My team was worrying about me yesterday because I used this background for our Zoom call
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Fire everyone!
Anyone here with advice how to handle situations where you need direct support from Facebook? It looks like they don't offer any ways of direct support at least when you're unable to access your accounts.
The problem is that way back when I tried to set up two-factor authentication I couldn't figure out how to do it with a 3rd party app. I tried apps that were suggested by Facebook. I left it at that then and now there's no way for me to log in. I'm supposed to enter a code through the 2FA process, but as I don't have any way of 2FA set up, I can't get past it. FYI I've never given my phone number to FB either, I think that could be used as an alternative way to 2FA. When I click "Having trouble with the code" it only tells me to find a device I'm logged in to disable the 2FA. So, I'm more or less stuck here.
The problem is that way back when I tried to set up two-factor authentication I couldn't figure out how to do it with a 3rd party app. I tried apps that were suggested by Facebook. I left it at that then and now there's no way for me to log in. I'm supposed to enter a code through the 2FA process, but as I don't have any way of 2FA set up, I can't get past it. FYI I've never given my phone number to FB either, I think that could be used as an alternative way to 2FA. When I click "Having trouble with the code" it only tells me to find a device I'm logged in to disable the 2FA. So, I'm more or less stuck here.
The Midnight Burrito
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You have to go through their painstaking verification process by telling them directly you can't log in. They'll ask for like copies of photos and other documents ID'ing you as the person in your photographs. It takes weeks. Facebook is a f***ing plague.
Frosted Tips
Fire everyone!
Might be longer than a week...
Meanwhile I found some form to submit in case security measures are preventing log in. Luckily I'm not in a hurry with this, but I'd like to gain access during this year at some point.
DuckTech
In vino veritas
I mean, this could be fun and will be aired on actual TV tonight. I mean...do we make a GDT? I also like Manson's twitter response about being paired Prongs.
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DarthYenik
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Today is my birthday. I’m watching the 2007 WCF and probably SCF game 5. Man I miss that team. So exciting. Absolutely electric.
duckaroosky
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Fire everyone!
Reading up about all the hype for The Witcher (Netflix) made me wonder if I somehow ended up watching the wrong show? Hugely terrible. I even saw a tweet that said the fight scenes make GoT look like a bar fight between two drunkards. They must've got it the wrong way. What the hell am I missing? It's utter trash.
GreatBear
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You don't like bad writing, bad acting, bad directing, and scripts that make me think that the show runners have some sort of problems that prevented them from putting together a coherent story? Maybe it will get better in Season 2. Maybe I will give Season 2 a chance, but then again maybe one season was more than enough.
duckaroosky
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Hockey Duckie
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::: Some SPOILER on the Witcher in this comment. If you don't want to know, then skip my comment :::
I'm a bit biased about The Witcher because I heard the audio book before the Netflix series came out. My brain automatically drops in certain events or contexts, including the jumping timelines and Jaskier's personality (still getting used to him being called Jaskier instead of Dandelion). By watching reaction videos online, I can understand how people got lost in timeline jumps and other items. There's a lot more depth in the books, but that's usually the case. I dunno about the hype being compared to GoT. If you saw the episode involving dragons, then it's quite apparent the budget for GoT is vastly superior to the Witcher's because the CGI is amazing for GoT.
Although the show is titled "the Witcher", there was far more focus on Yennifer and Ciri. A lot of people didn't like Jaskier's personality, as if it didn't match in the show. Yet, if you read or heard the books, he's being played almost exactly like he does in the books.
This is the first season. So the show could improve. The first season of TNG wasn't all that, but it turned out alright. Yet, I'd recommend just reading the book or get the audio book. I'm impressed with the voice actor.
I'm a bit biased about The Witcher because I heard the audio book before the Netflix series came out. My brain automatically drops in certain events or contexts, including the jumping timelines and Jaskier's personality (still getting used to him being called Jaskier instead of Dandelion). By watching reaction videos online, I can understand how people got lost in timeline jumps and other items. There's a lot more depth in the books, but that's usually the case. I dunno about the hype being compared to GoT. If you saw the episode involving dragons, then it's quite apparent the budget for GoT is vastly superior to the Witcher's because the CGI is amazing for GoT.
Although the show is titled "the Witcher", there was far more focus on Yennifer and Ciri. A lot of people didn't like Jaskier's personality, as if it didn't match in the show. Yet, if you read or heard the books, he's being played almost exactly like he does in the books.
This is the first season. So the show could improve. The first season of TNG wasn't all that, but it turned out alright. Yet, I'd recommend just reading the book or get the audio book. I'm impressed with the voice actor.
Sojourn
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To be fair, GoT needed to build their budget up too. If you consider the scope of the first season with some of the following ones, the focus was narrow because it means a smaller budget. You suggest the idea of something bigger, instead of actually showing it. This was the first season of the Witcher, and an outrageous budget for an unproven show was never really going to be an option.
