James Hough

@hough-like-cough

A random South African software developer 🇿🇦. Sci-fi nerd. The world needs less hate right now. End Apartheid everywhere 🇵🇸

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James Hough@hough-like-cough· 23d

Oof, I was so close to taking down this higher rated player... I saw the opponent had perpetual check as soon as I went Bg3 😣 I should have continued checking and picking up his pawns.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jul 13

The original hand-held games from Nintendo released in 1983 had an LCD screen for playing only one game on that device. The screen had permanent overlaid pictures for that specific game on the screen with some LCD elements that changed while playing. The pictured game is Manhole in which the player controlled one man holding a manhole cover on his head and 4 locations where there are holes in the street to move the man to. As the game runs, various pedestrian traffic starts walking on the street and the player tries to get to the holes before a pedestrian falls down a hole.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jul 11

We keep going on about the Nazis being bad because we learned that. Not because we have a mystical morally superior position that we somehow arrived at that we now apply retroactively to them... Sheesh

Hbomberguy meme template where Harris is breaking through a walk with flowery wallpaper while screaming "Who are they going to sell [their houses threatened by rising sea levels] to, Ben? Fucking Aquaman!?"

The text from the original meme has been replaced with; "Why do we see the Holocaust differently today John? Is it because we immediately realised it was evil? ... Is it John!?"

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jul 11

A cartoon of the earth with a face, looking very beaten up and unhappy, saying the quoted text.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· May 23

A fake episode title card for the TV series "Star Trek: Voyager" with the USS Voyager in the lower left of the screen heading into deep space away from the viewer. The title of the episode reads "This one's about socialism. But there's also some shooting in space. It will be remembered by Tech Bros as a shooting in space episode".

James Hough@hough-like-cough· May 19

I always think about this product that has to be sold with another name in South Africa. Imagine cleaning your kitchen with a siff cream?

Product page for Cif cleaning cream (ammonia-based cleaning product). It shows that the product name in South Africa is "Handy Andy". When spoken aloud, the product name Cif sounds like siff, a local slang term in South Africa for the most disgusting or incredibly gross, as in "My cat vomited up and the dog ate it! It was so siff!"

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Apr 9

Greedflation only needs one excuse to start. Have the bread prices decreased yet since the Ukraine war avoided involving wheat exports and stabilised the wheat price?

A 5-year chart of the wheat price per bushel showing that before the start of the Ukraine war the price was around $700. Then at the start of the war wheat prices went up to over $1100 (bread prices increased as manufacturers pointed to this increase). The chart shows a steady decrease as warring parties agreed to wheat shipment protection during the war. And since early 2024 the price has been lower than $600, as low as $500, currently $583. For the last 2 years wheat prices have been lower than 2021 prices.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Feb 2

Which TV test pattern did you grow up with?

TV test pattern from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) also named "Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie" (SAUK) in Afrikaans.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jan 16

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jan 9

Absolutely. I love this book. The Commander Vimes novels in the Discworld canon are some of my favourites. A practical man, down to earth, who always seeks Justice, but never wanted to lead a people's revolution, ended up being the best man for the job.

Cover of the Discworld novel "Night Watch" (2002) by Terry Pratchett. The cover art is in the style of the Rembrandt van Rijn artwork "The Night Watch" (1642). The novel's cover art depicts many assorted characters from the night shift of the Ankh-Morpork city civilian guard known as The Watch (the predecessor of a modern police force). The characters wear an assortment of ill-fitting armour and carry a variety of mismatched weapons and shields.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Dec 9

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

The cover of the book "Guards! Guards!" (A Discworld novel) by Terry Pratchett. The cover shows a close-up, crowded scene with small group of armed men, one brandishing a very large sword, one holding a bottle of booze, and one aiming a bow & arrow against a fire-breathing dragon blowing flames over them from just a few feet away.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Dec 8

Turns out @chess.com was right...

