Was gonna make a post with this article but this is related so I’ll drop it here instead.

“Square Enix is laying off more developers in the UK and US as it refocuses on Japan The publisher has expressed interest in replacing development roles with AI”

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/square-enix-is-laying-off-more-developers-in-the-uk-and-us-as-it-refocuses-on-japan-201907305.html

he first rule of figh club is to have run and be your elf

Is how I read it lol

Speculative economy go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The hovertext of this one is “Ironically, I had to censor this due to running ads, but… one day…”

Why not both, it’s not like The Internet Police will stop you.

These people think they’re in the end times because the world is in a garbage fire state, that they probably helped cause, and now they want out instead of doing literally anything else, including just not making it worse.

“The 3.5% participation metric may be useful as a rule of thumb in most cases; however, other factors—momentum, organization, strategic leadership, and sustainability—are likely as important as large-scale participation in achieving movement success and are often precursors to achieving 3.5% participation.”

I feel like this needs to be underlined. Leadership figureheads, especially ones who can delegate or inspire others to act as sub-commanders, would be huge.

Unfortunately, it’s hard to communicate and organize hierarchy in the climate we’re in now.

Maybe those content creators should put their heads together and come up with their own Sims. With blackjack! And hookers!

Unfortunate there’s not a good substitute for MyAnimeList, I’m really not a fan of the website design.

I’m ruined!

I do play Pathfinder!

Bravo!

I could be wrong but I think people underestimate how pleasant it is to see someone just having a good time. It always brings a smile to my face to see people doing things like this, or dancing, or some other joyful activity.

I love Pusheen!

I mean, yeah, that’s generally more the response, but I don’t mind explaining things a bit if they’re interested enough to inquire.

I used to do that, but these days I just say I play “tabletop games.” And then one of three things happens: “Huh? What do you mean?” In which case I can clarify a bit, and usually wrap up with “Games similar to D&D.” “Oh okay.” Obvious disinterest, no need to elaborate further. “What system do you play?” Ah, a fellow player identified!

Oh, possibly; since I was going to get one no matter what, I didn’t really even look into it.

This latest round of covid + flu boosters really kicked my ass. Normally I can weather it with just a sore arm for a day. This one gave me body aches for two days, which hadn’t happened since the first covid booster. So if anyone’s had reactions before, definitely plan for a potential one this time.

Seconding the thread of folks being like, “I gotta do the training anyway so fuck it,” BUT I did think it was very funny that frequently after sending out a phishing test or whatever, this would be followed up with an email requesting the security training, and invariably a bunch of people would report THAT.