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[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Instant karma. Weighted based on intent. E.g. If CEO cuts benefits to improve his stock value, then his balls explode. If a driver accidentally cuts someone off but feels bad about it, a full mosquito hits the windshield.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Happily married, with a brand new baby, living in a large house, on a well established farm, with financial security and steady income, plus a small fortune in extremely valuable wine aging in the basement, near a friendly town with lots of festivities, where no matter how badly I screw up someone will find me and bail me out so that I can get home or see a doctor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

I'm honestly not sure if a vegan cat diet is possible or not, but random people giving unqualified advice that could easily lead a less knowledgeable person to harm an animal is a problem. What should have been done in this case is for a mod or admin to shut the discussion down with a note telling people to consult a qualified veterinarian regarding any change to their pets diet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I even made it 1/10 of the way. I want to like the game but there was just nothing compelling me to continue or to pick it back up. The combat was especially disappointing. They captured the monotony of an rpg button masher without the ability to just zone out or multitask while playing. Also seems way to reliant on the moonerang.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

It’s like mind numbing eye candy. At least the last episode delivered on the action. Plot, characters, world building, intrigue 2/5. Style, visual quality, flashiness 4/5.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ugh, do I go with #2 where I have to worry about diaper failures and my seat being kicked, 8 where I risk witnessing CSAM, or 10 where the guy across the aisle is defiling the plane.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

It has been a few years, but I was once asked to implement 800-171. The document was aggressively vague and really the sort of thing that requires hiring a consultant to setup and probably at least one FTE to maintain. Thankfully our project was abandoned before I had to start looking for other employment just get away from the damn thing.

So I emphasize with Georgia Tech for not perfectly implementing the rules to the governments confusing standards.

However, the researchers refusal to run anti-virus even when required by the contract was just stupid. "Academic freedom" doesn't mean anything when your grants are revoked or you get sued for millions over a breach. That said, they should have been able to work out some sort of "compensating control" to use instead of anti-virus and get that approved by the government.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm still hoping for good customer support AI. If I'm going to be connected to someone who barely speaks English and is required to follow a prewritten script, or worse plays prerecorded messages to fake being fluent, I might as well talk to an AI, especially if it means shorter hold times.

AI is a bad replacement for good customer service, but it could be an improvement over bad customer service.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Master of Orion I loved I and II. The third apparently bombed and reboots have failed.

Sim City I mean the real Sim city as Maxis would have made it. Not a cash grab, not a mobile game, not a "city painter" where any simulation takes a back seat to decorating with DLC assets.

Super Mario RPG no those other, spiritual successors do not count. They are fine games on their own but not the same.

Lost in Blue not the fanciest games, but I enjoyed them. There are plenty of modern games in the genre, but I haven't found one that quite fits...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Locomotion was the official "spiritual" sequel, but I remember that game being horribly disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

If I'm connecting the dots correctly, Hezbollah was preparing to strike Israel on behalf of Iran, all in retaliation for the assassination of a Hamas leader on Iranian soil...

I cannot imagine this will end well or Iran will just let it go.

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