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[–] Neato@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

Bayonetta is my only exception for this. Because she's got guns in them heels. Also because her character clearly wants them.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

That said, I'll usually always play a male character in a Souls title, because [insert valid reason for inconsistency here.]

I often do this when I want the character to mesh with the build. If I'm playing a character with a great shield and giant hammer, I'll want a big beefy character that is often easier to create in game as a male body. And when I play a quick assassin, I often pick female. It's like the opposite of how anime weapons work.

FYI: as someone I think would like incongruent in girl mode, I went as Dr Frankenfurter (creation scene, was cold) for Halloween this year and went all out: full makeup, fishnets, shaved legs, 4" platform heels, etc. It was very fun and could be a good entry into what you might want to do. Also: you can always dress up at home just for yourself.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

I play in 2 games and run 1. As a player I play both characters who share my gender and one that doesn't. At the table I run there's a guy who plays a woman, and used to be another.

It's never caused issues or confusion. So for anyone interested in playing like this, feel free to do so! For pronouns I've also found success in referring to characters instead of players with names unless explicitly talking to the player, but that's easier as a GM.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago

I don't relate with masculine characters at all. No idea why as I don't identify as a woman. I have very little association or ownership of my gender.

Also character creators traditionally don't have a ton of options beyond the binary. Hair, pronoun options tend to be most of the extent.

Also feminine bodies tend to be more interesting. More curves and interesting shapes while a lot of masculine bodies are rendered as blocky.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Didn't we use things like irc in the past?

[–] Neato@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Most travelers won't want to learn a new rail system. They'll probably just get a cab at the stand.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah. I was pretty sure the dude in the big hat that was they only direct link to God was infallible.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (7 children)

That you don't know what the term means?

[–] Neato@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Only call the cops if you're 100% OK with anyone involved and around being killed. I.e. you're already under threat of death.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To pull this off, the Raspberry Pi is programmed to act as a router. Any lookups that are associated with Google’s push service are redirected to a nonexistent IP and blocked from reaching your phone. When the mailbox door is opened and you place a phone inside, an ESP-32 is activated which sends a notification to the Pi that it’s okay to allow push notifications through.

I'm not well versed in networking, but this reads to me as it blocks and sends all notifications to the void and then while in the box the Pi allows new ones through.

The question then is do push notifications need an ACK and if they fail to receive one do they try again? I know cell carriers can tell when you're out of connection and can delay notifications and packets until you reconnect but this is slightly different.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

With how this routes push notifications to an invalid IP, will they be resent or are they lost? When you put your phone is the box will you get all your missed notifications or just ones coming in while it's in the box?

Also your guests will think their phone is broken or your Wi-Fi is down.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Musk HATES hates public transportation. Which is weird because he's in a private jet when he travels anyways.

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