#zeropunctuation

[andmaybegayer]

Last Monday of the Week 2023-10-23

Testing the limits of my kitchen

Listening: I've been using my enormous playlist of Japanese Jazz Fusion as background music at home. This is Galactic Funk by Casiopeia.

Reading: There's a great PBS video on insect metamorphosis that debunks the whole Butterfly Soup thing and explains the much, much more bizarre truth: even before they enter a chrysalis, caterpillars have started to develop butterfly parts inside their bodies. Big chunky caterpillars contain a half-built butterfly. Inside the chrysalis they simultaneously dissolve the remainder of the caterpillar parts and finish the butterfly on the existing scaffolding.

There's a great paper referenced in that video which is this one, which is about findings from time-lapsed 3D CAT scans (which I guess makes it 4D) of caterpillars as they pupate.

There's actually quite a few interesting papers on following metamorphosis with modern imaging technology, including a big old thesis that I have only just started to dig into and that I do not understand.

Watching: Nothing.

Playing: I got a little obsessed with Bullets Per Minute, a rhythm FPS roguelike. Well, more of a tempo FPS roguelike, since you have to fire, reload, jump and dash on a very regular 88bpm 4/4 rock/metal soundtrack. Here, I've cut some clips together.

Hell of a lot of fun, I've been in the market for a really fast paced shooter. I tried to replay Titanfall 2, which is good. I also had a good time playing Warframe missions I was way too high level for, eventually I remembered watching the ZeroPunctuation on this and picked it up.

BPM feels great and is also a really fascinating old-fashioned indie roguelike. The game has almost no tutorials, you just get dropped into levels. Items have absolutely bare minimum descriptions and no hard numbers, the fan wiki is full of notes very clearly the result of trying to puzzle out exact damage numbers and percentile improvements from the player side of the game.

It is not hostile though! Very forgiving accessibility options if you aren't great with rhythm and good difficulty modes. I've done two full clears on normal difficulty and like with most roguelikes, that was a product of familiarity and getting the Good Items early in my run (thank you infinite ammo + revolver)

Making: Made a full spec Wedding Meal (vegetable biryani, dal, and soji) for Friends over the weekend. Easier than I expected! A lot of prep but not actually that time consuming, as long as like me you're good chopping one million vegetables.

Also finished hacking on monctl to have a command line interface. It allows fast USB control of a Gigabyte monitor. I have started poking at Display Data Channel to better generalize monitor control because I want to get a second monitor soon but this works great for now.

Tools and Equipment: If you have a dishwasher you should pretty much always use it to wash, even if it's only half full. Your dishwasher probably uses under 12 liters of water to do a full wash cycle, less on Eco modes. You are almost never going to beat it for economy or sterilization, so the only things you should wash by hand are things you either cannot put in the dishwasher (e.g. cast iron) or things you need washed right now.

[mrmegamanfan]

More of Tango watching YouTube ... well sorta! #zeropunctuation #catsofinstagram #Tango #videogames https://www.instagram.com/p/B5J2urYgqqf/?igshid=439ys31ni1bx

[thelollygaggerinc]

Yoooo sessy beasts of mine, how y’all doing ? Hope OKAY considering shits getting spicy we’re getting close to Election day bish BUT before that comes, we got this episode to listen to where I talk about politics a liiiiil bit, misconceptions of women having to be & dress a certain way to be respected & why the deeper reason behind that opinion NEEDS to be addressed with care, cancel culture STILL not being okay in my book regardless of my last episode roasting ol’ girl, joselines cabaret review (still think she’s entertaining but ���� shitty person vibes for sure) I know I’m late on that btw I just shared my take on the show since I know a lot of ppl don’t have the subscription for Zuesssss . Hope you ENJOY, like, comment, review, subscribe, fw mehhhhh✨ Oh & don’t give up on your dreams mfs ! ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #swipe #linkinbio #jennywisepodcast #new #spotify #comedy #zeropunctuation #applepodcasts #podcaster #soundcloud #podcastshow #anchorpodcast #googlepodcasts #radio #podcasting #breakerpodcasts #radiopublic #pocketcasts #music #podcastersofinstagram #podcasters #podcastlife #memes #dontstart #podcastmovement #podcast #humpdayvibes https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEKUraDUEe/?igshid=1g9h82osf67mg

[darkjedi1991]

#zeropunctuation #benyahtzeecroshaw #gaming

[zerocontextzp]

From Ratchet and Clank review

[booty-uprooter]

down in front . . #nerdcat #catsofinstagram #kitten #zeropunctuation

[bbriggs]

It's the little things in life. . . . . . . #zeropunctuation #sonicmania #redlettermedia #octoberfest #samueladams #samadams #beer #gamereviews #hurricaneirma #calmbeforethestorm

[dreg-heap]

Zeropunctuation got significantly less funny when I found out that Yahtze is actually just Like That in real life, weird hangups about women and all

[slimy]

there are way too many unfunny youtube channels of men straight up just complaining. avgn, cinemasins, zeropunctuation, maddox, etc. their viewer base is mostly made up of the same guys who hate "sjw" stuff, yet they love these videos of old white nerds spoon-feeding them their Opinions. it's so obnoxious.

[xeratdragonsartistcgi]

I just love the E3 roundup by Yahtzee. It’s the only summary worth taking in. #zeropunctuation #E32019 E3 2019 https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2019/06/19/zero-punctuation-e3-2019/ … I just love the E3 roundup by Yahtzee. It’s the only summary worth taking in. #zeropunctuation #E32019 E3 2019

[medakakurokami]

for video games all i watch is Caddy and ZeroPunctuation, and all the shit DYKG puts out and Unseen64 (the latter of which I highly recommend, learning about cancelled games gives a lot of insight into the industry and development cycles of games) and AH but they been kinda ass lately

and then i’ll watch any video Every Frame A Painting puts out about 10 times as soon as its released

and of course Yuka Kinoshita

[sly-cool]

Half the time when I’m working out I’m not even listening to music, I’m listening to CinemaSins or ZeroPunctuation or some shit

[darkjedi1991]

#zeropunctuation #benyahtzeecroshaw

[griffmiser]

New Hatfall high score: 12 hats.

[beeskeepony]

#1 in 2015: Undertale - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/116617-Top-5-Best-and-Worst-Games-of-2015