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Comment on ‘Escape From Tarkov’ fans are outraged at new $250 pay-to-win edition in ~games
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Comment on How did you decide on a daycare for your small child/children? in ~life
Jambo LinkMy wife used to work for daycare centers and at one point wanted to open her own spot, so I asked her to weigh in - here's what she sent me:My wife used to work for daycare centers and at one point wanted to open her own spot, so I asked her to weigh in - here's what she sent me:
I think it is like all businesses and it takes time for people to reach out and want to use your services. You are a new home child care place and it is going to take time for people to trust you. Word of mouth is huge. So I would suggest you start with friends, church/community members, the other spouse's coworkers and then go from there. Only work with family if they understand that it is a business and you are not there to give them free or even heavily discounted childcare.
Don't lower your prices too much because it will look like you are desperate. I would ask around what others are paying for similar childcare in your area and stick with that price so you don't end up undercutting yourself. Make sure you list CPR, first aid certified (parents want to know they can trust you with the lives of their kids especially when the worst happens) -
Comment on Have my ear for a day in ~music
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Comment on Anyone know what these LEDs in the center of my ceiling track lights are? in ~life.home_improvement
Jambo Link ParentGood find, looking in the manual for this fixture, they say: So it's just accent lighting, nothing more. OP, maybe you only noticed them on with one light out because they are relatively dim, but...Good find, looking in the manual for this fixture, they say:
Included 7 blue LED accents and 3 GU10 shielded bulbs.
So it's just accent lighting, nothing more. OP, maybe you only noticed them on with one light out because they are relatively dim, but have in fact been on the whole time?
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Comment on What is the "bible" of your hobby or activity? in ~hobbies
Jambo LinkDoes it have to be in book form? I'm a wannabe hobbyist woodworker (hi @markpelly !) living vicariously through YouTube content creators, but I am slowly (excruciatingly so) building my shop and...Does it have to be in book form?
I'm a wannabe hobbyist woodworker (hi @markpelly !) living vicariously through YouTube content creators, but I am slowly (excruciatingly so) building my shop and one thing I'm really interested in making sure I do well is dust collection.
If you start looking into dust collection, you'll read the name Bill Pentz over and over. He's got great info and gives perspective on how underpowered most shop dust collection really is.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Jambo Link ParentI feel bad about the community and the backlash behind the launch. Like, I get it, it's nearing day 6 and they're still having issues, and the core community is understanding, but it's sad to see...I feel bad about the community and the backlash behind the launch. Like, I get it, it's nearing day 6 and they're still having issues, and the core community is understanding, but it's sad to see all the terrible messages they're getting in discord and everywhere else. It's sad that they had to restrict their devs from the discord due to the extreme amount of negativity.
To those people I would say the answer is simple: refund your game, go outside, touch some grass, enjoy some sunlight and come back and buy the game when it's stable. No need to lose your mind over a video game and threaten and harass these people.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Jambo LinkLast Epoch currently has my attention. My youth was spent playing Diablo 2, I have 15k hours into Path of Exile, and have really been enjoying Last Epoch. I won't speak on the server issues...Last Epoch currently has my attention. My youth was spent playing Diablo 2, I have 15k hours into Path of Exile, and have really been enjoying Last Epoch. I won't speak on the server issues because those will pass.
Their social hub needs work, you have to connect your steam account to your LE account but it doesn't integrate your friends list so you have to manually invite everyone to be friends again, except the friend add is only 1 way, so your friend also has to manually add you back, instead of accepting an invite or something similar. No guild/clan functions. Since it isn't crucial to the game, I am not going to score this to protect the overall grading curve, but if I were to score social systems it would be like a 2 or 3.
