SenorBolsa

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[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There is in most countries. Unless you mean shortfills you are meant to add nic to? In the US those still firmly fall under the laws restricting sale of vapes. Don't know about the UK or Europe, I know those products exist there though.

Otherwise you can't legally sell bulk nicotine to underage people, obviously the other ingredients are used for such a wide variety of things they can't really be restricted like that.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Alkaline batteries are great for remotes and stuff like that, where they potentially last years, in those applications it seems very reasonable, my TV remote still has the included AA batts and I bought it 3 years ago. But they end up getting used in higher drain devices and it gets a bit absurd. Still, at least people aren't rocking around with their boombox with 6 D cells that last 8hours.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

As a long time e-cig user and enthusiast I agree. I thought we got away from that garbage a decade ago, but then it came back. I don't get it, it's expensive, it sucks, and it's mind bogglingly awful for the environment.

I don't even love the idea of pre built coils but I compromised for the convenience now that they are actually good. Feels a lot less bad to toss a little bit of steel and kanthal every few weeks.

I can't really get behind banning flavors, but less attractive packaging and only allowing open refillable systems would be a huge step to slowing adolescent use, they pretty much all use disposables because they can be bought at gas stations and you have to go to a smoke shop to get the refillables. Not to mention dropping $60 on a mod+tank isn't as easy to start as $10 for a disposable.

I think the flavors are a big part of why they can be effective as cessation aids you start to no longer associate tobacco with it which helps a lot. I no longer smell someone smoking and get cravings.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They look just fine over RCS. Which everyone else supports and apple could even integrate support for into iMessage.

Even straight up MMS on most carriers has no limit or a generous enough one that a short clip comes through just fine.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also are we just going to ignore the whole thing with GTAV where you had three characters with intertwined stories that you could switch between (mostly) at will? Multiple protagonists has been done, but not really like that, not in such a living breathing manner that they managed to pull off. Rockstar also manages to fill the world with many interesting characters for the story to play with, they manage to take really simple gameplay and make it engaging all the way through.

They also added the heists which were a pretty good way of adding more meaning to the old school mission structure they continue to use and while ultimately I don't think it had they impact they wanted it did add some flavor and interest to the gameplay. I'm an absolute fiend for heist films and that was a lot of fun for me.

These games are characterized by superficial simplicity underlaid with surprising complexity to craft a smooth experience. LA Noire is a prime example of that kind of design where it becomes very obvious how much the game has to run like well oiled gearworks to function at all and have the cases work as narrative. (developed by Team Bondi, but with the help of a lot of the R* studios including North)

Also they manage to do all this without a second of it feeling like a cynical product, it's clear the people doing this love the topic of pop culture crime, films, stories, legends and want to take the player along for a fun ride. I don't know at this point, with everything that happened with GTAO, which mostly feels like a cynical product, if that's the R* making GTAVI, I sure hope it is though.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Haha, that's exactly the kind of game I want to make but with graphics and a little less dry. Didn't even know about that one. Also I should probably actually figure out how to start that once I'm settled in here. It's amazing how much planning and thought goes into getting one truck across the country. It's like Oregon trail but you die of stupidity, yours or others, rather than dysentery.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Why bother with NFTs? every storefront already has a licensing system, the only benefit I could see is being able to move it from storefront to storefront, but they will never go for that. Even then it could be done much more efficiently other ways.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah consumer retail has implied contracts that override anything you write in a TOS or EULA. You can add certain things with those but there's still a basic commercial transaction happening that is bound to the rule of law.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I got my monies worth out of it, but yeah, it's missing the mark compared to their previous games.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The bickering was dumber and less serious but there was plenty of it on the newsgroups lol.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I used to drive it in a semi regularly no idea what my company was paying, must have cost a small fortune over the years but really the only good way to get into southern Ohio from Harrisburg or Allentown.

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Lol always a picture of Breezewood, wich is odd because it doesn't really represent suburban development in any way whatsoever, it's a turnpike town with 178 residents. It was literally built to support the interchange and highway.

 

Is it aesthetics? Performance? Engineering? Sentimental value? Nostalgia? Weirdness?...

I could go on, there's as many ways to enjoy a car as there are car owners and I find it very interesting what people value in what is ultimately a tool of conveyance that is elevated by social and personal values.

I always love cars that are just a little weird, they have features that don't quite make sense, they have styling that just doesn't fit in with other modern cars, and they certainly don't blend in at the grocery parking lot. They emanate a certain incongruence with the world around them.

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