Xraygoggles

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[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

You'd think they'd standardize them since $6 for that little thing probably has huge margin!

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Looking at it, I think you might get lucky and your flashlight will fit the same tail cap magnet as the smaller A series.

https://www.rovyvon.com/products/ra30-magnetic-tail-base

If not, neodymium magnets come in lots of shapes and the strongest glue that doesn't eat plastic

EDIT: nevermind I see yours doesn't have the little ridges, would have to file yours a little at a minimum and do real measurements.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm looking at it. And I found my receipt for the game from a year earlier so I couldn't have used it. But it's been so long and that's not a trivial amount of money I'd want to be sure somehow before I wasted anybody's time.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I got a Rocket League key from 2016, why in the world would anyone want that? Can I see if it's redeemed without using it? If you want to broker for a cut send me a DM and we can start figuring out what's in here, I probably have other things too.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Do you know any particular ones worth looking for? I remember swearing I had a code for Pico 8 and it was such a pain to wade through to find it. Might be worth the slog again to see if I had some valuable keys, been buying these things for awhile.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago

I think of this reviewer as being someone who deeply loves this franchise but just ground the previous game into powder. This new release is their only opportunity to revisit the franchise they love. Despite being very disappointed, it still beats not playing in that world.

For someone like me, I think this is a helpful and honest review. There are many reasons for larger play time that are unrelated to game quality. I don't personally consider it to be an indicator. I think I already also have issues with using it as a measure like $/h. It sort of seems problematic to always be asking "how long will this entertain me?". I feel like we should be valuing other aspects more highly.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Great job with paean. Thanks for teaching me a new word.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Works for me, but I'm biased because that guy writes phenomenal short stories.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Spot on, this is also referred to as Goodhart's Law.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess it's not helpful to just post that I loved this one. But I did, so I'll try to write a little more.

It was a slow burn, first pass was quick. I went back through it a few times getting more detail out of each repetition. The text formatting with no line breaks was a wonderful choice. Dealing with loss, impermanence, and the encroachment of universal truths. All of this either so overwhelming or inescapable that it's immune to modern distraction based coping mechanisms. Or that they've become such a crutch we don't know how else to manage them. Love how the title is just a nudge of meaning, a lever to my own interpretation that like the rest sinks in as you spend time with it.

Just great stuff. Thanks.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the additional detail, this is a really interesting project.

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