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@JBert you misspelled hilarious.
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@sockpuppet7 Transformer thread is
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Does sound like a good way to create green jelly beans.
Oh! I love jelly beans!
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@Luhmann Which type of postal workers do you have? Strongly unionized? Lowest paid job in the country? Or extensively mechanized?
We ( ) have a combination of all three. When returning a letter whose recipient no longer lives here, it's no longer enough to cross out the address, as it's OCR'd which ignores the cross-out. Have to cover the old address completely. I also have to write "no longer lives here" next to it in English, since half the postal workers don't speak Finnish anymore.
How do they do their job, if they don't speak the local language, then? ...Not very well, in my opinion.
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@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
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@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
Well, you can get a job in the US without even speaking English. Getting here from Mexico is a bit challenging though.
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It was accompanied with a note saying she had "wracked her brains" about who the initials RAB referred to
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@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
I hear they’re almost as good looking as the .
Guess I’m waiting until winter is over before moving north though.
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@lolwhat said in In other news today...:
@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
Well, you can get a job in the US without even speaking English. Getting here from Mexico is a bit challenging though.
Not challenging enough, unfortunately...
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
I hear they’re almost as good looking as the .
Guess I’m waiting until winter is over before moving north though.Finland is stunning as well, and well worth a road trip. At least if you like nature.
I don't know how the employment market look in Finland, but I'd guess it's pretty much the same as in the rest of the Nordics, pretty ok as long as you're in IT.
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
At least if you like nature.
Well, I guess it sort of is... in a way... kind of part of nature
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
I hear they’re almost as good looking as the .
Guess I’m waiting until winter is over before moving north though.Finland is stunning as well, and well worth a road trip. At least if you like nature.
I don't know how the employment market look in Finland, but I'd guess it's pretty much the same as in the rest of the Nordics, pretty ok as long as you're in IT.The salary range is low. Engineers at the top still don't make much. And most of what they do make is taken by taxes.
The only exception is if you're working in the public sector, on management level. The mayor of Helsinki makes more money than the mayor of New York. And his assistants are not far behind. ...Did I mention that Helsinki has 5 layers of management?
I guess the government hates those who produce actual value...
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
I guess the government hates those who produce actual value...
As long as they keep producing those pretty Finns...
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
I guess the government hates those who produce actual value...
that seems to be their purpose......
or at least the purpose they have made for themselves to the detriment of those they are supposed to represent and serve.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
I hear they’re almost as good looking as the .
The Prime Minister.
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@loopback0 Is that a leaked screen of Pädme: A Stär Wärs Störy?
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@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
Weather takes some getting used to - here's a photo I took at midday last time I was in Finland:
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@sockpuppet7 said in In other news today...:
@acrow you mean one can move there and get a job without even speaking finish? Tell me more
I hear they’re almost as good looking as the .
The Prime Minister.
This is the PM on Sweden.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Tallinn_Digital_Summit.Handshake_Stefan_L%C3%B6fven_and_J%C3%BCri_Ratas%2836718147193%29_%28cropped%29.jpg
He'd get outwitted by a sack of bricks and he's from the Union side of things so he can't do manual labor either. And getting by on looks was obviously not possible.
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@Carnage
@error_bot !httpcat 404
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@Carnage
@error_bot !httpcat 404I tried several links, but none of them worked so
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
This is the PM on Sweden.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Tallinn_Digital_Summit.Handshake_Stefan_Löfven_and_Jüri_Ratas(36718147193)_(cropped).jpg
He'd get outwitted by a sack of bricks and he's from the Union side of things so he can't do manual labor either. And getting by on looks was obviously not possible.We've got Boris. Enough said.
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@Carnage
@error_bot !httpcat 404I tried several links, but none of them worked so
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
This is the PM on Sweden.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Tallinn_Digital_Summit.Handshake_Stefan_Löfven_and_Jüri_Ratas(36718147193)_(cropped).jpg
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
getting by on looks was obviously not possible.
I've seen uglier politicians. In fact, one of them has been featured very prominently in American news for the last few years.
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@loopback0
We've got nobody for year and several high profile politicians fled to institutions.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
getting by on looks was obviously not possible.
I've seen uglier politicians. In fact, one of them has been featured very prominently in American news for the last few years.
That is a good picture. Before he became the PM, he looked like he'd been mauled, and was commonly likened to a blobfish.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
getting by on looks was obviously not possible.
I've seen uglier politicians. In fact, one of them has been featured very prominently in American news for the last few years.
Nancy Pelosi?
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
Boris
"Allow me to introducing myself. I am Boris Badenov, world's greatest no-goodnik."
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@Mason_Wheeler said in In other news today...:
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
getting by on looks was obviously not possible.
I've seen uglier politicians. In fact, one of them has been featured very prominently in American news for the last few years.
Nancy Pelosi?
Not who I was thinking of, but yes.
