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Ah, I just wasn't sure if it synced or not, even without your app. But now that I think about it, it does, and I'm just an idiot.New one allows you to save changes to Steam. My suggestion is close Steam, Save, Restart Steam. Happiness.
Just need to implement a couple more things:
- Drag/Drop between existing categories.
- Version checker.
- Fix bug when adding from far left hand list for a game you don't own, seems that RS managed to create a duplicate somehow. So don't do that for the time being(Doesn't appear in Steam, just looks odd in the Category Utility.
So, you got my PM then? Glad
If you wanted me to do some more testing with games that have been taken down, I can do that too. Actually, I just had a look, and Outrun Coast 2 Coast doesn't appear in the middle column (even though it's installed), but it appears in the leftmost one.Also, I'm famous <3
Also also, do you mind if I distribute? I know that (at least) my brother will take an interest in it. Might even be new thread-worthy once you're happy enough with the state of the build to make it public.
Ah, I just wasn't sure if it synced or not, even without your app. But now that I think about it, it does, and I'm just an idiot.
So, you got my PM then? Glad
Also, I'm famous <3
Also also, do you mind if I distribute? I know that (at least) my brother will take an interest in it. Might even be new thread-worthy once you're happy enough with the state of the build to make it public.
No distribution yet until I get the version checker in place, would like to keep people informed if there is a new version and such. Will be in the next week I would think if I can get a couple hours during the week to put it in.
FormallyMegadrive
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No distribution yet until I get the version checker in place, would like to keep people informed if there is a new version and such. Will be in the next week I would think if I can get a couple hours during the week to put it in.
you should just put a masterversion.txt on a site someplace. unless you were already going to do that, then good show!
edit: or write a php script that does it for you. you upload the file to your directory, update the version with whatever you supply and then blammo.
Fair call. Let me know when you have hosting and a website all sorted, I'll be happy to pimp it wherever possible (if that's what you want!). I'd have a fair whack of traffic organised first if I were you, though. It could be bigNo distribution yet until I get the version checker in place, would like to keep people informed if there is a new version and such. Will be in the next week I would think if I can get a couple hours during the week to put it in.
because my name is totes in it
FormallyMegadrive
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Kinda no need as I have what I want to do down on paper, just have to implement it
But if you wanna do it for purely lack of anything better to do, for sure, go!
@shaneus - my web hosting says I have 'unlimited' but I need to read up on terms of that unlimited hosting
Steam Mobile?
I would, but my friends have turned into massive cunts and my family doesn't give a shit.
You want to hear the story, sure. The lolz start here, I suppose.
As some of you who participated in Steam chat a while back may recall, I've been living in with my Aunt (Robyn) and 87 year old Grandmother for a number of years now, caring for them. Only in the past 2 years did I become their legal carer.
Robyn suffered from Bronchiectasis (among other things) for many years, which if you haven't heard of Bronchiectasis, most haven't, picture Emphysema as it's harmless little sister. Recently, she had less than 20% lung capacity and had to fight for every breath. Each day I would wheel her out of her bedroom after she awoke as she didn't have the energy to walk and then bring out her BiPAP machine and face mask to help her breathe. She'd be on that machine for about 18 hours a day and regular nasal prongs for the remaining 6 to try and keep her CO2 levels down.
She'd often need to have her bags packed for a trip to the hospital as lung infections levels rose frequently. The main one she had was Pseudomonas, which for most people is not something to worry about as we can easily fight it off. It's different for her and the fact that it builds resistances to many antibiotics rather quickly makes it a losing battle in the long run.
Eventually she became too much for me to care for and had to be placed into a nursing home. Once there, she spent more time in the hospital than ever before; mostly I think is because she hated the nursing home and the staff at the hospital knew her well, and they became friends over the years.
I received a phone call at 1am and it was the hospital. Robyn was asking for our (myself and my Gran's) presense, we were told that she was worried that when she went to sleep that night, she wouldn't wake up. We rushed to Westmead and went to see her in the ward. There she was, bloodshot eyes from the Warfarin, leg wrapped up due to a fall she had when struggling to stand one morning and needing a skin graft from the damage she took on top of the broken bone. She was struggling to breathe, even with her BiPAP face mask on, which isn't the norm.
She had her hearing aid in, though still struggled to hear us (she had lost most of her hearing to side effects of medications she needed) and could barely turn her head to look at either of us.
Her brother (Brian) had been contacted and was travelling from Nowra, and it would be some time before he arrived. She said "no morphine until Brian gets here". We were told by her nurse that the morphine would make her breathing less laboured, but also make her drowsy. Alarm bells went off when she kept repeating this phrase. It seemed she had discussions with her specialist and was under the impression that she could use the morphine to leave whenever she wished. She didn't want this to happen before her Brother arrived.
