boatswain

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[–] boatswain 2 points 1 year ago

I'm in the US, and I bike about 6 miles in to the office; with rush hour traffic, it'd probably take me about that long to drive in. Plus, I get some much needed exercise.

[–] boatswain 4 points 1 year ago

Text of an average book is 100,000 letters;

I'm not sure where you're getting that value. The low end of word count for a novel is 50,000. If we say the average word is only 5 characters, we're looking at a quarter million letters and another 50,000 spaces for a short novel (200-250 pages). Throw in some more for punctuation and formatting, of course. If you're a fan of big epic fantasy/sci-fi you're probably closer to a million words.

[–] boatswain 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's a reference to your username

[–] boatswain 3 points 1 year ago

That's a great point, thanks for adding it!

[–] boatswain 1 points 1 year ago
[–] boatswain 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Because I'm not really that invested. The Steam launch will have the effect of making me check it out, so I guess that will at least work as intended.

[–] boatswain 40 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I was really excited about this game when I first heard about it, right up until I learned it was Ubisoft. Their involvement makes me pretty dubious, so I'll wait and see how hard they crank the monetization handle, and also what the reviews look like.

[–] boatswain 2 points 1 year ago

I've frequently not been on boats!

[–] boatswain 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?"

[–] boatswain 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what you mean; Google doesn't have anything to do with LocalSend, do they?

[–] boatswain 7 points 1 year ago

In a similar vein, "not the sharpest spoon in the drawer"

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