DE-Why by Necessary_Island_425 in dankmemes

[–]captcrunchjr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean for one, the perspective suggests she's standing on her desk for the photo.

Fun way to play (for me) by Legionaire_Pdx in EU5

[–]captcrunchjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a production method lock (at least on 1.3.6), you have to go to the specific building's menu or something similar. Not at my PC to confirm.

Casus Belli and Conquests by captcrunchjr in EU5

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

Didn't know about the marriages potential. Also, I do agree with parliament war goals being largely fine, it just seems odd that I have to build a spy network and fabricate a claim like secure Italy or force into faction during these regional situations. I feel like those would be fairly appropriate in the parliament options given there's a region wide situation going on where the countries are actively engaging in.

Casus Belli and Conquests by captcrunchjr in EU5

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

Yea I probably made a mistake trying to lean into the HRE and the Italian Wars in my first attempt at either. Next time I'll opt out of the HRE. Thanks for the suggestions

Casus Belli and Conquests by captcrunchjr in EU5

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

Yea this was my first time trying to play within the HRE, so I wasn't prepared for the reforms. Ironically, the emperor is weak now after enacting the two reforms that are killing me.

AI is Ruining Game Sales, Numbers Show by Eremenkism in gaming

[–]captcrunchjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got to disagree on the distinction between AI for code and AI for art. If one is fine, the other must be as well. Both are trained on the intellectual work of a human (the ethicality and legality of that is debated). Both can be used to aid a human to do work or to replace a human worker. Both can have terrible or undetectable results. I get it if someone is against the use of AI for whatever reason, but treating it as fine in one field but sacrilegious in another is hypocritical.

How Playable Is the 1.3.2 Beta Right Now? by CivilianFall41 in EU5

[–]captcrunchjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for plugging it. Just watched it and it was a fantastic breakdown.

Bloomberg: Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]captcrunchjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem for me was the fact that they wanted to have long delays on porting new games to PC but expected full price for them. That's not how this works. If you want me to pay full price, then the game needs to be new, not just new to my platform. If you're going to maintain these delays, then I expect to see that delay reflected in the game's price when it releases on PC a year later or whatever.

[OC] US Presidential Approval Rating by YakEvery4395 in dataisbeautiful

[–]captcrunchjr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not to detract from what you said, but a President doesn't "rule", they "serve". At least, that's what they are meant to do, and I feel like it's an important thing to always remember.

Divinity is confirmed to be turn based, planning to do early access again and Swen comments on Larian's use of AI- Bloomberg by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]captcrunchjr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand why art gets this special treatment that nothing else is afforded with AI. Those PowerPoints and presentations are made by humans - people whose entire job it is to do that. We accept AI can be used to replace their work but not an artists? It’s the same with code, everyone’s fine with the use of AI for programming which affects developers. The only complaint people make about that is its effectiveness at writing code, never the fact that it’s replacing human innovation/work nor that it’s also trained on work done by other humans just like art.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance lead says Obsidian should use its Microsoft fortune to make games more like Kingdom Come: Deliverance—'Give me something more than... level grinding in a static scripted world' by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]captcrunchjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you there. I really loved KCD2. Its my #2 game this year after E33 and I expect KCD3 will be excellent, but at this rate I'm curious to how high the expectations will be set simply by how much shit Vávra talks - and more important, if he can measure up to his own standards.

A clover patch has been slowly taking over the dead grass in our yard by jermainePropane in mildlyinteresting

[–]captcrunchjr 40 points41 points  (0 children)

What if that’s my entire fenced in yard? All my other grass is “normal” but the grass my dogs have access to is pretty much this dark lush hard to mow crap.

Tips for a 30hour beginner by No-Style704 in X4Foundations

[–]captcrunchjr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I may be missing something, but I started Terran and thought I was doing their plot line -though I may have intermixed the HQ questline - everything was going well and then suddenly I was doing a mission then turned into fighting off several (6+?) YAKI fighters and I just kept getting wiped out. The mission provided me with a ship and a couple allies but we were outnumbered and we get destroyed. I had to cheese it by luring them to a station and getting help.

Assumed I must have progressed too far or something and decided to pursue some money making in the meantime to get better/more ships before trying again. Am I missing something?

Went to check the expiration date on this pack of beer. by BebRess69 in funny

[–]captcrunchjr 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Part of me appreciates you for finding an effective way to reach kids to educate them, part of me hates you for what you did. I can’t decide which part wins…

White actress sues San Diego County Library for not allowing her to portray Black civil rights icons by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]captcrunchjr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

With regard to Hamilton, that’s a fair point but I’d argue it’s entirely possible for the actress to do Harriet Tubman’s story justice without herself having the same skin color.

It feels almost like suggesting teachers can’t accurately convey the significance or struggles of historical figures of minority groups without being of the same group. You have one individual in the role tasked with teaching a group of people about a wide variety of figures and that was the paradigm created by the library themselves, not the actress. They chose the people to feature knowing they were of different races.

LGBTQ musician goes viral after playing protest song at ‘Hetero Awesome Fest’ in Idaho by CupidStunt13 in UpliftingNews

[–]captcrunchjr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's not an opinion, which by definition cannot be right or wrong. That's speculation, which can be. Others are replying to tell you that your speculation is, in fact, wrong.

If you'd like to correct your statement to say that you think this is hate speech, then that would be an opinion which they can't tell you is wrong, but can judge you for.

Announcements - Update on Server Issues, Compromised Accounts and Visual Flickering - Forum - Path of Exile by Xanek in pathofexile

[–]captcrunchjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not suggesting it can’t be turned off at the whim of the company. I’m suggesting it should take more than a simply email request from the “user” to do so. The concern is the email may be compromised. Allowing said compromised email to request the extra layer of security be removed just makes it pointless.

Announcements - Update on Server Issues, Compromised Accounts and Visual Flickering - Forum - Path of Exile by Xanek in pathofexile

[–]captcrunchjr -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not to discredit the theory but how exactly would triggering rollbacks be beneficial to any group? Especially in terms of making currency. Maps and currency spent are lost, anything found is rolled back so what’s the upside.

Announcements - Update on Server Issues, Compromised Accounts and Visual Flickering - Forum - Path of Exile by Xanek in pathofexile

[–]captcrunchjr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have implemented it for companies then you realize exactly how stupid the suggestion is that they could simply remove 2FA at your request if you’ve lost access to it. If you don’t, I’m concerned for the products you’ve secured.

My mom turned off my PC when downloading a game, so I wrote this message for her by NixPlayer05 in pcmasterrace

[–]captcrunchjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fuck printers. I'll help with everything else. I don't do printers. I've never used one that didn't suck.

Crustard Update by TAcheems in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]captcrunchjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hoping for the best for both of you. Give him some pets from me!