WolfLink
@WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on mass 51 minutes ago:
Left is correct. The center of mass of a donut is inside the hole, which is “outside the donut”.
This may seem unintuitive, but the center of mass of an object does not have to be inside the object.
This is the mechanism behind these toys:
The wings of the bird and poles of the clown extend below the main body, but are weighted so that’s where most of the weight is. So the center of mass is below the main body, so it will easily balance on the main body. However, your eyes will naturally focus on the main body, which would be unstable without the extra weight hanging off the side, making the balancing look surprising.
- Comment on fireflies 2 days ago:
Only time I’ve seen them was in the suburbs around Chicago.
- Comment on What really separates a PC from a server? Mainly the hardware, but I guess software too. 4 days ago:
Server hardware is usually designed with quick swapping of parts in mind, and also will often support more CPUs, RAM, and drives than a desktop.
- Comment on Anon feels an urge 6 days ago:
- In professional mode: highly competent, carries out a mission with no backup, spontaneous genius in combat.
- In day to day mode: complete ditz, subservient to anyone who talks to her, barely understands the world around her. No it’s not an act.
There’s plenty of real people who are highly competent at their job but very socially inept. We might call such people “nerds”, “a gifted child”, or even “autistic” depending on the specifics and severity.
Oh and the west is objectively better in every way
The show makes it clear both sides are propagandized to assume they are better than the other side regardless of how true that is, and it avoids making specific comparisons to keep that vague.
The message is literally just "hi we’re unconventional, but we’re a team, and also dad is the boss and mom is pretty – root for us for some reason.
The point of the show is presenting 3 people (or 4 if you include the dog) that have some special talent but are socially awkward, and showing them work well together as a family despite frequent comedic mishaps. Honestly not even that out there for a show premise.
But hey, people have different tastes. If cute unconventional family comedy isn’t yours, just don’t watch it.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 week ago:
When someone genuinely likes you they will listen to you talk for hours about anything just because they like hearing you be passionate about something.
- Comment on Why doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" servet so we can just type in words like we do with the internet? 2 weeks ago:
Related: this is why the audio quality of phone calls is so bad. It’s using what’s basically a predecessor of mp3 compression at a very low bitrate. Originally because that’s what the bandwidth limits were like, but now just for the sake of backwards compatibility. That’s why making a VOIP call sounds so much better: it’s using modern audio codecs and a higher bitrate.
- Comment on Why doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" servet so we can just type in words like we do with the internet? 2 weeks ago:
A lot of these are true about IP addresses as well
- Comment on For different game store, legally, what happens if they close? 2 weeks ago:
Some programs monitor the system clock for purposes like this.
But in the case of Steam games, many of your games would work just fine.
- Comment on Chatgpt refusing to believe Trump won lol. 3 weeks ago:
LLMs will often assume any information you give it that isn’t part of its historical training set is fictional or hypothetical.
- Comment on Anon removes a fence 3 weeks ago:
I did this once as a kid just to see if it works. Yes, it works.
- Comment on "Poetic take" on the state of the US 3 weeks ago:
I read a bit about the Iroquois history. It sounds like as soon as they found strength in their political structure, they started conquering neighbors, a pattern that seems pretty much unbroken throughout human history :/
- Comment on Anon cheats through college 3 weeks ago:
Any competent modern IDE or compiler will help you find syntax mistakes. Knowing the concepts is way more important.
- Comment on What's the deal with Signal? 4 weeks ago:
Signal is an open-source privacy-focused end-to-end encrypted texting platform (so competing with SMS, WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, and similar). It’s developed by a donation-funded non-profit organization.
Signal is quite good compared to the competition, but it faces a lot of scrutiny because they make big promises about privacy and security so the people who care will really get into the details on that. Also IIRC there was a period when one of their competitors was trying to slander them more or less.
In general there’s nothing wrong with Signal and it’s quite a good option. If you really care about the privacy details you can always host your own instance (but that would require you to convince your friends to use your instance … it’s not federated).
- Comment on What are your favorite board games? I'm looking for games that are satisfying and lead to a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment or connection. 4 weeks ago:
It depends on the group. Sometimes you have people intentionally cutting you off, revenge robber placements, and politics.
- Comment on What are your favorite board games? I'm looking for games that are satisfying and lead to a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment or connection. 4 weeks ago:
You’ll never perfectly solve the “no pissing people off” issue because in competitive games you necessarily have people benefit at the expense of others and in cooperative games you’ll fall into the trap of backseat-driver players telling you what to do on your turn.
That being said, here are some of my favorites I’d like to suggest:
Cooperative:
- Time Stories (kinda like a time-travel themed mystery-solving role-playing game where the pre-built deck is your DM. 1-4 players. You can buy more decks, each with a different setting and story.).
