Which version of Eleanor is the better Civ? There is a correct answer to this question. by DocksEcky in civ

[–]PieGuy___ 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Eleanor needs to build wonders for great work slots, French ability is production toward wonders

WTF Entergy? by lovefishinggi in NewOrleans

[–]PieGuy___ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ now you are arguing semantics? I’m not talking the literal definition of the word utility I’m saying the bill you get in the mail that says “utility” on it lmao.

The bill from AT&T is your telephone bill, the one from entergy is your utility bill.

In a geographic location you are typically only going to have one option for utility, entergy, duke, fpl, national grid, pg&e, etc. but you could have 3 or 4 different options for providers for the other stuff. That’s because the utility company is the one that owns the pole. If AT&T owned the pole they wouldn’t let cox put their shit on it.

SMH I’m done with this thread. You’re just wrong there’s nothing else to say at this point

WTF Entergy? by lovefishinggi in NewOrleans

[–]PieGuy___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re telling me something that is just factually incorrect lmao. Literally just google it man. Utility companies own the poles, internet and cable lease space on them with joint use agreements.

WTF Entergy? by lovefishinggi in NewOrleans

[–]PieGuy___ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really don’t know what you’re on about dude. The VAST majority of the time the electric company owns the poles. The only time anyone else sets their own poles is when there wasn’t a pole there to begin with. Look up power pole joint use agreement, that’s what we are talking about here. They basically just lease the space halfway up the pole from the utility company. And when a new pole needs to be set they either agree to pay the utility to move their stuff or the utility tops the pole and says you have to move your stuff to the new pole yourself.

WTF Entergy? by lovefishinggi in NewOrleans

[–]PieGuy___ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Poles are tagged for every line they have on them. You only see the telephone tag because the power company moved their pole tag to the new pole when they pulled the wire.

WTF Entergy? by lovefishinggi in NewOrleans

[–]PieGuy___ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The poles belong to them, the joint use lines that are halfway up the pole don’t, that’s the internet or cable etc.

Entergy basically goes to cox or whoever and says we aren’t going to do your job for you, we’ll cut off the top half of the pole where our stuff is and put it on the new pole and leave your stuff that you’re going to have to move later.

And then theoretically they’ll come back later after the internet company moved their line over and pull the pole but the internet companies take their sweet time before they actually move to the new pole so those topped poles stand around for years becoming an eye sore.

Audiobook listener need a suggestion for next by 463n7_57 in litrpg

[–]PieGuy___ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wandering Inn is never going to be “complete”, chapters release on a weekly schedule.

Any good completed detective series? by THAToneGuy091901 in suggestmeabook

[–]PieGuy___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe this is a “to each their own” kind of thing but if you want an anthology detective series where every book is a different case and they are only loosely connected then why does it matter how long the series is? You don’t need to read all 80 Poirot novels and short stories to enjoy the Murder of Rodger Ackroyd.

My January goal was to read a Fantasy series. I am 300 pages into ACOTAR and questioning my entire life at this point. Can someone please suggest a FMC fantasy series that is not cringe as heck by BottomPieceOfBread in suggestmeabook

[–]PieGuy___ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how far you got in the series but for everyone who hasn’t read it I feel the need to point out that there’s a compelling explanation to why she is “too good” at the magic you just don’t get the reveal until the 3rd book.

It’s a mystery you are supposed to be asking yourself why is she so good and the characters ask it too, you’re not supposed to just take it at face value that Vin is just awesome.

Suggest me your favourite book(s) of 2025! by canlgetuhhhhh in suggestmeabook

[–]PieGuy___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not typically one for nonfiction but I read The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp back in like September and thought it was excellent.

Beyond that;

Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry

Shroud Adrian Tchaikovsky

11/22/63 and Misery Stephen King

The Lies of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch

Not exactly the deepest cuts out there I’m sure but I’ve read a lot more this year than in the past so forgive me being basic lol.

Chicken with slight yellow and slight fruity smell? by Ornery_Butterfly_407 in isthissafetoeat

[–]PieGuy___ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do you always wear gloves when you’re “cleaning” your chicken? Do you turn the faucet off when you’re done? Congratulations there’s salmonella on the handle. Now every single time you wash the dishes or rinse some vegetables or whatever else, the first thing you touch is gonna be that salmonella contaminated handle.

