Totally get this in concept, but I’d be paying more in late fees without autopay

Also, general PSA, there are many vet clinics that will do at home euthanization.

Quick update, I decided to try out FFXV, and it was far more approachable then the other entries to the series that I’ve tried. A few hours in and I think I’ll stick with it, thanks for the rec!

Yeah, it is/was one of my greatest feelings of loss I’ve ever experienced. Broke down instantly. Makes me dread the day I get a call about one of my parents, but perhaps I’ll be at least slightly more prepared then I would be otherwise. One could consider it a parting gift I suppose…

God damn, air hugs your way, but as tough as it was, I’m sure it was the best thing, despite the last second animal instincts.

Trigger warning, I guess, but had to put my boy down a few years ago. I was fortunate in that he was in my arms in passing, but fuck, the way he went slack at the end really stuck. Gave me a taste of some shit I was not ready for that day.

turn off your brain

This has not been my experience with practically any Japanese RPG, haha. Each time I’ve tried to play a Final Fantasy game, I’ve gotten immediately turned off by the complex menus/rules, and needlessly long “click through” tutorials showing me every menu page with an accompanying small novel of instructions. Its not that I’m afraid of having to learn a game (I’m a big fan of Paradox games if that’s any indicator), I just find the presentation of it all such a slog.

Its so disheartening how well its working

I will say, I would not want to be a software developer right now, but systems support is generally pretty stable (and less likely to be replaced by AI any time soon)

I almost added this as a point in my original comment, but you’re absolutely right, and its happening in other industries too (auto, for example). Its really tough to troubleshoot things you lack the permissions to fix.

I meant it a more general sense as anyone involved with the software development life cycle, but I see your point, good catch

The first step towards privatizing an industry is eroding public confidence in the existing program. They have absolutely no intention of improving the program, they just want to make it shitty enough that people stop believing in it. Once that happens, 45 will start shilling, and some lucky company will swoop in and take it over.

Textbook…

An unfortunate consequence of developers playing to the lowest common denominator of users for the last twenty years. Everything has been designed to be as easy and intuitive as possible for mobile, and troubleshooting skills have suffered as a result.

Not to mention that phones are crazy powerful and can do virtually everything these days, so fewer and fewer people are buying PCs.

If the general population is indeed “going backwards” in regards to tech literacy, it seems like demand for IT services is going to spike in the coming years. Good thing to keep in mind for young people choosing a career path!

Nice! Glad you got it sorted, happy printing!

I started playing this game that popped up in the PSN game library called Arcade Paradise a few days ago. I downloaded it thinking it would be just another “arcade collection” type game, but it ended up being much more in depth than that.

Rather, its a somewhat simple management game where you grow a small arcade in the back of your fathers laundromat, but you can play each of the games you purchase. Further, you have to play the games and complete challenges in them to increase their fame/revenue.

All in all I’ve really enjoyed it so far. The decision to wrap the arcade games into a broader narrative and attach challenges to them was a really great decision i think. When I’ve checked out other arcade collection games, i’ve had a tendency to breeze through the catalog without spending much time in it before I’m bored. In this, you have to take your time with each game, and having challenges to complete does a good job of holding my interest and motivating me to get better at each one.

The games are all reskinned versions of classic games that most fans of the genre would be familiar with. Pong, Galaga, missile command, etc. I will say that the physics based games like Pool (infuriating) and Foosball (basically jmpossible) suck, but they’re easily ignored.

Overall, I’d give it a 8/10. It reminds me a lot of something that Devolved Digital would put out, if you like them.

A sarcastimark, if you will

When I had a similar issue to this I resolved it by adjusting my retraction settings, specifically retraction distance and speed. I think that may be the case here, as the layers most dramatically affected appear to be those with the most retractions taking place. Depending on the material and the style of printer you have (direct drive or Bowden) your settings will be different, but I would start by dropping the retraction distance and see how that changes things.

This is a conspiracy theory I can get behind

Which is exactly why when Einstein got the Nobel Prize when he discovered the photoelectric! Kind of a big deal when basically everything before that was turbine driven, as you mention.

Wtf are people even buying? Different board pieces or something?