oh absolutely, lots of intensely creative indie game devs out there... it's just that nobody else has the clout and goodwill needed to get the money to make something as ambitious, high profile and patently fucking weird as Death Stranding, or even the MGS games when you think about it, except for Kojima lol
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whether or not you like his games, you gotta admit that Kojima is one of the guys with the craziest, most unique ideas in the industry... I don't think there's anybody else that comes even close when you're talking about triple-A games
as his private oncologist, I believe I also need a week or even two away from work
the good old "starve the beast" strategy, but in this case starving the beast is honestly humane for the beast considering the kind of food it would get in the UK
It is! I'm a sucker for hard sci-fi, and I would have been even happier if there were some stuff happening in space, orbital mechanics is my jam
I just finished Dan Abnett's The Magos, and it was actually pretty fucking rad, the best Abnett WH40K novel I've read (actually, listened to the audiobook) so far (I read Xenos, Hereticus and Malleus and this one was vastly superior)
Now I'm reading Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, and it's pretty dope too, but also at times as dry as the dust storms it describes. Very good hard sci-fi, which is something I do enjoy immensely.
Next, I'll go from WH40K slop to a bit of proper literature, something very grown-up, Grande Sertão: Veredas, by Guimarães Rosa, a great classic of Brazilian literature that I've been meaning to tackle for a very long time.
fifty years in the future, a young, blue eyed, Brazilian man named Tiago Hassenfelder von Schaftenburg, born in Santa Catarina, records a TikTok video with his corneal camera connected to his neuralink V5 chip, as he detonates a tactical nuke in downtown Manaus, following orders from president Jair Bolsonaro Neto:
"obrigado por tudo, Deus! essa é a terra dos meus antepassados🙏🙏🙏"
Yeah, I think the most relevant part is finding what works for you! I like using my gooseneck, scale with timer and fancy grinder, and at this point it's kind of a ritual for me, I suppose. I like the added intentionality in consuming coffee, the ritual and effort makes things feel more meaningful to me, somehow.
Ahaha yeah, I wasn't sure if it was like chemical or chime. Thanks!
AeroPress looks like the sort of thing I am gonna splash all over my kitchen walls, floor and counter
That would suck, right? Boy am I glad that has never happened to me, not even once!
Edit: Also, how do you say "Chemex"? Is it like kemex or tchemex?
That's true, the bigger the company selling you your coffee, the less likely it is that they'll make sure that their beans are properly sourced. I suppose that's true for all economies of scale, and coffee is no different.
This is where I usually get my coffee beans: https://www.latitudescoffees.com.br/ they do a lot (or so they say) to ensure that they're getting their products from small scale operations, quality over quantity. As I said before, there are plenty of farmers' co-ops doing lots of great work. Not saying that the Brazilian agricultural industry is nice and ethical - it absolutely isn't, by and large. I do think there's lots of folks doing good work out there, though!
Next time you're shopping for coffee, see if you can find any traceable options! I think that's slowly becoming a kind of standard.
yeah but then someone will have to take care of the -1/12 of a dead person... who's going to raise that orphaned child of abstract immaterial math?