A chess.com game summary after winning my latest game with a checkmate. Summary shows 1 brilliant move, 6 best moves, and 1 excellent move. (It was a 13 move game)

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Nov 27

Maternity ward doctors Adam and Shruthi from the TV show "This Is Going to Hurt" chatting to each other in the ward reception area.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Oct 20

Looking forward to reading this. Just a quick note on the ePub, there seem to be some issues. It can't upload to Google Books (processing failed), and when opened in ReadEra it shows markup. It happens at the boundary of each section/chapter from a quick scan I did. Diagrams and code look fine.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jul 24

Forever? Sounds nice 😜

The character "Quinn" from Star Trek: Voyager. A member of the Q Continuum, a society of immortal beings, dressed in a captain's uniform standing in the transporter room of the USS Voyager seeking asylum from the United Federation of Planets so that he isn't abducted back to the Q.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jul 20

"If you see this, post a Marvel cover you love."

The Amazing Spider-Man #7 (Deadpool variant cover) depicting Spider-Man struggling under a massive machine while being drenched by water filling the flooded lab, perhaps moments from being submerged and suffocated (a throwback to the classic cover of Spider-Man #33 from the 1960s). In the scene Deadpool "helps" to create the same scene by dumping a bucket of water over Spidey in one of his lowest moments.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Apr 4

I think you might be getting some attention from Canada's heroic fighting forces.

Cover art for the Canadian superhero team "Alpha Flight" springing into action against a foe (out of scene, stage right). Guardian points the way as Northstar, Aurora, and Snowbird swoop into action overhead. Sasquatch, Shaman, and Puck surge into battle. Marrina emerges from the sea to join the team.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Mar 22

Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.

Doc Brown from Back to the Future II, emerging from the DeLorean time machine wearing futuristic clothing from 2015. A yellow long trenchcoat, a predominantly red garish shirt and two translucent neck ties.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Mar 17

It's now called the "Lego shark".

Meme image of a shark's head appearing straight upward above the water with its mouth open. The expression on the shark looks like a person looking up and shouting in pain. The caption reads "Rare image of a shark stepping on a Lego".

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Feb 16

Show me a game that came out when you were 12 Honestly, not sure which of these I spent more time playing 😀

Box cover art for the PC game "Lemmings" released in 1991

Opening title screen of the Sega game "Sonic the Hedgehog" released in 1991.

Box cover art for the PC game "Sid Meier's Civilization" released in 1991. Sub heading: "Build an empire to stand the test of time".

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Feb 11

This nonsense is now leaking outside the US. My Google Maps in South Africa is showing two names for the #gulfofmexico - this is the dumbest timeline.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Feb 6

Yep, there were also good (not perfect) adaptations of Hogfather, and Colour of Magic. But Going Postal was definitely my favourite of these

"The Terry Pratchett Collection". A three DVD collectable box set of the live action adaptations of these stories produced for Sky TV in the UK.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Feb 3

An old analogy, and a good one. But now updated to the current CEO/worker pay gap.

Graph of the twenty highest CEO to worker pay ratios at S&P500 companies in 2022. Values range from 5414:1 at Live Nation Entertainment Inc down to 894:1 at American International Group Inc. The top 12 are over 1000:1 including companies like Apple Inc, Mcdonalds Corp, Coca-Cola Co, Yum Brands Inc, and Chipotle.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jan 29

"Annoying and woke" Do you know your character dude? That's why he's my favourite. He's sarcastic / unserious (annoying) and stands-up for all marginalised people (woke).

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jan 27

Book cover for the Sci-fi short story "Eye in the Sky" by Philip K. Dick. Characters from the story are seen running towards the viewer, away from a giant eye over a vast open flat plane with a star field background.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Jan 4

Sometimes Super Skrull on Onslaught on Iron Man against an opponent playing a similar deck gets insane. :)

Final score of a Marvel SNAP game with 16777236 points at each location

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Dec 23

Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Dec 13

The Neverending Story is the earliest cinema memory that I have. That and The Jungle Book, but that was a rerelease - I'm not that old!

Movie poster for the film "The Neverending Story" (1984) with Bastion euphoricly raising both arms while riding Falcor though the clouds of a night sky towards the viewer with a crescent moon behind him. Assorted characters from snapshots of scenes in the film appear in a box at the bottom of the poster.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Dec 8

Ooo I need this Green Goblin to go with my Hobgoblin from @nikolacizmesija.bsky.social - I just love this style so much.

James Hough@hough-like-cough· Nov 25