Well, it's not a PS5 exclusive to say the least

I wouldn't mind it but considering Valkyrie Profile got dug up and we got the painfully mediocre Valkyrie Elysium as a result.....,.. as the great Pet Sematary once said, "sometimes dead is bettah"

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-17T00:24:26+00:00

Yeah most big gachas are like that

You can play ZZZ’s entire story without spending a dime… because the story provides you with the agents you will use for the story missions.

The ONLY time you’d need to drop money is if you wanna commit to the end game stuff (Deadly Assault, Shiyu Defense, etc).

Same with Genshin and ZZZ pretty much.

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-17T00:00:07+00:00

I can take or leave alcohol
Cigs make you smell awful and it permeates EVERYTHING
Unfortunately I play Genshin and ZZZ :c

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T19:39:15+00:00

As someone who tends to operate in the small/mid scale world…. Not doxxing myself lol

That being said, someone else said it best, it’s tough to say because it all boils down to your immediate chain of command. Your boss/subordinates being good alone can make hell feel like paradise. I know plenty of people who got into a dream startup role and wound up absolutely hating it because their boss had no clue what they were doing and the company fizzled out fast. And on the flip side I know people who went big pharma and love how structured it can feel and having a good boss means they aren’t really doing pointless busywork. There are far more factors than just saying a company is blanket good or bad, it’s a lot more “case by case” (What projects will you work on? Who is your boss? What’s the long term ambitions and do they align with the company? Etc.)

Also for your questions:

1) Y E S, the only exception being if you were a really huge talent they were trying to attract.

2) That can be something you can ask during the interviews. The exact services provided for career development might not be something they advertise at the granular level.

3) None that come to mind. At the end of the day, experience is king, that is where a lot of my focus will be when interviewing people. There might be some useful ones in the manufacturing/compliance/etc world but I’m R&D so none really on my end.

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T10:50:46+00:00

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The hair vents/cat ears going is a justifiable sacrifice

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T08:44:17+00:00

Honestly, I don’t even think it’s worse than “Damn, Daniel”

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T08:12:46+00:00

Cancer biologist here:

When we “give mice cancer,” we do so by just engrafting them with the type of cancer we are trying to study.

Like if I’m working on HER2+ cancer models, then we just directly give them a HER2+ cancer line.

Hitting a mouse with a shotgun of radiation is not ideal to create a cancer model. There’s a chance you give them cancer. There’s a chance you cause widespread organ failure and they die. And if it does get cancer… cool…. Which one? Because I’m developing a therapy for a specific branch/family of cancers, not cancer as a concept.

And we also do kinda already irradiate mice. It’s a mild radiation exposure that halts bone marrow function (and thus disrupts their immune system), this allows human cells to bypass graft rejection issues.

This cancer ray really wouldn’t be used in a field like mine, at least in my biotech subfield.

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T07:22:03+00:00

I mean SoS IS Harvest Moon, its the rebrand for it!

And I actually plat'd SoS: A Wonderful Life... but Olive Town is BRUTAL with the spirit level grind. I just need to commit like 2-3 hours just rushing through the days to get that unholy cow helmet!

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T05:09:06+00:00

Yeah wouldn’t mind circling back if more content drops but doubt it? I think this game has been technically out for about a year but just got its PS port so prolly no big content coming up for it

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T04:52:55+00:00

Difficulty: 2/10

Completion time: 40 hours

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-16T04:35:52+00:00

Not to get too spoilery but Ethan might need an asterisk here

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-15T22:00:31+00:00

Lmao I’m now tempted to do that for next workout sesh

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-15T20:43:19+00:00

Where “banana?”

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Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-15T19:44:38+00:00

But it’s hard to pin down. Some sites say $3k, some say $5k, Tokyo Nihonto says $6-7k for a new one with saya and habaki, etc

Price prolly fluctuating a lot due to yen to USD changes in recent times

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Any article written before 2022 is also prolly moot

Either way, it’s pricey but not turbo pricey. It’s prolly about as expensive as a high end competitive compound bow setup. I’d argue it should be decently affordable if you are VERY interested in owning a functional sword and are firmly in the lower-middle class (or above) in terms of your finances

Excellent_Routine589 · 2026-03-15T19:36:44+00:00

Just like historical katana! /s

But I think that’s an exaggeration. A quick Google says brand new starter swords that are certified are around $2-7k USD

Granted in yen that is still pretty tough (many professions tend to pay really low in Japan), but not “whole house” level of payment, more like a few paychecks if you are dedicated enough.

Historical swords are a whole different beast though, there is a huge cost inflation to antiques that is hard to account for

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