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Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society
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Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentIn my eyes they've had nothing but disaster elections since 2016. Even biden was basically a "fuck it we can't get it together" candidate. A good way forward might be "maybe don't catastrophically...I'm not saying I agree with everything stated here but it's an interesting argument about a party that has yet to find it's way following the disastrous 2024 election.
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In my eyes they've had nothing but disaster elections since 2016. Even biden was basically a "fuck it we can't get it together" candidate.
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A good way forward might be "maybe don't catastrophically fuck up at every opportunity". As much as we can all argue about perfect strategies there's so much screaming in the face of what the dems have, and continue, to do. 2024's possible improvements start with "pick an actual fucking candidate before your ancient one has to drop out of the race"
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Comment on Unfuck Google Drive (It's Gemini garbage, of course) in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentThat's what i've always done, but i'm not aware of a quick way to share a file with someone who's not apart of proton. Sharing a drive link asks them to login.That's what i've always done, but i'm not aware of a quick way to share a file with someone who's not apart of proton. Sharing a drive link asks them to login.
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Comment on Unfuck Google Drive (It's Gemini garbage, of course) in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentAhh good to know. I've only done personal testing so far and figured it was another "Need to be a member" thing. I'll have to mess with that.Ahh good to know. I've only done personal testing so far and figured it was another "Need to be a member" thing. I'll have to mess with that.
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Comment on Unfuck Google Drive (It's Gemini garbage, of course) in ~comp
Eji1700 LinkAs an aside, what are people looking at as a replacement? I never adopted google drive heavily, and am hosting my own stuff these days and looking into next cloud, but I hate that there's no easy...As an aside, what are people looking at as a replacement? I never adopted google drive heavily, and am hosting my own stuff these days and looking into next cloud, but I hate that there's no easy "here's a link with a thing" option I can just use to send people stuff who aren't signed up with whatever.
Firefox briefly had an awesome solution for this, but I've never found a good replacement for those one off files that I send to family or friends.
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Comment on Dispatch | Official launch trailer in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentFine, but yeah it's tight. I read quite fast so i'm ready, she's usually a little under pressure to figure out what choice she wants, depends on how long it gives us.Fine, but yeah it's tight. I read quite fast so i'm ready, she's usually a little under pressure to figure out what choice she wants, depends on how long it gives us.
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Comment on CS2 skin update ‘rug pulls’ collectors as $1 billion wiped from market cap in ~games
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Comment on CS2 skin update ‘rug pulls’ collectors as $1 billion wiped from market cap in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentIts weird because their approach for Dota was quite sane and a nice "inbetween" on collecting vs gambling. A box has 5 items, you WILL get a unique item for the first 5 you open, so it will only...I've seen speculation that Valve made this move to get ahead of potential legal/regulatory actions regarding lootboxes and skin gambling.
Its weird because their approach for Dota was quite sane and a nice "inbetween" on collecting vs gambling.
A box has 5 items, you WILL get a unique item for the first 5 you open, so it will only every cost 5 boxes max to get every item EXCEPT the rare items which are still "good luck terrible odds lol". However the "1 of 5 every time" loop repeats as you chase the rares and you start stocking up extras of those commons which you can then give out.
It keep/kept the common prices low and even some of the rare stuff wasn't that expensive, or if it was, was tied to certainty. Things like get to X level in a battle pass which had a ceiling of Y (I think the Wisp Portal skin worked out to $200, but you also get a bunch of stuff along the way and could climb the levels without paying so it's not exactly 1 to 1).
My understanding of the CS market is it's the wild fucking west, and of course they had 3rd party markets that gambled the HELL out of this shit in totally illegal ways (all sorts of rigging). How valve didn't instantly say "nope fuck that" and take massive steps to shut that shit down still blows my mind. I don't expect billion dollar companies to be ethical, but valve at least seems to try, and this was nasty levels of fucked up and basically still continued?
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Comment on CS2 skin update ‘rug pulls’ collectors as $1 billion wiped from market cap in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah it's dumb but that's how they perceive it. It's an arbitrary asset priced based on its availability with no guarantee that Valve doesn't just say "meh fuck it, you all get one" tomorrow. The...Yeah it's dumb but that's how they perceive it. It's an arbitrary asset priced based on its availability with no guarantee that Valve doesn't just say "meh fuck it, you all get one" tomorrow. The fact it EVER got so high is a damming look for valve to begin with.