Brian didn't arrive until about 4am. She said what she wanted to say to him and called out for the morphine. The doctor on said that this could not happen. He administered a dose of morphone to ease her breathing troubles, but no more. He said to get what she wanted, she'd have to wait until the specialist team returned at 9am to see her. I stayed with her until 7am, at which point I could barely stand anymore, so I went home (just down the road) to sleep. Brian would call me when the specialist team came.
It seemed like I had barely put my head on the pillow when the phone call came at just after 9am. We were told to get there quickly.
We discovered that no morphine was to be administered, this of course something that Westmead hospital doesn't do for obvious reasons. Instead, they had an injection they were to give her that would eliminate any distress associated with struggling for breath. This was to come shortly before removing her CPAP face mask and replacing them with nasal prongs.
After they did this, Robyn seemed much more at ease but was still frustrated that she didn't get the morphine she was promised. For a time afterwards, she would exclaim "Can I go now?" or "Let me go!" which was hard to hear. My Aunt who had fought so hard for so long had eventually thrown in the towel.
She said she wanted "PSK"; none of us knew what this meant. We asked Robyn, she didn't elaborate so we asked the nurses and they were puzzled also. We gave her a glass of water and that seemed to do the trick, then she said "I'll have some "K" now", more water was given to her and she was satisfied. After years of seeing the results of what oxygen deprivation does to someone through her, it was easy to see where this was heading and it was going there fast. Nurses said that this process may take a day or two, but I had my doubts.
Soon after, she fell asleep or lost conciousness, I don't know which. Not long after that, you could see her head tilting back with each breath as she struggled. This continued for some minutes until someone said that her lips were becoming discoloured, approaching black. That's when I saw her take her last breath at 1pm that afternoon.
My Aunt was like a mother to me. She was always there for me when no one else was. She took me under her wing and protected me when I was a child receiving multiple furious beatings from my mother, her sister. Many of those days I would wear a full tracksuit to school in the middle of summer to hide the welts and bruises. She helped me through that.
She took me in when I was kicked out of home after my Mother wanted to segregate us from the rest of the family. This felt like a death sentence for me and so I rebelled, hence I was kicked out of home. She helped pay for my schooling, clothing and entertainment. None of this was cheap as I was in Year 9 at this point (15 years old). These, among with the many things a parent does for their children, that are numerous.
I am eternally grateful for all that she had done for me, and to see her suffer so terribly for years as a result is very hard.
To turn things around to how it has affected me, it's been hard looking after someone who needs so much care also. There is not much time for yourself and no one is willing to step in and help out, leaving you all alone. Just visiting a friend, going to the footy or doing anything for yourself that most people would consider normal and a part of life is a battle in itself.
Copping it from family members makes it even harder. When you hear "you need to get out and do some things for yourself and unwind" and "you can't leave the house, they depend on you" in the same sentence, the frustrations continue. To compound the issue, any attempts to get help in around the house to give me a breather have been rejected, with distressing my Gran as the reason. It doesn't matter that HomeCare had been coming for years to bathe my Aunt, people who my Gran has never taken issue with.
If I attempt to get assistance anyway, Brian has enduring power of attourney and has vowed to have me removed from the premises. Unfortunately I'm not in a financial situation to survive such a thing.
With my Aunt now gone, I am now alone with my Gran, trying hard to make sure she's okay. It's hard for her too, she's lost a daughter. The hard part is she didn't see it coming as she is suffering from a cognitive disorder that the family won't allow me to have diagnosed. The subtle hints and obvious overtures to the end result at the hospital that I and anyone else there understood, went right over her head. Everyone saw it coming for many, many hours, but my Gran's still getting over the shock of the surprise that happened to her, let alone dealing with the event itself.
I'm now in a toss up in whether to stay and look after my Gran or return to work. There's a 3 year gap on my resume at the moment, 1 year for a Jury Duty service and 2 years after that for being a carer. No employer is looking at my resume favourably as I haven't been working. It's hard to have the motivation to keep going when I'm qualified for something, but don't get a chance because of the last 3 years. Employment agencies have been of no help in the past.
If I stay on as a carer, the problem only gets worse for my bank account, superannuation and late chance at a career. If I do go back to work and anything happens to my Gran, my terrible family will blame it on me for being irresponsible and I'll never hear the end of it.
That's kinda why I may be quick to react or misinterpret something. I've just lost a very dear family member and I'm between a rock and a hard place at the moment and I'm very stressed. I'm sure it's all very funny.
reptilescorpio
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lulz
Watson will be back regardless of how much he makes in Sheffield Shield.
