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Not sure if they still do because i stay well clear of them.
There is some element of surprise, but rather at the beginning of a scene than at the end of it. Then it's a matter of "how far can you take this situation", e.g. a knight losing all limbs and still claiming "it's just a scratch" (Sorry for the spoiler but it's been 48,5 years...).
Part of it could also be missing cultural context. Taking the same scene as example, it's a comment on the British "stiff upper lip".
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/art/the-real-buildings-that-in...
I try to cancel subscriptions immidiately after signing up when i only want the service for a limited time.
For an Italian newspaper's online subscription, after contacting them for cancellation via web form, my family was informed: you have to call a number and that cancellations will only be accepted 1 day before the end of the subscription.
Let me re-state that: you have to remember, one year after signing up, to call that number within a 24 hour window (maybe less, depending on their office hours), reach somebody, and hope for their honesty in confirming the cancellation, because your have no proof that you did so. Or you are locked in for another year.
Luckily, I had used PayPal as subscription payment method, wich has a separate web interface for cancellation. And also remembered the call after one year, for good measure.
But what a disrespect for consumers! Quite surprised this was apparently legal in Italy (we don't live there, it was an educational subscription).
(I believe they designed it that way due to the multiplayer features, which i don't care about.)
With these projects, you can replace the nasty privacy-invasive bits in the vendor's SW stack.
There's a buying guide to find a matching rootable robot for your needs: https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/buying-supported-robots...
I got a pair of Dreame W10s in the last Black Friday deals and they're a great help.
I wish my money wouldn't go towards the vendor crapware that takes extra efforts to get rid of. But i couldn't be happier with the result, having automated the vacuuming and mopping.
That is, rotating with one finger by holding and dragging either in circle or straight line.
Better not the two finger rotation known from map apps.
And that implements GP's suggestion, but it turns out this is not enough to limit the number of daytime visitors.
- after drilling holes, make sure to smooth the edges; insect wings could get stuck or damaged on unnaturally rough edges that the wood drilling bits leave. - best to place the insect hotel with the openings facing west
Will try your method if i ever find the appropriate time to play the "special" games on the steam backlog...
https://xiph.org/flac/changelog.html
Come to think of it, that still might have been one of the historic reasons for ALAC's creation. Its development started before.