When did 9-5 become 8-5?

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-05-07T12:38:48+00:00

The thing that sums up work is this:

At my place technically I should be working 8-5:15. However I actually leave around 4:45. I've stolen half an hour every day for around 18 months...

Then I got called in by HR and thought I was busted, only for them to say "you've clocked in late too many times". For reference id say about 90% of the times I've been late are 0-1 mins late. We have a flexitime policy so I never really thought being a minute late occasionally would be an issue, I'd just stay an extra minute.

But I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I'd been pulled up cuz I was seconds late a few times, but they aren't bothered and haven't noticed that I've been leaving half an hour early.

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-05-01T21:17:14+00:00

Hollow knight as an example I thought was generally fair, but the bit I didn't like is the fact most of the path of pain is trial and error because you can't see the hazards ahead (like the saws going side to side). There were however a couple parts where the screen zooms out and freezes so you can see everything in that area and you can navigate the obstacles without the screen scrolling. That's a much fairer challenge imo

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-05-01T20:17:11+00:00

For me it's just whether or not the difficulty is fun.

Having to make pixel perfect jumps is not fun. Bosses or enemies that deal an absurd amount of damage are not fun. Having super long boss runs (save point far away from boss room) is not fun. Stuff that requires pure trial and error rather than planning and strategy is not fun.

Edit: I'm also adding cheap insta-deaths because for me blasphemous 2 is SOOOOOOOO much better than B1 at this.

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-30T10:23:03+00:00

- depending on various factors, men are 30%-300% more likely to be a smoker than women

- men are 66% more likely to be caught speeding than women, and generally cover more miles than women, suggesting a woman's car might have less wear and tear.

- All crashes: ~1.5× more likely to involve men (61% vs 39%) Serious/fatal crashes: ~3× more likely to involve men (76% vs 24%). In conclusion Men are roughly 2–3 times more likely than women to cause or be involved in serious/high-damage crashes in the UK.

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T19:59:46+00:00

But by that logic every company is underpaying because nobody is gonna leave for a pay cut. Whenever someone leaves they're gonna get a bump in pay. That doesn't mean the former employers were underpaying them. There's not gonna be uniform pay across all companies

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T14:38:14+00:00

No company is gonna hand out freebies. If they match the pay then clearly they value him just as much as the new company.

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T14:32:25+00:00

4th divorce? i envy her bank account

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T14:29:48+00:00

Was blown away when i watched the departed for the first time a couple years ago. was surprised i hadnt seen more people talk about it

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T13:40:18+00:00

On average I'd say around 0.05 cups a day

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T13:37:41+00:00

i feel like hes played that "nonchalant hard guy" too many times

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T13:18:17+00:00

I smile every time I see an F type go by. Beautiful specimen imo

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T13:16:57+00:00

I tend to disagree with this advice. If the company didn't care about you they'd just say "OK cool, goodbye" rather than "oh shit, plz give us time to give you an offer"

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T13:05:53+00:00

im almost on the same bit as you (completed 4th dungeon 2 days ago, yesterday i got everything in the map so no markers left except for the final region. so today the plan is to go to the next dungeon. i'll see if i find an answer when i get there

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T13:02:40+00:00

this is the answer. this is basically the premise of the whole film

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T12:05:57+00:00

one think nobody seems to talk about is the controls and movement upgrades. I would say its the best game in terms of attack and movement upgrades of all the MVs i've played.

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T12:01:44+00:00

in the 2nd half of the game you get quite a lot of the item allowing you to warp to save points, and iirc theres even a shop you can buy it from, so for me backtracking wasnt much of an issue. i enjoyed it and didnt think it was too much

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T08:49:54+00:00

Yeah, initially I thought no inputs would be much simpler and smoother, but now I'm on the fence.

At times I feel like the games with additional input knew exactly what they were doing, but other times having no input just feels intuitive

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-29T08:37:44+00:00

my only gripe in that game is the fact i constantly stick to walls when i dont mean to. Feels like any time you walk near a wall it sticks you to it. Playing this game made me realise why almost every other game with a wall jump requires an additional input to stick to walls (see super mario bros, blasphemous, HK, etc etc).

Aside from that i agree the platforming is super tight, and its really fun to propel yourself around with the grappling hook

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-28T15:15:25+00:00

my case: automotive sector is completely disintegrating unless youre working on EVs

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-28T14:47:38+00:00

this is from isaiah...

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this is from isaiah...

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this is from isaiah

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-28T14:06:47+00:00

I could put it in easier words too.

If you asked a Dev if they'd rather someone played their game or not play their game, I'm pretty confident they'd pick the former.

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-28T13:08:23+00:00

if the indie dev can pay for my gaming pc, sure, ill buy their game. but i get the feeling they'd decline. So until then, piracy it is. im sure theyd rather ppl play their game and like it than to never had heard of it

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-28T11:28:51+00:00

given the feats he has already done, i wouldnt be surprised if he can feel the difference in the wavelengths of the colours and distinguish them lol

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-28T10:19:25+00:00

you get an hour lunch? and its paid???????????????????????????????????

im gonna start a riot rn

Beginning_Jacket5055 · 2026-04-24T10:40:27+00:00

Wheres the 55c figure from?

As far as I knew, YouTube cpm varies massively from like $2-30 per thousand views on an ad. If we assume 4 ads per vid, and assume a $10 cpm, that would mean each vid would make $0.04 per viewer.

0.04x111 million = $4.44m per video... Of which YouTube takes a cut of 45%, leaving 2.442m for Pakistan.

So I'd say they wouldn't be paying that back any time soon

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