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(on Wikipedia)
https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/
https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/

A fixed-angle-view roguelike.

My general conclusion is that it’s a good game, but doesn’t have enough variety of abilities.

Path of Exile – (2013 game) is better in terms of difficulty, complexity and player-immersion. In fact, Diablo 3 has been copying features straight from Path of Exile. Doing things badly, but, still, obviously copying.

Properly titled Diablo III

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Mumble

2014-08-01

audio-only streaming software, dead, freeware, glances, GUI software, internet software, liked, Linux software, open-source software, software, VoIP clients, Windows 10 software, Windows 8 software, Windows software, Windows XP software

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mumble.com/

A VoIP client.

Particularly awesome not just because of it’s spectacular quality, but because it’s free (client and server), and forces all of its users to fix their fucking microphone settings so everyone else doesn’t have to constantly fiddle with their per-user volume.

You can also run your own server “Murmur”.

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NZXT H2 – (computer case)

2014-07-29

computer cases, desktop hardware, hardware, liked, live, owned, proprietary hardware, quiet computing, reviews, things

Computers > Quiet cases >

https://web.archive.org/web/20150206201839/http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/103-h2-case.html

NZXT H2 Silent Mid-Sized Tower

aka NZXT CS-NT-H2-B or H2-001-BK

Conclusion: Seems great!

NZXT H2 Silent Mid-Sized Tower

I snapped off the front door, tried to glue it on and then snapped it off again. While it’s not fragile as fuck, I’m clumsy and it’s not very well made.

2018-05-17 – The manufacturer appears to have replaced this with the H440
2014-07-29 – I used to use Antec Sonata – (computer case)

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Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/midori-browser/core
https://gitlab.com/midori-browser/midori-core
https://astian.org/midori-browser/

A semi-light web browser. It’s been creeping in as many features as possible over the years.

2020-05-23 – Abandoned/migrated into another project.

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aterm

2014-06-04

dead, freeware, glances, GUI software, liked, Linux software, open-source software, software, terminal emulators

Software > Terminals >

http://www.afterstep.org/aterm.php

A light xterm. And it’s actually lighter! Not tabbed.

I got this working with a nice vga font from DOSEmu. See 9×15 versus DOSEMU’s vga font. However, I learned that aterm does not support unicode. It suggested rxvt-unicode, and I got it working with a nice unicode vga font. See Unicode VGA font for that info.

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medit

2014-06-04

dead, freeware, glances, GUI software, liked, Linux software, open-source software, Python editors and IDEs, software, text editors, todo

TODO – make a proper page

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X-Men – Days of Future Past – (2014 movie)

2014-01-01

alternate present, Disney movies, entertainment, fiction, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, liked, Marvel comics, Michael Fassbender, movies, movies inspired by comic books, Peter Dinklage, PG-13 rated, reviews, superhero entertainment, superhero movies, X-Men series

X-Men - Days of Future Past (2014) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877832/
was https://web.archive.org/*/www.x-menmovies.com/

TODO – I’ll add notes when I get around to re-watching this.

Properly titled X-Men: Days of Future Past
Trailer

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Neverwinter

2013-09-29

dead, entertainment, games, liked, multiplayer games, online software, payware, projects, proprietary software, reviews, software, sword and sorcery entertainment, sword and sorcery games, Windows 8 software, Windows games, Windows software, wine

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter

While a really great game, it somehow didn’t do it for me.

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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081182/

A woman, dying in a macabre soap opera, is filmed by a man with cybernetic eyes.

Great movie, but the main actor’s performance is absolutely horrible.

Based on The Unsleeping Eye – (1973 book), by David G. Compton
- aka The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe

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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.pathofexile.com/

A free-to-play 2.5D action semi-rpg game. Get gear, assign your abilities, explore and kill. Procedurally-generated areas and special “maps” give end-game replayability.

While straightforward to get into, it becomes atonishingly complex and unashamedly hard. They are also committed to keeping the game “hardcore” and not stooping to the level of appeasing the filthy casuals who ruin other games. This includes not avoiding pay to win.

Its developers care about their game more than any other developer for any other game I’ve played or have even heard of. Other than the little things, the game gets major updates every three months. Major as in expansion-quality new stuff.

Their community participation is strong.

NOTE – It has been bought out by China.
Replaced by Path of Exile 2 – (2024 game)

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