Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
15hr ago
Machiavelli
I guess he was a pretty strong proponent of a unified Italy back when there were many competing city-states?
Mantergeistmann
16hr ago
I've been one of those people. I was told if it got that bad, I'd have to come in without pay (while everyone else was at home without pay)... but that my line manager would be right there in the office beside me, working without pay, out of personal principle on his part rather than any corporate requirement.
Mantergeistmann
16hr ago
Most major contractors I know something about keep a chunk of their budget aside for this sort of thing, so they can usually keep paying people for a few weeks/months before they have to start freezing nonessential workers.
Mantergeistmann
16hr ago
RDR2
I really wish there was a mod that gets rid of all the tiresome gunplay and outlaw stuff, and instead just lets you play as John Audobon, tracking down and sketching rare birds.
Mantergeistmann
16hr ago
3 was a buggy disaster with the main challenge coming from the AI acting in ways that were largely considered cheating by the players, ie. the AI opponents always had perfect knowledge of the entire game world that its decisions were based on, and very limited modding.
Of the limited mods, though, 3 does have a very enjoyable LoTR mod, if you just want a 4x LoTR game. Which I often do, and have yet to find a good game/mod equivalent.
Mantergeistmann
16hr ago
They made one (or at least, a spiritual sequel). It was rubbish.
Mantergeistmann
16hr ago
Death stacking is a derogatory term for a common theme in GSGs and RTSes that the best strategy to beat the AI is just to have a huge blob of units that overruns one's enemy like a horde of ants eating a hot dog. The idea is that games should heavily discourage this beginner strategy. It reduces the complexity of systems to whoever has more units will win.
Maybe I'm a scrub*, then, but that's exactly what I enjoy. I'm not a micro fan. I don't want to care about my APM. I want to build infrastructure, and then crush my opponent witb superior logistics and production.
*No maybe about it. I'm terrible at RTSs, but I love me some late game tech trees
Mantergeistmann
20hr ago
Props to 5 for Venice, which is just catnip for people who love building tall.
Mantergeistmann
9d ago
I love the idea, but I feel like the internet would ruin it since it would no longer be clever ideas passed from customer to customer, but an immediate "Top 10 acronym hacks" that everyone would read.
Mantergeistmann
9d ago
I really wish there was a good dealer for Ashdene in the USA, but sadly I haven't been able to find anything.
Mantergeistmann
9d ago
Or Ariel.
Mantergeistmann
12d ago
Mantergeistmann
12d ago
I could not figure out what the two "M"s were, thanks! I would not have said mayo spread as a "standard" topping, though, to me it's a slightly less common choice than cheese.
Mantergeistmann
12d ago
If wishes were fishes we'd swim in the sea.
Mantergeistmann
24d ago
Think you responded to the wrong top-level.
Mantergeistmann
25d ago
I'm more curious as to how it stacks up with the 1993 version featuring Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu, which is objectively the most enjoyable to watch. Not the best, perhaps, but most enjoyable.
Mantergeistmann
28d ago
The new trans woman in Congress who was making video threats about bashing their female colleagues head in the bathroom seemed very threatening.
I'd heard that there had been threats, but not threats by a member of congress.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Okay, yeah, that's pretty good.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Depends on how charitable you want to be. I read it as "inner peace", personally.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
I know Vanderbilt took that stance, and was probably helped out by a bunch of very unsympathetic protestors caught on security camera violating school rules (you can't force your way into a closed building, and you especially can't physically shove the security guard at the door), which let them crack down and send a message in a targeted, noncontroversial way--or at least, as noncontroversial as anything is these days.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Thanks for the reminder to rewatch The Sting.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
I thought he was in "Home Alone 2"?
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
And me. I enjoy pretty pictures, birds, and occasional completely unhinged fandom takes. Compared to Twitter, I find it quite peaceful, and there's far less obnoxious political posts to scroll back, either supporting or in opposition to my views.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Is there a good way to listen to Youtube videos while driving? Specifically, videogame Let's Plays, ideally through an actual Android Auto/Apple function rather than just "open Youtube on the phone and hit run".
There's something to be said on this topic about League of Legends and other games like that, but I've only a glimmer... something about stat-checks and outplay potential.
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