Semjaza

@Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨science never ends⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and those are rare cases and so far apart from “corrolates with time” it is hard to impossible to know for sure when someone is outside that window.

  I was also under the illusion that we’d done a lot of experiments trying to reelecrifiy frogs’ brains we have failed to get anywhere beyond muscle spasms off of the data and measurements we’ve been able to make.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨science never ends⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  We haven’t yet been able to ressurect anything by recreating vital signs in a corpse so there’s something we can’t measure or detect of life so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  UB are getting all up in my standard and pioneer formats and killing my interest for them/Magic as a whole outside of “limited” precons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Doom

  Tetris

  Chrono Trigger

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black Mirror AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Still the second largest CO~2~ emitter, so it’d make sense to put it on for the comparison.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Dive, Supercharging Uncertainty About Future Of Sci-Fi Series⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I see the sympathy for the Dalek style episodes more as tolerance paradox and highlighting paralles with the Doctor.

  I find that daleks also suffer from the inverse ninja law, and generally the more daleks in an episode the less compelling and engaging they are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black Mirror AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Could you add the US to the graphs, as EU and West are hardly synonymous - even as it descends into Trumpgardia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Dive, Supercharging Uncertainty About Future Of Sci-Fi Series⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Worst parts of Whittaker’s run were:

  • 1. Chibnal told her to stay in the dark about Doctor Who, and she wasn’t allowed to research the role and watch older episodes, etc.
  • 2. The writers for the series being much more capitalism is fine, actually. Most bizarre is The Doctor thinking that Space Amazon is cool and based, and not being very working-folk supporting, and I think there were other less blatant occurrences in other eps. too, where Whitaker’s Doctor acted in very undoctery ways (the spiders episode).
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Catchiest video game song?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  E1M1 is great, top tier music.

  The level clear screen music, E2M8, E1M8, and E1/2M9 tracks are all other top tier track contending for the throne.

  Doom II introduced a few more bangers too, but I’m not as able to call the level codes to mind off the top of my head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨70% of games that require internet get destroyed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  People aren’t used to this as a concept, especially when there are so many terms and conditions screens (that have been shown in multiple jurisdictions courts to not be legally binding) they click through on a daily basis as well as many other “as a service” models that are reliable enough that people don’t realise what the pitfalls are (people playing for Netflix are fairly certain it won’t close next week, for instance), even the more technically minded expect sunset clauses - which would be a pretty good legal baseline to improve the situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨George R. R. Martin's New Announcement Has Finally Made Me Accept He's Never Finishing The Winds Of Winter⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s a similar ending he has in mind, but a better route.

  I presume that the Targaryn who has taken Storm’s End topples Cersei (who has to get killed by Jamie) and takes King’s Landing, and having Dany go off at the new King who is less a villain helps sell the fall into madness which ends with Jon being a Queen Slayer.

  Don’t know how Bran gets there though, him waring someone and that person getting the throne could make sense.

  I’m most miffed about not getting to see what happens with Stoneheart as well as Euron and other at sea Greyjoys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless it’s infrastructure or something with a natural monopoly.

  The main competition with steam is buying physical copies of things. If we want to support retailers selling physical copies of games and bricks and mortar shops, that’s a good thing.

  Alas, I think the games industry is chosing to abandon them. And Steam has the ability to add games purchased outside of Steam to it for convenience. Unlike Epic it puts the user close to the top of priorities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Simpsons' announces new Milhouse voice actor following Pamela Hayden's exit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But they couldn’t do it for Apu… Cowards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Buffy’ Reboot Finds Its New Slayer: Ryan Kiera Armstrong To Star With Sarah Michelle Gellar In Hulu Pilot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If it follows continuity all potential slayers are slayers… But if it does that why not follow the mess that is the comics?

  And your idea of Ms. Summers juggling parenthood and slaying and adulting is very appealing to me, someone juggling two of them. I’d watch it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1k Subscribers!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Slowly working through Bad Sisters and The Other One.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Final Fantasy Sephiroth Magic Crossover: A Glimpse into FF7 Remake Part 3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There was an SLD drop a few years back. And some promos at an event, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer interview: my Q&A with the creator of Lutris⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lovely interview.

