I'm very much the same. It mostly depends on "does the open source program do what I need/want?" If not, I'm okay with using a closed source version of it.
My current number one example here would be spreadsheet calculators. Years ago (and for my personal use) I only used LibreOffice/OpenOffice because it did/does all I need. But at work I need to use MS Excel not only because it's what the company has but also because the tables function and everything that relates to it (like data slicers, automatic expansion of formulas and formats, etc.) is really awesome and either super complex to replicate or straight up impossible in LibreOffice. And a couple months ago I decided to optimize the Excel sheets at work by incorporating some VBA macros. It's super useful and I couldn't find an open source alternative to it that would not run into problems on existing VBA-Excel sheets very, very quickly.
On the other hand I have photo editing / art programs. For those, I happily hopped from one FOSS to another (GIMP to Krita and I think I had a third one at some point as well) because I actually only need the "basic" and "on the surface" tools of such programs. And so I never even began feeling a pressure to use a closed source program.
Thanks for the post. I'm happy that it's being worked on, but I have no expectations. Not even the expectation that it gets released.
But if it releases and is decent at conveying that special World of Darkness feeling, I'm ready to forgive quite a number of technical flaws (after all, Bloodlines 1 is littered with technical problems and still the most amazing vampire RPG).
Please don't apologize for the tangent. It's giving me high hopes that I'm going to like the game despite the flaws and (probably mostly legit) criticism of reviewers.
Thanks, it'll probably work out, since we both make not bad sums of money. We're not rich by any means, but going from growing up in families that almost always were in the red to suddenly almost always having to tick the second or third highest income bracket in public surveys is a big step up. It just sucks how expensive everything is, not just weddings; even with our combined income, no children (two dogs, though, to be completely fair) and saving up for years, we'll only be able to afford a very narrow slice on the housing market (think stuff built in the 1950s and in need of heavy renovations).
Hey, I know I'm like two days late to reply, but you probably wouldn't need the salt even. The polyphenoloxidase reaction is what the name suggests, an oxidation. So it requires plenty of oxygen to run, which probably is inaccessible in water, I would assume.
I actually wasn't quite sure anymore if I had that right and when googling it, I managed to find an entire diploma thesis on the polyphenoloxidase reaction, so for anyone that's interested in it more deeply (sorry, it's in German aside for the abstract, which is in English, too), have fun c:
Right? Insert a little bit of lemon juice and the polyphenol oxidase shouldn't be a problem anymore. Also, banana wouldn't be the only problem (concerning high polyphenol oxidase activity), would it? Cut up an apple and it turns brown before you can push all pieces into a juicer. Literally, I've had a couple R&D projects at the juice company I used to work for and we had this small Angel Juicer and by the time all apple pieces were in, the juice was brown (provided I didn't spritz in lemon juice at the beginning).
Does anyone remember Driver on the, I think, PS1? I mean the tutorial wasn't awful because it's irrelevant but because it's notoriously difficult to beat.
My man, that's so not funky of you! If you skedaddle into this far out place called internet, you have to expect to come across new terms that are slammin and radical to some people. Instead of giving them hairy eyeballs and going "No can do", how about you say "Word, brother"? Every generation invents its own gnarly slang and that's pretty fly, actually. Like, what makes your slang groovy and theirs bogus?
It's mostly good! The only really sad thing for me is that my girlfriend and I are probably not going to marry next year already, because apparently (meaning, according to the internet) the location should be planned and booked 1 to 1 1/2 years in advance. And since we originally hoped for an autumn wedding, we would have to do nothing but check with locations the coming weekends. But those weekends are already scheduled for family and friends and finishing our camper van.
Mhmm that's fair enough. I just think that there are very few options to insult someone without it being offensive against any particular group. Unless you go the full inventing insults route such as "May your muffins always come raw in the middle!" But those usually don't pack a good punch except for the person who invented the insult, maybe.
Heck, even a simple "You suck!" is sexist or homophobic, isn't it? Because it derives from the thought that sucking someone off is a degrading activity. Or am I overinterpreting that one?
Edit: Of course, another option is just to not throw insults towards people, which is what I do with almost anyone except really good friends who are jesting together with me.