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Comment on Dispatch | Official launch trailer in ~games
Eji1700 LinkHad fun with whats out so far. Wanted something to play with the wife (she has to make the decisions, i drive). Writing is above average and it's fun so far.Had fun with whats out so far. Wanted something to play with the wife (she has to make the decisions, i drive). Writing is above average and it's fun so far.
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Comment on NBA's Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier among dozens arrested in illegal gambling probe in ~sports.basketball
Eji1700 Link ParentOrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr they'll all evaporate and this will just become the new norm. I have little doubt there's a lot going on but I don't have a ton of faith we'll enforce much.Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr they'll all evaporate and this will just become the new norm. I have little doubt there's a lot going on but I don't have a ton of faith we'll enforce much.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentI will believe it when I see it. I know what they've said, i know why they've said it, but I also know they did it because it makes them money and I seriously doubt there's enough pressure for...I will believe it when I see it. I know what they've said, i know why they've said it, but I also know they did it because it makes them money and I seriously doubt there's enough pressure for them to really make the effort to fix this.
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Comment on What's a quantum computer? in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkWhile you've gotten other answers on this, it's worth understanding that the nature of quantum computing means that it's not really ideal for traditional computer use. Even if they were suddenly...it seems to only be used for algorithms and such.
While you've gotten other answers on this, it's worth understanding that the nature of quantum computing means that it's not really ideal for traditional computer use.
Even if they were suddenly easier to make, it's very unlikely that the average user would have a quantum computer "chip" in their device, as for the vast majority of operations our current methods are not just good enough, but better.
Of course as others have said quantum computing gives you an insane amount of power for very specific problem types, and thus they're mostly only configured for that. This is reinforced by the expense and difficulty of creating one right now, but I'm not aware of any average user use case that would take advantage of quantum computing.
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Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentThis is an area where I know a bit about the industry through friends who work in it and around famous people. There is 0 chance Twitch pushed back. This is almost certainly some "well it was our...Who is working against who? Twitch runs the event, and its security, and Twitch was not the one who banned the security guard.
This is an area where I know a bit about the industry through friends who work in it and around famous people.
There is 0 chance Twitch pushed back. This is almost certainly some "well it was our policy" from the venue, which in any professional manner would have been followed up with the event runner contacting the venue, discussing the situation, and getting it resolved.
There is NO WAY a venue dug their heels in on this one security guard doing something well within reasonable in an attempt to protect their client. The fact Twitch security, venue security, and the streamers private security aren't already in lock step is a MASSIVE red flag in how they run their events and total amateur hour.
As Aerrol already said this is something that is dealt with all the time for all sorts of celebrities and there are extremely well established guidelines. The only difference is that serious celebrities with established security details would've straight up said "fuck you we're not going until you get your shit together" long before the event.
Twitch is amateur hour incarnate in so many areas and this is yet another. There's industry standards for protecting talent that are extremely likely to attract dangerous attention and they aren't even doing the bare minimum, let alone handling this right. The "oops its the venue, oh well" excuse is just not how this works in any real world as the venue has very very very limited bargaining power to begin with, and, if its a venue that's ever hosted anything serious before has dealt with this exact situation about 1000x.
The only way this makes any sense is if the stalker was a saudi prince or some other level of "serious money" and i'm guessing that's not remotely the case.
It's a miracle someone hasn't already been hurt given there's all sorts of issues with these business models and it's very very clear to anyone who's been around the convention business that what twitch is doing isn't even close to professional.
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Comment on Warner Bros. Discovery has received interest from multiple parties for all or part of company in ~movies
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentI mean these are well known oligopoly markets in most cases that only got worse with time, not better. There's a natural inclination towards it due to the absurd startup costs (not like you can...I don't really see much of a monopoly in either streaming or show production
I mean these are well known oligopoly markets in most cases that only got worse with time, not better. There's a natural inclination towards it due to the absurd startup costs (not like you can just spin up a netflix competitor or start your own studio without MAJOR capital). This isn't going to help the market,
To be clear there are 4 major streaming services (netflix/hulu and friends/HBO/Amazon).
