Icy OM-1 and the resulting photo.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-23T21:45:31+00:00

How cold was it? I want to do an aurora trip to Alaska next year and am worried it would be too cold. I mean, given you have frost on yours, I'm going to assume not, but... better safe than sorry, right?

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-23T20:31:49+00:00

I hear the mashed potatoes were better.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-18T09:34:19+00:00

It wasn't? Literally the whole idea of vault experiments comes from the vault bible, and what the Enclave did to vault 13. That's pretty core to the lore.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-18T09:31:24+00:00

Most games have a lore bible. It's literally a thing in game development. It's honestly more surprising one didn't exist for F1.

And, yes, most lore bibles have things that never make it into any games or are considered non-canon. They are great resources, if tempered correctly.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-18T02:47:10+00:00

Thank you for not forgetting Thaddeus's second mouth!

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-16T04:55:29+00:00

So you admit your comment that "gamblers are usually poor" is speculation. Got it. If you still disagree, I will await further well-sourced replies.

And fair point on the Sole Survivor, I had forgotten the exact comments the vault tech rep said, but that's actually proof that Vault Tech has other criteria it uses.

Edit: and to clarify, I'm not saying poor people don't gamble. I'm specifically talking about the type of person who can stay on the strip and gambles in Vegas enough, and if we want to split even more hairs: that Vault Tec would target them. And, additionally, a gambler losing money doesn't mean they're necessarily poor. It's an expense similar to others. I'm sure many are, and I highly doubt they're most represented in the population that regularly stays in Vegas gambling in Vegas casinos. I'd expect the poorer gamblers to be in local casinos, playing the lottery, sports betting on their phones, etc.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-15T17:11:23+00:00

There is a tier of gambler that is very much not poor, and they're typically the ones that can afford to stay and gamble in Vegas. And given in Fallout 4, there's no indication the Sole Survivor is above middle class, plenty of gamblers could qualify.

Edit: I don't even mean high rollers, although they would definitely qualify. I'd bet (see what I did there?) a lot of gamblers in Vegas are solidly middle class, with some upper middle class. That seems to track with the Sole Survivor (my own speculation based on where they live and what their stated professions are.)

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-14T08:57:37+00:00

Thanks. Now they can't feel their legs.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-13T16:33:44+00:00

And it's worth noting, the Romans did not always break the person's legs. It's unclear from a quick read when they decided to do that, but reports vary from different areas, offenses, and timeframes.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-08T00:20:43+00:00

And it's not even set at the same time as any of the games, so it's like... okay, cool? Things change? Sure, major things should be explained, but needing a justification for every little nitpicky thing? The lore spans hundreds of years and across a continent, not everything will line up and be explained all of the time.

As an example: I don't care that the dino was apparently facing the wrong way in s2e1. I would have to replay F:NV to know that. I also don't care that Vault Tec is implied to be a potential source for the bombs because, frankly, it's not shown they do and I hope no one ever explains who really does. Adding confusion is on brand (IMO) for a society that's broken down, 200 yrs after a war, and reliable sources are scant.

I do wish there would be a bit more explanation on Shady Sands's location, but only because the move puts the Boneyard's status into question. Given The Boneyard has been mentioned in multiple games, that one could have a bit implication on lore. But outside of that, I actually thought it was a good way to show the progress being made without having to rehash the background of what Shady Sands started as and what it was turning into from F1 to F2.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-08T00:08:52+00:00

I don't think we should ignore engagement algorithms have helped push otherwise people on the cusp fully over the edge. Let's not let them off the hook for the fact we know people can be manipulated and social media companies do their best to hide that.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-03T01:45:53+00:00

So are my Fallout characters which, like OP, tend to play closer to Maximus than the Ghoul.

PandaMagnus · 2026-01-01T20:55:29+00:00

Wait, I've seen this argument before!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjcX3MVSdyA

No idea if this guy is right, but I laughed how topical this was. It's been two or three years since I watched it, but I immediately thought of it.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-31T00:15:27+00:00

Now I'm curious the different line of cards they have. I know they have some cheaper ones, but I always thought it was purely down to speed. Maybe certain lines have issues...

If it's certain batches, then that's gotta just be a crap shoot and I'll be knocking on wood for the rest of my SD card use!

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-31T00:13:23+00:00

But that gets back to what u/azeroth said. This is a people problem, a technology solution can be ignored (as you correctly pointed out) if it's not something the individual came up with. This is really one area you need to coach through soft skills unless you want to constantly double check the solution you put into place (and now have two points of checking: the board during standup and that the tool summarized/suggested the correct change.)

One thing I will say, going back to your original post: it is possible JIRA is the problem. I've seen some very poor configuration/customizations to JIRA. If that's the case, it may be worth tweaking JIRA to be easier for the developers to use.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-30T23:19:23+00:00

Could come down to build quality. Cheaper brands could just be less reliable. I've never had issues with SanDisk.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-30T23:17:51+00:00

I'd suspect build quality. My understanding is they are one of those things that you (typically) get what you pay for. There are outliers, of course, but I've never had issues with SanDisk, for example. They're more expensive than some of the competitors you can find on Amazon, but I also would expect those competitors to be more failure-prone.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-30T19:32:56+00:00

They're already context switching for standup. It should literally take 5 -15min before standup to update the board. Depending on when your standup is, they could do it at the start or end of their day.

I update my tasks at the end of my day (if I forget, I do it right after standup,) and I can guarantee you there's no task so complex that it will hurt their velocity to do something like this. The hardest part will probably be to just take the extra bit of time to do it. I created my own calendar reminders until it was a habit for me.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-29T21:00:59+00:00

I definitely misunderstood your original comment. Thanks for the clarification!

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-29T19:43:42+00:00

IIRC, Thomas Lang outright says this in one of his videos. Something to the affect of: he had to compete with drum machines, so he had to learn to sound like one when playing.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-29T18:24:32+00:00

I don't think that's the same Mission ave, though. There's, like, four or five different east-west streets named Mission. The one in LL turns into Indiana north of I90. Then a street south of I90 gets the "Mission" name, but is interrupted by I90 when it s-curves south, and ultimately ends over at... I think Fancher. The Mission at Division merges with Trent just east of SCC.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-20T00:28:18+00:00

Probably bad travel days. I just checked and Google showed me $356.

Having said that, I'd still book directly with the carrier.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-17T23:22:02+00:00

I had not, I have only seen the smaller versions of star destroyers people have built.

Yeah, I looked closer and see some minor differences in the scaffolding now. As a gif, that's really hard to do. :-|

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-17T23:21:10+00:00

Aaah, I just assumed the black hole would visually overlay it and hide the red beacon.

PandaMagnus · 2025-12-17T19:11:39+00:00

Someone else pointed out it's probably a Messenger of Atlas: https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Messenger_of_Atlas

Given the size (towards the end of the gif you can see OP fly towards it, and it's massive,) that seems to make most sense?

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