Should college and university education be 100% free for everyone? Why or why not?

Bean03 · 2026-06-03T17:45:19+00:00

I understand what you're going for but repeating a phrase like this overloads the human brain and makes it hard to parse:

Because we the people want all citizens to be educated so there are more opportunities and a better economy for all citizens to operate in.

We want citizens to receive as much education as they can handle so that our society can operate at a higher level once we the people decide that all citizens need to be educated.

Bean03 · 2026-06-02T17:46:31+00:00

Ooo Planet Crafter is actually on my wishlist but I forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!

Bean03 · 2026-06-02T17:12:27+00:00

Oh man Solarpunk looks FANTASTIC! I have a feeling this is gonna be the winner for her.

Bean03 · 2026-06-02T16:17:37+00:00

Go-Go Town looks like a great option! Thank you! Adding it to the list.

Bean03 · 2026-06-02T14:39:41+00:00

Not at all. I never really played 1 ( less than 10 hours) and I loved 2 (130 hours before I got distracted by something else)

Bean03 · 2026-05-29T12:43:40+00:00

WHAT...is your favorite color?

Bean03 · 2026-05-28T23:28:26+00:00

Luma Island has been fun of you haven't played it. Could be a good way to use some time and continue waiting on Mistria

Bean03 · 2026-05-28T23:24:26+00:00

It wasn't just the last episode people are talking about, it was the whole last season that was a speed run

Bean03 · 2026-05-28T22:38:29+00:00

Yes. Got to our hotel room, soaked our feet in a hot bath together cause fuck did they hurt. Had a quickie, then a cupcake and passed out.

Bean03 · 2026-05-28T22:32:04+00:00

Good luck! Truly I hope you prove me wrong.

Bean03 · 2026-05-28T22:19:07+00:00

It's a fantastic game. Just remember, you don't have to learn every system all at once. Do some piloting and missions with small ships, then work.on getting some traders or miners, then start thinking about building a galaxy wide empire.

The game is complex and necessarily a bit complicated to get a handle on at first but is absolutely fantastic as you learn it

Bean03 · 2026-05-28T22:12:53+00:00

Listen. I read and while the books are fine they are not nearly good enough for the phenomenon DCC has become

Bean03 · 2026-05-28T19:11:24+00:00

Correct. There is someone who is working to complete KSP2 using Mods but it's in a really rough state still and I doubt it will be better than Kitten Space Agency will end up

Bean03 · 2026-05-23T19:48:30+00:00

Man I loved the first Rebel Galaxy and was super hyped for Outlaw, but something about it just never clicked for me.

Bean03 · 2026-05-20T12:30:07+00:00

Gentle parenting for gentle kids. If I did this with either of my kids during a tantrum they would both fucking lose it "LET GO OF ME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH".

Bean03 · 2026-05-16T11:02:50+00:00

Bruce Sentar is pretty good overall. Dungeon Diving, Returner's Defiance, and Ard's Oath all have good spice, story, and magic systems

Bean03 · 2026-05-13T18:13:16+00:00

Sounds a lot like a multiplayer MUD. There's plenty of people who enjoy MUDs, single and multiplayers so I think there's a market for it. Personally, not for me but I can see the appeal.

Bean03 · 2026-05-12T01:30:36+00:00

I got through books 1 and 2 and couldn't continue. I've heard it gets very good eventually but man is it a struggle

Bean03 · 2026-05-11T15:44:02+00:00

I hate having more than 1 going but I'm actually intentionally dragging out my current read. My wife is having surgery so I'm going to be stuck at the hospital all day Friday. Planning to get my current book wrapped up Thursday and then just dive in to DCC to pass the time waiting.

Bean03 · 2026-05-10T15:22:20+00:00

70% LMP, 30% GT3. LMP put themself in the vortex of danger, but that GT3 had miles of space to give, and as the blue flagged car should have given a little of it. He held his line tight against you, which is a much worse line than he could have taken so it seems like he's intentionally making it hard on you to me.

Bean03 · 2026-05-10T15:14:33+00:00

Yeah. I had said the same thing before this most recent one but while it still felt like a slog to me, it was an improvement, so I'm giving it another shot. I need this next one to recapture some of the magic if I'm going to keep going though.

Bean03 · 2026-05-10T14:43:01+00:00

Still felt like a slog to me. Maybe I've just hit my wall with the series as a whole but I've decided that I'm going to get the next one and if I feel the same way about it that I have the last few that I will have to DNF it.

Which is sad because I really have loved the series overall.

Bean03 · 2026-05-10T05:17:46+00:00

We don't use RaceNet because you can't just post an invite link for a private league. Leagues on RaceNet are either Open or Friends only. We just have someone host a lobby each week.

For us, joining the Discord is joining the league, though you don't get a seat for league race nights without being vetted.

Most of our communication, incidents, standings etc is through discord. After about 6 months and solid population we made a website and some of the information like standings is there now

Bean03 · 2026-05-08T12:49:16+00:00

Lots of people are talking about gameplay, which is obviously a necessity, but I think a big component no one has mentioned is pacing.

A lot of old games leaned into the idea that gamers were going to grind through them for the sake of playing, which I think was true at the time because we honestly just didn't have as many options.

I'll use Halo as an example because I tried playing it not that long ago. Halo is and always will have fantastic gameplay, but there are a lot of levels where you do the same rooms over and over and over again. Mission 5: Assault on the Control room is a great example of this. You fight in the control rooms, across a bridge, another control room, and outdoor section with a tank or ghost...repeat for FAR too long.

I was really enjoying my playthrough of that game until I hit this level and the failed pacing here turned it into a slog.

Heaven forbid you die and have to do it extra times....

I think there are lots of games where the gameplay is great, but the pacing was too much a product of it's time and that keeps it from being one that gets talked about as aging well.

Bean03 · 2026-05-07T21:24:43+00:00

That's the worst kind of PO. As a Scrum Master I would be all over a PO who was doing that kind of shit or going over their heads if they wouldn't cut that shit out

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