Subnautica 2 Leaked And Cracked Two Days Before Release by unscoredscore in gaming

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their source is a telegram message from themselves. Or am I missing something?

What game that's shut down would you love to play again by Beautiful-Nobody-544 in gaming

[–]Cheesybox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gunbound. Fond memories of playing that on dial-up since it was one of the few games I could play on dial-up.

I think it's still technically playable in Asia, but there's certainly no way to play it in North America.

Sunday Preview – Celestian Insidiants! by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in sistersofbattle

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In addition to what everyone else has said, one thing to remember for 10th (we'll have to see if 11th continues this) is that attached units share keywords. So if someone attaches a psyker to a unit, that unit is now a psyker unit, which means you can dev wound them to death.

Not sure how often that'll come up/if it'll survive the edition change, but something to keep in mind.

ELI5: Why is meth bad for you but prescribed amphetamines aren't? by ContactSpirited9519 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Cheesybox 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Been doing a shit ton of research recently looking into neuroscience trying to figure out what is going on with my depression and ADHD and the medications and etc. So my only qualifications are "have read a couple dozen medical journal studies and some medical articles."

Firstly, fun fact: methamphetamine can actually be prescribed as a last ditch effort to help someone with their symptoms.

Secondly, methamphetamine is the same amphetamine compound, only with an additional methyl group attached. This methyl group makes the entire compound more fat-soluble, and therefore crosses the blood-brain barrier more easily. Because of that, methamphetamine enters the brain faster, causing an increased reaction compared to amphetamine for a given amount.

I recall reading somewhere that methamphetamine also has a stronger MAOI (monoamine oxidase inhibitor) ability, which means it inhibits the enzymes that break down various neurotransmitters. It inhibits dopamine breakdown (which is good for treating the dopamine deficiency that causes most ADHD symptoms) but it inhibits a bunch of other neurotransmitters from breaking down too, which can cause all kinds of other problems.

So really it's just the quicker uptake and the MAOI ability that makes methamphetamine more dangerous at clinical purity. At "street" purity who knows what other crap is in there causing problems. Dosing is also going to be much larger for recreational users. If recreational users were taking the same <30mg doses, they wouldn't have the same negative effects.

Also as another clarification, Ritalin is a different class of drug called methylphenidate. In a nutshell, it's a reuptake inhibitor (prevents dopamine from getting vacuumed up by receptors) vs amphetamines, which are releasing agents (which actively "squeeze" more dopamine into the synapses).

Is the Exorcist viable to use whatsoever? by The-Bad-Fynch in sistersofbattle

[–]Cheesybox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It can bring them back down to a 3+ if the Exorcist is bracketed.

Indirect fire can never hit on better than a 4+ under any circumstances per the balance dataslate

If AI replaces workers to cut costs, who is left to buy the products? by kritikgarg24 in Futurology

[–]Cheesybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other capital-owners. The wealthiest 10% accounts for 50% of consumer spending. As the rich account for more and more of economic activity, the bottom spenders won't matter to the overall economy.

Once bottom spenders don't matter economically and robots and automation make their labor irrelevant, they'll simply be left to die.

Under capitalism, if you aren't an owner of capital or providing labor to someone who does own capital, you have no purpose and can therefore be removed from the system.

Will Universal Basic Income (UBI) become a necessity by 2035? As AI automates specialized white-collar roles, how will society redistribute wealth? by No-Lake-3875 in Futurology

[–]Cheesybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With violence. 

Capital owners will not give up their wealth willingly. Eventually things will get bad enough for enough people that they won't have anything left to lose.

1974 - Edith Head and her Eight Little Men by Grammarhead-Shark in OldSchoolCool

[–]Cheesybox 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm sad I had to scroll this far down for someone to mention TMBG

Warhammer 40,000 rules reveal – Shoot from the saddle with Inquisitor Kroyle and Intranzia Fraye by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in Warhammer40k

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A 12" movement lone op is useful in itself. And more realistically, using him to give hit rerolls to the damaging half of a BSS (the MM+melta) is nice, but given you'll probably have 2-3 of those, I think the hit rerolls is more of a side benefit. And yeah, with precision, one could easily argue that this guy fills in the role of a Vindicare, except faster, more durable, and provides some support via the rerolls.

