At university in the 90s they publicsllt posted grades by ssn instead of name.

My driver’s license ID number was my ssn. Then they changed it to a different number, but I got a state ID as a backup with a pic in case the license was lost and that type of ID had my ssn. No idea what the state ID uses any more, but probably not that since apparently the very insecure and public nine digit number magically became super secret because credit companies wanted it to be.

Shallow and rushed, since it has to develop in a few dozen hours of gameplay with a limited number of NPCs!

BG3 romances seem shallow and kind of transactional because it is a mix of characters who don’t know each other having a whirlwind romance in a relatively short period of time. They are easily comparable to the majority of romances in movies and books with similar circumstances.

The other thing that is always going to make romances in games difficult to do in more detail is a lack of real world senses that play a huge part in attraction. Smells, tone of voice, flirting based on what is cutrently happening are either impossible or extremely time consuming to implement in a computer game. Like you could luck into picking the right cologne for a character or something, but that is along the same lines as picking the right voice lines.

Not saying it is literally impossible to do, but it really is a monumental task to implement relationships that don’t seem forced or obviously mechanical in a video game. If they did implement one perfectly, the randomness of real life would make it nearly impossible to have a romance as there are so many things that can easily derail a relationship forming including just not being in the mood to reciprocate affection because of some completely unrelated event!

Maybe contracts?

It sucks so much for ICE engines at stop signs in rural areas, when needing to turn left, or anything other than roads with lots of stoplights. It is frequently dangerous because it keeps the vehicle from moving, making driving unpredictable.

Disabling it increased my mileage slightly, because I am rarely ever stopped for the 10 seconds or so it takes to be worthwhile. I could see it being a benefit in a city, but would rather just have mass transportation instead.

It is useful for ‘What does this contain?’ so I can see if I need to read something. Or rewording something I have made a pig’s ear out of.

Skimming and scanning texts is a skill that achieves the same goal more quickly than using an unreliable bullshit generator.

Relatable.

The push for lossless seems more like pushback on low bit rate and reduced dynamic range by avoiding compression altogether. Not really a snob thing as much as trying to avoid a common issue.

The video version is getting the Blu-ray which is significantly better than streaming in specific scenes. For example every scene that I have seen with confetti on any streaming service is an eldritch horror of artifacts, but fine on physical media, because the streaming compression just can’t handle that kind of fast changing detail.

It does depend on the music or video though, the vast majority are fine with compression.

Generally just online games where the changes are enough that they don’t play the same way that I enjoyed them. Counterstrike, WoW, Overwatch, and others all did reworks that ruined the gameplay I enjoyed.

Older single player games aren’t as fun because they are clunky compared to newer games, like Neverwinter Nights compared to Baldur’s Gate 3. But I didn’t fall out of love, just don’t enjoy interacting with their controls.

Which is great if you want a rough approximation of working reliably.

After the first couple it is just repetition.

For million I’d be saying ‘Good game’ down the whole line because I’m on the other team. Hope they find a connection with someone else on the line.

They can filibuster, so yes.

If they use the data for any purpose other than displaying results for users they need to be treated as publishers.

Sell to advertisers? Publisher. Use for own advertising? Publisher. Sell to AI companies? Publisher.

The lack of Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a war crime.

They are on the milder side of sweetness for candy in the US.

I think of those as ant and uncle candy and Werther’s as old people candy. Both are awesome!

Second of all, flirting with senior citizens is an ego boost and nobody is gonna stop me.

The atock market is the answer to “What if wealthy people had an unlimited source of additional wealth?”

It doesn’t take a fucking court case to prove he made bold faced lies when he said he wouldn’t do the things he had done for decades and then continued to do.

Come on news, he lied. Just fucking say he lied.

My anus is BLEEDING!