u/Dimensional-Misfit

So i played starfield for around 2 months after release and then dropped it. I was pretty excited for it but at some point i just wasnt having that much fun anymore.

I think what bothered me most was that the world didnt feel as interesting to explore as i expected. I wanted to get lost doing random stuff, finding interesting locations, getting into unexpected situations, but after a while it started feeling kinda repetitive.

I also wonder if the RPG side got any better. More interesting quests, choices that actually matter, better faction stories, anything like that?

I havent kept up with updates or mods at all, so maybe im missing something here.

For people who played it recently, how does it compare to launch? And are there any mods that actually improve the game beyond graphics and cosmetics?

I still like the idea of starfield and would love to enjoy it, just not sure if its worth starting again after all this time.

seriously

we are literally just matter. atoms, cells, chemicals, whatever. and somehow this stuff became aware of itself and now its sitting here asking "why am i alive" and "why does anything exist"

like what the fuck is this situation 😂

everyone just acts like being alive is the most normal thing ever. you wake up, go to work, eat, pay bills, scroll your phone, sleep... nobody stops and goes WAIT A SECOND why is there even something here??

why is there a universe instead of nothing?? nothing would make way more sense to me honestly. no matter, no space, no time, no consciousness, nothing. problem solved lol

but no, somehow there is all this stuff, and inside it theres these little clumps of matter that can actually realize they're clumps of matter and start having existential problems about it

and somehow THAT is considered normal

idk man. sometimes being conscious feels like the weirdest fucking thing that could possibly have happened

does anyone else get kinda creeped out by the absurd itself?

i've been thinking about this lately and what really gets me isnt just "life has no meaning"

its the fact that we are literally matter that somehow became conscious and is now asking for a reason for being here

like... somehow atoms and cells turned into something that can look around and think "why am i here? why is there anything at all?"

and the universe just... doesnt answer lol

thats the part i find so fucking strange. not even that there might be no meaning, but that we are the kind of creatures that NEED to ask for one

and then theres the whole something instead of nothing thing, which honestly makes my brain hurt

why is there a universe at all?? wouldnt nothing be the most normal outcome? no matter, no time, no consciousness, literally nothing. nobody there to even notice

but instead here we are, this weird little clump of matter, somehow conscious, somehow able to understand that its conscious, and somehow bothered by the fact that it exists

maybe thats what Camus means by the absurd, but when i actually think about it without turning it into a philosophy concept it feels almost creepy

like reality somehow produced something inside itself that can look back at reality and ask what the fuck its doing here

Does anyone else find the fact that we're conscious kinda absurd in a way thats almost creepy?

I don't mean just "life has no meaning" because thats been said a million times.

I mean the actual weirdness of the situation.

We're literally matter. atoms, cells, chemicals, whatever... and somehow this stuff became conscious enough to stop and ask why it exists.

Like, matter is somehow questioning its own existence.

We have this ridiculous situation where a tiny part of the universe is sitting inside the universe going "why is there a universe?" and "why am i here?"

and then theres the whole why is there something instead of nothing thing...

wouldnt absolute nothing be the less strange option? no space, no time, no matter, no consciousness, nothing. There wouldnt even be anyone there to wonder about it.

but somehow there is something. and somehow this something produced these weird little biological things that can notice it and start asking questions about the whole thing lol

idk, maybe thats basically the absurd itself. the fact that we're here demanding an explanation from something that never promised us one.

I just find the whole situation really fucking strange when you actually stop taking existence for granted.

does anyone else ever think about how fucking weird it is that we are alive?

not even in the usual "what is the meaning of life" way, i mean the actual fact that we are here at all.

we are basically just matter, right? atoms, cells, chemicals etc, and somehow this matter is conscious now. its looking around and asking why its alive, what its supposed to do, why there is a universe, why there is something instead of nothing...

like what the fuck lol

sometimes i think the really creepy part isnt death or even the idea that life has no purpose. its that some random piece of matter somehow became aware enough to ask these questions.

why isnt there just nothing?

no people, no animals, no planets, no space, no time, nothing. and that would be completely normal because there would be nobody there to notice it.

but instead there is all this stuff, and somehow im one of the little pieces of matter inside it that can sit here and think "why am i here?"

idk. maybe im just overthinking it, but when you stop for a second and dont take being alive as the default, existence starts feeling really fucking strange.

I've been listening to Adam Borsage lately and I'm looking for more stuff with a similar vibe.

It's kinda hard to explain lol. Weird/unusual instruments, eerie melodies, kinda homemade/DIY sounding, but still really beautiful and musical.

I'm not necessarily looking for "bad" music or super abstract noise, just that weird outsider feeling where you can tell the person is doing their own thing.

Any recommendations?