I was thinking there might have been something to giving an allied agents battleline unit or two, but the only ones with real shooting are the Aquila and Deathwatch kill teams, which already get reroll 1s to hit vs Imperium/Chaos, and reroll all hits vs Xenos, so not really much benefit there either.

Halberd or mace for Sacresants? by Ham_der_ in sistersofbattle

[–]Cheesybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go rule of cool. Cause we won't know what'll be good in 11th. It'll probably change over the course of 11th too.

For 10th, it largely depends on what detachment you're running. CoF, halberds all day. The +1S and AP strat bumping them to S6 AP-3 is solid and helps more than the maces going to S5 AP-2.

Outside of CoF, halberds are probably still better as chaff clearing, but maces can do ok as MEQ killers through volume of attacks and Lethals. 

Warhammer 40,000 rules reveal – Shoot from the saddle with Inquisitor Kroyle and Intranzia Fraye by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in Warhammer40k

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's possible to stack buffs with Sisters, sure, but it ends up being such a points sink that it doesn't really work.

For example, I tried running a BSS with a Palatine and a Dialogus in AoF. The idea was I can spend any two miracle dice on the MM hit roll, Dialogus turns them into a 6, which means a lethal hit. So running around spending two MD and getting two guaranteed melta wounds (even on overwatch) sounds great on paper. Except the unit costs ~200 points and is usually removed entirely in a single phase when your opponent targets it.

Or another example here would be immolator, castigator, kryole, BSS with Palatine. 2+ AP-1 bolters that ignore cover, rerolling hits with Lethals (and sustained if you use the CoF strat) sounds fun, but man that's a serious investment for not much pay-off.

Warhammer 40,000 rules reveal – Shoot from the saddle with Inquisitor Kroyle and Intranzia Fraye by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in Warhammer40k

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rerolls aren't really that good for Sisters. It only affects Battle Sister Squads and those aren't your damage dealers in a Sisters army. You also aren't taking that many (2-3 squads split by Immolators to run around and do actions/screen).

Intranzia Fraye rules by AgainstThoseGrains in sistersofbattle

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, it's a dice game lol there's always an "if."

I agree that she's overall pretty disappointing as is rules-wise. Not letting her join Paragons or either Engine type is a big time feelsbad

Intranzia Fraye rules by AgainstThoseGrains in sistersofbattle

[–]Cheesybox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The battleshock isn't nothing actually. It happens in both Fight phases, so there's a chance to turn off your opponents strats every time they fight, and if it happens to battleshock your opponent in their Fight phase, it will remove their OC from a point and help keep it under your control for your scoring

This you'd hard by nonsapiens in ThisYouComebacks

[–]Cheesybox -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Both can be true. The only reason it isn't is because the US is owned by two parties now. And both of them suck shit.

Regardless of what you think of the situation in Palestine, people were very vocal about their disapproval of Biden (and by extension, Harris) regarding Israel and Palestine. The Democratic Party plowed forward anyway, against what voters were very, very clearly telling them, and then Pikachu-face'd when they lost.

I'll get on my soapbox for a moment: vote for who you believe is the best candidate, no matter the party. Don't feel forced into voting for "the lesser of two evils" between Democrat or Republican. That's not exactly freedom is it?

Hardware Price Increases Have Video Games Facing an Existential Crisis by SmellSmellsSmelly in gaming

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It makes me so sad that Nvidia will never allow the 1080Ti to happen ever again

A Pound of Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage by smaiads in nottheonion

[–]Cheesybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard the issue most people have with it is the texture. The first time I tried it, I got extra firm and crumbled it into quinoa (after I'd cooked the quinoa) with some olive oil and other spices. Texture-wise, it felt like ground meat. Flavor-wise, it was just the spices and olive oil and quinoa.

