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TheWitchMorgana posted...

i can't say i really found it fun to have to coordinate 40-member raids in WoW completely manually so i'm cool with some of the QoL changes

I cannot imagine how it was like being a raid leader back in Everquest. Granted if some folks were willing to wake up in the middle of the night or cut work short because some world spawn appeared at an inconvenient time, that is a whole different mindset that I will not be able to grasp.

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Received on April 15ish via direct deposit. My mother is eligible but has not received her check yet.

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Within those choices, "I don't know."

I am of the mindset to vote for candidates/propositions I support. Only when I oppose something do I vote against it and rarely do I actually oppose something. Most of the time I would simply be indifferent. If I do not support something, I will skip that choice instead of voting against it. For the time being, I neither support nor am against either one. I use to vote for the "lesser evil" but have changed this approach several years ago.

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Izzythewinner posted...

i happen to be one that tries to communicate productively as often as possible

Which is fine if the situation calls for it (i.e. new players, difficult encounter, etc.). If it is purely just for socializing, some probably see no reason to hold a conversation with a stranger they will never see again after that dungeon run. Such conversation would serve no real purpose except to kill time. Hell, the more elitist players would probably say if you are typing up a conversation, you are not maximizing your DPS. It could also be because the topic of said conversation is simply boring.

Izzythewinner posted...

since video games have become progressively more casual, QoL induced and streamlined, it has taken a very large portion of what allowed us to be humans, and that was the social part of our nature. I also want to blame party chat aswell since before we kinda had no choice but to use ingame chat. at least through that we were able to meet and make new friends, for bad and for worse as there were certainly plenty of toxic people out there i wont deny, but "nothing ventured nothing gained."

I can agree games becoming more casual/soloable reduces the need to communicate. Some of us though have simply established in-game friends over the years so we would rather socialize with those folks than with strangers.

When it comes to strangers in a PUG, I would greet the group and thank them for the party after we are done. If someone start up a conversation or ask for help, I will respond in kind. But I see no reason to start up a conversation when after 20-30 minutes I will never "see" that player again.

Entity13 posted...

2) there are online gamers from other generations as well.

Aye. Think in my World of Warcraft guild, we had guild members ranging from teenagers to 50 years old+. The guild started off with various friends of friends of friends from Everquest and slowly grew to include others we have met in-game. Few of these folks I still play games with 10+ years later.

Bulbasaur posted...

sorry i dont want to hear you breathe and eat chips and get yelled at by your mom, my dude

I jokingly (or not so jokingly) commented to guildmates that Discord, Zoom, BlueJeans, etc. need to new mute users and enable push-to-talk by default. Dunno how many times there is a new user who does not know the settings and unknowingly have an open mic. Worst for me was someone with a mechanical keyboard with an open mic.

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I do wonder what percentage of clothing shoppers have shifted to the online market. With the exception of some Patagonia pants that I bought at REI, my past several articles of clothing were bought online cause I trusted the reviews/descriptions enough and the cost was low enough that I was not concern of minor flaws.

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Is it the same story as Seiken Densetsu III?

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I personally would keep it only because the price of these graphing calculators does not seem to go down despite how old they are, should you ever want to get another one. I kinda want to replace my Ti-83 Plus because the buttons are kinda stuck but my Ti fx-115ES scientific calculator has been sufficient.

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Probably the Ist rune in Diablo II.

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Even though I consider hanging out with friends as part of the experience in watching a movie, $20 is still overall cheaper than the cost of the ticket, gas to drive to/from, and whatever lunch/dinner we get when hanging out.

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Are we going to start weighing people against a duck and if the duck weighs more that would mean the person also floats and is therefore infected?

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WhiskeyDisk posted...

Yeah, "professional" attire is impractical to say the least.

I would say it depends on the work environment and interaction with clients. In our engineering office where interactions are 99% of the time via phone calls or emails, casual wear should be sufficient. Within reason of course.

At a place like a market, retail store, etc. where there needs to be a way to distinguish between employees and clients, at the very least some sort of uniform, casual or not, oughta be used.

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I can kinda agree to some extent. A fellow coworker is an amazing engineer but prior to the company having an actual dress code, he just wore T-shirts and basketball shorts in the office. At the time he never met with clients and what he wore did not affect his capability as an engineer.

