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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 1mo ago

More jigsaw progress. I go through spurts of pieces fitting together and then getting stuck for a while. I have no idea how I'm going to approach the blue irises. It's a solid 70% of the puzzle. The top right should be slightly easier to start with. #JigsawPuzzles

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 3w ago

P5T Kingdom 4

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 2mo ago

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Zelda TotK

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 3mo ago

I have updated the 'FFXIV + Reshade on Linux' blog post again with more information from another reader who graciously emailed me their solution to the missing d3dcompile_47.dll file. Ironically I haven't logged in since February and cancelled my sub, but the post is still getting very steady traffic from search engines so I feel obliged to keep it at least mostly up to date. Feel free to share it with anybody who would be interested. https://anarchaeopteryx.bearblog.dev/2026-02-08-ffxiv-reshade-on-linux/ #FFXIV

An Archaeopteryx

FFXIV + ReShade on Linux

Steps required to set up ReShade with a non-steam version of FFXIV.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 2mo ago

Zelda TotK

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

I bought myself one more little reward that arrived today. A new Casio F-91W. It's not like they're really expensive but the black and gold will look good with anything. I used to have a white one maybe a decade or more ago but in the process of changing the battery I couldn't get it back together properly. Someone who knows what they're doing (and has the patience for fiddly little stuff) could probably fix it.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 4mo ago

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@stargrace@gamepad.club Our weather here is apparently also going to keep swinging into abnormally cool, although not that cool. If I was back east I would be severely depressed if I had to deal with that weather in June. The winter is long enough.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 3mo ago

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@stargrace@gamepad.club Wow, that's really impressive, congratulations!

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@Lizette603_23@mastodon.social I can only imagine the chaos with that group, especially if one of them is a Traitor.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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It was seeing the cast list for the first season of Celeb Traitors that made me think "Oh, I might as well watch a few seasons of the regular one before the Celeb version airs". And then I watched all of UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Traitors. Celeb Traitors S02 is airing in the fall, so there's plenty of time to join me in my Traitors obsession, just saying.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 3mo ago

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@stargrace@gamepad.club That is just a bit more than what I paid for my laptop two years ago, and the newer models are over $2500 by now even on sale. If you look at it like that it's a good deal? 😅 The sticker shock is real though.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@bearmine They're relatively unstable because they're such a big target, but they're also pretty cheap.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 4mo ago

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@stargrace@gamepad.club That's really cool, the ripples are well done.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 6mo ago

#Blog 2026 Week 14 Digest: A job and life update, complaining about sneakers, a tiny bit of reading, a sports podcast, and some bookmarks. https://anarchaeopteryx.bearblog.dev/2026-04-02-week-14-digest/

An Archaeopteryx

2026 Week 14 Digest

A job and life update, complaining about sneakers, a tiny bit of reading, a sports podcast, and some bookmarks.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 4mo ago

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@stargrace@gamepad.club I like how the beads look like iradescent beetle wings!

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@aceattveg@gamepad.club I'm sorry this is how you and your mom are spending Mothers Day. I hope they can get her some hydration and nutrition and deal with whatever it is causing the problem.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

This weekend in Downtown Toronto:
- The DVP (highway) is closed.
- The Bloor line (subway) is closed.
- The Toronto Tempo (WNBA) are playing their first ever game at Coca Cola Coleseum
- The Blue Jays are playing 2 home games, 1 with a giveaway that people will line up for hours for
- A marathon is causing road closures
- Messi and Inter Miami are playing Toronto FC (soccer) at BMO Field and they are testing out the new World Cup seating with 45k people.
- Concerts??

It is going to be a mess.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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re: Pods experience

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@Aywren@gamepad.club Good luck! You can do it!! :pika_thumbsup:

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@bearmine The payoff for all your hard work!

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@COMPU73E I'll bet it looked amazing on that scale.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@Cai@gamepad.club I do hope you can make it work. You deserve not to have to constantly live in a state of fear. 💜

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@scribblemacher@mstdn.games And also why they are probably so expensive now. Of course back then they were "toys" and in my family we always handed down toys to other relatives. They weren't really something valuable. And my parents never really put much stock in sentimental attachment either. Alas.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@stargrace Happy birthday! 🎉

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 6mo ago

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@COMPU73E I wish I could enjoy movies like this because I always like the concepts and ideas behind them! I want to be able to watch scary movies! I can handle it a bit better when it's manga or writing.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 6mo ago

