(Part 2) Top products from r/firstworldproblems

I use a X360 controller (map the C buttons to the right analog stick). If you want to play with an actual N64 controller you will need to buy an adapter.

As far as you laptop goes, what matters most is your video card. I was able to play this on an old dell latitude d810, but that was without the upgraded texture pack.

It runs really well on my gaming rig though.

Here are the minimum requirements.

• Intel Pentium 3 1.5Ghz or higher or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz or higher
  
• 512MB RAM or more
  
• nVidia GeForce FX or later or ATI Radeon 9500 or later
  
• 1GB or more free hard drive space
  
• Creative Soundblaster Live! or higher
  
• Adaptoid and original Nintendo N64 controller for each player
  
• Microsoft Windows XP with latest updates.
  
  Optional extras:
  
  
• video card with TV out and a high quality widescreen television set
  
• high quality stereo speakers supporting dolby virtual surround
  
• USB hub and/or controller extension cables
  
• genuine Nintendo Rumble Pak for each player
  
  Good Luck!

Except for the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were awesome.

I could not find pics of the dinosaur mega bloks I grew up with, but I find some awesome stuff in the process.

Mega Bloks has always been good at having good gimmicks. I have always been disappointed with Legos when they went that route with Star Wars and Harry Potter. My favorite Legos were always creative sets with an ambiguous background I could modify however I could imagine, not recreations of movies. Those are novelty items.

As Clowncopter points out, if you can already record something because you already legally have access to it, the idea of paying say $10 for a season is a bit absurd. I'm not even "stealing" it IMO because I already have access for it, the only thing at that point I'm actually doing is consuming it on my own terms.

For me to even think about paying for a season, I'd need to be able to select 420p / 720p / 1080p, there would need to be a discount for something I already have access to and downloads would need to not count against my monthly cap.

Commercials are going to be a tricky topic. They would be unlikely to offer them without commercials unless the source was commercial free, and even then they might decide to add them. If they did, I'd expect this to figure into the price as well. Like Gabe says, its a service problem. You can't rape me up the ass with a locked down DRM riddled download that has commercials I cant skip that costs so much I might as well buy the DVD when I can just go download it commercial free in any resolution I want.

On top of that, older seasons should cost less money. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing seasons available on DVD / BluRay that cost $50. Give me a break. I'd rather see a pricing model that recognizes this. Current season? $10. Older seasons? $2.50. Also, if I'm paying $10 for the current season I expect that to be permanent (in other words, "this is a digital rental that expires in 1 month" just doesn't fly).

Nothing is more irritating than saying "Hey, I'd like to watch this show lets see what it would cost to make that happen." and finding out that its just not reasonable. For example, I didn't start watching House until the end of season 5. If its going to cost me anywhere from $18 to $60 for a season, that's going to dramatically lower my willingness / ability to start watching the show. I don't see how pricing things at "fuck it, we won't bother" helps them make more money.

The market is there, they just need to tap it. I think the reason they don't is that it is a direct threat to their cable service. The bottom line is that I'm going to consume it on my own terms no matter what they do, they can fight it but spending millions of dollars criminalizing the people that want to watch their shows does not strike me as the best approach.

Sad to say, that's probably on you. You've grown up on too much sugar. Generally speaking, not your (or even your parents') fault if you grew up in the 1960's through 1990's, as the "sugar is poison" research was limited (and pre-internet, not as accessible) and worse than that, the sugar lobby (not to mention government subsidies, at least in the US) is/was SUPER powerful.

But moving forward, it is your fault, and most importantly, don't pass your affinity for sugar habit(s) onto your kids. This is the greatest good you can do IMHO, don't pass it on. Most especially through the biggest traps of them all...soft drinks and fruit juices. That's what we do anyway. Make our kids' sugar intake experiences "worth the downsides" (e.g., via high quality dessert experiences every now and then, not daily crapola stupid sugar intake).

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Edit: If you get through the first 2-4 weeks of no sugar, you don't miss it and even begin to detest how sugar infused so many processed foods are. Then you start skipping the middle of the grocery store as junk food (even those products marketed as low sugar, as you say). Then you start to feel better. Then you live a better and hopefully longer life ;-).

I hear ya.

Look into this book: Delivered from Distraction. Even if you don't think you have adhd, there is a lot of great and helpful information there.

Can it be a valid life trajectory? Sure. Can it be a valid life trajectory in every case? Definitely not.

> I don't think you've any evidence of the causal effect of feminism on the demand for more workers

I do actually. I quoted it up top.
Source - Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich in [Aftershock](http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307476332)

There's also another called The Two-Income Trap by Dr. Elizabeth Warren.

Did you need more evidence? What evidence do you have backing up your claims?

It's compressed and curled at the end, it looks like he's already using something like http://www.amazon.com/Apothecary-Family-Medical-Toothpaste-Winder/dp/B00008LUPY/

"It's better to create waste than create waste within yourself" -some lady from a fat self help book

This is my favorite collage book.

Spoiler alert: this is a novel in which this discovery is a pivotal moment, the moment when the main character transforms from a child into an adult: The Mezzanine.

me too! BTW, I'm reading Nothing To Envy by Barbara Demick. It's horrying book about North Korea. If I can save up I'm gonna see N. Korea next year. I think next year I'll have something to karma whore about :P

http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Envy-Ordinary-Lives-North/dp/0385523904

I have ebook of it, if you want I can share.

I thought everyone had at least one book or magazine in their bathroom. I bought a few books just for my bathroom. This, this, and this always keep me busy in my porcelain throne. If not, shampoo bottles.

Works for me!

Pride of Baghdad

You mean this abomination?

Yup, I had one of those.

I've seen VCR/ DVD combo players at Costco.

Of course, a DVD (or Blu-ray) copy might be cheaper.

(Or get it on iTunes and watch it now that way...)

You should give him this.

I'll buy your copy of Myrhvold's The Art and Science of Cooking, or just borrow it until you can make some bespoke shelving. I'll pay shipping costs.

Barry does.

> Life under the sea can be as dull as dishwater, until Barry arrives, that is. See, Barry is no ordinary fish—he's a fish with fingers! And fingers mean finger puppets, finger painting, knitting, counting to ten, tickling, and all sorts of fun things. It isn't long before all of the other fish want fingers, too. Life under the sea will never be the same again. . . .