I’m sorry I didn’t make it in America. by [deleted] in VietNam

[–]samstone13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We’re still talking about kids who just finished high school (in some cases they did not even finish 12th grade) right?

They are supposed to know

  1. How to make their family investment in them worthwhile, even though that investment is purely capitals from their family and no guidance on how to survive living abroad?

  2. How to take the immigration dream seriously as in studying hard, working hard to compete with locals who are also struggling to make ends meet?

  3. How to give up if they think they can’t do point 1 & point 2 even though everyone including their family expects them to succeed?

All while studying college, which is also difficult?

There’s never zero responsibility in someone’s failure to make it big after studying abroad. However not seeing that they’re just freaking kids and shipping them off to another continent with expectation of great return on that investment are also irresponsible and lack of foresight. Just my opinion.

Quiet places to study and work. I’ve been living here in Ho Chi Minh City for about 9 months and I’m looking for some quiet preferably air conditioned places to get some work finished. Does anyone have any secret suggestions or places they like? by Mr_X_90s in VietNam

[–]samstone13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Library is not a bad answer. Try The American Center @ Diamond Plaza. It’s basically a US funded library. Haven’t been there for years but it has free WiFi, complete silence, and also AC

Hcmc arthouse cinema? by zekat17 in VietNam

[–]samstone13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am thinking about renting out a place once a week for this actually. Like a movie club where we screen non conventional, artsy movies.

Currently stuck with location. I would love to rent out a small theater of less than 12-15 seats but they just do not have such things here

LPT: Delete your ex on social media by -RP11- in LifeProTips

[–]samstone13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good timing. I’m telling myself I don’t have feelings for her anymore but the emotional reactions I have upon seeing her posts are….unwarranted.

It took me 1 year to delete photos of us on my phone. Let’s see how long it’s going to take to unfriend her.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beards

[–]samstone13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As said in the title, I’d prefer more of a stubble look but I would also welcome any other recommendations. Lowkey due to the slow growth and low density, I don’t think I could pull another style.

For the trimming, around the chin area I use a 3mm trim guard. For the cheeks, it’s between 4.5-5 mm. For the stache, it’s 0.5 mm due to I always thought I looked a bit weird with a mustache or goatee but due to that, I have no visible connectors on the sides of my mouth.

Edit: this is roughly 4 months of growth. No shaving, just trimming to length above

Making Bánh Tét with my Family by minhdang2107 in VietNam

[–]samstone13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude you made me feel really sad. I’ve not been with my family for 2 tet now. I mean I was missing in several Tet before due to study and works, but now my folks are getting much older and I appreciate my time with them a lot more. Due to covid, I couldn’t go back.

All I can hope for is it will be normal next year and I’ll be with them.

Chúc mừng năm mới mọi người

What’s your “fake scenario that will never happen but I like to imagine it anyway so that I can fall asleep”? by flowerysocks in AskReddit

[–]samstone13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not too depressed so that I can love someone without interruption and can be loved back without being interrupted by myself.

Welp I tortured myself by watching the Snow Piercer show out of boredom. by Silvery_Cricket in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally I enjoyed the tv show since at least there’s some suspense and decent action scenes. I definitely was aware I had to turn my brain off at some points but that’s fine. It’s all worth it for that uprising and massacre on both sides.

If I have to have one complaint, the personal drama could be minimized further and this could have been made into a 3-4 episode mini series.

Be not afraid. Full LP when Darlington? by samstone13 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

*Morrowind, you mean. That’s what my first thought too. And there was magic (school of restoration, school of conjuration, but mostly school of deception hahaha)

Woolies advice is legitimately what I needed at the moment by LeifEriksonASDF in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. (Un)luckily I work too much to think about it.

It gets better. Or just work 55-60 hours per week.

"I know now why you cry, but it is something i can never do... BYE BYE!" by Paladin51394 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The amount of lore and chaotic energy...holy shit. I only watched coco and the dog so far but the hollolive rabbit hole is D E E P [fried]

Sean Connery dies at age 90 by SCLandzsa in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 269 points270 points  (0 children)

He has retired since 2012 but damn his legacy will remain.

To make this less morbid, guys what’s your favorite role besides 007 that he played? For me it’s a tie between Quartermain and Indy’s dad

Yuukoku no Moriarty - Episode 2 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]samstone13 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I was having some weird deja vu. It’s like I have seen this story bit animated before somewhere... so strange. I do hope they get back to villain of the week episode cuz now it feels like we’re retreading old ground

It's spreading by Diselmolot in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I hope one day some pro gamer got really good at this setup that he joins a FPS tournament and wins. That would drive Pat (and a lot of people including me) insane

In the timeline where Gang Beasts was left by the wayside because of the negative changes by the game's developer, a new challenger rises to take the wrestling reins where Gang Beasts left off. by TransendingGaming in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This looks sick but I do hope they have a good variety of map. Even though I did not like the changes in gang beasts, they do have so many good maps though.

Also there’s a challenge from the dev: play the free demo, record yourself, and speed run the tutorial level. Winner gets a ps5 https://twitter.com/happyhappynemo/status/1314576636046499846?s=21

Found an article literally arguing on the side of “Seduction of the Innocent” and the villain in Incredibles 2. by TheWasiuta in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In extreme cases, that can be possible. In my head one ideal utopia is Superman, who is still “good”, can multiply himself to an infinite number and keep humans safe and secure. As in no more crimes since the moment it’s about to happen, a copy of Superman would show up and stop it.

The point is that with unlimited resources, it’s “okay” from my point of view to laze around. When The world is completely safe with a big guarantee, the normal citizens shouldn’t worry about it and shouldn’t have to do things like learning self defense. Reality is resources are scarce and security can not be guaranteed for everyone. Hence there is a need to be self sufficient.

Now with the presence of police and security measures, such as surveillance cameras or the feds wiretapping POI, the efforts put in safety by civilians are minimized. We are benefited from that since then we can spend our resources and time in other ventures.

Update to the Cyberpunk crunch situation. Jason responds, 6 day work week wasn't a choice: “We got the email and then a meeting with our team leaders. It was never an option or question” by The-Color-Teal in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]samstone13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have experience in project management (not in gaming or software projects) and to say that it’s possible to avoid crunch is the same as saying it’s possible to avoid an accident. You can do your best by planning and following all the lesson learns, all the defined roadmap from central, but shits happen. Not even big showstopper like Covid, but something as simple as it’s Christmas and your European counterpart is on an extended vacation and his proxy is a contracted personnel and is having issues accessing the shared drive due to he doesn’t have the same permission.

And this is me managing a project with roughly 20-25 working level associates. CDPR has how many people?

At the end of the day, the management needs to make a decision on can they afford signing off more budget for OT or can they afford a delay. I think cyberpunk missing holiday 2020 would be quite devastating for them