Combat/Skills - 7.5/10
Combat feels pretty good and fluid, I haven't yet played a build where I thought "man this is clunky" because they give you enough tools to mitigate that type of thing. I think it's a little "floaty" but the impact is good and I enjoy it so far. I wish there was a default dash or dodge roll, but most classes have some kind of travel skill so it's whatever.Skills feel nice but I wish you weren't so penalized for respeccing points, I know they quickly level up but I'd rather have some kind of currency or system that I could build up respec points instead of gimping the build entirely when you want to change up your build.
Campaign - 6/10
Story line, as someone who has played through the campaign 4 or 5 times, is probably fine lore-wise and it's a cool idea but it's just flat out confusing. With D2 and PoE, I know if I'm in act 2 or 5 or whatever. In Last Epoch, I have no idea what's going on. I'm just kind of following the gold quest marker and hoping I am doing it right. Maybe I'll get used to it but for the moment I'm not a fan of the travel map or the overall way the campaign works.Endgame - 6/10
I think they have amazing roots and foundation, they just need time to add content. Current end game is very 1 dimensional.Crafting - 8/10
I'm really enjoying the crafting, though it is also fairly sparse in terms of systems and mechanics. I think once they get a few cycles under their belt, their crafting system is going to the moon.Trade - 9/10
Their trade factions are an amazing idea and I love what they're doing here. Great idea though it probably needs balancing cause CoF seems just insane to not take.Overall the game gets a 7.5/10 from me. Diablo 2, imo, is an 8 and PoE is a solid 9+, Diablo 4 is like a 5/10 at best, so it's doing extremely well for this being their first game. I am extremely excited for the future of LE.
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Comment on Why do you think that there isn't a male-led/focused feminist-style movement? in ~life.men
Jambo Link ParentAs far as media is concerned, I think it would probably exist if it were projected to be consumed but the market is probably not very profitable.As far as media is concerned, I think it would probably exist if it were projected to be consumed but the market is probably not very profitable.
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Comment on Why do you think that there isn't a male-led/focused feminist-style movement? in ~life.men
Jambo LinkI'm not really qualified to answer this as some dumbass from lower middle class america but from my own perspective as a 30something dude, I think a lot of it is possibly pride and the lack of...I'm not really qualified to answer this as some dumbass from lower middle class america but from my own perspective as a 30something dude, I think a lot of it is possibly pride and the lack of will for self-help. I even recognize this in myself and still don't see a therapist, don't see a doctor, don't ask for help, the only thing I ever ask for is time alone. I have watched countless videos about how we should all be talking out feelings and issues and whatever and I 100% agree, yet for some reason do not advocate for myself.
I think it has to do with my pride and my realizing that at the end of the day my family needs to be fed and I am the one that has to do it. There is no one else. I can talk about it all I want but I start seeing how much worse other people have it and I feel guilty for even mentioning my issues out loud. I'm housed, I'm fed, I have a house and kids and a wife and a dog and I did all that, now I get to maintain it and that's on me, no matter how hard it is.
Anyway that was probably poorly written and probably doesn't quite convey my take but the long and short of it is that even though I think men should advocate for themselves and seek help when they need it, it's probably somewhat the case that they don't think they need it yet.
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentWow, that is extremely generous of you, I hope I didn't take up too much of your time! I was definitely not expecting anyone would put something like this together, that is amazing to me. Thanks,...Wow, that is extremely generous of you, I hope I didn't take up too much of your time! I was definitely not expecting anyone would put something like this together, that is amazing to me.
Thanks, I will give this a spin as soon as I'm back in the office!
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentI'll check mind meister out, though we do use trello as kind of a kanban board for our projects (as in we're doing x and y project, z project is pending, etc) but that's for a really high POV of...I'll check mind meister out, though we do use trello as kind of a kanban board for our projects (as in we're doing x and y project, z project is pending, etc) but that's for a really high POV of our commitments to other depts, it's not really to track each project individually.
Trello just isn't good enough for my specific purpose on a time scale, otherwise it's got the simplicity and readability I want. I described my grievances with it in another reply but in short moving cards are only done one at a time and that wouldn't be good enough for this particular use.
