why is it so upsetting to me that Valve is actually, like, getting rid of some porny games.
I certainly agree that several games don't belong on steam. I don't know if they got hit with it, though? But, i guess, I'm scared of VNs having to migrate away from Steam? Like, I feel that some non-violent stories about human relationship are a good thing. IDK, i'm starting to warm up to those and they're possibly going away.
Valve should be cleaning house. They should have a person who's job is to try to install a game and play 30 minutes in, and if it can't do either of those tasks successfully, it gets boots anyone who bought it gets a refund.
If during that 30 minute period the game is garbage, give them a chance to prove it isn't and move on. 3 strikes and your company is banned.
The problem is they'd need to have specific, like, guidelines on what is and isn't garbage.
That is very hard.
Yes I suppose they would, but having the game install without fidling with options, and function for 30 minutes would get rid of some of the trash.
It would be hard to be specific, but on the flip side it is a private organization and if they don't like your platform rules they can go to gog or somewhere else, I bet you can define sets of infractions and boot games. Youtube changes their rules at will and boots channels for violating their new rules, sometimes with minimal warning.
Just because YouTube can doesn’t mean they should.
True, but you need to be able to deal with business owners who think they are being clever for getting around requirements and sort of rules lawyering their way through. You need to have flexibility if you are booting garbo.
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money level 4: ???
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Steam booting off visual novels will hopefully get the audience for ALL visual novels on to a different platform like itch.io that isn’t so afraid of dicks and boobies. And like that, all boats rise.
I don’t like a near monopoly storefront with strong no adult content rules. It feels like moving backwards. It feels like shopping for music at a Walmart in the mid 90s, with nothing but clean rap and tons of artists hidden.
The Cult of Valve has been something I've been side eyeing for a while. I mean, I myself have said stuff should be on Steam because I don't want to install multiple storefronts, but damn if I'm not looking long and hard at Valve's attempts to strongarm developers. As much as Steam led the charge, there should be one piece of software that allows developers and publishers to have their own storefronts on the same platform, but that is literally impossible, so I've accepted that there has to be multiple programs running like Steam and Battle.net and Oculus Home and and and...
money level 1: pay all bills, buy groceries and kid items, buy reasonable entertainments (movies etc), place child in appropriate daycare/school, be able to go on a few trips a year
money level 2: all of the above plus saving some for college and retirement
money level 3: all of the above plus ability to give lots to charity, occasionally make ridiculous purchases
money level 4: ???
What's under level 1 because I'm not even at level one, and between dream and I we make what some would call a great deal of money.
3000+ dollars worth of student loan debt every month really fucks everything up.
under level 1 is where the money you're making sure isn't making you happy because you are worrying about money a lot
which is where probably most people are tbh
Like that's the part about trying to say anything over X amount and you should be happy is kinda garbage. 65,000 a year ain't much when you essentially burn a third of it as tribute for angry money god's.
Steam booting off visual novels will hopefully get the audience for ALL visual novels on to a different platform like itch.io that isn’t so afraid of dicks and boobies. And like that, all boats rise.
I don’t like a near monopoly storefront with strong no adult content rules. It feels like moving backwards. It feels like shopping for music at a Walmart in the mid 90s, with nothing but clean rap and tons of artists hidden.
Itch.io is really nice, everyone should give it a look if they haven't already.
“If you can do hundreds of tunnels and you can have many small stations woven throughout the fabric of the city, you can actually — without the city even appearing different — you could solve the transport problem,” Musk explained. He said the parking-spot-sized stations could seamlessly integrate into the city, “and it wouldn’t affect things in a bad way.”
“Compared to an above-ground system or compared to a flying car, you don’t have to worry about bad weather. You can’t see it, hear it, feel it, you’re not dividing communities with lanes, and we think we can make this really fun,” he continued.
Why are we laughing at this attempt to solve transportation issues? I love the idea of parking my car on a thing and having it whisked across the city. Is it feasible? Who knows, that's why he's doing a test tube.
