Oh boy, based on your list there you might be me. Have you played Kenshi or Star Sector by any chance? If not, I would like to recommend both.
… Right, the topic… Yeah, I agree, less crunch = good, more time to play all these fantastic games = good!
Given the demographics, are we sure they’re stupid? Couldn’t it just be advanced lead poisoning?
Yes, you are perfectly justified in feeling betrayed. The question now is what you want to do with that information. Can you be with someone you know for a fact that you can’t trust?
If you really, actually don’t give a shit, you can bounce. Work out a way to split assets with your partner and go do whatever you want with your life. Your family will probably hate you for leaving, your blood relatives and/or friends might lose respect for you, getting another job might be hard, but you’d be free and none of that would matter.
Unless you actually do give a shit, but just need something to change? Are you sure that giving up what you’ve got would be the change you need? What is it you want?
No, the fuel is paid for because the flight is paid for. The plane is still going to its final destination, it’s just going to use less fuel because there’s one fewer passenger. I’d argue as well that skiplaggers don’t check bags, so the fuel savings are even greater since that’s one less bag than planned on both flights.
Over time, those fuel savings do add up. Airlines do care about that, or checking bags wouldn’t be an optional extra charge with so many of them. It’s just not as optimal as having someone pay the full price for a ticket to destination 1, and full price for destination 2.
Frankly, I feel that airlines can shut up. Overbooking flights is the same practice in reverse - they deoptimise passenger travel plans by bumping people when everyone who booked a seat shows up.
Yep, I travel very light anyway and I don’t trust the baggage handlers and TSA not to lose or outright take my shit. I can fit toiletries, a few days’ clothes, my laptop, and any chargers in my backpack. If you treat air travel as a particularly inconvenient bus line, it goes a bit smoother in my experience.
These look great, cheers!
I stopped playing GTA5 years ago because I didn’t want to get hacked by some script kiddie. It took them until FEBRUARY THIS YEAR to fix the honest to god security holes in their game server.
So maybe they’ll have orbital cannon fixed by 2030.
I think it’s pretty normal to be against anyone who wants to violently overthrow my government.
Seeing a reasonable argument made for the point, and then doubling down on what you think, rather than taking it on board?
You sure do sound like your little brother, yeah.
Let’s just say I’ve lived in three of the four corners, and one of those was in the southern hemisphere 😊 I’m glad you haven’t had the same experience as me though, because my experience has involved getting stung a lot.
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I agree! Together, they’re a very entertaining team. I’d like to clarify though, what I mean by “Linus can take responsibility for his own mouth” is not that he has to abandon the spicy takes, but that he needs to listen more closely to what he says and correct himself if he’s being unreasonable. I don’t think it’s fair to rely on other people to do it for him.
That said, this does seem like one of the things they are addressing; per the video, Linus said that future crisis communication will be handled through the other executives, which strikes me as a simple and effective solution. The main problem for most people I think is letting their emotions cloud their thinking in situations like this; I’m the same way! And, lucky enough to have a few people who talk me through and keep me level. Maybe for the WAN show he and Luke can have a safe word, and Linus can simmer down if he hears it 😂
I kinda covered it in this comment about the latest video response: https://lemmy.world/comment/2474701
But the gist of it is that the video was a much more considered response to the situation (closer to what I expected out of them from the get), and now we will wait and see to see if they make good on it. We don’t have to “trust them, bro”; people are watching, and we will hold them to account if they don’t follow through. All that means for me is that I simply don’t watch this kind of content if I can’t trust it. What drew me to LTT in the first place was the genuinely useful information coupled with high entertainment value; if they can get that balance back, and stick to the guidelines they say they’ll publish, then I see no reason not to accept that they’re doing the right thing with regard to their testing and the accuracy of their reporting.
Same goes for their response to Madison’s statements, and their “crunch culture” in general. I agree that Madison is just one voice of many, but that doesn’t mean she’s the only one either. What I hope is that it never happens again, but if it does I hope the support for Madison this time will encourage anyone else to speak out about such issues.
TL;DR, Indeed, don’t take them at their word that they’ll do better. Watch, and see if they do.
String Theory has been folded into (no pun intended) Quantum Field Theory, which fixes some of what the original theory got wrong. Have you seen any videos from PBS Space Time, on YouTube? If not, I’d highly recommend the following videos on the subject (probably in this order):
I sure do love the implications of our universe consisting of interactions between excitations in a bunch of fields, the rays of which carry energy much like a plucked string. If that’s right, it could be rendered as audio; we would be listening to the music of the universe. It might not be good, but it would be beautiful! 😂
Patently untrue. Source: I always mind my business and wasps go out of their way to fuck with me. Also they murder bees, and I like bees. Fuck wasps, and fuck the world for making them an integral part of the ecosystem.
Matter is energy, and energy is a wave. The universe is analogue, it doesn’t have “pixels” - it’s all points along the wave.
I have to ask: why should they have been hyper serial through the whole video? Would you believe them more, or something?
I think they addressed many of the points that were raised and laid out plans to fix them, which I hold in much higher regard than an emotional apology alone. I don’t believe or disbelieve what they’ve said - I will wait to see if they actually do better. My impression of Linus is that he’s a self-assured hothead, but that doesn’t mean he’s a bad dude and I do think he’s demonstrated a desire to do the right thing in the 10+ years I’ve been watching his content. I can’t say if he’s a good dude, but good people can and do make mistakes like he has and I think people in general deserve more grace than we’ve been collectively willing to give out.
That said there were parts that rubbed me the wrong way, like Linus characteristing Colton’s apology to Billet as an “attempt” at an apology. Pretty sure it would have been heartfelt, but then I’m also pretty sure that Linus would be pretty mad at Colton and team for dropping the ball with the prototype. Still, it was a bit jarring given the general tone of the video, and it’s yet another point in favour of “wait and see”.
I am also waiting to see how their response on Madison’s statements plays out. If nobody else at the company experiences what she did, I’ll call it a win.
All up I don’t think sacrificing their entire schtick would have made them any more credible here, but perhaps there’s nuance I’m missing. Oh, and one more thing if anyone feels like yelling at me: please remember I’m not defending anyone; I’m coming at this from a place of remembering my own mistakes, and how I’d feel about being vilified for them. I always try to treat others as I’d want to be treated, and this is no different.
If you’re being honest, perhaps you could share some of your reasons for saying so with the class? The request itself sounds pretty reasonable, and the tone is polite.
What’s your jank tolerance like? If “moderate to high”, Mount & Blade or Outward might scratch the itch for you. If you’re up for post apocalyptic ronin shenanigans with more of a strategy feel, Kenshi might be enjoyable. Technically, Noita is an open-world fantasy game. It’s really hard (I’m really bad), but I love it nonetheless.
Going more mainstream there’s shedloads of mods for classics like Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim to update graphics, mechanics, or just new content. Witcher 3 is still really good, too.