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  1. Comment on Best recommendations for PC couch multiplayer games? in ~games

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    No it's definitely a bad story. I also haven't finished the game yet, but it's such a weak and cliche setup that the whole story is then built upon. It definitely leads to some humorously dark...

    No it's definitely a bad story. I also haven't finished the game yet, but it's such a weak and cliche setup that the whole story is then built upon.

    It definitely leads to some humorously dark moments like the elephant. But other than that the premise sucks. I feel like it wouldn't be that hard to have had a slightly better setup to build the story on.

    It's really weird that the game is supposed to be about working together and being a team but youre never rooting for the characters to do so despite thats what your playing it as. it's a weird disconnect where what you do doesn't match what the characters say and do.

    4 votes
  2. Comment on Best recommendations for PC couch multiplayer games? in ~games

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    I only played with 4 people, seems like it'd be a lot harder with only 2

    I only played with 4 people, seems like it'd be a lot harder with only 2

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

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    As you upgrade your tools and level up stamina also becomes less important over time in MTaS (same in MTaP). Depending how quickly you move through the story I'd say within the first year of the...

    As you upgrade your tools and level up stamina also becomes less important over time in MTaS (same in MTaP). Depending how quickly you move through the story I'd say within the first year of the game you won't be worrying to much about stamina anymore.

    In both My Time games it got to the point where I was running around trying to figure out what to use my extra stamina on to collect more resources before ending the day. But I generally enjoy playing efficiently like that.

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

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    I find it odd you consider the stamina mechanic in MTaS to be mobile gamey when Stardew has essentially the exact same thing

    I find it odd you consider the stamina mechanic in MTaS to be mobile gamey when Stardew has essentially the exact same thing

  5. Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk

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    From my experience and everything I've heard, in corporate America they're a warning that being let go is coming

    From my experience and everything I've heard, in corporate America they're a warning that being let go is coming

    7 votes
  6. Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk

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    Good knowledge to have for the future though. If it happens again to you or someone you know you could warn them as well

    Good knowledge to have for the future though. If it happens again to you or someone you know you could warn them as well

    7 votes
  7. Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk

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    Just as an FYI, if you are put on a PIP, 99% of the time you are going to be let go regardless. Companies use PIPs as a way to "fire for performance" to lay people off without actually laying them...

    Just as an FYI, if you are put on a PIP, 99% of the time you are going to be let go regardless. Companies use PIPs as a way to "fire for performance" to lay people off without actually laying them off and having to pay out extra in severance or benefits and stuff.

    No matter how much you improve, you're most likely going to be let go no matter what.

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

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    Honestly, that new player may just have a different play style that is incompatible with yours. Which will lead to either you or both being frustrated. A final candid conversation may be necessary...

    Honestly, that new player may just have a different play style that is incompatible with yours. Which will lead to either you or both being frustrated.

    A final candid conversation may be necessary to say "hey this is how we want to play, we don't want you to spoil stuff or tell us we are doing things wrong, or anything else they've done etc. If you can't get on board with that then maybe we can do a playthrough later on with you after we've finished the game" or something to that affect.

    The fact that you have two other friends who want to play the same way you do and are on board is practically a miracle in itself. Don't sacrifice that for one selfish person who can't appreciate what YOU want to do with YOUR game. Appreciate the group you have because that's a hard and rare thing to find

    7 votes
  9. Comment on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in ~tech

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    Oh I thought I did read it to the end. Can't tell sometimes I guess cause the ads come in and make you think you're at the end. That's good they dropped it. I'd like to believe they wouldn't have...

    Oh I thought I did read it to the end. Can't tell sometimes I guess cause the ads come in and make you think you're at the end.

    That's good they dropped it. I'd like to believe they wouldn't have a chance in hell of winning anyway, but who knows with how things are these days

    22 votes
  10. Comment on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in ~tech

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    Just went and watched the two videos, that's hilarious. Hopefully the courts will fuck that company up for being idiots and trying to sue over this

    Just went and watched the two videos, that's hilarious.

    Hopefully the courts will fuck that company up for being idiots and trying to sue over this

    12 votes
  11. Comment on Johnny Depp to star in ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ at Paramount with Ti West directing; Andrea Riseborough also joins movie dated for November 2026 in ~movies

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    Someone hasn't been paying attention

    Someone hasn't been paying attention

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

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    Pretty sure the massive fish can one hit kill you if you're out in the open ocean and night and can't dodge it

    Pretty sure the massive fish can one hit kill you if you're out in the open ocean and night and can't dodge it

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

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    Reaching Room 46 for the first time is like 25% of the game. There's so much more to do

    Reaching Room 46 for the first time is like 25% of the game. There's so much more to do

    3 votes
  14. Comment on What's your video game comfort food? in ~games

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    Can you link that Jacob Geller video? Haven't seen that one but sounds interesting

    Can you link that Jacob Geller video? Haven't seen that one but sounds interesting

  15. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    Still an interesting problem to think about regardless!

    Still an interesting problem to think about regardless!

  16. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    I don't think you quite got my idea, a satellite or series or satellites made up of an array of mirrors which focus sunlight and direct it at the moons surface, creating a brighter reflection,...

    I don't think you quite got my idea, a satellite or series or satellites made up of an array of mirrors which focus sunlight and direct it at the moons surface, creating a brighter reflection, much like when someone's watch of phone makes a reflection while driving or something.

    You have a bunch of these which make up the "pixels" of the image via reflection (and then colored mirrors or filters you can mechanically swap before the light heads to the moon.

    So you're just using natural sunlight and redirecting it. The only power needed would be for positioning the satellites correctly to shine at the right spot. No lunar dust issues either.

  17. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    I don't think you would project from Earth itself. You would probably build satellites to do it, and even at that you could build a complex array of mirrors (maybe colored mirrors? Is that a...

    I don't think you would project from Earth itself.

    You would probably build satellites to do it, and even at that you could build a complex array of mirrors (maybe colored mirrors? Is that a thing)which could each act as a pixel and redirect and concentrate sunlight at the moon to achieve the effect.

    Then the only power needed would be to calculate and adjust the station according to the orbits to keep everything aligned

    2 votes
  18. Comment on ‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder in ~tech

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    It's always so weird when people talk about this trope without ever knowing who Cyrano is

    It's always so weird when people talk about this trope without ever knowing who Cyrano is

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

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    You get zip lines later in Grounded, so usually people build a big tower in the middle of the map somewhere and zip lines back and forth to the major areas for fast traversal once you get into mid...

    You get zip lines later in Grounded, so usually people build a big tower in the middle of the map somewhere and zip lines back and forth to the major areas for fast traversal once you get into mid game.

    Early game it's good to have the slow traversal so you can explore, discover areas. and collect resources including killing tons of bugs for their parts which are also resources.

    Planet Crafter was amazing, I can't wait for the next DLC! Also the QoL stuff you mention comes with the drones and auto crafters. Once you have those you can automate crafting most resources. I had a pink crystal/fusion core auto crafting farm setup with auto selling rockets to farm terra tokens. Once it was setup I never had to touch it again.

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

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    Not sure where you saw bad reviews, everything I saw about the DLC was positive. The only potential negative was it was similar to the main game. There's a couple differences, but if you love the...

    Not sure where you saw bad reviews, everything I saw about the DLC was positive. The only potential negative was it was similar to the main game. There's a couple differences, but if you love the game, it's more of the game.

    And with the Moons update from earlier this year you can connect both planets as well as the two new moons together with rockets.

    I would definitely say the DLC is worth it if you enjoy the game. It supports the devs and it's only $8 for essentially double the content of the base game (not counting the moons as those came after)

    1 vote