zarmanto

joined 2 years ago
[–] zarmanto 1 points 2 years ago

That's not a Brave specific issue; I've seen it frequently on Chrome (desktop) and on Safari (mobile). In particular, I've observed it when attempting to post a comment; usually when that happens I need to copy out my comment content, reload the page, paste the content back in and hit the Reply button again.

I don't know for certain, but I'm guessing the cause has something to do with the Lemmy servers being overtaxed due to "Rexxit" related increased user activity. Of course, if that guess is correct, I'm afraid we can only anticipate the problem getting worse over the next several days.

[–] zarmanto 7 points 2 years ago

I kind'a wouldn't blame him if he did that. The level of vitriol aimed at him in the comment sections of various articles that I've read on this topic is positively staggering. People can be really awful sometimes... and people who are seemingly uninformed and/or misinformed, even more so.

[–] zarmanto 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You know, if he could find a way to re-hook Apollo over to one or more Lemmy instances, I think Apollo would immediately become the default Lemmy client for a whole lot of people. What’s more, I expect that a fairly large subset of those people still haven’t even heard about Lemmy yet, and would suddenly be creating new accounts. That would also help to incentivize people to grant his request, and turn down the refund.

Just a thought. I know there would by necessity be an awful lot of work involved to make such a thing happen… but it would probably be worth it.

[–] zarmanto 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that in a full-on multiverse where absolutely anything is possible, you'd have to expect some of both now and then.

Perhaps another way to look at it is, what are the chances that you're going to encounter a more similar universe, vs a less similar universe? As far as I'm aware, none of the MCU multiverse stories have necessarily attempted to answer that question, as yet... but if I were to take a crack at it:

I'd say that it largely depends upon the method used to traverse universes. If your method is intelligently directed, you could assume that encountered universes are more likely to be similar to your own universe. If on the other hand, your method is more random and chaotic, you're more likely to end up someplace completely unfamiliar.

But then again, with characters like America Chavez -- who directs her travel with her own mind, and still has greatly limited control over where she ends up -- the entire notion of what constitutes "intelligent direction" kind of comes into question... so it's all rather too complex to analyze effectively, isn't it?

[–] zarmanto 1 points 2 years ago

Would you like a jelly baby?

[–] zarmanto 2 points 2 years ago

The direct answer to your question is: you need to talk to a neuropsychologist. A neuropsych evaluation will take the form of an interview with various mental/cognitive/personality tests or whatever, after which the practitioner will give you (or your parent/guardian) a written report of their findings. Note that a full neuropsych may not be not cheap, and may or may not be covered by your insurance.

(Due to the cost, I have not personally undergone a neuropsych -- but enough of my children have been evaluated that my wife and I are pretty confident as to what the outcome would be for me.)

[–] zarmanto 1 points 2 years ago

Latest news is, she got her refund and is backing down from her previous complaints.

[–] zarmanto 1 points 2 years ago

There are several very useful information resources around the web, about NMS -- but personally, I think the best way to learn these kinds of games is to do exactly what you did: just jump right into it. Follow the in-game story lines until you realize that they're starting to repeat themselves, do all of the primary tasks and maybe some of the secondary tasks... do everything the "hard" way, before you start seeking out easier ways. I think you'll learn better to appreciate the incredible diversity of the game, simply by going through all of the hoops. Plus, by running around and exploring/hunting/searching, you will by default be exposed to more of the in-game lore and the story-behind-the-story... which, IMHO, is the real gem in the game.

That said, I will offer some very mild spoilers:

  • Keep an eye out for all of the different kinds of storage upgrades. Those become absolutely critical very fast!
  • And when you reach this point in the game... don't necessarily take the first "free" freighter that's offered to you. (The second one is supposed to be a better class.)

Enjoy, fellow Traveler!

[–] zarmanto 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't speak for everyone, but personally I enjoy both finding things myself and using glyphs shared by others. As I see it, they are simply two different kinds of "play" that NMS enables. I have a "Batman" themed Interceptor that someone else shared which amuses me, but -- like you -- I often default to an exotic that I happened upon myself. (Unfortunately, I can't share the location of that particular exotic, because I didn't know anything about glyph sharing at the time, and now I have no idea where I found it.)

If you don't get any pleasure out of one mode of play, no big deal. Just enjoy the journey!

[–] zarmanto 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For the uninitiated in the room... what would "volunteering to run it" actually look like, on a lemmy community? Because I'm not sure that I would have the time to do something overly involved... but I wouldn't mind contributing glyphs for a few of the ship locations that I've found, that just somehow never quite made it into a Reddit post.

[–] zarmanto 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are competitive PVP events?

[–] zarmanto 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know anything about the situation in the UK -- but I agree with the title, to an extent. Trump was an unabashed liberal for most of his public life, and a lot of the things he says and does are still pretty clearly left of center. However, he chose to run on a conservative ticket, and he subsequently forwarded quite a few conservative policies and (perhaps more importantly) appointed a fair number of conservatives to the judiciary. To me, that speaks volumes. If nothing else, I believe that he fulfilled his political promises and commitments, to the extent that he could.

Now, does that mean he represents traditional conservatism? Nope... not at all. He doesn't necessarily represent any particular form of liberalism, either. Donald Trump represents exactly one thing: himself. Always has.

It has for a long time been my belief that if Trump were to make a successful bid for a second term, all bets would be off. We'd finally see what he truly believes... and I'm entirely convinced that nobody but Trump himself really knows what that would look like.

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