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  • Considering I didn't think I had it (but everyone else tells me I do and I can see why they'd think that) and I've had a pretty decent life (I'm old), I think so. My kid officially does have it, so I guess they got it from me, and I'll be damn sure they have a good life.

    Also, I would wager a tooooon of historical figures had it but people just called them "weird". I'd bet that a huge chunk of scientists and engineers in days past had it.

  • I don't really care for any of the pawn-related stuff. The game is REALLY clunky when it comes to understand who needs what or how to tell someone what to do. I save scum repeatedly because I told a pawn to build a wall and they somehow killed themself. Or attack this raider, but then they run DIRECTLY thru line of fire, even when I give them a safe path. I save scum in this game more than any other.

    I really like the logistics of the game and how the pawns interact with it. Factorio but with idiots who throw temper tantrums. Build 10 of these, gather 1 of these, etc.

  • The opposite of that image is how it feels to hate games you've played. I'm seriously still very upset at myself for buying D4. I regret it more than I think I've regretted any game purchase ever, and I'm old.

  • I fuckin love bright colors and silly accessories.

    I'm this way with running clothes. It's one of the few "socially acceptable" ways for an adult male to wear neon. I want shoes that look like a leprechaun barfed on them.

  • Sentenced to Prism by Alan Dean Foster. It's set in his wider universe, but is a stand alone. The main character is a jack of all trades that fixes unique situations. When a far off base on an unregistered planet stops responding, the corporation sends him in to figure out what went wrong. The planet is very, very different. It's an interesting take, don't think too hard about the physics, and it's a neat writing style. The characters are very interesting.

    The Practice Effect by David Brin. Essentially, the more you use a thing, the better it gets at that thing, even if that's not what it was made for, but that effect decays if it's left unused. A modern day physicist is transported there and gets caught up in political and physics shenanigans.

  • What I DO feel the need to respond to is the notion that we don’t need human writers anymore.

    I think we do need human writers. In my experience, though, the TLDR bot cuts thru the fluff. It's like those recipe blogs that have to add "jump to recipe" button. That button exists because I don't need 1,000 words about the author's childhood. Sure, there are some people who do, but I don't, and that option is great. Most other kinds of blogs/essays don't have that. If there was a TLDR section, and then a "would you like to know more" after that, then the TLDR bot wouldn't need to exist. Too many articles need to get to the damn point.

  • Which came first…did ad-blocking lead to more aggressive advertisements, or did more aggressive advertisements lead to ad-blockers…

    I know this is rhetorical, but I'm gonna bet that advertisers led to ad blockers. I don't mind mild ads, but mild ads don't generate sales. Heck, I'll watch the right ad if it's amusing. I watched a 30 minute ad for Surfshark because TomSka made it funny. When it's noises, popups, security issues all to drive sales, then I'm gonna block it.

  • Anything of sufficient size will get that way. It only takes one asshole to stink up a room, no matter how many people are in it and the more people, the more likely it is to happen.