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- Comment on Petrichor 11 hours ago:
Absolutely, if you’re serious about sensory science!
At the large craft brewery I worked in we trained on like… ~40 attributes? Weekly usually, with taste panel and impromptu trainings most every day.
- Comment on Petrichor 13 hours ago:
Yup! I know, I was an expert taster at a large brewery :)
It was fun! And a little bit ruined some beer for me.
- Comment on Petrichor 15 hours ago:
It’s also an off flavor that tasters train for in beer, from water inclusion. It’s not good for beer but I don’t mind the smell at all
Very beet-flavored to me
- Comment on Fastest Animal 1 week ago:
Are peregrine falcons the fastest or something?
- Comment on Fastest Animal 1 week ago:
Wanna explain it for my friend who doesn’t get it?
- Comment on Game of the day - Return of the Obra Dinner - did you enjoy it? 2 weeks ago:
I loved the game. We put the soundtrack on all the time still. Great art form from Lucas Pope
- Comment on The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership 5 weeks ago:
Lina Kahn is incredible and doing amazing things for the people of the US
- Comment on Frostpunk 2: Review Thread 2 months ago:
So I’m ~5 hours into the story so far. I was super worried it’d be a bad followup to the first game, which I loved.
It’s pretty different, without getting into any spoilers, but I’m really enjoying it at this point. It’s well done, the atmosphere and decisions are on point, and the micro management seems lesser.
A few UI complaints, I found a tiny bug, but all in all it seems like a good and long single player immersive story city builder. Exactly what I want from the series.
I’d give it a preliminary 8.5/10 because I’m biased and love the first one.
- Comment on Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers 2 months ago:
Idk where to draw the line with it being illegal for them to sell real copies. Like, what if it’s a really good fake? Are they gonna send out each and every game? They can’t spend $20 making sure a $10 game is legit.
No clue what to do about it honestly
- Comment on Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers 2 months ago:
Oh huh, that’s interesting. I’ll definitely have to check that out
- Comment on Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers 2 months ago:
If they’re cheap and common games, I don’t think it’s a big deal to have fakes mixed in if it doesn’t bother the buyer either.
Now for more rare stuff, it matters more. Feels like mtg cards, where a certain threshold it should be graded for authenticity and condition
- Comment on What are they hiding? 2 months ago:
That’s a great article. I like the answer to the 90 tick marks:
“I bet I just put my compass down and kicked every 4 degrees”
- Comment on FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported 2 months ago:
I don’t know that non-lawyers need to figure out exactly what it means, but in an ideal world: if you pay for something that includes a continuation of services and the services stop continuing, you should be compensated fairly. I am not smart enough to word that in a way that can’t be worked around, “gotcha’d”, etc. but I’m guessing the spirit of the rules is fairly common ground for anyone who isn’t trying to rug-pull a service out from under those they sell it to.
- Comment on FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported 2 months ago:
For the first example, absolutely. If some execs have a meltdown, it could change future services but anyone who was promised Disney+ on their Tesla with no limit on it should get a fair refund. I understand that there’s a slippery slope argument here, and no– the value of Disney+ in a car isn’t 100% the value of it. But it’s BS that a manchild having an Internet meltdown loses people a service they had and “paid for”
- Comment on Cords 2 months ago:
The real way is a generator inlet, which is a male plug that’s interlocked with the main. So the cord ends up being a normal male/female cord
- Comment on Go already 2 months ago:
I love re-deriving the train when people talk about autonomous cars/trucking and how they can already do the highway part easily
- Comment on Two trucks 2 months ago:
As am I, this is delightful to discover
- Comment on What are y'all buying on the steam sale? 8 months ago:
There’s a setting to make it less scary in the menus now!
- Comment on What games do you replay regularly/annually ? 8 months ago:
I feel that. It’s got some non-peaceful elements, maybe the 1.6 release is the excuse you need to try it out!
- Comment on What games do you replay regularly/annually ? 8 months ago:
It’s great, I’d really recommend if you like city builders, dystopian settings, and great music/ambiance
- Comment on "How to help someone use a computer.", a guide from 1996 8 months ago:
You can disable (today, anyway) the internet search, and it gets wildly more useful after that. I wonder if it’s trying to be two things: searching your computer like it should, and for the less computer literate it’s “help me”
- Comment on What games do you replay regularly/annually ? 8 months ago:
I play StS a bunch, but in that vein, games I just come back to: -Stardew Valley, and it gets the 1.6 update next week so I guess I will again
-frostpunk, which gets a sequel this year!
-gen 3/4/5 Pokemon
- Comment on "How to help someone use a computer.", a guide from 1996 8 months ago:
I use VoidTools Everything for searching. It’s absolutely lightning fast and super powerful.
The built in Windows search is such garbage
- Comment on What are y'all buying on the steam sale? 8 months ago:
It started off a little slow, but imo it was better than the main game. It’s both a little more streamlined and better story-wise. You probably should play the main game first
- Comment on Best games that can be completed in under ten hours? 10 months ago:
Obra Dinn is an absolute banger of a game and soundtrack and I’d love to be able to forget and re play it.
- Comment on Challenge accepted 11 months ago:
This is fantastic
- Comment on 1.1 History 11 months ago:
I’m glad you can see the alt text! It’s the best part sometimes
- Comment on 1.1 History 11 months ago:
Does it just ellipsis off (…)?
One tap on the alt text fixes that
- Comment on 1.1 History 11 months ago:
On mobile: long press on the comic itself
- Comment on How are 144hz screen possible? 1 year ago:
Also subscribing for roller blade ball bearing facts