Frostpunk seems interesting? Has anyone played it? I love city management games, so this seems to pique my interest.

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Woa woa.... Surround sound? Since when did Linux support that?

All I could ever do was mirror stereo to the rear speakers...

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Thank you for doing this. I know my backlog is bad when I only played 1 or 2 of the games on the lists....

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I'd say apply if your interested. What have you got to lose?

If your knowledge is good, and you can demonstrate it, I'd put it on a CV. Modern workforces are more diverse as are thier experiences. If you're good at it, put it in and be proud of it!

I must admit I'm a little jealous that you all can code. It's never been something I've really been able to learn and understand to any degree despite multiple attempts.

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Sweet! Thanks my dudes! I think I might pull some OT and splurge a bit. I'd love a nice game for the kids to play, especially when it's cold out.

I agree in accompanying young children with games, but I also want to foster some independence as well. Not only in terms of playing the game, but emotionally as well (like frustration).

I think it's important to do games and other screen time together, that way I can help and more importantly provide context and talk to them about the game. But I also want them to be able to play independently. Basically I try to treat it like their train sets and other toys.

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Noooo! Why am I poor?!?

On a side note, how is slime rancher for young kids? In particular, ones that can't read yet. I'd like to introduce them to the world of Linux gaming, but finding games for kids that young (and not so stupidly annoying to an adult) is a lot harder than I thought.

Happy holidays.
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Just wait until you get a trademark notice for using a trademarked colour.

And yes, you can trademark a colour.

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I remember when Steam Machines came out and we're a commercial failure, as predicted. The thing is, some argued, it was never really a commercial venture in the first place. Valve was playing "long game" of corporate maneuvering and we normal people didn't couldn't see their plans.

I must idly wonder if perhaps this is the same with Google. The technologies (and tools and training) developed may have more practical and profitable applications in other business endeavors. Stadia may just be a way to recover some R&D costs and be nice PR to show off new tech.

Thoughts?

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Quoting: MayeulCIs this rooted in real chemistry? Would it finally allow me to learn the correct names for organic chemistry functional groups & their biological functions?

Not sure. That is a real life molecule there on the right, though. It's an antibiotic per Google.

One thing about organic chemistry is that it can be very puzzle like. Ie. Process X will always add an ethyl group to the 3rd carbon of a benzene. I'd hazard it prolly uses the basic rules as a guide for the rules in the puzzle. I wouldn't be surprised if they skipped over or fluffed some of the 3 dimensional stuff. For example, that ring in the picture is how we humans would draw it. In real life it's shaped like a chair when using all 3 dimensions. On top of it many of those processes might only work on the "top" or "bottom" of the molecule depending on where the other reactants were.

I really want this game, accurate or not. I wonder if we could convince them to do an NMR based DLC. I was a huge dork for those when I was taking organic.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyThat's kind of freaky. Wonders of modern technology, with all the lovely connectivity single-sign-on-everywhere and stuff. Not a downside that had specifically occurred to me.

Yeah. We never thought of that. I kinda get where the UK is coming from. The UI for the Amazon app places the purchase button in place of the play button. Roughly same shape and location and the cursor defaults to placing it on the buy button. Now my kids can't read yet, so I doubt they even knew they were making a purchase (looks the same to them). I'm not versed in UI design out marketing, but I wonder if it I'd intentional?

Like does that placement increase the rate of purchase, not just for little kids but for all of us? I'm starting to think so. I saw something similar on one of their games. The "next level" button got replaced with a "buy more levels" type button. Same location and size, but a different color. I can see a kid mindlessly clicking on it. Heck, I can see adults doing that!

I'm not very familiar with the loot box concept, but I can see it being very easy to get hooked on, especially if the cost isn't immediately felt (like the kid isn't handing over money, so it's harder to comprehend that exchange).

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