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- Comment on How much can we hope is being put in place behind the scenes at the US federal level to mitigate the damage Trump will do? Can any of it be effective? 2 weeks ago:
There’s been some effort in relation to defending against another Schedule F.
- Comment on How am I supposed to obtain income? 3 weeks ago:
What if you don’t know anyone willing to help you get a job?
Ask them for who they know. Heck, even if they are willing to help you, still ask them for more contacts.
It legit took me over a decade of work experience to finally realize that “networking” was really just a simple graph-traversal algorithm for finding friends. If those friends need help with something that pays, then offer your help.
- Comment on How am I supposed to obtain income? 3 weeks ago:
In many ways, I feel similarly. However, “this one weird trick” got me out of it. Think of networking as something you do to find like-minded complex-abstract-problem-solvers. You’re just finding fellow nerds.
The algorithm is simple: ask people what they do, why they do it, and who they know. Then contact those people, and name-drop their friend, mention interests you might have in common, and ask to meet each one. Repeat. Follow up on people to let them know you appreciated meeting with them (or not… If you didn’t really appreciate the meeting). If you get the sense that someone is looking for help and you’re interested in what they’re doing, offer your help. The worst thing that can happen is they say no.
- Comment on Fake retro video game ring worth €50m smashed in Italy 3 months ago:
I hate headlines like these. It feels like they’re intentionally ambiguous.
- Comment on "Concord servers are now offline. Thank you to all the freegunners who have joined us in the Concord galaxy" 3 months ago:
Honestly, I’m a bit skeptical of StopKillingGames. It feels like a good thing, but it also comes off as naive. Like the whole “just distribute the server” requirement is impossible with the way modern games are developed, and may be cost-prohibitive to implement for most developers well into the future. Besides, some games really are less like a painting and more like a musical; performance art necessarily has to end at some point, so it’s all about the experience and the memories. Nobody complains when the actors take a bow, because that’s the expectation.
Louis Rossman sometimes rubs me the wrong way, but he usually makes really good, nuanced points: youtu.be/TF4zH8bJDI8?si=m4QGHfHY1fOtITpw
Keep the debate alive, because we all love playing games.
- Comment on "Concord servers are now offline. Thank you to all the freegunners who have joined us in the Concord galaxy" 3 months ago:
The challenge is that requires creativity. Creativity isn’t a stable investment.
Viva La indie game studio!
- Comment on "Concord servers are now offline. Thank you to all the freegunners who have joined us in the Concord galaxy" 3 months ago:
Didn’t they give out refunds? That seems like the right thing to do when a massively multiplayer game is dead on arrival.
- Comment on Guess I should type faster 4 months ago:
As they say: Some people want to watch the world burn… Other people want to carry the torches.
I salute your bravery.
- Comment on Can't learn if you don't fail! 5 months ago:
Like, I know the “no ragerts” thing is funny and all … but this is legit a great take. I wish more people took this approach. Take the small failures in stride.
- Comment on EUROBEE 6 months ago:
Invasive honey bees are less effective pollinators for most native species. However, they indeed consume a lot of nectar, leaving little for the more effective native species to survive.
- Comment on Because only women are worried about becoming step-parents? (This prolly could've been an Ask Lemmy.) 7 months ago:
I work at a father son activity centre…
That’s great!
…you would be shocked at how few women I see spending time with their own children!
I’m not at all shocked. Selfish behavior isn’t exclusive to men. Women are also deeply flawed humans.
These are US based and based on separated parents.
I provided non-anecdotal evidence, and you shit on it? What are your priorities?
Selectively observing statistics doesn’t give a good representation of real life, but shitting on other people for selectively observing statistics doesn’t help, either.
- Comment on Because only women are worried about becoming step-parents? (This prolly could've been an Ask Lemmy.) 8 months ago:
If you’ve been alive for more than 30 seconds, it’s not just anecdotal. But to appease the challenge, anyways: www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/…/p60-269.pdf There’s a massive imbalance between custodial fathers and custodial mothers. Even worse is the imbalance in child support negligence.
Can we please just admit that there are normal biological/social/economic/perceived/identity differences between men and women? That’s not to say all of those differences are good or desirable, or that they are without variation, but can we at least recognize the state of our world without shunning those with different viewpoints?
- Comment on Form over function, eh? 8 months ago:
Harsh words. After all, Rankine is best.
- Comment on Fucking finally! 9 months ago:
I display a clock at work that I proudly label as “Standard Time” year-round. Screw daylight stealings.