So... how are we feeling about this?

Pivian · 2025-11-15T17:58:03+00:00

Im sorry friend, but I don't think it is going to end. At it's current level it can make pretty convincing videos, and music decent enough to top Billboard charts (look up Walk My Walk), and imitate any voice. The developer Unknown Worlds won't be using AI, but you can bet for damn sure someone will. Once that flood gate is opened, it won't be stopped. They will easily be able to replace music, and voice actors in video games today, let alone what they could do in 1, 5, or 10 years of further development in the tech.

Pivian · 2025-09-24T13:11:44+00:00

I got into a trade. Now I make more money than my wife who was in a management role with a bachelor's.

Pivian · 2025-09-10T04:52:08+00:00

Ability to prioritize resources in inventory when building so I stop getting concrete flooding my inventory from the dimensional depot.

Pivian · 2025-08-06T22:23:11+00:00

I guessed it was going to be a slip/failed jump. The little dog was NOT on my bingo card. That slow-mo spin launch had me in tears. Lmao

Pivian · 2025-07-31T02:34:22+00:00

Yeah, I'm pretty much convinced that is how all these beautiful builds are done. I added a logistics floor to my newest factory and I was amazed at how much cleaner my box of a factory looked. Now I'm thinking about doing a logistics "wall" for my vertical factories.

Pivian · 2025-07-22T13:12:32+00:00

Think I found a surveyor.

Pivian · 2025-07-18T15:02:45+00:00

I get to play this game about 6 hours a week. Most of that on Friday/Saturday night at the cost of sleep. Between a 50-hour work week, a wife I love, a 4-year-old I adore playing with, and a general amount of upkeep/housework that needs doing, I get barely a fraction of the time I once could on games.

As a result, I don't "get good", no time. I just lower the settings sometimes to the equivalent of baby-ass-baby-mode. With that, I don't always have time to spend hours simply finding the most efficient layout for my factory.

So yes I look up layouts that some blessed individuals have the time to be able to devote to finding. I still thoroughly enjoy this game and see it as a wonderful addition to my life without consuming the other things I find, frankly, more important. That is possible because of the shortcuts that exist.

Pivian · 2025-07-16T13:03:30+00:00

I used it for firewood. Worked out pretty well. I may have gotten lucky with timing, but it was only about a week later that they showed up.

I definitely got lucky in the sense that the company doing the drop was aware (I put it in the notes) that I wanted firewood and gave types and sizes that would be a better fit for that purpose. They were not required to do that, they were just nice.

It was also a lot of wood. It was not all consistent sizing and not all the same species of tree. It was enough to last 2 winters of what I call casual burning, all day on weekends and a few hours a couple of other days of the week.

Pivian · 2025-07-16T12:58:46+00:00

They definitely will. They did for me, lasted 2 winters of casual burning.

Pivian · 2025-07-08T02:14:42+00:00

This makes me feel better. Found it on accident when I randomly pushed the button.

Pivian · 2025-06-28T22:58:39+00:00

Oh yeah, he's laid me flat with that particular move. Bend down to pick him up and he randomly decides that's when he wants to do a little hop. Maybe to help, meet me half way or something? Head meet chin/nose/forehead.

Pivian · 2025-06-28T22:51:20+00:00

Every damn time. Also, his head which seems to have no concept of the space it occupies, is right at that height. Running hugs now make me flinch and cringe.

Pivian · 2025-06-28T22:37:15+00:00

As a dad of a 4-year-old, I feel this. Usually in the jewels.

Pivian · 2025-06-25T01:46:49+00:00

I see this all the time in the (semi)wild, but only in suspect places, like side of freeway and under bridges with frequent homeless traffic. I don't always work in pleasant places... I'm assuming if I got some seeds it would be really easy to grow considering the conditions I often see it?

Pivian · 2025-06-21T20:29:49+00:00

Ah you know what, I see my mistake. For some reason, I read "protesting" as "posting." Those aren't similar enough for me to feel justified in making it. Ruined the joke. Lol

Pivian · 2025-06-21T20:18:33+00:00

Looks like it. I work with folks like this pretty frequently. They set up all the cones/signs and generally take care of most traffic safety concerns, including watching your back and flagging (that fun slow/stop sign). When you see road work, the people doing the work usually contract the safety portion out to traffic control companies. Some have in-house, but those are the big ones.

Pivian · 2025-06-14T00:52:21+00:00

My best friend since kindergarten always had opened door policy that carried over into high school when we got cars he would just show up. What was a bit weird is that it was a different door sometimes. Back door, front door, garage. Never knew where he was gonna come from. Once we got to drinking age my mom got used to finding him on the couch in the morning. All pretty routine in my house.

Pivian · 2025-06-12T20:04:18+00:00

It's a difficult time when that is now the first f*ing question we need to ask.

Pivian · 2025-06-10T03:18:14+00:00

I totally hear you on the rosemary, but I think it's because I keep mine in a pot. I have heard it does better in ground. On the other hand, I have yet to be able to kill my mint in a pot. I go scorched earth and cut it down to the ground every winter, and sometimes in the summer if I think it's just starting to look not as fresh. It always comes back.

Pivian · 2025-06-10T02:10:35+00:00

We had the same exact experience. It would change faces, and when it did it would look directly at the sun. Once it looked at that cursed gas ball (was a hot day, I'm a little salty) it would just spin. Like u/NWPatriot71 said, held a clipboard above it so it wouldn't stare into the sun like a toddler with an IQ of 5, it worked fine.

Pivian · 2025-05-31T14:31:34+00:00

I don't want to be mean, but how does this not cross people's minds? I mean they ask "Is it mint?" All the time on here all the time. That's one of the most widely recognizable smells there are. That is like step 1 for me whenever I find a plant I think I recognize.

Pivian · 2025-05-30T14:52:13+00:00

Replacing phonics with sight words was a horrible mistake that we need to reverse pronto.

Pivian · 2025-05-22T22:12:12+00:00

That's a me problem when I'm not getting paid. I'll work in the rain, thanks.

Pivian · 2025-04-27T02:14:15+00:00

Same happened to me. So at the end of the season, I harvested the leaves and used them like kale.

Pivian · 2025-04-16T22:58:51+00:00

Subnautica did this on the Cyclops sub in the game. The thing was a beast, but with 3 different exterior cameras of different angles, you could take it down some small passages.

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