[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

If you want to know what the moon blowing up would be like, give Seveneves by Neal Stephenson a read. It’s the last book that got me to stay up all night reading. First two thirds are a solid 9/10.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hey that’s cool, thanks for sharing.

I’m glad to see this project was a success! I had passed on this when they were originally on KS because (candidly) I had zero expectation they were ever going to deliver. The creator was a total unknown and if you’ve been on KS as long as I have (7+ years and over 150 backed projects) you grow to be suspicious of that.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome! I’ll be looking forward to it, thanks again for sharing, and for answering my question!

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hey, neat aesthetic! Wishlisted it on the strength of that, alone :)

I’d be interested to learn what your primary influences are, what inspired you, what do you hope the game invokes memories of in your players?

On a more tactical matter: do you plan to support the Steam Deck?

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It’s never worked for me.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Nov 8, 2022: 10, 33, 41, 47, 56, 10

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Posting from the app, looking great! Thank you, @aeharding, you’re doing amazing work here. Migrating to Lemmy from the other place has been such a breeze with this app to smooth the way.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely a good fit for families, being able to stay in a house has allowed us to do things we couldn’t have otherwise. We just got back from a trip that would have taken at least 3 hotel rooms (me, the wife, 3 kids, and my parents), and we paid less than the price of 2 rooms for a gorgeous 4BR beach house with 5 beds. We priced it out and it would have cost the same for 2 hotel rooms, which would have meant no grandparents, and my wife and I sleeping in separate rooms, and at least one kid on a couch.

So, yeah, new use cases enabled that weren’t possible before. That’s cool!

As for taxes, Airbnbs are taxed same as hotels here (15%), and the property owner also pays $10k/yr in property tax on top of that (per public records), so I’m not sure what else would make sense there. In some markets (esp cities) I get the concern about rent impacts, but this isn’t the kind of place that is ever going to be a long term rental. It seems like a parallel market to me, but I’m open to learning otherwise.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It was only just recently that the flood of “Airbnbust” articles seemed to abate a little. I can never tell if Airbnb is going great, or it’s terrible.

For my own part, I’m happy for this update. Despite the complaints, Airbnb is usually a great option for families with little kids, where the alternative is usually “book multiple hotel rooms, and split the parents between them.” Price transparency is good, and I won’t book a place that has a task list for me.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Totally agree on docked utility for productivity. When I was jumping through the Battle.net setup hoops I was glad to be able to use the dock and kit for that.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Agree, though because the quality of the movies he’s been in have varied so widely I just try to treat each Hugh Wolverine as a separate entity. Like James Bond, or Dr Who, the same character but also separate. Continuities be damned :)

In my mind that was what made Logan so great: it was powerhouse performance, served by a story that was great irrespective of which specific timeline(s) it was part of.

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

When I first got my Deck I set up a “battle docking station” at my work desk, where I thought I’d end up doing some moderate-length play sessions. This was just a JSAUX dock hooked up to my daily drivers (a Dell Ultrasharp monitor and the bluetooth channels on my AnnePro 2 keyboard and Steelseries Aerox 3 mouse, since my work system uses them both wired).

But I’ve found I don’t play docked at all, maybe 3 or 4 times this year. Most of my gaming now is handheld, using the Deck on the couch. If I’m thinking about playing docked I’ll usually just sit down for a longer session on the “main” gaming rig instead, but that’s rare these days. And for handheld, I have no accessories at all - just a vanilla 512.

Granted, I only play 2-3 hours a week, and I’ve adjusted my habits to mostly playing handheld-friendly, shorter-session games.

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