The Very Many Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread ΛΓ

[Takhisis]

Tak.

Make sure that your monitor cables are tight. Also, use a program like HWMonitor (or whatever the Linux equivalent is if you are using Linux - I think you are right?) and monitor the temperature of your graphics card. If it goes over 60C the card may shut down the screen to cool off. Radeon's are notorious for not running their fans fast enough when the fan is set to auto. You may have to set the fan manually in the Radeon control panel. I have mine set for 65% and it seems to do just nicely.

Try that and see what happens.

I'll keep this in mind in case this happens again. Thanks!

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm not sure what you mean by "secularizing easter break". I admit that most people here don't associate march or spring break with easter or anything religious. But that's cultural and nothing the government pushed on us.

I've heard of the right-wing ranting about a "war on Christmas"... are they now ranting about a "war on Easter"?

 

[Broken_Erika]

I'd say they lost the "war for Easter break" war to leprechauns and beer a long time ago....

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I never connected the break in March with either spring or Easter. For one thing, it's irrelevant that the calendar says spring happens in March. Unless it's an unusually warm year, spring in this region happens in April. Sometimes it doesn't make an appearance until May.

Easter meanders around the calendar as well, so it's ridiculous calling them the same thing (Easter break/March break) if Easter isn't until sometime in April.

My college calls the March break "Reading Week". The rather optimistic idea is that students will use it to work on whatever term papers might be due, or will use it to study for final exams in April.

A lot of students, however, use it for a holiday.

 

[Mouthwash]

I have the opportunity to go to another country this Passover (I get free standby tickets from Delta because my dad works there, so price means nothing). I want a colder climate... thinking Iceland, but maybe also Russia or Ireland? Any recommendations? I really don't like cities and urban areas. Just want nature and skies. That's why Iceland is at the top of my list.

I also would really like to go to Tibet or Mongolia. But apparently Delta doesn't have many flights between countries outside of America. So it would be a punishing two 12 hour flights each way, almost certainly on coach.

 

[Lexicus]

I have the opportunity to go to another country this Passover (I get free standby tickets from Delta because my dad works there, so price means nothing). I want a colder climate... thinking Iceland, but maybe also Russia or Ireland? Any recommendations? I really don't like cities and urban areas. Just want nature and skies. That's why Iceland is at the top of my list.

British Columbia is a nice, cold place that should be served by Delta. Iceland is by all accounts really really amazing so if you can go there that's a good idea.

 

[Syno]

Yes, if you can get here it should be relatively cheap to get to the interior. You'll land in Vancouver, which is a city, but you can take public transit to the tip of the city and there are a few ridesharing services (or buses) that take you deeper into the province into the mountains.

 

[sophie]

I have the opportunity to go to another country this Passover (I get free standby tickets from Delta because my dad works there, so price means nothing). I want a colder climate... thinking Iceland, but maybe also Russia or Ireland? Any recommendations? I really don't like cities and urban areas. Just want nature and skies. That's why Iceland is at the top of my list.

I also would really like to go to Tibet or Mongolia. But apparently Delta doesn't have many flights between countries outside of America. So it would be a punishing two 12 hour flights each way, almost certainly on coach.

Norway? Scottish Highlands?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Why is a municipal authority in charge of funerals and cremations in Cities: Skylines?

 

[The_J]

has there ever been any wars where war crimes haven't been commited?

Depends on your definition of war. There are these ridiculous things like the war against ostriches, or just forgotten wars, which might have been officially declared, but no action was ever taken.
If you discount that, I'd say no.
Can't back it up though, just seems unlikely.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

has there ever been any wars where war crimes haven't been commited?

The 1990s console wars ?
I declared for Nintendo when I got a Gameboy and a NES while I was in grade school, but I never comitted any atrocities against the filthy Segaists. Even though they were clearly subhuman, we still visited each other. They played Zelda and Mario with me, and when I visited them I played Sonic, Shining Force and uncensored Mortal Kombat.

 

[GinandTonic]

Why is a municipal authority in charge of funerals and cremations in Cities: Skylines?

Who else would run the cemeteries? In the first instance there are the religious authorities but the people who govern the planning and oversight are the local authorities. Who else would be in charge?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I don't remember funeral parlours being established and/or owned by the city either back in the Philippines or here in Canada. Is that how they do it in Europe?

 

[Mouthwash]

Norway? Scottish Highlands?

Hate the sea, and what's so great about the Highlands?

 

[Lohrenswald]

Hate the sea

Then come to Norway

 

[Mouthwash]

Then come to Norway

Aren't fjords the whole appeal of the country?

 

[Syno]

No, Lohrenswald is.

 

[Lexicus]

Hate the sea, and what's so great about the Highlands?

Why do you want to go to Iceland then?

 

[Snerk]

Lohrenswald is overrated.

 

[sophie]

Aren't fjords the whole appeal of the country?

Then trek through the mountains.

There's also Switzerland, Austria, Southern Germany. Absolutely beautiful regions. Great for hiking and exploring.

Plus they dress like this:

Heavy clothing all around.