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9:00 PM

Could be, but how likely is that?

@Cerberus Totally. Sub Command and Dangerous Waters are the most detailed and accurate submarine/naval simulations ever. Sonalyst actually sell to the military. Those are more akin to chess than gaming.

Robusto

Wasn't Laika, the one the Russians sent into space, the first animal up there?

Laika

Laika (Russian: Лайка; c. 1954 – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. Laika, a stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 that was launched into outer space on 3 November 1957. Little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika's mission, and the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, so Laika's survival was never expected. Some scientists believed humans would be unable to survive the launch...

Hmm, first animal to orbit the earth.

Not necessarily the first animal, period.

Also the first animal to die in space?

Cerberus

@AmandeAdorable Ah, so you like your games realistic?

Amande Adorable

@Cerberus I really enjoy using the multiple waterfall displays indeed. I mostly care about sonar.

M.A.R.

@Cerberus I'm playing the most realistic game ever and the plot sucks TBH

Very predictable

Robusto

9:03 PM

@M.A.R. Which game is that? University education?

M.A.R.

I was going for "Life" but yeah

Would the hyper-realistic games of the future involve feeling a jolt of pain when you're shot?

I mean the ruined health plot twist was exciting, if a bit bleak

Amande Adorable

Table top Operation?

M.A.R.

Oh for a minute I thought that's the name of a game

Robusto

@M.A.R. I feel my limbic system get a shock whenever I see things on video like skateboarders wiping out and the like. So I don't need an extra jolt.

Cerberus

@AmandeAdorable What are those?

M.A.R.

9:08 PM

@Robusto I can't relate to skateboarders, but cyclists . . . oof

You two can relate more to that too I reckon

Robusto

I definitely can.

Having wiped out on a bike more often than I care to admit.

M.A.R.

The first time I learned to cycle I did by trial and error

The area above my groin was black for a month

And then you see this video of a guy cycling down a bunch of stairs and forgetting to shift his weight back and going face first on asphalt . . . ooooof

Cerberus

They should show video imagery of people with brain damage to those interested in risky sports.

M.A.R.

They say some workplaces over there show OSHA videos involving horrible workplace accidents to new recruits and such

Cerberus

OSHA?

But that is good.

M.A.R.

9:13 PM

@Cerberus Occupational Safety and Hazards Association? I think

Oh, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

They're not associating hazards then sad

Amande Adorable

Operation is the name of the game that buzzes when you touch those sides there... I most likely misused tabletop with the result of not being understood. SSDD.

Robusto

@M.A.R. Yeah. I hate those videos.

I've gone over the handlebars a couple of times and it's definitely not fun.

Amande Adorable

9:34 PM

@M.A.R. I wish you well btw.

Thanks all for your help!

Mitch

@Cerberus Granted, all your comments. But the big threshold still corresponds roughly to the difference between first world and third world, colonizers vs colonies. And to your very cogent idea about government services allowing you to live very well with $30 a day, it still seems those with the best government services (like universal health care) are still on the right of the threshold (the expensive countries).

The difficulty is in comparing countries to the left of the threshold, say China and India or Egypt and Mali.

yeah the 'international dollar' idea is new to me. Is it like how much money buys.a BigMac?

Cerberus

@Mitch There is a correlation, but there are huge outliers that give a wrong impression, I'd say.

I mean, compare Spain, America, Cuba.

I don't know where Cuba is, but I'm sure it will be far above 50%.

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Robusto

11:40 PM

@M.A.R.: Is this humor article about a Persian grandmother funny? Admittedly it's about people in the US, but it is simply opaque to me.

M.A.R.

11:50 PM

@AmandeAdorable Thank you

@Robusto from the URL alone, it sounds like Boomer vs. Millenial humor, and God knows all comedy that's not an imitation is so dead here that that might pass as some of the funniest shit still left, but the article gives me a 404. Is it the right link?

Robusto

@M.A.R. newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/…

Sorry, I trimmed the search string off the URL and I guess that neutralized the whole thing.