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Steam booting off visual novels will hopefully get the audience for ALL visual novels on to a different platform like itch.io that isn’t so afraid of dicks and boobies. And like that, all boats rise.
I don’t like a near monopoly storefront with strong no adult content rules. It feels like moving backwards. It feels like shopping for music at a Walmart in the mid 90s, with nothing but clean rap and tons of artists hidden.
I get that a monopoly is bad, but i feel like there should be a space in the mainstream for smaller stories that relate to human relationship, adult themes and maybe includes some sexual content.
I think Valve desperately needs to curate for quality, but not for content. Getting rid of boobies isn't gonna fix anything. Getting rid of game with covered boobies with the excuse that people can remove the coverings is even worse.
Steam booting off visual novels will hopefully get the audience for ALL visual novels on to a different platform like itch.io that isn’t so afraid of dicks and boobies. And like that, all boats rise.
I don’t like a near monopoly storefront with strong no adult content rules. It feels like moving backwards. It feels like shopping for music at a Walmart in the mid 90s, with nothing but clean rap and tons of artists hidden.
I get that a monopoly is bad, but i feel like there should be a space in the mainstream for smaller stories that relate to human relationship, adult themes and maybe includes some sexual content.
I think Valve desperately needs to curate for quality, but not for content. Getting rid of boobies isn't gonna fix anything. Getting rid of game with covered boobies with the excuse that people can remove the coverings is even worse.
I think the only way for valve to wake up and realize their mistake is for another platform that does curate and does have a more permissive content policy to start stealing their lunch. For Valve to change, it’ll take them looking like a shitty, stodgy service nobody wants to use because they don’t allow any adult content in the true sense of the word.
And if a competitor can’t succeed on that, then maybe valve was right.
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Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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money level 2: all of the above plus saving some for college and retirement
money level 3: all of the above plus ability to give lots to charity, occasionally make ridiculous purchases
money level 4: ???
Rockets.
It is entirely the wrong time to invest in the Rockets, their value with Harden and Paul, actually looking like a threat to the Warriors last game. Should caught 'em ten years ago.
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Old scientists often ask at roundtables how the youth are dealing with the job crisis in science and what we plan to do (this is after they literally ruined everything for thirty years so oh how considerate that you hold all the power and are "worried"). I said something like, well I've had lots of different jobs so if I don't get into an academic position it won't be the end of the world. I've been a baker, a retail person, maybe I would start my own bakery. I was very positive about it. Everyone laughed like it was the cutest idea!
I guess a lot of people vying for the academic track cannot ever conceive of anything but becoming an academic and balk at having a real job? I dunno.
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Or is there a good picture TV that you can just lay flat on top of a table?
I was under the impression you NEVER want to lay a TV flat. Has that changed with newer TVs?
In my googling about TVs used for tabletop gaming, I saw an article that talked about this - the recommendation was because of the possibility of scratching the glass, and somehow just became "Never lay your TV flat". I didn't see anything about laying a tv flat damaging it otherwise, though someone more knowledgeable about HDTVs might have something to say about that.
Old scientists often ask at roundtables how the youth are dealing with the job crisis in science and what we plan to do (this is after they literally ruined everything for thirty years so oh how considerate that you hold all the power and are "worried"). I said something like, well I've had lots of different jobs so if I don't get into an academic position it won't be the end of the world. I've been a baker, a retail person, maybe I would start my own bakery. I was very positive about it. Everyone laughed like it was the cutest idea!
I guess a lot of people vying for the academic track cannot ever conceive of anything but becoming an academic and balk at having a real job? I dunno.
I think even in the face of... everything, there is a large group of people who see being an adjunct making $25,000/year until you die of an infection on your no insurance as just obviously better than not working in academia.
Part of it is I am pretty sure just willful blindness to the opportunity costs associated with credentialing.
Or is there a good picture TV that you can just lay flat on top of a table?
I was under the impression you NEVER want to lay a TV flat. Has that changed with newer TVs?