- Pandemic (Stop
COVIDa deadly disease from killing off the planet. Work together to limit the spread and find the cure before it’s too late) (1-4 players)
Competitive:
- The Settlers of Catan (claim resources and land strategically to build the most prosperous kingdom) (2-4 players but there are expansions and spinoffs so this could be like 1-6 players)
- 7 Wonders (draft cards to build the most prosperous kingdom) (3-8 players IIRC)
In-Between:
- Betrayal in the House on the Hill (explore a haunted house until you find a dark secret that turns one of you into a villain the rest have to fight) (3-6 players)
- Comment on Amazon Artificially Discounting Items $0.01 Below the Free Shipping Limit 5 weeks ago:
It’s still cheaper than it would have been without Amazon’s discount
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 5 weeks ago:
You’re still getting an ad as the top result, just a different ad.
- Comment on Anon fixes Super Mario Bros 5 weeks ago:
Mario Wonder both had a “baby mode” mechanic and yet also had some genuinely interesting and challenging levels.
Celeste is extremely difficult yet also has a baby mode feature.
Many games have a “tell me a story” difficulty level which is more or less the same idea.
Games having an easy difficulty without detracting from the game’s main challenge and balance is not a problem IMO.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 1 month ago:
Imma wait for a Zelda edition. The only release title I’m likely interested in will be Metroid Prime 4 but I can be patient.
- Comment on S̵̢̡̠̣̜͍̘͍̈́̿͒̈̎̉͌͂̎̾̓Ḩ̶̡̛̯̰̤̻͖̹̝̼͍͔̰̃̅̋̍̈̆̋̋́̔͝Ǫ̴̺͔̫͈͉͎̤͎͗͂̅͒̀͒W̶̛͖̺̰̠̙̲̓͆̋̉̌̆̂͛̀̒̕͘ ̷̨̦̤̇̀̓̉́̅͒̄͝M̶͓̗͚̩̬͈͎͗̓̈́́͜͜Ẹ̵̢̢̺̞͓͓̤͙̙͖̈́̈̉͝ ̶̧̡̲̺͓̮̰̘̮͚͉̝͈̝̀͒́̎̾̓͜͝͝͠T̷̡̟̘̫͋͋̑͊̓͐̊̐̎H̸̪̋͛̓̀̍̂̐̂͐̾̈́̒̃É̵̛̾̅̀͛̃̄̏ 1 month ago:
I always thought that was a dumb saying because voltage is specifically what allows there to be a lethal current.
- Comment on The lost days 1 month ago:
Yo some poor programmer had to manually code this in there
- Comment on Netflix bad... Shocker, I know 1 month ago:
AIUI Netflix will limit stuff if it sees anything at all creative going on because they are afraid of you screen recording.
- Comment on I got into the wrong career lol 1 month ago:
That’s what they say but I haven’t finished mine yet so I can only hope
- Comment on I got into the wrong career lol 1 month ago:
It’s basically just working for 6 years for not much pay while your friends who got jobs right out of undergrad are making at 3-5x as much.
- Comment on Did Apple kill iTunes for windows? 2 months ago:
3rd party app and then transfer files via USB.
- Comment on why women's pockets are useless | Answer in Progress 2 months ago:
I’ve fit an entire Nintendo Switch in my pocket before
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 2 months ago:
rip I either missed or forgot the follow up on that one
- Comment on Helldivers 2 - Omens of Tyranny Update Trailer 2 months ago:
It’s not just PlayStation, the game is fun but repetitive enough it gets old kinda quickly.
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 2 months ago:
We’ll just have to see what explanation they give. Did she get herself mutated eventually? Are the potions diluted/weaker? (I remember a quest where Geralt feeds a normal human a small dose of one of his potions.)
Would it be more interesting to have a Ciri that specifically doesn’t have most of the Witcher powers? Maybe, but I can understand them wanting to keep most of the gameplay staples. It looks like they are trying to keep most of Geralt’s moves and then adding some new ones.
Whatever happens, it should be interesting! I think what I’m most excited about is Ciri has a slightly different morality and worldview - I’m excited to see how that ends up affecting the writing.
Of course I’m not taking it for granted it will be good, but I am hopeful.
- Comment on Will Republicans try another Federal Right to Work attempt? 2 months ago:
Unions typically have an agreement where employees don’t have to join the union but they still have to pay a fee equivalent to union dues, and the employer can’t pay non-members more than union members, or other similar restrictions.
The idea is to remove the ability for the employer to offer an advantage to non-members.
TLDR it’s an essential part of making a functional union.
