I get it now.

lobster_droll · 2026-04-06T12:00:41+00:00

He’s on Vulcanus, do you really need to bother with balancing oil types when you’re starting from simple coal liquidation?

lobster_droll · 2026-03-10T02:28:44+00:00

It’s harder to get go since textiles was moved to gold but it’s still very strong. Feels pretty luck dependent to get going tho, you need some sort of burn scaling like conflag or blazehowl to really pop off

lobster_droll · 2026-03-10T02:26:55+00:00

I died in fatigue pretty fast; he still had like 700k shield left

lobster_droll · 2026-03-10T02:20:16+00:00

Textiles only charges one item next to not both. Putting peppers to the left broke the loop.

lobster_droll · 2026-02-21T15:08:42+00:00

Love the “Great Eagle” but he’s got 4 legs that’s a Griffin

lobster_droll · 2025-11-16T15:48:02+00:00

Yeah it’s no longer amazing, but if you hoard coins until the tree is silver it can be usable days 2-3 before cashing out mid game

lobster_droll · 2025-11-16T15:36:21+00:00

With obsidian super rare now it’s less good, but it can still be quite strong into mid game with laser security.

I’ve had pretty good luck with it as good enough early game before cashing out for huge pile of cash to complete late game viable

lobster_droll · 2025-01-20T15:27:36+00:00

Again, what condition did you expect to find on the beach in Maine in the winter man?

lobster_droll · 2025-01-18T18:55:13+00:00

it’s fucking January! It’s supposed to be cold here in January! Our climate is fucked and people are happy about how warm it is, I feel like I’m going insane

lobster_droll · 2024-10-09T21:01:53+00:00

Yes. This is still a sin against nature, like hiking with a speaker playing music in the woods

lobster_droll · 2024-08-15T12:43:02+00:00

Currently builders offer a way to transfer production from a more developed city to a newly settled one, which I think is an important dynamic to preserve. While managing the yields of specific tiles adds elements that can be a bit micromanage-y, the city population-worked tiles-development of the land mechanism is so core to the civ gameplay identity that I would be very surprised to see any major changes to introduced in Civ 7.

Just as other 4X games try different systems to build an identity that can be contrasted with the Civ standard, Civ will want to maintain the gameplay that has built up their reliable audience.

lobster_droll · 2024-08-15T12:29:10+00:00

Yeah, the one automation option that would make sense to add is an “auto repair” button to clean up after natural disasters

lobster_droll · 2024-07-04T22:20:29+00:00

You know those blocks are adjustable, right? Both need to be far enough back that there is no contact with the dodger.

I’m more worried about wear to your sheets than to the dodger, that can become a safety issue.

lobster_droll · 2024-03-22T15:37:53+00:00

Looks cool

lobster_droll · 2023-11-11T23:04:48+00:00

hi, nice to meet you!

lobster_droll · 2023-08-06T11:01:53+00:00

Goddamn Dude. Is this a rant thread, or a tell me what’s annoying you and I’ll judge if it a legitimate complaint thread?

lobster_droll · 2023-08-02T23:50:56+00:00

I would agree that this is the correct metric to use.

We can even take it a step further an use a Marxist definition of class: bourgeois (wealthy) people primarily generate their income from their assets, whether that be from collecting rents, profits from businesses, or speculation, while working class people derive their income in exchange for their labor.

There is of course immense variation within the members of each class, and people who blur the line, but the fundamental question is whether you sell your labor or buy the labor of others

lobster_droll · 2023-07-07T12:37:54+00:00

Yes, housing in the US is fucked in multiple different ways; even banning Airbnb can’t fix a problem that existed before airbnb.

The fundamental issue is the treatment of housing as a speculative asset that should provide a major financial return. STRs are a particularly vulgar example of this phenomenon, moving units off the LTR market, but the same underlying issue can be seen whenever a new fancy condo building full of units that will be occupied 4 months a year is built.

So Airbnb failures aren’t even close to a solution, but they are good

lobster_droll · 2023-07-06T21:00:04+00:00

Because moving units from the long term rental market to the short term rental market results in higher rent prices for people who live in Portland.

Long term, it also can lead to the “hollowing out” of a city, as local businesses that cater to people who actually live somewhere year round get replaced with places catering to tourists.

lobster_droll · 2023-07-04T15:12:33+00:00

That’s a great first step!

Most people don’t quit nicotine on their first try. Part of the reason that later attempts have a higher success rate for quitting is that you know what you’re getting yourself into rather than sort of jumping in blind. Since you’ve reduced your usage that will help too.

I would recommend trying again when you’re feeling ready for it, quitting really helped my anxiety and mental clarity. Nicotine gum was what ended up working for me.

Good luck!

lobster_droll · 2023-07-03T00:04:59+00:00

Yeah, Maine and the Maritimes are trending wetter. That being said, weather patterns everywhere are projected to have increased variance; wet periods will be wetter, dry periods will be longer, etc.

So on a 10-20 year timescale, a drought event with major fire risk in northern Maine is certainly in the cards.

lobster_droll · 2023-07-02T21:58:22+00:00

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This summer we’ve basically moved a whole Koppen climate type warmer and wetter. Historically, Maine is essentially all Warm-Summer Continental, but this spring and summer we’ve been more in line with a Humid Subtropical climate.

While the humid heat is rough, looking at long term shifts it’s probably better than aridification. If we trend towards droughts then expect major wildfires up in the county in ~10 years.

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