In my googling about TVs used for tabletop gaming, I saw an article that talked about this - the recommendation was because of the possibility of scratching the glass, and somehow just became "Never lay your TV flat". I didn't see anything about laying a tv flat damaging it otherwise, though someone more knowledgeable about HDTVs might have something to say about that.
It falls under the same principal as why people dont lay mirrors flat most of the time. If it is sufficiently large its just glass after all. Add to that TVs are typically weighed to be standing.
What most people do with tabletop gaming is take the screen out of the packaging and anchor it to a custom housing to support it.
I mean I am a rich guy and I am thrilled about it and I need zero more money. It's not universal, any family making 250k without unusual medical expenses is choosing to be stressed about money
Family--maybe not. College costs are really weird for the ~200K bracket (who is also maybe still paying off ridiculous loans from med school/law school), because they can't get financial aid but also they cannot easily pay for the type of college they might have attended in the past, let alone for multiple kids at the same time. Obviously sending your kid to your alma mater is a choice but it's still stressful and people are allowed to be stressed about it.
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i just noticed the deadpool 2 tagline is "From the studio that killed Wolverine" and i am ded
Old scientists often ask at roundtables how the youth are dealing with the job crisis in science and what we plan to do (this is after they literally ruined everything for thirty years so oh how considerate that you hold all the power and are "worried"). I said something like, well I've had lots of different jobs so if I don't get into an academic position it won't be the end of the world. I've been a baker, a retail person, maybe I would start my own bakery. I was very positive about it. Everyone laughed like it was the cutest idea!
I guess a lot of people vying for the academic track cannot ever conceive of anything but becoming an academic and balk at having a real job? I dunno.
it me
actually it's really helpful my dad is a defense contractor who noped out of academia after one year so that always struck me as a thing that one could do for money while holding a PhD
if my parents had been academics I'd have been in a very weird place mentally
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So, the TV tabletop idea requires me to buy an HDTV and then have a custom table built around it. That's expensive.
A projector mounted to the ceiling is cheap and will do.
Are there any concerns about mounting a projector to the ceiling facing downwards?
Old scientists often ask at roundtables how the youth are dealing with the job crisis in science and what we plan to do (this is after they literally ruined everything for thirty years so oh how considerate that you hold all the power and are "worried"). I said something like, well I've had lots of different jobs so if I don't get into an academic position it won't be the end of the world. I've been a baker, a retail person, maybe I would start my own bakery. I was very positive about it. Everyone laughed like it was the cutest idea!
I guess a lot of people vying for the academic track cannot ever conceive of anything but becoming an academic and balk at having a real job? I dunno.
I think even in the face of... everything, there is a large group of people who see being an adjunct making $25,000/year until you die of an infection on your no insurance as just obviously better than not working in academia.
Part of it is I am pretty sure just willful blindness to the opportunity costs associated with credentialing.
Hoo boy yeah. I would take any job over adjuncting? It is just pure labor exploitation. I feel bad for adjuncts. Terribly. But also like....get ....another....job?
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correction: earlier today one of my posts stated that performers used to be dragged off stage by canes. However, they were actually dragged off stage by crooks. I apologize for this error.
correction: earlier today one of my posts stated that performers used to be dragged off stage by canes. However, they were actually dragged off stage by crooks. I apologize for this error.
Old scientists often ask at roundtables how the youth are dealing with the job crisis in science and what we plan to do (this is after they literally ruined everything for thirty years so oh how considerate that you hold all the power and are "worried"). I said something like, well I've had lots of different jobs so if I don't get into an academic position it won't be the end of the world. I've been a baker, a retail person, maybe I would start my own bakery. I was very positive about it. Everyone laughed like it was the cutest idea!
I guess a lot of people vying for the academic track cannot ever conceive of anything but becoming an academic and balk at having a real job? I dunno.
I think even in the face of... everything, there is a large group of people who see being an adjunct making $25,000/year until you die of an infection on your no insurance as just obviously better than not working in academia.
Part of it is I am pretty sure just willful blindness to the opportunity costs associated with credentialing.
