kieron115

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Oh good point. When you nest something into commas like that the sentence is supposed to still make sense when you remove the bit between the commas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The irony being that now people use ellipses to mark a sentence pause, which isn't really how an ellipsis is meant to be used. They were supposed to be for removing unnecessary but implied language from quotes. Agreed on the oxford comma though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I was thinking the meters with the metal probes that go through yeah. Wasn't aware that could exacerbate the issue.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (4 children)

"At the root of the problem are cowboy traders (unlicensed tradesman/contractor) who apply the foam without a full survey or appropriate expertise – but because of lenders’ caution, this is affecting other homeowners who had similar work." also "because surveyors are unable to inspect the roof timbers behind the layers [for moisture], mortgage lenders tend to issue blanket refusals on properties where any foam is present." Maybe in the U.S. we just use wood moisture meters to check for moisture?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It seems to me that the real reason people are upset is that they don't want to accept that the devs of games they like willingly accepted the money. As if Epic forced them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I can't think of any time in history that the public has had that ability for anything. Imagine being upset because a Ford dealership won't sell you a Toyota, or that Kohl's won't sell you some designer brand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's DRM free. Pirate it and add an external game to Steam if the other options are unappealing to you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I think it would be easier for me to empathize with the "exclusivity" argument if it weren't for the fact that PCs as a general rule are inherently open. I don't have to buy a new computer to install a new games launcher as I would with a console exclusives war. Hell most of the time you don't even have to install the official launcher as so many of them are just web wrappers/electron apps. I've been using the Heroic Games Launcher to claim my free Epic games for nearly a year and the only "downside", if you can even call it that, is that I don't get the weekly popup's letting me know what's free/on sale. Just building a huge library of free games, some of which I already own on Steam. Somebody please show me the actual downside of more competition on a single platform.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It wasn't pulled from Steam. A development company consisting of three people that put out a popular mobile game 15+ years ago got an opportunity they wouldn't otherwise have had to create a sequel and took it. They published on (shockedpikachuface) their publishers platform, as well as Nintendo consoles and their own website for people who don't like Epic. I doubt Allan, Kyle and Kyle would have had the funds or skill to do this on their own.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (20 children)

The epic hate is tiresome. It sounds like they functioned as a publisher here, providing long term funding of development prior to release. The game isn't exclusive and has no DRM, I see no downside to this. Stop hopping on bandwagons of hate and enjoy your games people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why does he end up looking like Nic Cage lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I hear the French had good luck with guillotines.

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