Hey guys. im finishing a trip with some friends and we fly out on the 31st. We are staying in Asakusabashi right now. We already did all the heavy lifting in Kansai and saw like a million shrines, did the Golden gai thing, osaka castle and all the typical stuff. Got 5 full days left in Tokyo and kinda burned out on temples tbh. We where thinking about Nikko or maybe hitting some festival like the Koenji one but we are open to whatever. Any hidden gems or weird experiences we shouldnt miss before leaving? Thx in advance

Hey guys. Solo traveler currently in Tokyo and looking for some realistic advice on checking out Yoshiwara as a first-timer with zero Japanese. I know the golden rule about steering completely clear of street touts in Kabukicho, so I'm looking strictly at established spots in Yoshiwara that are openly foreigner-friendly, like Y-Shirts to Watashi.

I just want to avoid awkward communication breakdowns at the door or unintentionally messing up local etiquette. For anyone who went recently, is booking through their website beforehand pretty much required, or can you just walk in during daytime hours without getting turned away? Also curious how smooth the check-in actually goes relying on Google Translate and whether all foreigner surcharges are laid out upfront before heading to the room. Appreciate any straightforward advice from people who've done it.

Anyone else running into a continuous on/off charging loop with the INIU 45W P41 bank and a Pixel 9?

The integrated cable works completely fine with every other phone I've plugged it into, but on the Pixel 9 it connects for half a second, drops, reconnects, and repeats forever.

Since the Pixel requires PPS, is this just a known controller firmware flaw on the P41 where it fails the handshake, or is the built-in cable just missing proper E-marker specs? Looking to see if anyone fixed this by just using an external cable on the second port before I return the unit

Hey everyone,

Running into an annoying issue with my Pixel 9 and an INIU P41 45W power bank (the model with the built-in USB-C cable).

Whenever I plug it in, it enters an endless connect/disconnect cycle. It triggers the charging icon for a second, drops connection, reconnects, and repeats in a loop.

A few things I've already tested:

My Pixel 9 charges totally fine with normal wall PD chargers.

The power bank charges my friend's phone without any issues using the exact same built-in cable.

Disabled Adaptive Charging / Charging Optimization and Battery Saver—no luck.

Flipped the USB-C plug orientation, tried plugging in while phone is turned off/rebooting—still loops.

Looks like a strict PPS/PD handshake failure between Google's power controller and the INIU chip over the integrated cable. Has anyone encountered this specific combo? Did using a separate C-to-C cable in the female USB-C port solve it for you, or is the power bank controller just fundamentally bugged with Pixel 9s?

Yo. My Cloudstream setup on Android TV is a mess and everything feels dead. Instead of just throwing massive repository links at me, can you tell me which specific extensions inside those repos are actually working and scraping good links right now?

I mostly use it for Anime and western TV series/movies. I have no interest in live TV, IPTV, or sports plugins. I just want stable scrapers that work well with Android TV navigation and external players.

Which individual extensions are your current go-to for clean streams and decent subtitle sources? Let me know which repo they belong to as well so I can pull them.

Cheers.

Yo. My Cloudstream setup on Android TV is a mess and everything feels dead. Instead of just throwing massive repository links at me, can you tell me which specific extensions inside those repos are actually working and scraping good links right now?

I mostly use it for Anime and western TV series/movies. I have no interest in live TV, IPTV, or sports plugins. I just want stable scrapers that work well with Android TV navigation and external players.

Which individual extensions are your current go-to for clean streams and decent subtitle sources? Let me know which repo they belong to as well so I can pull them.

Cheers.

Hey everyone,

I need a specific plugin recommendation for a web design module I’m teaching through a public employment program. My students are absolute beginners, mostly between 45 and 65 years old. They have zero IT background and get overwhelmed very easily by jargon.

The curriculum requires me to showcase some basic AI capabilities inside WordPress (generating a short paragraph of text, adjusting a layout, or placing a basic image). However, I am desperate to avoid the administrative nightmare of external setups.

I do not want a plugin where students have to:

Go to OpenAI, Claude, or any third-party site to create an account.

Generate, copy, and paste API keys into the WordPress dashboard.

Deal with credit card screens for "free trial credits."

Half the class will get locked out of their emails just trying to find verification codes, and we will easily waste two hours of class time troubleshooting registration errors instead of actually learning WordPress.

Are there any reliable, free, or freemium plugins out there that have basic AI content features working right out of the box immediately after clicking "Activate"? Something built straight into the block editor or a standalone widget that gives them that "wow" moment without any backend connections or API keys?

Any leads would be a lifesaver for my classroom management. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for tool recommendations from anyone who deploys AI solutions for non-technical users or clients.

I’m currently running a WordPress training module for a public employment program. My students are absolute beginners (mostly aged 45–65) with massive digital literacy gaps. The curriculum requires me to demonstrate basic AI assistant capabilities directly inside the WP Block Editor (generating copy, modifying text tone, basic layout assistance).

Here is my absolute dealbreaker: I cannot have my students set up individual API keys or register on third-party AI platforms.

