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by cupofpython 4y ago
-> refocus the stress response to a fleeting danger video games are filling this role for me (and i exercise separately void of danger). although i used to get caught in feedback loops of too much gaming leading to decreased performance
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by cupofpython 4y ago
>Play any of them and it's obvious what they have in common - not just randomization and permadeath but also turn-based tactics. the minecraft comment was tongue in cheek because you used contradictory wording between your comments.
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by cupofpython 4y ago
>Starting over when you die is exactly how games worked since the arcade days So then from a purist viewpoint, starting over from the beginning is not a defining characteristic of a rogue-like. A randomized playthrough is. which means
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by cupofpython 4y ago
I had already edited my comment before you made this reply to specify "rogue-lite" at the beginning of that sentence. I was emphasizing to you that you should not be surprised to find such features in games labelled rogue-like.
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by cupofpython 4y ago
>Saying that it's a feature of the genre is definitely wrong. good thing I am not saying that then The point is that if you see "roguelike" then those features could be there, not that they necessarily will be there. We
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by cupofpython 4y ago
this is the stance I take on AB tests. The are objectively good at things you shouldnt need objective evidence for
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by cupofpython 4y ago
check the AB test results
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by cupofpython 4y ago
of course not. that's the responsibility of the company management to say "okay UI is good lets divert resources elsewhere"
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by cupofpython 4y ago
I was going off of how the rogue-like tag is currently used in game marketplaces, like Steam. You are technically correct, I learned something new, and I updated - but as far as seeing the phrase in the wild and trying to predict what to
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by cupofpython 4y ago
Oh cool, I wasn't aware of that distinction
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by cupofpython 4y ago
Dead Cells is a popular recent one. Hades classifies as well I believe. A ~roguelike~ rogue-lite is something where you start from the beginning repeatedly, and each "run" or playthrough you change the game state somehow (varie
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by cupofpython 4y ago
>it was something their engineering department had tried to do, but just never got operational "yet". OR it was something a product manager aimed to do, and it was sold internally before it was developed - and then proper resou
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by cupofpython 4y ago
I considered the original question to mean: "Does / would the use of AC help?" to which tangential, interesting information was provided but left the original question unanswered. Are we to assume literally nobody has an AC n
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by cupofpython 4y ago
that does not answer the question
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by cupofpython 4y ago
Here's the fun fact: they don't need you. Someone else will seize the opportunities you miss while being unavailable. Also, we created a scenario where they literally cannot get in touch with you even if they need you.. are you e
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by cupofpython 4y ago
(What is this, reddit?) I checked news sources more directly from the websites i am personally familiar with instead of using the hacker news front page as a filter + expanded domain
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Rogers network outage across Canada hits banks, businesses and consumers(reuters.com)
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by cupofpython 4y ago
Are we channeling through internet cabling or magical straight lines?
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by cupofpython 4y ago
6) forget to check notifications in a reasonable amount of time and miss important alerts, possibly negatively impacting your career growth.
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by cupofpython 4y ago
1) Mute phone 2) Turn off desktop notifications 3) Set timer 4) enjoy working in peace 5) timer goes off, check feeds for updates Repeat Steps 3, 4, 5. for timer length suggestions see: pomodoro
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by cupofpython 4y ago
Facebook created value out of nothing; peoples boredom in-between doing all of the above. I am just saying people are treating facebook like it is stealing attention from everything else on the internet and I dont buy it. I think it is a s
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by cupofpython 4y ago
>public stuff that's become annoyingly hard to view anonymously because Meta chose to stick it behind a login box this one
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by cupofpython 4y ago
anecdotally, I had CD player first then I moved to iPod and downloaded limewire
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by cupofpython 4y ago
>but what a given user spends their attention on I want to point out, since I have not seen it elsewhere in this thread, that user's do not need to be on the internet at all . Does no one remember what it was like to be bored? Wit
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by cupofpython 4y ago
>Is it really bullshit to critique more thoroughly that to which more of the finite resources are dedicated? this kind of aligns with my point tbh. We give $10 critiques to million dollar positions as if they hold weight.
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by cupofpython 4y ago
yes, if I claim that the painters did a bad job and they gave me a laundry list of professional reasons for it.. I would consider those reasons before criticizing. would you not? trying to use painting as an analogous situation like that i
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by cupofpython 4y ago
My point is that properly criticizing a CEO is exhausting so it is rarely done properly. CEO is a very general job role. I dont understand your point with the painters. That would be an operations issue, so I actually wouldnt criticize the
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by cupofpython 4y ago
criticism is fair game. it just usually doesnt account for the reality of what they are doing, and puts them to blame for not directly controlling things that in reality were outside their control. Taking responsibility for the failings o
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by cupofpython 4y ago
I think we are giving these people too much credit. Being the head of the organization is like inheriting someone elses filing system. the only way for them to actually understand wtf is going on at the company is to reorganize some thing
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by cupofpython 4y ago
Where I grew up no one would actually say the sticks and stones line unless they were intentionally being sarcastic and provoking people to bully them (i.e. trolling). It was still a useful phrase to pass around though I understood the les

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