I was under the impression that hearing loss is usually a gradual thing.

if something really is as bad as someone says then why does everyone do it?

Remember when everyone smoked and we were taught that it was good for our health?

Right, that’s a fair criticism with regards to microtransactions. I don’t know much about those kinds of games though, so I can’t really say much about it.

My partner bought Skyrim twice (Steam and Switch) and 100%'d both, and now is going through the same process with BG3. I’m just thinking about how the achievement system is acting like a multiplier to the game’s value in this instance.

Interesting how everyone misread it the same way.

Meanwhile, me: “Cloth only grown? Huh?”

In a system where you pay once for the game, isn’t that a good thing? It lets you enjoy the game for longer instead of making you constantly buy new games, thus spending less money for the same amount of enjoyment.

Plot twist: he was actually the serial killer hiding in plain sight

~i don’t actually know anything about this guy, just so we’re clear~

I wouldn’t place my bets on any individual stock/asset. You need to do a lot of research and have a lot of money to invest before that can be a safe decision. Instead, put your money in broad market ETFs, which is effectively just a bet on capitalism. Then either capitalism wins and you also win, or capitalism loses and you still win. But make sure you have an emergency fund first because not having that is one of the few ways that you can lose while capitalism wins.

I have a lot of stuff going on in my head that needs my full attention. Dinner planning, a work problem that I’ve been slowly chipping away at, toying with some random ideas, etc.

I understand that for some people, especially if you have ADHD, it can be easier to attend to those thoughts with music and other stimuli present. That is not the case for me.

A non-profit which owns a portion of OpenAI, the for-profit company.

Even then, you can probably trust a source to not lie, but you can’t trust them to never get fooled.

No need to trust infinite people. You just need to get past 33 forks before you run out of people to operate the switch or to be tied to the tracks.

For me, it’s a matter of restoring the convenience and UX that you’ve given up by leaving the big providers.

I think this is that the unmodified version looked like

Quite the conundrum. I work better alone, but I want to go far.

If they’re disagreeing about objective reality

I always enjoy hearing about how people come to believe what they do. There’s pretty much always a logical basis for it and the difference just comes down to their heuristics failing at one particular point and cascading.

You don’t eat at home?

If the port was easily accessible, I would. This problem only comes up when it isn’t.

The rice and bean barons will be competing for your attention.

If it hasn’t already, that post and its links need to be archived.

You can only use it in a self-deprecating manner if you are yourself an educator, in which case, you’re still minimizing educators.