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo (edited )Link ParentWe do use trello for project overview (very much a birds eye view, not meant to contain any detail about the development of the project), but it doesn't work well on a sliding timescale. I tried...We do use trello for project overview (very much a birds eye view, not meant to contain any detail about the development of the project), but it doesn't work well on a sliding timescale. I tried trellos timeline this morning and it is VERY close to what I need, it just doesn't handle moving one card and propagating that change to all subsequent cards and I can't modify multiple cards at once so changing the timeline is a huge burden. Maybe there's a powerup or some way to manage this but I don't think this (or basically anything) is designed for my particular use case.
For now we're using a gantt chart and tracking interruption separately but it's not ideal.
I wish I had more time, I'd just make it myself 😆
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentThis is SO CLOSE to what I need, the only issue is I can't move multiple cards at once, or change one and that changes the dates of the subsequent ones. So close!This is SO CLOSE to what I need, the only issue is I can't move multiple cards at once, or change one and that changes the dates of the subsequent ones. So close!
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentI'll definitely check it out, it kind of looks like a trello/kanban-like and we already have access to it in o365. I didn't know this was a thing, not sure if that says something about my...I'll definitely check it out, it kind of looks like a trello/kanban-like and we already have access to it in o365. I didn't know this was a thing, not sure if that says something about my google-fu or Microsoft's marketing efforts 😆
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo (edited )Link ParentHaha, well I could definitely be the frog but it's not as bad as it sounds (or maybe it is). We are just a really small team in a company that is not a tech company (commercial real estate), and...Haha, well I could definitely be the frog but it's not as bad as it sounds (or maybe it is). We are just a really small team in a company that is not a tech company (commercial real estate), and that generally requires more agility than a traditional project management system would offer without being very overbearing.
Our projects are all internal tools and processes for other departments within the company, so they aren't generally more than a few weeks of dev time per project (many projects are just feature requests that take a day or 2). However, this particular project is massive (it's a custom commission system for our brokerage dept) and is slated to take ~5 months.
Besides project development, we are our own QA, testing, debugging, bugfixing after deployment, server maintainers, etc, so we shift focus constantly. It's not at all ideal for pure programming, but we wear many hats.
I've been here ~11 years, decent salary, 7.5 hr days, 30 days PTO, flexible schedule (my wife has cancer and is in a city 3 hours away all week, so I have to handle my 2 kids and their schedules along with a full time job and they don't mind at all, they're sympathetic to my situation) - I don't say these things to brag or anything (I could probably fish around for higher salary, for example), after all these years I may very well be the frog simmering in a 212f Jacuzzi but I don't mind, it's just a different day-to-day than devs usually expect.
To your point about using excel with two sheets and a visualization sheet, I may give that a shot, I didn't really consider doing it that way. To be honest I don't use Excel a ton, but that makes sense. I'll give it a shot!
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentI have not heard of this before, I'll take a look! ThanksI have not heard of this before, I'll take a look! Thanks
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Comment on I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentI tried the timeline view way back when it was in beta but looking at it again they have definitely changed how it works, this might be a good solution, thanks!I tried the timeline view way back when it was in beta but looking at it again they have definitely changed how it works, this might be a good solution, thanks!
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I'm looking for a project management tool similar to gantt but... different
I'm wondering if this type of tool exists. Basically, I am senior dev of a 3 man dev team at a non-tech company. I maintain 60 or so web apps for our 300-400 users (all internal apps) as well as...
I'm wondering if this type of tool exists. Basically, I am senior dev of a 3 man dev team at a non-tech company. I maintain 60 or so web apps for our 300-400 users (all internal apps) as well as act as jack of all trades when it comes to SQL, IIS, self hosted and cloud hosted windows server boxes, VMware, etc. Basically, I have a lot of spinning plates.
