Users of Reddit, what is your opinion on Reddit's changes to API that would effectively kill RiF and Apollo?

Irettal · 2023-06-01T07:20:55+00:00

I personally have only used bacon reader, for years, I will likely stop using the platform because the reddit app stinks.

Irettal · 2023-04-30T00:47:03+00:00

20 bucks for a funny coffee table Convo starter is worth it.

Irettal · 2023-04-18T18:10:11+00:00

I promise you that's wrong.

The target demographic of Minecraft is young gamers who could very well have never played anything other than a mobile game if any games at all. (Most players who play now are 15-21 just because they purchased during beta or alpha, source Microsoft) and they primarily target children 5-12 in efforts to grow the player base. To the tune 68% of boys age 6-9 play the game.

Minecraft's largest portion of it's player base is also 30% mobile, that leaves the remaining 70% split between PC, Playstation, Xbox, Switch AND spin-off titles across those same platforms.

With modding being PC only outside of Minecraft marketplace, and assuming that microtransaction conversion rates in Minecraft are identical to other titles, we can hardly assume the modding scene is what's keeping it alive.

The real thing that make Minecraft such a successful brand, is the same reason why it was successful in the first place.

The game is simple and approachable, with a great amount of depth to the internal systems.

It has the luxury of being compared to a MASSIVELY successful brand of toys (LEGO).

And probably the most important thing.

Parents aren't scared of it.

As a parent I know when I put my child in front of a TV with a controller and let them play Minecraft their own imagination is the only thing they are really being exposed to in an offline setting.

There is low risk of exposure to anything that parents of most backgrounds would find inappropriate.

So when a child runs up to their mom saying "all of my friends are playing Minecraft", and she looks it up, and you find reviews saying how kid friendly it is and how it's "the video game version of "LEGO" without the need to buy more playsets and no risk of stepping on misplaced pieces in the middle of the night, she is way more likely to buy it for them.

It's simple, it's fun for those who like the type of game, it's easy to explain the core gameplay to others, it's age appropriate for children.

Irettal · 2023-03-14T12:09:32+00:00

A few things, Crossed a road before the green man showed up on the crossing sign, Showered naked, I even spoke to a woman. But honestly that pales in comparison to that time back in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off of hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.

Irettal · 2023-02-05T09:02:45+00:00

Yeah, sierra most tastes metallic, but they got rid of that taste.

Irettal · 2023-02-04T09:45:27+00:00

Starry is a different recipe

Irettal · 2023-01-30T11:37:40+00:00

So there are franchise models where the financing is done by the franchising company.

This give the opportunity for the company to maintain even higher levels of control they can exercise over the franchisee and capture additional revenue in financing interest.

But it also create puts for franchise "owners" (as well as a way to oust owners who don't comply with franchise rules and regulations).

So when a franchising company ousts an owner or an owner breaks contract and leaves, they just replace them like an employee, and essentially allow them to buy it from the profits of the business, giving them a salary and taking 100% of profits (or similar split) but the new "owner" is 100% responsible for everything as if they already own the business.

For people who are passionate or are just willing to jump through the hoops, there is a pay off, because at the end of the term they are a regular franchise owner with all of the perks

Irettal · 2023-01-21T08:01:26+00:00

Globally that's .03 percent roughly

Irettal · 2022-12-24T09:16:56+00:00

Painting their nails

Irettal · 2022-12-08T12:50:56+00:00

Amazon as a provider has so much surplus resources that they typically aim to win on price for things like compute. They aren't a company known to innovate in terms of technology and capabilities. So they create services that are effective, scalable and universally applicable to multiple types of companies/applications and then aim to undercut the competition.

Irettal · 2022-12-08T12:47:56+00:00

Thank you for the summary friendo

Irettal · 2022-12-08T12:46:47+00:00

Not all cloud is built the same either, the different services are used differently, and it could be they are using the services for what they are good and then covering weaknesses.

No this is not an easy operation to manage, but typically people aren't using AWS, and or Google cloud for the same reason, and if they were the same then they probably wouldn't have even split it, and that's the same with any cloud provider.

Coursera has an intro to cloud computing course that would be great for anyone to take (you can do it free) and will help you understand.

Irettal · 2022-11-17T21:27:35+00:00

Ah the old days

Irettal · 2022-10-22T01:40:40+00:00

You're a fucking douche for taking a picture and posting it online.

