When did HN become a repository for sub-par Tony Robbins pap?
Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
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Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#32Small things that should be mentioned about this game, so far i have played; - Multiplayer is the only option you can select. - There is no pause button. - Your character is truly random selected so expect anything. - There is only one map which is way too big, I haven't had time to go most of the places yet but not complaining. - You only have one chance to survive the game, no 'save the state' option. It is a uniqu…
> Your character is truly random selected so expect anything. Actually no, it's more like PRNG. Which stands for Predictably Random Natural Genetic. Lack of save state is really bad though. Also humans are hard to grasp. Really poor UI.
I think you're right that life's character selection is a random number generator that is in some ways predictable. But I think PRNG usually stands for Pseudo Random Number Generator, which in this context seems different. Almost as if you waited long enough, the same people would start appearing again...
Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think some crossing [of fingers] might be in order. HN has a weird hatred of Quora, so if anyone ever finds out how internet-famous you are there, there could be trouble!
Sorry – "crossing"?
crossing of fingers. I probably could have worded that better...
Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#34Is this supposed to be a joke or there are people who really do think that they have figured out the simple rules of how to lead a good life?
Maybe I'm just becoming old, but I already hate this kind of arrogance.
Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#35How many of you clicked on the 'PRESS START' and then started to wonder if it's actually a key and realized you have no idea what you are doing like life itself. Only 19,345 days remaining in your life (assuming there's no way to extend life beyond 80 in my life time and still be solid) how depressing is that? The only thing that now makes sense is go full out Skyrim, raids and pillaging, indulging in hedonism and a…
"How many of you clicked on the 'PRESS START' and then started to wonder if it's actually a key and realized you have no idea what you are doing like life itself."
I clicked, but just because I wanted to make sure I don't miss an easter egg or something.
Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#36Every time I see an article like this I just want to grab the readers and shout "Read a philosophy book!" to them[1]. Literally every point in every article on how to live a happy life was being made by the likes of Seneca and Aristotle thousands of years ago, and there are good reasons why those writers are still the foundation for philosophy today - they were right. [1] I would recommend something like "Philosophy…
Agreed, and I'd like to add that there's a reason why a few thousand years after Aristotle (and the rest) we still don't know a good recipe for a happy/whatever life.
Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#37I am curious. Are video games such an influential component of American twenty something year olds that every fucking thing has to be couched in terms of gaming lingo? I see this shit on Reddit all the time and it baffles me.
Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#38Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#39The first 15 years or so of life are just tutorial missions, which suck. There’s no way to skip these.
Umm... right. Seriously? That's all the advice this guy has on the first 15 years of life?
Reading the rest, it doesn't look like he has much of use to say about anything else either.
Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
#40Enjoyed all of this aside from the "finding a partner" section. Finding a partner is trivial, keeping that partner is the hard part. Unless you want to keep finding new partners all the time (some do).
Finding the right partner isn't trivial.
Maybe it's blasphemy for me to say this, but in my life it's been a lot harder to start a relationship than to keep one. Relationship books say that you have to work just as hard to keep one but that's nonsense. I don't need to buy my spouse flowers constantly or go on dates every weekend. (But surprise flowers are always a good idea.)