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  1. Comment on United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly in ~tech

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    What happens if no one wants to buy it? Surely it's worth an insane amount of money I can't imagine many companies would be able to afford it and those that would probably have no interest?

    What happens if no one wants to buy it? Surely it's worth an insane amount of money I can't imagine many companies would be able to afford it and those that would probably have no interest?

    6 votes

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

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    Dang, why so many restarts instead of moving to the next phase?

    Dang, why so many restarts instead of moving to the next phase?

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

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    I think the progression does a great job of giving you the tools you need when you need them. I needed steel and coal, so I traveled a long distance from my base to where several coal spots were....

    I think the progression does a great job of giving you the tools you need when you need them.

    I needed steel and coal, so I traveled a long distance from my base to where several coal spots were. I got annoyed running all that distance back and forth over and over and it seemed too long at the time to bother with a conveyor. But then I unlocked hypertubes so I could zip over there and fill my inventory and zip back for what I needed.

    Then I got into oil and had to go really far away from base to find a bunch of oil. Got all my oil production going and man is it a pain when I need a ton of plastic to run back and forth 3-4 times to bring back enough plastic for projects. And this is definitely too far for conveyors.

    But then I unlocked trains! Oh my so much faster and easier and I only had to run tracks once. Way faster than my 3 minute hypertubes ride as well. Like 1.5 minutes on a train plus tons of resources.

    Now I've had to go even further away for another oil spot because that first one wasnt giving me enough resources. And I've just unlocked and started playing with drones. Which don't carry as much as trains do but are faster and no need to run tracks. Just build a port at each side and it automatically collects and brings back to the home port.

    Also as far as aesthetics, I gave up trying to make anything look nice, it's a giant haphazard of spaghetti and I have no intention of fixing it cause it works. And I need function over fashion.

    Next hurdle is going to be nuclear although there's a few uranium nodes nearby but need to finish my second oil factory and then upgrade my main factory (I need so many circuit boards and they craft so slowly!) before I can get started on that

    2 votes

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

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    I played the game for a few hours when I first picked it up in the summer, and like right after that they announced 1.0 so I figured I would wait for that, and then gave it a little time after 1.0...

    I played the game for a few hours when I first picked it up in the summer, and like right after that they announced 1.0 so I figured I would wait for that, and then gave it a little time after 1.0 to fix any bugs or updates before finally diving it. It has been a wild ride

    1 vote

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

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    I have been utterly addicted to Satisfactory. I have played about 60 hours in the last 8 days since I started. It has consumed my life. Pretty much every free moment I have outside of work has...

    I have been utterly addicted to Satisfactory. I have played about 60 hours in the last 8 days since I started. It has consumed my life. Pretty much every free moment I have outside of work has been playing it. Love it

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Nintendo has hired a company to dox Reddit users so they can sue them for piracy in ~games

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    This is absolutely disgusting behavior by Nintendo. They just keep getting worse. Despicable.

    This is absolutely disgusting behavior by Nintendo. They just keep getting worse. Despicable.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on In praise of inconvenience: The hidden costs of a convenient world in ~life

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    Haven't done that before, I'll check it out, thanks!

    Haven't done that before, I'll check it out, thanks!

    1 vote

  8. Comment on In praise of inconvenience: The hidden costs of a convenient world in ~life

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    Oh gotcha, didn't catch that meaning. Yeah that makes a lot of sense

    Oh gotcha, didn't catch that meaning. Yeah that makes a lot of sense

  9. Comment on In praise of inconvenience: The hidden costs of a convenient world in ~life

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    I didn't even think about selling, it's just for myself and friends and family. I have a nasty sweet tooth. Where would people buy/sell homemade baked goods? Something I might look into

    I didn't even think about selling, it's just for myself and friends and family. I have a nasty sweet tooth. Where would people buy/sell homemade baked goods? Something I might look into

    1 vote

  10. Comment on In praise of inconvenience: The hidden costs of a convenient world in ~life

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    Ironically I have been finding the opposite is true nowadays. It used to be like this but Amazon has been filled with so many cheap knockoff terrible quality shit, finding stuff in stores has...

    Ironically I have been finding the opposite is true nowadays. It used to be like this but Amazon has been filled with so many cheap knockoff terrible quality shit, finding stuff in stores has become better.

    I enjoy baking but haven't done it in a long time. Last week I decided to pick it back up. Well I opened my flour and found flour bugs infesting it. Had to throw that away. Decided I should get an airtight container for flour, sugar, etc since I never bothered to get those when I moved to my new apartment.

