The older games typically had things where you could choose to do things in different ways. FO4 has yes, no (which is rarely actually “no”, but instead “maybe later”), sarcastic yes, and “tell me more.” There is no agency, and the choices don’t change anything.
It being displayed like the older style is just graphics. It’s doesn’t actually make it function like the older games would have, where you’d actually get to make choices.
It changes the UI, which helps, but it obviously doesn’t change anything to allow for player agency.
Individual low odds things don’t happen frequently, but collectively they happen a lot more often because there are so many low odds things with potential to happen.
Yes. This is why you shouldn’t play the lottery even though you may see people win it fairly frequently. Most people lose, and the cost of anyone winning is higher than the payout. Similarly, the cost for preparing for some incredibly low odds events is higher than the likelihood it’ll ever be useful.
OK, just so you’re aware, since you are being condescending, there’s two pictures. One of them Windows Home is ~10%, one Windows Pro is ~10%.
Both cost money. I don’t know what $ upgrade means, but I’m assuming you mean they cost extra, which both do no matter what, which is what I was talking about at first. It’s not only one that costs extra.
In the post, Linux has a “negative” cost. In reality this means it’s closer to the base cost and the “free” Windows is baked into the price, not actually free. Both versions of windows have a cost. One is higher than the other though.
Space is BIG. Even if your asteroid idea happened, I can confidently say it won’t hit us, because the numbers are so much in favor of them not. Earth is a ridiculously small target compared to the space in the solar system, and we have Jupiter that throws everything out and protects us. It’s not happening, and even if it did it’ll likely hit water, and even if it hits land it likely won’t be near you.
Prepare for a car accident. Don’t prepare for asteroid impact. Youre wasting your time and money in the later and, though the former is relatively unlikely to be needed, it’s actually realistic that it may happen to you. Until you’re prepared for that, for a house fire, for a break in, for a medical emergency, and for anything else that’s relatively likely, you’re wasting your resources.
I think you misunderstood what’s being discussed. In this post, all Windows versions cost money. It’s just they bake it into the advertised price and say Linux is a reduction, which means you’re paying the difference if you choose to go with the default. It isn’t free, no matter how they display it.
I’m not sure I’d agree, though maybe you’re correct because it wasn’t industrial. We put bounties on bison skulls though to encourage them being slaughtered because we new native populations relied on them, for example. It was brutal and systematic. Sure, we didn’t use industrial means to actually kill them, but I don’t think that makes it better or worse, only different.
Well, they are both owned by M$ now, so it could happen…
I think the concern would be generating a Pavlovian response to her presence instead of genuine desire to be with her, but I don’t even know what that really means because our animal brains aren’t rational. There isn’t a such thing as “genuine” in this context because it’s all based on emotions. Should you not have sex with your partner because it can make them feel attached, for example?
It’s not an excuse. Where did I excuse anything? I just said having someone who will reduce the harm done by the church is better than someone who will increase it. Do you disagree?
Just FYI, I’m an atheist who’s against organized religion. This pope was still much better than most, in that he tried to help poor people at least, and he was accepting of most other people, even if he didn’t necessarily agree with them.
A leader like him mitigates harm that would be done under someone else. It doesn’t mean I like him. I just prefer him (or someone like him) to other options. It isn’t an excuse. It’s just the best option, not that any of us get a choice. Not even Catholic followers do.
For sure, but as long as the mafia exists (which looks like it’s going to be for a good long while still) I want it to have the leader who will do the most good possible, even if it’s still a net negative. There are those out there who would use the resources to do a lot of harm.
Well, we do know for sure it’d take more than this. We don’t know what it would take, but this is far beyond the minimum it could take. If that’s all it is then almost every form of life on Earth would have to be assumed to be conscious.
(Sentience is actually the word we are talking about).
Those are Balatro cards. They just seem to be replicated in real life.
Just keep in mind, you’re the one intruding on their environment. Don’t use a cat to kill the native birds. We’ve had many extinct species from us letting our cats out into the environment.
Yeah, that’s totally fine if you’ve actually been open to it and given it a shot! That’s great. I just hate when people drink shitty beer (or anything else) and decide they don’t like it. You aren’t supposed to like those. They’re just cheap.
(You can also not want to consume something and not have an opinion on if you like it or not, for those who just want to avoid them for whatever reason you have. That’s perfectly good too.)
You start local. I can’t help you with that unless you live near me.
Presumably this is referring to using the online portal to use it. I don’t trust any of those, Chinese or otherwise. I run it locally.
LMStudio is the current software I use to manage LLMs, and I really like it. There’s a user-made app for Android that let’s you use it if you’re on the same network (or if you set it up to use on the internet) There are other options though.
Yeah, an asteroid detection and diversion system makes sense for a society. Those odds aren’t that low and the cost isn’t that high (and the other benefits it provides may may it regain its cost in value). It doesn’t make sense to prepare for a black hole hitting Earth and wiping us out though, for example. The cost would be insane and the likelihood is effectively zero.
However, you as an individual shouldn’t waste your time making an asteroid detection and diversion system. The cost is way more than you can afford and the likelihood is very low compared to events that could happen at any moment. It’s a waste of your resources and time to consider. Preppers are working as individuals usually.