DrQuickbeam
@DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world
Humanitarian technologist & big data wrangler, on a quest for evidence-based policy. Rational optimist, post-statist, contemplative humanist, mystery enthusiast, bardo tourist.
- Comment on Poignant post on the state of things 4 months ago:
I moved from the US to Italy, where everything is cheaper and better quality, and we get free healthcare, free college, retirement pension and six months paid maternity leave. All this on a 35% tax rate. Public daycare is about $300 a month, housing expenses are about half of what I paid in the US, and while groceries are about the same, they are all local, organic, non GMO and -get this - crops are grown for flavor rather than weight. Houses are smaller here and wages are usually lower, but working hours are less and less intense, and the pace of life is much chiller.
- Comment on Millions face below-zero temperatures in US as winter storms bring Arctic air 5 months ago:
American here, I agree, our anachronistic measurement systems and twisted pride in them is insane (but insanity is perfectly normal here).
In the lower Midwest it is currently -22C (-8F) in Kansas City and Chicago. In the upper Midwest it’s about -25C (–13F) in Fargo, North Dakota and 27C (-17F) in Billings, Montana.
Temperatures are usually 10-15 degrees C higher this time of year, so this weather is quite dangerous.
- Comment on What are some of the best mini-games youve played? (games inside games) 5 months ago:
All of the Yakuza games are basically, collections of well made mini games that turn each beat-em-up campaign into a hundred hours of fun. But among those, the Cabaret Club and Pocket Circuit RC race-car games from Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami, are probably my favs.
- Comment on The PC Cursed 98 game jam gives you the full warped '90s magazine experience | Destructoid 5 months ago:
Coconut Monkey thinks: this very, very good idea!
- Comment on Steam Deck OLED announced 7 months ago:
I bought one 3 months ago after going back and forth for ages. It’s really good but I wish I had either bought it immediately or waited a few more months. Don’t hesitate, go for it.
- Comment on If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? 8 months ago:
Final Fantasy 6, Chrono Trigger or Earthbound. So many feels my little brain didn’t have words for.