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blackwind  ·  3488 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I never do this. Ever......

I came here from that thread too.

blackwind  ·  3489 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hi I reached my 30 book goal for the summer

Damn. This makes me feel bad about my 17 books for the year. Good job.

I'm currently reading The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge. It's about how even into adulthood the human brain isn't in a permanent state and can constantly change.

blackwind  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: As Smoke Blankets Sydney, Australians Brace For Worse Days : The Two-Way : NPR

I looked through #australia and found it, and I'm glad you remembered me.

I don't spend much time on here unfortunately.

blackwind  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: As Smoke Blankets Sydney, Australians Brace For Worse Days : The Two-Way : NPR

Don't worry, I'm nowhere near the fires so I'm safe. You know, I'm surprised you remembered me. I haven't been here in weeks. Thanks for checking up on us though.

blackwind  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When do you get a new dot added to your hubwheel?

Uhhh... can we get collapsing comments too?

blackwind  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: What Was The Last Thing You Made? (Fresh Blood Edition!)

Is theholywombat like /u/awildsketchappeared?

blackwind  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

Definitely that.

blackwind  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Hubski over reddit?

That's what I've heard.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 707 followers WTF

Well I'm liking this place so far. Maybe I'll be staying around. 😃

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Hubski over reddit?

Slower, as in posted content. There is a big difference between 8000 and 70million users.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

I just don't think it's for me. It's why I love Minecraft so much, sure there can be a lot of action where I could be working in a team but other times I could just be standing there talking in chat. I haven't been on there in ages, but there was this server I went to practice my German and most of my time was spent just talking in chat or me listening to them speak in Teamspeak. I just don't see that happening in Dota 2...

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

Hey, I have 2 games running right now, I must be twice as dirty.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Hubski over reddit?

And it's so much calmer here.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

You can never stop. You have to get more cookies, the Grandmas must be appeased!

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

There's no shame in enjoying a fun simple game.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When do you get a new dot added to your hubwheel?

Now I'm still a new member, but I see nothing wrong with a way to donate some money if someone likes the site. As long as it's not obnoxious it should be fine.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When do you get a new dot added to your hubwheel?

What kind of features?

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Hubski over reddit?

I think a lot of people joined Hubski today because of that thread. I know I did.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: P3

So I have to ask, what was it like living in Germany? Can you speak German?

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

I actually have two games open right now, one where I didn't reset and one where I did reset that also had the new beta. The non reset one has 1 chip and would get about 72 more chips if I reset now, and the reset one has 24 chips and would get another 12 I think. 6.6 billion CPS on the non reset one... I probably should stop playing the game but it's too fun for some reason.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What does zen do?

Adding onto what Zizz said, from what I've read (5 minutes ago) Zen focuses your experience more on browsing and makes it much more relaxed. It does this by removing all the extra details like numbers of followers.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Hubski over reddit?

Althoug I'm really entrenched in reddit (subscribed to 118 subreddits), Hubski is nicer. It's definitely slower, and it feels a lot fresher, I'll just have to wait and see how my experience here turns out.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So what is the Australian population on Hubski like?

I'm from Adelaide, discovered Hubski about 30 minutes ago.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

Ahhh, Dwarf Fortress...

I'm in the middle for DF, every now and then I try it again for a few days, get tutorials open and watch videos, but then I get bored getting everything perfect and planning too much.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

It's scary how much time I've spent playing this game, I've had the game open for 270 hours and have 6.6 billion CPS at the moment

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

Eh, I tried Dota 2 and HoN, but I just can't get into it. It's really stressful and from what I've heard the community is very toxic anyway.

blackwind  ·  3830 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite freeware game?

No. At first yes, but then you start buying things that generate cookies, from cursors to antimatter condensers. You can get upgrades to make these buildings better and to do other stuff. There are also achievements, for things such as cookies baked, buildings owned, etc. Then there's the Grandmapocalypse...

It's scary how much time I've had it open.