If one of the other 3 buys this out it would ABSOLUTELY be awful for the market.
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To be clear those are the big 4 in the US market. There's a few others globally, but probably not relevant to the discussion. Still tenecent buying them would also not be great for that and other (vertical/state monopoly) reasons. -
Comment on Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentI’m aware but I think the other side of this is you literally can’t have a service fail and take down a coast in any other infrastructure. I agree it’s not an easy to fix problem and I don’t think...I’m aware but I think the other side of this is you literally can’t have a service fail and take down a coast in any other infrastructure.
I agree it’s not an easy to fix problem and I don’t think the government would handle it well, but “this near monopoly at least tries for now after screwing up” is also not ideal.
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Comment on Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say in ~tech
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentI mean, AWS outages are MUCH wider than any utility in the world as well. When was the last time the entire East coast couldn’t get water or power for an entire day? They have failures on a much...I mean, AWS outages are MUCH wider than any utility in the world as well.
When was the last time the entire East coast couldn’t get water or power for an entire day?
They have failures on a much much much larger scale, and utilities are usually fixed within a day if possible when they’re affecting an entire neighborhood or more.
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Comment on Death in D&D 5e, the various revival spells, and their impact on the game in ~games.tabletop
Eji1700 Link ParentRight, and I understand, roughly, why. They don't want to write some edgy ontological exploration mixed with the economics of power. They want the cool wizard/rogue/warrior/ranger/etc to defeat...Right, and I understand, roughly, why.
They don't want to write some edgy ontological exploration mixed with the economics of power. They want the cool wizard/rogue/warrior/ranger/etc to defeat the bad guys. And that's what the players want.
It's just that "easy access to resurrection" is basically a PC only privileged even though it's technically "in world" it realistically is treated as not existing for everyone else OUTSIDE of massive efforts to do things like true res.
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Comment on Amazon Web Services outage impacts in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkAs an shop that uses azure instead of AWS, bullet dodged internally BUT naturally our 3rd party vendors use AWS, so still a mess from upstream data.As an shop that uses azure instead of AWS, bullet dodged internally BUT naturally our 3rd party vendors use AWS, so still a mess from upstream data.
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Comment on Death in D&D 5e, the various revival spells, and their impact on the game in ~games.tabletop
Eji1700 LinkTo be clear i'm just sorta rambling about this topic and various discussions i've seen of it in general. Not meant to be an attack on anything you're saying OP. Dnd, objectively, is not a good...- Exemplary
To be clear i'm just sorta rambling about this topic and various discussions i've seen of it in general. Not meant to be an attack on anything you're saying OP.
Dnd, objectively, is not a good "just follow the rules" game for like 90% of its players (and hell even for the rest of the players there's still a LOT of "and then the DM figures it the fuck out" going on).
You could whip up a game that's designed to be a meat grinder and tell your players to bring extra character sheets every day, and really feel a crazy connection to that one bastard who's made it to level 13 (much like any and all traditional roguelikes like say dungeon crawl or rift wizard).
You could straight up decide your players will never ever die and tell them so.
And yes, you could try following rules as written and letting access to diamonds and mid level casters determine how dangerous "death" is.
The problem is that if not in a meatgrinder, death isn't FUN. You don't get to play, you're dead. If you came in ready with some backup characters and knowing you won't be doing jack and or shit (unless the dm is clever and needs some side work) until the next convenient "look it's johan generico and he wants to join up" moment, fine, that's your (and somewhat my) thing.
Otherwise though, even if you're playing closely to the rules, being dead sucks. Whatever you're in the middle of everyone has to drop to drag your dead body to the nearest cleric, or more likely, someone must play a cleric and bring some res spell.
There's a LOT of bad game design tied up in this from just character building (something like 90% of all resurrection tied up in one class/spell type tied to one resource) , and like a lot of DnD its because it's awkwardly dragging decades of legacy it's both waving in your face/embarrassed of depending on what it thinks will make you buy the next book, BUT!
