Obligatory monthly "what's your hot take?" question
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The mass noun 'e-mail', like 'mail', does not get an 's' when speaking about more volume.
It's as gauche as "y'all" in wedding vows, and leaves a similar impression.
Stay tuned, and we can talk about used-car lot jargon like "the ask" and "the spend" next!
Just thinking about the email one...
I would say one email, two emails... but a lot of email. If it's an unquantified number then I drop the 's'.
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Why does the game need to be patched to run offline? Why not just release the server code/binary?
Because the game will still attempt to connect to the real servers, unless otherwise modified.
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I often hear that in "based off of" where "on" makes even more sense. The thing that it's based on forms the basis or foundation that the new thing is built upon, so you're basing it on that.
:eyetwitch:
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Mine's that people who insist on correcting others grammar on internet forums are little shits who peaked in grade six as a teacher's pet and get off on exerting their "superiority" on others.
Fuck you "less than" is just better than "fewer then." Think I'm wrong, tell me what these symbols are called "< >" that's what I thought loser.
People who can't stand being corrected. Instead of learning and improving, they feel diminished and hateful.
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Because the game will still attempt to connect to the real servers, unless otherwise modified.
I think... a URL shouldn't be that hard to program for. At the laziest, you just let it check for an .ini or something.
I mean, a proper server browser would be nice, but I'd much rather the game just not be shelved permanently.
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Mine's that people who insist on correcting others grammar on internet forums are little shits who peaked in grade six as a teacher's pet and get off on exerting their "superiority" on others.
Fuck you "less than" is just better than "fewer then." Think I'm wrong, tell me what these symbols are called "< >" that's what I thought loser.
Oh god I almost don't want to say this in this environment...
Techy people aren't the most intelligent in other/all areas just because they have some technical expertise.
I have worked with, and interacted with people, all my life who are technically very intelligent in some specific way, and even been one of these people... Who thinks that one area of proficiency grants them unearned respect in other areas.
Eg." I'm great at maths therefore I'm logically infallible". Or "I'm an engineer, so I know exactly how society should function best"." I'm a doctor so my every opinion on everything is more important than yours".
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The Snyder Superman movies were good, actually.
Broooo what the fuxkkkk
Are you lobotomised???
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The prequels have a solid narrative throughout, the sequels don't even have a consistent narrative in a single movie.
This is an insane take.
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The prequels have a solid narrative throughout, the sequels don't even have a consistent narrative in a single movie.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Uh huh, sure but that doesn’t change anything. They are still really bad movies.
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Oh god I almost don't want to say this in this environment...
Techy people aren't the most intelligent in other/all areas just because they have some technical expertise.
I have worked with, and interacted with people, all my life who are technically very intelligent in some specific way, and even been one of these people... Who thinks that one area of proficiency grants them unearned respect in other areas.
Eg." I'm great at maths therefore I'm logically infallible". Or "I'm an engineer, so I know exactly how society should function best"." I'm a doctor so my every opinion on everything is more important than yours".
Ben Carson is the epitome of this for me - absolutely brilliant neurosurgeon, ate up every bit of the MAGA party line.
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Land is still zoned. If it can only be used for farming due to the zoning, then its not as desirable to most people and therefore has a lower lease rate from the government.
If the government decides to change the use of that land, the rental price would increase and then the farmer would likely give it up and lease something else.
It's not really that different from the current property tax reductions that apply to farms.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Ah, good plan. I didn't think of that. I come from a country which doesn't have zoning. (Planing applications are all taken on a case by case basis here.)
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I feel like that is the absolute bare minimum change that you could do to a game to let it continue to function. Think of all the code changes, bug fixes, optimisations and such that get done in even one patch release. However, the organiser of SKG has released a video debunking all of Thor's claims, including the idea that it would require live service games to be redeveloped into offline ones. He also doesn't think it should retroactively apply to existing games. So it would be much easier for a new game to be coded from the start to be able to be disconnected. Here's the relevant section of his video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HIfRLujXtUo&t=2228s
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People who can't stand being corrected. Instead of learning and improving, they feel diminished and hateful.
Knowing the rules and knowing when they're needed are two different things. A racecar driver doesn't need to floor it on their way home. Likewise a conversation doesn't need to employ strict grammatical compliance, we're talking not drafting a treatise. At the end of the day people who get upset with incorrect grammar do so because it's an ick or theirs. They then proceed to make that everyone else's problem. You're not learned and scholarly for being pedantic.
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don’t have to be related by blood to be family.
But is family if blood related.
Strongest emotional bonds don't necessarily mean anything positive. Most time spent only applies to immediate family, like parents. Outside that you likely do spend more time with coworkers or classmates.
Sperm donor kids aren't all one big family. Family is a social construct.
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Mother Nature is really, really angry at us and payback is only barely beginning to start.
I am not religious or superstitious or whatever, it's just a way of expressing that very soon we're gonna have it very bad. The heatwaves, the storms, the utilities unable to cope, the displaced populations, the overwhelmed over-egotistic political systems - we're in for a ride, and that ride starts yesterday.
I kinda look at it like mother nature is angry at herself. It spawned us to finish it
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We pivoted from social justice causes like child labour to systemic racism (but only in the first world, not where our actual daily racism is practiced) and transphobia etc because the former requires personal sacrifices while the latter mostly "requires" snarky takes on social media.
I can't help but notice that identity politics stuff ramped up to 11 right as Occupy Wall Street was fizzling out. I really think the alphabet soup agencies unleashed this monster on all of us
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When asking an open-ended question on the Internet, OP should put their own response as a comment, not in the post body, so people can judge it separately from the question and it's not elevated above other responses.
That's it. That's my hot take.
Also it avoids that the first 10 comments will be from people trolling you for the exact thing you used as an example instead of answering the question
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Oh god I almost don't want to say this in this environment...
Techy people aren't the most intelligent in other/all areas just because they have some technical expertise.
I have worked with, and interacted with people, all my life who are technically very intelligent in some specific way, and even been one of these people... Who thinks that one area of proficiency grants them unearned respect in other areas.
Eg." I'm great at maths therefore I'm logically infallible". Or "I'm an engineer, so I know exactly how society should function best"." I'm a doctor so my every opinion on everything is more important than yours".
The real hot take hidden in your sentiment is that less educated blue collar workers who live in rural communities and tend towards conservative politics aren't dumber than you are. They just have different competencies than you do.
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We pivoted from social justice causes like child labour to systemic racism (but only in the first world, not where our actual daily racism is practiced) and transphobia etc because the former requires personal sacrifices while the latter mostly "requires" snarky takes on social media.
There is only one struggle and it is the struggle between the excessively wealthy and everyone else.
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There is only one struggle and it is the struggle between the excessively wealthy and everyone else.
To the kids who make your clothes, you are excessively wealthy.
