u/SadPhilosopherElan

Disclaimer: I will not share any info about the company I work for, who my customer is, who my carriers are or when this happened. Nor do I intend to shit on my own team for what looks like an honest mistake -- but I would like to vent about it.

Today at work I had to email someone because my customer called me and said they hadn't seen any invoices yet for any of the freight I covered.

I send my team the load data from our TMS and ask about the invoices.

Team responds. We invoiced all of those weeks ago.

I see it's the incorrect email they have on file and send the correct one for invoicing.

And... they loop my customer directly into our conversation, which included my TMS load data with the rates I billed my carriers, and the contact info for every driver and dispatcher I booked to cover my customer's freight.

):<

Ok so I've always wondered this. What is the ideal ratio of basic resource producing planets to factory planets to science/Unity worlds?

I've always used 6:2:1. Lately it's felt like the balance is off, maybe because of one of the patches. I keep running into deficits.

This is assuming each planet has one specific specialization and basic resource planets aren't diversified... of course in real stellaris sometimes planetary buffs and strategic resources require you to re-spec or split a planet's focus

EDIT: Guys I get it. The theory always has to be adapted to the circumstances. Yay nuance! But I really want to examine this question. If it helps, assume a purely theoretical galaxy with uniform planet sizes, an average number of inhabited planets in the empire (not wide or tall really) and a generalist playstyle that doesn't focus or depend on one resource more than any other. Assume this should work without dependence on vassels because the idea is to pin down the right ratio of production for one resource tier to support the next. I have 2500 hours in this game I don't need fortune cookie wisdom about basic game strategy--I want people's takes on how resource production is best distributed for sustainability.

Hi all. This is short post, and mostly for discussion. I don't mean to alienate anyone here -- this is also my first post in this sub, and if I misread the room I apologise and will go elsewhere. But, perhaps you all can help me with a perennial headache of mine:

I constantly find myself in the position of trying to explain herbal medicine to other people who assume I'm talking about traditional folk medicine, pseudoscience or outright magic. They assume I'm going to recommend a sniff of reindeer antler to cure their cancer or something.

How do you explain that's not what you do? That herbal medicine is no different than real medicine, it's just produced using simpler, older techniques, from materials that are usually not as powerful as synthetic or industrially processed compounds? That it's based on science, not chakras or humors or star signs?

I mean no offense to anyone out there who holds some faith in folk medicine. I've had a fair amount of exposure to that as well, and I have been known to practice magic here and there. But these are separate things, and conflating them damages the credibility of real herbal medicine.

As the title says. I'm an avid reader but mostly read fiction these days. Read all the classics in college but find myself increasingly... underinformed or out of touch, I guess, in political, academic or philosophical discussions these days. I'm looking for books that occupy that interesting niche of feeling like 21st century continuations of the western literary Canon. Tried some Zizek and found him completely insufferable and impossible to take seriously (nothing to do with me knowing exactly what his voice sounds like, I promise). I enjoyed some contemporary analytical stuff, including Chalmers, he's great, but i want something a little more grounded in reality and relevant to the world (try explaining the hard problem of consciousness at the dinner table - trust me, it's not a fun experience).

Hi there. Columbusite. I own a sword (this thing is most certainly not a Nihonto or anything historical - probably a backyard beater of the LK Chen variety, I don't know though i got it for $300 at a con) and would like to have it sharpened. Since it is a katana-like sword I'd prefer to have it sharpened by someone familiar with those blades (and I doubt i could just take it to my butcher anyhow).

I've made sure it's not a dangerous sword like object that will fall apart when swung, and do have some basic training with sword use and safety. Want to practice cutting

EDIT: Upvoting all of you because you made me laugh and I needed that... sitting on I70 because my brother's car died and my car couldn't jump it and it's boiling out here lol

Ok so the skinny is, I'm rolling up a character for a campaign starting at 5th level with 3 other players. Right now we have:

Dragonborn fey wanderer ranger

Halfling archfey warlock (pact uncertain)

Half elf tempest cleric

...and me. My chatacter is a former soldier, a battlefield commander who's returning from retirement in his old age to try and bring this lot together for a quest. I'm trying to choose either vengeance paladin or battlemaster fighter. Recs on which fits better with this party comp? I feel like battlemaster is slightly more in tune with his concept but I know it's weaker overall. Also, having CHA secondary works well with inspiring leader which i want him to have.

Ask my any questions if I left something out. Probably won't be a super combat heavy campaign, likely will have to carry some rp weight myself bc the other characters... won't.

Both ankles. Nowhere else. Mildly itchy. Sometimes itches more. Sometimes not at all or not noticeable. Seems to have very slowly spread (had it for 6 months, maybe a little longer). I unrelatedly have sone eczema on my hands and eyes but it looks different. Any help appreciated

Looking for a used car in the Columbus area. Clean title, no accident damage. Budget is 10k. Lower mileage / higher mpg preferred.