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Cake day: August 8th, 2023

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  • I did a ~60 hour playthrough and completed every quest I could find without a guide. I didn’t 100% the game or collect all of the possible loot, but I came fairly close. I enjoyed most things about the game, though I do wish more choices from previous games mattered. Anyway, here’s my rambling thoughts on it!

    The combat is very different, but after a bit I really started to enjoy it (I did play as a mage, idk what the other classes feel like to play as I have not gone back for a replay yet).

    As for the dialogue, it felt very Dragon Age to me, though I mostly choose the sarcastic options (purple Hawke is my favorite). I didn’t find it particularly bland, same with the voice acting. Sure, the dialogue writing isn’t Baldur’s Gate 3 good, but I didn’t think it was bad either. It really reminded me a lot of DA1, especially after jumping right into a DA1 play after I beat it.

    There’s one kinda mediocre scene regarding one of the character’s queerness (pushups lol) but I didn’t hate it, and as a trans person myself, all of the queer focused scenes were very believable. People go “oh my god they’re beating us over the head with queerness”, which like, yeah they are, because that’s literally how it can go in real life with people who are refusing to acknowledge or accept your identity.

    The amount of lore that gets revealed made going back to the first 3 really interesting (I did a fresh playthrough of each but didn’t quite finish Inquisition as I got distracted by Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous)!

    It also might help that I romanced Solas in DAI several times, and really enjoyed getting more of him (even if he made me angry at him a lot in this one).


  • In their defense, 3.5 years before the next election is the time to start trying to push for better candidates. If we end up with “will slap you in the face” vs “will shoot you in the face” again though, voting for the slap is obviously the smarter move.

    I’m disgusted by most of the current Democratic party, but they’re an order of magnitude less disgusting than literally any of the Republicans, so when it comes down to it, I’ll hold my nose and vote for the party that has a mathematical possibility of winning and is less gross.




  • Is the IP address you’re trying to connect to correct? It’ll either be one assigned by Docker, or it’ll just the the IP address of your host machine.

    On your Ubuntu host, type “ip addr” (no quotes) in the terminal and try that address. If you have not configured the Ubuntu host’s IP address to be statically assigned, or set up a DHCP reservation for that address you should do that as well so the address doesn’t change in the future.










  • What does “doing well” mean for you? Because I was technically keeping up and completing my tasks at work (no complaints from management, standard raises, generally well liked, etc) but it was a constant struggle and I’d been burnt out for like a year while only being 2 years into the job.

    I had 0 motivation or energy to maintain my life outside of work, I’d just go home and play video games until I went to bed, usually an hour or 2 later than I should have. My living space was a disaster (it’s still a mess but I’ve slowly been improving it since meds started last year, I donated 4 garbage bags full of old clothes this weekend!) and I simply couldn’t bring myself to do anything about it because I was stuck figuring out how to start and massively overwhelmed by it.

    Now, about a year on meds, I’m able to be more proactive instead of mostly reactive at work. I’m slowly reorganizing both my living space at home and my office ar work (there’s a lot to go through!). I’m getting into more creative hobbies again like 3d printing using my almost 3 years neglected printer (and designing my own models to print!) and some small electronics projects!

    Basically, if everything is a struggle to get through, even if you’re technically doing what you need to be, your psych should be receptive to trying meds. If they’re not, finding someone else who will take your struggles and concerns seriously is probably a good idea!