Nightmare of the druaga. I picked this game up at a pawn shop during my PS2 era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_of_Druaga
The secret motto of this game is "God is a dick". You are the chosen warrior wearing the golden sword and armor that God gave you.
That armor? Random pieces of brass you pick up off the ground provide 10 times the protection. Literally anything. You find a rusty tin can? way better than the golden armor that God gave you. If you try to sell the legendary golden armor that God gave you, it sells for 1GP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_of_Druaga
The secret motto of this game is "God is a dick". You are the chosen warrior wearing the golden sword and armor that God gave you.
That armor? Random pieces of brass you pick up off the ground provide 10 times the protection. Literally anything. You find a rusty tin can? way better than the golden armor that God gave you. If you try to sell the legendary golden armor that God gave you, it sells for 1GP.
What did it look like when the original pioneers found themselves getting swallowed by cities after the age of pioneering ended?
It's funny that Ford set up the best pot laws in the country. "You're allowed to smoke if you're allowed to smoke"
It's really funny that you're absolutely right. chatgpt was down for a couple hours and I was like "oh, I'll use google's ai....uh.... I don't remember what it's called"
Oh great, it's this fuckin guy.
It seems like both sides of the political spectrum have had plenty of time to remember that this guy's a fuckin piece of shit, but everyone seems to just keep on forgetting and handing him jobs that aren't just jail cell attendant.
It seems like both sides of the political spectrum have had plenty of time to remember that this guy's a fuckin piece of shit, but everyone seems to just keep on forgetting and handing him jobs that aren't just jail cell attendant.
I was like "final fantasy is ok" but Then I realized the last good one was 10 games ago
Unemployed people with military grade weapons who are trained to use them. Works every time.
Sort of by definition, yes.
Like I said, different geographical areas tend to misrepresent different types of jobs as engineering jobs for various reasons (you can often pay someone in prestige for example), and some engineers suck at engineering so they should be doing a thing but aren't, but at least in principle that's how things should be.
Like I said, different geographical areas tend to misrepresent different types of jobs as engineering jobs for various reasons (you can often pay someone in prestige for example), and some engineers suck at engineering so they should be doing a thing but aren't, but at least in principle that's how things should be.
I'd tend to disagree with that.
Other fields have people who do things in different ways, and I can see direct parallels.
A good electrician can often build most of the things an electrical engineer can using experience and practical knowledge, but they are not doing the same thing. A good electrical engineer will apply engineering concepts and practices to the design of a thing whereas an electrician will apply skilled trades concepts and practices to the design of a thing, and they are different things.
A good carpenter can build most of the things a structural engineer can using experience and practical knowledge, but they are not dong the same either.
Same goes for a good industrial mechanic vs. a mechanical engineer.
The words are typically misused in much the same way the term "engineer" is massively overused so people doing other types of work feel better, but people who know, know.
In my view, a software engineer will be using engineering concepts and practices to design software where a software developer will be using experience and practical knowledge. I'd expect there to be mutually exclusive realms that make sense for both -- software engineers would create novel algorithms or architectures using rigorous methods, software developers would use existing algorithms with practiced efficiency.
I guess keep in mind I live in a region where the word "engineer" is protected harder than any other place on the planet, so my point of view is tempered by that.
Other fields have people who do things in different ways, and I can see direct parallels.
A good electrician can often build most of the things an electrical engineer can using experience and practical knowledge, but they are not doing the same thing. A good electrical engineer will apply engineering concepts and practices to the design of a thing whereas an electrician will apply skilled trades concepts and practices to the design of a thing, and they are different things.
A good carpenter can build most of the things a structural engineer can using experience and practical knowledge, but they are not dong the same either.
Same goes for a good industrial mechanic vs. a mechanical engineer.
The words are typically misused in much the same way the term "engineer" is massively overused so people doing other types of work feel better, but people who know, know.
In my view, a software engineer will be using engineering concepts and practices to design software where a software developer will be using experience and practical knowledge. I'd expect there to be mutually exclusive realms that make sense for both -- software engineers would create novel algorithms or architectures using rigorous methods, software developers would use existing algorithms with practiced efficiency.
I guess keep in mind I live in a region where the word "engineer" is protected harder than any other place on the planet, so my point of view is tempered by that.
One thing I'd say is you need to be really careful about is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Yeah, a bunch of these boomers are totally wrong on the math of owning a home. I had it happen to me just yesterday where a coworker was going off on how everyone needs to buy a house no matter what because it can only go up and it can only be good for your financial situation. When you're looking at an average house price of $850,000 as we were in Canada for a little while (and it's still pretty high, and in the 2 most populous cities it's still in the million plus range) and mortgage rates are at 7%, the amount you pay for interest alone is as much as a decent full-time job before you even touch the principal. Handing $60,000 to the bank is not good financial sense and anyone with a brain ought to know this isn't good financial sense.
On the other hand, other parts of the advice are good. You should create a budget. You should watch your expenses. You should try to set aside some amount of money for long-term savings & investment. Deferring gratification has been a key strategy forever and that hasn't changed. What's changed is that the boomer million dollar house isn't the investment that it was when it was a ten thousand dollar house.
To give the devil his due, the boomers had some tailwinds, but they've also had some really bad headwinds. They came of age into an era of massive inflation and constant recessions, which means that while their houses might have gotten more expensive, many of them lost their jobs or even their careers. We're choking on 7% mortgages, they had up to 30% mortgages which means the principal on their homes may have been massively smaller but their payments were often similar in size even without accounting for inflation. The rust belt was hollowed out, factories shut down, and they had to figure out how to survive. During the entirety of the boomers lifetime, wages as a % share of GDP have been dropping.
Yeah, a bunch of these boomers are totally wrong on the math of owning a home. I had it happen to me just yesterday where a coworker was going off on how everyone needs to buy a house no matter what because it can only go up and it can only be good for your financial situation. When you're looking at an average house price of $850,000 as we were in Canada for a little while (and it's still pretty high, and in the 2 most populous cities it's still in the million plus range) and mortgage rates are at 7%, the amount you pay for interest alone is as much as a decent full-time job before you even touch the principal. Handing $60,000 to the bank is not good financial sense and anyone with a brain ought to know this isn't good financial sense.
On the other hand, other parts of the advice are good. You should create a budget. You should watch your expenses. You should try to set aside some amount of money for long-term savings & investment. Deferring gratification has been a key strategy forever and that hasn't changed. What's changed is that the boomer million dollar house isn't the investment that it was when it was a ten thousand dollar house.
To give the devil his due, the boomers had some tailwinds, but they've also had some really bad headwinds. They came of age into an era of massive inflation and constant recessions, which means that while their houses might have gotten more expensive, many of them lost their jobs or even their careers. We're choking on 7% mortgages, they had up to 30% mortgages which means the principal on their homes may have been massively smaller but their payments were often similar in size even without accounting for inflation. The rust belt was hollowed out, factories shut down, and they had to figure out how to survive. During the entirety of the boomers lifetime, wages as a % share of GDP have been dropping.