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Comment · 2 years ago
Maybe I should re-translate this and replace each "man" with "woman" and each "his" with "her".

"Woman has achieved great things!"

I think it slaps even harder that way!

Comment · 2 years ago
Why must people write using Man instead of Humanity? His instead of Our?

I get that it's "just language" but it's a bit annoying. That's all.

Comment · 2 years ago
Sry, missed the /s.

I figured if you were as crazy as OP about "optimizing" then sitting doing nothing would surely be anathema.

Similar to doing nothing being valuable, sometimes doing something "optimally", just isn't worth it -- how do you enjoy cooking a meal you've never cooked before of You're trying to hyper optimally meal prep for the week?

Comment · 2 years ago
The reinforced hill in Japan is fascinating. For stability during earthquakes?
Comment · 2 years ago
Doing absolutely nothing is not optimal
Comment · 2 years ago
Technically you can skip to the end of the game in the opening scene, so I guess you can ignore all of it. Very weird credits!

I was trying to find all the answers. Afaik, you had some way of knowing how many puzzles were remaining? Eh, both great games. Myst and Riven definitely have more of the "if you can't solve this you're stuck" vibe, I'd agree.

Comment · 2 years ago
I'll check it out, thanks!
Comment · 2 years ago
What does the optimization make time for? What is the goal? Maximum accumulation of resources? Health? Happiness? If I save ten minutes by meal prepping, do I have to optimize _those_ ten minutes?
Comment · 2 years ago
> Consciousness requires a soul

Now define a soul! /s

Comment · 2 years ago
May I ask for the Toyota Scion XB manual from 2005/2006? Scion always seems to be left out of make/model lists :(
Comment · 2 years ago
If you press a plus button four times, then you have to press back four times to leave the site.
Comment · 2 years ago
> The Witness understands that huge challenge is completely fine, so long as it's isolated to a specific virtual space, such as a given panel and room

What about all of the puzzles that use the environment? There are all sorts of challenges that use the island/features. Really enjoyed that game. Good sense of progression and learning without teaching.

Comment · 2 years ago
But what if it is a court, not a male or female person?

Still maybe better to say "Court in Philippines..."

Comment · 2 years ago
Didn't Samsung and Apple have a tiff over the shape of the phone? "Rectangle with rounded corners"
Comment · 2 years ago
Well, as someone living in the United States, I live with the saddening understanding that our military spending indicates that we're willing to immiserate large swaths of the world's population for increasingly diminishing returns.

It's authoritarian enough that I have no choice but to support our military decisions through the taxes I pay.

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