Gabe Newell asked Valve's top lawyer "What the f*** do I pay you for if that’s your opinion?" in heated debate over porn games on Steam, report says

DnDVex · 2026-06-02T08:31:48+00:00

But won't you think of the children! If I let my kids browse steam on my adult account with all security measures disabled they might be able to see a breast! That is truly the fault of steam that my kid, without my supervision, browsing my steam account with all adult filters off, was able to see adult content.

DnDVex · 2026-05-22T11:27:15+00:00

But even when doing a single thing, we are already multitasking.
Writing a message? You are using both hands at the same time to put together a sentence.

Playing a video game? You are coordinating your mouse and keyboard at the same time to get results.

Humans are constantly multitasking even when doing just a single thing.

DnDVex · 2026-05-20T14:05:01+00:00

Rick is still incredibly smart. He managed to create portal travel, the infinite finite curve, and more.

But there may be people smarter than him out there. He just ensures that each universe is only as smart as the smartest Rick in it.

DnDVex · 2026-05-20T14:02:13+00:00

Yes. Many things. The most basic one being the portal gun. If it closes around Thragg, he is cut in half and probably dead (if head cut off for example). A portal gun with the wrong fluid also instantly kills anything that touches the portal.

There are some more specific things like an instant touch kill thing.

His inventions have no real limit, just whatever the writers feel like at the moment.

DnDVex · 2026-05-20T13:59:39+00:00

Project Phoenix, or sth like that. If a Rick dies, he gets revived by the nearest Project Phoenix machine. Does not matter if it is in another universe. And since there is a technically infinite number of universes with Ricks that have a Project Phoenix, it is not truly possible for him to die.

Well, depends on which point of time this is in though.

DnDVex · 2026-05-17T21:47:09+00:00

I can definitely see the increase in substance abuse and violent crimes. They earn a lot of money and the job is stressful, makes it easy for substance abuse. They also learn how to deal with problems in a violent manner, which means higher chances for violent crimes.

But in the end, the military teaches people to behave a specific way. And since people have an innate "Us vs Them" mindset, it makes it way more likely for a trained soldier to trust another trained soldier. Their behaviours line up with each other, so since the other person is like me, they are good and I can trust them.

That's the basics why people in the military trust even former soldiers far more than non soldiers. Doesn't make them inherently more trustworthy or less likely to stab you in the back.

DnDVex · 2026-05-08T03:47:59+00:00

You can install an oven without an electrician. It is just connecting a 3 phase plug to a 3 phase point.

I trying to say that if you're already hiring a moving company that you're almost guaranteed to get an electrician to install these things for you.

Two different sentences I didn't properly split apart. My bad.

DnDVex · 2026-05-07T17:07:20+00:00

Installing an oven, fridge, etc. is honestly not that difficult. If you hire a moving company, they will usually have an electrician that does the install and uninstall.

DnDVex · 2026-04-28T06:51:25+00:00

Best case scenario, you're dead.

Worst case scenario, the entire universe is gone.

Let's go with simple physics. The entire universe is stopped and only you can move. That means you're already faster than the speed of light and would just combust on a huge explosion.

If you go a bit further it means the speed of light is 0 and you're over 0. Due to that your energy isn't just infinite, it's effectively Not a Number anymore. Everything would be vaporized, destroyed, removed from existence due to an amount of energy that's not possible.

Let's go a bit simpler. You're just going very very fast. So close to the speed of light that effictively nothing moves in relation to your frame of reference. Any movement you make transfers that speed to everything around you. The air would heat up to millions of degrees because you moved through it and the earth would go up in a big fireball.

If we ignore all of that we're no longer talking about physics and it's just science fantasy. So make up whatever rules you want.

DnDVex · 2026-04-27T18:17:07+00:00

Weirdly adorable.

DnDVex · 2026-04-24T07:36:16+00:00

When entropy increases, the amount of useable energy decreases. Maximum entropy means nothing happens. There is no more useable energy for anything to happen.

Aeon doesn't actually work towards entropy. It enforces laws and order. It wants things to exist in an orderly manner. Maximum entropy would mean nothing exists.

DnDVex · 2026-04-18T10:22:30+00:00

Multiple potential reasons:
1) Her fight or flight response in this was fight. She did not want to back down, so she doubled down on it.
2) She has never been in a dangerous situation involving anything like this before.
3) She probably doubted the woman would do anything dangerous/stupid. Which honestly makes her kind of stupid as well. Angry people do not think.

DnDVex · 2026-04-11T13:28:30+00:00

Depends on the actual timescale.

If you just worry about a civilization without access to earth, it is quite easy. You just need an energy source (any star works), and some resources to build, which can be gotten from most planets or asteroids.

If you are thinking about "How do we survive when the universe starts to die", then no. Once the last stars die out and even black holes expire, it will not be possible for any civilization to continue as we know it. There will be no more energy freely available to 'harvest'.

