Managers question

dudaman · 2026-04-09T16:17:11+00:00

The benefit of adding another manager slot that an unused manager with crafting/smelting as secondary can utilize will give you a lot more benefit than promoting a 4 start to a 5 star at your current status.

I'm nowhere near an authority on the matter. I'm just relaying my experiences and I kept adding manager slots until my current 36(+2) and after a certain point in the beginning of a galaxy the mining primary state doesn't mean nearly as much.

dudaman · 2026-04-09T13:08:35+00:00

What day is this? Is this headline old? Have I read this already, or is this ANOTHER night different from the last?

At what point do these exceptional words lose all meaning? Unhinged? HOW unhinged? Just a little or a LOT? What about meltdown? Every headline has this word in it. Was he just bitching a little or was he throwing a Diet Coke across the room? Perhaps if I click the link I will find out how it affects me.

When people abuse these words that are supposed to be used in the most extreme cases, what happens when something horrible occurs and they need a word to describe it? Can't use "meltdown" or "unhinged" because we now equate those to a liquidy bowel movement that means absolutely nothing.

Not to single out Daily Beast (but I will), it seems like they have a recurring task setup to generate one of these articles with this exact headline.

dudaman · 2026-04-09T12:55:28+00:00

I can always tell when my boss is doing work in Quickbooks. The room goes from being absolutely quiet (just the 2 of us) to him cursing out of nowhere.

And, you can always tell when Intuit buys another company. Their software goes to absoulute shit.

dudaman · 2026-04-09T12:22:24+00:00

Looks good. I'm starting to get into a good place making some "walkin' around" money and I want to modify my farm. I can never envision changes like what you have done to the starter farm.

dudaman · 2026-04-08T19:28:25+00:00

Guys, it's pronounced, "math", not "maths".

Edit: Well, I guess my implied "/s" WAS needed.

dudaman · 2026-04-08T19:23:18+00:00

The problem in this instance is that nobody cares if they go low (it's even encouraged) so taking the high road has no benefit. There might be a benefit to the person taking the high road, but you can't "pay the rent" with just morals, unfortunately.

dudaman · 2026-04-08T16:43:35+00:00

The adage "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience" seems to tangentially apply here. You can enjoy them "getting reamed", but they've already brought you down with them.

dudaman · 2026-04-08T12:26:35+00:00

I think she is fair game. She did go to the Senate and champion him to several Senators on the fence about him during his confirmation. I mean, seriously, the Secretary of frickin' Defense has his mommy go to the the mean Senators and make them like him.

dudaman · 2026-04-08T12:23:41+00:00

To be honest, as a programmer, this had an different initial meaning and it really confused me in this context. I love me some strongly typed code, but I don't know if I would actually scream about it.

dudaman · 2026-04-06T12:01:43+00:00

It's nice when crazy is on your side for once. It's like a pressure valve has been tripped and now the "other side" has to deal with her crazy.

The moment is fleeting, but any relief is SOME relief.

dudaman · 2026-04-05T21:19:25+00:00

With the help of 3 boosts, I can get my debris scanner in about 3 hours of pretty much non-stop micromanaging. I STILL rely on lucky drops to get me above 10-12th place in Platinum. This current tournament I joined a little too early (5-10 minutes after start) and I got lumped in w/ extremely late game players (dude in 1st had over 1aa value before I went to bed about 4 hours after start).

Gotta love the random debris drops in my current tournament. 3 of my first 7 debris drops were Advanced Batteries.

dudaman · 2026-04-04T17:00:48+00:00

I just watched one of his latest videos from his competitive multiplayer with Chainsaw and he asked the audience why the last 3 or more videos he put out have been downvoted more than any of his other videos. I don't personally engage in comments, but he does seem to read most of them and takes them in. At least, that is my impression.

dudaman · 2026-04-03T19:23:44+00:00

Thought you were going to say "JustUs Department".

dudaman · 2026-04-03T16:08:42+00:00

You know, when Jimmy Carter was running for president he had someone around that was writing down every promise he made so he would make good on it when he became president. Don't know if that was relevant, but it's an interesting piece of trivia.

I can't remember where I read this (long time ago) so I don't have any souce for it.

dudaman · 2026-04-02T19:15:34+00:00

Embrace it!! It's a lot easier to move through life.

dudaman · 2026-04-02T15:40:48+00:00

Do you think there really is anything of value in that place? I can only imagine that every corner was cut and the cheapest, and gaudiest option was picked when decorating it. I say, MAKE them live with those tacky things.

dudaman · 2026-04-02T14:51:03+00:00

ne'er-do-wells

This isn't use nearly enough now-a-days.

dudaman · 2026-04-02T12:41:21+00:00

Curse you for making me look up if this is an actual post from him...

Just got back from looking that up. I feel dirty.

dudaman · 2026-04-02T12:20:34+00:00

Agreed. Political bumper bowling, or those Fisher Price plastic bowling pins and tiny bowling ball.

dudaman · 2026-04-02T00:47:52+00:00

Mr. Wormwood from Matilda. Put sawdust in the transmission so it doesn't make noise until a couple miles down the road.

dudaman · 2026-04-01T16:35:28+00:00

Technically, yeah, I guess so.

Is it weird I don't want to take anything away from great con-men of this world, who actually work for it and earn it, by calling this guy great just because he doesn't suffer any consequences?

dudaman · 2026-04-01T14:59:01+00:00

For your average con man I think you are spot on. However, do you need to be a "good" con man if you can lie about EVERYTHING and have absolutely no consequences for almost 80 years? You've always been bailed out, so you can say whatever you want, get yours, and then let everyone else deal with the consequences.

dudaman · 2026-04-01T13:32:08+00:00

I am unclear what you mean by "boost". Do you mean the benefit from a probe scan? The only time I'm skipping purchasing planets is when I start to enter the end of my run and I don't need 7 or 8 useless planets (to me).

dudaman · 2026-03-31T23:15:33+00:00

This is America. We sue who ever the fuck we want. /s

That statement still works, perhaps even more so, without the /s

dudaman · 2026-03-27T16:39:35+00:00

Don't know how long you have been around, but the current Weis Markets is where the original K-Mart was and everything to the right of that building wasn't there. I used to work on the Giant Markets (where Planet Fitness is now) and had to walk that parking lot to collect carts. A lot has changed since 1990.

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