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  1. Comment on Starsector 0.98a released in ~games

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    I would say so. It feels like a complete game. But if you want the full experience for your first time you can always wait.

    I would say so. It feels like a complete game. But if you want the full experience for your first time you can always wait.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Bucking US President Donald Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently, Governor Gavin Newsom says in ~society

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    There's plenty of regional products to target. If you want to hit Kentucky, tarriffs on bourbon. California? Almonds. Iowa? Corn and soybeans. Knowing what comes from each state, it would be easy...

    There's plenty of regional products to target. If you want to hit Kentucky, tarriffs on bourbon. California? Almonds. Iowa? Corn and soybeans. Knowing what comes from each state, it would be easy enough to hit a given political party's constituents.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Bucking US President Donald Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently, Governor Gavin Newsom says in ~society

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    Are they bound by the tolls? Really? What happens if the state says "Ignore that charge, and we'll hash it out with the feds." It would be messy, I'm sure, but we're through the looking glass...

    Are they bound by the tolls? Really? What happens if the state says "Ignore that charge, and we'll hash it out with the feds." It would be messy, I'm sure, but we're through the looking glass here, and I don't think that just because Trump says "Jump" everyone is going to keep saying "How high?"

    10 votes

  4. Comment on Bucking US President Donald Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently, Governor Gavin Newsom says in ~society

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    So what you're saying is that California can become even more important on the national stage by becoming the major importer of all goods from the rest of the world, and has the money to keep up...

    So what you're saying is that California can become even more important on the national stage by becoming the major importer of all goods from the rest of the world, and has the money to keep up this fight indefinitely?

    13 votes

  5. Comment on Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 – 4.2.2025 in ~games

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    There was separate news regarding a patent Nintendo had taken out around the same time. Perhaps that's what you're remembering?

    There was separate news regarding a patent Nintendo had taken out around the same time. Perhaps that's what you're remembering?

    2 votes

  6. Comment on See Donald Trump's list: More than 180 countries and territories facing reciprocal tariffs from the US in ~society

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    The question is whether they're going to hold their seats if they continue to back Trump. This set of special elections that just happened already showed a 10 point swing away from Trump. If he...

    The question is whether they're going to hold their seats if they continue to back Trump. This set of special elections that just happened already showed a 10 point swing away from Trump. If he keeps burning everything down and the Republicans in Congress keep supporting that, they will have to worry about keeping their seats.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on NaNoWriMo officially shutting down in ~creative

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    It's not a salaries/programs dichotomy. Most of the cost of running a program is the cost of the people to run it. Also, your'e misquoting that thread; 99% was public support, not the percentage...

    It's not a salaries/programs dichotomy. Most of the cost of running a program is the cost of the people to run it. Also, your'e misquoting that thread; 99% was public support, not the percentage of their costs which were salaries. Again, not graft, not unreasonable.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Minecraft April Fools 2025: The Craftmine Update in ~games

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    Huh, I would not have expected Mystcraft to be added to Vanilla Minecraft. Neat.

    Huh, I would not have expected Mystcraft to be added to Vanilla Minecraft. Neat.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on NaNoWriMo officially shutting down in ~creative

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    Almost all nonprofit board members are volunteering, not paid. A staff of 12 trying to manage 800 volunteers on a budget of just over a million is a frugal, frugal situation. As someone who has...

    Almost all nonprofit board members are volunteering, not paid. A staff of 12 trying to manage 800 volunteers on a budget of just over a million is a frugal, frugal situation. As someone who has managed the finances of a nonprofit, not a single thing about this looks like grift, just a bunch of people who were underresourced and thus unprepared for the realities of running the organization they had built.

    31 votes

  10. Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2025 on the internet in ~talk

  11. Comment on 2025 April Fools Roundup in ~misc

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    Hah. Don't know how I missed that. Thanks.

    Hah. Don't know how I missed that. Thanks.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on The maverick pioneers of rocketry outside government programs in ~space

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    "Once the rockets go up who cares where they come down? That's not my department, says Werner von Braun."

    "Once the rockets go up who cares where they come down? That's not my department, says Werner von Braun."

