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  1. Veiva

    Today...

    Well if I read this sentence correctly... "We recently reviewed the evidence in your Social Security disability claim and found that your disability is continuing." ...then I'm not losing SSDI. It felt like a hundred stones were lifted off my chest.
  2. Veiva

    Today...

    so here's the finished product https://aaronbolyard.itch.io/school-sneaksy I kind of went overboard for this assignment. The suggestions were things like Snake... using Phaser (a small JavaScript game framework) or something. Wave 18 is really hard (when all the bosses respawn). Strategy? Pay attention to the dragon and teleport to the opposite side of the screen when he attacks. Make sure you have a large army of wights summoned.
  3. Veiva

    Today...

    Safety is always important to me. It's why I wore full riding gear on a scooter... (The other option was public transportation which is terrible here--I take calculated risks).
  4. Veiva

    Today...

    Something that's rarely pressed is that newer cars are a lot safer than older cars. I went $3,000 in debt because I literally could not find something reliable (e.g., Toyota or Honda) under 200K miles made in the last 10 years for $4,000. Assuming all goes well it'll be paid off around April of next, however.
  5. Veiva

    Today...

    well I added props They're like actors, except they don't move. Also they're rendered completely differently... so they're really not like actors. [hide=ow it burns][/hide]
  6. Veiva

    Today...

    I added a really crude 'decoration' tool that allows me to place static objects (like walls): I also had to add support for static objects lol. I'm also working on a really dumb pong game where you use the pong ball as a weapon for a class assignment: You play as Sneaksy (a rip off of the Mahjarrat Sliske from RS) and need to steal the Jakkenstone (rip off of the Stone of Jas) from the Drakkenson (rip off of the Dragonkin) but need to kill waves of enemies in the process using the Staff of Armadyllo (rip off of the Staff of Armadyl) using the Storm of Armadyllo (...) spell. You can resurrect fallen enemies as wights (like the Barrows brothers in RS; Sliske is the one who turned them) to help you in your conquest. After killing enemies you can power up the Storm of Armadyllo by bouncing it off the Jakkenstone to deal more damage. The ball doesn't ever go out of bounds but you have to swipe it in a direction when it's near you for it to do damage or something I'm not sure yet.
  7. Veiva

    Yesterday?

    sorry this is the yesterday thread not the year and a half ago thread
  8. Veiva

    Today...

    My managers are aware and supportive helping me control my condition as necessary (e.g., leaving the sales floor if necessary to utilize some DBT stuff). If I go full time, even for a month, I will definitely lose benefits, so it's all or nothing.
  9. Veiva

    Today...

    I'm not sure at all how it will affect my health. I don't know if I can handle a full time job at this point in time. I have to still talk with my advisor at school Monday and see how I can rearrange classes so I'm out of school by noon at the latest. Afterwards I'll talk with the assistant manager Wednesday about the promotion, assuming I can reschedule classes next semester. (Worse comes to worse I'll just do part-time next semester and take summer classes again next year to make up). I'm just tired of not knowing. It's been nearly a month and they're still sending me paperwork to fill out every week. It's bullshit. They're still going to need to schedule an appointment with one of their doctors, too. The opportunity for a full time position won't be available to me in the two months or so for them to make a decision, so I think should take fate into my own hands now. It's not like I want to be on SSDI. I hate it. It's embarrassing for me. And if I can manage a full time job, it means I don't need it--which is great!
  10. Veiva

    Today...

    I was talking with my managers today at work. There's an empty tech supervisor position (full-time) they haven't been able to fill. If I lose SSDI, they're willing to promote me. (It sounds like they would do it if I just asked lol). I'd have to switch to like 50:50 online/traditional classes or go part time at school and I'd have even less free time but whatever. I honestly like the idea...
  11. I'm not doing hook ups. Sex for me requires an emotional attachment.
  12. I basically did what you said muggiwhplar (more to the point) but he blocked me on Grindr before I even pulled out of the driveway. Apparently that's usual according to my friends who have used Grindr extensively. FWB is uncommon from that app.
  13. So I went on a successful hook-up last night. Sex was good but when I went home I felt really weird--kind of like empty, alone, objectified, and dehumanized. My thought process after was like "The guy seemed cool, he'd easily be a friend, but we just had sex and won't ever see each other again." The whole experience just left a bad aftertaste in my mouth. So I deleted Grindr and went on my way.
  14. Veiva

    Today...

