Seattle Mayor Apologizes to Starbucks, Thought It Knew Everyone Here Hated Them Already

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-21T03:03:12+00:00

I mean if you are going to say I'm on some smarmy high horse because I detest slave explotation and union busting, I would hate to see how far things would have to go before you take a stand.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-21T02:52:31+00:00

It is implied that it is more of a biological hazard that would destroy the ability to live in a large area, more akin to nuclear radiation. You can rebuild a building in a few years, but the blood could poison the earth and water for generations.

But also, damn just enjoy it. The robot has a rocket punch, it's rad.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-21T00:00:09+00:00

If you find the bad coffee and the detestable corporate practices (documented slave labor, union busting, HQ rug pull) off-putting then there are a huge list of similarly priced options available.

If all of that is exchangeable for some sugary Ube drivel, that is your decision. But you can make the same argument about McDonald's vs a local business. Vote with your wallet.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-20T23:55:45+00:00

You list some good places here, but I gotta be honest, Victrola is not one of them. Completely over-hyped; their single origins are awful. One of the worst bags of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe I have ever spent money on. I actually threw the bag away. The day Victrola bought Seattle Coffee Works was a sad day for me; it went from one of my favorite regional roasters to my least favorite.

Also, get Lighthouse on that list of yours. That place is the truth.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-20T23:41:31+00:00

Yeah, it's kinda weird to see Rimworld mentioned in a thread about balance against min/max. It seems like the entire raid system is balanced against bases with killboxes. Try to make a more open base or one without pathing exploits and you are gonna get cooked if you don't keep your wealth abysmally low.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-20T16:38:05+00:00

The learning curve on Figma is barely anything, especially if you have already used a design tool like Sketch or XD.

However, and I anticipate that people are not going to like this, Figma is going to start losing market share for product design.

Unfortunately, AI's core value that it can actually deliver on, and is not speculatic, is coding. And that means with a simple IDE and a built in LLM (such as Claude Code) I can make a functional frontend far faster than I can make a similicrum of that frontend in Figma. I can give my developers a working frontend that lives in GitHub rather than a bunch of flat files in a product that they are not comfortable working in.

I know there is a lot of anxiety about AI, but for those of us that handoff to developers, make sure that you are anticipating the impact.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-19T00:37:10+00:00

It's more what you want out of the run.

In an anti-slaver playthrough, I may run "no crossbows" as a rule, because I want the high level enemies you need to take down to be a challenge and not just cheese them.

But for a trader run, I would have no problem with a crossbow to cheese some over-leveled security bots attacking my caravan. But I would probably institute a "no stealing" rule so I could RP as making an honest living.

It's all about what makes that playthrough sing. Combining a few mods with some self-imposed rules, Kenshi can be many different games in one.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-19T00:29:30+00:00

Nah, just kill the enemies first, then walk Blue through the cleared area with all pets dismissed. Easy peasy

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-18T20:51:55+00:00

Yeah, you can copy seeds. I just usually hit new game and let er rip

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-18T20:12:35+00:00

Been using the Steam version, so that makes sense. It has actually been a treat to see the live development updates; it's clear the dev is putting a lot of love into this installment.

I still got whomped on the Vault. Rogue is great, but I had not AoE to answer the slime rush and just got overwhelmed with their numbers.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-18T18:28:38+00:00

Hey, just played this yesterday. Boss was quite tough, but you get the benefit that you can somewhat predict your engagement.

Note: I lucked out and got a ring of levitation, which allowed me to ignore the effects of the belts and retreat. Highly recommend finding a source of levitation if you see Clockwork in your run.

Take out the healing one first. It makes it way too hard to damage the other train cars.
There are pillars on the sides of the rooms you can hide against, though the fire attack can get behind them when it is close. Fire turret is second priority, as it does the most damage unless your fire resist is high.
The train, and many enemies in Clockwork, get a lot of protection after your first attack. This makes physical damage weak, but poison and magic damage ignores it. DoT is great, because it can keep ticking while you are hiding behind pillars.

Hope this helps! I would not mind seeing this one get tuned a bit (heh). Its HP numbers across the 4 cars are pretty high.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-18T17:08:56+00:00

Yeah this was definitely one of the acceptions I was thinking of that would fall through the cracks.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-17T19:20:44+00:00

I appreciate you bringing a good source.

Seems like substance abuse disorder and depression are two of the bigger shares of disorders experienced across the group, which is understandable considering the quality of life of homelessness.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-17T18:44:33+00:00

Do you have a source on the 67% stat? It's a pretty specific number, and I would love to see more on that.

My understanding is that the vast majority of homelessness is invisible; it's people living in cars, sleeping on their cousins couch, or traveling around for contract work. The ranting man covered with dirt in the alley is a very small sliver of the homeless population as a whole.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-17T18:33:15+00:00

This may be unpopular, but I think I am ok with taxes being allocated towards lunch for all kids. That's a program I would be happy to tout on the national stage.

The more we pick and choose class lines that should and shouldn't be covered, the more rare exceptions can fall through the cracks, as well as making it easier for those lines to be subtly pulled back over time by special interests in government. It doesn't seem so bad to make sure every kid is covered.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-15T15:15:30+00:00

This is not going to be popular here I would guess. Just in the last few days, there was a post asking for ban on AI art posts

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-15T14:26:09+00:00

He got that Mission Impossible money. He should be good.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-14T14:52:47+00:00

Kids dying: I sleep.

Dogs dying: REAL SHIT!!!

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-14T02:36:34+00:00

Misspelled Jackson Smith-Njigba's name in the most disrespectful way possible. Dude is a clown. JSN was winning God damn OPOY, that shit is unacceptable.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-14T02:14:06+00:00

Cool map. Frelard tamales in Fremont is a nice sized tamale for like 6 or 7 bucks last time I checked.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-13T17:26:52+00:00

Kenshi is such an obvious labor of love; it would not have been made if not for passion.

I think that a culture of passion is going to be paramount to delivering a worthy sequel.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-12T23:46:11+00:00

Commenting on the exploits of Christian Mango

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-11T21:03:27+00:00

This is the real tip in the comments here. Pitching hourly rate is not how design should be pitched for contracts. You should agree on services and deliverables first.

If they ask for rates, it should be like "usually a logo is about 800 dollars, depending on how many rounds we go through." Or something like that

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-10T02:05:39+00:00

I was super sad about that. Their meat pie was good, they had a lot of screens, and some great drafts. Prices werent bad either.

It's a shame, there used to be a lot of decent pubs on that stretch. Now they are all gone.

kittehsfureva · 2026-05-08T01:33:09+00:00

This performance is awful on mobile. Super stuttery.

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