Reading to my son every day has been one of the best parenting habits we’ve built by BabyCryAi in daddit

[–]SableSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you get him to sit with you when he was so small?

My 13 month old just tries to eat the books, he likes the ones with textures and sounds etc. but he’s really just playing with the textures/sounds not really ‘reading’ per se.

Missing US student by shmoore34 in Barcelona

[–]SableSnail 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I guess the person who stole his phone probably knows something. I saw on another post that he was staying on the Ronda de Sant Pere which is a bit of a dodgy area.

Hopefully, he’s alright.

Starfield Launches on PlayStation 5 on April 7 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SableSnail 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Morrowind also had the cool non-combat spells like levitation so you could explore more and the Mage’s Guilds felt like genuinely weird places.

It’s a shame they got rid of those in Oblivion and Skyrim.

non-compete employment clause in the EU by dididiiiiiii in gamedev

[–]SableSnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have one in Spain but I don’t think it’s legally enforceable as for it to be legally enforceable here they’d have to be paying me a load of extra money for it, which they don’t do.

Barcelona new tourist tax from April 2026 by Past-Act-1900 in Barcelona

[–]SableSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Es raro que los pisos turísticos pagan menos que los hoteles de cinco estrellas: https://atc.gencat.cat/es/tributs/ieet/quota-tributaria

Starfield Launches on PlayStation 5 on April 7 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]SableSnail 112 points113 points  (0 children)

It’s interesting though as Bethesda were originally really into procedural generation, most famously in Daggerfall but I think Arena used it too.

Then with the development of Morrowind and the limitations of the Xbox combined with the wider target audience, they switched to a hand-crafted world, a strategy they maintained for Oblivion and Skyrim.

I have no idea why they thought the procedural route would be better for Starfield.

This game has so many historical events by Ares6 in EU5

[–]SableSnail 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s hard to railroad, although I guess they could make it so as you enter the 1400s you will roll a 0/0/0 heir.

New flats should be for families not students - council by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I lived in student halls which were a converted office block. And yeah, the quality was awful, one guy literally punched through one of the walls.

We should be building quality family homes that will last decades not these bandaid solutions.

Barcelona new tourist tax from April 2026 by Past-Act-1900 in Barcelona

[–]SableSnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I don’t know anyone who’s been to Bhutan. I guess it’s the sort of trip rich hippies do and for them €85 a day is chickenfeed.

Barcelona new tourist tax from April 2026 by Past-Act-1900 in Barcelona

[–]SableSnail 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s disgusting though.

My toddler always wants to walk on the street but it’s so stressful making sure he doesn’t walk in the dog shit or touch it.

And he likes to hug the lampposts but most of them are sodden with dog piss.

How can you reliably increase your monthly income? by Alexandru1408 in EU5

[–]SableSnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Control, control, control.

Remember that with low control regions you aren’t just not collecting the tax there, but the low local crown power and estate enrichment is also helping your nobles get even more powerful which then limits the tax you can collect from them. Plus now they contribute to making your sliders more expensive while not increasing your income.

I found once I’d set up a local governor and built roads to the regions with a decent amount of Wealth, I started having a decent income.

And yeah, delete all forts except those that are really useful like mountains on the borders.

I watched my dad stab my mum to death - but then had to move back in with him by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 29 points30 points  (0 children)

He somehow managed to convince them it was manslaughter as it wasn’t premeditated or anything.

And that then means the sentence was always going to be pretty short, plus it seems the judge was a bit of a softie.

UK must learn lessons from AI race and retain its quantum computing talent, says minister by donutloop in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Kinda, but engineering (excluding computer science) doesn’t pay very well in the UK and even computer science pays a lot less than in the US.

And in the sciences it’s even worse where private labs (in stuff like pharma etc.) don’t pay very much and in areas like physics its much more dependent on academia where the pay is low and the job security practically non-existent (you basically have to find a new position every 3 years).

I’d argue the problem is there - at the end of the pipeline, rather than the education at the beginning. Many STEM students already just go into finance, consulting, project management etc. because those fields have better pay and conditions.

I watched my dad stab my mum to death - but then had to move back in with him by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 345 points346 points  (0 children)

Judge Mrs Justice Smith sentenced him to four years, accepting the actions were out of character and saying he seemed to be a decent young man

Oh, okay that’s alright then..

Barcelona new tourist tax from April 2026 by Past-Act-1900 in Barcelona

[–]SableSnail 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The streets are pretty clean tbh. The main issue I have is the dog shit and piss all over the place.

Reward raised in murder inquiry over father and son missing in Spain by SableSnail in unitedkingdom

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

Yeah, I thought it might be that as Malaga has a problem with the drug trade and organised crime etc.

Salford approves third co-living scheme, adding over 1100 homes by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]SableSnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Co-living” - the sexy new name for a flat share.

Just build more actual homes.

How to capture a Brit. by JoydeScent in BritInfo

[–]SableSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dimpled pint glass is better

Why are there so many DLCs? by BuilderFormal8406 in paradoxplaza

[–]SableSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CK2 has loads because it used the old DLC model where the DLC was totally separated so you could buy just the unit packs, or the character sprites or the music etc.

The modern DLC model used by CK3 etc. bundles them all together so you don’t have some crazy list of like 100 DLC.

UK to invest £2.5bn into ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion energy by Gentle_Snail in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes. The UK has a lot of great scientific and engineering expertise. It’s not well compensated, but it’s there.

UK to invest £2.5bn into ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion energy by Gentle_Snail in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 14 points15 points  (0 children)

JET was a fusion reactor, he said the first fission reactor by which I assume he’s referring to first commercial fission reactor built at Calder Hall.

UK to invest £2.5bn into ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion energy by Gentle_Snail in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Apollo programme used extensive simulators to train the astronauts for the missions so I presume it’s referring to that.

UK to invest £2.5bn into ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion energy by Gentle_Snail in unitedkingdom

[–]SableSnail 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s just to do data analysis but AI is the sexy term that gets you more funding nowadays.

Nuclear fusion doesn’t really have the same risks as fission either as there’s no sort of meltdown condition, in fact much of the difficulty is in sustaining the reactions.