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Ars Technica, the internet's #1 tech news site named after a butt, has released their "top 20 games of 2019" list:
To save you a click:
20. Telling Lies
19. Remnant: From the Ashes
18. Super Mario Maker 2
17. Mortal Kombat 11
16. Metro Exodus
15. Tetris 99
14. Dicey Dungeons
13. Grindstone
12. Hypnospace Outlaw
11. Baba Is You
10. Neo Cab
9. Luigi's Mansion 3
8. Wattam
7. Outer Wilds
6. Sayonara Wild Heart
5. The Outer Worlds
4. Untitled Goose Game
3. Apex Legends
2. Disco Elysium- Control
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@hungrier I've never even heard of most of these.
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Ars Technica, the internet's #1 tech news site named after a butt, has released their "top 20 games of 2019" list:
To save you a click:
20. Telling Lies
19. Remnant: From the Ashes
18. Super Mario Maker 2
17. Mortal Kombat 11
16. Metro Exodus
15. Tetris 99
14. Dicey Dungeons
13. Grindstone
12. Hypnospace Outlaw
11. Baba Is You
10. Neo Cab
9. Luigi's Mansion 3
8. Wattam
7. Outer Wilds
6. Sayonara Wild Heart
5. The Outer Worlds
4. Untitled Goose Game
3. Apex Legends
2. Disco Elysium- Control
Never heard of half of them, not interested in the rest.
I'm just old, or games industry is shit?
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@MrL said in In other news today...:
@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Ars Technica, the internet's #1 tech news site named after a butt, has released their "top 20 games of 2019" list:
To save you a click:
20. Telling Lies
19. Remnant: From the Ashes
18. Super Mario Maker 2
17. Mortal Kombat 11
16. Metro Exodus
15. Tetris 99
14. Dicey Dungeons
13. Grindstone
12. Hypnospace Outlaw
11. Baba Is You
10. Neo Cab
9. Luigi's Mansion 3
8. Wattam
7. Outer Wilds
6. Sayonara Wild Heart
5. The Outer Worlds
4. Untitled Goose Game
3. Apex Legends
2. Disco Elysium- Control
Never heard of half of them, not interested in the rest.
I'm just old, or games industry is shit?The games industry is a bit shit these days, rehashing the same shitty games and making them worse to sell lootboxes or pay to win.
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@MrL said in In other news today...:
I'm just old, or games industry is shit?
Probably both, but also the list is kind of garbage. Ring Fit Adventure came out this year, and it's not only an original idea but very well executed. Bloodstained also came out this year. There's that Souls-like game that's set in Japan. But no, none of those are good enough for the list. Instead, have an iOS Arcade matching puzzle, a walking simulator or two, and a goat simulator simulator.
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@hungrier It's all clearly wrong as Untitled Goose Game is not number 1.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@hungrier It's all clearly wrong as Untitled Goose Game is not number 1.
HONK!
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@MrL disco elysium, sayonara wild hearts, and the outer worlds probably really do belong there. They're something different.
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@Magus Unless there's something radically different after the first planet (and the moon with bunch of purple gorillas that totally ass-handed me; I yarr-ed that far and now I'm waiting for complete edition on you know where), I would say The Outer Worlds is a very far cry from being different. It's like modern Fallout with 4/5 of stuff left on the cutting room floor. I mean, I like it, but that's exactly because I'm old and unwilling to try new stuff.
Such as Disco. Self-indulgent pretentious fucking edgefest. I just don't get it.
Some dude on Metacritic said:
the bulk of the reading is like something a self-taught English-language enthusiast did to show off his mad skills. It goes out of its way to make the reader feel "inferior," yet In doing so, it creates a legion of folks who pretend to "get it" so they can be smart like their friends.
I'd add political sciences dropout to the description.
I thought Pillars writing was a slog, but tolerable. These folks, they tried to outscape Planescape. Different? As much as Planescape was, sure, but without any of the fun bits Planescape it fucking ain't. Fuck them and their orange hats.
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@MrL said in In other news today...:
Never heard of half of them, not interested in the rest.
I'm just old, or games industry is shit?I've heard of most of them, with Baba Is You and Outer WIlds being special favorites of mine. But the game industry is in a mess right now - you haven't heard of most of those games because they were not AAA titles, all the AAA titles recently have been a mess. The indies and AAs have been satisfying players' cravings while the AAA companies have been milking players instead. Even Nintendo has gotten greedy on mobile.
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So Arse Technica released another list of games (this time something about the last decade) and once again it includes "Untitled Goose Game". Is the game actually good or what? Everything I've seen and heard about it makes it look like a Goat Simulator type youtuber bait meme game. The Arse writeup doesn't really help, because it says things like
Its sheer originality, deceptive simplicity, and lack of pretension—mirrored by its name itself—all make Untitled Goose Game, for me, a paragon of what gaming can be: story-driven fun that is accessible to anyone.
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
So Arse Technica released another list of games (this time something about the last decade).
Yeah, some guy posted about this in some thread, two days ago, I think.
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@Zecc That was a different list