We are in active development but we get interrupted a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Because of this, we don't really work based on deadlines but more on timelines. Upper management knows that things get priority over other things and we have to move things around and pivot a lot, so as long as we can explain why a project took 6 more months than we projected, it's fine.
So having said all that, I'm looking for a timeline system similar to gantt but I want the ability to have more than one "timespan" per task/row.
So for example let's say I'm building a to-do app and one of the tasks is to figure out the theme/color scheme of the app. I think this will take 3 days, and I don't really need to be more specific than that, they aren't trying to micro manage. However, I got interrupted and pulled off the project in the middle of that task, so I worked on it for 1 day, I had other things for 3 days, and I came back to finish the last two days.
In this case, in a gantt chart, your task can only be one "timespan" per "row" and in order for me to chart what actually happened, I need to add multiple subtasks to that task and the task ends up taking 3 rows of space.
This is rough to read and annoying to have to rearrange and insert new subtasks and rearrange subsequent tasks along the timeline.
Is there a tool out there that handles this more "ad-hoc" scheduling that I'm looking for?
Ideally what I would like is for me to be able to put together a full estimate of time for the project (say 3 months) with the ability to cascade schedule changes down when a task in the middle goes on longer than expected or gets interrupted.
I would like to have categories or color mapping so we can see which timespans are interruptions and which are tasks done and tasks to do.
Am I asking too much? Does gantt have this ability and I've not found the right vendor?
Right now my temporary solution is excel but it's a beating to have to go shift things every time I have an interruption, I feel like I spend more time explaining what happened than I do actually programming, haha
Edit: I've seen things like Monday.com and Microsoft project, but these are really heavy and too specific for my needs, I don't want a lot of context or setting up a kanban board or anything like that, I just want effectively an interactive timeline with simple "I'm doing this for x days" and not much else in terms of percent complete, details of the task, sprint integration, etc.
Think trello in complexity, just time-based and sideways 😅
I don't want to be a project manager, I don't have time for that - I just need the ability to quickly track interruptions and be able to use it as backup if upper management comes poking around
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Comment on Is there a markdown editor which let me open .md files from Windows? in ~tech
Jambo LinkHave you looked at vscode? SublimeText also supports md but it's going to be more "bare bones" than vscodeHave you looked at vscode? SublimeText also supports md but it's going to be more "bare bones" than vscode
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Comment on Palworld could be a delight if it wasn't so invested in being awful in ~games
Jambo LinkSorry if you're the author, OP, but they seem to be in a strange headspace that is warping the nature of the game to fit a predisposed narrative. They seem to think the devs are creating this as...Sorry if you're the author, OP, but they seem to be in a strange headspace that is warping the nature of the game to fit a predisposed narrative. They seem to think the devs are creating this as some tongue-in-cheek joke? I don't understand that stance at all. It's not supposed to be "funny" - where are they getting that idea?
Also, they consider putting pals to work "cruel" but apparently like Monster Hunter? A game where you literally chase down monsters and sever their limbs as they slowly die so you can harvest them to make better gear? Is it cruel because they're cute? Or is it because in MH they're pests and so deserve to die because they threaten humans?
Speaking of cruel, don't you think it's cruel to pit pokemon against each other until they faint? Why is "use this attack!" less inflammatory than "use this crafting bench!" ?
Personally, I don't see any of that as "cruel" - it's a facet of the game that the author of this article admits gives an interesting vector to consider when capturing more pals out in the wild. Just like I don't think it's cruel to smash 50 cows on top of each other to make a cow farm in minecraft, or beating down dinosaurs to drug them and "tame" them in Ark (which is basically what palworld is... it's Ark with pokemon instead of dinosaurs).
I don't know, the whole article just seems predisposed, someone correct me though.
I've been waiting ages for a pve coop mode, but I won't be upgrading my pack. I hope they make amends and allow the EoD pack permanent access to the mode, they aren't getting a dime more from me regardless.