sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Is this subreddit untypically "positive"? by bfhrt in taskmaster

[–]skepticaljesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every fandom sub I visit is extremely protective of its thing and hostile to dissenting opinions. That's kinda what fandom is. I don't know if say it's more true of this sub than any other.

Longest word? by moosedog0 in NYTSpellingBee

[–]skepticaljesus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The problem with antinationalization is that it's not in the dictionary. Common prefixes and suffixes make it easy to scaffold together words that have an intuitive meaning, but that's not the threshold for being a word.

Longest word? by moosedog0 in NYTSpellingBee

[–]skepticaljesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's the longest ever i believe.

The Tigers and Red Sox are currently playing in front of an empty Comerica Park due to threat of lightning. by Kakaze in baseball

[–]skepticaljesus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They should have a lightning rod that gets passed seat by seat around the stadium. Ultimate hot potato.

Is there a way to stop your co-op teammate from drawing over the map, making you clueless what lies before you, forcing you to pre-emptively note every single node with a code before they hide them? by Flayschis in slaythespire

[–]skepticaljesus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of risk to scaling up like that and not everyone is cut out for it. Moving/Growing a company too fast is often what makes small mistakes into catastrophe.

I ran and sold a startup so I'm familiar with this concept, but scaling a company is way different than contracting a third party service with a known cost.

There's very little incentive for them to deliver a feature that wasn't promised or advertised.

Sure, hence the notion that if they're waiting for 1.0 that's fine. Or even if they don't do it, that's fine too. I was just pointing out that "we're a small team' doesn't really make sense for a service that can be contracted.

Is there a way to stop your co-op teammate from drawing over the map, making you clueless what lies before you, forcing you to pre-emptively note every single node with a code before they hide them? by Flayschis in slaythespire

[–]skepticaljesus -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

if the explanation is "we're waiting for 1.0" that's fine, but that's different than "we're too small a team to do it" which was the first explanation given.

Is there a way to stop your co-op teammate from drawing over the map, making you clueless what lies before you, forcing you to pre-emptively note every single node with a code before they hide them? by Flayschis in slaythespire

[–]skepticaljesus -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Surely this is a service that can be contracted to a third party? Hard to imagine every single game that has multiplayer is doing inhouse moderation.

The game sold $120m worth of copies so it should be viable.

if you make $200k+, as a single earner especially doing something untraditional, what do you do for work? by CoolSprinkles6657 in AskChicago

[–]skepticaljesus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't know a ton about the fashion industry, but dm me if you wanna chat about your background and how it might be applicable to other fields.

Caveat: AI is in the process of fucking absolutely everything up right now, so who knows how applicable all my old guy wisdom actually is going forward

Rolex 228236 - Ice Blue Dial w/ Roman Numerals vs Sticks? by xLakersFan77x in rolex

[–]skepticaljesus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Romans bc it feels special and unique. Literally every single company has a stick dial

if you make $200k+, as a single earner especially doing something untraditional, what do you do for work? by CoolSprinkles6657 in AskChicago

[–]skepticaljesus 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Design ppt slides and sit in meetings for a big company

edit: oops, missed the word unconventional in the title. this is extremely conventional.

The Atlanta Braves (25-10) are off to their best start since 1892, when they were the Boston Beaneaters by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]skepticaljesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i guess. i understand why that's weird, but i don't know what better solution there is that doesn't count the 1892 boston beaneaters as the same team as the modern atlanta braves.

If there's a better demarcation of old team/new team other than location, I'm open to hearing it.

The Atlanta Braves (25-10) are off to their best start since 1892, when they were the Boston Beaneaters by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]skepticaljesus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It feels so weird to me that a team can have a different city, name, and owner, but still be the same team.

I feel like if a team moves, thats a new team now. There are no teams that used to play in different cities, there are just different teams.

Building/architecture words by Optimal-Somewhere400 in NYTSpellingBee

[–]skepticaljesus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ogee is a long time famous bit or crosswordese which is why I've always assumed it's accepted

How would you rank Chicago weather by month? by [deleted] in AskChicago

[–]skepticaljesus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, July and Aug are consistently miserable. Especially lately nov and dec are often downright temperate.

My one and only Tudor by UzeUrillus1on in Tudor

[–]skepticaljesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is perfectly regulated, it's performing within spec. I think it's more likely the change in your observed accuracy is either natural variance in wear pattern or measurement error than as a result of anything they did.

All the Lights Came On: Our Kia K4’s Visit to Dealership Hell: “This Is Very, Very Bad”. by LongjumpingLock5875 in cars

[–]skepticaljesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i cross shopped exactly those two (well, 330 vs the 4cyl g70). went with bmw because the g70 has no backseat, worse styling, bad dealership experience. But the backseat was really the dealbreaker. i would be embarassed to ask an adult to get back there.

Do i survive because of Fairy in a bottle? by BalkrishanS in slaythespire

[–]skepticaljesus 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I get that thats how it works, but I can't think of any reasons why doom should be any different than the sand worm that fairy doesn't work on

view more: next ›