NASA.

I was PMing a student project for NASA and the sheer number of tabs and files I had open on my PC killed Windows.

I had a week until the deadline and I’m in a situation where things may or may not save, basic functionality was questionable and I had literally thousands of pages information to format and get out.

Once I turned it in I installed Linux and never looked back.

For me there are two barriers to new games I can’t get over, endless tutorials and not getting to the point.

The last few AAA games I tried had tutorials popping up after three hours of gameplay. Just let me play. I don’t need a short video explaining how to aim gun #13, I don’t need you to explain that your worthless crafting system. Just let me do stuff.

Plots are also bloated to the point of me not caring. Most games have 3-6 hours of actual plot but will pad out the game with an additional 12 hours of filler.

What kills me is that most people will blame anything but landlords for business closures.

Near me is a suburban mall that became a ghost mall a few years after a subway station was put in across the street. The mall jacked up rent, every single independent shop owner would talk about how it is too expensive to have a store in the mall. The narrative everyone uses is “poor black people from the city ran the mall to the ground.”

Wood cutting boards are two to five times the price of bamboo. Also bamboo is naturally anti-microbial.

Most houses already have dull knives, heck most people throw their knives in the dishwasher. There is no way to keep your knives sharp perpetually, resharpening will always be needed eventually.

I’d rather people focused on size and weight over material. A bigger board is more useful, and safer as you have room to place your hands and your food. A heavier board is safer as it won’t slide as easily.

If you like how the board looks you are more likely to keep it out, use it and clean it.

Buy the biggest, heaviest, prettiest board you can afford.

Because it’s what they will buy, it’s what I’ll buy. And it suits their argument. Calling people out for not reading the article when they are quoting a price from the article is silly though.

That being said, I don’t really buy the comparison between the optiflex and the pi. It’s like saying you can buy a perfectly good Geo metro as opposed to building a kit bike.

$80 for its 8GB

It seems like people really aren’t reading the article.

How out of ideas are studios that they decided to make Alan Wake 2?

https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/cemh20/using_createdestroy_water_to_kill_someone/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/vqyu78/create_or_destroy_water_in_someones_lungs/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/cdtb5c/can_create_food_and_water_be_used_to_drown/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/ql764n/so_weve_all_heard_of_the_fill_their_lungs_with/

https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/tips-tactics/31598-flooding-somones-lungs

https://www.quora.com/Can-you-create-or-destroy-water-to-kill-someone-in-D-D

There are more. So many more. I just got tired of copying and pasting.

Even if we do a version where the NPC is coughing up gallons of water, that’s effectively a save or die spell. The NPC can’t cast, fight effectively or run away.

If you allow that usage then create water becomes one of the most powerful spells in the game.

The test I have is if my players would call BS on an NPC doing that to them.

Drowning a PC a turn using a cantrip? That’s BS and every player knows it.

Just eat them.

There is no trick that will make you think an apple is actually pie or make kale taste just like potato chips.

Try new stuff. Go to the Asian grocery store and buy random fruits and veggies you haven’t seen before and try them. Worst case you hate them, but you seem to be there already, best case you love them.

When people try to drown someone with create water they aren’t talking about creating water then drowning the person the old fashioned way, it’s “I cast create water in the lungs of that guy!”

Other popular “ideas” include - -Casting light on someone’s eyes so they go blind -Trying to target eardrums with shatter -Conflating charm person with dominate person -Attacking with mage hand -prestidigitation solves every problem and has no limits

It’s not that there is an arbitrary “number too low” problem, it’s that these spells explicitly state what they can do. Players sometimes feel “creativity” means they perform actions the spell doesn’t allow, and moreover are actually achieved by much more powerful spells.

I think the later DQs are enjoyable, but they feel stagnant.

It’s my problem with many games. Rarely does something new come along. This is likely a function of age alongside growing up when video games were new and completely different ideas and genres were formed. There is still innovation, but I feel JRPGs haven’t had anything new in a long time.

Could you articulate what you mean?

I’m just curious at this point.

I don’t remember dragon warrior 2 being that bad. Maybe it’s a ROM issue, maybe young me was more comfortable with a constant grind.

3 is special. It shows it’s age, but it’s very very good.

4 is a little more uneven, but I think it’s the first RPG to change your perspective/main character across the story. Also it has the best story of any JRPG I have ever played.

I hope one day you get the help that you need.

People routinely blame you for earthquakes?

Exactly how have I abused you? You keep claiming that, but all I’ve done is talk and notice that you have some views that aren’t very healthy or stand up to scrutiny.

a third of the U.S.

You believe that 1 in 3 people would support a racial genocide? Do you have any support for that?

Following that up you claim that everyone wants to kill you. Doesn’t that seem a little paranoid to you?

No one here is attacking you or threatening your life. No one. People aren’t insulting you, even though you are insulting everyone. Your world view is being questioned because it doesn’t seem healthy or rational. People aren’t saying “I think you are wrong” because they hate you and want you to “submit” but because you appear to be very unwell.

I know that my life improved when I changed my outlook, and I think you are clinging to unhealthy views because it makes it easier than trying to better yourself.

Could you give an example of something you are blamed for that you weren’t alive for?

It’s shocking how far you will go to avoid the idea that people aren’t out to get you.