The stuff I read about the play testing indicated it was PVE. I didn't do enough research before purchasing, no argument there. I happen to actually enjoy fighting the arc, and I really enjoy when I can play co-operatively, and do things like save someone that's pinned down by ARC, or help others down bastions, bombadiers, and matriarchs. Getting shot in the back after I'm soloing arc and my shield is down isn't fun. Getting shot even after I say I'm friendly, and I can't defend myself, or else trigger the algorithm to put me in more pvp matchups isn't fun. If it was already tested as a PvE game, I don't see why they can't give us PVE and PVP lobbies. Letting players decide if they want to risk PVP or not.

1w ago

Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

1w ago

Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

As a late gen x/early millenial, I was told to get a college degree in STEM. I did that, and got an MS and PhD. I finished my doctorate in 2008 just in time for the housing market to crash and forced austerity via republican wars and george bush. I spent 3 years in a postdoctoral fellowship, effectively making $10 hourly based on hours I worked VS salary. After my fellowship, in 2011, I could NOT find a job in my field, because there were no jobs. I gave up and leveraged my education into a different field.

I ended up working for the state, in a position that has nothing to do with my education, and only requires a high school diploma. I make $30 an hour now. 13 years after I finished my fellowship and gave up, I started having STEM companies cold calling me to offer me positions because they saved my resume. Best part was being offered $30 hourly, which is what I already make in a position that doesn't require post secondary education. Telling them not to bother me unless they were prepared to offer me $60 hourly felt fucking amazing.

The point to my rambling is that whatever is "in demand" could change at a moments notice for any reason. If you're going to spend 4-10 years of your life learning a particular skill set in a particular field of study, you should at least enjoy yourself and feel enthusiastic about what you are studying.

I'm not a Canadian, but if I came across Doug Ford slowly dying on the street, I'd step the fuck over his body and keep walking.

1w ago

Yes this year is going to be really good and productive

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Ok. I'm going to do a better job wiping the names and repost. BRB.

1w ago

Yes this year is going to be really good and productive

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Many states are right to work, meaning that you can quit anytime. Unless you have stuff in a contract requiring notice, quitting without notice does not have legal repercussions. If you're rage quitting a job, no sane person would use them as a reference. Finally, the bridges we burn light the path forward.

1w ago

Yes this year is going to be really good and productive

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Here's my rage quit story. I worked for a Fidelis Care. We got bought out by a large conglomerate, they fired half the staff and forced the extra work load on the rest of us. I took a call from someone that threatened suicide, and not a single manager in the company would help me connect to the crisis line. The caller hung up, and I still couldn't get a manager to help me. I called local EMS and requested they do a wellness check. The suicidal caller called back to complain and I got written up. Then they started refusing to let me use vacation time and dangling carrots without putting anything in writing.

They were doing other things like denying free covid testing and HIV testing, which was against state law. I spent lots of my time helping people file external appeals and complaints to the state attorney general after Fidelis denied the internal appeal, against state law. The final straw happened during covid. Right before covid hit, a gentleman was approved for pain injections, but couldn't get into the office before his authorization ran out, because anything non emergent was closed. Once the doctor's office was open, the doctor submitted a new request, with the same clinical information, and it was denied. I put an appeal together for this man, painstakingly pulling the clinical records from the first authorization, the second authorization, EVERY PAID CLAIM related to his condition, AND EVERY RX CLAIM FOR PAIN MEDS the company paid for to demonstrate medical necessity. 4 hours of work. The appeals team denied it in 15 minutes later, it was absolutely not reviewed.

I logged of the phone, and prepared the most epic out of office message ever.

I emailed my boss, "I quit effective immediately." I helped the man file an external appeal through the state department of finances. The state ruled in favor of that customer. Then I helped that man file a complaint against the insurance carrier with the NYS attorney general. The happiest day of 2026 so far was learning that our attorney general, Leticia James, raked them over the fucking coals.

1w ago

Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time.

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Did you watch the debates between Biden and Trump. Biden was far more articulate and sane than trump, and it still wasn't enough.

1w ago

Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time.

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

This. Democrats had no primary for presidential choice.

1w ago

Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time.

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

I voted for Kamala, but I was pissed we didn't have a fucking primary. If we had a primary, we might have gotten Bernie on the ballot, or Elizabeth Warren, or Butegig, or anyone else. But instead Biden claimed to be running, then dropped out at the last minute so opps no time for primaries. I'm salty as hell that democrats didn't get a choice. It felt deliberate and coordinated.

1w ago

Discord keeps walking into rakes, but TeamSpeak is thriving after 'incredible surge of new users'

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

For me, it wasn't about the AI. It's that early development of the game was all PvE play. PVP was something that was added at launch, and the game is tagged as PvE, along with PvP on steam. Stupid me thought there would be PvE only lobbies and I was clearly mistaken. I tried playing it, I put 100 hours in. The entire game was me grinding the easy map, to level up and craft/buy better guns, only to be shot on sight by someone and have everything I worked for taken. I would solo down bastions, leapers, and bombdiers to have someone run up and shoot me on site, without asking if I would share loot. (I would rather share than lose everything.) Events in the game also reward PvP play by awarding cred. People are making smurf accounts so they can end up in friendly matches to dominate people that don't want to pvp. Enemy spawns are fucked up too. I've downed arc only for the corpses to despawn as I attempt to loot it. I've walked into clear areas, only to have bombadiers spawn on top of me out of nowhere. The worst part of the game is being dropped into a map/match after 10 minutes has elapsed, which means anything decent has already been looted and you're more likely to run into people camping extraction points. They have a temp event running that rewards PvE cooperative play, and I've still gotten killed on site, although less frequently. After the event is over, I'll probably uninstall the game again.

1w ago

Avocado toast is out. Rotisserie chicken is in.

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Washedupcynic @lemmy.ca 1w ago

You are correct, they are. Wet beans saves me time from having to soak them. Lentils are they only ones I buy dry because they cook fast without soaking.