Hexbear2

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[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I played Skyrim up until the quest where you had to unite the leaders of the warring factions. I got bored, haven't picked it up since. This play through was this year in 2024, it was the anniversary edition, first time I had played it. The combat is boring, the armor got too good too fast, and it wasn't a challenge, so then go back to story, the story is not good either. Just not a fun game, no reason to keep playing.

They should have enforced a much more rigid class system, warrior, ranger (or thief), or spellcaster, and not allowed you to be anything you wanted. Elden Ring suffers the same, you can start as any class, but become anything you want. It defeats the purpose of class based systems. Also, there should have been much more armor and weapons choices for each of the classes.

Path of exile excels at class based choices and goes even further with ascendancy, so much more replay value.

A big part of all good fantasy games is the specialization and discovering new gear, abilities all the time, and fighting bad guys, not running around all the time doing boring quests, and then fighting boring dragons.

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

2001-2005. My computer lab in the school of math and natural sciences (including computer science), had windows 2000 (best windows of all time), Apple Power PCs, and all dual booted linux. All we used for comp sci was linux. Yellowdog on the Power PCs. Learned to program/develop in C++ and Java, mostly used e-macs, goal was to never lift hands from the keyboard or use the mouse, keeps you in the zone. Used Gnome as the desk top environment back then.

So pretty good :)

Today I use linux mint with cinamon for day to day computing, been using it for about 10 years now without issue.

I went back to college for a professional program, and used linux mint in 2022, it worked out just fine. As far as office software, I used word 365 online through the university web portal.

I think word sucks a lot and 2003 and 2007 are the best versions and little improvement since then (improvement is efficiency and easy of creating an end-product), but I'm not willing to re-learn how to master Libre Office, I just can't be bothered. So no input on that.

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah! Take-out pizza was a weekly regular thing for me too! 30 bucks for the pizza meant it was costing 15 bucks for a single meal, half a large pizza, not only was it thousands of calories, but I got to thinking what else I could buy and cook for $15 bucks, and it always ate me up inside, that's enough for a luxury meal if buying the ingredients and cooking it myself, something like a 6-8 oz steak or salmon and 4 oz shrimp dinner with 2 healthy sides like asparagus and basmati rice. Not to mention how much less something like tofu, beans, lentils, or even chicken or pork would cost!

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile, further east. Only 2,500? xigma-male

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I was eating there in a bad way, like 4-5 times a week for breakfast, and then one day, two egg mcmuffins were like 11 bucks, and I said fuck that. I switched to about 400 calories total greek yogurt, about 20 oz. Cheaper and healthier.

I haven't been back since, and combined with other healthier choices, I'm down from 208 to 193 lbs over the last 3 months, with a goal to eventually reach 180 and maintain it.

For example, instead of getting 2 triple cheeseburgers, I made a 6 oz grilled chicken breast sandwich with pickles and light mayo, came out with more protein, less fat, and less overall calories.

Thanks McDonalds!

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This shit is uniquely evil. Like, you could write a sci-fi distopian novel best seller about how bad some of this shit is and 8th graders would be forced to read it.

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

It's kaye fabe pro wrestling drama jinned up to get voters to vote. Propaganda works. Hell, after visiting Reddit I almost thought about Voooting for volcel-kamala !but then I remembered xibe-check We already had Trump for 4 years. None of that happened.

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think that the way we're splitting up software monopolies is pretty damn ridiculous in this field. I'm Linux gang all the way, but let Microsoft own the OS how they see fit, and especially the kernel, and instead go after the third party hardware vendors being locked into MS contracts. Just make it not legal for third party hardware vendors to sell computers with pre-installed operating systems, and it solves a lot of the monopoly issues. So no more Dell, HP, etc, with forced windows, make the consumer buy the OS separately.

Could also go after bundling, like OS can't be sold with office suite software.

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rollslop without even a jump option. Have fun with no jump.

--Post brought to you by Mario gang.

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Yes. Joe took out himself and whoever replaces him, and possibly the Democratic party itself. NO WAY Trump can lose now, and if they put up Kopmala it will be an epic sweep. I will eat these words with a mustard sandwich if somehow the Dems win, but I'm feeling pretty safe, tbh.

[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

I always fly with protection, you just don't know where that plane has been. Might even be a 737, yeck.

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