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  • _Mantissa@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.world•Cyberpunk patch 2.01 now availableEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So many improvements from when I played back at launch. The one thing that still bothers me is how boring the high difficulty modes are. In the Witcher 3 the tanky enemies encouraged you to research them and build effective counter measures. But tanky enemies in cyberpunk just feel like a chore/break the immersion. Instead of encouraging you to explore more of what the game has to offer, it limits you by making some play styles essentially obsolete. Def recommend lower difficulties and just focusing on enjoying the story and feeling like a god. I hope difficulty is the next thing they rework

  • _Mantissa@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generationEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d maybe even add a ban for in-home use around children under a child abuse clause. Very hard to enforce of course but I can think of some meaningful ways to make it not worth the risk for most people.

    I’m also quite biased in the opposite direction. I just quit (4 months) vaping and have had some strong opinions that my own stupid choices should be mine alone. I draw a hard line when my choices become your consequences.

    But frankly, us both being biased in opposite directions and still agreeing on potentially meaningful bans just tells me that it should be easier to get done in a way that might actually be effective.

    One thing that concerns me is how a ban might impact the homeless population. It’s already basically illegal to be homeless in many places and the rates of smokers among the homeless is probably significantly higher. It could end up being yet another thing enforcement uses to harass people.

  • _Mantissa@lemmy.worldtoWork Reform@lemmy.world•31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)
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    1 year ago

    incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens

    So, expensive for me who is already completely priced out of ever responsibly having children. We all have a responsibility to the future generations so I’d still vote for it. But oof. It is a tough sell to place even more tax burden on people who will never realize the benefits.

    I know it isn’t a popular opinion but wouldn’t it be cheaper and more beneficial to low income communities to invest in more robust online education? 95% of my public education was from Khan Academy and other learning services/pre-recorded material anyways, even from my amazing above-and-beyond teachers. And it was more effective than a live lecture anyways (as someone with adhd it’s a life saver to be able to rewind when I notice myself drifting away). At a certain point it gets good enough that even good teachers use it as a first pass and then focus in on problem areas/students. It seems a lot more scalable to me. Or better yet, why not both? Fewer teachers of higher quality (read:pay) handling more total students, but with a much lower percentage of students that need individual attention. We pay them like babysitters because that’s how our system is set up to utilize them. Give them the tools to be more effective and tax payers will (might) be a lot more willing to compensate them appropriately. Not to mention the benefit to students who can all move at their own pace rather than at the pace of the slowest student. It also makes remedial material easier for students with special circumstances.