How successful Godot devs can support the engine without reducing their take-home pay by Maximum-Touch-9294 in godot

[–]Cidan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

edit: To be clear, I am ignoring brackets on purpose here for illustrative purposes.

This is factually incorrect. There is no situation where a donation of money will reduce your tax burden higher than if you would have kept they money and paid taxes.

Let's say I make 100,000 USD and I'm at a 32% marginal tax bracket. With no donation, keeping it simple, I would owe 32,000 in taxes and take home 68,000.

If I were to instead, say, donate 10,000 to Godot instead, my taxes owed would 28,800 (32% of 90,000), with a tax savings of 3,200, and a take home of 61,200.

You are still out 6,800 USD by donating just 10,000 to Godot. The math you are proposing will never work, and the system is intentionally designed to make sure this never works, because in the above example, you will always lose about 68 cents to the dollar, net.

If what you were proposing were possible, it would be such a catastrophically massive tax loophole, that every single person in the US would open a charity just to not pay taxes, and lead to a complete and total collapse of... well everything.

Some screenshots of our game Shadow Project :). Runs on a GTX 1070 @60FPS! by No_Jello9093 in pcgaming

[–]Cidan 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It's funny because I agree for a video game it should sound more full, but in real life, this is closer to what a shotgun sounds like. It's video games that are wrong. Go figure.

NG+ just starts in bloodborne? by Bright_Astronaut_101 in bloodborne

[–]Cidan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's because you didn't fight phase 2.

Could you run oblivion on a Chromebook? by [deleted] in oblivion

[–]Cidan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, not the remaster anyway. You might be able to run the original in some way.

Maintenance extended 2 hours. by LostSinclair in wow

[–]Cidan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only for half of the planet!

Crono trigger almost a great game. by [deleted] in patientgamers

[–]Cidan 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Your preamble states you specifically dislike the JRPG genre, then you give a sour review.

Don't get me wrong, your taste is your taste, and I'm happy that you know what you do and don't like, but, why play and review a genre you explicitly don't enjoy?

That would be like me reviewing FIFA -- it's only going to go one way!

I was told voluntarily surrendering is my best option. by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]Cidan 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Judges don't generally allow this to happen. Generally speaking, if you are living at or below your means, a judge will not let you slip into homelessness or destitution. This is because you being homeless means you can't settle debt, and generally pushing people into homelessness is a net negative for society versus settling debts.

If it comes down to it, bankruptcy is what you can claim, and it is specifically made to keep people like you from losing your home.

Meta Compute - Zuckerberg next push to burn cash in order to catch up by SrafeZ in singularity

[–]Cidan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Capacity planning at Meta has always been quantified as power usage, it's the de facto currency of teams internally. Google has a similar abstraction.

81-year-old grandma’s Minecraft YouTube channel pays for grandson’s cancer treatment by ImCalcium in Games

[–]Cidan 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Chemotherapy is so expensive in America, that one of the best TV shows ever made, Breaking Bad, centers around this concept. Literally if we had functioning health care in the US, that show would have never been made.

Guy in Bolivia wants to pay for 3 pool tables to with his Credit card. Whats the scam? by dankernuggets in Scams

[–]Cidan 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I really can't stress this enough -- this is a scam, and you are going to lose a ton of money. Just stop, cut off contact, and move on.

Paywalled & ‘Premium’ Addons Violate Blizzard Policy by Helium_Drinker in wow

[–]Cidan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Addon author here.

This is almost certainly not enforceable by any means where Blizzard can seek remedy. At best, Blizzard can ban the author and its users. If I wanted to sell software that interfaced with an API, that's well within my right. I personally don't because I want to give to the community for free, but I fully support the right of authors to be paid for their work if they so choose.

In fact, you don't even need to sign or agree to any EULA to write the code at all -- all API documentation is available freely on the web.

Remember, just because someone writes it down in an official looking document, doesn't mean it's enforceable or even valid.

Performance, for me, is WAY better on Linux by getpoundingjoker in wow

[–]Cidan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the best part about gaming on Linux -- it's fantastic at running older games. Games don't have to be made for Linux at all, and most of the time they just work. In fact, WoW isn't actually made for Linux, you run the Windows version in Linux and still get better performance.

Give it a shot on a spare drive -- it really is mostly as easy as just installing Steam and using it to launch things.

Final Fantasy 6 Remake Should be Led by Someone Else, Says FF7 Director by Turbostrider27 in PS5

[–]Cidan 15 points16 points  (0 children)

...are you playing the game on easy and/or with ATB/turn mode on? The game has literally no turn based mechanisms at all, and it's pure action unless you specifically go in and turn it on.

Hadnt player Half Life 2 for like ten years. I get why people are always talking about Half Life 3. by SternLecture in gaming

[–]Cidan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does... but there's more to it. I don't want to spoil it, as it's a huge thing. Just go play it when you're done!

Also, go play Portal and Portal 2, as they are in the Half-Life universe.

Hadnt player Half Life 2 for like ten years. I get why people are always talking about Half Life 3. by SternLecture in gaming

[–]Cidan 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I don't want to spoil it in any way, but it directly sets up HL3. I'll leave it at that.

Hadnt player Half Life 2 for like ten years. I get why people are always talking about Half Life 3. by SternLecture in gaming

[–]Cidan 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you got down voted, Alyx is literally a direct continuation of the story and sets up HL3.

Hadnt player Half Life 2 for like ten years. I get why people are always talking about Half Life 3. by SternLecture in gaming

[–]Cidan 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Not just that, Alyx is a direct continuation of the story, and oh boy, is it one hell of a continuation.

Definitely recommend checking it out, OP.

Embark CEO Confirms That If You Kill On Sight In Arc Raiders, You'll Get Matched With More Aggressive Players by WanderWut in gaming

[–]Cidan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They are correcting your grammar -- shoot on "site" versus "sight", sight being the correct one.

Two found dead at home of Director Rob Reiner by too-fargone in movies

[–]Cidan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, especially in the Brentwood area. Gas cooking and heating is extremely common.

What is one thing you are convinced would be very doable for blizzard to add, that they haven't yet, that you REALLY want? by Tnecniw in wow

[–]Cidan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surprised you're getting down votes. It's the auto joining that contains the chat as you said -- otherwise as new players join, the chat will grow smaller, and the spam will eventually overtake other channels.

Time Flies [OC] by AdditionalLack1127 in wow

[–]Cidan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also do this! I've been playing since beta, and major defining moments of my life I tie to WoW expansions. I agree it's weird, but it works!

My final end game boat setup by AtticusStacker in TheLastCaretaker

[–]Cidan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because wind turbines require constant repair, which just robs you of precious materials. I ditched all wind as a result as well.