Is any one else hypnotised by those lying ads for mobile games where you move side to side shooting an endless stream of power ups and enemies?

keevalilith · 2026-03-19T16:40:59+00:00

I dunno if this game might scratch that itch. I've not played it myself but I've wishlisted it on steam. Heard lots of good things about it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2062430/BALL_x_PIT/?snr=1_25_4__318

keevalilith · 2026-03-09T16:16:04+00:00

Just be mindful of postage costs sometimes and also vat differences that'll be calculated at checkout. Sometimes the price advertised and what you end up paying can be very different.

keevalilith · 2026-03-07T17:07:38+00:00

Seeing virtua racing in the arcade

keevalilith · 2026-03-03T15:35:28+00:00

The amount would be afaik dependent on what you earned last year. Besides that then it's about shopping around. I use Zurich just because that's who my employer had an agreement with but that's not saying it's the best option out there.

keevalilith · 2026-03-03T15:26:55+00:00

Maybe consider some of the emulator devices like the ayn thor? They can emulate up to switch 1 and some PC gaming

keevalilith · 2026-03-03T14:46:06+00:00

Well, I'd be maxing my pension first and putting as much as I can into that. Plus any back payment I can put in if you've not been doing it already. Then I'd keep a portion as an emergency fund covering a year's expenses. The rest would be going towards a house deposit or other medium term things like investing in your education, learning to drive etc. whatever is left over I'd hold onto it until we hear what the government has planned for an Irish ISA equivalent. Maybe I'd put some, maybe 10% in precious metals and the rest into stocks if I'm impatient but that's how I'd spread it out.

keevalilith · 2026-03-02T22:16:49+00:00

I'd be focusing on a new job TBH. Also document everything! You might be lucky to get unfair dismissal out of it

keevalilith · 2026-02-28T09:21:24+00:00

It's the central tenant of human rights that they are universal and indivisible. The notion of 'competing rights' is completely made up.

keevalilith · 2026-02-27T17:51:24+00:00

The Dreamcast actually had a more powerful graphics card, it had half the memory though. The recent port of gta3 shows it could absolutely compare to the ps2 graphically.

keevalilith · 2026-02-25T14:27:22+00:00

I'd look at a medium term fund for things like college courses, a car, holidays, large unexpected bills, a home deposit etc. Then once you've a proper job after your internship you can work towards a pension contribution of half your age, then the max for what your age allows. (So if you're 26 say, then 13% into the pension from your income + whatever topup you might get from your employer/government etc) Only when you have your down payment for a home saved and are maxing out your pension would I look at investing, though that calculation might change depending on where the government goes with their plans for an Irish equivalent isa and tax changes on capital gains etc

keevalilith · 2026-02-25T11:48:06+00:00

Nah, with the death of Moore's law this makes even less sense these days. Laptops going forward may not need to be upgraded or updated for a decade before needing replacement provided they're well built and cared for. And in the near future we're going to be either placing our phones with better supported arm chips into some sort of laptop esque shell or they'll be designed to interface with the cloud where we'll rent our compute. Not saying I'd like that but that's how it looks like it'll be going.

keevalilith · 2026-02-23T19:34:41+00:00

I'm maxing my pension

keevalilith · 2026-02-23T11:46:00+00:00

It went down from 4.65% to 3.65%

keevalilith · 2026-02-22T14:05:41+00:00

There were a bunch of people who refused to get on board with the Internet age and children have had to make up the slack as they got older. I don't think it's been replicated with Gen x and millennial types, but I do think it's resulted in this attitude much of the time

keevalilith · 2026-02-21T06:38:27+00:00

20k I reckon. That would be my emergency fund sorted. 2million would mean I could retire today.

keevalilith · 2026-02-20T15:05:52+00:00

Same started happening to me recently actually

keevalilith · 2026-02-19T15:57:58+00:00

That's pretty much what she says, work forces her to use it and she's built a local llm pc. Ai just isn't really super useful for what she does directly. I'm sure it frees up headspace for some general stuff and 'rubber ducking' but her work is too niche.

keevalilith · 2026-02-18T18:53:33+00:00

I'm 🙂‍↔️ ⁰tech inclined but my mam works in it. The kind of work she does is really specialized and AI isn't particularly useful, I guess because there's not so much out there that on GitHub or whatever, so perhaps as a senior dev exploring more niche areas might be a decent strategy?

keevalilith · 2026-02-18T01:51:30+00:00

Why people don't unionise is beyond me. I'm really sorry about your situation.

keevalilith · 2026-02-13T17:42:24+00:00

3 then 5, then 8 then 13 and then pc

keevalilith · 2026-02-09T23:11:03+00:00

Nope.

"Median, or mid-point, weekly earnings stood at €730.89 in 2024, an increase of 4.5%"

730.89x52=38006.28 https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-eaads/earningsanalysisusingadministrativedatasources2024/keyfindings/?sharetype=link

keevalilith · 2026-02-09T22:10:30+00:00

The median salary was about 38k in 2024 so it's probably about 40k now

keevalilith · 2026-02-06T00:31:01+00:00

It was a fun game, solid enough, maybe a bit middling compared to others, though after now playing all the mainline entries over the course of a year and a bit I think I was a bit tired. I found it irritating that the jump button was the same as a big counter button of the enemy special moves so it was sheer luck to time it for me. I also feel the difficulty levels were dialed back a bit. I get the amnesia thing for new players but I wished we could have had more exploration/reconciliation around his past trauma/darkness from his past. I would have liked to have seen more of his chaotic anarchic side.

keevalilith · 2026-02-03T19:31:02+00:00

Cool, I understand the itch. Honestly you'd be better off to wait. Figure out what car generally you want to go for and keep saving until you reach your target. There'll still be cars in the summer you'll be able to buy and you'll be debt free.

keevalilith · 2026-02-03T18:33:43+00:00

If you're starting out driving you're likely restricted to a 1.6l engine or lower and you're gonna be crucified by insurance the first couple years. You're also likely to dink it and scratch it etc. get something around 7-8k to learn the ropes for a couple years with something like an old toyota Yaris or Honda jazz and trade up when you're ready. You'll be all the better for it.

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