If I try to guide 20 tech-phobic seniors through navigating the OpenAI/Anthropic developer dashboards, setting up accounts, bypassing 2FA, and copying/pasting secret tokens into WordPress, the entire session will collapse into administrative troubleshooting. Half of them barely remember their email passwords.

I am looking for a plugin that has completely abstracted the infrastructure away for the end-user. Essentially a wrapper that handles the backend connection on their own servers, offering a free/freemium native experience immediately upon clicking "Activate" in WordPress. Just clean, plug-and-play block integration with no API setup screens.

Does a tool like this exist in the current ecosystem, or is everyone still forcing end-users to bring their own API keys? Any leads would be a lifesaver for my classroom management. Thanks!

Hey everyone, I need some pedagogical advice for a class I’m currently running. I’m teaching a practical web module to a group of absolute beginners through a local public employment program. Most of my students are between 45 and 65 years old, and they face a massive digital divide. No background in IT, web dev, or servers.

I’ve been managing the technical side by translating everything into everyday analogies like explaining security plugins as a physical door lock or SEO as a billboard on a main street. It’s been working great to keep their anxiety down, but now the curriculum requires me to introduce AI tools inside WordPress.

I am absolutely dreading the logistics of this. I want to avoid the nightmare of having them register on third-party platforms, setting up OpenAI/Claude API keys, or dealing with credit card fields for "free trial credits." Half of them will get locked out of their emails just trying to find a verification code, and we'll easily waste two hours of class time on administrative troubleshooting.

Have any of you taught AI concepts to this demographic? How do you give them that "wow" moment of seeing AI assist with text, layouts, or images inside a CMS without getting bogged down in complex setups? Are there any plug-and-play tools that don't require external API keys just to run a basic classroom demo? I'd love to hear how you structure your lessons to keep tech anxiety low when the topic sounds intimidating. Thanks!

Hey everyone. I need a specific plugin recommendation for a web design module I’m teaching through a public employment program.

My students are absolute beginners (mostly 45 to 65+ years old). They have zero background in IT or servers. Tech anxiety in the classroom is massive. I’ve been teaching them the basics of WordPress 7.0 using real-world analogies, but now the curriculum requires me to showcase AI integration.

We are working on live shared hosting where each student has their own sandbox domain. I need to demonstrate basic AI capabilities directly inside the block editor—specifically generating a paragraph of text, adjusting a simple layout, or placing an image.

Here is my absolute dealbreaker: I cannot use any tool that requires them to leave WordPress.

I desperately want to avoid plugins where students have to:

Go to a third-party site (like OpenAI or Claude) to create an account.

Generate, copy, and paste secret API keys.

Deal with credit card screens to unlock "free trial credits".

Half the class will get locked out of their emails just trying to find verification codes. We will easily waste two hours of class time troubleshooting registration errors instead of actually learning the CMS.

Does anyone know of a dummy-proof, freemium or free plugin that works right out of the box the second they click "Activate"? I just need a simple wrapper tool that gives them that "wow" moment without causing a collective tech panic over infrastructure. Cheers.

I am paying for the Gemini pro. Perhaps because of this it is even more frustrating

I need to talk about this massive contradiction. You ask Gemini about a recent sports match or an ongoing political event. Half the time it hits you with a generic error saying it cannot search for that in real-time or that the topic is restricted. We are talking about Google's flagship AI. The company literally owns the core search infrastructure of the web.

Then you hop over to Claude. You ask the exact same question about current events and it pulls the information without breaking a sweat. It feels completely broken. How does an AI built by Anthropic handle real-time web retrieval better than the AI built by the search giant itself?

Is Google just paralyzed by legal fears and hallucination risks? I find it mind-boggling that Gemini fails to utilize its own ecosystem for basic daily queries.

Hey, I'm trying to find a Korean song that has a really distinct harmonica sound. There's a scene in the music video where someone hugs a tree. The artist wears glasses throughout the video and also changes into a lot of different, colorful outfits. Does anyone happen to know which song this is? Thanks for your help!

Hey guys, running into the classic boot logo freeze on my RG40XX H running Knulli Firefly (2024-12-04). The card is a solid SanDisk, so it's a software/driver conflict. I understand that newer screen revisions on this handheld break the old Firefly build, and since the OTA doesn't bridge over to the new Scarab release, a clean flash is required due to the major partition table changes.

My main concern is migration. I have a single card setup with 150GB of curated roms and tons of in-game saves. Since I can't boot the device to use a network share, how would you guys handle this backup from a Windows PC? Which third-party ext4 readers are safest to cherry-pick the roms and saves folders without risking data corruption?

Once I back everything up, flash Scarab, and drop the folders back in, will the new firmware pick up the legacy saves without issues? Lastly, does the Scarab release definitely include the patched drivers for the revised RG40XX H displays to fix this exact hang? Thanks a ton!