LakesAndTrees

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by LakesAndTrees 20d ago
Seems pretty straightforward to me: Hey, China - start local plants and we’ll be happy to have as many EVs as we can build. After all, we’ll have plenty of idle auto workers.
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by LakesAndTrees 7mo ago
I don’t, and this stands as one of the best reading experiences of my life.
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by LakesAndTrees 9mo ago
Hey, for what it's worth: that game was a blast. I forgot how much I enjoyed tower defense. Thank you for the 30 minutes of unexpected fun. Good luck in your search!
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by LakesAndTrees 9mo ago
100%. Ours has become so inexplicably slow it’s wild, even after factory resets. The Amazon OS experience is also terrible. It sits unused.
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by LakesAndTrees 11mo ago
This reminds me of my most recent real estate transaction. Over and over, the agent kept insisting that I increase my counter offer. "Think about it - that's only like a latte a day". Yes. A latte a day, that I don't alr
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by LakesAndTrees 1y ago
I’d say this applies to a far broader group; I’ll never forget when a professor asked for a show of hands on the first day of class: “how many of you will have more than 10 million?” More than half raised their hands immediately. It was a P
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by LakesAndTrees 1y ago
The first time I tried them, it was like I peaked behind the “curtain” in the Wizard of Oz, and knew even in that moment I’d never be able to unsee or forget it. It was the equivalent of being a child and realizing Santa didn’t actually exi
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
Except Ukraine is a sovereign nation - much like Russia (which in today’s form does not hold any reasonable claim to Kyiv) - and renaming either nations capital city to satisfy some man’s thirst for legacy would be equally vulgar. The analo
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
I think the thing that I’m most amazed by - and this setup is truly amazing - is the fact that you’ve got a group of friends to enjoy this with. Good for you; this looks like a blast, and I can only imagine how fun that’d be, compared to ye
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
This is fantastic. I really admire your dedication to the project, and can’t wait to watch the episodes. Thank you for doing this!
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
That's true to an extent, but it's also quite a bit more expensive than the $300 (CAD) I paid for an XBOX with 2 controllers, and I had the side benefit of being able to easily play with the kids (who find it easy to use).
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
Surely - but with kids, an XBOX also offered the ability to share the experience a little easier.
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
(7) get super uncomfortable sitting in the office chair all day and just want to play on the couch with the TV.
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
Small SC II events still get referred to as “LAN” often because, while it requires an online connection, it’s still the same vibe/format: a bunch of boxes in a room.
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by LakesAndTrees 2y ago
My experience with my teen has been that, post-pandemic, he and all of his friends simply decided they didn't want to be inside/bored like they were. We're struggling big-time to keep ours in class. We've tried incentive
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by LakesAndTrees 3y ago
One of the things I’ve struggled with as a parent, having grown up with an angry and remote father, is being able to follow through on consequences/being conflict avoidant (something I generally struggle with) due to an internal guilt
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by LakesAndTrees 3y ago
Your claim was that economic decoupling increases conflict (which has not been fully bourne out by the evidence), not that conflict levels overall have been declining over time.
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by LakesAndTrees 3y ago
Does it? That's certainly a theory, though events such as World War 1 and, more recently, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, seem to indicate otherwise.