TotesIllegit

joined 1 year ago
[–] TotesIllegit 8 points 4 days ago

For C&C fans, Tempest Rising is C&C in all but name. The most recent playtest felt like a hybrid of Tiberian Sun and Tiberium Wars. It's not out yet, but I'm very excited about it.

[–] TotesIllegit 10 points 4 days ago

If there's anything to learn from US politics for the past, well, forever, it's that some politicians and voters don't let the truth interfere with their narrative or perceived reality.

Springfield, Ohio is probably the best evidence of that.

[–] TotesIllegit 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is one way that the DEAs' approach to ADHD medication boosts the black market. Artificially restrict the supply of legitimate prescription meds, and desperate people become easy marks for this kind of thing.

[–] TotesIllegit 4 points 4 days ago

The Wiiimote and Nunchuk combo needs a little tweaking (maybe make the wiimote more like a nunchuk for ergonomics, give it an analog stick for coarse camera movement) but it was the most comfortable controller ever since I could place my hands in different positions relative to one another.

[–] TotesIllegit 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I enjoy them; they're a small, mundane, humanising element in a sea of (often bad) news or game trailer links in my feed.

Though I also appreciate the parody.

[–] TotesIllegit 4 points 5 days ago

Noise alerts should be limited to imminent threats or severe safety warnings (fast approaching a slower vehicle in the same lane, seatbelt not fastened, etc) but not for activity that a) may actually be totally legal, and b) may cause panicked, reflexive actions, or c) may cause confusion for the driver.

I could also see it get really annoying for those of us without functioning cruise control trying to go the speed limit consistently, depending how close to the speed limit is started to beep.

[–] TotesIllegit 5 points 1 week ago

Sometimes, in northern US states, people burn their houses down because they think they can use flamethrowers to melt the snow and ice off their roofs. Ice is pretty resilient to flames.

[–] TotesIllegit 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Personally, I think redirecting to Knowledge Fights' site would be a good move; though I mostly hope it doesn't wind up under ownership of some other grifter.

[–] TotesIllegit 5 points 1 week ago

Nice. Also, I like the storyline you've got going with the respawns.

[–] TotesIllegit 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope it turns out well; I've wanted to experience 2e as a player since before the playtest, and this would be the closest I expect to come for a long time.

[–] TotesIllegit 13 points 3 weeks ago

USPS is self-funded through postage and other services they provide. They did receive $50 billion from an emergency funding bill back in '22, but that also removed a hefty, arbitrary load: back in 2006, legislation was passed that forced the USPS into pre-fund retirement plans for the next 75 years. The emergency funding bill lifted that requirement and gave emergency funding to the USPS under the condition that the USPS adopt changes listed in the bill to further address funding shortfalls and become solvent again.

The people paying for USPS windshield replacements are effectively paying customers, much like how toll roads are supposed to fund their own upkeep by charging for its use.

[–] TotesIllegit 5 points 3 weeks ago

If lurking in the USPS subreddit for a few years had taught me anything, it's that some really love the LLVs and some just hate the platypus that's replacing it, as it was often called.

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