jacksilver
@jacksilver@lemmy.world
- Comment on Brave blocks Microsoft Recall by default 3 hours ago:
I think he means that there should be an OS API to tell recall to shove it, or that apps should have to opt-in to recall.
The fact they need to leverage private browser sessions means it’s a workaround not directly built into the OS.
- Comment on My first colonoscopy 1 day ago:
Actually the torso/feet are just wrong in general, as in not a legitamte Lego piece. Such a weird detail for the AI to mess up.
- Comment on Anon is Illiterate 1 day ago:
I don’t think it matters in this context. Person is trying to get into reading, nothing roastable about that.
- Comment on The Star Wars Outlaws flop - Guillemot blames waning interest in the franchise 3 days ago:
I thought it did a good job at capturing the Star Wars feel, but yeah it feels like every open world game. Lots of fetch quests and running around in a massive world where every encounter/quest/battle feels the same as the last.
It may just be me, but most open world games suffer from trying to be too large. Although I think BOTW and TOTK are some of the weakest Zelda games, so maybe my opinions on open world games aren’t popular.
- Comment on Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game 1 week ago:
If that’s your kind of game, Unfinished Swan is another thats more plot based, but still has some fun puzzles. Doesn’t get mentioned as frequently so usually one people haven’t seen/played before.
- Comment on Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game 1 week ago:
Antichamber is another that feels similar. Although Antichamber doesn’t really have a plot.
- Comment on Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement 2 weeks ago:
So I ended up reading up on the original comics because I knew they were a bit darker than the cartoons. It seems shredder is only in volume 1 of 4. In it he’s basically a New York Yakuza boss that kills splinters master. So splinter trains the turtles to kill shredder. After that he does get resurrected once, but after that he stays dead.
Volume 2 cover a full on battle with DARPA (for experimenting on aliens and turtles), Volume 3 has a possible daughter of shredder trying to get revenge, but volume 4 retcons volume 3 and focuses on a future where aliens come to earth and the turtles can roam the streets as “aliens” (which isn’t that weird for the series as aliens first appear in volume 1).
So, yeah, it gets kinda weird.
- Comment on Car crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things is treated as a safety crisis in the media 2 weeks ago:
I think the better stat would be time handling a gun/driving a car.
The average person probably spends about an hour in the car per day (based on some loose numbers I saw online). But I suspect the number of hours holding a gun is a lot less.
Its kinda like the fact that new Yorkers bite more people than sharks. It isn’t because new Yorkers are more likely to bite you, but with eight million people interacting daily the amount of interactions outweighs the odds of a bite.
- Comment on Steam now generates three times more revenue for Capcom than PlayStation 2 weeks ago:
The wording is a little weird, but it’s about Capcom finances. They make more selling games on steam than selling on the Playstation. So steam/pc is a bigger market than Playstation consoles for Capcom.
- Comment on Who discovered/"invented" fire? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah probably while making a tool/smashing something. Knocking two rocks together, create a spark on accident, boom fire.
- Comment on In Canada, Nintendo is increasing the price of the original Nintendo Switch. 3 weeks ago:
You’d probably be better served by a retro handheld. A lot of them run android so you can play android games, but the built in controllers make emulating actually enjoyable.
Major issue is that the ones cheaper than a switch struggle with 3D games.
If you have the money, steamdeck is definitely one of the best bang for buck, but it’ll probably be more expensive than a switch (unless you can find a deal on a used/refurbished one).
- Comment on In Canada, Nintendo is increasing the price of the original Nintendo Switch. 3 weeks ago:
There is also dead cells, slay the spire, monster train, disable immortal, etc.
However, those are also all playable on switch too. Technically you can emulate the switch on android, but I think this brings up the biggest flaw in gaming on android; you’re either emulating or streaming for most good games.
- Comment on A secret, never-mentioned fact is that the people who voted for Zohran are also taxpayers. 3 weeks ago:
You’re right, but people over a certain tax bracket are also pretty good at not paying taxes.
- Comment on My T-shirt size is L 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, but sizing is user dependent. So unless it’s based on the users purchasing history it’s useless what the average person does.
If it said “L is your recommended size based on your purchase habits and customer data”, then sure. But it just says we recommend L because that’s what other people said/ordered, which makes no sense.
- Comment on My T-shirt size is L 4 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t it then update to recommending a M if he picked large?
If it’s really that the sizing runs large it should just say that, but that message is very ambiguous.
- Comment on Odds of rolling a 7 with a weighted die 4 weeks ago:
Just want to expand on this as it’s the most direct explanation.
