Instead of each player having actions they can make, there is a common board of actions, and there is a competition between players on them.
There is just a touch of randomness, not too much so that it unskilled, but enough so that it's fun.
And it's an interesting game that is above the usual pandemic and other basic games, but easy to explain and understand so you can play with casual friends, unlike stuff like ark nova that you can only enjoy with fellow nerds.
In fact, you can play with kids. They can't win, but they are happy growing plants and caring for their sheeps.
As long as a `-P profilenamehere` argument is specified, that dialog doesn't pop up (that's why I said "I barely ever see the profile management dialogue"). Just edit the default Firefox shortcut to have a `-P default` argument in its command section, and you can avoid the profile selection dialog.
I reflexively swiped left when the inevitable newsletter modal started to appear at the bottom, so didn’t finish reading the article, but would like to know what gave you the dystopian vibe?
Spoiler alert: It turns out they were fulfilling a Babylonian prophecy the whole time. The whole development cycle was a complicated sacrifice to Marduk.
They lost a bit of their glam when moved from 24" racks to 19" ones so that the datacenter people could hide these beauties in warehouse sized facilities instead of being proudly displayed at corporate headquarters ;-)
Have you considered using the same Proxy or VPN? I work remotely and sometimes access services through a VPN based in the country my coworkers are at specifically to avoid this kind of annoyance.
This is a great idea, although the boss is pretty technically challenged so getting him set up on it might be interesting. It's been extremely difficult just to teach him to use LastPass.
There are also a number of browser extensions which may be easier to set up and use for non-technical folks, for example FoxyProxy seems to offer one. I've never tried any myself, though.
I've always found it hard to get the Nginx config right and have at times done the following:
1. Run Nginx (or OpenResty in my case) in Docker
2. Have the config files in a volume
3. Have a script (Python, Bash or anything else) which watches the config files for changes, then first runs `nginx -s reload` in the Nginx container, and then executes a number of unit tests
For Emacs users there's also an nginx-mode which makes a bit more pleasant to edit the config files.
I've been doing this as well, but I specifically try to come up with good questions and add those. Usually at the time I add the question as a flashcard, I don't know the answer yet, so I leave that field blank. Later on every time the flash card shows up, I refine the answer and return to the textbook if necessary. I find that the effort required to come up with interesting questions is very beneficial to the learning process by itself.
I also sometimes include the name of the book and page numbers so I can quickly return to the relevant section.
