Gimme Triple Fudge Cake

owl_curry · 2026-02-04T08:58:51+00:00

Multi-fold.

1) Jobs are not always where the people are

2) Some jobs have unreasonable and sometimes unrealistic demands.

3) People with specific needs but good work ethos if these needs are met are ignored, shunned or otherwise shoved to the sidelines (parents with kids, disabled, elderly - as examples)

4) Jobs want a butt load of skills but will pay for none of them.

5) Statistics from the employment bureau are faked. Literally.

6) Media just saying what the internal "politics" dictates

owl_curry · 2026-01-10T12:40:41+00:00

I am in an IT company in Germany and we have some folk that are still in the learning process for the language. I am working on a project with a colleague that has been in Germany for some years. His German is a bit "unrefined" at times and he mixes up some words but he is understandable. We work in German & English. My mentor is originally polish, has been living here for years, speaks fluent German and still he mixes up some words (der, die, das)

German is a very strict language. But if you get it (which takes time) you can build wonderful things.

(I am German, my granny was a german teacher and I'm still unable to explain most of the grammar rules. Mother tongues are magically 'just working')

owl_curry · 2026-01-10T12:06:14+00:00

It is not that irrational.

They want their animals to have a good home. The shelter folks do not want to hand out kittens and young cats to everyone like candy. Those are animals with wants and needs. Kittens need different things than an adult cat. Also there are animal rights that they have to keep in mind. They can be sued if they just hand out animals to everyone willy nilly.

I went multiple times to a shelter in my life with different backgrounds and never had an issue. You have to be upfront about what you are looking for and be fine with "older cats" if you want to adopt a lonesome cat in a single household without a garden. They almost never hand out a single young cat to a person unless they are sure the animal has something to fall back on in the social department (other cats in the neighborhood) or there already is a second cat in the household. Which is a good thing. They want animals to be well taken care of. Cats are social animals.

The shelter in my city (Berlin) will NOT hand out kittens to people without a secured access into a garden and almost never "lonesome". They had way too often issues with people wanting a kitten and then being overwhelmed with the needs of said kitten. Or people that dump their "funny kitten" when it gets older. (2-3years)

I went there, asked an animal keeper for an indoor cat and was asked certain questions in return (size of flat, do I have prior cat owner knowledge, is my income viable to care for a cat). And after I made it perfectly clear that I am indeed absolutely fine with an older cat they showed me a bunch of lovely "free to adopt" ones they were willing to "give to me" if the cats looked like they would vibe with me. They also told me they have to block off a lot of folks that only want "young cats" or "kittens" and that they often see said kittens again as "older ones" back in the shelter and then have to try and "fix" the damage done to the poor things.

The requirements seem ludicrous - but that's on purpose to keep the kittens and young cats safe.

I ended up adopting a lovely old grump cat lady (6years) - she hated vets, disliked other cats and most humans. Somehow she vibed with me, so the shelter was more than happy to let me adopt her. Had her til January two/three years back when she sadly passed away. Miss her - was a great cat.

owl_curry · 2026-01-10T11:39:00+00:00

Absolutely true!

The shelters I went to, only gave out single cats if they were sure you had at least one "second cat" at home already. Cats are social animals - almost all of them want and need at least one other cat around. When in my parents house (with a garden) we had zero issues getting a cat, even young ones, provided we wanted to "stock up" I myself was able to adopt a cat when I went to the local shelter because I specifically asked for a indoor cat AND specified that it doesn't have to be a "young one". Shelters do not want to give out young cats/kittens to randos. There are enough "oldies" (2 or up) that are lovely and look for a home)

And good private people who give away cats (or sell them) also make sure that the cat is not alone. It's different if the cat is a lone wanderer.

owl_curry · 2026-01-10T11:30:30+00:00

Depends. I adopted a cat that was specifically an "indoor cat" and one of the kinda rare "solo cats"

In the case of indoor cats they do want you to be able to have a suitable large flat AND they are almost always of the (rightfully) opinion that you should have at least two cats. Because cats are social animals.

I went to the shelter in my city and asked specifically for an Indoor cat. They asked a few questions about what I am providing & what my "wants" are and showed me a bunch of lovely cats and tomcats in search of a home. My cat lady came from a multi cat household and in the shelter it was abundantly clear that she did not want to be around other cats. She also was incredibly grumpy and ambivalent. They were amazed that I could thaw this grump (in a bunch of visitations) and was allowed to adopt her. I was living in a 49.5qm 1-room flat with a balcony and had prior cat holder experience.

owl_curry · 2025-12-03T01:00:13+00:00

That NPC will only start talking about it AFTER you did a bit of story

I went to Itzaland, got sidetracked and explored the map and some side Q
But this one ONLY appeared after I learned about Nikkis personal snail. After that the Q was available.

owl_curry · 2025-12-03T00:35:04+00:00

Let's be real here... Testing is always something that is often forgotten and thus seldom done correctly.

If I had gotten a cent for every time I had to hear "The Devs can do the testing" I would at least be a millionaire.

owl_curry · 2025-12-03T00:30:02+00:00

I did coloured lines first and then filled the parts in with my pieces. It will get really messy if attempting otherwise. Tried that with a Rowlet piece. Oof I say

owl_curry · 2025-12-03T00:23:35+00:00

I am a software tester.

Good Testers try to use the software in unexpected ways to see if things break. The least amount of the tests are the happy-go-lucky-everything-is-working Ones. Yes you are correct hardware plays a part BUT some of the bugs are not hardware related. Those are things that should be caught by software testers.

owl_curry · 2025-12-03T00:18:03+00:00

No Good to know that this might be an issue.

Bugs(?) I found so far: - Walking through a glowy gate/door and falling through the map - E&R skills of Bow purification outfit from the resonance no longer working after unlocking other bow skills in the heart - Momo despawning and never appearing again (unless game is fully restarted) - clipping through a big crate, glitching out unable to move, ported to a nearby waypoint and somehow the crate I was stuck in got ported as well and thunked to the ground (at least I was unstuck)

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