With two die there are 6 ways to you can roll a seven (each side has one way to add up to seven), and 36 total combinations (6 sides * 6 sides). So the odds are 6 times out of 36 or 6/36.
With one weighted die, you have a set value (say 3 for example). There is only one side on the other die that will equal 7 (4 in our example). So you have 1 out of 6 possibilities, or 1/6 chance.
However, this is only true for 7. If you were targeting 2 for example, the odds can change substantially. Normally you have one way to get 2 (1 and 1) so you’d have 1 out of 36 possible rolls or 1/36. If the weighted die was weighted to 6 though, you’d never be able to get 2, so your odds would be 0.
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 4 weeks ago:
It’s really great software, and the android app is great (given it supports offline mode). I just wish the folder structure was simpler/flexible. Makes me tempted to try to make a pull request, but haven’t done something like that in ages.
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 4 weeks ago:
I saw Boox called out, but not the Boox Palma². I just got it and it’s been pretty nice. The major draw is the form factor though as it’s phone sized making it pretty portable.
It runs android and I’ve set it up to work with AudioBookshelf and Komga
AudioBookshelf, while designed for audiobooks, allows you to download books for offline reading and seemed the best all in one for books self hosting. It also has a native android app.
Komga seems pretty amazing for manga and comic books (haven’t settled on an app, just using the browser now). The e-ink display isn’t the best for reading this medium, but it’s not terrible for black and white comics.
Since both of those are self-hosted solutions they could integrate with readarr pretty easily (although audiobookshelf’s folder structure can be frustrating).
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 5 weeks ago:
I didn’t know this one wasn’t well received until just now. To me it’s one of the few good 3D sonics. The plot, stage design, intersecting stories with varied play styles. All of that made it feel like playing in a full world.
That being said, I’m hit or miss on sonic in general, so maybe I like it for not being a traditional sonic game.
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 5 weeks ago:
Personally the movement mechanics and the tropical overworld were amazing in this game.
While the water jetpack may seem like a gimmick, I thought it really changed the platforming in a good way.
Additionally, I’m a sucker for a good overworld and the amount of things you can unlock or discover in delphino plaza turns it into its own sort of level.
There is definitely some jank and padding (blue coins) in the game, but it holds up better than Mario 64 in my opinion (just due to the camera issues IN Mario 64).
- Comment on Minimum Wage Needed to Meet Cost of Living in US States (OC) 5 weeks ago:
It’s still considered to be the most populous city in the US at around 7.9 million.
- Comment on Minimum Wage Needed to Meet Cost of Living in US States (OC) 5 weeks ago:
How are you accounting for cities pulling up the averages for each state? For example New York has some dirt cheap places to live, but it’s clearly being dragged up by New York City.
- Comment on What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion? 5 weeks ago:
Maybe it’s not a bad tutorial, but it is long and slow.
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 5 weeks ago:
Ah my bad, that’s definitely a good point.
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 5 weeks ago:
My opinion is that in the game you should have collected rooms over time, but be able to build the house with whatever tiles you have.
This would still require multiple playthroughs, as you need to rebuild the house for different puzzles, but also removes some of the RNG by tying it to finding new rooms rather than at every door.
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 5 weeks ago:
I’m not sure if I agree on the “full price” comment, it’s not much different in quality than Myst or Outer Wilds.
Outside of that I agree, the real deciding factor is how much RNG annoys you. I loved the puzzles and gameplay, but gave up after the “first” ending because there were a ton of puzzles I knew how to solve, but couldn’t get back to or get the right resources for them. Some might argue the RNG is part of the puzzle, but for me it felt more punishing than it should be.
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 5 weeks ago:
I love rougelites/likes, but for me the issue was the RNG. When you have the knowledge to solve a puzzle, but can’t get the resources or rooms to line up right it just feels stupid.
The game wouldnt be half the length if I could just define the layout myself each day.
- Comment on Invincible VS | Official Reveal Trailer 1 month ago:
It’s a 3v3 tag team game and they only showed 6 characters?
- Comment on Lies of P: Overture - Launch Trailer 1 month ago:
It is a hard game, but hopefully the new settings help. Also, I didn’t find it too hard to farm resources to level up. Compared to dark souls I think it’s a bit more forgiving.
- Comment on Bait or r*ta*d*ti*n. Call it. 1 month ago:
I mean, yeah he had a lot of advantage, but he did have to do something right to become the richest man. But making some good gambles doesn’t make you a good person nor does it mean you’re great at everything.
Maybe he was good at finding companies at the right time to invest, but that means jack about any economic or political acumen. Same reason why we don’t want businessmen in politics, being good at one thing does not mean you’re good at everything.