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  1. Comment on Nintendo adding Virtual Boy to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, with Virtual Boy replica accessory to play games in 3D in ~games

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    The monkey paw curls R.O.B. is back, but he's an AI with unmutable LLM functionality telling you how good a g4m3r you are.

    Maybe they'll bring back R.O.B.

    The monkey paw curls

    R.O.B. is back, but he's an AI with unmutable LLM functionality telling you how good a g4m3r you are.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    I'm interested in the new Fire Emblem entry, Engage seemed pretty lame from the story/character development angle and looked more like some gimmicky gacha cross over. The classes looked like they...

    I'm interested in the new Fire Emblem entry, Engage seemed pretty lame from the story/character development angle and looked more like some gimmicky gacha cross over. The classes looked like they had some unique flavor. It isn't enough on its own to make me interested in getting a S2, it is about the only game of interest on the system for me, so I'm bummed I can't play it on my original switch.

    My partner gets mad about Fire Emblem games, like no one should find the tactical gameplay fun haha, so they won't even stay in the room if I play it on the TV.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Kaiser says no limits on COVID vaccine for its patients in ~health

  4. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of September 7 in ~games

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    Epic freebies: Ghost Runner 2 (previously given away) https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ghostrunner-2 Monument Valley 2 (also mobile) https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/monument-valley-2-addd02...

    Epic freebies:

    Ghost Runner 2 (previously given away)

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ghostrunner-2

    Monument Valley 2 (also mobile)

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/monument-valley-2-addd02

    The Battle of Polytopia (also mobile, this copy has more available tribes unlocked than I recall in the Play store's free version)

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-battle-of-polytopia-12fed6

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Headline update: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event

    Headline update: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event

    24 votes

  6. Comment on How do you practice self love? in ~health.mental

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    I hope you find the right combination for yourself 💖 small steps are still steps, doctor's appointments are big steps though. I hope you consider a therapist as well, they've helped me monitor and...

    I hope you find the right combination for yourself 💖 small steps are still steps, doctor's appointments are big steps though. I hope you consider a therapist as well, they've helped me monitor and emotionally regulate as I've worked through these states.

    I'm surprised to see you've been started on both at the same time. Citalopram/celexa (citalopram) was the first SSRI I was put on and still take it. It didn't impact my mania (not that I'd recognized it at the time) but helped a lot in other ways, but also wasn't complete on its own. It took maybe two weeks for me to adjust, the first dose was particularly hard, but nowadays few to no deleterious side effects. If they didn't warn you, SSRIs do increase your heat sensitivity so take care there.

    The next thing was ketamine treatments. It pulled me from my deepest pits, even though it was the most instantaneous and massive improvement, it couldn't solve everything by itself forever.

    It took some time for me to identify cycles and work with a bipolar diagnosis, I was "fortunate" in that doubling my seizure medication seems to have prevented manic episodes from taking hold.

    I wouldn't call myself not-depressed, but I'm in a manageable spot. I think my state is less about chemical imbalance and more about life stuff though. Sometimes I miss the feeling of mania, I'm not excitable or passionate outside it. But the impact that has on those around me is enough to continue to medicate.

    I'm glad we've been able to be glimmers of light for you in these hard times, you've got this!

  7. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of August 31 in ~games

  8. Comment on Why do you like your job? in ~life

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    It accommodates to my needs and provides a useful product. I can't imagine finding another job that is both fully remote and isn't carefully watching every mouse click to ensure "optimal/maximum"...

    It accommodates to my needs and provides a useful product. I can't imagine finding another job that is both fully remote and isn't carefully watching every mouse click to ensure "optimal/maximum" productivity. And even though I work from a computer, I can meaningfully impact the safety and reliability of our electric grid.

    Even though, yes, it lets me survive, money is the problem. I make enough to be comfortable, but not enough to secure a house, even though that'd be cheaper than rent and I've saved up for a solid down payment.

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  9. Comment on Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT in ~health.mental

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    Thanks for clarifying, I didn't mean to imply psychiatrists can't provide talk therapy. IME and my peers, we haven't had talk therapy from psychs, may be a regional thing. All the more reason why...

    Thanks for clarifying, I didn't mean to imply psychiatrists can't provide talk therapy. IME and my peers, we haven't had talk therapy from psychs, may be a regional thing. All the more reason why my pedantry was hardly worth mentioning honestly. I mainly wanted to point out the article was about therapists (though does quote a psych) and that were a psychiatrist to use an LLM, you may very well find out quite a bit more quickly given the medication aspect.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT in ~health.mental

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    As to your last point, pardon for being a pedant, but though there's some overlap in the patient's experience, psychiatrists are rather different from therapists. Psychiatrists are for diagnosing...