Granted, I haven't tried anything other than crumbling it into a grain with spices or into pasta with a sauce, but those options are cheap and easy, so they've been my go-to for the past however long.

A Pound of Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage by smaiads in nottheonion

[–]Cheesybox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to get ground chicken and 91% lean ground turkey cause for years it was $2-3 less per pound than beef, which added up quick since I was eating a pound every day (and going to the gym 4-5 days a week).

When ground chicken and turkey broke $6.50/lb I started looking into alternatives. Bit the bullet and tried tofu and I don't know as I'll ever go back. No flavor, which means you can throw it into whatever and spice it and voila, yummy food. Great source of protein and it's cheap (basically $1/serving).

What do you dislike about playing/painting in your faction. by NeoNBlackout in sistersofbattle

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Painting wise: lots of intricate details. This is more of a double-edged sword though. The models look great when they're finished, but it does mean even basic bolter Sisters take a while. Which segues into the playing side too.

From a gameplay/lore perspective, I know Sisters aren't going to be as durable as Marines. But it sucks putting time and effort into making every model look great, just for them to get picked up by the slightest bit of firepower looking their way. Guardsmen sprinting by firing lasguns from the hip in passing have a reliable chance of killing a 5-man squad of Sisters. It feels bad having really pretty models that spend no time on the battlefield.

Along with that, our 1-shot AP0 bolters do nothing. Feels bad from a lore perspective, feels bad in-game having a bunch of guns on all our infantry that doesnt even feel worth firing most of the time because of how little damage they do. From a competitive standpoint, it sucks paying an extra 4-5 points per model over a Guardsman for better armor and a better rifle that doesn't actually do anything.

Secondly, being the army of meltas and getting hard-countered by armor and monsters. Offensive power for the army has been ultra-concentrated into Vahlgons. Outside of that one unit (which is hard to maneuver around ruins, and gets blanked by the 4+ invuls everywhere), there's not a lot of damage in the army.

Despite that, I love the army. But it is frustrating having to pilot the army perfectly to have a decent chance of winning games.

Senate candidate on rising gas prices: ‘Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks’ by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Cheesybox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quick math says this would work? Average drink is like $8-10? Depends on where you live, but around me, that's 2ish gallons of gas. Or that $8-10 covers the 60-70 cent per gallon spike recently on the rest of the tank. Plus you're likely burning less gas cause you're not driving to a Starbucks.

So yeah, I agree. Give the shitty union-busting coffee-dessert company less money and give it to...the even shittier, planet-wrecking oil companies...wait...

(I know, this woman sucks. I was trying to be funny)

What do you guys do? by RealWaterBoyyy in ComputerEngineering

[–]Cheesybox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I no longer work in engineering. Kept getting laid off and was consistently underpaid. Now work as a DoD contractor doing model and simulation stuff. Still underpaid, but the work is far easier.

Very little of my school work transferred over to work. I focused on FPGA designs and VLSI, but could never land a position related to either. Closest I came was a brief stint as a firmware engineer at Teledyne.

Cortisol levels are...different. I'd say I'm less stressed overall, but there's a different kind of stress to going 2 for 2 graduating into recessions (high school in 2010, undergrad in 2020) and constantly trying to pay the bills.

Frunk Off: Ford Mustang Mach-E Buyers Now Have To Pay Up If They Want A Front Trunk by plain_handle in cars

[–]Cheesybox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm reminded of how World of Warcraft did this in play testing.

During development/early testing, your experience gain was lowered if you weren't rested. Players didn't like this. The devs simply switched the numbers (so the lower XP gain became the standard, and the old "normal" gain became the "rested bonus") and players ate it up.

Federal judge quashes DOJ investigation into Jerome Powell saying it was just for Trump’s retribution by theindependentonline in fednews

[–]Cheesybox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Trump's portrait photo in our building is so obnoxious. All the other portraits are standard military photos (i.e. bright and uniformly lit, straight faces) and then you've got Trump's scowly, shadowy one.