is that dark spot in Northern California Redding? I we account for smoke cover that part of the valley should have a ~ 2 weeks less sunshine than the mountains around it.

The difference in visual air quality on the mornings of July 3 and July 5 tend to be pretty stark in the Bay Area. I’m not surprised to learn LA is the same.

Fireworks are illegal in most cities but that hardly stops anyone

What’s special about EA hockey 2?

17 is impressive. I think the furthest i got was 14.

I had a buddy who got to 20, before there was a title iirc

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You install battlenet as a third party app through steam/proton (lots of guides online) then you launch it, install D2, and you are done.

I’ve finished act 5 on the regular difficulty both in D2 and D2R using this setup. I never tried multiplayer in D2 but i can confirm it works in D2R.

This was on an x86 pc though. I found this post on Reddit that might help:

"There is a locked thread in this sub from about 7 months ago referencing a YouTube video from ETA Prime. The video discusses how to install Diablo 2 on a pi4. I’m posting this because I had some challenges when following the instructions, which I figured out how to work around. Hopefully this will help someone. Here’s how I was able to get it to work:

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On a Windows PC:

You will need version 1.13c of Diablo 2 (and expansion if desired). I can’t tell you how to get that installer. You can’t download it from Blizzard because their version comes pre-loaded at a newer version number. Note – You absolutely must find v1.13c. I tried several other versions without success. There’s an installer that I found for 1.13c which doesn’t require a CD which is important.

You will also need a product key for the base game (and a product key for the expansion if desired). You can purchase these from Blizzard’s website.

Run the installer for the base game. Don’t start the game after completion.

Run the installer for the expansion pack. Don’t start the game after completion.

Go to the folder where you installed it (e.g., C:\Program Files (x86)\Diablo II)

Copy all files and subfolders to a folder on your pi (e.g., /home/pi/diablo2)

Download the modified MESA package from the site referenced on the screen at 1:16 in ETA Prime’s video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PhMCxywP7g

Extract the MESA package and copy the extracted files to your pi in /home/pi/mesa

Download libd2game_sa_arm.exe.so.xz from the site referenced on the screen at 1:16 in the same youtube video from ETA Prime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PhMCxywP7g)

Extract libd2game_sa_arm.exe.so from the .xz file and copy to the pi’s Diablo 2 directory (e.g., /home/pi/diablo2). Google how to do this if you aren’t sure. I can’t remember the exact syntax. I extracted it using a standard command from the Linux command line but there might be a windows tool to do this too.

Then, on your Pi4:

Boot to the Raspbian GUI

Open the terminal and enter these commands (lines starting with $ are commands to be entered):

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

$ sudo apt install wine

$ winecfg

The configuration tool will open. Set resolution to 800 x 600.

Open terminal and use these commands

$ cd /home/pi/mesa/lib/arm-linux/gnueabihf

This is where I needed to go off-script to get the installation to work. The MESA package libGL.so.1 and libglapi.so.0 files did not work for me; I had to replace them with other versions contained in the MESA package.

$ cp libGL.so.1 libGL.so.1.bk

$ rm libGL.so.1

$ cp libGL.so.1.2.0 libGL.so.1

$ cp libglapi.so.0 libglapi.so.0.bk

$ rm libglapi.so.0

$ cp libglapi.so.0.0.0 libglapi.so.0

Go to the diablo2 directory (e.g., $ cd /home/pi/diablo2)

$ nano script.sh

This will load the nano text editor. Enter the following into the editor (without the bullet number “1.”) This script will be used to start the modified libd2game_sa_arm.exe.so executable with Wine using the MESA drivers.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/pi/mesa/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/home/pi/mesa/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/dri/ GBM_DRIVERS_PATH=/home/pi/mesa/lib setarch linux32 -L wine libd2game_sa_arm.exe.so

CTRL+O to save. CTRL+X to exit the editor.Run the following command to execute the script (note the period! )

$ . script.sh

Diablo 2 should load and run. Works great on my pi4B with 4GB RAM."

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Open reimplementationS of retro games are so cool. I have hundreds of hours in OpenRCT2

I’d grow food. Good food, and way more than I or my family could possibly eat. I’d also grow beautiful, ecosystem-supporting native plants. I’d offer to do the same for my neighbors who dont enjoy such things, or who just want a beautiful and functional yard.

With my leftover time i’d go hiking a couple times a week, and I’d read scientific literature when the sun goes down.

i hide a treat first and eventually guide her to it

Laser pointer is a big help. With one of those, my effort is multiplied tenfold!

Why roleplaying aside? Isn’t that the game?

I find illusion spells to be fun, reasonably varied, and useful both in and out of combat. I cant say the same about most other schools.

There could be more variety sure, but i’d say that about every school.

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Bamboo is monocarpic (true bamboo at least.). The huge clonal colony flowers once and dies, even below ground. The seeds that fall grow the next generation.

Bamboo species tend to all flower at the same time at the end of a years or decades long cycle. This bottlenecks how much it can spread clonally (underground roots) but gives it another method to spread.

Rats, mice, and other rodents eat the seeds, so there is some ecosystem regulation already

Places with good habitat but no native bamboos like Hawaii have really bad problems with colonies taking over huge areas

The way you dress and carry yourself also informs the way different communities react to you. It’s not so much about fitting in as it is about not giving people red flags. Different communities have different red flags.

That’s my perspective coming from one of the more diverse parts of the Bay Area.

Much like how crustaceans have repeatedly evolved into pseudo-crabs, Linux distros tend to evolve into pseudo-nix

New distros get a lot of crap, but often they are solving a need for someone.

Take Windowmaker Live: ostensibly it’s just Debian + Windowmaker. I have seen comments saying why not just install WM on Debian? By asking that question, it’s clear the asker hasnt tried recently. There is a lot to configure, and there are lots of usability papercuts.

A custom distro allows someone to fix those problems for themself, and share those fixes with others. It’s not fragmentation, it’s just FOSS.

There is still a great deal of sensitive habitat around Salton Sea. Some of the most beautiful desert spring blooms i have seen in my life were in that area.

i am using Lynx launcher, which is also pretty GNOME-like

i will try this next time! My method does leave the cast-iron pan pretty crusty

the cheese is also a great suggestion

Thanks! Sounds delicious and not too complicated. i’m sure the extra salsa and crema is good on other stuff too