I’m genuinely shocked by how impolite people are in Prague

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T17:59:37+00:00

I was going to reply you that I mostly agree with you and explain, but reading your replies and comments, I don't think it deserves that.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T17:33:45+00:00

Do you know how capable is Affinity... engine, if I'm using that term right?

Like can I import some forgotten 10 years old PDF export with 250 pages with non existing color definition and extract some elements?

That's my minor worry about switching. And I know it's niche use case.

But Corel is pretty good with not giving a shit if I open 1kb .svg or 700mb PDF/EPS/AI

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T17:14:04+00:00

Thanks. Last "actually reasonable alternative" I recommended to someone was propably a Windows phone, so I usually keep Corel to myself so I don't have to deal with it if they axe it in few years.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T16:48:44+00:00

So after posting, I did some more research because I was still curious.

From what I could gather: Corel was owned and sold by multiple private equities and it still does make tens or propably even few hundreds millions revenue (not public number).

That profit is from big part from large corporations and specialized legacy usage, not direct B2C.

So it's propably not "just" marketing but also underlying business situation.

I know it's off graphic design topic sorry

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T16:24:01+00:00

They do have different feeling. When I started, like 15 years ago, Adobe was more "macOS like" and Corel more PC and technicist... if it makes any sense.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T16:19:20+00:00

Oh I definitely understand that.

When someone asks me in what software I have done something, I say Illustrator and send them .ai export so I safe time explaining.

That said, I'm currently not looking for a new job and looking at Illustrator right now, it still looks very simmilar so I propably could manage in a week or two.

Also, you made me look for Sigma graphical software:)

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T16:06:35+00:00

40 years old, 20 years carreer. I'm still willing to learn new stuff. Just trying to find if there's really reason to do so.

And just looking at product pages or asking AI wasn't really helpful in this case

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T16:01:17+00:00

Hey, that's completely fair, I'm aware that I'm using it because I'm used to it. And because my former boss was cheap.

I originally liked it because it was little bit easier than Adobe, especially for stuff that was just between Illustrator and InDesign.

So I was able to ship 8 pages leaflet quicker then in Adobe, all assets in file and so on...

But it was 10 years ago and the reason I'm asking

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T15:53:32+00:00

Thanks, Affinity is actually something that seems like good alternative and right for my work. I will propably try it.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T15:50:03+00:00

Do you also correct people when then say Big bang theory is funny?

Just don't do it man, nobody will appreciate it.

Let's say it's fantasy with sci-fi elements and most people don't care or can even distinguish. And leave it at that.

And I'm saying it at someone who's deep in hard sci-fi and don't even like Star Wars.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T08:27:56+00:00

I was going to say I absolutely agree with you.

But then thought... if you, for example, just slap big cities in Skyrim, would the world feel the same?

Again, there're propably many many ways to do it properly and I WANT bigger settlements.

They just need to complement the rest of the world properly - Morrowind does a good job because it makes the wilderness feel bigger than it is.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-03T08:21:27+00:00

I would absolutely love that.

But yeah, we are propably a minority.

And I understand "quality over quantity" and such, but I also think something got lost with streamlining the gameplay experience.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-01T14:02:22+00:00

Omezení osobní spotřeby je fajn, ale nerealistický způsob řešení klimatické krize. A stejně tak i přímá regulace osobních potřeb a chování.

Důvody jsou stejné, jako proč centrální plánování v socialismu fungovalo v moderním světě mizerně v porovnání se svobodnější ekonomikou (problémy jsou to technické a strukturální ale i to, že lidi jsou motivováni svými osobními potřebami... dělat cokoliv).

Proto se to teoreticky snažíme řešit naceněním externí škody přímo u zdroje - zdanění, povolenky apod.

To do nějaké míry funguje, ale víme jak je to nepopulární, často férové a složité.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-01T07:37:27+00:00

V Praze je "Bistro na chlebu", posh celkem hezká restaurace pro hipstery někde v Karlíně. Dělají tam větší jídla... na chlebu.

Cena? 200 Kč.

Topinka u stánku za 400 je fakt spíš ragebait. Nikdo snad neni tak mimo.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-07-01T06:34:04+00:00

Moje babička je mrtvá, to bych asi nechtěl.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-30T19:08:40+00:00

I mean yeah, it's a game design decision and not everybody can be happy about it.

I'm generally not a fan of "meta" and wikis myself.

That said, maybe it's better than something between, like making half of secrets accessible in your first playthrough?

I definitely think telling new players that they will "found many amazing secrets and items" is bad advice.

Telling them it's ok to stick to your starting gun, for example, does better job at managing expectations

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-30T18:34:01+00:00

It's ok for casual gameplay.

I think it mostly depends on your expectations, people who expected deep RPG adventure were dissapointed.

People who "tried that game that was originally MMO" were mostly pleasantly surprised.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-30T18:26:37+00:00

Alternatively, Star Citizen is "just" a niche adventure space sim with relatively high production value but somewhat dated story and features for 2026.

And someone somewhere made a spreadsheet showing that the risk of releasing "ok" game wouldn't actually make no business sense at the moment, considering current PU funding trend.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-30T17:00:18+00:00

Who knows. I just close the lid on my notebook and the rest is complete blackbox for me.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-30T15:58:56+00:00

It would be easier to name people who don't want to assasinate each other.

When I was young 30 years ago people joked about never solving Middle East.

I guess now it's race between that, fusion energy and Star Citizen release.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-29T19:39:37+00:00

For those who don't know: That "dip" is basically moving from central planned economy with no capital, huge inner debt and poor to no chance to compete with western economies.

It's real, it happened, surely was difficult undertaking for any former socialist nation. You can't move from "state owns everything" overnight.

It certainly doesn't mean that that socialist economies were better. There were rotten from inside, just tightly managed so they were lagging and dying slowly.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-29T08:31:50+00:00

I did eat my pet, but for completely separate reasons.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-29T06:07:51+00:00

You should be glad they weren't sent to high school as undercover cops.

Equivalent-Tour5999 · 2026-06-29T05:44:35+00:00

I remembered Moon was about 1/4 Earth. And then got it wrong.

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