    Apparently it's 10% discontinuation rate, but I have improved while a lot of people do not.
  15. Veiva

    Today...

    Ok I think this looks pretty good. Also Social Security requested my income information from some background check agency (I got an email lol) so they're moving along. I'm so nervous... There's no way I can get CompTIA Security+ and an IT job in 2 months. I mean, I'm still in a fragile state--stress causes me to have psychotic episodes (like last night; the stress came from nowhere as far as I know and resulted in me being delusional about the Old Ones) and major mood swings, but again, it's up to them to make the determination. Plus my income from Staples does not even exceed $900/month gross, so that can't be used against me (the limit is nearly $1,200/month).
  16. Veiva

    Today...

    So I bought a skirt... It is very comfortable by itself, but it looks better over pants in my opinion. I'm not going to post pictures of this one lol. also this is cool Took ~2 hours to implement the fundamental basics of the combat system. I even have support (though not yet implemented) for things like infinite runes, etc...
  17. Veiva

    Today...

    I think I got the accuracy formula down: tier def wep acc +10 def -10 def 10 32 20 0.66 0.41 0.85 20 60 30 0.61 0.4 0.78 30 92 43 0.57 0.39 0.73 40 130 57 0.54 0.39 0.69 50 172 73 0.51 0.38 0.65 60 220 90 0.49 0.37 0.62 70 272 110 0.47 0.37 0.6 80 330 130 0.46 0.36 0.58 90 392 153 0.45 0.36 0.56 You'd average ~50% accuracy with no bonuses, same tier vs same tier. Up a tier (compared to opponent), you get 60% accuracy. Down a tier, 40%. The bonuses are also similar to the existing bonuses in RuneScape (e.g., Torag's has +250 defense bonuses-ish and is tier 70, rune is +170 defense is is tier 50, etc). Well, using the old defense bonuses and the new tiers, lol. I use a quadratic formula to calculate the total defense bonuses: 1/40 * x^2 + 2 * x + 10They will be distributed across the armor with some variation. I modified the defense and attack roll calculation to be: # Defense roll (level + 8) * multiplier * (bonus + 128) # Attack roll (level + 16) * multiplier * (bonus + 64) * 2Which means defense bonuses means less point-per-point. I like the offensive bonuses being smaller than defense bonuses for some reason... I'm going to follow the traditional RuneScape model where magic armor has virtually no defensive bonuses but high offensive bonuses; melee armor has high melee/ranged defense but comically bad magic defense; and ranged armor has mid-range defense bonuses and high magic defense bonuses with no offensive penalties. The difference is staves, wands, and canes, if used without a spell, will use magic stats to deal damage as crush, stab, and slash (respectively). This means a melee user wearing ranged armor will be devastated in melee distance by a magic user. edit: Lol my debug armor/weapons (Errin the Heathen's set) have these bonuses with the Amulet of Yendor: AccuracyStab 50 AccuracySlash 50 AccuracyCrush 253 AccuracyMagic 280 AccuracyRanged 50 DefenseStab 544 DefenseSlash 581 DefenseCrush 660 DefenseMagic 700 DefenseRanged 510 StrengthMelee 50 StrengthRanged 50 StrengthMagic 50 Prayer 125It's considered tier 120.
  18. you may need to re-define your definition of "average" :) Average tends to be: beard, overweight, unkempt, or too old/young. Beards are a big turn off (usually, because most guys don't know how to take care of one so it looks bad). Overweight is a hard no; I took 2 years to lose weight before I even thought about dating, they can do the same. And re: unkempt, I literally messaged one guy back and told him how messy his room was (he messaged me first)... I refuse to date or hook up with anyone under 21, and there's a lot of 40+ guys on there, too, which is a hard no as well.
  19. Veiva

    Today...