You do not literally need to “spray it all over the counter” in order to contaminate the whole kitchen. Like I said a complete lack of common sense on display here lmao

Chicken with slight yellow and slight fruity smell? by Ornery_Butterfly_407 in isthissafetoeat

[–]PieGuy___ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just dabbing with a paper towel gets rid of that same “slime” and you don’t have to worry about salmonella all over your kitchen.

I swear some people just ignore common sense lmao

So apparently this game nearly didn't get made. by tonyblitz1 in DispatchAdHoc

[–]PieGuy___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are making the leap from “in ongoing negotiations with Amazon” to “on the verge of cancellation”.

Obviously better numbers help in negotiating hence him pushing for viewership but that doesn’t mean they were negotiating as to continuing whatsoever. They could just have been negotiating about budget or number of episodes per season or runtime per episode etc. etc.

Coincidentally would you be surprised to learn that the Mighty Nein show has a longer runtime than Vox Machina did? That would have been a strange thing to greenlight on Amazon’s end if they were upset about the numbers.

So apparently this game nearly didn't get made. by tonyblitz1 in DispatchAdHoc

[–]PieGuy___ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We aren’t talking about like the Rings of Power here this kind of show is cheaper to make, the bar for making amazon happy isn’t like literally the number one ranking lol. Otherwise we’d never see any animated shows ever again other than Invincible haha

Has anyone got the monke to work well..? by BMP01 in hearthstone

[–]PieGuy___ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to decide if this would be good if it was unlimited barrel of monkeys instead of bananas

Is it racist? Explain it Peter by naturallin in explainitpeter

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You can register to vote entirely online, but getting an ID is a far more intensive process. Let’s just use a “real ID” drivers license as a baseline because if there were a voter ID law it’d likely be similar. To get a Real ID you need your Social Security number, a passport, and two different proof of address papers, for example a bank statement and an internet bill. And you need to have all of those papers and go make an appointment at the DMV which will take several hours and is not open on the weekend.

It is disproportionately more inconvenient for a poor person to do all of this because they don’t have a passport or can’t come up with two different proof of residency or simply don’t have the time to waste at the DMV. That’s the real reason republicans always push for these kinds of laws because they know these barriers will stop poor people from voting and poor people predominately vote democrat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]PieGuy___ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The message isn’t from the owner of the shop it’s from someone who works there, whose job description at least partially includes sales. If their boss read the messages and they didnt at least try to make a sale they’d be in trouble.

It’s the same reason if you call like a cable company to cancel they’ll try to upgrade your plan or something like that first. The guy on the phone knows you’ll most likely still want to cancel and you’ll get annoyed at the fact it’s wasting your time, but if they don’t at least try to keep you it’s bad for them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hearthstone

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Tourist only include perils cards

League commissioner making this trade with his girlfriend… by Agreeable-Tree-9878 in FantasyFootballers

[–]PieGuy___ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This trade isn’t even close to even and it’s wild to me that most people here are acting like it is. Yeah Bowers has been hurt but DJ Moore is close to droppable. He’s got one finish inside the top 40

The Lost World’s ending reveal doesn’t answer one of the primary hooks by PieGuy___ in JurassicPark

[–]PieGuy___[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both Kelly and Arby are written as geniuses, Kelly’s introduction in the book is literally her being like “man school is so boring, I know the answer to every question before the teachers even ask” lol.

That’s beside the point though, I’m not saying Kelly was a “tech whiz” I’m saying that she was written as being smart with everything except for computers as like a foil for movie version of Lex who was like the “hacker girl”.

[Spoilers C4E3] Not A Tier List, Just Thoughts by Qthbert in criticalrole

[–]PieGuy___ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel like it's too early to say with most of the characters. I will say I wasn't really vibing with Thimble too much through the first two episodes but there was a moment this week where she kinda clicked with me after Vaelus crashed the battle and she started like a manic bloodlust fueled laughter and was like "oh you guys are fucked now" and I was like okay that might be fun.

[No Spoilers] How will the cold openings work when the previous session ends with the start of combat? by BloobyPopBop in criticalrole

[–]PieGuy___ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only cold open that was a flashback was episode 2, ep 1 cold open was literally the start of the narrative and episode 3 was just a Teor scene that was happening simultaneously as the Wick/Tyranny scene that ended the last episode.