change the appearance of it to anything you’ve collected before

I like that too. I don’t like the limited inventory space for gear though, which means I keep having to go sell stuff if I don’t want to destroy things. I should be able to just sell it any time with an owl or something, doing a bunch of collectibles to get more space doesn’t feel great.

That’s a pretty small nitpick because money is rarely an issue. It just feels bad to destroy stuff to open a chest.

That’s not how I see it. Here’s how I interpret it.

Johnny practices his whole life to be the best he can. The devil shows up and challenges him, so he says it might be a mistake (probably knows the devil will cheat), but trusts his training and accepts. He plays his heart out and beats the devil at his own game, despite the devil trying to cheat. He wins the golden fiddle and, filled with confidence, says he’s up for another challenge. He knows he’s the best because he beat the cheating devil.

I don’t see it as talking about pride or gambling, but knowing your abilities and reaping the fruits of your labor. If it was about pride, he would’ve been caught by the devil.

I’ve been playing it as well, and it really is quite good. It’s not very challenging though, which is a bummer, but they’ve done a great job on the world.

Some nitpicks:

• lots of collectibles
• broom isn’t very fast, and upgrades are lame
• no quidditch, and fast travel makes the broom kinda pointless
• way too much pointless loot (lots of trips to sell stuff), and the whole gear system is dumb

But those are pretty petty things. Quest design is pretty good, casting spells is fun, and side content is largely worth doing. I think it’ll age pretty well.

Just look at the backlash he got for comparing ad block’s impact to that of piracy.

Well yeah, because he’s objectively wrong, yet doubled and (I think) tripled down on it.

What he meant was that blocking ads eliminates his revenue (which is bad), but it’s not piracy by any definition I’ve ever heard of.

That said, I don’t think it has anything to do with how trustworthy LMG is, there are plenty of other reasons to have concerns about that (GN made a video about that). I watch them occasionally as entertainment, but rarely for actual information.

Not because they didn’t go far enough to discourage using coupon codes.

I’m not arguing that they should discourage people from using coupons, I’m arguing they should have explained why Honey is problematic and why they’re no longer taking their sponsorships. There should be no call to action, merely information that Honey isn’t great. Users can then consider other sources for coupons that may be more friendly for affiliate links, or not, the information is merely why they’re no longer working w/ Honey as a sponsor.

That describes pretty much all GTA games though. The difference with V is that it has a much bigger map, so there are a lot more areas with uninteresting details.

Same. I mentioned SA mostly because both are in Los Santos.

I’m reading the pessimists part as China taking over the world, so learning Chinese is a survival thing. Learning Russian also seems like a survival thing of Russia takes over your part of the world.

If optimism for you is Putin instead of Winnie the Pooh, you must have a pretty awful base line.

Those never made it to trial, right? My understanding is they settled, because that was cheaper than the trial.

I must have missed that promotion, any chance I could order some?

It’s the one I recommend, but honestly have never actually used. I’ve gotten a few people to successfully switch with it and got a few others away from Ubuntu (my first distro), hence why I keep recommending it.

But wouldn’t optimism be your old language making a comeback?

Then you’d be wrong. Unless you pick SQLite and that’s all you need.

Generally speaking, if a professor recommends something, it probably sucks. Their information is incredibly outdated and is usually whatever they used in their own undergrad program.

At school I learned:

• Java
• PHP
• MySQL
• C#
• C++
• Racket (Lisp)

Each of those has a better alternative, with C# being the least bad. For example:

• Java -> Kotlin
• PHP -> Python
• MySQL -> SQLite or Postgres
• C# -> Python (desktop QT GUIs) or web stack (e.g. Tauri for desktop web stack)
• C++ -> Rust (non-games) or a game engine
• Lisp -> Haskell

Formal education is for learning concepts, learn programming languages and tools on your own.

Postgres. It’s more strict by default, which leads to a lot fewer surprises.

Here’s my rule of thumb:

1. SQLite - if it’s enough
2. Postgres
3. MariaDB - if you don’t care about your data and just want the thing to work
4. MySQL - if you sold your soul to Oracle, but still can’t afford their license fee
5. Something else - you’re a hipster or have very unique requirements

Same with Darth Maul, I don’t even know where you get such a pit on a planet.

That’s like my college rivalry setup:

• A and B are bitter rivals, with over a hundred years of history
• C sets A as a rival, A just pats C on the head and says, “sure little buddy”

GTA V dense? I found it incredibly bare, especially coming from GTA SA.

And I really don’t like sandbox games, so I need a really good story or really compelling gameplay, and neither needs a huge map or tons of hours.

Don’t try to please everyone. A good sandbox game doesn’t need a story, a good story game doesn’t need sandbox elements, and good gameplay can be really short.

Honestly, my limit is about 80 hours, and that’s only if the store and side content is really good. An average story/RPG game should target 20-40 hours IMO.

Exactly. GTA V’s biggest selling point was the worst part for me: giant map. The only way a giant map is good is if it has a ton more fun stuff to do, and even then, I’d honestly rather have a sequel/series instead of throwing everything in one game.