  Lutris got Magic: Arena working for me on my Linux machine a few years back and gave me a very enjoyable card game grind for about 3 years until I stayed limiting MtG:A to my phone on the commute.

  Amazing work both from the Lutris team, and the interviewer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite indie game?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, it hurts seeing those 3 or 4 digits numbers.

  But once you’ve finished a run once or twice, you’ll get more options and be able to turn it essentially into Sudoku or some other solitaire puzzle and do most levels perfectly once you know what’s going on and having a few more options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite indie game?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Minimetro and Cultist Simulator are my go to “comfy” games, but cultist simulator really does get you feeling like you’re chasing a mad eldritch horror when playing at times. It’s deliberately obtuse and odd, and then a revelation of the truth takes you over and you push on beyond your wildest expectations.

  Slay the Spire and Hollowknight have both been mentioned enough in other posts in case anyone reading this is somehow unaware of either of them.

  Faster than Light and Into the Breach are both excellent games. FtL is rng mitigation and crisis control par excellence. ItB is basically chess, and you play out the turns as best you can. It’s rewarding, but once you get good you need to ramp up the difficulty somewhat to keep it fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair (v1.1.0)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this for people on a Sudoku level or 3 beyond me.

  The sight of a blank grid with a multitude of arcane extra rules across it is something I just can’t sink my teeth into.

  Also, is one meant to/does one have to put numbers into areas still covered by the fog?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair (v1.1.0)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahh, I shall do that then and see if I can get further than the courtyard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's gonna be walking for a little bit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, that makes some degree of sense in the abstract. I’ll try to hold on to it.

  Thanks for checking and getting back to me. It helps grok the cardinality a bit more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's gonna be walking for a little bit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, thanks for the extra info. When I see that function it kinda makes sense but stops if I think about it too much.

  Would even numbers and prime numbers have different cardinality?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's gonna be walking for a little bit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, some infinities are bigger than others.

  How many numbers are there? An infinite number.

  How many even numbers are there? An infinite amount, but half the size of the first infinity.

  This is how there are empty rooms in the infinitely large hotel with infinite guests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Original 'Star Wars' Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First Time in Decades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Only in one city in the world?

  Please don’t let it be in the US, please don’t let it be the US…

  London?! Hot pukka pies, that’s totally hench!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nature is music⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I - like you - put a quote from Tolkien and a quote from the Quran on the same level in that situation.

  A related quote from either is as on topic.

  I went back to look at it, and it wasn’t an explicitly linked as I recalled. I’ve been on a couple of Islam related rabbit holes recently, with Sufiism and Alevis, and there’s a strong belief in singing is a praise to Allah/Haq. So I think I just kinda filled some blanks in in my mind.

  I very much get being annoyed by seeing your clearly on topic lit post getting eaten, while not apparently linked religious text gets to say.

  Silly mods. All the best to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nature is music⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a shame that a relevant quote from literature was removed.
  Poor show on the part of the mods.

  Where I disagree is that someone having a quote from a religious thing is invalid, when it’s not actively pushing to convert. Just kinda existing showing religion is there. But I guess we just have different perceptions of what passes for “down-your-throatism”.

  Anyhow, all the best and have a good night (or whatever time of day it is when you (or anyone else) read this).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nature is music⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, because the way you replied with that off-topic Quran verse to a Quran verse related to the topic of the post made my think that your point was railing on Islam.

  Not that “slavery is bad”, which I also didn’t think needed to be replied somewhat arcanely to posts.

  Do we need to write a “slavery is bad” reply to any time vikings or Christianity come up in the comments?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nature is music⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Alternate reading: stop running about and breaking the hearts of the unmarried freewomen, if you’re shagging her, do it properly and above board.

  Medieval era was, alas, pretty poor on women’s rights and slavery was taken for granted. I don’t think you’ll find any slavery where rape was in practice forbidden.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Simpsons: Hank Azaria on Retiring Apu, How Name Became a Slur⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact that there were dozens of Indian Subcontinent heritage American comedians saying they’d love the role, but they didn’t even get to audition for it really drives home how much of this was for PR over doing right for the character and the Indian subcontinent heritage American community.