qarbone

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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

That's why I try not to touch most things with my hands.

I should also order more handkerchiefs

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (12 children)

First, Epic, now Oracle.

I'm never gonna get another job in software, am I?

Edit: I physically let out a cry of pain after reading possibly 10,000 engineers of varying seniority had been fired (incident was reported on LinkedIn and judged based on the dip in Oracle's internal Slack membership count).

Yeah, I should just start trying to move into a new field, huh.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The only reason touching doorknobs is gross is because people don't wash their hands.

Unless you're willing to opt in to some kinda bathroom panopticon that locks the bathroom until everyone trying to leave has properly washed their hands, it's probably best to just avoid a knobbed door.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I played the demo of the first game but I had never played a Souls game before, so I couldn't properly compare even though I had some dissonant vibes with the combat pacing.

Glad they made enough to continue working.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

I do exactly that. I have complementary libraries on GoG and Steam, although Steam is obviously bigger.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

That is a really cool idea. I think the problem is it's just a bit too niche. A good portion of the people intrigued by the narrative and world-building might get stymied by the travel simulation (I'm envisioning both flying and sailing) and the simulation nerds might just skip past the text and story to get back into flying.

It's certainly something that an indie dev has to shoulder for pure passion of seeing an idea come into the world, and that requires an idea that grabs you. Targeting it as an underserved market will only backfire.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not against the idea, but I'm wondering what's the trigger for non-child-havers? Or is it just the idea of a sabbatical?

On a sidenote, what's the terms on parental leave? How soon after one can you take another? If you're popping 'em out quick as can be, is it months off every 12 months?

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Assuming you aren't from Ukraine, how much did Ukraine impact your daily life/touch your daily awareness before it became a battlefield? Countries shouldn't gain more respect just because they're incorporated as a country, especially when it's halfway across the world.

(Researched, via Wikipedia and WorldPopulationReview) Missouri has a population of 6.3 million and total land area of ~178K km; larger in size than countries like Greece and Hungary, and more populous than countries like Denmark and Finland and Ireland. So it should be less regarded than any of those countries because it remains a state?

My stance is: either you should believe any population center of a reasonably large size/population density is worth memorizing or you should just memorize the ones relatively important to you.

There are probably distinct provinces in Canada and China outperforming many countries, so why should they exist on a lower tier than a "country", just because they were persuaded or "persuaded" to incorporate into something larger?

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

A lot of trouble comes from people's declining reading comprehension.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Oh no.

Reading that induced choking

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

(͡•_ ͡• )

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, FenrirIII, it just makes you ugly.

 
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