And then I have another engineer coworker who use to wear undersized tank tops and slippers on casual Friday. When he lifted his arms it was impossible to not notice his exposed hairy belly. So there is a line to be drawn somewhere to maintain that "professionalism".

Some clients probably do need a stern talk with in regards to our policies but at the same time, we may not want to piss them off and lose them as a client. There's a balance to be had. I think our boss have cut ties with some well paying clients just because they were too much of a hassle.

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Overall, I'd say 7-8 but it still really depends on the type of game. Certain well made RPGs for example I might replay for the story but usually the story is all I would care about so if the gameplay was cumbersome in some way, I might not replay the game. I found Planescape: Torment story to be amazing but in terms of gameplay will have trouble getting back into it.

And then there's the Borderlands where it might not be the best of stories but the gameplay is fun enough that I would replay again with a different class. And then there's games with both stories and gameplay that I enjoyed such as Xenogear but I know that game is bloody long so probably will not want to get back into again.

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No. I based my purchasing decision simply on whether or not I will have fun with said game and if I feel the price is worth the fun. Part of which involves whether or not there are issues with the game that might be detrimental to said fun.

All that said, I am not entirely happy the direction Bioware have gone over the years. I really enjoyed Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect series, Dragon Age series, etc. and do feel they are a shadow of their former self. Maybe I will play Mass Effect Andromeda and Dragon Age: Inquisition someday but for now, other single-player games have priority.

For some odd reason though I am still content with Blizzard despite feeling they too are a shadow of their former self.

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Went from bout $3-4/GAL in SoCal to $2-3/GAL the past some weeks.

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mooreandrew58 posted...

Depends on the person. If i know nothing I say will make them even consider changing it becomes a why bother scenario to me. Dont see the point in pissing someone off if it will accomplish absolutely nothing.

Fair point. For me it depends on the risks involved, if any. Some folks need to be burned to learn a lesson and I can only hope they can recover from the burn.

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wwinterj25 posted...

In general though I'm a open book and speak my mind. That's not always a good thing.

Sometime some folks need that harsh honest opinion. Granted some folks might need to be a bit more tactful in how they express their opinions and/or express them in some constructive manner.

I recall a discussion years ago, a friend posted on Facebook about not wanting negative opinions when no opinions were asked for. I do not know what is the context of the post but few of us chimed in and expressed our own beliefs that sometimes people need to be harsh with their opinions especially if something might be detrimental.

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On another note, I am so accustomed to saying "thank you", "please", and "you're welcome" to the point that I feel I am kinda overusing them and saying them without thinking. My mentor says it is good I at least say those because some folks do not but I cannot help but feel it is almost like being "fake courteous". Did I really say those because I meant it or I said them out of instinct?

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I would say at the worst I have just been indifferent to certain co-workers when directly dealing with them. I do not fake being courteous. I am either on friendly terms with them or I see them as just someone I work with and nothing more.

There are a handful that are difficult to deal with but only one that I occasionally vent about with other coworkers during our lunch breaks and it really depends on how difficult that coworker has been that particular work week. But despite this, I do not actually hate that coworker. He is helpful at certain times but his behavior and personality is difficult to tolerate at his worst.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

he knows exactly where he contracted it, but not exactly when

Curious. How did you know where? Was his traveling about limited enough for him to isolate where? For me personally, between work, CostCo, various restaurants, my sister and brother-in-law, etc. I honestly would have no idea where I would get it if I come up testing positive.

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How much excess food are we talking about here going into the disposal? I eat everything off my plate/bowl and anything that cannot be eaten goes to a separate container to be buried in the yard.

That said, I put the dirty dishes in the left/non-disposal side when washing. It just feels more natural for me to move stuff to the right as I am washing.

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I do not know their last names and I can only remember "Red" and never the full "Red XIII"

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BlackScythe0 posted...

The premise of it was so stupid I couldn't suspend my sense of disbelief.

I thought it was bizarre but felt it was kinda no different compared to other similar battle royale like movies (i.e. The Running Man, Battle Royale, Hunger Games, etc.)

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Blaqthourne posted...

I've never seen The Purge, so would have thought nothing of it. It sounds like a generic siren to me.

Woulda been the case for me.

streamofthesky posted...

The police playing the siren that's used to denote, "it's ok to rampantly murder people on a whim now!" is a bit tactless, yes.