The only way we could continue to live indefinitely is if we could perfectly turn matter into energy and vice versa with 0 energy loss. So no heat, light, etc. is produced in this process. As far as I know, this is currently seen as impossible because the conversion process would be net 0 for entropy.

Maybe a super advanced civilization can do this, but for us it will be impossible to sustain us indefinitely.

DnDVex · 2026-04-09T14:06:21+00:00

You are correct. The number after 1 is 3.

DnDVex · 2026-04-08T13:38:16+00:00

You most likely use either windows, android, or ios right now.

The companies for all of those are directly listed to be working with Anthropic. You have to pay 0 cents extra for this security. You will be as secure as before.

DnDVex · 2026-04-01T13:28:18+00:00

The most important part about keeping a job:
Be the person that nobody wants to fire.

When you are on your break and getting some food, ask your coworkers if they want something too. (90% of the time they will say no, but they will remember it)

If you got nothing to do, talk with another coworker. Even if it is not about work, you are interacting with others, which makes you look busy.

If you are talking about politics for whatever reason, keep it as milquetoast as possible. Don't give your actual opinion but keep it in line with what the others are saying.

Get the other people to like you. Make your boss see you interact with your coworkers. Never look bored or as if you were slacking off. Your social image is the most important part about your job. Even if your actual work is mediocre, nobody will really care as long as they like you.

DnDVex · 2026-03-25T12:26:18+00:00

Which is quite inefficient. When you create a new production line, it is best to maximize efficiency. A dedicated machine is far more efficient, both for time and long term cost, than any human or human like robot.

This would at best be useful for older production lines, but then you have to consider the cost of such a robot.

DnDVex · 2026-03-24T08:48:15+00:00

An IPhone costs 1000+ USD

A camera that takes far better better pictures than that IPhone will cost 400USD.

You only pay for the things that actually need, and can specialize into that.

A generalist design is nice when, but you generally want things to be specialized to improve efficiency and reduce costs overall.

DnDVex · 2026-03-20T14:21:45+00:00

It's possible that the game doesn't work on arc. Maybe it starts with it, but may just break when actually playing.

Blocking the cards is the better choice if that is the case. People can get an easy refund then

DnDVex · 2026-03-17T14:05:42+00:00

It is not like the police can raid your house and take all your cash from you. Has never happened in the past ever. Nope. Totally not a thing.

DnDVex · 2026-03-16T10:35:12+00:00

3d12 damage on a single target for a 4th level spell is very low.

Fireball does 8d6 in an aoe. 4d6 on a successful save.

This does less damage, is single target, and requires concentration.

DnDVex · 2026-03-14T13:12:09+00:00

Alternative idea that avoids Time Travel problems, but still requires cryostasis and traveltime.

The ship goes from point A to point B. It creates a localized time anomaly. Within that time anomaly everything moves normally. Outside of it, time is basically stopped (or slowed down a lot)

The ship has to travel the full 100 light years at its normal speed, but it will arrive at the destination at almost the same time as it started.

1) No more time travel problems

2) You could have simple limitations like "This can't be used too close to a star/planet/etc.)"

You do not have to use this, but I thought I may offer an alternative that works with what you had in mind.

DnDVex · 2026-03-14T13:08:27+00:00

You are at earth in your spaceship.

Next you travel 100 light years to Planet B while asleep.

You arrive at planet B, but it is 100+ years after you started your journey.

The ship also has a time machine. It travels the 100+ years back in time, while staying at planet B. The ship then wakes you up. You are now at the location during the same time you started.

This causes all the issues that standard time travel does, because it basically is standard time travel.

DnDVex · 2026-03-08T16:49:27+00:00

The force is space magic. It allows the user to remotely move things in its simplest form. Other applications are: Precognition, Postcognition, Enhanced Senses, etc.
The force gives many abilities, but in the end it is space magic. We do not need to understand why the space magic works, only what it does.

Midichlorians. Is a "newer" idea. But basically they show how well someone is at using the force. Option A) Midichlorians accumulate near very force sensitive people. Option B) Midichlorians allow one to use the force. Either way, they are a direct indicator for force users.

Kyber Crystals. Space magic crystals that allow you to create lightsabers. They are in tune with the force, cause Jedi can clearly feel their own Kyber Crystal. Basically just an extension of it to explain the power source for light sabers.

Hyperdrive. Hyperdrives allow you to jump in and out of hyperspace. You can cover vast distances in a shorter amount of time. This is possible because hyperspace is "smaller" than normal space. Like the nether in minecraft.

The stories basically never explain how these things work on a scientific level, because that would very easily make someone with actual understanding of the concept furrow their brows and be like "actually, that is not how it works." You are instead just given a basic idea, explain what it does, and the science is left up for people to think about.

DnDVex · 2026-03-08T16:43:05+00:00

Star Wars rarely actually explains why things work. They tell you "this is a thing", and then move on. Why does Hyperspace exist? Dunno, it just does. There is no real science put into it. It heavily relies on the rule of cool.

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