in general is just a bunch of thought experiments on what a world with artificially intelligent robots would be like, so maybe worth checking out for those robot obsessed among us (with the disclaimer that I read it like 15 years ago as a teenager). Also you forgot to mention that the noise the Threes robot makes when it moves is completely terrifying.

Password databases are a definite must. If cost is an issue, there's also KeePass, which is a free, open source password database. I don't think it's quite as feature rich as LastPass (which I haven't used so I can't say for certain) but it gets the job done. I have my database full of crazy autogenerated passwords and keep it synced across devices with Dropbox. There are plugins for desktop browsers to allow autofilling and the Android client I use, Keepass2Android, is pretty good. Aside from that LastPass tool, is there anywhere that is tracking what sites are vulnerable and which have been fixed? I'd like to have somewhere I can type in "google.com" or whatever and see if it's good now.

Yeah, I feel like maybe the ranking should be progress first, then score as the tiebreaker, but it's no big deal...really I just use the leaderboard to see how everyone else did. Here's a lesson on the dangers of the plasma cannon (when used by an idiot)

Finally got around to chipping in on this one. Excited that they made their goal, but sadly it looks like they'll be well short of their ultimate goal of buying Oculus back from Facebook

I beat Yama and was pumped to see my name up there on the leaderboard only to see hammerpants ruin my day with his million dollar baloney (kidding...nice job dude). I nearly missed the key myself, only to go back at the last minute and find it (bottom left of 1-2).

The sound the robot makes is terrifying.

I think you're safe to listen. They mostly talk about the game's origin and development. I guess they mention how many "years" the game takes place over so if you consider that a spoiler maybe wait on it? I'd say Monkey Island. Anyway, good 'cast. It was really interesting listening to how the Star Wars IP initially enhanced and then ultimately ruined LucasArts.

A bad thing happened in the Black Market

I just wrapped up Fez. Aside from a hint for one or two anticubes I solved the majority of the puzzles on my own...didn't bother with the language stuff though. I enjoyed the tone of the world it set up and the music is really amazing. Overall pretty fun. A lot of the puzzles were clever, though once you figure out a specific cipher in the game, a good chunk of the anticubes are just from going through the motions with that, which felt a bit like filler. One complaint specific to the GOG version of the game:

Somewhere, there is a team making a goat themed rougelike(-like)

I'm ashamed to admit I never beat this on Normal. Seems like as good a time as any to give it another go.

While I can't argue with the running on a treadmill hate (music/podcasts only help so much with the monotony), I enjoy running outside quite a bit. I often don't listen to anything and just get lost in my own head while enjoying the scenery. It's relaxing. I don't think this is fair to say. While the caloric numbers may be the same, the effect on your body certainly isn't. You're getting the cardiovascular health benefits of running in addition to the calorie burn. You should definitely do activities you enjoy, but I'd also argue that if you're out of shape then of course running sucks (or whatever other cardio activity you've chosen). It's something you have to push through at the start and really give some time before making the call of sticking with it or finding some alternative.

The big square chip is a power FET...it basically converts one DC voltage to another (big like that because it handles a lot of current and potentially heat as well). The little guy is probably a capacitor...you can tell by the labels next to every component. Like Cxxx is a cap and Rxxx is a resistor. Regardless, it would take more than some amateur soldering to fix it...the traces (ie wires in/on the board) are probably fried and getting that FET removed/replaced would be a pain in the butt, plus who knows what else got killed without visibly burning up. Sadly it's off to the scrap heap for that poor guy.

Sure beating Olmec or Yama is awesome, but is there anything more satisfying than correctly predicting your own death? This seed sucked btw.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/hands-on-with-biowares-garrus-vakarian-body-pillow-very-very-hands-on/

I like to clear them down to the bottom left if possible because there are potentially traps down there that they can kill themselves on. Anyway, here's a total disaster.