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@COMPU73E The trailer was already too scary for me I'm going to be thinking about that next time I'm in the subway 😅 Not that our subway is that clean or well lit at all.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 6mo ago

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@COMPU73E It's honestly that kind of surreal psychological horror that gets into my brain and freaks me out the most because it feels like real experiences I have had. Rather than "scary guy with chainsaw in the woods" stuff which can be gross or scary in a way that I find unpleasant but not really that mindwormy. Getting lost and trapped in an endless shopping mall is a recurring nightmare of mine. 😖

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 6mo ago

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@FibroJedi Hehe very cute

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@COMPU73E@retro.pizza Yes, stressing about housing was really a big part of my life for the past 7-8 years, it's almost strange to be without it! I really do need to convince myself to relax somehow.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@elisse I've done min wage job applications that had a personality test literally part of the application flow. And they take ages to do considering you know your chances for an interview are slim to none. Wait until you have a job ad require you to film yourself talking about something and submit that.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@scribblemacher@mstdn.games My mother unfortunately got rid of mine and my siblings' game boy colours and our games, it's very tragic.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 2mo ago

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@aceattveg@gamepad.club @gamepad@gamepad.club I just clicked on this to reply and it took a full second or two to load it up. But I'm going to restart my router and computer in a minute, it might be me.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

#Blog Week 19 Digest: Settling into routine, another mystery novel, sportsball, Québecois Traitors, an absence of video games, and links.

https://anarchaeopteryx.bearblog.dev/2026-05-08-week-19-digest/

An Archaeopteryx

2026 Week 19 Digest

Settling into routine, another mystery novel, sportsball, Québecois Traitors, an absence of video games, and links.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 2mo ago

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Zelda TotK

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 4mo ago

#Blog 2026 Week 21 Digest: May is almost over. A week of movies, FateGO, and some more mystery stories.

https://anarchaeopteryx.bearblog.dev/2026-05-22-week-21-digest/

An Archaeopteryx

2026 Week 21 Digest

May is almost over. A week of movies, FateGO, and some more mystery stories.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 2mo ago

Anybody else on the @gamepad@gamepad.club having web browser access issues? Seeing timeouts and very slow loading intermittently in both Firefox and Chrome. Already cleared cache/cookies.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@Cai@gamepad.club Did they show it in English?

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@scopique@gamepad.club It's definitely very retro nerd cool.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@Doubleaa@gamepad.club It honestly wasn't as bad as I was expecting coming in to work. It's probably going to be harder getting home. I've heard that people who live in the area of downtown that's near all the venues have just left the city for the weekend. And in about 30 days the World Cup games start.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 3mo ago

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@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social I understand what you're saying, but the script that I link to in the post already automates that whole process. I don't know that there is any value in doing all that manually vs running a shell script. If your process works for you that's fine. The only game I've ever used ReShade for is FFXIV so I'm afraid I don't really care if this is a hassle to do repeatedly for other games.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@scopique@gamepad.club Listen, I don't have anybody to talk about this show with, if you can get them on the fediverse just let me know their handles lol

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 2w ago

Defeated the second mini boss on the way to the final boss. It's a three stage lifts puzzle and I couldn't figure out the second one so I figured I'd reset the board and start over... except it sent me back all the way to the beginning of the battle and I had to do the first one again. At least I could do it quickly now that I knew the steps. And figured out the second one once I got back there. You can cross where the lazers are if you lift or lower the platforms out of range. #P5T

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 1mo ago

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P5T First Kingdom Cleared (and 2nd started)

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 1mo ago

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P5T First Kingdom Cleared (and 2nd started)

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 2mo ago

#Blog 2026 Week 31 Digest: Reading a sci-fi anthology and a new mystery, watching Taskmaster and Traitors, still playing Zelda. https://anarchaeopteryx.bearblog.dev/2026-07-31-week-31/

An Archaeopteryx

2026 Week 31 Digest

Reading a sci-fi anthology and a new mystery, watching Taskmaster and Traitors, still playing Zelda.

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 1mo ago

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P5T First Kingdom Cleared (and 2nd started)

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Ruth / Anarchae @anarchaeopteryx@gamepad.club

· 5mo ago

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@LibraryAndTea@ottawa.place I've been with Tangerine for about a decade as they offer free no monthly fees accounts with no required minimum balance and online sign up. I also have credit cards / accounts with Scotia, CIBC, and MBNA, but wouldn't recommend them. But I think the lesson for the kid should be to always be checking your account. They're all going to exploit the shit out of you and cut you off the second you aren't profitable to them, none should be trusted.

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