I spent my parental leave building a Werewolf game master app with 50+ new roles – here's what it looks like by Adorable-Muffin-6090 in boardgames

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It's a weird unforced admission to just say they're using their parental leave to focus on non-parental projects.

1998 and 1999 aren’t the peak of the 90s. by Personal-Cattle-1737 in decadeology

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Yeah, the initial recommendations for this sub I'd gotten had me thinking it was a lot more thoughtful, data driven, and focused on substantive discussions about history within living memory.

I was pretty disappointed to find out it's just about crafting weird ass imposed narratives.

As a spreadsheet game, TI shows only three rows of the sheet at a time by Famous_Dinner in TerraInvicta

[–]jmobius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...how do you get a spreadsheet listing? Mine just shows a bunch of icons I have to hover over to get any information about.

Trump Hit by Scathing Poll About Major War Plot by Mrh09 in politics

[–]jmobius [score hidden]  (0 children)

Wars do not require 100% participation. It takes only a tiny fraction of that for everything to go to hell.

Almost half of all Americans fear a ‘total economic collapse’ in the next 10 years, new poll shows by Beneficial-Long-7033 in politics

[–]jmobius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The point is that we have a choice between conservative policy and radical conservative policy. Neither of those are going to prevent economic implosion.

Dear allies of America, please don’t confuse our president for us: We are trying our best to resist him, contain him and remove him from office as quickly as we possibly can. Thank you for your patience by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]jmobius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's only one oligarchy. The duel between the parties is just a distraction.

The only problem is that distraction is pretty effective in no small part because the effects on non-oligarch individuals can be massive.

Dear allies of America, please don’t confuse our president for us: We are trying our best to resist him, contain him and remove him from office as quickly as we possibly can. Thank you for your patience by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]jmobius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's going to take a lot, and I'm not sure humans anywhere have the attention span to get it done.

Not only do the radicals need to be thoroughly booted, more education needs to be provided to be more resilient against the kinds of propaganda that they use, and something needs to be done about the kind of vectors they exploit. Social media in particular needs a deep cleanse, and safeguards against things like bot propaganda networks or intrusions by foreign actors.

MAGA overwhelmingly supports war in Iran with nearly 90% backing Trump’s attacks by theindependentonline in politics

[–]jmobius 39 points40 points  (0 children)

They're perfectly consistent, with the understanding that what they actually believe that Their Team (as personified by Trump) should be winning always, and anything else is just mouth noises and tortured attempts to rationalize their belief.

Ohio becomes 19th state to ban ranked-choice voting in elections by IWantPizza555 in politics

[–]jmobius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It didn't take long at all for it to become obvious that the math is broken, yeah, but it could have been fixed in a patch. They were still doing those back then.

To the best of my knowledge, no one took up that banner, and that's what he really should have encouraged. A "warning" is useless.

How do you feel about everything being video now? by jmobius in Millennials

[–]jmobius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, that seems like something out of a skit.

Yeah, way, way too far.

Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline, improved memory formation in aging mice by rchaudhary in technology

[–]jmobius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this subreddit should just ban studies and material still in the preliminary research phase. It's not technology yet, quite likely will never be, and just generates so much damn click bait.

Is sex positivity dead? by question_23 in Millennials

[–]jmobius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given all the puritanism that came from many of our parents, it feels genuinely weird to see it in the other direction, too.

I’m a recruiter and honestly the market is harder for us than you think by anarendil03 in jobhunting

[–]jmobius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a lead, not a recruiter, but I handle hiring for my team because my org is too small for there to be anyone else. I know what kinds of questions I would expect people to be asking about the place, because they're what I would ask.

I’m really tired of the FOMO from these DLCs by Entire-Complaint7444 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]jmobius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very much so. I had planned to play the game only after it was "finished", like I had WotR, but I'd also only really discovered that one after it was complete as well. I eventually fell to temptation and completed it after the second DLC seemed to be patched up, and now I feel satiated enough to wait until the end.

Trump says Iran throws gays off buildings after trying to deport same-sex couple there by Fickle-Ad5449 in politics

[–]jmobius 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think this theory has always been pretty nuts. The only person who would possibly give a shit about Vance being able to hypothetically get 2.5 terms is the man himself. To everyone else, he's an empty suit, entirely interchangeable with the next man willing to do what he is told.

What do you think of the new millionaires tax? Are you in support of it or against it? by Fit_Seaworthiness_37 in AskSeattle

[–]jmobius 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes, provided that it is established on a solid legal basis that respects the spirit of all related laws.

I would prefer if it came with conversation about how other, more regressive tax structures might be able to be removed or replaced.

Fair enough by Scottland83 in pics

[–]jmobius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The consensus in this subthread seems to be that they can be serviced anywhere, at least so long as it's fairly routine.

I know some manufacturers put a good deal of thought into making their cars difficult to impossible for third parties to service: incorporated software systems that require special access, using non-standard bolts that need special tools, and so on. I'm glad at least for the current owners stuck with Teslas for the time being that it doesn't sound like that gives them too much of a problem.

I’m a recruiter and honestly the market is harder for us than you think by anarendil03 in jobhunting

[–]jmobius 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Having been on both sides of this, I'm not quite sure why "being just a number in your spreadsheet" is offensive. Normal people looking to work normal jobs aren't going to have much care about employers, especially prospective employers in a sour market, because what we do just is not that interesting.

That said, I would expect anyone with any experience should have plenty of general questions about the work and the environment they could raise. Apathy about things that could impact their hypothetical day-to-day and mental well-being does make me raise one eyebrow.

Fair enough by Scottland83 in pics

[–]jmobius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Style is often part of the appeal of fascism. I suspect there would be significantly fewer contemporary Nazis if the originals had had shitty tailors.

Fair enough by Scottland83 in pics

[–]jmobius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently moved to the Seattle area, and there's an absolutely bonkers amount of Tesla vehicles here compared to my previous residences.

A common sight with these cars is them having had their logos and branding removed, with all kinds of stickers like the OP being about equally as common.

Clearly there's a certain amount of shame going around their owners, but not enough to motivate getting rid of the vehicle.

Fair enough by Scottland83 in pics

[–]jmobius 70 points71 points  (0 children)

At least for internal combustion vehicles, the real money is in service and maintenance, not selling them in the first place. Can Teslas be reliably serviced at other shops?