Hey tarnished! Now, we all know how important shields are, right? They’re not just for looking cool, but they’ve got a whole array of uses, from blocking and parrying to bashing and performing unique Ashes of War abilities. Now, one thing I absolutely love about shields in Elden Ring is the Guard Boost feature. As you upgrade your shield, you’ll gain Guard Boost points, which help determine how much stamina…
01/05/2023
Playing around with ChatGPT & Google Co-lab, I have this working script, that trains a model using neural networks, to play Mario. I’m really keen to play with this more, just need more time in my days!
29/04/2023
After 326 hours of game play, I’ve finally beaten the final boss, what an experience, that I don’t want to end! Starting out with a Mage build, I switched to Faith, and now to a Black Flame meta. I’m finishing off collecting items to take to New Game plus, before I choose an ending. It really is the greatest game that I’ve played, such a pleasure, truly epic, with a…
29/04/2023
Think this is nearly the longest I’ve gone without posting! Feel online life has changed this year: Musk buying Twitter has killed off my bots, and the platform seems to have transformed into a right wing conspiracy echo chamber, so my interest has gone. AI chat bots have changed everything; Chat GPT has come a long way from my first experiments. Gone is the day of having to compile and…
16/01/2023
https://tds.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemodes I’ve access to Sony’s Playstation cloud based catalog, Microsoft’s Xbox Gamepass library, Steam, and others I’ve forgotten… but the one game that’s consuming my gaming hours is Roblox’s Tower Defense Simulator, with my BFF / son 🙂 We’ve spent enough time, and a small amount of Robux, to build up our preferred inventory; and this evening I felled my first Fallen King! [ myself, son, and a lvl 0…
24/09/2022
I’m in a routine of running update and upgrade each time I logon… today Debian returned an error dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libffi 8:amd64: I tried several things, configuring the erroring package, reinstalling, removing, purge… no success. So how did I resolve my dpkg dependency problems? Navigate to the Debian package management info directory: cd /var/lib/dpkg/info/ Burn all of the prerm files: sudo apt-get remove *.prerm Then update…
07/09/2022
In the last few days I’ve been teaching myslef how easy it is to parry… and wondering why I haven’t been doing it earlier? ~106 hours in, I finally have the eureka moment that I may have been missing something, and this time it wasm’t a chic armour ensemble… so I decided to learn how to parry 🙂 Tl;Dr: I fitted Carian Retaliation to the Carian Knight’s Shield Parry Skill…
01/09/2022
According to an article in The Sun, Drake was spotted riding a dolphin while on vacation in Turks and Caicos. The article says that the rapper was “clearly enjoying himself” as he took turns riding the dolphin’s back. This may, or may not, have been generated by OpenAI
27/08/2022
A few months back I started practicing Tai Chi Yang style. I’ve found awesome Sifu’s, and a wonderful friendly, local, class. currently I’m working on learning the Yang Style 18 Form movements, so I’ve created this guide to help me (& you) through the steps. Tai Chi Yang 18 Form Introduction Tai Chi Yang style 18 Form is one of the most popular tai chi forms. It’s also known as…
I’ve been playing heaps of Bee Swarm Simulator with my son! He has so many more bees than me, heaps more equipment, and can access areas beyond my reach… but I have the power to search the web, and I’d like to share what I’ve found with you other parents [aka n00bs :grin:], or for experienced apiarists scroll down for Bee Swarm Simulator unlock codes! So what does Roblox tell…