BUT! The biggest sin is often one of suspension of disbelief. Even if you're more on the wargame side, it doesn't take a lot of players to wind up in "god how is anyone even worried about death? What is the horrible ethical ramification of someone withholding resurrection? How would society warp around this?" territory. It is, after all, a role playing game and "sorry your dead daughter isn't worth my last diamond" is HARD to ignore. It just...doesn't make sense.
So as always, with Dnd especially the answer becomes "it depends/session 0".
Session 0 has become so so so important in 5e especially because it has become "here's a set of rules that look good until you look too closely, sit down and agree on which you're going to follow." "Just follow the rules" very quickly devolves into "wow there's like 100 small things that would make this a lot more interesting if we did them but ok guess it'll just suck".
Having a DM wipe out an 4 year player because "yeup i just removed res spells and changed NOTHING ELSE" is a WILDLY unlikely scenario. You almost 1000% turn "death" into "downed" or some other middle ground. "Oh you're downed with no HP, you take a perm injury and need to be dragged some where before you're able to even fight again" is a popular one. Or, you know, just adopting the home brewing from the wildly popular critical role (each resummon is harder and there's permanent consequences).
In the off chance you're playing in some weird middle ground between meatgrinder and casual kind of session where they've ripped out the safety lever of res and fixed nothing else (which yes can happen), then you're going to VERY quickly see play get very very unfun because yeah it wasn't built for it.
People talk about how competitive play isn't fun and what not, but what it really is is caring about the outcome so much you take every advantage. When you might lose your 3 year character permanently, guess what, you're not going to do the "cool" things and you're going to take EVERY advantage. There's some level of extra strategy that can be interesting when death is a threat (crit role and a bunch of others have shown this publicly), but often it means wild amounts of meta gaming mixed with super unfun decision making on builds and approaches. Would it be in character for me to tell this warlord to fuck off? Too bad, not risking it.
Second, the idea that you've been playing four years in a 5e game that's presumably weekly and somehow haven't hit 20th level. For context, 5e wants you hitting 20th level after 36-52 typical 4-hour sessions.
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Look i'm 5 years into a game and I think we're on session 10 (level 6). Adulting is hard. It'd still suck to lose a character now and I think that's absolutely within the realm of what the original quote was talking about.
Even if not, assuming you lost a character on week 20 of 36, that's still going to suck.
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I dunno my wife is an excellent dm who doesn't give herself enough credit and i'm a nerd who really finds it interesting how players actually play games vs how they're written. I think it'd be really neat if people could make better TTRPG style games with more consistent rules so you could just hop on with some strangers and have fun and not get stuck in "oh you play that this way...oh that sucks land" and I think resurrection is one of 1000 little blemishes in 5e like this.
This is the issue the democrats have backed themselves into.
The over labeling of things as fascist (when there are other authoritarian or corrupt structures that probably better apply depending on the issue.) already has people desensitized to the entire discussion, but then when you have a candidate who has a literal nazi symbol on their body, and you've got huge portions of your base AND elected representation talking about dog whistles and actual nazi's in the leadership, what else can you do?
It's very possible this is exactly as you described and a "uhh didn't know" situation, but bluntly if this guy wasn't running for a major office and we just saw his face on twitter and the tattoo people would be calling for his head and saying "oh sure now he says he doesn't know". The only reason he's even being given the benefit of the doubt by a large % of these people is because he happens to be on their team.
I've seen people told they deserve to be put against the wall for liking Warhammer 40k since it's clearly fascist, but this guy gets a "well he didn't know" from the same crowd? And I want to be clear it's not just the terminally online, but the "tangentially involved" as well. I know many well meaning people who will spout off whatever the current talking point is (much as most people do), and it's hard to take them remotely seriously when they show just how little their actual position matters vs what they're told matters, as what happens when these stories come up.
Bluntly its insane to me that "literal nazi tattoo" isn't enough to disqualify and instead is just a discussion. As much as everyone likes to point out that the last 100 years of US politics and society was far from perfect, that's been a pretty big "your political career is fucking over" for most of that time, and I think it should be.
To be clear that's as someone who absolutely believes people can change, things can get better, and we need to understand and forgive more. This however is absolutely well within the territory of not even close to fucking worth risking it, and more importantly, it's important to send the message that yes this is not acceptable under any circumstances.