Skunk

@Skunk@jlai.lu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Kerbal Space Program

  I’m well above a thousand hours on the first game. Then all my flying sims (MSFS, Xplane, DCS, Elite Dangerous) also have a very high hour count. But for civilian airliners most of those hours are spent AFK in cruise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't we have cool vending machines in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  lol, I only know the selecta ones but I’ll try the wurstaumat next time I’m in the german part of the ruesti.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't we have cool vending machines in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trust and respect are some of the core principles in Swiss education and society. There are those well known newspapers stands that always amaze tourists. They are not locked nor monitored but people still pay for the newspaper.

  For the restaurants it can be true but most places will know what you had only because the cash register system works like that (like they take the order on a phone that automatically sends everything to the kitchen and till). It’s mostly because all the systems available on the market works like that.

  But as everywhere, things are changing for the worse, there’s more and more violence, disrespect etc.

  Fun fact, I once had French friends visiting and they saw a field where you can take fruits yourself, weight them and pay the according price. No human supervision, no cameras. They were amazed and told me “In France we wouldn’t pay for the fruits, steal the money box AND the weighting machine”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't we have cool vending machines in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is most likely the right answer.

  I’m in Switzerland and we have vending machines (not as cool as the Japanese ones tho) because we walk past them everyday.

  They are generally on the pavement near post offices, at train stations and other large public transportation places.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data is a plural⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a French accent so I say data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you recommend any of the Star Trek games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not Star Trek but heavily inspired, Starship Simulator seems to be the perfect Star Trek sim with scientific exploration in mind.

  It’s not even an Alpha at the moment but there is a demo that made me fall in love with the project in less than 3 minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they wrote “learn” with quotation marks so… 🤷🏻‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know that’s why I’m staying with that brand. I am just looking for another model, I probably don’t need all the fuss features of the top of the line model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s true. I was looking at a Zojirushi rice cooker

  One of its selling point is: ‘Advanced fuzzy logic technology with AI (Artificial Intelligence) “learns” and adjusts the cooking cycle to get perfect results’

  I immediately said no thanks and looked for another model without that, and probably cheaper. It’s a rice cooker FFS!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grayzone Warfare?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I play it since launch and it is not laggy (if it becomes laggy just change server). It had some connection problems at first but nothing too bad, you just had to retry once or twice.

  The major problems players complained were not enough helicopters spawn use to “fast travel” around the map (leading to queues of people waiting for an airlift or just walking to destination) and some AI having god sight and shooting you in bushes.

  There’s been several updates and the roadmap is public.

  I enjoy the game but I play very slowly, I still haven’t unlocked everything. The missions are nice, I like walking in the nature to enjoy the scenery and snipe people.

  I like that it is PVE or PVPVE. Other players are usually helpful and talks on the proximity chat (at least on pve) so you can be a lone wolf and participate in a more difficult assault with randoms passing by.

  I’d say look at some YouTube reviews but be aware, some of those players finished the game in 48 hours and are complaining that they have nothing left to do (duh) so they want updates (which are coming).

  If I hadn’t already I would definitely buy the game, maybe not on full price.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deep Sports Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Winning the game should help Canada’s chances to win the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do aircraft carrying live animals have "cabin crew"⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ziggurat is correct. The flight ABD4592 was a cargo B747 (registration TF-AMM)

  I can’t find cabin pictures but those cargo are loaded with huge pallets, for live animals it’s the same type but adapted, kind of a big metal box but equipped with a door, probably a window and some food/water. At least one human is supervising the cabin but it could be more according to regulations (if it’s the same as for pax) or simply how much the client is willing to pay ?

  So the pilots knew it via the aircraft intercom. There’s no chance they would have heard the horse in a 30 years old 747 nor feel any change of center of gravity, specifically on autopilot at cruise level.

  Fun fact, the company is bragging about being the Iron Maiden or Olympic flame carrier