    4 votes

  13. Comment on The investor backed proposed California tech city is now reframed as ship building hub and gains more local support in ~design

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    The article specifies that a port is not what's being proposed, but: So it's not on the land originally proposed for the city and it's not a port. It's just an industrial development that's...

    The article specifies that a port is not what's being proposed, but:

    ... a proposed site near the small riverside settlement of Collinsville.

    John Carli, the mayor of Vacaville, said that he also visited the area and met with retired military officials who said the site was one of the most ideal locations in the US and described a shipbuilding operation there as a “one-of-a-kind opportunity”. That site, California Forever said in its statement, has more than 1,400 acres of land that was proactively zoned for “maritime industrial uses”. It would be used a manufacturing and assembling location rather than a port, Carli said. (emphasis mine)

    So it's not on the land originally proposed for the city and it's not a port. It's just an industrial development that's chasing current buzzwords in the administration to try and whitewash their existing plans.

    EDIT: After thinking about it some more, i looked deeper into the claim that it would be "one of the most ideal locations in the US". As far as West Coast shipyards go, there's some shipbuilding in Seattle and San Diego, but all of the WW2 era ship manufacturing in the Bay is gone. Anything they were making would be shipped hundreds or thousands of miles to the shipyards, raising their costs significantly above a factory centered closer to either the raw materials or the shipyard. This is just hogwash.

    12 votes

  14. Comment on Virginia lawmaker says he called Social Security Administration and it hung up on him: 'It's very concerning' in ~society

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    A lot of farming communities have been hit by the closing of USAID, since a good bit of the money in their budget was used to buy food from American farmers to distribute overseas. Of course they...

    A lot of farming communities have been hit by the closing of USAID, since a good bit of the money in their budget was used to buy food from American farmers to distribute overseas. Of course they didn't really think about why they had that government contract until it was too late, but there've already been a few light nibbles from the face-eating leopard.

    14 votes

  15. Comment on ‘Legend of Zelda’ film sets March 2027 theatrical release from Sony Pictures in ~movies

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    Probably by skipping a lot of the buildup that a lot of movies need to do. Link rarely gets a lot of personality or buildup in the games before he grabs his sword and goes off to fight Ganon, and...

    Probably by skipping a lot of the buildup that a lot of movies need to do. Link rarely gets a lot of personality or buildup in the games before he grabs his sword and goes off to fight Ganon, and he's assumed to be competent, so he doesn't need as much plot time about becoming a decent fighter. That gives more space for the four elemental temples or whatever, plus the inevitable mid-story defeat which leads him to the Master Sword.

    7 votes

  16. Comment on Starsector 0.98a released in ~games

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    Yeah, I think I last played it in 2020 or before, so a fresh vanilla run will be just the ticket. Thanks for the recommendation!

    Yeah, I think I last played it in 2020 or before, so a fresh vanilla run will be just the ticket. Thanks for the recommendation!

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Starsector 0.98a released in ~games

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    As far as the mods go, do you have recommendations? I found the Mod Index, but it's a fairly large list with very little info up front. Any suggestions you have would be lovely.

    As far as the mods go, do you have recommendations? I found the Mod Index, but it's a fairly large list with very little info up front. Any suggestions you have would be lovely.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Starsector 0.98a released in ~games

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    Man, it's been ages since I played it. I should go back and see how the latest updates have changed things.

    Man, it's been ages since I played it. I should go back and see how the latest updates have changed things.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on What game invented jumping on enemies? in ~games

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    For my money, I do think that Joust qualifies, but I agree that it's part of a larger "be higher on the screen" strategy as compared to the more defined and discrete jumps of SMB.

    For my money, I do think that Joust qualifies, but I agree that it's part of a larger "be higher on the screen" strategy as compared to the more defined and discrete jumps of SMB.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Megathread for Elon Musk and the US Department of Government Efficiency - second thread in ~society

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    Ludicrously more expensive than you could get elsewhere if you weren't trapped in their ecosystem, and you have to wait ages only to be surprised by the hidden price.

    Ludicrously more expensive than you could get elsewhere if you weren't trapped in their ecosystem, and you have to wait ages only to be surprised by the hidden price.

    27 votes