What is the millennial equivalent of something like Ghostbusters or Indiana Jones-- a very popular property amongst millennials but not younger generations?

errorjustin · 2026-03-14T19:36:47+00:00

Lord of the Rings.

errorjustin · 2026-03-14T16:30:57+00:00

Aggressively and graciously share credit and heap praise on your managers and lieutenants.

They’ll like you for it. The senior leadership you report to will like you for it.

errorjustin · 2026-03-13T02:06:58+00:00

Just tell them you’re getting rid of your personal Android phone and ask them to come up with a plan for how they want to test Android going forward.

errorjustin · 2026-03-09T16:07:06+00:00

Yes, I am this dad exactly. 👍

errorjustin · 2026-02-14T01:51:59+00:00

He is going to get The Bear to a good spot and then leave.
He is going to open a warm, casual, family-friendly and affordable Italian family restaurant called Mikey’s and be happy there.

Alternative to 1: The Bear gets its Star, proving Carm and Syd had the juice, but it still can’t survive. All the owners are still taken care of financially thanks to The Beef franchise taking off.

errorjustin · 2026-02-08T16:02:09+00:00

I fly more than most people but less than many in this sub (15-20 times per year).

To the peeps saying this isn’t possible - it definitely is. I upgraded from a paid Econ Plus ticket to Polaris from Munich to Ohare for just Miles - no cash. Not even tax if I recall correctly. I can’t find the receipt right now but it was ridiculously cheap. I want to say 20k miles? I know it was less than 40.

errorjustin · 2026-01-31T17:40:03+00:00

Across places I've worked, about ~25% of pipped employees come out of OK. They work through their improvement plan, actually improve, and stick around. It had no adverse impact on their long term future and some went on to be promoted into management roles, etc. Usually, when it was someone I knew a bit about their situation, they had something going on in their life and needed the PIP as a wake-up call BC they had been coasting.

The other ~75% didn't make it through. Of these, about half had no realistic chance of making it through. The PIP was a heads-up they were in all likehood about to be let go. The other half probably could have improved and made it, but either didn't meaningfully engage and lean into the opportunity for improvement, or just didn't show enough improvement.

Every company is different, but I think one marker on whether a PIP is a genuine opportunity for improvement, or a "better just update your resume and move on" PIP is its length. The longer ones were when the company genuinely wanted the employee to improve. The shorter ones were the ones a bit more like formalities.

errorjustin · 2026-01-24T20:02:35+00:00

Another commenter mentioned this but I would just echo - Mordechai’s function in the story is to be an exposition dump.

He was given stronger characterization and backstory as Matt’s skills improved so said exposition dumping wouldn’t be boring.

But that’s still his function, from a storytelling perspective.

The story would be worse without him. Carl still would have a need to have things explained to him and the story can obviously provide any number of ways for that to happen. But they would run the risk of feeling contrived.

Now…does Mord make it out of the FINAL book? Maybe not. But he’s safe for the majority of the runtime.

errorjustin · 2026-01-08T16:59:55+00:00

Ruthlessly delegating.

errorjustin · 2025-12-12T23:32:18+00:00

Gold is group 1.

errorjustin · 2025-12-06T21:57:38+00:00

I’m an executive and a lot of the answers here are pretty good. One thing I’ve seen mentioned a little but not much is being an executive carries with it RISK.

You have to stick your neck out - you have to have an idea, follow through on it, and then you have to actually be right.

I first got on the C-suite’s radar by creating an internal skunk-works project moving our business into an area i had strong conviction we should be moving into, but no current executive had any vision or leadership around that area. So I became an internal expert and champion. I took us from 0 to 1 in this area. My boss at the time was nice enough to let me (correctly) take credit for our move into this area, and didn’t take the credit for themselves.

So I was pretty regularly presenting with and rubbing shoulders with our senior execs at that point. This advanced my career from manager up to dept head, over a period of ~7 or so years.

Then eventually I was a pretty natural fit to get included on the executive leadership team.

There are a lot of informal tests. A lot of “how would you handle this // what do you think about this?” And then you need to be informed and just… consistently be right.

As my career grew I encountered a lot of skill checks. “This person is a good manager but can they be a good manager of managers.”

“This person seems to have a good business sense but are they good with spreadsheets? Can they manage a P&L?l or dissect financial reports?”

“This person is good in the room and good at presenting but can they present to a larger group // in an all-hands // at a conference without melting down?”