Being an academic, for many in the sector, is an intrinsic part of their identity. Losing that, even voluntarily, feels like failing.
I am super guilty of this. I've been doing consistent 60-80 hour weeks during this term and the idea of leaving seems unspeakable to me.
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The Cult of Valve has been something I've been side eyeing for a while. I mean, I myself have said stuff should be on Steam because I don't want to install multiple storefronts, but damn if I'm not looking long and hard at Valve's attempts to strongarm developers. As much as Steam led the charge, there should be one piece of software that allows developers and publishers to have their own storefronts on the same platform, but that is literally impossible, so I've accepted that there has to be multiple programs running like Steam and Battle.net and Oculus Home and and and...
Like that's the part about trying to say anything over X amount and you should be happy is kinda garbage. 65,000 a year ain't much when you essentially burn a third of it as tribute for angry money god's.
Itch.io is really nice, everyone should give it a look if they haven't already.
Oh trust me, I've given it serious thought.
Why are we laughing at this attempt to solve transportation issues? I love the idea of parking my car on a thing and having it whisked across the city. Is it feasible? Who knows, that's why he's doing a test tube.
I get that a monopoly is bad, but i feel like there should be a space in the mainstream for smaller stories that relate to human relationship, adult themes and maybe includes some sexual content.
I think Valve desperately needs to curate for quality, but not for content. Getting rid of boobies isn't gonna fix anything. Getting rid of game with covered boobies with the excuse that people can remove the coverings is even worse.
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It's fucking expensive, and if you're of an income that can afford it, you get zero tax benefit from paying for it.
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*unless they're just lying to everyone again
I think the only way for valve to wake up and realize their mistake is for another platform that does curate and does have a more permissive content policy to start stealing their lunch. For Valve to change, it’ll take them looking like a shitty, stodgy service nobody wants to use because they don’t allow any adult content in the true sense of the word.
And if a competitor can’t succeed on that, then maybe valve was right.
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I guess a lot of people vying for the academic track cannot ever conceive of anything but becoming an academic and balk at having a real job? I dunno.
In my googling about TVs used for tabletop gaming, I saw an article that talked about this - the recommendation was because of the possibility of scratching the glass, and somehow just became "Never lay your TV flat". I didn't see anything about laying a tv flat damaging it otherwise, though someone more knowledgeable about HDTVs might have something to say about that.
I think even in the face of... everything, there is a large group of people who see being an adjunct making $25,000/year until you die of an infection on your no insurance as just obviously better than not working in academia.
Part of it is I am pretty sure just willful blindness to the opportunity costs associated with credentialing.
I don't know what that would accomplish... are you in the pocket of Big Bubble Gum, wandering?
Hurgh, I think using a projector is my best bet.
It falls under the same principal as why people dont lay mirrors flat most of the time. If it is sufficiently large its just glass after all. Add to that TVs are typically weighed to be standing.
What most people do with tabletop gaming is take the screen out of the packaging and anchor it to a custom housing to support it.
Family--maybe not. College costs are really weird for the ~200K bracket (who is also maybe still paying off ridiculous loans from med school/law school), because they can't get financial aid but also they cannot easily pay for the type of college they might have attended in the past, let alone for multiple kids at the same time. Obviously sending your kid to your alma mater is a choice but it's still stressful and people are allowed to be stressed about it.
it me
actually it's really helpful my dad is a defense contractor who noped out of academia after one year so that always struck me as a thing that one could do for money while holding a PhD
if my parents had been academics I'd have been in a very weird place mentally
A projector mounted to the ceiling is cheap and will do.
Are there any concerns about mounting a projector to the ceiling facing downwards?
are you Wolverine?
That would explain your long life.
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just kidding we threw them at great force from tractor trailer all the way to shelves and then also into peoples cars
thank you
Being an academic, for many in the sector, is an intrinsic part of their identity. Losing that, even voluntarily, feels like failing.
I am super guilty of this. I've been doing consistent 60-80 hour weeks during this term and the idea of leaving seems unspeakable to me.