[-] srasmus@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bethesda's greatest sin with Starfield was thinking that modders were going to somehow create a game from the glorified tech demo they released. The bones were there. They made a bunch of stuff procedurally generated; fine. I'm not all that bothered by that. You'd think with so much being randomly generated, they'd be able to spend their time creating interesting things to generate. As it stands right now, you land on one of four types of planets, go to one of six POIs, and fight one four enemy types. It's clear they thought it would be super easy for everyone to create new enemy factions, buildings, loot. But they don't understand that people dont invest their free time developing content for a game that sucks. I had fun with it, but a game that lives and dies on "finding cool stuff" theres an appalling lack of "stuff".

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Long load times? (midwest.social)
submitted 3 days ago by srasmus@midwest.social to c/jerboa@lemmy.ml

Does anyone else deal with initial load times that take forever? Once it logs me in it seems to be a bit snappier, but half the time the request times out.

I figured the issue was with my instance, but I can access it via web browser with no hiccups. Usually a refresh or two fixes it so it isn't much of a problem, but I'm mainly posting as a sanity check I guess.

[-] srasmus@midwest.social 14 points 2 months ago

Could never get in to Tabasco. Which is odd because I really love almost everything else. My go-to has got to be Cholula. Most likely due to the volume of Qdoba I ate in college.

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[-] srasmus@midwest.social 22 points 2 months ago

Why not an epub reader? Is there some functionality these websites have that isn't just providing the text?

[-] srasmus@midwest.social 13 points 2 months ago

No, but that news is seriously discouraging.

[-] srasmus@midwest.social 10 points 2 months ago

Technically yes, realistically no. I'd rather be a force for change here. It's a wonderful place, despite our backwards politicians.

[-] srasmus@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

I have spent way too much time getting my hopes up for things to change here. Appreciate the company. May the day come for us both sooner than we think. ๐Ÿƒ

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by srasmus@midwest.social to c/trees@lemmy.world

I currently live in one of the few illegal states in the US. There is a "dispensary" a block away from my house where you can buy something that looks, smells, and makes you feel the same way regular weed does.

I'm also currently contracted at a company that hires DOT employees, so they implement random drug testing for everyone. I work a very technical desk job, and an occasional bowl was the best way to rest my brain after work.

So, if I walk up the street and purchase a bag of hemp and smoke it, I could lose my job.

OR I can walk a bit further and get black out drunk at a bar, and call out of work the next day (something I have done before).

What's fucked is the tests also cover alcohol, but being hung over isn't against the rules, even if I'm far more impaired than if I smoked a bowl a week ago.

Not sure why I posted this, can probably remove it. Just feel the need to vent I suppose.

[-] srasmus@midwest.social 16 points 3 months ago

Just got the redesign today. Somehow found a way to make more cluttered, less easy to understand, and more ambiguous. Seriously, the difference between "read" and "sent" is a half shade of color and a razor thin outline. It's hard to imagine Google was once a leader in the UX space.

[-] srasmus@midwest.social 14 points 3 months ago

I can't believe this isn't an onion article.

srasmus

joined 3 months ago