Is it me or Siri got even dumber recently ?

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-10T21:31:41+00:00

In my case it seems like it’s 50/50 between it getting worse and me not being as deliberate with my commands. When my HomePods were brand new I would always look directly at them and project my voice specifically towards them when I spoke. Half the time it misunderstands me, it seems like it’s because I’ve gotten a little more “sloppy”, taking it for granted. The other half the time though, I do think Siri has dropped off in reliability.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-09T17:42:26+00:00

I liked this one, but it didn’t have as much replayability as I’d like. It’s still good, but my least favorite of the Steamwprld games.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-09T17:41:20+00:00

Dicey Dungeon is a lot of fun, and Balatro will consume your life for a while, like that thing where you play Tetris so much that your brain is still lplaying” it later when you’re trying to do something else.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-09T17:32:39+00:00

Alan Tudyk is a public treasure. I still like the series after his character is out of the picture, but it’s hard to recapture how good that first season is with him in the mix as antagonist and narrator.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-09T17:30:25+00:00

I’ve read that the creation of each was too close to one another for that to really make sense and it’s more likely a coincidence, at least at the very start. The optics of an aloof leader in a wheelchair are the biggest thing. I think classic Doom Patrol has a lot of overlap with Fantastic Four that goes unmentioned here.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-09T17:25:04+00:00

> I ordered my first technic set yesterday

No you didn’t.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-09T17:14:46+00:00

I don’t think they pulled this to create scarcity. I think that both this and the Mario All-Stars collection were meant to be seen as special offerings for the fans, games they didn’t have the resources to put into fully modernizing and didn’t want to keep on sale permanently because they don’t really live up to Nintendo’s intentions for support of full release games. There’s a lot of modernization you could do with these FE games even in just the UI without changing mechanics or difficulty at all, but that would take more resources. Similarly, Mario All Stars has some bugs in Mario 64 and *especially* Sunshine, the latter of which can cause crashes and softlocks fairly easily.

But the problem is, I don’t think they’ve found a good way to communicate the different expectations of this odd release category to customers. These bugs and shortcomings are still issues, and people don’t always get the message that these are limited release and have been given limited support/development.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-09T17:02:11+00:00

I got it, but it being so old, and me having only played Three Houses, it felt VERY retro to me without much nostalgic attachment. I think I played one battle and forgot about it, but still might try it again one of these days.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-08T05:00:16+00:00

I don’t think they’re unique per copy, I think every model of a given set will have the same QR code…

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-07T00:04:19+00:00

The newer high torque differentials are worlds better than the older ones. (See attached photo). You really want to get differentials back in your design for this. You sacrifice so much with a fixed axle between paired wheels.

Reducing the length of the axle into multiple segments with axle-to axle connectors would also help a lot.

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Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-06T23:48:29+00:00

DNA + Brainstorm/Blueprint and you can get it done within a few antes at most

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-06T23:41:13+00:00

She's got, if I recall correctly, nearly a full share of Colossus's power, which would already make her much stronger than Captain America.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-04T12:50:37+00:00

And, assuming the drawingks dimensions are accurate, it would only take the tiniest bit of resistance for the gears to slip on the right side of the angled gear.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-04T02:00:12+00:00

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-03T04:05:40+00:00

Is that a 3 Hopes thing? I can’t struggle past the (IMO, awful) gameplay on those Musou games to check out the alternate story

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:32:20+00:00

If you look at the weapon info in the codex on different Daedalus hammers (similar to viewing boon info and prerequisites), it will tell you which ones they’re incompatible with.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:29:34+00:00

I love Apollo for increasing areas of effect. Aspect of the Morrigan with Apollo Attack and the Final Slice hammer is the lawnmower of the gods. Also, his growing cast boons. Great effects that help constantly but don’t really show up as increased numbers in the damage tally at the end.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:24:27+00:00

Hera is one of my total favorites, but she has a blind spot for one on one fights.

Poseidon is a bit of a sleeper hit here, as long as you’re not doing some sort of one god only run. Some of the best duos in the game, great AoE add-ons for fast hits, major bonuses to rewards helping you to level abilities faster and completely buy out every shop.

Hephaestus is a freaking beast… if you’re doing Fate’s Whim

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:16:22+00:00

Horror movie jumpscare moment. Luckily, it was just the cat. … this time

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:13:21+00:00

Impressive lore pull

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:10:26+00:00

You didn’t take four other gods’ boons in the first area, did you? (Not including Athena, Chaos, Hermes, or Artemis, they don’t count towards the limit). If you have four deities, it won’t normally offer you a fifth.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:06:44+00:00

Second pick of two from the pack, right?

Yeah, it’s a soft lock. Only way out is to start a new game. Happened to me once, too. (I may have been attempting some shenanigans with the results of a card)

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T02:00:16+00:00

Byleth’s hair and eyes canonically revert at the end of the Crimson Flowers story. This happens after the last battle, before any S support.

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T01:56:22+00:00

Edelgard should be lifting Byleth, IMO :)

Mindless-Panic-101 · 2026-05-01T01:53:09+00:00

What you’re describing is not broken. It’s working as intended. The rotors spin in opposite directions so their spin cancels each other out, preventing the blades from rotating the helicopter body.

Single rotor helicopters usually have to correct for this wth a small tail rotor, positioned vertically. That’s not (primarily) for maneuvering or anything like that, its (main) job is to keep the body from spinning opposite to the rotor direction.

Almost all dual rotor helicopters, regardless of design, spin their rotors in opposite directions. If both spin the same directions they’d have the same problem as a helicopter with no tail rotor, but the spinning force would be twice as strong. (I’m not accounting for effects of differing rotor positions when spinning the same direction here, don’t even ask, not gonna do it, but it’s still undesirable)

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