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the_gmg, 1 month ago

I’ve read the first couple chapters of Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre which I picked up after looking through the bingo thread.

I haven’t read any of her work before, and am enjoying it so far. I’m finding the prose pretty crisp and readable.

the_gmg, 1 month ago

Yes, but poker themed. ‘Combat’ is a round of poker themed solitaire with a point target. This is followed by an opportunity to spend money to upgrade your deck with fancy cards or modifiers. The point targets are constantly increasing, so you need to keep upgrading to complete a run.

If you like Slay the Spire, I would definitely give Balatro a shot.

the_gmg, 5 months ago

Good analogy! The cars seem to turn by just rotating around the center axis so it holds there too.

the_gmg, 6 months ago

I tried this for the first time over the past week or so. The driving immediately stuck out as the weakest point, so having more travel options sounds good.

I kinda wish they had just RGGed it and put everything in like a five block radius. I’m extremely early, but the city and environment just feel bad.

the_gmg, 6 months ago

Yeah I’m going to keep playing, but obviously not until next week. I thought that they were done changing stuff.

the_gmg, 6 months ago

I have a Zenfone 9, and it’s fine basically. The size, 3.5 mm jack, and battery life are all good.

There currently isn’t a boot unlocker from Asus though there apparently used to be one. The UI is pretty stock-ish, so it isn’t too bad, but I do wonder about updates in the future.

the_gmg, 8 months ago

No, they are owned by Relx (fka Reed Elsevier), known for PAX and the scam which is the academic publishing industry.

the_gmg, 8 months ago

Selling 2000 shares while retaining over 3000000 shares seems to indicate that this is for quarterly tax payments, which are due this week.

I’m not defending any actions of Unity.

The author / headline writer are being disingenuous or just clickbait chasing.

the_gmg, 8 months ago

It is right in the SEC filling which anyone can look up. The 2000 shares sold were by the CEOs wife, which is why they are marked as indirect.

$80k is rich people walking around money when compared to ~$100 million. It was part of an automated selling plan and not suspicious in any way.

There’s an old Peter Lynch quote about many reasons to sell but only one to buy.

the_gmg, 8 months ago

Ok, so the report is on the person (CEO in this case). Only directors and certain executive levels are required to report.

Table I shows ‘non-derivative securities’ (regular stock). The CEO holds in their own name 3 million+ shares. No transaction was reported for those, but they have to be listed.

The CEO’s spouse aquired 2000 shares at a cost of $1.425 each. After this transaction, they had 2000 shares total (column 5).

They then sold those shares for $40 each. After, they weren’t holding any stock, so column 5 shows 0.

The CEO financially benefits from this, so the transactions are listed on their form, as (I) for indirect. If the spouse also had a position within Unity which required reporting this would be listed on their own SEC form as well.

the_gmg, 8 months ago

That seems reasonable, they seem consistent about the ‘godling’ thing.

I think any explanation as to why Shar would personally care would tie the scene together at least a little.

the_gmg, 8 months ago

Huh, interesting. So both paths lead to killing everyone in the temple.

What happens with Shadowheart’s parents and the mirror of loss room if Nightsong is killed?

the_gmg, 9 months ago

Like a Dragon is on GOG without Denuvo, nice. I hadn’t realized that before, I’m definitely gonna pick that up.

the_gmg, 10 months ago

I literally read this while waiting for shaders to process on first run. Good timing and thanks!

the_gmg, 10 months ago

So it does! Thanks!

the_gmg, 10 months ago

Overall, liftoff has a pretty decent amount of customization. Posts can be full cards, compact, or compact without thumbnails. A full width image is shown if the post is expanded.

Font size for the header, title, and body are separately adjustable. The ‘action bar’ (share, reply, vote, etc) does not appear to be resizable.

I was unable to find a way to browse a list of subscribed communities, which I generally find useful.

This definitely seems like a good start, I’ll definitely be following development.

the_gmg, 10 months ago

For the record, Liftoff does actually have the communities on the bottom menu bar. I think i was confused because this is hidden when browsing a specific community. If one hits the back button / gesture, the menu appears again.

the_gmg, 4 months ago

Thanks for the update, but I’m not seeing the option anywhere? There is thumbnail left or right but I didn’t see an option to hide.

the_gmg, 10 months ago

In my recollection sync for reddit had multiple long gaps in communication from the dev, including pretty shortly after subscriptions were first announced. I appreciate the desire to be paid, but I didn’t find it clear that there were ongoing development or support efforts.