    I spent probably an hour browsing Amazon and searching for a quality product. I just wanted a simple sealed container that can hold a bag of flour and keep it safe from pests. Everything on Amazon was these cheap crappy containers, had poor reviews of them not sealing fully, or the latches breaking. People gave some good reviews for some name brand products but those were super expensive on Amazon. Like $50 for 2 containers.

    Eventually said fuck it, since I needed new flour I would have to go to the store anyway, I ran out to Target, went to the kitchen section and found the exact product I saw recommended, 4 containers for $30. Grabbed that and my flour and was back home in half the time I spent trying to research what I could get on Amazon.

    And I didn't have to wait for shipping, even though it probably would've arrived the next day, I had what I needed in half an hour. Would've been faster if I'd done that from the start.

    Did the exact same thing for a different item a few days later and got something quicker from Target than trying to find what I wanted on Amazon.

    29 votes

  11. Comment on St Andrews researchers discover ‘King Arthur’s Hall’ is five times older than thought in ~humanities.history

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    Oh I understand, I didn't realize that was the case. Thanks for clarifying!

    Oh I understand, I didn't realize that was the case.

    Thanks for clarifying!

  12. Comment on St Andrews researchers discover ‘King Arthur’s Hall’ is five times older than thought in ~humanities.history

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    So King Arthur didn't live in the medieval period? There were knights and castles and stuff thousands of years ago? Is that the implication here?

    So King Arthur didn't live in the medieval period? There were knights and castles and stuff thousands of years ago? Is that the implication here?

  13. Comment on Dwayne Johnson became the world’s biggest movie star. Now he’s trying to disappear. in ~movies

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    Did it get bad reviews? I was hoping it was going to be good and continue the trend Violent Night seemed to be starting with more mature themed Christmas movies

    Did it get bad reviews? I was hoping it was going to be good and continue the trend Violent Night seemed to be starting with more mature themed Christmas movies

  14. Comment on Dwayne Johnson became the world’s biggest movie star. Now he’s trying to disappear. in ~movies

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    Ah I hadn't heard that. Interesting

    Ah I hadn't heard that. Interesting

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Dwayne Johnson became the world’s biggest movie star. Now he’s trying to disappear. in ~movies

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    What is the Red One fiasco? I haven't heard anything other than seeing the trailer for it.

    What is the Red One fiasco? I haven't heard anything other than seeing the trailer for it.

    8 votes

  16. Comment on US election results (other than presidential) thread in ~society

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    What are you referring to?

    What are you referring to?

    8 votes

  17. Comment on ‘Oregon Trail’ action-comedy movie in development at Apple | Movie will feature original musical numbers in the vein of 'Barbie' in ~movies

  18. Comment on Alan Wake 2: The Lake House | Expansion launch trailer in ~games

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    Yeah that's what I had to do. I love Alan Wake, it is one of my favorite games of all time, and I waited so many years for a sequel that seemed very likely to never happen. And then it did, but it...

    Yeah that's what I had to do. I love Alan Wake, it is one of my favorite games of all time, and I waited so many years for a sequel that seemed very likely to never happen.

    And then it did, but it was Epic, and my ethics refuse to yield to that horrible company's storefront and business practices. So I did the only thing I could, because I couldn't not play this amazing game.

    Haven't pirated a game in like 15 years.

    Gabe was always right. Piracy is a service problem. Had they been able to put it on Steam, I would've happily paid any price to play it. But...I will not use Epic.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on Subnautica 2 | Official teaser trailer in ~games

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    These are all valid criticisms of BZ, but I think the problem that most people are having is that theyre looking at BZ as a separate game where its more of a spinoff/could've been a DLC that grew...

    These are all valid criticisms of BZ, but I think the problem that most people are having is that theyre looking at BZ as a separate game where its more of a spinoff/could've been a DLC that grew a bit bigger than a DLC so became its own standalone thing.

    I think if you look at it through that lens it makes a lot more sense on most of why those mechanics and gameplay were not innovated on very much.

    I think this being a full blown sequel will go more that direction with expanding and innovating those systems.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Subnautica 2 | Official teaser trailer in ~games

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    I have hope the extended time for 2 will get them back on track. BZ wasn't terrible, it lacked enough dev time to really shine and scrap the bad ideas and discover new good ones. They've had a lot...

    I have hope the extended time for 2 will get them back on track. BZ wasn't terrible, it lacked enough dev time to really shine and scrap the bad ideas and discover new good ones. They've had a lot of time with this one so i think they'll get this one right

    2 votes