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First of all, there’s no “one size fits all” approach to flirting with women in my experience. So if things aren’t going well when talking with a woman, understand it might not be something you’re doing wrong, you may not be compatible with them.

If I had to describe confidence, I’d say it’s a quiet thing. It’s not loud and brash, bragging about your accomplishments or your belongings. It’s not the clothes you wear or how much you go to the gym (while these things can help you to feel more confident, they don’t create confidence that’s not there). Confidence is feeling comfortable with yourself, comfortable in your own skin. And here’s the weird part: confidence is letting go of the desire to be with the woman, and just letting the conversation go where it goes. By not focusing on your goal, you free yourself to enjoy the moment and you will find it so much easier to have that conversation.

I was happy that you were back, Stamets.

Was.

Mostly just kidding!

I didn’t see it suggested yet, but you should check out Selaco. It’s a fairly new FPS with tight gunplay and retro graphics. The enemies AI is well made, they will work together to hunt you and try to flank you. The weapons are a mix of standard fare with some new stuff, and you can modify them with upgrade packs similar to how Doom 2016 does it. The upgrades give each weapon a good variety for different play styles.

The first chapter is released and playable, and there are 2 more chapters coming. The first chapter has a good amount of gameplay, I put 35 hours in it.

I’ll read the Consumer Reports reviews and see what the comments say. Their rankings can give you an idea of the models to avoid at least. Even in the same brand, one model can be wildly different from another model simply due to who the real manufacturer was, or just the parts used.

Sometimes the reviews are detailed and thorough, but sometimes they only list the basics. Usually for the appliances they go in depth in my experience.

Brands like Frigidaire, Kenmore, and Whirlpool generally don’t manufacture anything anymore. They pay other companies to make the appliances and then slap their name on them. And you can guarantee they go with the lowest bidder.

I avoid all those brands now.

A workaround that you may not have considered is stopping the monitor from going to standby in the first place. If you are able, you can use a program called Caffeine to keep your PC unlocked.

This won’t stop the problem when you have to lock the PC, but at least when you are there it shouldn’t happen.

So what it sounds like, is if you’re working for a studio and they partner with NetEase, start looking for a new job. The layoffs are basically a certainty.

I want to thank you for this meme.

I’ve shared it with my girlfriend and friend group, so this may be the last comment I ever make.

I like to live dangerously. Hasn’t burned me ye-

Because BlueSky has money and would sue the shit out of them for anticompetitive practices.

It’s. A. Beta.

Not a finished game. Still being developed.

This is like walking into a kitchen, taking a bowl of food that isn’t ready, and complaining that it’s under cooked.

There’s going to be missing textures or placeholders. There’s going to be performance issues. They will work that stuff out during the beta phase.

If it’s not up to your expectations, then just wait until it’s fully released.

Honestly, this is the chance you take when you pre-order. It’s funny how many people are finding this out.

I guess the only argument here is that the developers should have waited a bit longer to release the open beta.

Look into under desk cable management. You can get trays that screw into the bottom of your desk to run the cables neatly and most importantly off the floor where a kitty can get them.

I was surprised when she brought up Mortal Kombat as an example of over sexualized characters, and not, say, the entire Dead or Alive series. Especially Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. She does make some good points in her video, and I don’t want to dismiss her point of view, but I feel she took the easy way out in addressing this point.

Games, and movies and tv, have treated women as sexual objects for a long time, and now the pendulum has swung the opposite way in reaction to that. It’s going to take a while for games, and movies and tv, to allow for better perspectives on women. I think the indy scene is where we will find this happening before we ever see it in the major studios, since the latter has to worry about limiting risk and making investors happy. But hopefully the recent flops will be a shot across the bow and wake them up.

Except for that, this was a good video. She lays out her arguments well. I don’t agree with every point, but I understand where she’s coming from and can respect her point of view.

You can’t just post this and not give context. I keep looking at this and go, “How?”

Thanks for sharing this info with us, I for one appreciate the transparency. And thanks for the work the admins and mods put in to keep the spam at bay!

I’m going to start by saying you need to have a frank discussion with your fiance about who’s responsible for the cat. I’m taking a bit of a leap here, but it sounds like this isn’t the only problem with communication between you two. Also, and I think you know this, but taking the cat to a shelter will put a wedge between you and your fiance if she isn’t fully on board with the idea.

As for the cat, well, she’s a kitten. It’s what they do. But it won’t be forever, she will start to calm down in about another 6 months to a year. The constant need to play will start to disappear and probably turn into the need for lap time. She’s a lot of work now, but when she’s fully grown she’ll be a lot more independent and easier to handle. You might even find she’ll become a great companion once the kitten energy wears off.

As she grows and learns how to cat, her instincts are telling her what to do when she encounters prey. And the only way for her to get good is to “practice,” unfortunately on you. When she starts, grab one of her toys and dangle it in front of her. If she starts going for it, toss it for her to chase.

A toy I suggest you get for her is a Kong Kickeroo. She’ll be able to wrap herself around it (like I assume she tries to do with your hands, arms, legs and feet) and really go to town on it. It’s good for her and good for you, since she can burn off her energy without causing you pain. To add to her enjoyment, you can grab the tail of the toy and give it gentle tugs while she’s wrapped around it to mimic the toy “struggling” to get free.

I hope some of this will help!

I hate how Via Rail is trying to call it “an inconvenience.”

A train being 15 minutes late is an inconvenience. A train running out of the sandwich you like is an inconvenience. This was a complete lack of emergency planning and care for the passengers. The fact that a diabetic person has to be rescued off the train is appalling.

There needs to be regulations brought in to stop any transportation business from being able to literally trap people like this all because they don’t want to pay to make it right.

The business will always only do what’s best for them. They’re becoming less and less afraid of bad PR. So we need to make them care again with regulations, fines, and even criminal charges when it reaches that threshold.

Who wants to bet Sony will shoehorn in a PSN requirement just to play a single player game?

Oh wait, it says so right on the requirements image in the lower right corner. Colour me shocked.

So the gunner is the first to get cancelled? Huh. Figured it would be the driller.

What’s going on in your screenshot? Where’s the gunner? Or is this a joke I’m not aware of?