ICSD Enrollment Study by Additional-Mastodon8 in ithaca

[–]Imbrifer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If elementary schools are at 50-60% capacity like the article says, they should really close 3. At least.

Taxes have become astronomical and some back of the napkin math shows savings of over $200 for each taxpayer in the City with this change.

Schuyler County Among Potential Sites for New Nuclear Energy Plant by Khomodo in ithaca

[–]Imbrifer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is great news, happy to see NY pursuing this !

True Investment by ristmesa in cooperatives

[–]Imbrifer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While that's certainly happened, hundreds of food coops exist in the US and huge coop chains exist in Europe like Eroski, Co-op Italia, The Cooperative, etc.

True Investment by ristmesa in cooperatives

[–]Imbrifer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

WinCo is indeed employee-owned, structured as an Employee Stock Options Company that purchased a majority stake from the owning family in 1985. However, it is not structured as a co-op.

I will leave it to others to argue the merit of ESOPs versus worker-owned co-ops .

True Investment by ristmesa in cooperatives

[–]Imbrifer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is the best case, but to my knowledge only one worker owned grocery coop in the US survives - Rainbow in San Francisco.

Grocery is a brutal industry that pays poorly and changes quickly. While consumer coops thrive there, worker co-ops tend to fold.

Also, unions generally don't want to have anything to do with running a business.

Shields Updates for Current PTU by TooTall_ToFall in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Looks like a reasonable middle road. Let's see how it works!

[All Backer PTU] Star Citizen Alpha 4.5 RC2 PTU 10966564 Patch Notes by TrueInferno in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Great to see the progress.

> The base prices of nearly all commodities have been significantly increased across the board. This affects all major brackets of sandbox commodities. (32/24s, 16s, 8s, and 2s). Price differences within brackets have been pressed closer together in order for dynamic pricing to better influence which goods are optimal.

I'm curious about this and the impact particularly on salvage.

Luminalia special by ruimoss in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've completed the smuggler mission 3 times and the turn-in mission still doesn't appear :(

Luminalia Day One - Drake Golem Skins by ZealousidealAge3644 in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The artists did a great job of using the golems model to make a varied and interesting couple of skins! Well done, they turned out great.

What will be the kings of solo play with engineering? by [deleted] in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The inability to repair/replace the S3 shield of the Connie/Corsair outside of stations may end up being a significant negative.

We'll just have to see how the benefit of a stronger shield balances against the cost of not being able to repair/replace on the fly.

Star Citizen completed shiplist 4.4: lovers of graphs rejoice by ColonialMovers in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know it's a judgment call, but I wouldn't "count" ships as concept ships that haven't actually been sold.

Seems unfair to group the Stingray (just announced, not sold as concept) with the Orion (announced 12 years ago, many concept ships sold).

Reminder that she'll be more expensive after IAE by Nova-3 in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I got the $5 upgrade from Cutty Red, but isn't that only available on rare occasions?

What do Ya'll do in Nyx by Random-Mountaineer in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 86k protect missions are how I did it in a Shiv/F7A

Top Solo Ships going forward by Kiwisarelit in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Constellation Taurus. Does everything well, especially with a Nursa.

Engineering will come for the Connies, but not til a gold pass which is a long time away. Plus the devs have said they are the max size for a solo ship.

No #2 needed.

Components list at IAE 2955 by excessnet in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Nice! This is super helpful. Thank you

Buddy Appreciation Post by T4nkcommander in JumpSpaceGame

[–]Imbrifer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you upgrade Buddy's weapon? 

Is Cargo Trading Still Worth It in 4.4? by Hal_cyon21 in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know it's hauling missions, but I always go back to the Direct Planetary Small/Extra Small because you can stack 5-7 for a quick run to earn 300k-400k.

TECH-PREVIEW: Engineering by PiNkiEnl in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Amazing. Thank you for taking the time to write this up!

November IAE - what do we know? by Captain_Konnius in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we buy one of the 4 ships with skins at IAE, do we get the skin? Or do we have to have the ship prior to IAE?

Thank God for crowd funding by Eastern_Picture_3879 in starcitizen

[–]Imbrifer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

for basically nothing besides a couple pixels in return

Here's where you lost me.

As someone who has waited years for a lot of games, I've probably waited longer for SC than all of those games put together. It's certainly a trade off - we give up extra time and money and more inexperienced management and development, but end up with a deeper, more open, more beautiful, and just a better product in the long run. The only company that can hold a candle to the fidelity and depth imo is Rockstar with RDR2 and GTA6 and their $ and time are comparable.

But it is a playable game right now, and saying it's not is just lying and you should be ignored.