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  • Sure, but, to be fair, RSI has made decent work at polishing those angles. There’s still plenty wrong about the mechanics, and it’s buggy as hell too, but overall, I’d say I can immerse in SC in a way I cannot with any other game.

    What kills SC in my opinion is not the “uncanny valley” feeling but rather the obvious greed and laziness of developers that essentially trapped themselves into profiting more off the unfinished game, thereby incentivizing themselves to stagnate. The game is very good as far as general gameplay is concerned - but the development incentives are screwed, and as a result, what could be a game of the century is now nothing but an empty promise or, at best, a sandbox.



  • Stay on Earth. Mars colonization is important to give humanity a place to survive should Earth be destroyed or damaged beyond repair by cataclysmic events.

    But it is not our second chance at building home once Earth has been drained. At any point, reversing climate change on Earth is way, way easier than terraforming Mars. We don’t need to deliver anything to it, it’s where we are already, and even after a lot of fuckery, it will still be the most suitable place for humans to live. Moreover, we know exactly what to do to reverse the trend on Earth - and can only be left to guess what to do with Mars.










  • Kinda sad I was too young to actively play Jedi Outcast multiplayer back when it was popular (and singleplayer-wise, I actually prefer it by a large margin…okay, except bossfights with Tavion and Desann, I hate them :D). It died off pretty quickly as Jedi Academy arose, and SWJKA ruled the landscape ever since. But in principle, they both provide that feeling :)

    Took me a while to learn some undocumented stuff, such as rotating your body at the exact speed of side saber move so that the saber would remain in enemy’s body the longest, dealing up to 200 damage. Then some folks learned even better underkicks to counter it instead of just evading it and getting some of the damage. Amazing times :D


  • I, for the life of me, can’t understand why everyone is so concerned about the word.

    When I say “male”, no one bats an eye. Should I say “female”, hell breaks loose.

    The word “female” exists along with “male”, just the same way “women” exists along with “men”. It’s just an adjective form. There’s no need to overcomplicate it, and no inherent intent to do whatever bad you assume when someone says it.


  • Private servers are good for building a community (I know, we all have fond memories, mine is SWJKA, especially in the later, JK+ times), but they fail to put players into skill brackets, meaning that if you enter the game later or don’t spend your entire life playing it, you’ll eventually fall off as pros will insta-kill you everywhere.



  • For me KDE is “Windows UI done right”. The layout I prefer, done better than by a trillion dollar corporation. Ergonomic. Beautiful. Just right.

    At the same time, Cinnamon, originating from GNOME in an attempt to make it more “Windows-like”, is my personal horror, like a collection of all things Windows has done wrong and then some more. Bulky. Rigid. Poor and complicated personalization. But that’s truly the beauty of it - for some, Cinnamon is superb.

    As per non-Windows style layouts, I tried to force myself to get to know and love them, but they really don’t click with me. Windows has done it the way I like, and KDE does it in a way that I don’t want to go back to genuine Windows UI, either.




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    The question to me is - do we even have to fluoridate water and is this really the best approach?

    For example, most European countries do not commonly use fluoride in their water supply, and everyone’s just fine! No extra cavities, no special health risks. People commonly drink tap water and do not care about potential for any adverse effects, because it’s just that - clean water. And for any teeth-related issues, you already have your toothpaste providing more than enough fluorine.