Did make me laugh, though.

More or less my thought. I can see the humor in it but for those familiar with the tune, it could feel uncomfortable.

That being said, would playing an air siren actually be problematic given it is a real thing? How many civilian are familiar with that tune except for hearing it in movies?

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streamofthesky posted...

Though that's just what he's saying publicly. We'll have to see what eventually transpires w/ her compared to the others busted at the party.

Assuming he sticks to his words, I wonder how this might/will affect their marriage.

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2020 is the first time I filled-out the census, think my parents did the paperwork in 2010 and before. Is this the first time there is a question specifically asking if you are of Hispanic, Latino, etc. origin?

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Yes. Being able to do it online made it much easier.

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I work as an engineer/drafter and have been getting by with a scientific calculator, CASIO fx-115 ES since 2010. Occasionally I also use the built-in Windows 10 calculator and the more complicated stuff is done via Excel spreadsheets.

I used that scientific calculator for the EIT/FE exam and though part of me feels the urge to replace it with a new graphing calculator, the other part of me is telling me I will never use the other functions of that graphing calculator if a scientific calculator has been sufficient all this time. I think I just wanted a new "toy" for work.

Do you still use a calculator for work and what kind?

Comments are appreciated,

Thank you

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captpackrat posted...

For the small areas where the huge mower can't fit or steep slopes where it's too dangerous to drive a 1500+ pound mower, I use a Cobalt 80-Volt battery-powered mower. It runs surprisingly long on a single battery, and it shares batteries with a bunch of other tools like chainsaws, string trimmers, snow blowers and cultivators.

Interesting. I have been hesitant between a portable electric or gas powered weed wacker. Dealing with a corded electric weed wacker has been annoying. Any particular reason you chose an electric lawn mower over gas?

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zebatov posted...

Yeah its funny... the harder you work typically the less you make.

I don't necessary see it as the harder you work the less you get paid but more so of how replaceable one is. Some jobs/positions might be easy but it is difficult to find a replacement so there is higher pay as an incentive. Other jobs/positions might be more difficult but it is easier to find a replacement so there is less incentive to pay people well.

Of course this does not apply to all types of jobs/positions but is generally how/why I see certain jobs/positions paying X amount versus other jobs/positions paying Y amount despite similar workload.

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Back in 2010 through 2014 I went crazy with the various Steam sales and currently have about 100 games still to play. I wanna say for the past few years though I have gotten a lot better and purchased maybe 3-5 new games last year compared to the dozens I use to buy per year during the sales.

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AnnoyedCops posted...

Salaried. I only work 40 hours a week though. I almost never work more and luckily people don't expect me to (anymore)

I find it interesting how this varies so much within the engineering field. Some of my engineering friends work just 40ish hours a week while some are pulling 60+ hours a week. I would imagine it depends on the line of work and urgency of meeting the deadlines.

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blu posted...

That blows.

It is entirely my fault I arrive late and I have no obligation to stay late but given our line of work might need more than 40 hours per week sometimes, I woulda hope management would make exception for all engineers.

Pretty sure the other engineers are paid salary as I am kinda the oddball one. I was drafting before and normally would leave at 3:30 PM. When I started doing engineering was when I started to stay late. Maybe it is an oversight that I was not changed to hourly which is why I hope to ask to be changed to salary.

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Hourly but I am hoping to ask to be changed to salary. Our office is officially opened 6 AM - 3:30 PM. We are only paid for those hours even if we stay late unless approved for overtime. As an engineer, I regularly stay to 5 - 6 PM to work on projects but if I arrive late at 6:30 AM for example I am paid only for 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM even if I stay to 5 PM.

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Friend of mine works for Panasonic as an electric engineering. He rarely takes vacation days and he isn't allowed to cash in on his vacation days either so he randomly takes off days here and there to avoid them going to waste.

My company doesn't allow you to cash in vacation days either so years ago when an coworker was leaving for grad school, he used 1-2 weeks of his remaining vacation days prior to leaving the company.

blu posted...

Hell even come into work on his vacation to do work but saying hes on vacation so doesnt deal with the daily junk.

A coworker did that once. Took a week off but continued to come in to work just so nobody would bother him.

blu posted...

He took a full 5 day vacation and colleagues spent all week complaining about it.

