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  1. Comment on LGBTQ folks check-in thread - how're you all doing? in ~lgbt

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    I count those folks as not caring about us. If they can't even be bothered to do even the bare minimum, what good are they as "allies"?

    I count those folks as not caring about us. If they can't even be bothered to do even the bare minimum, what good are they as "allies"?

    34 votes

  2. Comment on LGBTQ folks check-in thread - how're you all doing? in ~lgbt

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    Shifting constantly between sadness and unbridled rage. Trying to find comfort in community but simultaneously aware that at best half the country doesn't care about us, and many of those people...

    Shifting constantly between sadness and unbridled rage. Trying to find comfort in community but simultaneously aware that at best half the country doesn't care about us, and many of those people actively want to hurt us. I took the last week off of work to just process. Him winning the popular vote is really disheartening

    I was really hoping we were done with this shit for a while.

    35 votes

  3. Comment on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back. Rachel Plotnick's "re-buttonization" expertise is in demand. in ~design

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    Typically I don't mention which company I work for but fuck it, yeah it was Ford. That being said, at the time I was working on cars about five or so years ahead of their release, so if they had...

    Typically I don't mention which company I work for but fuck it, yeah it was Ford. That being said, at the time I was working on cars about five or so years ahead of their release, so if they had already pissed you off 10 years ago, that would have been before I was working there

    And while it's true that they did want you to just buy a new car they just kind of assumed you were going to stick with the same brand

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back. Rachel Plotnick's "re-buttonization" expertise is in demand. in ~design

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    Yeah I hated that guy, but he made at least three times what I did

    Yeah I hated that guy, but he made at least three times what I did

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back. Rachel Plotnick's "re-buttonization" expertise is in demand. in ~design

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    Yeah the issue isn't that he wanted a CD player, it's that he wanted a five disc one that would cost a bunch and was so big and bulky that it was going to make the glove compartment noticeably...

    Yeah the issue isn't that he wanted a CD player, it's that he wanted a five disc one that would cost a bunch and was so big and bulky that it was going to make the glove compartment noticeably smaller because of where all the components were going to end up

    And he wanted it as part of the standard package rather than an optional upgrade

    11 votes

  6. Comment on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back. Rachel Plotnick's "re-buttonization" expertise is in demand. in ~design

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    I'm an ex-automotive engineer. About 10 years ago I was sitting in meetings trying to explain to my dumbass managers and the design teams that touch screens are terrible and that we need as many...

    I'm an ex-automotive engineer. About 10 years ago I was sitting in meetings trying to explain to my dumbass managers and the design teams that touch screens are terrible and that we need as many physical buttons as possible because haptic feedback is important. They fought me at every turn because touch screens look cool and when people are choosing to buy cars that they are sitting in a showroom lobby. I was literally told that actually usability was secondary to how it impressed people in the showroom.

    Specifically most of my fights were around the controls for the climate system, since that was the area I had the most say over.

    Edit: I also told them that instead of trying to guess which type of plug would win the format wars, we should make a module that's designed to be swappable in the future once the industry as a whole shifted. This was back around 2014-2015, before USB-C became the clear winner. I'm still mad about that job.

    Edit again: I had to talk my manager out of putting a 5 disc CD changer as a standard option for a luxury vehicle that was going to launch in like 2020. Literally laughed at him in a meeting for that one. God I hated him

    74 votes

  7. Comment on Where is a good place to get commissioned artwork? in ~creative

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    A lot of artists who take commissions advertise on twitter. If you find someone you like you can usually reach out via DMs and ask if they're taking commissions and what their rates are. If your...

    A lot of artists who take commissions advertise on twitter. If you find someone you like you can usually reach out via DMs and ask if they're taking commissions and what their rates are. If your husband has a favorite artist, you can try reaching out to them directly. Have you checked his social media to see if there are any artists or styles he particularly likes?

    But yeah, I haven't tried hiring any artists since assholes started flooding the various platforms with AI generated crap, but I would try verifying that the artist you're attempting to hire has been around for at least a few years.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Guild Wars 2 Steam launch and tenth anniversary is tomorrow in ~games

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    It's taken 10 years, but GW 2 is finally coming to steam. Over the past few months the game has really seen a resurgence and the devs have been hard at work improving the new player experience....

    It's taken 10 years, but GW 2 is finally coming to steam. Over the past few months the game has really seen a resurgence and the devs have been hard at work improving the new player experience.

    I'm really excited, let me know if you decide to try it out.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on US free-speech group will spend millions to promote First Amendment cases in ~misc

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    Ugh "diversity of views" is such a thinly veiled euphemism for "let me say bigoted shit without consequence". Their whole vibe reminds me of one of my favorite tweets Groups like this always seem...

    Ugh "diversity of views" is such a thinly veiled euphemism for "let me say bigoted shit without consequence". Their whole vibe reminds me of one of my favorite tweets

    Groups like this always seem to use the same language and the same euphemisms and dog whistles. It makes them easy to spot, but honestly it's pretty tiring

    11 votes

  11. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Been reading a lot of indie TTRPGs partly for fun, partly to widen my knowledge base and partly as research for the board game store I'm opening. Business Wizards is a rules light RPG about...

    Been reading a lot of indie TTRPGs partly for fun, partly to widen my knowledge base and partly as research for the board game store I'm opening.

