What slow-burn game is worth the time?
The game didn’t grip you immediately, but eventually it did. What changed your mind? What made it good? Why should people stick it out if they try it out?
The game didn’t grip you immediately, but eventually it did. What changed your mind? What made it good? Why should people stick it out if they try it out?
I've found error theory, emotivism, etc. quite compelling, but I noticed that most philosophers are moral realists, though PhilPapers doesn't ask specifically about moral objectivism. As a non-philosopher, I feel that there may be considerations that I haven't come across. The SEP entry seems a bit lacking to me considering it's just a supplement to the entry on moral anti-realism, and there doesn't seem to be an IEP entry specifically focused on moral objectivism, just a tiny section in the entry on moral realism.
Just a random thought as a friend browses Nexus Mods. What are some of the funniest, craziest and wildest mods you've come across? I see plenty of talk about QoL mods and the like, but I feel like there's a lot of fun stories to be had with forgetting you modded some enemy to look like the Cookie Monster or custom weapons that shoot fish.
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I've can't with the USMNT anymore. I have been so invested with the team over the years but US Soccer has one consistent failure after another. Yesterday after the failed Copa America campaign to tune back into what others are saying and once again I hear the same thing: US Soccer isn't going to change and stay the course! So there you have it everyone! Wondering what folks outside the USA think about our situation, what do you recommend or change if you could?
Find yourself watching tons of great videos on [insert chosen video sharing platform], but also find yourself reluctant to flood the Tildes front page with them? Then this thread is for you.
It could be one quirky video that you feel deserves some eyeballs on it, or perhaps you've got a curated list of videos that you'd love to talk us through...
Share some of the best video content you've watched this past week/fortnight with us!
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Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
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Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta:
What are some lesser-known Steam games that you recommend?
Are there any genres you’d like hidden gem recommendations for?
If you're interested in previous Hidden Gem topics, you can find them here.
For popular recommendations and general purpose sale discussion, please use the main Steam Sale topic.
An update for this topic: I've always used the number of Steam reviews for a game as a rough proxy for the game's audience size. It's not perfect, but it works well enough. Steam effectively made this canon in one of their recent sales. They had a Hidden Gems category and then broke the game list out into different tiers based the number of reviews each one had. I saved their taxonomy so I could use it here.
Feel free to tag or group your recommendations based on these if you like:
| Category | Maximum Review Count |
|---|---|
| Shockingly Overlooked | 20 |
| Under the Radar | 50 |
| Buried Treasure | 150 |
| Underrated Great | 500 |
| Cult Classic | 1000 |
| Gem Graduate | 1000+ |
All the categories above, except for the last one, are how Steam defined their different tiers. I have some qualms with them using "Cult Classic" there, but I'm going to follow suit for consistency's sake.
I myself added the last category, because I think there are plenty of games worth mentioning with more than 1000 reviews that still have a solid Hidden Gem vibe but have since found bigger audiences and "graduated" from the label.
Curious if any of the succulent-lovers on Tildes have any tips/tricks for soil composition. I've been using the basic succulent mix from my local hardware store for years, but I've had some issues with rot. Reddit seems to think that soil composition is at fault for just about all succulent ills, so I've adjusted my mix to be about 50% perlite/sand 50% organic (a.k.a the basic succulent mix).
Still seems like the new mix doesn't dry out quite as fast as the internet thinks it should, though. Does going even more inorganic make sense? My guess from a few years of reading about succulents is that they would probably be happy in even 80-90% inorganic soil to keep their roots dry, as long as they were watered when they needed it. No clue if that's right, though.
JCPhoenix is out today, so I went ahead and filled in!
Bad day for Red Bull on their own track. Max messed up, and Checo is a bit of a Haas sandwich!
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | TIME/RETIRED | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 71 | 1:24:22.798 | 25 |
| 2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 71 | +1.906s | 18 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 71 | +4.533s | 15 |
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 71 | +23.142s | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 71 | +37.253s | 10 |
| 6 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 71 | +54.088s | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 71 | +54.672s | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 71 | +60.355s | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB Honda RBPT | 71 | +61.169s | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 71 | +61.766s | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 71 | +67.056s | 0 |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 71 | +68.325s | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 19 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams Mercedes | 69 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 20 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 64 | +7 laps | 0 |
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
Source: F1.com
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