    So the first day of the internship went well! I watched some React.js videos, got the website running locally, and began looking into an issue. Already have an idea for a solution, but won't be able to implement it until my next day (Tuesday). ... I made some changes to the animation system in my game and added the first NPC... First, it shows the punching and defend animations. Then there's a punching animation and walking animation playing at the same time. Attack animations have the highest priority (positive infinity!) so they will always play. This means mobs can't be sneaky and hide what attack they just dealt (think TzTok-Jad in the Fight Caves; you need to know which attack he just launched or you're going to die, so imagine if his defend animation could override his attack animation!). In this case, I set the player controller's target entity to the goblin NPC. This means I could control the NPC like a player with zero modifications to the player controller. Of course it's not practically useful, but it's definitely neat and shows how flexible my engine is :). The inventory/equipment/stats panels handled it gracefully, too; they just showed nothing since the goblin doesn't have stats, equipment, or an inventory.
  20. Veiva

    Today...

    Thank you! ... The problem is my degree is 4 years away. The review is only a few months. Our (brother and me) household expenses are ~$2,400 a month. Without social security our household income is ~$1,900 a month. That is a problem. Worse comes to worse I just take out ~$3,000 to $4,000 in student loans a semester to cover the gap, but that is like Plan D... Plan A is for the internship (that I start today!) to lead to a part-time job; Plan B is to get a job in IT; Plan C is to get a job in sales. Of course I wouldn't be able to receive treatment anymore, so there is a very high chance I relapse. This is assuming Social Security terminates my benefits; there is a small chance they don't... Apparently they terminate benefits about 10% of the time, but I have improved a lot since I was approved. I still don't think I've improved enough to hold a full-time job etc, but Social Security ultimately is the one that makes the determination. I can appeal it but I still lose benefits (sans Medicare) before the hearing, which could be months or a year away.
  21. Veiva

    Today...

    Well I'm up for review concerning my disability (from Social Security). This is earlier than expected. It will take them 1-2 months to make a decision. If they decide I'm not disabled, then my benefits terminate two months after. This means I have (worst-case) 3-4 months to find a job that pays $20+ an hour. LOL. Time to accelerate my CompTIA certification studying.
  22. Those qualities you listed are nice to have in a long-term partner or a friend but they’re not necessary for a hookup. You need sex appeal for a hookup (and consequently, a relationship). If you’re already getting laid, albeit infrequently, then you can just keep putting in the numbers. Otherwise you have to develop more sex appeal if you want to increase your first date->sex ratio I understand. I'd have no problems getting (gay) hook ups if I lowered my standards. (There's 20 average or worse guys for every attractive one on Grindr lol)*. That's not a problem. However I found out I'm not interested in hook ups. There has to be an emotional attachment (even if it's only a few dates in). The excerpt you quoted was concerning long term relationships/dating. *: I made up the numbers but you get the point.
  23. I'm just frustrated because people compliment me (I'm so cute / sweet / nice / friendly; I'm such a great person; whatever other bullshit) but I don't see any success as a result of these qualities; ergo they mean nothing. Even the people I dated say those things after saying "sorry this won't work" or before ghosting me. Like seriously what is wrong with me. Similarly it's like when everyone always acts like I'm going to be super successful (If I had a quarter for every time someone said something along the lines of "when you're as rich as bill gates don't forget me" I'd be as [bleep]ing rich as Bill Gates) when I'm below the poverty line and have been for 26 years. Today was a bad day because Windows installed updates overnight and restarted my computer. This shut off my alarm and I was late for class. So I apologize if I'm sounding offputting or confrontational...
  24. Personally I didn't find it that awkward but he did so I'm not going to press the issue. Hook-ups aren't my thing anyway as I found out. So dating is a no-go and hooks-up are a no go. Lol*. *: That's the "shit sucks yo" kind of lol, not the "hahaha so funny" lol.
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