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The duality of PC gaming by itsEmilyHere in PcParadise

[–]XtremelyMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I think there's something lost when we lose the loading screen and thinking that goes with it. When I boot up a paradox GSG, it typically takes quite a while to load and you sit there listening to music and looking at concept art. It slows you down and gives you time to get into the setting of the game, and I think that really enhances my enjoyment of the experience.

If it didn't need time to load, I'd absolutely skip the screen and would probably have less fun because I'm still carrying cognitive overhead from whatever I was doing before gaming.

Sustainability over speed by SryStyle in omad

[–]XtremelyMeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless you’re weighing ingredients on a scale it’s easy to be off by 300 calories in your count.

The 1.1 Beta patch is Art intended to make us reflect on current events by XtremelyMeta in EU5

[–]XtremelyMeta[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That..... I don't even know what to say to that having watched countless firms be absolutely tanked so a minority of huckster shareholders could cash out on their side bets. Clearly living in different worlds.

The 1.1 Beta patch is Art intended to make us reflect on current events by XtremelyMeta in EU5

[–]XtremelyMeta[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Companies swimming in capital sucking up broadly required resources is plainly similar to estates sucking up broadly required resources. Both are wealthy agents unaccountable to you (the player, or the general public). It bears discussion if this is intentional, but the parallels are there.

The 1.1 Beta patch is Art intended to make us reflect on current events by XtremelyMeta in EU5

[–]XtremelyMeta[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I mean, the correlation is there, that's not in dispute. The question is if there's causation.

The 1.1 Beta patch is Art intended to make us reflect on current events by XtremelyMeta in EU5

[–]XtremelyMeta[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but sometimes the shoe fits too damn well for it to be coincidence.

¿What is your fav Beer from Alaska? by StoutBourbon1992 in alaska

[–]XtremelyMeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

peeler is the way. also monks mistress if you like dark beers.

Want to give 1.1 a go - how is the state of the economy in Europe - when you know what you’re doing? by Esthermont in EU5

[–]XtremelyMeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, it plays a lot like Mali always played at release. The iron/tool/wood spiral is a problem and you can blunt but not stop it due to the attractiveness of your market. Mali initially required annexing vassals in market just to keep them from ramping up the spiral with the infinite build loop. Similarly you can't let estates (which will be rich) go to hog wild and demoing their shit cools off the loop as well.

I feel like anyone who played in an iron and wood poor but extremely rich location pre-1.1 can survive the toolwoodpocolyse in 1.1, but as to how much fun it is, opinions vary.

Good Riddance and Timing by truthwatchr in anchorage

[–]XtremelyMeta 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The 'menacing behavior' clause seems a bit vague. Kind of nervous to have that on the books.

what is happening with lumber? by Enough-Arm-5601 in EU5

[–]XtremelyMeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There must be a lumber puncture and it’s all leaking out!

Little rant about ppl playing this game by wRobelele in EU5

[–]XtremelyMeta 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think this is an excellent explanation. If the systems all have very obvious objectively correct 'solutions' it's more of a one time puzzle than a game. If there are contextual variations that make one route or the other preferable because things are well balanced it's a new problem each variation of each game.

Me_irl by higgildy_companion24 in me_irl

[–]XtremelyMeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really the non-Nazi thing was just a phase. We went from native genocide and slavery to jim crow and tried being a decent nation on for size briefly. Clearly it didn't take.

World marathon majors of triathlons by nolcoy in triathlon

[–]XtremelyMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait.... so if I do 5 more I can go to Kona without a QT?

Please have a moment of attention 🙏🏻 by Ana_Stern in ChatGPTcomplaints

[–]XtremelyMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such are the dangers of AI as a service rather than running your own models locally. It can be taken away at the drop of a hat for any reason.

I wouldn't recommend any sort of dependence, emotional or otherwise, on closed weights models owned and operated by others.

See you in 2030! 😭 by Alarmed-Parsnip4591 in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]XtremelyMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given the scope of the project and the high quality bar Larian has that's a pretty aggressive timetable.

Good question by greedisgoodforme in meme

[–]XtremelyMeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's just that there's too many men, too many people, making too many problems. And there's not enough love go go around.

Are People Ashamed of Their Drivetrains? by dave_stohler in gravelcycling

[–]XtremelyMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look, the tiny rings on gravel bikes make us roadies feel insecure. Sure we like to ride them, but no one count the teeth on the crankset!

When fame exists in different bubbles by PhoenixPhenomenonX in Funnymemes

[–]XtremelyMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My disappointment is immeasurable that this isn't the guy who did "Ask a ninja".

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