As for the show, I enjoyed it. Both having read the books and playing the games. Triss was the only character I wasn’t a fan of, but they have an opportunity to expand on her as she takes on more relevance early on. The first season is just based on a pair of books that are filled with a bunch of short stories, that are precursors and lead up to the main story. The show jumped around a lot because those two books did. They were just giving you backgrounds on the characters as you get into the main story, and when the history goes back decades, you can’t just follow it linearly.
As far as keeping to the books, season 1 was pretty bang on. There were differences, because when you switch mediums like that you need to change things, but the characters are the focus of the Witcher stories, and they did a great job.
As for the show, I enjoyed it. Both having read the books and playing the games. Triss was the only character I wasn’t a fan of, but they have an opportunity to expand on her as she takes on more relevance early on. The first season is just based on a pair of books that are filled with a bunch of short stories, that are precursors and lead up to the main story. The show jumped around a lot because those two books did. They were just giving you backgrounds on the characters as you get into the main story, and when the history goes back decades, you can’t just follow it linearly.
As far as keeping to the books, season 1 was pretty bang on. There were differences, because when you switch mediums like that you need to change things, but the characters are the focus of the Witcher stories, and they did a great job.
Magnus the Duck
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Been listening to The Petersens, great feel good music from Branson Missouri. Only issue is that they are singing about the wrong team!
SirQuacksALot
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The show is somewhat incoherent this season, but that shouldn't be a problem next, here's an explanation why.
-=Spoilers for what the covered in season one, nothing beyond that.=-
Unlike GOT, the first two books in The Wither series are short story collections, written about Geralt. The third book in the series is the first actual novel, and that where Ciri's story begins. The first season of the show was a bunch of the short stories, taking place in the past, and the Ciri sections take place in the present. Since Geralt and Ciri are united the overarching narrative can begin now. Think of the first season as world building. Geralt doesn't speak a lot, but is a fairly complex character, so he needs screen time for you to get to know him. It has to be established that he fights monsters, which is a great service, but he's an outcast, and that this world has a lot of problems that don't involve Kings, Queens, nations, etc. There are plenty of those, Nilfgaard is nigh, but this is a world strife with all sorts of racism and other prejudices, and those are layered on top of one another. Yennefer isn't like Melisandre, she cannot be introduced in the some episodes into Ciri's story and have it make sense, and by establishing her character they also explained the magic of the world, which is something a lot of fantasy series' lack. It's very important to the story that this was established before we get into the thick of things, but I won't be going into that for spoiler reasons. I completely understand not liking the method of jumping between timelines storytelling, but it was purposeful, and not the result of writers not understanding what they were doing. The second season should be different in that regard.
Imagine if the first episode of GOT, the one where the Starks prepare for and receive King Robert's Court at Winterfell, was interspersed throughout the first season, which instead largely consisted of events from when Robert and Ned rebelled against the Targaryans. Then the season ends with Bran being pushed from the tower. That's this season of The Witcher. Geralt uniting with Ciri is the Bran tower moment of this series, it sets it all in motion. In addition the second season should have Dandelion, and that's enough to get me to watch.
Mortal Wombat
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Dandelion was there in the first season (well, some of it), but they use his original Polish name Jaskier.
I quite liked the show, but as I was watching I kept thinking that the people who have not read the books are going to have a really tough time trying to keep up. And that seems to be the case: book readers liked it, others don't see what all the fuss is about.
Magnus the Duck
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Frosted Tips
Fire everyone!
Does anyone follow YouTube fitness channels around here? I need to talk about Jeff Cavaliere (Athlean-X) using fake plates with someone 
duckaroosky
So sayeth Duckthulu
My neighbors have had a 3h+ non-stop fireworks display complete with the ones that go straight up and explode like a mortar. Not sure what I'm more surprised by the fact that the cops haven't broken it up or the fact they had that many fireworks stored up.
Sean Garrity
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It’s awful in North LA, between like June-August there are fireworks like all night every night. According to feedback that I’ve directly received, the cops have “bigger problems” then people blatantly breaking the law.#grumpyoldman
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duckaroosky
So sayeth Duckthulu
Not to get too political but that's the story I heard from the police near my work. We have a pretty big homeless problem, most of them keep to themselves but there's a few trouble makers and the business has always been encouraged to reach out to the local PD for these issues (obviously not calling 911 but the non-emergency line) and of course sometimes they can come out and sometimes not. Recently, there was a homeless guy "checking" car doors in our parking garage a client complained so the receptionist calls the non-emergency line. Officer comes out within 5-10 min but by then the guy had moved on. Well the cop that came out calls his dispatch, who in turn calls the business and says whoever made the call they need to go downstairs and meet the officer down there. So she does and he yells at her for calling saying he has more important things to do and does she have any idea what is going on right now (there was a protest about to start on the other side of town). Like was that really necessary to yell at a young girl for doing what we always have done; and obviously you're not that busy if you got time to yell at someone!
duckaroosky
So sayeth Duckthulu
GreatBear
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It sounded like a rifle range out there last night at our house. Hours on hours on hours of people shooting off fireworks and firecrackers. We kept our dog indoors as much as possible.
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DarthYenik
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