Yes.
In fact, I'd say that among all Star Wars TV shows it's the one which makes the most sense to someone who is unfamiliar with wider Star Wars lore.
Andor is a very independent entity, and everything you need to know to enjoy the show is encapsulated within the show itself.
The only problem watching Andor first is that it's so good, everything else will feel disappointing in comparison.
Seconded on Fune Wo Amu.
If you are sick and tired of every single anime having the same Generic High School Protagonist, and not a single character over the age of 30, then Fune Wo Amu is a breath of fresh air as a show for adults that isn't afraid to deviate from the usual formula, and tell a different kind of story.
What you want is to go to a cheap takeout that isn't part of a chain. The kind that does burgers AND kebabs AND fried chicken AND curry AND pizza, all in the same place. It's best if it smells of grease and the middle-eastern guy behind the counter refers to you as "bossman" as a term of endearment.
They'll sort you out :)
I did buy a (secondhand) nvidia card specifically for AI worlkloads because yes, I realised that this is what the AI dev community has settled on, and if I try to avoid nvidia I will be making life very hard for myself.
But that doesn't change the fact that it still absolutely sucks that nvidia have this dominance in the space, and that it is largely due to what tooling the community has decided to use, rather than any unique hardware capability which nvidia have.
Yeah actually mental.
What he calls 'dedication' is actually fear at having to hold your job down during the middle of a fucking WAR because if you disappoint your corporate overlords you will be both getting missiles rained on you AND unable to support your family.
It's desperation, and desperation which is very intentionally baked into the system so dickhead 'leaders' like these can get the slaves they are looking for and label that slavery as a 'positive work ethic'
So out of touch with real people.
What people really want is to not have to change anything - neither about their lives, nor about themselves.
They want to live in a perpetual 2005 where Windows is forever usable and still just an operating system. Where they feel happy and comfortable in their environment and their skills and abilities.
And I get that, because I feel it too.
But sometimes you have to change yourself, in order to change your world.
This is so psychopathic that it might actually work.
The scariest thing that someone can be is to be completely unpredictable.
Sure, of course. I really meant the flavour of Trek which Roddenberry originally conceived of.
Yep, which is exactly why I said that I don't blame her at all. She did what she thought was right.
I can see both sides.
The studio is upset that people are leaving negative reviews for what the studio thinks are minor issues and will be fixed by release.
But on the other hand, you can't expect people to review a game on anything other than the state it is now.
That said, the gamer community is definitely pretty brutal and known to pile on with negative reviews to 'punish' the smallest changes they don't like, and that is especially true for games that get 'updates', like live-service games, or in this case, games still in early access. Players hope the bad reviews will make the developers change course, but that's no good if they go under before they can.
For Early Access, the type of game they picked (something with levelling and upgrades and 'game meta') is especially prone to rough feedback too, when compared to other genres like horror or platformers or sandbox games where people are a lot more forgiving.
I imagine they needed to do early access to keep the studio going and maybe to generate funds for the next Ori (fingers crossed?) and I hope that doesn't end up being the choice that ends them.
"So I built her a birthing nest and kept showing it to her and then she didn't even use it! Can you fucking believe it!!"
Honestly though, very sweet.