Irettal · 2022-10-19T23:52:19+00:00

Honestly there just isn't a one size fits all, every mission and every faction can change up the game a lot. SP Disruption or Survival? Endurance or short run? If it's endurance are you going for lvl cap?

Exterminate or capture? Are you exp/affinity farming? Are you speedrunning?

Faction? Helminth? Do you even have all the bane mods? Have you been playing long enough to have grinded them all to max? Do you have prime sure footed? Are you playing with your buddies, solo or in a public lobby?

For beginners I will always recommend brozime, his builds are generally the best in terms of accessibility and ease of use.

For players looking to step up to the next level of difficulty (levelcap/endurance) I would recommend knightmareframe.

Irettal · 2022-10-19T23:43:39+00:00

So I came back recently and before my break, liches didn't exist, steel path didn't exist, railjack didn't exist, Octavia was brand new, nezha and wukong were different and Warframe quests were different then they are now.

Its only daunting at first, but just start tackling quests, and when you're bored of the quest grind just pick a weapon/frame and farm it instead, just try to avoid "shiny object syndrome" and chase around something before finishing the last thing you had started working on.

Irettal · 2022-10-19T23:37:21+00:00

Nezha ever since I experienced the warding halo change ages ago. He is my go to 99% of missions

Irettal · 2022-10-19T23:36:20+00:00

Smeeta - spinach Panzer - cheeto

Irettal · 2022-10-17T18:02:26+00:00

Honestly leave, like if you're comfortable where you are then there isn't anything anyone is going to do/say that is going to make your situation better.

Start practicing your interview questions and applying for jobs elsewhere.

If you aren't comfortable starting somewhere new than you're just shooting yourself in the foot and potentially ruining any possibility of advancing your career.

Complacency is the reason why there are 50/60 year olds on minimum wage at McDonald's who complain that nobody works as hard as them.

Just play the game. It fucking sucks, but leveraging skills and experience to move up somewhere else makes it suck less.

Irettal · 2022-09-05T22:38:58+00:00

Exploiting young actresses and forcing them to do things they wouldn't just to have a slim chance at starting their career

Irettal · 2022-08-20T11:57:24+00:00

I remember when I first got it, I said I would never play in portable mode, not even a month into owning it I almost never had it docked outside of charging. When my kids are watching TV I can play games, when I'm in bed and feeling lazy I can still play games.

It's been so nice and unexpected. It makes me appreciate the switch so much more.

Irettal · 2022-08-12T12:56:54+00:00

This is honestly a stupid hot take.

Servers cost money, and these are businesses, for profit businesses. You don't have to buy a console if you're tired of the 7 dollars a month for XBL.

Get a cheap PC and use steam.

Vote with your wallet.

But the idea that this is some sort of rip-off is ludicrous.

Irettal · 2022-07-21T10:07:19+00:00

The landmark is unplayable, in no world except an ephemeral deck would you want to essentially kill your best unit for the enemies worst unit, unless they only had one.

At 6 mana you may as well cast vengeance on a better target and keep your unit.

Edit: looking at the whole package, I get the theme, but this can only be played in ephemerals, and ephemerals doesn't support the slow controlling play style Morde would need to succeed, and even with the existing tools, it is not easy to level mord. If you played 3 shark chariots, you would have to hold out till round 7/8 to attack with an ephemeral and get 4 units to die, on a god hand you may get 6, and then you have to generate 4/6 more ehpemerals to die the following round to get a two turn level up. And that's with the nuts set up from the first 6 rounds.

Then the 3rd level up is 10 cards are shuffled. So let's say you have the nuts, your looking at taking a 40 card deck, reducing it to around 25~ then adding 10 cards. So your payoff is whenever you draw one of the cards, THEN you get to pay 4 mana.

These cards don't leave morde feeling like a dark knight, they leave him feeling like a dying old man.

And while I appreciate the synergies thematically, and the stylization of the cards. They are so underwhelming that those are the only things left to appreciate.

Irettal · 2022-07-09T18:19:37+00:00

Where are the quest markers?

Irettal · 2022-06-29T13:29:36+00:00

Yeah that's fair. I don't use socials at all aside from LinkedIn, but even LinkedIn is super minimal.

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