manny_stillwagon

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[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As opposed to French, which famously exists as a natural truth of the universe. Even if we had never discovered French it would still be there... waiting.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you played Caesar 3 with the Augustus mod? Its like a whole new game. It adds a ton and there's even a whole fan-made campaign.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 16 points 6 months ago

I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 mods installed for Rimworld. The in-game mod management system is pretty basic and simply does not cut it. Definitely interested in more management options.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Hello there, sounds like you're experiencing survivorship bias.

Its rare for you to see this, sure. Same for everyone else. But people aren't here to post screenshots of "look at this website where I didn't get flagged for having an ad blocker." So we just see a lot of screenshots where it is a problem, because that's what is noteworthy. There isn't someone out there getting flagged on every single website they open, we're just sampling a large population of user for only the websites where people do get flagged.

Why are we talking about this at all? Because it is becoming more common and more intrusive. This example is particularly egregious because you're already on the website to give them money. They're complaining to the user they they don't get to make money off of them while taking their money, which is ridiculous.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

There are actually 4 states that were independent countries at one point or another.

Hawai'i

Texas

California

Vermont

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Polaris is absolutely NOT the brightest star in the sky. Not even close.

How to actually find it: Find the big dipper (I know you know what it looks like). Take the two stars at the front end of the "cup" part. Draw a line through them "up" and out of the cup until you hit a star. That's it.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

I'm going to print this out and frame it on the wall of my office.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

"Sorry, I'm under a pretty strict NDA and I'm not allowed to discuss it."

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

No idea. He used the money he saved to help for a down payment in a condo.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

A friend of mine lived in downtown Boston during the pandemic. Like, across the street from the Garden. His building lost a TON of tenents when people fled the city since they could now work remotely. He was going to move as well, but then the building offered to reduce his rent by $700/month if he stayed. So he did.

[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

If you like Mysterium, I highly recommend the successor game Obscurio. Its pretty much the same gimmick of art interpretation, but works way better for groups.

Instead of the "ghost" having to keep track of and pick art for each person, the "investigators" are making a group decision so you only need to pick one set of clue art. This means the ghost's turn is way faster (doesn't explode with higher player count) and there's actually group interaction instead of each person in their own world, staring at art no one else cares about.

The way it's set up also means the ghost can start working on choosing the art for the next round while the group is debating, not having to wait to see if they are correct or not, so it's way more streamlined. All together just a snappier, more engaging version of Mysterium.

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