I wore N95/KF94 masks for air pollution before I wore them for COVID. It was an easy transition for me. Interesting that it’s a COVID advocacy group and not just “people with masks” or “people from Asian countries with lots of air pollution” lol

To draw a comparison, I don’t think anyone would rightly be angry at the firefighters in Nazi Germany even if they put out fires that engulfed Nazi homes.

Oh, the building maintenance technician also works for the evil company, and you’re asking if they’re just as guilty as the software engineer that worked to create the evil product?

In Korean (and I think some Chinese/Japanese keyboards) you can “build” the character, from building blocks like this

I’d say you’re not building the character, but typing in the characters one by one.

집, as you know from typing it, is three characters in one. All three components are distinct. They can’t stand alone, but that’s not much different than “c” not really being able to stand alone in English. (If we refer to the letter C, we often capitalize it)

In Japanese, people can easily type in Hiragana (their “alphabet”), and the Kanji can be suggested like with autocorrect. The sound is the same, but the visual is different.

Chinese is a different beast because they don’t have an “alphabet” of “letters” the ways that Korean and Japanese do.

(They’re not “alphabets”, but they do have elements that are much closer to letters than Chinese does)

I think Alabama is one where the feeling is mutual.

I wonder what Hawaii and Alaska would think.

Which state is the Weakest Link?

You said “I’ve learned” meaning it’s not common knowledge. This post also makes it sound like something you’ve recently learned. So you should have the source handy, no?

What’s the context here? I know people say lawyers are evil, but I’ve never heard people say building maintenance technicians are evil just because of the job they do…lol

I’m not a fan of the headline. It sounds like someone discovered a new prototype Atari 2600 console to me. But maybe I’m just not familiar enough with the scene.

There’s a set story, but it’s discovered. The world is wide open, and the player can go anywhere right at the start of the game. There’s minimal railroading at any point.

Unless I misunderstood what you meant by emergent narrative. The progression through the game requires the player to learn what to do by interacting with aliens and also exploring a bit. There is an in-game hint system (an alien dialogue tree with prices), but there are often multiple solutions to each “problem”. The player can even get through the game being good or evil – whatever they choose!

The game plays very differently than ME, but you’ll probably find the dialogue trees very familiar. And I think SC2 actually does them better than ME.

What made you buy your monitor?

Having a monitor at all has plenty of killer apps: Anything that it displays that you want to use that you wouldn’t be able to do otherwise without a monitor.

But your particular monitor? Well, it looks like the Apple VR thing is about 10x to 20x the price of a basic VR headset. Is your particular monitor 10x to 20x the cost of a regular monitor? If so, there probably is some killer app that made you get a fancy monitor. And maybe it’s something that no other monitor can do… otherwise, why spend 10x to 20x as much?

If the Apple VR thing also has a computer built in (and its own specialized software), then comparing it to a monitor isn’t accurate. It’s not a peripheral when it’s a standalone device.

The conclusion I draw from this is that people don’t like having to wear special glasses or a device strapped to their face, even if it is relatively cheap to produce.

Bingo. I often used the 3D on the 3DS, but that’s because I didn’t have to do anything other than not move the device around too much. So it worked for gaming at home, not on/in a vehicle.

Howard the Duck as a playable character? That would’ve been awesome!

I forgot to mention that part – yeah, the series is still alive, and fans have been waiting for that sequel from the original creators for what, 30 years now?

A game that meaningful should always be given a look, even if it can feel a bit “dated” in some ways.

Thanks for bringing that up!

There’s the game that inspired them from the early 90s, Star Control 2.

It’s free on Steam as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, but the best way to play it today is Ur-Quan Masters Mega Mod. So many QoL features!

The game also had some sequels, including Star Control Origins, which is a more modern game, but the story isn’t quite as good.

Star Control 3 exists, but sucks.

And then there’s the series from the 80s that inspired this one, Starflight. That one was too dated for me to get into, though.

You’re also usually not allowed to use the toilet during the descent, adding more time where it’s not available. Even more if there’s turbulence.

I don’t think it’s talked about because it’s missing the point, isn’t it? It’s about digital security and privacy. The fact that it’s a social media platform doesn’t make a difference. If a mobile game were able to harvest data inappropriately the same way, wouldn’t the problem be the same?

Not that I agree with the ban, but making it about freedom of speech seems like a stretch to me.

Most airlines won’t let passengers take dumps on the plane after the flight.

My bad if you were making a joke though lol

Women’s washrooms tend to have longer lines than men’s, and also tend to have dirtier toilets.

So… it’s looking like OP is the dumb one, huh? Lol