I get that vibe sometimes with certain coworkers/managers but I think that just goes to show how dependent some folks are on those individuals. My manager is encouraging me to stand on my end and be capable of responding to client's questions without second guessing myself. Part of this is to help me "grow up" within my line-of-work but also so I am less reliant on him to deal with clients.

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Shadowbird_RH posted...

COVID-19, all caps.

This for me. Easier than typing it out in full and I am sometimes a stickler to using the proper terms.

joemodda posted...

Corona-chan

For some reason this made me think of "It's not like I wanted to infect you, b-baka!!"

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MikeTavish posted...

Games are seeded based on popularity, nominations, metascores, etc. So the odds of two big names facing each other early is low.

Thanks for the response and clarification. I can see that approach making sense and can understand how upsetting it would be if two big name games goes against each other too early.

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I do not know how the brackets are setup and am unable to use the correct search parameter to find an existing conversation. Out of curiosity, are the brackets purely randomized or are certain big name/popular games limited from going up against each other too early?

I ask this cause I saw The Outer Worlds going against The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I expected The Outer Worlds to lose but could not help but wonder what if another big name/popular game went up against BotW this early on and how upsetting that might be to some folks's personal brackets.

Comments and opinions are appreciated,

Thank you

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HornedLion posted...

In the end some Nintendo game will always win.

I enjoyed The Outer Worlds and have not played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild but when I saw those two going against each other I knew it was doing to be a slaughter. Hell, I am sure some fans of The Outer Worlds would have voted against it just because it is currently exclusive to the Epic Store and Microsoft Store.

On a similar note, are the brackets randomized with some tweaks in place? For example, we wouldn't have two big time games going against each other in the beginning and one promptly knocked out that early?

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No. I might watch the playoffs, championship, or finals with family/friends if they are hosting some sort of party/get-together but I personally do not watch the NBA on my own.

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Cereal and milk. Normally I eat that for breakfast/dessert but sometimes as a snack/meal.

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I was raised by a typical Asian family. We do not wear our normal "outside" shoes inside the house but we might wear slippers meant just for the house.

faramir77 posted...

when you visit other people's houses, do you keep your shoes on?

I follow the house rules. Some folks I know would prefer I keep my shoes on even though it is normal for me to take em off.

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Full Throttle posted...

Do you think social distancing works to stop the spread?

I'd say common curiosity stuff like covering up your nose/mouth when sneezing/coughing whether into your elbows or something else and not into your hands or into the general vicinity might go further to limiting the spread than maintaining six feet distance.

If I can understand the issue right, the spread is purely physical by coming into contact with a surface that has the virus or the droplets in the air from someone's sneeze/cough. That six feet distancing might not do much if someone touches an infected surface and does not wash their hands later before eating something or walk through an area that someone sneezed/coughed into.

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Of those, I have only seen Kill Bill, Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight. Think I'm gonna go with Inglorious Bastards.

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I'm Chinese. Chest hair is practically non-existent.

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Thank you for that LinkPizza. I failed to read everything entirely before questioning why MICHALECOLE would ask that.

wolfy42 posted...

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Did you meant to quote MICHALECOLE? I do believe renting is a waste of money unless one really needs to move out/rent.


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MICHALECOLE posted...

Why do you live with her then if you make over 100k?

As a single who earns half that and lives with his mother, helps with utility, property tax, and maintains the house. Why move out and waste money on rent if one gets along with said parent(s) and have a sub-30 minutes commute to work?

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JixHedgehog posted...

They posted a note about no returns on massive amounts of purchases on certain items

My local CostCo is doing the same. On the plus side, at least certain products being hoarded do not expire so after this situation is over they will be supplied for the rest of the year.

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Technically I think the engineering company I work for is non-essential. We deal with material handling/storage and work with storage racks, shelving units, gondolas, cantilevers, etc. Our clients are mostly warehouse/retail stores owners.

Some of our clients might be involved with food, medicine, and distribution but we ourselves do not provide essential products/services.

The company owner sent out an official notice that if people are uncomfortable coming to work they may use their vacation/sick days or even take out money from their 401k. Not exactly the type of response I woulda like even though I am comfortable coming to work unless the office is forced to closed.

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Yes and no. I did not ask for details but two engineers have been given permission to work remotely from home. Everyone else has been coming in to the office. I'd imagine it is a case by case thing and depends on how much management/our boss trust the individuals.

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