And I’ve rated them all below. I’m very glad Steam decided to do a big promotional event around them- it helped point me toward a lot of games I would have never tried/heard of otherwise. Some of the good ones might not be good the entire game, but they were at least good in the demo....
Very similar concept in Korea. I got a job offer there after a three month project I did as a PhD student, and at some point realised it was mostly because I was a good after-work drinker. Which of course was easy, as the only people I knew there were from work, and I knew it was for a limited time. Keeping that up long term? No chance.
It’s completely wild to me that the default for buying a car comes up to a monthly payment, why not pay cash? Save those 800 for three months, buy a beater for 2400. While driving this into the ground, continue saving the 800, even if that beater craps out after six months, you can upgrade to a 4800 not-so-crappy beater, rinse and repeat, and at some point you saved up the 48000 to get that new car. Financing something that depreciates in value quickly and exponentially at anything above the inflation rate is, financially speaking, complete and utter nonsense to me.
I’ve been recently been thinking about Arkane Studio’s Prey which is a immersive sim, with a pretty good rogue like dlc, that probably has one of the strongest hooks of any game I’ve played. If you liked Halflife, System Shock, or Deus Ex it’s definitely worth a play....
I picked it up on sale after watching Fury Road, which in turn I put off watching for years because I really like the first trilogy and did not want to have that memory tainted by some cash grab Hollywood sequel. Boy was I wrong about the film, and I was equally blown away by the game, to a point I felt really guilty getting it for 10 bucks or so. I really, really wish there was a multiplayer, though.
Put a smile to my face to see so many cats (and dogs) involved.
When I get up and do my morning business on the toilet, the cat comes and rolls around on the bath mat in front of my ear scratches and cuddles included. Turning on the bidet (yes, hidden flex) is the audible clue that business is concluded, he gets up, wait patiently in the door frame while I start brushing my teeth. I then walk downstairs (while brushing my teeth), cat as added tripping hazard on every step. He again waits patiently while I start the coffee maker, and only when I open the door of the cat food and treats cabinet, he starts being agitated until I put food in the bowl and put it down for him. And then there’s always this glance back, blinking before he digs in, and this very moment is my treasure for the day.
ich fasse hier mal die Antworten auf eure Fragen zusammen:
Tagesgeldzinsen dauerhaft? Ja, bzw. so dauerhaft wir im AGB Rahmen der Zinssatz geändert werden kann (ist allerdings nicht eines dieser befristeten Neukundenangebote)
Steuern/Gebühren etc. eingerechnet? Steuern hat ja schon jemand vorgerechnet, Gebühren war bei den Angeboten, die ich habe, keine dabei.
Auslandsbank mit zweifelhaftem Ruf? Nein, die Angebote sind schon rausgefiltert. Stimmt aber, dass alleine für die Recherche fast zwei Stunden draufgegangen sind.
Bekommst du den Kredit auch zu diesen Konditionen? Das scheint der grösste Haken zu sein. Hab bei drei Anbietern es soweit bis zum verbindlichen Angebot geschafft. Nur eins davon hat nachher tatsächlich den Zinssatz von unter 1% gehalten (bei “freier Verwendung” - das scheint oft der Haken zu sein, wenn es eben keine Zweckbindung = Sicherheit gibt). Dieses Angebot werde ich jetzt einfach Mal durchziehen.
Was natürlich ein grosser Haken ist: Bis zum verbindlichen Angebot hat man so quasi alles ab persönlichen Daten eingetippt, was Grade noch legal ist. Das hat natürlich auch einen Wert (sowohl positiven für die Unternehmen, als auch negativen für mich), der aber schwer zu quantifizieren ist. Habe für sowas zwar eine wegwerf Telefonnummer und Email, da man allerdings die Adresse eingibt, hat es ein Anbieter tatsächlich geschafft, meine Festnetznummer herauszubekommen und da anzurufen. Werde ich auch Mal verfolgen, ob das so ok war. Auf der Wegwerfummer und Email von allen, wo ich meine Daten eingegeben habe, natürlich Terror, Anrufe, SMS, emails. Bin auch Mal gespannt, was mich in Zukunft noch an anderen Cold Calls erreicht.
Am Ende wohl ein nettes Experiment, und auch wenn die Rechnung so aufgeht (nach Steuern) und gut 600 EUR rauskommen (mehr war nicht zu machen, 30kEUR/2 Jahre scheint der sweet Spot zu sein), würd ich nicht unbedingt sagen, dass sich das lohnt. Vor allem, da das anscheinend nur funktioniert, wenn man sowieso genug Puffer im monatlichen Budget hat, das man dann einfach so für zwei Jahre in ein Festzinssparen oder so einzahlen könnte.
Fenster am Haus ausgetauscht, inkl neuer Rolläden. Firma hat diese Bürsten am Schlitz vergessen, “oh, ja kommen wir wieder”. Bis zum Sommer nix passiert. Am rechten Fenster geht eine doch Recht grosse Wespe ein und aus. Most, wird wohl ein nest. Linkes Fenster zwei Wochen später wird von einer Hornisse regelmässig besucht. Hornisse auch Dauergast rechten Fenster. Wespe taucht nicht mehr auf. Horni darf bleiben. Im Sommer immer Mal wieder Hornissenflug über uns, aber immer direkt weiter. Keinerlei Wespen. Im Juli bei 35 Grad Pflaumenkuchen draussen stehen lassen . Keine Wespen. Hoffe sehr, dass horni nächstes Jahr zurück kommt, hab aber auch gelesen, dass Hornissennester einjährig sind.
