I savescum because there are too many games where not doing something perfectly means you go from one difficult to get ending to the ending that 80% of people will get.

BG3 is unfortunately a really great example of this, where one roll can cost you your SO and their destiny.

Don’t forget Rupert Murdoch. The modern architects of where we are now.

This is really sweet :)

Silksong winning GOTY and BGYSA is great. Seeing Peak up there was nice too. I was a little surprised to see BG3- great game, but I thought it was EOLed in 2024 after native steam deck support.

I don’t think even doing that now will save the them. They’ll have to bring in slave labor or stolen children to plug the gap, and it will have to be millions and millions of people.

It’s also needed for their HOTAS line, but considering it has sliders, toggles, buttons and yaw, I kind of understand why. It also allows you to bind sliders to keys and such (eg, binding a slider to landing gear)

They look soft and pettable :)

Do plants feel pain?

From what I’ve read so far, unfortunately, it seems like they might. Plants can communicate with each other and form underground resource networks with other plants, fungi, and microorganisms. Including for illness, boring bugs and pain responses. The smell of fresh cut grass is one of those warning/pain responses.

I’ve wanted to do some bonsai succulents, but the process towards any living thing seems cruel and painful.

God, I’m so looking forward to a time when science, peace and environmental research are at the forefront of the world’s focus again.

Also the colonization of Africa to steal all their gold and minerals while propping up warlords in exchange for armed Russian mercs that crush dissent. That’s happening right now.

Ehhh, it’s still a thing. I had burn in on my S9, and I babied that thing explicitly to prevent burn in. And that was after 4-5 years. My desktop monitors are nearly a decade old starting next year (wow, 1440p still has amazing staying power).

I’d definitely worry about burn-in if you have Teams open for nine hours a day and the taskbar on. It’s crazy to me that phones still burn in from casual use. :/

I paid $65 bucks for 32gb ddr4 3600mhz around 2020. Crazy to see ram prices now.

Another martyr for democracy. She will be remembered as a hero someday soon, like Rosa Parks.

Me hoping the AI bubble pops and significantly cripples the AI, data center, and AI cars industry:

https://youtu.be/w3gTKdJnMHk

It feels like a bad game of D&D where the DM keeps heavily pushing the evil path, despite player choices not choosing that path.

Unfortunately, viruses don’t follow geopolitical boundaries. The extremely far right’s vaccine hesitancy will put the world in danger and cause a resurgence of various diseases, alongside emerging threats, such as fungal infections.

They’re referencing the contiguous United States. Otherwise, the Southwest would include Hawaii too :3

Looks a lot like the Lumia 920. I miss that device.

Overall, pretty decent, just wish it was worldwide and had a headphone jack like my moto.

I loved plant ID books as a kid, and even ate some of the safer ones.

I decided “Why not get into mushroom foraging?” And bought a book on them. Reading it cover to cover, I swiftly realized that far too many look almost identical when young, when old, when wet, have imitators, etc. it’s been decades and I still don’t fuck with mushrooms. My mother independently came to the same conclusion when she took an interest in mushrooms, lmfao.

Sometimes you have to show your friends how much you love them by holding hands and kissing them on the cheek. Then buying a house together, having kids together, and living together until your last breath ❤️