Oh yes, I'm guilty of a couple words, including "bitch", too. I know this might make me sound like a bad person (maybe I am?) , but when I say to my spouse in a joking manner "are you being a little retardigrade?" I waste no thought to consider how actually mentally retarded people might feel about it. Because if I started there, I'd have to ask myself where to and why to stop and which ways of conveying that you're (sarcastically, sometimes) unhappy with a person or situation are fine. I know calling someone a pussy is considered sexist. Is "Hey, don't be a dick" as well? I can't see a good reason why it wouldn't be. I think calling someone an idiot or stupid is not good because it would be offensive against mentally challenged people? I can't easily think of a snappy way to convey to someone that I really don't like them without it being offensive to some group in any way.
I guess what I mean is, if someone extremely narrowly passes you in traffic and blows exhaust smoke in your face, is there a relevant subset of people who would think "Oh, person, that really wasn't nice of you and frankly quite rude" instead of a much more snappy "Oh you goddamn cocksucking idiot!"?
I keep thinking to the South Park episode with the chopper bikers where the kids call them fags and the adults try to tell them that it's homophobic of them, and the kids kinda lose their minds trying to explain that it's (for them) about insulting the bikers and they really have no bad thoughts towards homosexual people.
I'm pretty sure you meant tod as in "today", but it's doubly funny because "Tod" also means "Death" in German (among other regional languages, probably), so I read it as you lamenting your lack of steps and then just simply popping out of existence with a Black&White like "death" sound effect.
Wow thanks to all of you for the very detailed replies, especially you, @Powderhorn@beehaw.org !
Looks like I'll save your answers and keep them in mind for when I have the nerve to deal with all that effort (we had the idea of installing solar panels on our car roof and buffer it to a second car battery for extended camping trips)
A continual stream of revenue is great, understandably. But I would much prefer it if I could instead purchase v.1.34 of a software and get updates until major changes come. At which point I'd still have my v.1.3x with all its functions but if I wanted the new stuff (and the security patches with it) I'd need to pay for v.1.4x. Corporations (that probably much more require the security updates than hobbyists) wouldn't see much of a change and hobbyists could have a good alternative to subscriptions.
You can be pretty sure that they have legalese in the eula that says that your right to use the software expires with non-use.
It's not even in legalese. I'm on my phone right now and thus have no motivation to look through a couple EULAs but I did read the interesting parts of a handful of software EULAs. A couple straight up state that they can revoke your access for any reason (usually followed by "including x, y, z"). And especially for multiplayer games, I understand why you would prefer your wording as such instead of having to list and define every "bad behaviour" like cheating, cracking the game, being an asshole to the community (including the moderators), etc.
The decision makers at Ubisoft, I imagine, just went ahead and said "How about we take this 'for any reason' to the absurd? If just 1% of the deleted accounts is remade and buys their games again, we make a lot of free money."
A game with a truly completely fluid magic weaving system where you can casually levitate spoons around the corner and then liquify that spoon into a pool of metal and finally having a spoon-elemental emerge. Magicka comes really close, but even there you have pre-defined spells with specific effects in addition to the "3 stone 1 fire 1 arcane" stuff. I can't just magically slap on a conjured knife onto my fire elemental.
Bonus points if the magic system is gesture-based like in Arx Fatalis.
I'm very much the same. It mostly depends on "does the open source program do what I need/want?" If not, I'm okay with using a closed source version of it.
My current number one example here would be spreadsheet calculators. Years ago (and for my personal use) I only used LibreOffice/OpenOffice because it did/does all I need. But at work I need to use MS Excel not only because it's what the company has but also because the tables function and everything that relates to it (like data slicers, automatic expansion of formulas and formats, etc.) is really awesome and either super complex to replicate or straight up impossible in LibreOffice. And a couple months ago I decided to optimize the Excel sheets at work by incorporating some VBA macros. It's super useful and I couldn't find an open source alternative to it that would not run into problems on existing VBA-Excel sheets very, very quickly.
On the other hand I have photo editing / art programs. For those, I happily hopped from one FOSS to another (GIMP to Krita and I think I had a third one at some point as well) because I actually only need the "basic" and "on the surface" tools of such programs. And so I never even began feeling a pressure to use a closed source program.