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  1. Comment on What are some of your favorite "meeting games?" in ~games

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    Backpack Hero is a fairly light turn-based inventory management dungeon crawler that's easy to take a break from. I usually play it while watching something on the side - though you might want to...

    Backpack Hero is a fairly light turn-based inventory management dungeon crawler that's easy to take a break from. I usually play it while watching something on the side - though you might want to wait for its full release, which will be relatively soon.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Factorio Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring in ~games

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    While not particularly big, these kinds of quality of life changes are exactly what I love about Factorio and what keeps me so invested over other games in the genre. Also, while I definitely...

    While not particularly big, these kinds of quality of life changes are exactly what I love about Factorio and what keeps me so invested over other games in the genre.

    Also, while I definitely didn't notice the "wrong" shadows while playing Factorio, I don't think I can ever unsee them now - and it's going to bother me until 2.0 releases :(

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Factorio Friday Facts #378 - Trains on another level in ~games

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    Solar panels have O(1) complexity/performance hit. It just keeps track of the number of solar panels in a network, and multiplies the output by that number - there is no performance cost whatsoever.

    Solar panels have O(1) complexity/performance hit. It just keeps track of the number of solar panels in a network, and multiplies the output by that number - there is no performance cost whatsoever.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Why you should divide your life into semesters, even when you’re not in school in ~life

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    I found it an interesting read. Motivation, building patterns and self-improvement are tricky subjects and while I know the importance of sectioning/goal setting, I hadn't thought about it in...

    I found it an interesting read. Motivation, building patterns and self-improvement are tricky subjects and while I know the importance of sectioning/goal setting, I hadn't thought about it in terms of 14-16 week chunks.
    I'll probably be trying this out, if just to see if it suits me. Thanks for sharing!

    8 votes

  5. What data backup strategies do you use/recommend? How much do you invest in backing up your personal data?

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    I recently had an SSD fail on me, less than a year old. Nothing important was on it and I'll be getting a warranty replacement, but this got me thinking - I still don't have a proper backup...

    I recently had an SSD fail on me, less than a year old. Nothing important was on it and I'll be getting a warranty replacement, but this got me thinking - I still don't have a proper backup strategy. If my boot drive failed with most of my documents on it, that'd be lost or be expensive to recover.

    What do you do to back up your data? What do you recommend others do? We have things like cloud backups, disks that act as a full backup and a whole lot more. Personally, I want to be able to set something up and not worry about it going wrong.

    26 votes

  6. Comment on The truth about China's social credit system in ~life

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    Thank you for providing the transcript. Very interesting read!

    Thank you for providing the transcript. Very interesting read!

    13 votes

  7. Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02E01 - "The Broken Circle" Episode Discussion in ~tv

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    Sadly it seems those YouTube videos aren't available in my region :(

    Sadly it seems those YouTube videos aren't available in my region :(

  8. Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02E01 - "The Broken Circle" Episode Discussion in ~tv

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    I'm a old-trek fan. DS9 is one of my absolute favorite shows ever, TNG and TOS are great. VOY I felt was just okay (with some great episodes), and I didn't get past the first season of ENT. I...

    I'm a old-trek fan. DS9 is one of my absolute favorite shows ever, TNG and TOS are great. VOY I felt was just okay (with some great episodes), and I didn't get past the first season of ENT.
    I haven't really given nu-trek much of a chance. Is it worth getting into SNW without being up to date with the rest of nu-trek? Or should I be giving nu-trek as a whole more of a chance? (and where should I start if so?)

    6 votes

  9. Comment on Cities: Skylines II | Official gameplay trailer in ~games

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    Paradox games in general accumulate a lot of DLC over the years, and I don't expect Cities Skylines 2 to be an exception. That being said, I feel like if you get into them before it has a ton of...

    Paradox games in general accumulate a lot of DLC over the years, and I don't expect Cities Skylines 2 to be an exception.

    That being said, I feel like if you get into them before it has a ton of DLC that it works really well for the invested players.

    17 votes

  10. Comment on Any Android games that are worth playing these days? in ~games

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    I play Bloons Tower Defense 6 on mobile sometimes (though I mainly play it on PC). You can sync progress and since it's a tower defense, it plays pretty much the same. It does have some mtx, but...

    I play Bloons Tower Defense 6 on mobile sometimes (though I mainly play it on PC). You can sync progress and since it's a tower defense, it plays pretty much the same. It does have some mtx, but you can easily ignore it.

    I've also tried using a DS emulator (I used DraStic), but the virtual controls in the long term were just too clunky for me (mainly played Pokemon Black). If you're more comfortable with virtual controls, I would recommend at least trying this out, though.

    There are also some nice open source games, like Mindustry. It's an automation/tower defense/RTS game, where you harvest resources, transport them around to your base while defending from enemies and moving out with units.

    Cultist Simulator played pretty well. It's a card game where you basically manage cards as resources to lead a cult and do cult-y stuff. It has quite a bit of lore/reading if you're into that. This one is also available on PC.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on What are some of your favourite, lesser-known mobile apps? in ~tech

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    I've been looking for a nice way to view Twitch streams on mobile for a while now. Thanks for mentioning this one! NewPipe is a similar open-source third party app, but for YouTube (also without...

    I've been looking for a nice way to view Twitch streams on mobile for a while now. Thanks for mentioning this one!

    NewPipe is a similar open-source third party app, but for YouTube (also without Google Play Services, or needing to log in).

    3 votes