[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

Yes you can get dial-up, DSL, cell network data, or even satellite! These services are clearly equivalent to cable or fiber in the ISP marketplace.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

Mostly true, but also the excessive use of antibiotics in animals reduces the efficacy of antibiotics in humans over time via resistance. So, kind of a distinction without a difference. I'm not a vegan, by the way, or even a vegetarian, but I do try to limit my meat intake for a number of reasons - ethical, environmental, nutritional, and medical.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

You beat me to it, but I'll also add this other obligatory link.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

The base game is quite playable as is. I'm happier with the cities I'm building in CS2 than anything I ever built in CS1, even with a dozen mods and 35 gigs worth of custom assets. It looks way better and the cim behavior is as good or better than CS1 + traffic manager. There are issues with land value, but it really doesn't impact gameplay that much.

I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I'm honestly baffled by just how negative the reaction to this game has been.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago
[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Regardless of the implications of what happens with the aid that's given to Israel, it's a tiny slice of the federal budget. It has absolutely zero to do with why we don't prioritize taking care of our citizens' health.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

This is an absurd exaggeration of the reality of the situation. This did not become a genocidal/apartheid situation until after 1948. There was an opportunity for peace in the UN partition plan, which would have required no one to "blink out of existence".

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I'd recommend you go back and read some critical reviews of Arena and Daggerfall. The complaints are exactly the same: the graphics engine is out of date, the characters are lifeless, the writing is just okay, the story is shallow, etc. Bethesda has scaled back the RPG mechanics since Morrowind, for sure, but their games ultimately have the same Bethesda DNA, for better or worse. For what it's worth, I'm enjoying Starfield at launch much more than Fallout 4 even now, updated, expanded and modded.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Man that last quest for Sarah was a such a TNG moment. Overall the writing in this game is a cut above most - that quest was sort of an obvious twist, but it was executed really well. I find myself wishing the animations could keep up with the writing and voice actors sometimes, but we can't have it all.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like it borrows heavily from some of the best of the open world action/arpg genre - The Witcher, RDR2, Assassin's Creed, Elden Ring, and BOTW, even a touch of Shadow of the Colossus in there. If it's as polished as any of its inspirations, it'll be a banger.

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I had a pair of headphones with an actual built-in radio. I thought I was hot shit. It was the mid-90s and I was probably 10-ish.

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