The best thing I figured out was the exact materials I needed to build a basic scanning outpost. Scan room, hatch, basic connector, multipurpose room, bioreactor. Can carry all that with some room to spare, along with 4 range upgrades if you have them. Go out to an interesting area, build the outpost, throw a fish or…

I was looking for someone to reference Dwarf Fortress, seeing as the game’s unofficial motto is ‘losing is fun’. I guess this is close enough, seeing as Rimworld is DF Lite.

I’ve never played Advance Wars or this, but it sounds rather similar to Uniwar, which I’ve been playing for a while now on Android.

Well, I’m ambivalent about gun ownership myself. The limited upside I see is that they can be an equalizer in violent situations. Someone small or weak can defend themselves against someone big and strong, with about even odds, which seems like a good deterrent, to me, in theory. I’m also generally averse to banning…

I wonder about the correlation there, though. Is it because gun ownership actually increases the chances of these deaths, or that people who are already prone to risky behavior are also more likely to own a firearm. If it’s the former, then yeah, removing guns from society should have a strong effect. But if it’s…

If this doesn’t end with the often cited paperclip maximiser AI turning the universe into paperclips, I’ll be sadly disappointed.

The entire first column of the periodic table (except Hydrogen) reacts violently with water. Sodium is a common demonstration element for this. Sometimes Potassium. If I recall, it gets more violent the further down the list you go.

That... sounds like a missed opportunity.

Exactly. Author totally missed the ‘compassion for a friend’ option. Still have to let people make their own mistakes and stay out of it, but yeah, the reason people feel compelled to help another person in a bad situation is called compassion.

We need a good explanation, like.. timey-wimey good.

So, I don’t think I’ve ever before seen a response from O’Malley that just blew my mind with how WRONG it was. I’ve been reading for years and generally enjoy his insights, but the second letter here from ACG... I kept waiting for him to say what I was thinking and he just... didn’t.

Hmm.. I’m not familiar with this kind of gaming but... Couldn’t you just play it on the floor if it came to that?

Well, I AM on the market, these days. ;)

I heard candidate Higgins was kind of an ass.

Hah, I came to post Link as soon as I saw the headline. From almost every entry in the franchise, we know he spends most of his down time sleeping. Doesn’t get more low maintenance that.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think TNR should be a staff writer here?

Sounds like you’ve been talking to a lot of men in unhealthy relationships. I’ve never had this problem, and most women I’ve spoken to have said they often aren’t in the mood until their mate takes action to get them in the mood. Of course, there’s plenty of time where someone doesn’t want to be put in the mood, and…

This seems incredibly optimistic. I voted Sanders in the primary and Clinton in the general, and watched us lose both times. And the other day I voted Wisniewski in NJ’s primary for governor, and watched the Dem-backed former Goldman Sachs exec win. I have very little hope for a progressive awakening. I’m going to…

This is why I prefer percentiles. It’s harder to game them. Either you’re a 0.1% player or you’re a scrub. ;)

Yeah, that’s the part that scares me. How would you even enforce this? It’s relatively easy to prove if he gets paid for it, you can trace the money. I’d be more comfortable if they could order him to destroy the material, but that would still be difficult to enforce. If it shows up on some porn site, can you prove…