@paco @BenAveling it is just a stupid electronic device

[dashrb@mstdn.social]

@paco sadly, Amazon has done a fantastic job with the logistics of shipping, delivery (home? Work? Locker at the local retailer?), and notifications (“your package is 10 stops away!” “Your package was delivered 3 seconds ago and here’s a photo of it”). It’s actually kind of amazing. Too bad they’re also fascist oligarchs.

[stompyrobot@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@paco it's almost as if Amazon is actually doing some things right?

[bhaugland@mastodon.social]

@paco Marketing has no morals. Its all about the money.

[civfanatics@mstdn.games]

@paco it's all about "practicing" at the end ;).
#OneMoreTurn

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@civfanatics

For sure. If at first you don’t succeed, keep on sucking til you do succeed.

I think I legit found a bug in the PS5 game. I’m playing Blackbeard and I got to the exploration age and Settler was not a unit in my list. Can’t train, can’t buy, can’t even see it in the list as a unit that isn’t available. It’s literally not in the list. You can’t go far in the game if you can’t make settlers.

I took a bunch of screenshots and plan to post them on a forum later.
#civ7 #civilization7

[civfanatics@mstdn.games]

@paco I'm afraid you didn't check the pirate's special ability (pirates, not blackbeard):
"Settler Units cannot be trained or purchased, but you can capture other civilizations' Settlers" (the ability is longer)

See https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-civ-game-guide-republic-of-pirates-tides-of-power.700455/

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@civfanatics Figures. I thought there might be something like that. Stuff that’s really unintuitive is usually me not understanding how it works. factories got me, too. They require an inventory space in the main inventory.

[osito@mas.erb.pw]

@paco i never even knew it was there. and if i did i wouldn't have known its purpose.

[ferds@metalhead.club]

@paco very cool article, thanks for sharing

[diazona@techhub.social]

@Osito @paco I also had spent many years driving cars before I learned that the purpose of this arrow. And I didn't have my own car for a lot of that time, I would use rentals or rideshare cars, which makes it extra tragic I didn't know about the arrow

[rainerku@mastodontech.de]

@paco There are only few slots left in automobile museums for combustion cars, where fuel-junkies can enjoy time travel into their youth.

[flq@freiburg.social]

@paco somebody has to invent it *again* for #BEV because engineers sometimes are stupid like that

[mcmullin@musicians.today]

@paco
Not only did I not know who invented this or what it’s called, I never noticed it at all—could have saved myself a lot of trouble if I did!

[magsamond@mastodon.ie]

@paco I wonder how/if it will evolve for e-cars with inlets at front/back?

[astrashe@mas.to]

@paco I live in a dense city, don't own a car, but rent them every now and then. So I use these arrows every time I put gas in a car.

[thechris@norden.social]

@magsamond @paco It hasn't so far. My PHEV has the charging flap on left and a traditional fuel flap on the right. Arrow only for fuel, electricity you need to figure out for yourself.

[thechris@norden.social]

@paco I have only ever owned cars with the fuel tank flap on the right, so I never even noticed there was an arrow until someone pointed it out to me.

[cys@ohai.social]

@paco @briankrebs It took someone at a manufacturer to make such a small but perfect change and even get credit for it.

[cys@ohai.social]

@magsamond @paco Back around 1960 there were several cars with the gas cap hidden behind the rear license plate.

[martinvermeer@fediscience.org]

@paco Nice to know... and especially useful for rentals. Unless the rental is a Toyota RAV4. Then, figure out how to open it _before_ driving off...

How to Open the Gas Tank on a Toyota RAV4 (w/ Photos)

So, you’re having trouble opening the gas cap on a Toyota RAV4... Luckily, we've broken down the steps with photos.

RAV4Resource (rav4resource.com)