It was okay.
Didn't really like the ending(s). I think one of the lead guys was like "cyberpunk can't have happy endings", so I guess they never read Neuromancer.
Gameplay was so-so, but I fixed some egregious problems with a mod. People who thought it was going to be life changing were living in a dream land.
Played the games. Not interested.
A new story in the setting could be good
Retelling the game sounds bad. Conveniently, the reasons why are nicely outlined in the article.
My parents were strict in many ways, but the ones that bother me were the ones that didn't have a sound reason behind them.
Like, "You have to be in bed at this time so you can sleep enough to feel ok in the morning" was fine. So was "Do your homework first, then go play so you don't have to worry about it, and you don't get surprised by it taking longer and you run out of time".
But sometimes they'd be like "you can't play video games but you can watch TV ", and that felt weird. I think they were just more comfortable with tv because they knew it.
So I guess my questions are, do you explain your reasons and motivations?
Do you ever back down if your child makes a compelling argument?
Surely there's a couple people still working there.
Yes. And no one's going to do anything about it.
Most people are too lazy and thoughtless to stop using it .
The engineers that work there certainly aren't going to stage a coup.
And no one's going to just do violence to Musk.
Guild wars 2 is the only MMO that didn't bore or annoy me.
I bring my own reusable bag nearly every time I do grocery shopping. But I also live in NYC, which might as well be a different planet compared to most of the US. It's a five minute walk (on sidewalks! Big ones!) to the grocery store.
but I doubt it would change anyone’s vote.
The hypocrisy is annoying. A non Democrat has something mildly spicy and it's all pearl clutching and condemnations. A republican assaults a woman and it's "oh well she had it coming"
The right wing seems to have "in group" as the primary condition for judgement. Everything else is secondary. That is a horrible moral framework.
If we're doing quotes, this Sartre one is good:
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
Basically they often know they're being absurd, but they don't care. They use language for power and effect, not truth.
I switched to linux because windows 10 is going end-of-life, and I can't upgrade to windows 11 even if I wanted to.
It's been fine, other than some trouble getting mint to dual boot the first time.
Most of the time, people change their minds when they see the source as coming from their in-group. If your professor respected you, they're more likely to listen to you. If they see you as some damn hippy out-group, it doesn't matter how many facts or studies or testimonies you have.
It's kind of a fundamental problem with humanity.
My mom is also deeply paranoid and superstitious about the phone. I'll be like "why don't you delete this second weather app you don't like that's sending you all these notifications you ignore?" And she'll be like "NO YOU'LL BREAK SOMETHING IT HAS TO TO BE LIKE THIS"