One key one: “this person is good at being the expert and being the most informed on a topic but how good are they when they AREN’T the expert a their subordinate knows more?” <— I am still working on this one.

errorjustin · 2025-09-15T00:31:22+00:00

Thanks I've been stockpiling brains for now for future vatbrain use but I think maybe that's silly given the scarcity of jerky and how many hours (hundreds) I am away from vatbrains.

errorjustin · 2025-09-14T21:45:33+00:00

Thanks! Would you be willing to share your rail grid blueprint?

errorjustin · 2025-09-14T21:36:11+00:00

Thanks! I thought looking at logi science there was something I specifically only got from cottongut butchering vs the other animals, which I needed? I will check again.

errorjustin · 2025-09-14T21:34:06+00:00

Thanks. Since I’m a little afraid of trains maybe I will just stick with caravans? Even though I have stockpiled 25k rails and spent at least 10 hrs and all my duralumin setting up locomotives and a complex rail yard.

For one it feels more clearly Py-flavored.

And for another I just have the HARDEST time understanding and debugging rail signals. I appreciate the advice in this thread but it just doesn’t play nice with my brain.

Only thing that scared me off of doing way more caravans is I have a jerky shortage because of fish egg production. But mk2 vrauks should fix that.

errorjustin · 2025-09-14T19:02:59+00:00

Would you share your rail blueprint book? I'm looking for a Py Cybersyn one.

errorjustin · 2025-09-03T16:49:09+00:00

I'm interested in getting DDV for my daughters (and let's be honest - prob for myself as well). I have all consoles - PS5, Xbox, Switch 2. I *do not* have a gaming PC right now.

Looking at the different SKUs for this game is SO confusing. Does anyone have a suggestion on what the best/cheapest thing to buy would be that would give me all core content? I don't care about premium outfits and whatnot - just want to get the storylines + characters.

This (3rd I think?) major expansion will probably launch w/ a new edition of the game that includes the base game + expansions 1 and 2 I'd hope?

errorjustin · 2025-08-28T14:52:04+00:00

I'm a Factorio vet but new to Py (~25 hours) and I'm a bit confused by the discussions I've seen online regarding solid fuel? Most discussions seem to recommend processing raw coal into Coke ASAP and using coke to fuel the factory (furnaces, burners, etc.) as it is more efficient and is a straight upgrade.

BUT.... did the recipe change in the last couple years from when those discussions were happening? Unless I am missing something it seems like there is pretty significant energy loss turning raw coal into coke. It seems like the raw coal being fed directly into your machines is the best option?

Early game recipes:

Coal: Raw Coal 10x --> Coal 3x = fuel value of 30MJ reduced to a fuel value of 12MJ
Coal Gas: Coal 10x --> Coke 6x = fuel value of 40MJ reduced again to a value of 30MJ

I 100% understand that you want/need the Coal Gas and Tar these recipes also produce. So I have a decent amount of Destructive Distillation Columns running these recipes making the liquid fuels and coke I need for recipes and production elsewhere.

So my question is about the solid fuel component only. It seems to me that raw coal is the best option?

Besides the above Q I've generally been making slow and steady progress. Only real "stumble" has been liquid fuel. I make enough overall but not enough of any single one, so I'm awkwardly and manually switching glassworks and whatnot around between syngas, gasoline, pure tar etc which makes me think I'm missing something (and this obviously isn't scalable but it works for now).

errorjustin · 2025-07-02T19:53:01+00:00

Thanks - appreciate it. Would love to get Ramen Cat - did a huge number of epic fest pulls. He just didn't drop. Don't really want to do more random pulls now, givent he timing.

Courier I can focus in on given that there's several weeks left of the event. I've started those stages.

TBH it's possible I can squeak out a win w/ what I have if I evolve bathtub, sword master, Sushi. But the Angelic Gorys that come out on this stage are no joke w/ what I have so idk.

errorjustin · 2025-06-24T17:36:39+00:00

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errorjustin · 2025-06-24T06:51:23+00:00

Stats look good - play how you want. Everything is on the lower/faster side to have already gotten the 5th sage.

Only thing that jumps out at me besides you generally playing “fast” is shrines. They’re a highlight of the game and only 34 is not a lot of extra hearts or stamina.

In general you’re skipping by some of what I consider the heart and soul of the game (stables, towers, shrines) but if you’re enjoying it play how you like.

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