Skatingraccoon
Skatingraccoon t1_jebz0bj wrote
Because it almost entirely replaced traditional server browsers, and it usually sucks.
Traditional servers were awesome since they encouraged developing a sense of community with other players, there was a more social aspect to it, you only had to wait for the map to load and there was no weird five hour lobby pause.
And for a game where it is 1v1 it might not be that bad. Imagine trying to slot 10-128 players into evenly distributed teams. One side almost always ends up stacked.
Skatingraccoon t1_je87vzo wrote
"Just called" implies that the thing you want to call them is shorter or simpler somehow. "Pickled cucumber" is definitely more cumbersome to say than just "pickle". And a pickle is understood to be specifically a pickled cucumber. It's common enough that we decided it should have its own name compared to other pickled foods.
Skatingraccoon t1_je24edn wrote
Reply to eli5: what are the benefits of having parks, a lot of trees, and green areas in big cities? by blueberrysir
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Better mental health. People tend to feel better when they can connect a little bit in and with nature.
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Better physical health.
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Helps reduce the urban heat island effect. Turns out concrete and asphalt and all that is really good at putting out heat during the day which means a city will be hotter than the grassy hills outside the city only because of development. Parks can help bring that down a little bit.
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Can help with water management.
Skatingraccoon t1_jaeq8cj wrote
Reply to I'm searching for a spaceship game! by molnarsaci
It sounds like Armada but that was on Dreamcast
Skatingraccoon t1_j8xt7h6 wrote
Reply to Unpermitted work: Should I come clean? by rojopolis
I don't know why you would jump straight to the building department in this case.
I would contact different licensed electricians in your area, explain the situation, and see if any would be willing to inspect it for you and determine what would need to be updated. You'll end up paying them for it but they aren't going to turn you in if they get out there and it's a complete wreck. You're also probably going to have to call around, since many companies are not going to want to put time and effort into checking stuff they didn't do.
Would just share a personal experience that we hired a licensed general contractor to do work but they did not get any of the required permits for the work they did. After a few calls we were able to find an electrician that was willing to come out, inspect the work they had done, replace the work that needed to be replaced, and procure a permit on our behalf. So it happens.
Skatingraccoon t1_j6o1814 wrote
Reply to ELI5: Who buys the stock I sell? by Raven019
It can be pretty much anyone. It could be me. It could be someone's personal financial manager. It could be a mutual fund manager or an automated program designed to trade according to specific rules. It could be your neighbor's grandmother. It could be the company buying back stock, but this doesn't happen too often - usually only when the company is in a really strong financial position or they want to prevent buyout, or in the case of something like Twitter they did get bought out and are trying to turn from a publicly traded company to a completely private one.
If you are trading at market values, which is about what people are willing to pay for the stock or sell it for, then you'll have a much easier time actually selling it. If you try to sell something that is currently trading at $10 for $100 you'll see that the order probably is not going to go through unless someone is desperately trying to buy as much of that stock as possible and put in a very high bid for a lot of them.
Skatingraccoon t1_j6ny06m wrote
Reply to comment by rsclient in ELI5 Why do some coffee makers require the carafe to make contact with the tray for the coffee to drip? by Educational_Sir3783
4/10 is still a bit higher than I would expect lol. Is this an absolute scale where 1/10 is like the coffee burned you so bad you had to get your legs amputated?
Skatingraccoon t1_j6nsm7v wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why do some coffee makers require the carafe to make contact with the tray for the coffee to drip? by Educational_Sir3783
They are designed this way so that you can remove the carafe while there is still water percolating and dripping on the grinds without it making a mess everywhere. The alternative is that water would just keep pouring out without anything to catch it and that is just a waste of coffee and pain to clean up.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2ew22v wrote
Reply to Eli5 why do we as humans, globally, accept to pay a different price for the exact same product just somewhere else on the globe? by [deleted]
Because we don't really have a choice, and because it isn't reasonable to expect that one product will cost the same across all countries in the world for many different reasons. That includes cost of shipping, taxes and tariffs on imports, local economic conditions, etc.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2etoox wrote
Reply to comment by Medical_Ad0716 in Why do people say "politics are ruining video games"? by [deleted]
Also actually a good point -_-
"Politics" is a pretty general concept for these people.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2eth7l wrote
Reply to eli5 Christian vs Catholic? by shad0w_qween
Catholicism is a form of Christianity. The Pope is the head of the Catholic church and is the one who can interpret the bible. There is a hierarchy or organizational structure to it - under the Pope you'd have Cardinals and under them you'd have Bishops and then Priests (there might be others, don't remember off the top of my head).
Skatingraccoon t1_j2et8jl wrote
They are upset that video games are trying to have some meaning and message to them instead of just being mindless entertainment with pointless violence.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2ep5c0 wrote
Weird West, West of Loathing.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2eivam wrote
The Getaway is notorious for its attention to detail, they spent a lot of time mapping out and recreating London, which is even more impressive when you consider it was before things like Google Maps and street view.
Division 2 is also very awesome.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2edke7 wrote
Reply to ELI5: If penicillin became the pinnacle antibiotic why are many of us now allergic? by stealth941
People can be allergic to anything, and penicillin is pretty much mold cultures. The fact that it is used as an antibiotic doesn't make it more or less likely to be an allergen.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2ecj45 wrote
Do you want a third person action-adventure game or a first person shooter with role-playing elements?
Skatingraccoon t1_j2e9d0g wrote
Reply to comment by DerPicasso in Is Skyrim worth it for the story alone? by LaInquisitore
I'm sure you're being sarcastic here. It definitely is not a short game and you can get your money's worth for sure. But the vanilla game is terrible as a roleplaying and storytelling experience. And they relied too much on radiant questing at the expense of unique quest lines which is reflected in the lower number of quests relative to previous TES games and shorter guild storylines.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2e7igz wrote
Reply to Is Skyrim worth it for the story alone? by LaInquisitore
No, it is very average and forgettable.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2dzwjr wrote
Reply to ELI5: If money today is all digital, why can't all the countries governments just go on the computer and add like five more zero's to their account and fix everything? Same principal is 100 years ago too I guess, why not just print more cash? by ss89898
A little thing called "inflation". More money in the system means everyone's money is worth less, which means they have to spend more to be able to buy less. Not a really good solution for anyone.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2dpn8o wrote
Reply to comment by PhoolCat in WDL London by exohunterATX
Yikes, I heard the knives... scraping from over here.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2dnrv4 wrote
Reply to WDL London by exohunterATX
Looks good in pictures but that game had no soul.
Skatingraccoon t1_j2c4547 wrote
Reply to Looking for a game with base building like 7 Days to Die, Valheim, Ark and such. by vampslayer53
No Man's Sky?
Skatingraccoon t1_j2aegov wrote
If they are talking about "evidence", usually it's in regards to a prior conviction or a prior charge that a person faced. Like, "the judge went easy on the sentencing because the defendant had no priors" - they had a clean criminal record.
Skatingraccoon t1_j25a3v2 wrote
Reply to Baldur's Gate 2 or Divinity Original Sin 2? by Roxicaro
Did you play BG1 or D: OS1? They play rather differently. I would lean towards Baldur's Gate just because it resonated with me more, but I think Divinity is more accessible.
Skatingraccoon t1_jebzqvt wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Why do first-person shooter players complain about Skill-Based Matchmaking? by [deleted]
I would really prefer just being able to choose where I play.