WolfLink
@WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on why women's pockets are useless | Answer in Progress 3 days ago:
I’ve fit an entire Nintendo Switch in my pocket before
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 1 week ago:
rip I either missed or forgot the follow up on that one
- Comment on Helldivers 2 - Omens of Tyranny Update Trailer 1 week 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 1 week 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 weeks 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.
- Comment on Can the public expect to get to see Luigi Mangione's 3 page manifesto in its entirety in a reasonable timeframe? 2 weeks ago:
You can find it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi's_Mansion_3
- Comment on Is it possible to fix one's eyesight? What are working methods? What is to be cautious about? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t see how lasik could possibly be a cost savings. I’ve gotten fairly nice glasses for $150 without insurance. I’ve gotten glasses for less than that with insurance.
- Comment on Is it possible to fix one's eyesight? What are working methods? What is to be cautious about? 2 weeks ago:
It really depends on what’s wrong with your eyes. Glasses or contacts are probably the best method (in terms of safety, reliability, and cost) for the most common problems, but I’m guessing if you are asking this question that either won’t help your case or you aren’t happy with them.
- Comment on Boil em, Mash em, Stick them in a Stew 2 weeks ago:
The toxins are concentrated around the eyes so if you cut them out thoroughly enough and it’s just barely sprouted it’s probably fine.
If you don’t cut them out or it’s very thoroughly sprouted you will be more likely to get sick.
It also depends on how sensitive your stomach is.
- Comment on Scientists suck at naming and abbreviating stuff 3 weeks ago:
Hey physicists generally use k for that integration constant. Or whatever unused letter they feel like.
- Comment on 1+1= 3 weeks ago:
This is the most ChatGPT thing I’ve read all day
- Comment on Smug Viruses 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on What are the best games you can play on a laptop? 3 weeks ago:
I bet you could get BG3 running on it at low-mid settings.
Also the Witcher series should work fine.
- Comment on Wait, my body's own heat is enough? Always has been. 4 weeks ago:
Just set your thermostat to 60 instead of 70
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 4 weeks ago:
This feels relevant: The Device has been Modified by Victims of Science a song made of quotes from Portal.
- Comment on flouride 4 weeks ago:
The fluoride is intentionally added to the water to improve tooth health.
- Comment on Petrichor 5 weeks ago:
There absolutely are petrichor scented things
- Comment on What are your favorite 1000+ hour games? 5 weeks ago:
Minecraft FTL Destiny 2
- Comment on USA President term limits 5 weeks ago:
Or the Supreme Court makes something up about why it doesn’t count
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 5 weeks ago:
I’m really not sure where I originally read it. I did some digging and I found some discussion about FLAC and patent trolls on a few forums, including the Talk page of the Wikipedia article, but I haven’t found anything concrete.
It might be that the patent troll thing was just a rumor!
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 5 weeks ago:
Apple made ALAC as an alternative to FLAC due to the dubious licensing around FLAC at the time.
- Comment on spite 1 month ago:
The paper has at least 35 other sources it is citing.
- Comment on Why are most mobile games trash? 1 month ago:
I played through the entirety of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within on my phone. That was a feature length PS2 game.
Other feature length games with decent ports I know of:
- Transistor
- Bastion
- Ace Attorney
- Myst
- Riven
- Minecraft
- Terraria
- Comment on What would it feel like passing through a wormhole? 1 month ago:
Imagine you are falling, but someone hooks something onto your feet, and attaches it to a rocket that shoots downwards at a speed far faster than you are falling at, so fast that it rips your legs off.
That’s what spaghettification is. One part of your body is being pulled in so much harder than the other part of your body that it rips you apart.
- Comment on US Democracy 1 month ago:
“Anti-pornography” specifically means “anti-LGBT”.
- Comment on your mom falls significantly faster than g 1 month ago:
10% if
- Comment on (In Python) Can you save an object that is in memory to disk and reload it at a later time? 1 month ago:
What is the “executable” in this context? I’m kinda confused as to what you are looking for.
What’s wrong with parsing the input files at runtime? Is it performance? Do you want one file to load instead of multiple?
Many have suggested pickle, which is kinda what you are asking for, but on some level it’s not much different from parsing the input files. Also, depending on your code, you may have to write custom serialization code as part of getting pickle to work.
Note that pretty much every modern game is a bundle of often multiple pieces of executable code alongside a whole bunch of separate assets.
- Comment on Why do some folks insist they'll only listen to their doctors? 1 month ago:
I don’t believe everything on the internet is a lie (although of course I don’t believe everything on the internet is true either). You have to read it and judge for yourself.
In the case of getting medical advice, there is an inherent bias to finding anecdotes on the internet. The people who post are going to be the people who have something to say. That’s going to be either people who had a life changing positive experience, or who have something to complain about. The middle-ground experience is underrepresented.
However, there is value in anecdotes. The doctor can tell you high likely a given side effect might be, but people on the internet might have a better description of what that experience is like.
I try to take in as much information as I can when I am making an informed decision, including things like asking my doctor, finding anecdotes on the internet, and finding actual scientific papers.
- Comment on Is there ever a situation where a doctor can legally refuse to render aid to someone? 1 month ago:
In a disaster situation they have to decide who does or doesn’t get treatment:
- Comment on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Disbanded After Critically Lauded Platformer Fails to Meet Expectations - Report 2 months ago:
All (or at least the vast majority) of Ubisoft’s Steam releases require installing and using Ubisoft’s launcher.