    Business Wizards is a rules light RPG about wizarding in a corporate hellscape. It's tongue in cheek and really cathartic for anyone who works for a soulless corporation. I had a chance to play with the Devs a year or so ago and we played the actual game via an online PowerPoint-style presentation. It's absolutely hilarious and I'm prepping to run it for a group of friends

    Thirsty Sword Lesbians the name says it all, it's a medium weight explicitly LGBT-inclusive, explicitly anti-fascist RPG about lesbians with swords fighting against tyrany and their own personal baggage. The book even opens with a bunch of safety tools to make sure that everyone is comfortable around the table, which can be a big issue with TTRPGs. I haven't played it but I really want to.

    Finally Monster Care Squad is a game where you play as elite fantasy veterinarians trying to help monsters and magical creatures who are in distress. It explicitly doesn't have rules for intentionally cause harm to anyone else and seems like a really cool way of approaching conflict resolution. It really feels like it has abolitionist and restorative justice undertones instead of the traditional stab-bad-guy-with-a-pointy-stick method that is common in many other games. I'll probably cue up a game of this next once I've run Business Wizards

    6 votes

  12. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    My partner played that during the beta and she really seemed to enjoy it

    My partner played that during the beta and she really seemed to enjoy it

    2 votes

  13. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    I mentioned in the other weekly TV post that SPY x FAMILY is fucking amazing. I can't wait for more to come out. Beyond that, it feels like Crunchyroll has added a lot of shows within the past...

    I mentioned in the other weekly TV post that SPY x FAMILY is fucking amazing. I can't wait for more to come out.

    Beyond that, it feels like Crunchyroll has added a lot of shows within the past week or two and I'm here for it

    1 vote

  14. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    Watched Spy x Family over on Crunchyroll and oh my god, it's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The basic premise is that it's the cold war in an alternate world and the top spy needs a...

    Watched Spy x Family over on Crunchyroll and oh my god, it's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The basic premise is that it's the cold war in an alternate world and the top spy needs a cover family for his latest mission. From there, things spin out of control, but I'm not going to spoil anything.

    There are some shows that take some getting into and only get good around season 2 or 3. This is not one of those shows, it's fucking amazing from the start. There are only 2 episodes so far and I can't think of a show I've seen ever that has had a stronger opening. If the rest of it is as good as what I've seen so far, people are going to be talking about this show in 20 years

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  15. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Wait, they don't have automation? I was assuming that once I got a colony up and running with people and everything I would be able to tell the to go gather carbon or whatever.

    Wait, they don't have automation? I was assuming that once I got a colony up and running with people and everything I would be able to tell the to go gather carbon or whatever.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I definitely ran into an issue like that in single player. I did a quest and it brought me to a crashed ship in need of repair, so I built a base and when I teleported away and back again it was...

    I definitely ran into an issue like that in single player. I did a quest and it brought me to a crashed ship in need of repair, so I built a base and when I teleported away and back again it was gone.

    And another time I did a whole quest solo and it wanted me to go back to the anomaly to cash it in, but I tried teleporting to another base and accidentally cancelled the already completed quest because suddenly there was a pop-up in the middle of my screen.

    They really need to hire someone to do UX. It feels like every time I feel like I'm getting into a groove something comes along and just punches me in the face. Just deeply frustrating

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    At the point I was at, I was having more trouble with all the different items that each needed a dedicated slot than with filling any of them up, but that's good to know.

    At the point I was at, I was having more trouble with all the different items that each needed a dedicated slot than with filling any of them up, but that's good to know.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Thanks, right now I'm working on a hybrid support mechanist build, but I'm having trouble figuring out how much healing/barrier I'm actually doing and how effective it is. Arcdps shows me damage...

    Thanks, right now I'm working on a hybrid support mechanist build, but I'm having trouble figuring out how much healing/barrier I'm actually doing and how effective it is. Arcdps shows me damage numbers but nothing about healing. And raw metrics aside, I don't know what is or isn't helpful and how much of an impact I'm making. All my healing is AoE and I can sustain moderate area damage in the special forces training area basically indefinitely, but that's basically the only way I've figured out to test it and I have no frame of reference for if that's a reasonable amount.

    My DPS build is much more straightforward to understand since it only really has 1 job and I can easily see how it's performing.

    So I would appreciate any advice you have.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I heard No Man's Sky had gotten a lot better that it was at launch, so I picked it up during a 50% off sale. I've made it far enough in that the game has started to open up, but it just feels...

    I heard No Man's Sky had gotten a lot better that it was at launch, so I picked it up during a 50% off sale. I've made it far enough in that the game has started to open up, but it just feels grindy and tedious. Item management is a pain in the ass for no good reason and unlocking more storage is actually pretty difficult. It feels like they had a few decent ideas but had no idea how to execute on them in a way that wasn't deeply frustrating. I might give it another hour or 2, but I'm pretty close to giving up and calling it quits for good

    Beyond that I'm continuing to play more Guild Wars 2 and am learning more and getting better. I'm getting more skilled with higher level content and it feels good. And slowly my builds are getting better too. The high level meta seems self reinforcing when it really doesn't need to be, and I personally find that frustrating, but I'm not sure what can be done about that

    5 votes

  20. Comment on I need help with gender options in my game in ~lgbt

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    That's true, but any inconsistencies in the narrative would be a direct result of the player's choice to change their name/gender, so I don't think they would be terribly bothered by it. I don't...

    That's true, but any inconsistencies in the narrative would be a direct result of the player's choice to change their name/gender, so I don't think they would be terribly bothered by it.

    I don't think many people would use that option, but I think a few might and I'm sure they would really appreciate it.

    And yeah, starting a new game is an option, but like you said it can be a pretty high cost in terms of time commitment.

    4 votes