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Brad Smith
@brad.rainwarrior.ca
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A video game developer, musician, and/or food builder from Ontario, Canada. Powered by burritos. Made an NES game about lizards? Sakanakao on twitch. NB any https://rainwarrior.ca
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 2d
Yeah, I've given a lot of thought to using Linux for my main computing. Over time there's fewer and fewer applications keeping me tied to Windows, but for now it's still the one I need to use.
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 3d
I'm not willing to call it an upgrade, but the declared end of service for 10 is this month.
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 3d
Migrated from Windows 10 to 11... so far it's going very poorly. A lot of stuff broke. I think I'll have to backup and reformat instead. 😢
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 4d
Computers definitely deserve some help these days.
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 4d
Well, I'm now a licensed school bus driver. 🏫🚌

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Fensler GI Joe PSA 10: Reggae [HQ]
YouTube video by Moxie Sideshow™
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 5d
The honey locusts around here were the first trees to change colour this fall. I wonder if the "honey" name came from their little golden leaves? They seem to pile up along the curb, gilding the streets and paths.
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 5d
I've been making neeps and tatties for a long time, but they've really been on another level ever since I acquired some MSG. 😙👌🥔🍠
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 8d
It's time to start harvesting these peppers. The jalapeños I'll probably pickle. I put about ¼ of this first reaper onto some spicy honey sesame gochujang chicken wings. 🌶
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 8d
It's time to start harvesting these peppers. The jalapeños I'll probably pickle. I put about ¼ of this first reaper onto some spicy honey sesame gochujang chicken wings. 🌶
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 8d
Managed to find some mooncakes this year. The "double yolk" variety makes them quite heavy eating. Maybe next year I'll try to make some myself. 🥮
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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 9d
me sowing: what if the final boss is like super bad ass and has a million phases with bespoke animations and backgrounds
me reaping: what if the final boss is a static sprite that attacks by blinking at you
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 12d
Always loved the song, but I'd never seen Screamin' Jay Hawkins before, and goddamn.
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins on Arsenio Hall with Emo Philips
YouTube video by LB Worm
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · Aug 31
If you're planning to play the Famicom survival horror game Sweet Home, I've made a complete transcription of its original Japanese manual, with scans and an English translation. #SweetHome

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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 20d
That's just a little dizzy, you get it if you touch fuzzy, I'm sure it will wear off shortly.
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27d
Generally where people need it to be precise, more qualifiers are added. e.g. "at least as many", "exactly as many".

The unqualified case in question, I was trying to find real examples that show one meaning or the other, but it was really hard because it almost never matters!
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27d
There's also a funny alternative usage that goes like "There will be as many as 5 students attending." This is generally with a potential/condition attached, but here it means less than or equal, but not more, though generally implied that the number will be close to equal. <=
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27d
Where I've seen this nitpick come up multiple times, though, is in game rules. A situation where you need a precise logical meaning to solve a puzzle, or answer a test question, etc.

Discussing these, I learned that most but not all want "as many X as Y" to be exactly equal.
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27d
In real usage, usually it doesn't seem change the meaning much either way. Most often the amounts are approximate, and the meaning could be something like "equivalent" or "sufficient" and it doesn't really matter which.

"I've got as many problems with this as you do."
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27d
The negative form "not as many X as Y" always means fewer. In more formal logic the negative of < is >=, equal or greater. Language often differs from logic though.

I always felt it as "for every X, there is a Y". X is sufficient to cover Y, but it could also be more...
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · 27d
I ran a poll on twitter/mastodon. My question was how people perceive the meaning of "as many X as Y". Most people seem to interpret it as the same number, but a minority, myself included read it as the same number or more...

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Brad Smith on X: "🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉 Are there as many apples as owls?" / X
🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉 Are there as many apples as owls?
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Sick Combos @sickcombos.bsky.social · 29d
goop morning ☀️
a glob of The Ooze looks towards the screen with a sinister glare, who knows what of his machinations may lay undetected // The Ooze for Sega Genesis, photography on CRT TV
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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · Sep 8
This landline phone is shaped like a frog. We need more frog phones.
A corded landline phone, with the receiver shaped like a simple, green frog
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · Sep 15
I have a bucket! ...hat.

It's the bucket from @juliaminamata.bsky.social 's The Crimson Diamond.
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · Sep 13
Is there life on mars?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKc...
David Bowie – Life On Mars? (Official Video)
YouTube video by David Bowie
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Brad Smith @brad.rainwarrior.ca · Sep 12
Filtered the result to remove any leftover fuzzy bits. I think the acidity is probably strong enough that it's safe to drink as-is, but I gave it a boil anyway, which also helped dissolve a good helping of sugar into it. It tastes pretty nice, similar to lemonade or tamarind.
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