My wife is a 30+ woman and she loved (among others) OneShot, World of Goo, and Final Fantasy XV.

OneShot is an atmospheric, story-based game with some puzzle elements and a lot of lovable characters. On the flip side, there’s a lot of walking and it’s easy to get lost. Nevertheless, there’s a deep connection you as the player can build with the characters and the world they inhabit.

World of Goo is a physics-based building game, where you build bridges and towers out of cute sentient rubber-like balls, but beneath the solid physics, art and music there lies a deep social commentary too.

Final Fantasy XV is the most mainstream of these, but it is an entry into the FF games specifically designed for newcomers in mind. It follows four main and several supporting characters on a journey that starts as a road trip interspersed with beginner-friendly but still jaw-droppingly well rendered and animated combat and slowly but surely escalated to an epic catharsis.

I’m all for setting a precedent if it’s about banning chinese spyware and propaganda weapons.

https://xkcd.com/1810/

The standard of living in Hungary has been constantly declining since orbán has been in power. His voter base is still going strong nonetheless, especially among the poorest. These people have no future, but also no present either - they’ll vote for the name they hear the most often, or the one their employer tells them to. They being mostly jobless, that employer being the village mayor via the public works programme, and usually a puppet of orbán as well. Checkmate, liberal democracy.

Thanks for the heads up, I had no cracking issues yet, but after years of daily use the screen protector got worn out and the kickstand broke loose. Now I’m on the second one of the same model, but it’s still going strong with no real issues.

These are the things I’m glad I got back then and would get again if they broke, that fit the price category:

• an onion comb for dicing
• shoehorn with a long handle
• 3 stage knife sharpening station
• wireless phone charger (no more fiddling in the dark with the cable)
• magnetic keychain holder (from AntPocket tools)
• Unicorn Beetle Pro phone case and belt holster (if you’re on board with the aesthetic)
• a pair of Klim earbuds (wired, with foam tips)

This is not about a single coworker and a door, but intended as a generic light-hearted roast for everybody who keep ignoring simple signs such as which waste bin is for paper, how to leave a room, etc. Petty? Sure as hell. Being a dick? Wouldn’t say so.

Yes, that’s my conclusion as well. What job doesn’t require any of these?

Shouldn’t a dishwasher or cook be able to read and follow instructions, like regarding water temperature, food safety, etc?

I guess it’s not about actually not being able to read, just either not caring to read or ignoring what’s written.

You said yourself that a penny is too much. What’s lower than a penny and not free?

Then the problem is not that the practice of renting exists, but wealth inequality. Which we fully agree on, especially since several mechanisms are at work that further the gap between the rich and the poor. These all should be addressed.

What’s holding you back from taking a loan and paying mortgage instead of rent? Risk aversion?

To use it later when his children would need it.

None of these points have applied to them. I get the feeling it might be a case of culture differences, maybe the toxic landlording mentioned in the meme is more prevalent in the US?

Sure he did, but he provided me with a place to live at, which otherwise I couldn’t have afforded. Just like any other service or goods provider.

I’d say it depends on the scale and the intentions.

My previous one hasn’t raised rent for five years, and even then he asked if it would be okay with us. Which it was, for even the raised rent was significantly below the market rate and he always responded quickly to any issues we have raised. He was a blue-collar worker who inherited a flat he didn’t want to sell, so rented it out to those who couldn’t afford to buy a property on their own.

I’m sorry for your negative experiences, but please be mindful that not only your subjective world exists. I might have been extremely lucky, but all my previous rental places were maintained by nice folks.

By realising that what we now call waste will be the fuel source of the future. And also understanding that the renewables require a lot more area, material and energy to build than nuclear: https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/the-iron-law-of-power-density-part