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- Comment on DNA 2 days ago:
But how can you be sertain?
- Comment on feral naming 2 weeks ago:
Doesn’t ring a bell. Earwigs have a distinct smell, though.
- Comment on My knee gave out at work today and all I could think of was this 2 weeks ago:
It always bothered me that all the guards in stealth games noisily trudge around each other, yawning, complaining, coughing, but if they hear a whisper of a footstep coming from you they instantly find it highly suspicious and worthy of immediate investigation. Like, how do they know it’s not just another one of their noisy buddies?
- Comment on seriousposting 3 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Protein 4 weeks ago:
Basically. This is like her thinking of a water molecule and him thinking of a glass of water.
- Comment on Is a Quest 3 really worth it? 4 weeks ago:
Started with a Rift way back and recently got a Quest 3. As you’re already aware, it comes down to the games you want to play. I’ve invested a bit in a setup for flight simming, because I love helicopters. Because helis are so sensitive, VR actually gives you much better control (it also increases your immersion, obviously). I replayed Half Life Alyx recently, and it’s still great. And then I spend a bit of time in Beat Sabre several days a week. Oh, and there’s a puzzle game where you just use your hands to match a set of blocks to a 3d shape. It’s great not always using controllers. In terms of the quality of VR - it might not have improved enough to ‘cure’ your nausea yet. The quest 3 was a big step up in clarity compared to the Rift, but your peripheral vision is cut off, and it’s still a ways off from normal vision.
- Comment on whales are the mightiest of fish 4 weeks ago:
I guess Jedi masters consider fish to be a monophyletic group.
- Comment on What do zoos do with dead animals? 5 weeks ago:
Marius! It’s my local zoo.
- Comment on I wish I could have a tractor car. 1 month ago:
Good old 45 degree cliffs, one of the staples of alien planets.
- Comment on Never Thought 2 months ago:
Wow.
- Comment on Venom vs Poison 3 months ago:
- Comment on Well THAT'S super helpful! 🤦 3 months ago:
I’m sure Denmark has hurt you greatly and will do so again, but the ownership is 60/40 between Sweden and Denmark. PostNord operates the same in Denmark as it does in Sweden.
- Comment on Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before 3 months ago:
Vangers is a postapocalyptic and fundamentally strange top-down driving/exploration/mystery/action-RPG.
It has a unique back story, hostile worlds and an intriguing and expansive vocabulary that helps tell the story. If you are the type of person that appreciates poetic neologisms because they get your brain going, guessing at the etymology and sucking up the layers of connotation, this is up your alley.
Even if you manage to complete the game, you’ll be left wondering whether what happened was even meant to happen. It’s sort of post modern with deconstructed words, rituals and behaviors all jumbled up and muddled together as a result of a great and important event that once had meaning to creatures that may no longer even exist.
- Comment on New Starfield free update added a ground vehicle 3 months ago:
So is your car the only car in the universe? As far as I recall the only form of local transportation has been that miniature train system on New Atlantis. If your own transport ships need to travel to an outpost 200 meters away, they go to space and back to get there.
- Comment on Today's featured article on Wikipedia: Outer Wilds 3 months ago:
I’m really struggling with this game. I got it on sale and played for 3+ hours, but somehow it didn’t grip me. It was really annoying having to constantly start over. Not trying to retract from other people’s experience of it.
- Comment on I wonder what they smell like. 4 months ago:
I wonder if his memory of ‘seeing in the dark’ stemmed from his pupils being extremely dilated.
- Comment on Turtle Shells 6 months ago:
I am not up my ass. I am my ass.
- Comment on Windows just changed the desktop wallpaper and re-added the search bar without my permission after an update 6 months ago:
It’s one of the Gnome default wallpapers
- Comment on What happens if I never activate Windows? 6 months ago:
Buy him out, boys!
- Comment on What happens if I never activate Windows? 6 months ago:
Buy him out, boys!
- Comment on Every base is base 10 6 months ago:
- Comment on Is there another way to do it...? 6 months ago:
Okay, but she’s about 29.
- Comment on rounded corners are part of core functionality 6 months ago:
I thought Gnome was all rounded by default. Anyway, there’s a functioning rounded corners KDE extension, if you’re so inclined. I’m using it and it works really well.
- Comment on Genetics 7 months ago:
I am personally okay with that, as this is intended to be a simplification. A simplification by definition can’t include all information. But there’s a difference between omitting information and including misleading information. My problem’s with the latter in this case.
- Comment on Genetics 7 months ago:
This looks misleading to me, because it indicates that grandchildren and their descendants can have very disproportionate amounts of genes from either grandparent.
The genes inherited from a parent do not sit in one continuous chunk, as indicated here.
Instead they are pulled randomly from all over the parent’s genome, and so they end up taking up places all over the offspring’s genome as well.
This has the effect that relatedness is consistently halved through the generations.
- Comment on Guys will meet him and just say "hell yeah!" 8 months ago:
Share the load
- Comment on Don't forget! 8 months ago:
It’s about making you click
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
King Kong on PS2
- Comment on Why do phones come with SMS delivery reports turned off by default? 1 year ago:
Seems like a good question for chatGPT:
Phones typically come with SMS delivery reports turned off by default for several reasons: User Experience: Enabling delivery reports for every SMS can clutter the messaging interface and make it more complicated for users, especially those who are not familiar with the feature. Keeping it turned off by default ensures a cleaner and simpler user experience. Privacy: Some users may be concerned about their privacy, and enabling delivery reports can reveal when they read a message. By defaulting to off, phone manufacturers respect users' privacy choices. Network Overhead: Sending delivery reports consumes a small amount of network resources. When enabled for all messages, this can add up and potentially lead to increased network traffic. By defaulting to off, network operators can manage their resources more efficiently. Compatibility: SMS delivery reports may not be supported by all carriers or may work differently on different networks. Keeping them off by default ensures that users have a consistent experience regardless of the carrier they use. Simplicity: Many users don't need or want delivery reports for every message they send. By keeping the feature turned off by default, phone manufacturers reduce the complexity of messaging settings. Users who want to enable SMS delivery reports can usually do so through their phone's messaging settings. This allows for a more customized experience based on individual preferences.