    As to your last point, pardon for being a pedant, but though there's some overlap in the patient's experience, psychiatrists are rather different from therapists. Psychiatrists are for diagnosing medical conditions and prescribing medication, therapists provide talk therapy and emotional support but can only advise talking to a doctor about medication. Both treat mental health conditions and, compared to the typical doctor interaction, both require you to be vulnerable and review life events to give them context, so it is a reasonable mix up, not to mention media conflating the two.

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  11. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of August 24 in ~games

  12. Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store in ~tech

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    Thank you kindly for the input :) good to know that about RCS as well. I like my phone but it no longer gets updates so I'm debating on what to do next and how soon. My phone is probably the...

    Thank you kindly for the input :) good to know that about RCS as well. I like my phone but it no longer gets updates so I'm debating on what to do next and how soon. My phone is probably the device I most want to "just work" compared to the tinkering I do with my desktop, server, or deck. Experimenting on a secondary mobile device is perhaps the best solution in my case, wait and see where Google goes and how the scene develops in response.

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  13. Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store in ~tech

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    Me too, freedom for developers is the reason I'm on android so why bother if they revoke that. I'm looking at PinePhone, Halium, and postmarketOS. The philosophy behind postmarketOS makes it seem...

    Me too, freedom for developers is the reason I'm on android so why bother if they revoke that. I'm looking at PinePhone, Halium, and postmarketOS. The philosophy behind postmarketOS makes it seem like my favorite option, but they are clear it is for tinkerers so perhaps not as reliable as PinePhone? I don't know what is out there, planned on making a post polling opinions. Last time I recall mobile linux was brought up, the overwhelming opinion was to use de-googled android.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of August 17 in ~games

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    Aww now you're gonna make me cry. I've been there too, I'm glad you have a local support system. You're a valued member of our lil gaming community here, we'll be here whenever you feel ready to...

    Aww now you're gonna make me cry. I've been there too, I'm glad you have a local support system. You're a valued member of our lil gaming community here, we'll be here whenever you feel ready to be active :)

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of August 17 in ~games

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    Epic freebies: Kamaeru, build a frog sanctuary. This is real cute I almost bought a humble bundle with it recently. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/kamaeru-0c301e Strange Horticulture, it is...

    Epic freebies:

    Kamaeru, build a frog sanctuary. This is real cute I almost bought a humble bundle with it recently.

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/kamaeru-0c301e

    Strange Horticulture, it is also the mobile freebie, dunno anything about this one

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/strange-horticulture-360e80

    (Hope you're doing best as one can rn @phoenixrises I got you covered here)

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Disney’s boy trouble: studio seeks original IP to win back Gen-Z men amid Marvel, Lucasfilm struggles in ~movies

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    I think you're joking but honest to god I'd love to see a good adaptation of The Chronicles of Prydain, it'd make a great series. Follow that up with the Westmark trilogy and I'd scream.

    I think you're joking but honest to god I'd love to see a good adaptation of The Chronicles of Prydain, it'd make a great series. Follow that up with the Westmark trilogy and I'd scream.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk

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    Oh hey I use ArcGIS all day too. Our codebase is too entrenched in their libraries for us to be able to transition away. I especially dislike how they're dumping ArcMap when ArcPro lacks feature...

    Oh hey I use ArcGIS all day too. Our codebase is too entrenched in their libraries for us to be able to transition away. I especially dislike how they're dumping ArcMap when ArcPro lacks feature parity. It's very opinionated and doesn't want to tell you what it's doing either.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk

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    I'm glad your searches were interesting :) I found your Q&A interesting too! For folks not searching: GIS is Geographic Information Systems. Basically maps and map data. Other terms I used...

    I'm glad your searches were interesting :) I found your Q&A interesting too!

    For folks not searching:
    GIS is Geographic Information Systems. Basically maps and map data.

    Other terms I used include: lidar, this is radar but with light so we can get a whole lot of points and can model a thing. Las is just the file format for storing these points. Weathering/weatherizing is our process of selecting a specific flight line of points.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk

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    Based on how many questions I get about my job title, apparently I can simply ask "what is GIS?" A more interesting gauge would be pointing at the nearest power structure and asking "what's going...

    Based on how many questions I get about my job title, apparently I can simply ask "what is GIS?"

    A more interesting gauge would be pointing at the nearest power structure and asking "what's going on there?" The one outside my window is a fairly simple case, I see a distribution pole carrying two voltages plus comm lines.

    Then there's less interesting particulars where the question won't even mean much to folks outside our work, like "why do we weatherize las?" (Because our lidar is collected across multiple flights, the power lines have likely moved between flights due to wind and heat, we need one specific set to model off of.)

    16 votes

  20. Comment on Neuromuscular aim assist in ~games

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    Thank you for the informed response! How well did your thesis pan out? In your opinion, is this realistic or is he pullin' our leg?

    Thank you for the informed response! How well did your thesis pan out? In your opinion, is this realistic or is he pullin' our leg?