It could be over a few months, like a new job where one day you feel like actually going to work thinking, hey I actually like these people and don’t mind working here....
That switch flipped a few years ago. Unfortunately it only did so after my mother passed away, but I suddenly realised that I don’t need my dad’s approval in my life. And that he’s a toxic narcissist which I don’t have to like or have in my life. Understanding that, I could unravel a lot of crap from my childhood, which helps understanding some things that are wrong with me today. I guess the switch that flips when you understand that your parents don’t necessarily need to be good for you is a really important one.
A really nice kitchen knife. I use it daily and it makes cooking so much more fun, which translates into eating less junk food and take out, saving a ton of money and being more healthy.
Not just the internet, consumer computing as a whole became a shitshow. You need accounts for everything, Microsoft pushes you hard to use their online service, the default becoming that you to log onto your own computer you need to go through their online Microsoft account, which is terribly unsafe (if your ms account gets hacked, the hacker had access to you system). After “software as a service” more or less has been normalised, I’m just waiting for hardware going down that path, too. I’d say it begins already that I had to create a NVIDIA account to actually update drivers. Soon, this account may not be free anymore.
To most issues like this there are workarounds, but sometimes you have to dig deep. So it’s either you need to spend time to make things work like you want, or accept all this crap. For me, this is fine, because I like the tinkering. But I am also *administrating" most of my elder family members’ computers, which is a nightmare because of that. “So I saved the document, where is it on my computer,?” - “If you used the default OneDrive crap, it just is not on your computer…”
Remodeled the house including bathrooms, went for japanese style bidet (i.e. included in the toilet). Would not want to live without it.
water temperature, as well as pressure, is adjustable. I have on with different presets, so every family member gets to have their own favorite setting
not messy at all, has a very directed jet of water. Of course you can splash around sitting weirdly on the toilet, but that needs to be very deliberate. Mine has a function that when nobody sits on the toilet, the jet won’t start.
there’s options with blow dryers, but even if not, just one dab to dry off instead of wiping and wiping and wiping.
according to my plumber, it was one more water hose and an electric plug to connect. The device itself of course is much more expensive than a stander toilet. Just using TP now feels so terrible unhygienic. Imagine getting shit on your hand, and you have paper towels, or running water (and paper towels) to clean up. What would you choose? Maybe not really a “problem” solves, but a very, very nice luxury.
The one we got was really expensive, but it was the only brand available in Germany that actually has those things in the market for 10+ years (so it’s a well tested product). It’s one of the premium brands for bathroom “furniture” anyway, and the bidet ones are their top of the line bowls, so I guess in the end we’re not just paying premium for the bidet. Including installation and all the other parts, I think it was something like 3 or 3.5k EUR. I don’t really have any comparison (the cheaper brand would be around 1k less), but the thing is well thought through, has tons of options, easy to clean, easy maintenance, and has some really long warranty. I still feel I splurged on it, but in the grand scheme of things when remodeling a house (roughly 150k in total), I did not really register. Don’t know if that helps in any way…
[DE] Rügen des Deutschen Presserats 2023 (feddit.de) German
ich⌨️👮iel (feddit.de) German
Halte doch mal jemand diese Bürgerrechtler auf! 🥺
I tried over 20 Steam Next demos so that you don't have to!
And I’ve rated them all below. I’m very glad Steam decided to do a big promotional event around them- it helped point me toward a lot of games I would have never tried/heard of otherwise. Some of the good ones might not be good the entire game, but they were at least good in the demo....
Work culture (lemmy.zip)
More Than 80 Percent Of Americans Can’t Afford New Cars (jalopnik.com)
What games can you recommend that didn't get the appreciation that they deserved?
I’ve been recently been thinking about Arkane Studio’s Prey which is a immersive sim, with a pretty good rogue like dlc, that probably has one of the strongest hooks of any game I’ve played. If you liked Halflife, System Shock, or Deus Ex it’s definitely worth a play....
Whats a stupid ritual in your life that makes you happy?
Having coffee, smth sweet and a followup cigarrete in the morning makes me happy to be awake. Or kiss goodbyes and hellos.
Zinsarbritrage, wo ist der Haken? German
Moin zusammen,...
ich❤️iel (feddit.de) German
❤️ Hornissen ❤️ keine Ahnung warum sie so einen schlechten Ruf haben… sind eigentlich die besten in der Familie der Faltenwespen 😞...
Have you ever felt a imaginary switch click that changed the trajectory of your life?
It could be over a few months, like a new job where one day you feel like actually going to work thinking, hey I actually like these people and don’t mind working here....
What single purchase has returned the most in terms of value?
Google DRM when? (lemmy.ca)
Also, fuck xfinity and their BS. Can’t even change wifi password without downloading an app.
Das schmeckt mit Schichtkäse bestimmt besonders lecker... 💰 (discuss.tchncs.de) German
Neulich im Rewe gesehen ich dachte mich laust der Affe, 20 Euro für ein Brot. Damit geht vermutlich Theo Stratmann Enten füttern.
boston.com: Family believes Worcester teen died from ‘complications’ after participating in viral ‘One Chip Challenge’ (www.boston.com)
Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have
Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren’t straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic
why isn't the use of the bidet more widespread?