FormallyMegadrive
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Kinda no need as I have what I want to do down on paper, just have to implement it
But if you wanna do it for purely lack of anything better to do, for sure, go!
yeah, purely as something to do. it's a big enough project (in that ive never done it before) but small enough i wont get bored before i complete it.
about 14.....
at least Estelle is ok (long gone, im sure you remember her though mr gazunta, pat might as well!)
anyway
this has dire consequences if true for local THQ releases. Because they don't have enough staff to manage product, public relate to media, and organise advertising etc
Will we see UFC 3 in Australia? Zero guarantee right now
What about the Vita launch titles? I really don't know
at least Estelle is ok (long gone, im sure you remember her though mr gazunta, pat might as well!)
anyway
this has dire consequences if true for local THQ releases. Because they don't have enough staff to manage product, public relate to media, and organise advertising etc
Will we see UFC 3 in Australia? Zero guarantee right now
What about the Vita launch titles? I really don't know
Jesus man, condolences, and sympathies. Thanks for sharing and letting us know. I had a 3 year gap in my resume and it took some creative fudging but I made it look okay, and there is no shame in just placing Carer on your resume.
As for the rest of the family... fuck. Sounds like a rough one. I don't know what I would do, but calling Brians bluff is something I would like to think I would do. Shit.
FallbackPants
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Holy shit Danoss that is heartbreaking mate.
You're a better man than me to do what you've done already. Caring is the hardest, least rewarding task I can imagine.
You're a better man than me to do what you've done already. Caring is the hardest, least rewarding task I can imagine.
codswallop
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Jesus man, that's a hell of a lot you've gone through already. Thanks for sharing -- I hope it made you feel at least a little better to get some of that off your chest. Friends who at least won't listen when you need them aren't friends worth having. And fuck your family.
I know it's tough (actually I can't imagine how tough), but it will get better. Surely there's got to be something you can do for your grandmother regardless of the power of attorney.
And regarding the resume, as suggested put 'carer' down or even in a cover letter something that explains you were caring for a family member and are now eager to return to your career.
FormallyMegadrive
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One thing I've noticed is most of the time, the person with power of attourney is not the one who is actually taking care of the fucking person. Shit aggravates me.
Danoss man, I really don't know what to say. You're a god damn angel man. The fact you're still there taking care of your grandma is pretty damn awesome. You're an inspiration.
Danoss man, I really don't know what to say. You're a god damn angel man. The fact you're still there taking care of your grandma is pretty damn awesome. You're an inspiration.
codswallop
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FallbackPants
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Totally. Marsh out, Watto in, readjust the middle order to suit.
I like Marsh and I think he'll play tests in the long run, but not after this summer. Wait till Punter and/or Hussey retire then bring him in.
Fucking hell. It seems like this happens every month. I guess it's not that surprising considering THQ's state, but still it sucks it's hurting the local again.
You'd be surprised how irrational people can be when you find their Achilles Heel. I should know.
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I'll take a permanent ban bet that, should that have been posted in the OT, the overwhelming majority, if not all, of the posts would mirror what you see here. The story is tragic and Danoss is doing a remarkable job. Props where props is due.
oipic
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Danoss, while some may find it hard to comprehend the 'gap' in your CV, others will see your full-time carer role as indicative of your dedication, patience, commitment and loyalty (amongst many other traits called upon in such a role, knowingly or otherwise). The right employer will see this, if given only some detail of what you've been through.
Hang in there. I hope you have someone you can talk to, it really helps.
Hang in there. I hope you have someone you can talk to, it really helps.
ClivePwned
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ITT people are nicer than you expect.
nothing that THQ do would surprise me. Only them turning a profit would surprise me.
nothing that THQ do would surprise me. Only them turning a profit would surprise me.
It was fine. It looks really dirty at the best of times, the humans I observed living there were loud and annoying and there were far too many of them at that. But I enjoyed experiencing it, being drunk at a train station 6pm in the afternoon, seeIng all the non-white people, and admiring the sheer size and quantity of human progress.
It was everything I love and everything I hate and everything I love to hate all in the one city.
In half a year I will be in Queensland. Start planning the brisgaf meet up now. I hear the mana bar is awful.
FormallyMegadrive
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Does anyone here need a steam mobile invite? I forgot i actually have one.
You should move here kritz. Clearly you loved the weather during summer
seriously if kritz moved here id make a real effort to come (ie: ditch other plans i may have at the time ahaha). because then we'd have more than 2-3 people willing to come on a consistent basis.
also wehre is aon.
also listening to disney songs while coding is amazing.
lets play guess the disney lyric. get te movie right for 1 point, get another for the right character
it's too cliche, i won't say im in looooooooooove m:
<hercules>
megara
<mulan>
shang
aladdin
aladdin
hunchbank of notre dame
quasimodo
Galavanting around south east asia.
FormallyMegadrive
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i have access to steam mobile, but no invite. how do i get an invite? i dunno how i even got into it.
There should be an invite in Steam where your other vouchers are.
Everyone who got in to the mobile beta got an extra invite.
FormallyMegadrive
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well if someone is willing to wait until like 6-7pm tonight i can pawn an invite off
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